h golde and
precious stone.

Their fore-heades most fayre, and beautified with the moueable wauinges
of theyr crysping hayre couered ouer with a thinne vayle, lyke a Spiders
vvebbe. Theyr eyes byting and alluring, more bright, than the twinkling
starres in a cleere ayre, vnder theyr circulate brees: vvith a small
nose, betwixt their rounde and cherry cheekes: their teeth orderly
disposed, small and euen set, of the collour of refyned siluer: vppon
the rest, betwixt their sweet and soft lyppes: of the collour of
Corrall.

Many of them carrying instruments of Musique, such as neuer were seene
in _Ausonia_, nor in the handes of _Orpheus_: yeelding in the flowring
Meadowe & smoth playne, most delightfull sounds, with sweete voyces and
noyces of ioye and tryumphing: and to increase the glory, amorously
stryuing and contending one with an other, vvith solacious and pleasant
acts, accompanied with faire speeches and friendly aspects. And in this
place, with a most delectable applause, I behelde foure Tryumphes, so
precious and sumptuously set foorth, as neuer any mortall eye hath
seene.

_Poliphilus in this prescribed place, did beholde foure tryumphing
Chariots, all set with precious stones and iewelles, by a great number
of youthes, in the honour of Iupiter._

The first of the foure marueilous tryumphant Chariots, had foure rounde
wheeles, of Perfect greene Emeralds of Scythia; the rest of the Chariot
did amase mee to beholde, beeing made all of table Dyamonds: not of
Arabia or Cyprus, of the newe Myne, as our Lapidaries call them: but of
India, resisting the harde stroakes of yron and steele, abyding the hote
fire & striuing therwith, mollified onely with the warme bloode of
Goates, gratefull in the Magicall arte; which stones, were wonderfully
cut of a Cataglyphic explicature, and set very curiously in fine golde.

Vppon the right side of the Chariot, I sawe expressed, the
representation of a noble Nymph, with many accompanying her in a
Meddowe, crowning of victorious Bulles with garlands of flowers, and one
abyding by her very tamely.

The same Nymph, vppon the other side was also represented, who hauing
mounted vp vppon the backe of the Bull, which was gentle and white, he
carryed her ouer the sea.

Vppon the fore-ende I behelde _Cupid_, with a great number of wounded
people and Nations, marueiling to see him shoote into the ayre. And in
the hinder part, _Mars_ standing before _Iupiter_, mourning bec