o tender green and strange
boughs, as are not to be found in the wood of the goddes _Feronia_,[B]
when the inhabitants carrie hir image to the fire.

[Sidenote A: _Dryades_, be Nymphs of the woods.]

[Sidenote B: _Feronia_ a goddesse of the woods.]

From thence we entered into a large square inclosure compassed about
with broade walkes, straight from one corner to another, with a quick-set
vpon either sides, in height one pace, of pricking iuniper thicke set
togither, and mixt with box, compassing about the square greene mead.
In the rowes of which quick-set there were symmetrially planted the
victorious palme trees, whose branches were laden with fruite, appearing
out of their husks, some blacke, some crymosen, and many yealow, the
like are not to be found in the land of [Ae]gypt, nor in Dabulam[A]
among the Arabian Sc[ae]nits,[B] or in Hieraconta beyond the
Sauromatans.[C] All which were intermedled with greene Cytrons, Orenges,
Hippomelides, Pistack trees, Pomegranats, Meligotons, Dendromirts,
Mespils, and Sorbis, with diuers other fruitfull trees.

[Sidenote A: _Dabulam_, a fertile place in Arabia.]

[Sidenote B: _Sc[ae]nits_, be a people in Arabia, that dwell
altogither in tents.]

[Sidenote C: _Sauromatans_, be people of Sarmatia, which is a large
cuntry, reaching from Germany & the riuer Vistula to Hyc[ae]nia, and
is deuided into two parts Europea and Asiatica.]

In this place vppon the greene swoord of the flowering mead, and vnder
the fresh and coole shadowes, I might behold a great assemblie met
togither of strange people, & such as I had neuer before seene, full of
ioyes and pastimes, but basely apparrelled, some in fauns skins, painted
with white spots, some in lynx[A] skins, others in leopards: and manie
had fastened togither diuers broad leaues, instrophiating them with
sundrie flowers, therewithall couering their nakednes, singing, leaping,
and dauncing with great applause.

[Sidenote A: _Lynx_ is a beast spotted, but in shape like a wolph,
being quicke of sight.]

These were the Nymphs Hamadryades,[A] pleasantly compassing vppon either
sides the flowered _Vertumnus_,[B] hauing vppon his heade a garlande of
roses, and his gowne lap full of faire flowers, louing the station of
the woollie ramme. He sate in an ancient fashioned carre, drawne by
fower horned fauns or satyrs, with his louing and faire wife _Pomona_,
crowned with delicate fruits, hir haire hang