C 5 ] 

 No, 'tis their liberal purpofe to convey 45 



That fcientific {kill which wins its way 

 On docile Nature, and tranfmits to youth, 

 Talents to reach, and tafte to relim truth ; 

 While inborn Genius from their aid receives 

 Each fupplemental Art that Practice gives. 50 



'Tis Painting's fir ft chief bufinefs to explore, / ; he 



Beautiful. 



What lovelier forms in Nature's boundlefs ftore, 



J Y (f\ i v*T fcrv r 



Are beft to Art and antient Tafte allied', 



For antient Tafte thofe forms has beft applied. 



'Till this be learn'd, how all things difagree; 5.5 

 How all one wretched, blind barbarity ! 



Sed rerutn ut pollens ars cognitione, gradatlm 



Naturae fefe iniinuet, verique capacem -35 



Tranfeat in Genium; Geniufq; ufu induat artem. 



Praecipua imprimis artifque potiffima pars eft, . De p jj chro ^ 



NoiTe quid in rebus natura crearit ad artem 

 Pulchrius, idque modum juxta, mentemque vetuftam : 



Qiaa fine barbai ies csca & temeraria pulchrum 40 



Negligit, infultans ignota? audacior arti, 



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