triumphes, and therefore _Poliphilus_, addresse thy thoughts to other
matters, and behold what noble and woorthy Nymphs shew themselues
deseruedly consorted with their amorous louers, curteous and affable:
who with sweete and pleasant notes in measured verse, praise and commend
one another without wearines, incessantly celebrating their turnes with
excessiue delight, and extolling the triumphs, the aire also full of the
chirpings of diuers pretie birds, yeelding a diffused charme.

About the first triumph among the reioising companie, the nine Muses did
sing, with their leader the diuine Luter _Apollo_.[A]

[Sidenote A: This verse consisted of _Strophe_, _Aristophe_, and
_Epodus_.]

After the triumph followed the faire Parthenopeian _Leria_, with a
lawrell crowne, accompanied with _Melanthia_, whose habites and voices
represented the pride of Greece,[A] whereupon the great Macedon rested
his head: She bare a splendent lampe, communicating the light thereof
with hir companion, then the rest more excellent both in voice and song.

[Sidenote A: _Homer._]

There the faire Nymph shewed me the auncient _Iphianassa_, and after the
old father _Himerinus_ his daughters and their drinke, and one betwixt
the two Theban brothers: These with pleasant noises, sweete musicke and
fine agilities, paste on about the first triumph.

About the second triumph was the noble _Nemesis_ with the _Lesbian
Corina_, _Delia_ and _Ne[ae]ra_, with diuers others amorous Nymphs,
making pleasaunt soundes vppon stringed instruments of yealow wood.

About the thirde triumph, the glorious Nymphs shewed me _Quintilia_ and
_Cynthea Nauta_, with others, in great solace, making sweete harmonies,
and singing pleasant verses: there also I behelde the virgin
_Violantilla_ with hir Doue, and the other sorrowing for hir Sparrow.

About the fourth triumph, before it went the _Lidian Cloe_, _Lide_,
_Neobole_, sweete _Phillis_, and the faire _Lyce_ _Tyburts_ & _Pyra_,
with their harps singing and making a most pleasant noyse. After this
fourth triumph among the M[ae]nades and sacrificers to _Bacchus_, there
folowed an amorous damosell singing in the commendation of the head of
hir louer _Plaon_, she desired hornes. And after them all she shewed me
two women, one of them apparelled in white, and the other in greene,
which came hindermost singing togither.

And thus they marched about in a most pleasant and delightfull maner
vpon the fresh greene a