g spots growing from a
blackish to a pure red, the same pounded smelleth sweetly. The third was
of perfect _Medea_ of the colour of darke gold, and hauing the smell of
Nectar. The fourth of pretious _Nebritis_ from a blacke growing to a
white and greene. Out of the hollowed steales whereof, there ascended vp
a pyramidall flame of euerlasting fire, continually burning. The
brightnes of the works expressed through the reflexion of the lights,
and the sparkling of the pretious stones were such, as my eies dazeled
to behold them.

About which heauenly triumph, with a maruellous and solemne pompe,
infinite troups of Nymphs, their faire and plentifull tresses falling
loose ouer their shoulders, some naked with aprons of goates skins and
kids, others with tymbrels and flutes, making a most pleasaunt noise, as
in the daunce called Thiasus, in the trieterie of _Bacchus_, with green
leaffie sprigs and vine branches, instrophyated about their heads and
wasts, leaping and dauncing before the triumphs: immediately after the
triumphs followed an olde man vpon an asse, and after him was led a
goate adorned for a sacrifice: And one that followed after carrieng vpon
hir head a fanne, making an vnmeasurable laughter, and vsing furious and
outragious gestures. This was the order of these _Mimallons_, _Satirs_,
and seruants to Bacchus, bawds, _Tyades_, _Naiades_ and such as followed
after.

_The Nymph doth shew to Poliphilus the multitude of yoong
Louers, and their Loues, what they were,
and in what sort beloued_

It is verie hard for a man to accommodate his speech to apte termes,
whereby he may expreslie declare the great pompe, indesinent triumph,
vncessaunt ioie and delightful iettings aboute these rare and vnseene
chariots, and being once vndertaken, it is as vneasie to leaue off:
besides the notable companie of yoong youths, and the increasing troups
of innumerable faire and pleasant Nymphs, more sharpe witted, wise,
modest, and discreet, then is ordinarily seene in so tender yeeres, with
their beardles Louers, scarce hauing downy cheekes, pleasantly deuising
with them matters of Loue. Manie of them hauing their torches burning,
others pastophorall, some with ancient spoiles vppon the endes of
streight staues, and others with diuers sorts of Trophes vpon launces,
curiouslie hanging, caried before the mystical triumphs, with shouting
resounds aboue in the aire. Some with winde-instrument