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Then bold INVENTION all thy powers diffule r 

 Of all thy fitters thon the nobleft Mufe. 

 Thee ev'ry Art, thee ev'ry Grace infpires, i IQ: 

 Thee Phoebus fills with all his brighteft fires. 

 Chufe fuch judicious force of fhade and light 



n, or 



Oeconomy cf 



the whok. As f u j ts t j ie t j iem) an( j f at i s fi es tne fight ; 



Weigh part with part, and with prophetic eye, 

 The future power of all thy tints defcry; ' 

 And thofe, thofe only on the canvas place, 

 Whofe hues are focial, whofe effecl is grace. 



The Jubjeft Vivid and faithful to the hiftoric page, 



to be treated 



faithfully. Exprefs the cuftorns, manners, forms, and age ; 



Machina, qux nofrris INVENTIO dicitur oris. 



Ilia quidem prius ingenuis inftrudla fororum 

 Artibus Aonidum, & Phoebi fublimior 



iv. Ouasrendafque inter pofituras, luminis, umbrae, 



Difpofuio,five 



icoQcmia" 5 Atque futurorum jam praefentire coloram 



Par erit har'moniam,. captando ab utrifque veftuftum. 80 

 v. Sit thematis genuina ac viva expreflio, juxta 



Fidelitas Ar- 



Textum antiquorum, propriis cum tempore formis, 



