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May much prevail ; yet relative in all 

 Let greater parts advance before the fmall. 480 

 Minuter forms, when diftantly we trace, 



which are di- 



Are mingled all in one compared mafs ; 

 Such the light leaves that cplothe remoter woods, 

 And fuch the waves on wide extended floods. 

 Let each contiguous part be firm allied, 485 



and feparated 



Bodies. N or labour lefs the feparate to divide ; 

 Yet fo divide that to th' approving eye 

 They both at fmall and pleafing diftance lie. 



XLI 



colors very Forbid two hoftile Colours clofe to meet, 



oppofne to 



each other ne- . . . i 1 1 i . c 



ver to be join- And win with middle tints their union iweet, 490 



More relative, ut majora minoribus extent, 

 xxxix. Cunfta minuta procul maffam denfantur in unam ; 



Corpora pro- 



ltantia> Ut folia arboribus fylvarum, & in squore fludus. 

 XL. Contigua inter fe coe'ant, fed diffita diftent, 



Conti g ua & 



Diftabuntque tamen grato, & difcrimine parvo. 

 XLI. Extrema extremis contraria jungere noli; 



Contraria ex- 



ueraa ^gen-g ed m ^' lQ fi nt u fq ue g fac j u f oc i ata 



