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 in Much will the Mirror teach, or Evening gray,, 



GtafsthePuin- , > r i r i ! i 



ten's belt Ma- when Q er lome ample ipace her twilight ray 530 

 Obfcurely gleams ;. hence Art fliall beft perceive 

 On diftant parts what fainter hues to give. 



Ahaif L Fi g ure Whate'er the Form which our firft glance com- 



or a whole one 

 before others. 



Whether in front or in profile he ftands, 

 Whether he rule the group, or fingly reign, 535 

 Or fhine at diftance on fome ample plain j, 

 On that high-finifh'd Form let Paint beftow 

 Her midnigjit fliadow^, her meridian glow, 

 u. The Portrait claims from imitative art 



A PortraU- 



Refemblance clofe in each minuter part, 54<> 



And this to give, the ready hand and eye 

 With playful (kill the kindred features ply ; 



XLIX. Malta ex natura fpeculum prasclara docebit j 



Speculum P-.c- 



torum Magi- Q^ X q Ue p roc ul fero fpatiis fpedantur in amplis. 



i" Dimidia effigies, quae fola, vel Integra plures 



DimidiaFi- 



alias pofita ad lucem, ftat proxima vifu, 

 Et latis fpedtanda locis, oculifque remota,. 

 Luminis umbrarumque gradu fit pi<Sa fupremo. 

 M- Partibus in minimis imitatio jufta iuvabit 



Kfngics. 



Effigiem, altcrnas referendo teinpore eodem 



