H4 A HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ENGLAND 
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 B allesters 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 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 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 
