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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 trans- 

 parent 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 hghts 

 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 re- 

 ceiving 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 substantially 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 

 painted behind, while within the arches the maskers sate 

 vnseene. Behind the garden, ouer the toppe of the arbour, 

 were set artificiall trees, appearing like an orchard ioyning to 

 the garden, and ouer all was drawne in perspective a fermament 

 like the skies in a cleere night, Vpon a grassy seate under the 

 arbor, sate the garden gods, in number twelue, apparrelled 

 in long roabes of greene rich taffata cappes on their heads, and 

 chaplets of flowers. In the midst of them sat Primaura, at 



