darie and skilfull vnderstanding.

Vppon the same on eyther sides was made a heade of a monster, from the
which on both handes did proceede the garnishing thereof in an exquysite
and most rare worke of leaues, inuesting the same about with the
congresse of the opposyte heade, and finely gracing that parte of the
vessell.

And in the bearing out of the lippe of the vessell ouer the
perpendicular poynt of the heade there was fastened a rynge, from the
which vppon eyther sides there hung downe a garland of braunches,
leaues, flowers, and fruites growing bigger towardes the middest, with a
perpolyte bynding to eyther ringes.

Ouer the middle bending of the garland, and vnder the proiecture of the
lyppe of the vessell, there was fixed and placed the head of an olde
man, with his beard and haire of his head transformed into nettle
leaues, and out of whose mouth gushed out the water of the fountayne by
art continually into the hollownes of the broad vessell vnder this.

Vppon the mouth of this last described vessell did mount vppe a pretyous
hyll maruellously congest, and framed of innumerable rounde pretious
rocke stones closing one with another vnequally, as if nature had ioyned
them growing, making a rounde composed hill, beautifully glistering of
dyuerse sortes and colours in a proportionate bignes.

And aloft vppon the toppe of this little hill, there grewe a fine
pomgranate tree, the body, boughes and fruite made all of golde, the
leaues of greene Smaragde. The fruit of theyr naturall bignesse heere
and there aptly placed, their sides cut open, and in place of kernelles
they were full of most perfecte Rubyes, as bigge as the kernels.

After that, the ingenious Artificer wanting no inuention, hee seperated
the graynes in steade of the fylme with siluer foyle.

And moreouer, in other apples, opened, but not rype, hee redoubled the
thicknesse of the foyle, making the kernelles of an oryentall colour, so
also hee made the flowers of perfect corrall, in the cuppes full of bees
of golde.

Besides this, out of the toppe of the hollowe steale, lyke a pype, there
came out a turning steale, the lowest part whereof rested in a heade,
framed from the middle trunke or pype iust ouer the axeltree.

Which steale or stypet beeing strongly fastened, it bare vp a vessell of
Topas of an auncient forme, the bowle whereof in the bottome was broad,
and swelling out with rigges in the opening, rarely bewtified with a
coronice, and pu