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In evVy figured group the judging eye . xm. 



Demands the charms of contrariety, cwp* l 



In forms, in attitudes expefts to trace, 195 



Diftincl: inflexions, and contrafted grace, 

 Where Art diverfely leads each changeful line, 

 Oppofes, breaks, divides the whole defign ; 

 Thus when the reft in front their charms difplay, 

 Let one with face averted turn away, 200 



Shoulders oppofe to breafts, and left to right, 

 With parts that meet and parts that fhun the fight. 

 This rule in practice uniformly true 

 Extends alike to many forms or few. 



Yet keep thro' all the piece a perfecl poize : 2OJ A B ^ ce ta 



-r/~i r ir T be kept in the 



If here in frequent troops the figures rife, pi ^ ure 



Inque figurarum cumulis non omnibus idem XIIT< 



Ppfiturarurn 



Corporis inflexus, motufque; vel artubus otnnes diverfiras in 



r cumulis. 



Converfis pariter non connitantur eodem^ 



Sed quasdam in diverfa trahant contraria membra, 140 



Tranfverfeque aliis pu^nent, .& caetera frangant. 



Pluribus adverfis averfam oppone figuram, 



Pedoribufque humeros, & dextera membra iiniftris, 



Seu multis conftabit opus, paucifve figuris. 



Altera pars tabulae vacuo neu frigida camno, 145 xiv. 



J Tabulae libra* 



Aut deferta fiet, dum pluribus altera formis 



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