328 THE SHAKESPEARE GARDEN 



nothing more elaborate in the theater today than this 

 ornate and brilliantly lighted scene : 



"When the Dance ended, the loud music sounded. 

 The curtains being drawn was seen a Garden of a 

 glorious and strange beauty, cast into four Quarters 

 with a cross-walk and alleys compassing each Quar- 

 ter. In the middle of the cross-walk stood a goodly 

 Fountain, raised on four columns of silver. On the 

 tops whereof strode four statues of silver which sup- 

 ported a bowl in circuit containing four and twenty 

 foot and was raised from the ground nine foot in 

 height, in the middle whereof, upon scrolls of silver 

 and gold, was placed a globe garnished with four 

 golden mask heads, out of which issued water into 

 the bowl; above stood a golden Neptune, in height 

 three foot, holding in his hand a trident. 



"The Garden walls were of brick, artificially 

 painted in perspective, all along which were placed 

 fruit-trees with artificial leaves and fruits. The 

 Garden within the walls was railed about with rails 

 of three foot high, adorned with balusters of silver, 

 between which were placed pedestals beautified with 

 transparent lights of variable colors. Upon the 

 pedestals stood silver columns, upon the tops where- 

 of were personages of gold, lions of gold and uni- 

 corns of silver. Every personage and beast did hold 



