38 THE PROPERTIES AND QUALITIES 



shall the beame that ys cast vnto your eye, shewe 

 your whole face, not to be so bigg as the nayle 

 of your fingeres, and so you may make yt to bee 

 hilly, or bossy outewardes, to have any thinge to 

 shewe of what syse, that you lyst. For if that 

 yt bee made as half a boawle or globe, Then of 

 what syde soever you doo stande, you shall see 

 youre owne face, or any thinge that standeth 

 right as you do stande : And to bee in swellenes 

 accordinge to the forme of the hylling or bossing 

 outwardes. And allso as many tymes, that you 

 doo see looking glasses, which make the face 

 longer or broder then the forme or proportyon of 

 your face, the reason thereof ys, that yt hilleth or 

 bosseth more one way, then yt dothe another 

 way. And that way that yt bendeth moste 

 outewardes, that way yt maketh moste narrowest, 

 and that way, that the glasse ys moste myghtest, 

 that way yt sheweth the face moste longest. 

 For yf that a glasse were made righte one way, 

 and rounde outwardes the other way, and the 

 foyle layde on the hollow syde, Then that Glasse 

 woulde make the face, the streighte way, the 

 inst length e of the face, and the other way 

 narrowe accordinge vnto the roundinge of the 

 glasse. So that all sortes of Lookinge glasses, 

 that dothe bosse or hyll owtewardes, dothe shewe 

 the thinge less then yt ys, accordinge vnto the 

 bendinge hilling or bossinge outwarde. 



