asy, chaste, and
becoming habit, having as a worthy companion the venerable Honour,
crowned with palm and resplendent in purple and gold, with the shield
and spear in the hands, who was shown supporting two temples, into one
of which (namely, that dedicated to the same Honour) it appeared
impossible to pass save by way of that dedicated to Virtue; and to the
end that a noble and worthy companion might be given to those masks, it
seemed right that Victory, crowned with laurel and likewise with a
branch of palm in the hand, should be added to the same line. These were
followed by Good Fame, figured in the form of a young woman with two
white wings, sounding a great trumpet, and after her, with a little
white dog in her arms, came Faith, likewise all white, with a luminous
veil that was seen covering her arms, head, and face; and with them
Salvation, holding in the right hand a cup that she seemed to be seeking
to offer to a serpent, and in the other a thin and straight wand. After
these, then, was seen coming Nemesis, the daughter of Night, who rewards
the good and chastises the wicked, virginal in aspect, and crowned with
little stags and little victories, with a spear of ash and a similar cup
in the hands; with whom appeared as her companion Peace, also a virgin,
but of a kindly aspect, with a branch of olive in the hand and a blind
boy, representing the God of riches, in the arms; and with them,
carrying in the hand a drinking-vessel in the form of a lily, and in
similar guise, was seen likewise coming ever-verdant Hope, followed by
Clemency, who was riding upon a great lion, with a spear in one hand and
in the other a thunderbolt, which she was making as if not to hurl
furiously, but to throw away. Then were seen likewise coming
Opportunity, who had a little behind her Penitence, by whom she seemed
to be continually smitten, and Felicity, upon a commodious throne, with
a caduceus in one hand and a horn of plenty in the other. And these were
seen followed by the Goddess Pellonia, whose office it is to keep
enemies at a distance, in full armour, with two great horns upon the
head, and in the hand a vigilant crane, who was seen poised upon one
foot, as is their custom, and holding in the other a stone; and with
her, closing the last part of the glorious company, was Science, figured
in the form of a young man, who was shown carrying in the hand a book
and upon the head a gilded tripod, to denote his constancy and
firmness