ause the
boy had shotte through his impenetrable Brest-plate, and shewing the
wounde, and with the other hande, holding out his arme, he helde this
worde _Nemo_.
The fashion of this Chariot was quadrangulat, of two perfect squares,
longe wayes, of sixe foote in length and three foote in height, with a
bearing out coronice aboue and vnder the plynth: and about the same a
plaine, in breadth two foote and a halfe, and in length fiue foot and a
halfe, bearing towards the Coronice, all ouer scally, with precious
stones, with an altered congresse and order of collours, variably
disposed. And vppon the foure corners, were fastned foure coppies,
inuersed, and the mouth lying vpward vpon the proiect corner of the
Coronice, full of fruites and flowers cut of precious stones, as it were
growing out of a foliature of golde. The hornes were chased neere their
mouth, with the leaues of Poppy, and wrythen in the belly: the
gracylament & outward bending, ioyning fast to the ende of the plaine,
and breaking of in an olde fashioned iagged leaf-worke, lying a long
vnder the backe of the Coppisse, and of the same mettall. Vpon euery
corner of the Plynth, from the Coronice downeward, there was a foote
lyke a Harpies, with an excellent conuersion and turning vppon eyther
sides of the leaues of Acanthus.
The wheeles, aboue the naues and axeltrees, were closed within the
Chariot, and the sides thereof vnder the Harpies feete, bent somewhat
vpward and growing lesser, turned rounde downward, wherevnto the
furniture or trace to drawe it by, were fastned: and where the axeltree
was, there vpon the side of the bottom of the Charriot, ouer the naue of
the wheele, there came downe a prepention ioyning to the Plynth, twise
so long as deepe, of two foliatures, one extending one way and the other
an other way: and vpon the middle thereof and lowest part, was a Rose of
fiue leaues, in the seede whereof, the ende of the axeltree did lye.
Vppon the aforesaide Playne, I behelde the ymage of a fayre white and
tame Bull, trymmed and dressed with flowers, in manner like an Oxe for a
Sacrifice. And vppon his large and broade backe, did sit a princely
virgine, with long and slender armes, halfe naked; with her handes she
helde by his hornes. Her apparell was exquesite of greene silke and
golde, marueilously wouen, and of a Nymphish fashion, couering her body
and girded about her wast, edged about with Pearle and stone, and a
crowne of glittering golde vpon
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