mbly, her clothes were
tattered, her face leane, pale & poore. Her eyes looking towards the
ground, her name was _Thende_. Shee had attending vpon her sixe
Handmaydes, basely and slenderly apparrelled. One was named _Parthenia_,
the second _Edosia_, an other _Hypocolinia_, the fourth _Pinotidia_, the
next _Tapinosa_, the last _Prochina_. Which reuerent Matron, with her
right arme naked poynted to the heauens.

She dwelt in a place very hard to come vnto, and ful of troubles to
passe on the way, beeing hyndered with thorne and bryers, very rough and
displeasant, a mistie clowde cast ouer it, and very hard to clymbe vp
into.

_Logistica_ perceiuing by my looke that I had no great lyking in this
place, some-what greeued therewith, said, this Rocke is knowne neuer but
at the end. And then _Thelemia_ sayde, _Poliphilus_, I see you make
small regarde of such a painefull woman. Whereat I assenting to her with
my countenaunce, wee departed, and the gate being shut we came to the
next.

Where knocking, it was presently opened, and wee entering in, there met
vs a browne woman, with fierce eyes rowling, and of a quicke
countenaunce, lyfting vp a naked glittering sworde, vpon the middle
wherof was a Crowne of golde, and a branche of Palme tree intrauersed.

Her armes brawnie like _Hercules_, in labour and acts magnanimious and
nobly minded. Her belly small. A little mouth, strong and stooping
shoulders, by her countenaunce seeming to bee of an vndaunted minde, not
fearing to vndertake any enterprise how hard soeuer.

Her name was _Euclelia_, verie honourablie attended vppon with sixe
young Women. The first was called _Merimnasia_, the second, _Epitide_,
another, _Ergasilea_, the fourth, _Anectea_, the fift was named
_Statia_, the last was called _Olistea_.

The situation and place me thought was painefull, and _Logistica_
perceiuing my inclynation, presentlie tooke into her hand _Thelemias_
Lute, and beganne to strike a doricall tune, and sung to the same verie
sweetly, saying. O _Poliphilus_ be not wearie to take paynes in thys
place, for when labour and trauell is ouer-come, there will be a tyme of
rest. And her songe was of such force, that I was euen consenting to
remaine there, notwithstanding that, the habitation seemed laboursome.
Wherevppon, _Thelemia_ inticingly said vnto me, I think that it standeth
with verie great reason my _Poliphilus_, that before you set downe your
rest heere in this place, you ought in any ca