The Daunce ended, the lowd Musicke sounded. The Trauers being drawne, was seene a Garden of a glorious and strange beauty, cast into foure quarters, with a crosse walke and allies, compassing each quar­ter. In the middle of the crosse walke, stood a good­ly Fountaine raised on foure columnes of Siluer. On the toppes whereof stoode foure statues of siluer, which supported a bole, in circuite containing foure and twenty foote, and was raysed from the ground nine foote in height, in the middle whereof vppon scrowles of siluer and gold was placed a Globe gar­nished with foure golden Maske-heads, out of the which issued water into the bole, aboue stood a gol­den Neptune, in height three foote, holding in his hand a Trident, and riding on a Dolphin so cun­ningly framed, that a Riuer seemed to streame out of his mouth.

The Garden walls were of bricke artificially pain­ted in Perspectiue, 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, betweene which were placed pede­stalls, beautified with transparent Lights of variable colours, vpon the Pedestalls stood siluer columnes, vpon the toppes whereof were personages of golde, Lions of gold, and Vnicornes of siluer, euery 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 Iuniper: The knottes within set with artificiall greene hearbs, em­belished with all sortes of 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 euery corner of each Quarter were great pottes of. Iilliflowers, which shadowed certaine lights placed behind them, and made a 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, receiuing 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 [Page] trees, and with arbour flowers, as Eglantine, Honnysuckles, and the like.

The Arbour was in length three and thirtie foote, in height one and twenty, supported with termes of gold and siluer, it was diuided into sixe double ar­ches, and three doores answerable to the three walks of the Garden. In the middle part of the Arbor 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 which 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 perspectiue, a firmament like the Skies in a cleere night.

Vpon a grassy seate vnder 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 sate Primauera, at whose in­treaty they descended to the Stage, and marching vp to the King, sung to Lutes and Theorboes.

The Charme ended, the Gods retire to their pla­ces, the lowd Musicke againe sounded. The bankes of flowers softly descending and vanishing, the Mas­kers, in number thirteene appeared, seated in their Arches, apparrelled in doublets and round hose of white sattin, long white silke stockings, white sattin pumpes. The doublet richly imbrodered in curious panes with imbossed flowers of siluer, the panes bor­dered with imbrodery of carnation silke and siluer. The hose cut in panes answerable to the embroderie [Page] of the doublets. The skirtes of the doublets embro­dered and cut into Lillies flowers, and the wings set forth with flowers of seuerall colours, made in silke, and frosted with siluer, ruffe bands, edged with a lace of carnation silke & siluer, spangled very thicke, and stucke full of flowers of seuerall kindes, faire vi­zards and tresses, delicate Cappes of silke and siluer flowers of sundry kindes, with plumes of the same, in the toppe whereof stucke a great bunch of Egrets. Euery Maskers pump fastned with a flower sutable to his cappe; on their left armes a white skarfe fairely embrodered sent them by the Bride, and on their hands a rich paire of embrodered gloues, sent them by the Bridegroome.

The lowd Musicke ceasing, the Maskers descend in a gallant March through three seuerall doores of the Arbor to the three seueral Allies of the Garden, marching till they all met in the middle Allie vnder the Fountaine, and from thence to the Stage, where they fel into their first measure.

That ended, the Preists descend againe, and sung the second Song.

That done, they daunce their second measure, af­ter which followes the third Song, referring to the Ladies.

This ended, they tooke their Ladies, with whom they daunced Measures, Corantoes, Durettoes, Moriscoes, Galliards.

Then was sung the fourth Song, hauing reference to the King.

Then they daunced their parting Measure, at the end whereof followed this last Song, hauing refe­rence to the married couple.

The Maske ended, it pleased his Maiestie to call for the Anticke-Maske of Song and Daunce. which was againe presented; and then the Maskers vncoue­red their faces, and came vp to the State, and kissed the King, and Queene, and Princes hand, with a great deale of grace and fauour, and so were inuited to the Banquet.