and the boxe one pace full of manyfolde maruellous
symples, with a moste excellent imitation of nature, and pleasaunt
diuersitie in the fashions of flowers in distinct colours verie
delyghtfull.

The playne labiall compassing about the quadrant Orchyard comming out
from the walles as a seate for these aforesayde garden pottes and trees
to stande vppon, was subcoronized with golde by excellent lyneamentes
wrought and adorned. The vpper face whereof, and whereuppon those pottes
and trees did stande, was couered with a playster of glasse gilte, and a
curious historographie to be seene in the same, and compassed about and
holden in with wyering and netting of golde.

The wall that compassed about the Orchyard with a conuenient distance,
was bellyed out with columnes of the same matter, and inuested with
flowring bindings naturally proportioned, and heere and there were
quadrangulate columnes of golde chamfered, arching from one to an other,
with a requisite beame Zophor and coronice, with a meete and conuenient
proiecture ouer the chapter of glasse vppon the round.

The substance of which subiect proiecture of the bryttle matter, was of
counterfayte diasper diuersly coloured and shining. Which bryttle
substance had some void space betwixt that and the other.

The mouth of the arches were stopped with rombyes of cleare glasse in
forme of a tryangle, and the pypes beautified all ouer with an
Encaustick painting, verie gratious to the sight of the beholder.

The ground was here and there couered with great round balles of
glasselyke gunne stones, and other fine proportions much pleasing, with
a mutuall consent vnmooueable lyke pearles shining without any
adulteration by folyature. From the flowers did breath a sweet
fragrancie by some cleare washing with oyle for that purpose.

There most cunningly did _Logistica_ lyke an Orator make a discourse in
commendation physically of that excellent confection of the noblenes of
the substaunce, secrecie of the art, and straungenes of the inuention.
The like is not to bee found.

And after shee sayde, _Poliphilus_ lette vs goe and ascende vp this
mount nexte the Garden, and _Thelemia_ remayning at the stayre foote,
wee ascended vp to the playne toppe. Where shee shewed vnto mee, with a
heauenly eloquence, a Garden of a large compasse, made in the forme of
an intricate Laborynth allyes and wayes, not to bee troden, but sayled
about, for insteade of allyes to treade vppon, there wer