ll couered ouer with a crusting of
Pearle, close ioyned and set together: and towardes the toppe, there
sprouted out greene yuie, the leaues thickning and bushing out from the
Pearles, vvith the stringes and veines of golde, running vppe in diuers
places betwixt the Pearles, in a most rare and curious sort, as if it
had beene very growing yuie, with berries of precious stones sette in
the stalkes in little bunches: and in the bushes were Ringe-doues of
silke, as if they had beene feeding of the berries, all along the sides
of the square plotted garden walles: ouer the which, in master-like and
requisite order, stretched out the beame and Zophor of golde.

The plaine smoth of the settles, where-vpon the boxe trees stoode,
couered ouer with Histories of loue and venerie, in a worke of silke and
threddes of golde and siluer, in suche a perfect proportioned ymaginarie
and counterfaiting as none may goe beyonde. The ground of the leuell
garden, was of leaues, grasse, and flowers of silke, like a faire sweete
meddowe: in the midst whereof, there was a large and goodly round
Arbour, made with golde wyer, and ouerspread with roses of the lyke
worke, more beautifull to the eye, then if they had been growing roses,
vnder which couering, and within which Arbour about the sides, were
seates of red Diaspre, & all the round pauement of a yellow Diaspre,
according to the largenes of the place, with dyuers colloured spottings,
confusedly agreeing together in pleasant adulterated vniting, and so
cleere and shining, that to euery obiect was it selfe gaine represented.
Vnder the which Arbour, the fayre and pleasant _Thelemia_, solaciously
sitting downe, tooke her Lute which she carryed with her, and with a
heauenly melodie and vn-hearde sweetenesse, she began to sing in the
commendation and delightes of her Queene. And seeing what a grace vnto
her, the company of her fellowe _Logistica_ was, I maruailed why
_Apollo_ came not to harken the Harmonie made by them: it was so
melodious, that for the present tyme a man woulde haue thought that
there had beene no greater f[ae]licitie. And after that shee ended her
diuine Poems, _Logistica_ tooke me by the hande and led me foorth of the
Arbour, saying vnto me.

_Poliphilus_, thou shalt vnderstande that the deuise of these obiects,
are more pleasant to bee vnderstoode then behelde, and therefore lette
vs enter in heere, to bee satisfied in both.

And from thence, shee and her companion brought m