ony,
with three feete, and other temporary tables, without any noyse or
brustling. Euerie one readie to his appoynted Office, with a carefull,
diligent, and affecting indeuour, wholy to that seruice which was
enioyned him.

And first before the Queene, there was placed a frame of three feete of
this fourme, vpon a rounde of fine Dyasper, with curious Lineaments. To
the which were three stypits, the lower partes whereof, did finish in
the forme of the tearing claw of a Lyon, with an exsquisite foliature,
compassing about the steales of the stypets, hauing in the middest of
euerie one, fastened the head of a childe betwixt two wings, from the
which betwixt one and other of the stypets, there hung in maner of a
Garland a bundle of leaues and fruites bounde togither, and biggest
towardes the midst, and vppon the top of the stypets or steales, was put
a proiection to beare vp the rounde table before the Queene.

This frame was vnmoueable, but the round table was to be quickly taken
of and on, according to the substance of the vessels at euery changing
of the table.

And streight way as it were in the twinckling of an eye and turne of a
hand, there was put vppon this three footed frame a rounde table of
Golde, three foote by the Diameter, and of an indifferent thicknesse,
and of this forme and bignes were all the rest.

Vpon this table was laide a Carpet perfumed, of cloth of Hormisine of a
greene colour, euenly distended large and long downe to the pauement:
fringed vpon the sides with twisted threede of the selfe same, and mixed
with Siluer and Golde, depending downe vnder a border of imbroyderie of
Pearle and pretious stone, with a hand-breadth of the pauement on euerie
side hanging downe. And of this sort were all the Carpets bordered and
fringed.

Afterwards followed a faire yoong Damosell and quicke, with a great
Bason of Gold filled with the flowers of Violets, tawny, blew & white,
and sweet smelling, as in the prime spring time, and strewing of them
vpon the tables, except that before the Queene.

Her sacred maiestie, hauing put off her robe so gorgeous as _Lolia_,
wife to _Paulus Aemilius_ neuer saw in her husbandes tryumphes, and shee
remayned in a gowne of purple Veluet, hauing wouen in it birdes, little
beastes, leaues and flowers in knottes, the worke somewhat raysed vp
with pearle and stone, with a thynne vayle couering it all ouer of silke
syprusse, shewing through it the couered workes and cloath by rea