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edition of that work (1628) in which the same print is in- 

 serted, only with the border and inscription altered ; the 

 title which originally surrounded it, together with the Chan- 

 cellor's bag and the names of the engraver and publishers, 

 being erased ; the coat of arms altered ; and the words 

 underneath being changed to The right Hon ble Francis Lo. 

 Perulam, discount S l Alban. Mortuus 9 Aprilis, Anno 

 Dni 1626, Annog_ Aetat. 66. It is probable that the rapid 

 demand for the Sylva Sylvarum wore out the plate ; for 

 none of the later editions which I have seen contain any 

 portrait at all ; and that which was prefixed to the Resus- 

 citatio in 1657, though undoubtedly meant to be a fac- simile 

 of Simon Pass's engraving, has been so much altered in 

 the process of restoration, that I took it for a fresh copy 

 until Mr. Holl showed me that it was only the old plate 

 retouched. The lower part of the face has entirely lost its 

 individuality and physiognomical character ; the outline of 

 the right cheek has not been truly followed; that of the nose 

 has lost its shapeliness and delicacy; and the first line an d- 

 half of the inscription underneath has apparently been erased 

 in order to give the name and titles in Latin. Nevertheless 

 the adoption by Dr. Rawley of this print sufficiently authen- 

 ticates it as a likeness at that time approved ; only the like- 

 ness must of course be looked for in the plate as Simon 

 Pass left it, not in restorations or copies. This Mr. Holl 

 has endeavoured faithfully, and in my opinion very success- 

 fully, to reproduce ; it being understood however that his 

 aim has been to give as* exact a resemblance as he could, 

 not of the old engraving (the style of which has little to 

 recommend it), but of the man whom the engraving repre- 

 sents. 



I selected this likeness by preference, partly because ori- 

 ginal impressions are scarce, and none of the others which 

 I have seen give a tolerable idea of it; whereas the rival 

 portrait by Van Somer is very fairly represented by the en- 

 graving in Lodge's collection ; but chiefly because I have some 

 reason to suspect that it was made from a painting by Cornelius 



