Sidenote A: _Thessalie_ is a region of Greece, hauing vpon the
one side Macedonia, and on the other Boeotia, reaching betweene
Thermopyl[ae], and the riuer Pineus, euen to the sea side, it is the
garden of Grecia.]

And there sitting thus togither among the sweete flowers and redolent
roses, I fastened mine eies vpon this heauenly shape of so faire and
rare a proportion, whereunto my sences were so applied, drawen and
addicted, that my hart was ouerwhelmed with extreeme delights, so as I
remained senceles, and yet cast into a curious desire to vnderstand and
knowe what should be the reason and cause that the purple humiditie in
the touch of hir bodie, in the smoothnes of hir hand should be as white
as pure milke: and by what meanes that nature had bestowed in hir faire
bodie the fragrant sweetnes of Arabia. And by what industrie in hir
starrie forehead pampynulated with threds of gold aptly disposed, she
had infixed the fairest part of the heauens, or the splendycant
Heraclea[A].

[Sidenote A: _Heraclea_, is the name of diuers faire cities, one in
the confines of Europe, another in Italie & in Pontus by the riuer
Licus, also in Narbon by Rodanus, also in Caria, Crete & Lydia,
whereof the Lodestone taketh his name.]

Afterward letting fall mine eies towards hir prety feete, I beheld them
inclosed in red leather cut vpon white, fastened vpon the instep with
buttons of gold in loopes of blew silke. And from thence I returned
vpward my wanton regard to hir straight necke compassed about with a
carkenet of orient pearle, striuing but not able to match with the
whitenes of the sweet skin. From thence descending down to hir shining
breast and delitious bosome, from whence grew two round apples, such as
_Hercules_ neuer stole out of the garden of _Hesperides_[A]. Neither did
euer _Pomona_ behold the like to these two standing vnmooueable in hir
roseall breast, more white than hils of snowe in the going downe of the
sunne. Betwixt the which there passed downe a delicious vallie, wherein
was the delicate sepulcher of my wounded hart exceeding the famous
_Mausolea_[B].

[Sidenote A: _Hesperides_, were the 3. daughters of Atlas, [Ae]gle,
Aretusa and Hesperetusa, who had an orchard of golden apples, kept
by a dragon whom Hercules slew & tooke away the apples.]

[Sidenote B: A sepulcher built by Artemisia in the honor of hir
husbande Mausolus king of Cania.]

I then being content