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columnes of Silver. On the toppes whereof strode foure 

 statues of silver, which supported a bole in circuite containing 

 foure and twenty foote, and was raysed from the ground nine foot 

 in height, in the middle whereof upon scrowles of silver and gold, 

 was placed a globe garnished with 4 golden maske heads out 

 of the which issued water into the bole, aboue stood a golden 

 Neptune in height 3 foote holding in his hand a Trident. The 

 garden walls were of brick artificially painted in Perspective, all 

 along which were placed fruite trees with artificiall leaues and 

 fruite. The garden within the wall was rayled about with 

 rayles of three foote high, adorned with Ballesters of Siluer, 

 between which were placed pedestalls beautified with transparent 

 lights of variable colours, vpon the Pedestalls stood siluer 

 columnes, upon the toppes whereof were personages of golde, 

 Lions of golde and Vnicornes of silver. Every personage and 

 beast did hold a torchet burning that gaue light and lustre to the 

 whole fabrique. Euery quarter of the garden was finely hedged 

 about with a lowe hedge of Cipresse and Juniper ; the knottes 

 within set with artificiall flowers. In the two first quarters, were 

 two Piramides, garnished with golde and siluer, and glistering with 

 transparent lights, resembling carbuncles, saphires, and rubies. 

 In every corner of each quarter were great pottes of gilliflowers, 

 which shadowed certaine lights placed behind them, and made 

 resplendent and admirable lustre. The two further quarters were 

 beautified with Tulipaes of diuers colours, and in the middle, and 

 in the corners of the said quarters, were set great tufts of seuerall 

 kindes of flowers receiving lustre from secret lights placed 

 behind them. At the farther end of the garden was a mount 

 raised by degrees, resembling bankes of earth, couered with 

 grasse ; on the top of the mount stood a goodly arbour substan- 

 tially made, and couered with artificiall trees, and with arbour 

 flowers, as eglantine, honnysuckles, and the like. The arbour 

 was in length three and thirtie foot, in height one and twenty, 

 supported with termes of gold and silver. It was diuided into 

 sixe double arches and three doores answerable to the three walks 

 of the garden. In the middle part of the arbour rose a goodly 

 large turret, and at either end a smaller. Vpon the toppe of the 

 mount, on the front thereof, was a banke of flowers, curiously 



