orderly
sette, of two cubites high, with their shoulders turned one towards an
other, and somewhat neare together.

They stood vpon the base with the right foot towards the corner, and the
lefte stretching towardes the fixed foot of the other boye. Their cubits
bending vp, and holding the handle of the perfuming panne, verie slender
in the steale, and vpward in fashion of a bowle, somewhat furrowed and
broad lipped.

There were six in a round circuit, one towardes an other: And betwixt
theyr shoulders in the Center point of the trianguled base, there rose
vp a steale like an olde fashioned Candlesticke, holding on the toppe
thereof suche a bowle or vessell as aforesaide, and so broade as did
fill vp the voyde place in the middest betwixt the other six.

Which bowles were filled with burning coles couered ouer with embers,
and in euery vessell vppon the ashes did boyle a little pot of gold,
which contrary liquors infused with sweet odours.

And as I suspected, euery potte had seuerall water, as it were, one with
Rose-water, another with water of Orange flowers, another of myrtle,
tender greene Lawrell leaues, elder flowers, and diuers such lyke
sociable symples. And these boyling together, they did yeelde a most
pleasant and fragrant smell.

In the presence of the magnificent Queene there did alwayes wayte and
attend three honourable Nymphes, their apparell beeing of golde and
silke, maruelously wouen and adorned, and sette with pearle and stone.
The lyninges of theyr gownes going about their snowie shoulders, and
comming downe vppon theyr little round brestes to the lower parte of
their wastes, of suche colour as the napkins, leauing to be seene the
pleasaunt valleys betwixt their faire brestes, an extreame delight
and desired nourishment vnto a narrowe looke and greedie eye, with
a thousand small chaynes, pretie iewelles and flowers of golde in
a f[ae]minine sort, a sweet bayte to carrie a man headlong into
forgetfulnes of hymselfe, beeing inchaunted with choyse and amorous
regards, farre passing the desire of any other delycate vyands. Their
shooes of golde cutte with halfe Moones, and closed vp at the ioyning of
the hornes or corners with buttons and flowers of gold-smithes woorke in
a curious sorte, and the trammels of their faire and plentifull haire
aboue their forheads and temples instrophiated with large and round
oryent pearle.

They stoode thus on eyther hande and before the Queene with a singular
and