he occasion and mistery of the Tryumph, in voyces consonant
and cantionell verse; more pleasant than I am able to expresse, but let
this suffice.

_The second Tryumph._

The next Tryumph, was not lesse worthy to be beholden then the first.
The foure wheeles, the spokes, and naues, were all of Fulkish Agate, and
in dyuers places white veines: such as King _Pyrrhus_ could not shewe,
with the representation of the nine Muses, and _Apollo_ playing in the
middest of them vppon his Lute.

The Axeltrees and fashion of the same like the other: but the Tables
were of orient blewe Saphire, hauing in them, as small as motes in the
Sunne, certaine glinces of golde, gratefull to the Magicke Arte, and of
_Cupid_ beloued in the left hande.

Vpon the Table on the right side, I behelde engrauen, a goodly Matron
lying in a princely bed, beeing deliuered of two egges in a stately
Pallace: her Midwyues and other Matrons and yonge women, beeing greatly
astonished at the sight. Out of one of the which, spronge a flame of
fire: and out of the other egge two bright starres.

Vppon the other side were engrauen, the curious Parents, ignorant of
thys strange byrth, in the Temple of _Apollo_, before hys image, asking
by Oracle the cause and ende heereof, hauing this darke aunswere. _Vni
gratum Mare. Alterum gratum Mari._ And for thys ambiguous aunswere they
were reserued by their Parents.

Vppon the fore-ende of the Charyot, there was represented most liuely
the figure of _Cupid_, aloft in the skyes, with the sharpe heades of his
golden arrowes, wounding and making bleede the bodyes of dyuers foure
footed beastes, creeping Serpents, and flying Foules. And vppon the
earth, stoode dvuers persons, wondering at the force of such a little
slaue, and the effect of suche a vveake and slender Arrowe.

In the hynder ende, _Iupiter_ appoynting in hys steade, a prudent and
subtill Sheepehearde as a Iudge, awakened by hym, as hee lay sleeping
neere a most fayre Fountaine, whether of the three most fayre Goddesses,
hee esteemed best worthie. And hee beeing seduced by deuising _Cupid_,
gaue the Apple to the pleasant working _Venus_.

This tryumphant Charyot, was drawen by sixe white Elephants, coupled two
and two together, such as will hardly be found in Agesinua, nor among
the Gandars of India. _Pompei_ neuer had the like in his Tryumphes in
Affricke: neither were the like seene in the Tryumphes of the conquest
of India; their tronckes armed wit