ned
towardes the Boye, and the other bent against the vessell with an open
gaping, and endyng in the head of a Storke, with her beake against the
open mouth of a Monster, lying with his face vpwarde, and certaine
Whorelles or Beades rysing vp betwixt his mouth and her beake.

Whiche heades in stead of haire, were couered with leaues one ouer an
other, filling the Orifice of the vessell, and from one lyp to an other,
and vnder the bowle thereof towarde the foote, there compassed a fine
towell of linnen, the endes hanging downe from the knottes, in suche an
excellent sorte as was conuenient both for the place and matter. And in
the middle ouer the heades, was the face of a childe vppon a payre of
winges.

And with suche lyke lineamentes was the Zophor adorned and couered, with
a Coronice full of excellent workemanship. Vppon the plaine toppe
whereof, by a perpendicular lyne ouer the Pillars, in the ordeining of
the squadrangalles, there were placed and framed certaine olde fashioned
vesselles, by an appointed distribution, three foote high of Calcedonie,
some of Amethist, some of Agat, some of Iasper, with their bellies
furrowed and Channelled, and cut of a rare and maruellous cunning, and
with excellent eares.

In a perfect order ouer euerie Iewell aboue the Coronice, were aptlye
ioyned traunsomes, squared seuen foote high, and the middle space
betweene them of glistering Golde, with a superadiect extention, closing
ouer the streight extended transomes. And by a turnyng downe the
transomes, did ioyne decently one with the other, with a Topiarie[A]
woorke. Intending that out of the vesselles standing vpon the Coronice
as aforesaide, in the cornes the transome and the vyne should ryse vp
togither, but out of the other vesselles, either a vyne or some Woodbine
of Golde, by courses meeting ouer the transwerst traunsomes, with a
thicke stretching out of theyr spreadyng braunches, one ioyning with an
other, and twisting togither with a fine and pleasant congresse,
couering ouer all the whole court with a riche and inestimable suffite,
with diuers fashioned leaues of greene emeralde, gratefull to the sight,
more perfect then that wherein _Amenon_ was impressed, and the flowers
dispersed and distributed of Saphires and byrrals. And with an excellent
disposition and artificiall, betwixt the greene leaues and the grosse
vaynes, so precious hunge downe the clusters of grapes made of stones,
agreeable and fitting to the naturall