But by a few bold ftrokes, diftinft and free, 



Calls forth the charms of perfect fymmetry. 



True to anatomy, more true to grace, 



She bids each mufcle know its native place ; 



Bids fmall from great in juft gradation rife, j6o 



And, at one vifual point, approach the eyes. 



Yet deem not, Youths, that perfpedtive can give 

 Thofe charms compleat by which your works (hall 



live ; 



What tho' her rules may to your hand impart 

 A quick mechanic fubftitute for art ; j 65 



Yet formal, geometric fhapes (he draws ; 

 Hence the true Genius fcorns her rigid laws, 



Ex longo dedu&a fluant, non fedta minutim. no 



Infertifque toris fint nota ligamina, juxta 

 Compagem anatomes, & membrificatio Grasco 

 Deformata modo, paucifque expreffa lacertis, 

 ijualis apud veteres; totoque Eurythmia partes 

 Componat; genitumque fuo generante fequenti pit 



Sit minus, & pundio videantur cundla fub uno. 



Regula certa licet nequeat profped:ica did, 

 Aut complementum graphidos; fed in arte juvamen, 

 Et modus accelerans operandi : at corpora falfo 



