ee from thys garden to
an other, where I behelde an arching _Areostile_, from the ground bent
to the toppe, fyue paces in height and three ouer, and thus continued
rounde about the compasse of the garden, in an orderly and requisite
proportioning, all inuested and couered ouer with greene yuie, so that
no part of the wall was to be seene. And there were a hundred Arches to
the compassing of this garden.

By euery of the Arches, was an Aulter of red Porphirite, curiously
proportioned with exquisite lyneaments; and vppon euery one of them was
placed, an image of golde, like a Nymph, of rare and beautifull
semblances, diuersly apparelled, and varying in theyr attyre and heade
dressing, euery one bending their eyes towards the Center of the garden.

In which middle Centricke place, there was founded a Base, of a cleere
Christal-like Calcedonie stone, in a Cubic forme: that is, euery way a
like square. And vppon that was set a round stone, but flatte vppon both
sides, two foote high, and by the Diameter, one pace and a halfe ouer,
of most pure red Diaspre. Vppon the which, stoode a most blacke stone,
in forme three square, and in quantitie for breadth, fitting the rounde,
and in height one pace and a halfe. The corners of which triangle did
iumpe with the sides, and lymbus of the subiacent plynth or round stone.

In the smooth polished fronts of which triangle, there was appact a
beautifull Image, of a heauenly aspect, graue and modest, with their
feete not touching the stone, but standing out from the same iust ouer
the suppressed and vnder put rounde stone. Theyr statures as tall as the
trygonall would beare, vnto the which they did stick fast by their backe
parts. Theyr armes were stretched abroade, both the right and left to
the corners of the triangle, where they held a Coppy, filled and fastned
to the corners of the Trigonall, the length of euery one of which
Coppies of fine gold, was seauen foote.

And the Images, the Coppyes, and their bandes wherewith they were tyed
in the midst and held by, were all shyning, and their hands inuiluped
with the sundry stringes, flynging about the plaine smothe of the black
stone.

Their habits were Nymphish, of most rare and most excellent working. The
Sepulchre of _Tarnia_ the Queene of the _Scythians_ in _Asia_, was
nothing comparable.

In the lowest Cubicall Figure, vpon the smoth plaine of euery square,
were ingrauen Greeke Letters, three, one, two and three on thys sort.