companied by six priests on most beautiful
she-mules, their heads covered with hoods of linen embroidered with
silver and gold in a masterly pattern of ivy-leaves; and on their
bodies they had sacerdotal vestments in the ancient fashion, with
borders and fringes of gold all round, and in the hands one had a
thurible, another a vase of gold, and the rest other similar things.
At their stirrups they had attendants in the guise of Levites, and the
torches that these had in their hands were after the manner of ancient
candelabra, and wrought with beautiful artistry.

The third car represented the Consulate of Titus Manlius Torquatus,
who was Consul after the end of the first Carthaginian war, and
governed in such a manner, that in his time there flourished in Rome
every virtue and every blessing. That car, upon which was Titus
himself, with many ornaments executed by Pontormo, was drawn by eight
most beautiful horses, and before it went six couples of Senators clad
in the toga, on horses covered with cloth of gold, accompanied by a
great number of grooms representing Lictors, with the fasces, axes,
and other things appertaining to the administration of justice.

The fourth car, drawn by four buffaloes disguised as elephants,
represented Julius Caesar in Triumph for the victory gained over
Cleopatra, the car being all painted by Pontormo with his most famous
deeds. That car was accompanied by six couples of men-at-arms clad in
rich and brightly shining armour all bordered with gold, with their
lances on their hips; and the torches that the half-armed grooms
carried had the form of trophies, designed in various ways.

The fifth car, drawn by winged horses that had the form of gryphons,
bore upon it Caesar Augustus, the Lord of the Universe, accompanied by
six couples of Poets on horseback, all crowned, as was also Caesar,
with laurel, and dressed in costumes varying according to their
provinces; and these were there because poets were always much
favoured by Caesar Augustus, whom they exalted with their works to the
heavens. And to the end that they might be recognized, each of them
had across his forehead a scroll after the manner of a fillet, on
which was his name.

On the sixth car, drawn by four pairs of heifers richly draped, was
Trajan, that just Emperor, before whom, as he sat on the car, which
was painted very well by Pontormo, there rode upon beautiful and
finely caparisoned horses six couples of Doctors of Law,