etyte extolled her delicate
breast aboue any comparison, my eyes delightfully consenting thervnto,
sayd, at least by that we may discouer what y^e rest is; And they,
glauncing from that to the regarde of her grace and gesture, set all
their delight therein: and my appetite strengthened and not easilie
remooued from thence, I perswaded my selfe, that the plentie and
fayrenesse of her head and hayre, and the dressing thereof, and the
beautie of her forheade, coulde neuer bee compared with of any one or
other, like the scrapings of golde alwaies turning into little roundels.

With two eyes lyke morning starres in a cleere heauen, more beautifully
adorning her heade, than any that euer the warlike _Neco_ behelde among
the _Acitanians_, wounding my heart like one of the arrowes of the
angrie _Cupid_. And thus to conclude, I dare be bolde to say, that no
mortall man hath seene, so gracious, so shyning, so cleere and pleasant
lightes as these were placed in the forhead of this heauenly creature;
so that by them my hart was taken prisoner, & was filled with such
continuall controuersies of desire, as if a leafe of the Laurell of the
Tombe of the king of _Bibria_ had bin placed betwixt, & that strife
should neuer cease whilst it was there: so as I thought that this strife
would neuer cease, vntill the pleasure were taken away, by reason
wherof, I could not perceiue howe I shoulde obtaine the fulnes of my
desire, or howe it coulde agree with either one or other. Like one
extreamely hungry among a number of prepared meates being desirous of
all, feedes of none, his burning appetite remayning satisfied with none,
but still hungry.

_The most fayre Nymph beeing come to Poliphilus, bearing a Torch in her
left hand, with the other tooke him and inuited him to walke with her,
and there Poliphilus by her loue was more inflamed._

Thus seing before me, a reall and visible obiect of a most excellent
representation, louely presence and heauenly aspect, of a plentifull
store and vniuersall gathering of vnseene beautie, and inhumaine
comelinesse, I made light and slender account, in respect heereof, of
all the inestimable delights, riches, and great pompe which before I had
behelde and seene, thinking their worthinesse nothing to speake of, in
comparison of this. Oh happie hee that may enioy such and so great a
treasure of loue; and not onely a happie possessor I account him, but
most happie that shall possesse and obtaine her