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and neat fervice. But this Corinthian mettall may be reduced well into thteeprincipall kinds,to G 
wit,the white which commeth neareft in brightnefle to filver, as ftanding moftindeed upon the 
mixture of filver : the fecond yellowith, according to the nature andcolour of gold,which bea- — 
reth the cheefe {troke in it: anda third of an equall medley and temperature,wherein a man fhall - 
not perceive any one mettall predominant. Over and befides, thefe three forts of Corinthian 
braffe,there is another kind of Mafcellin; as touching the mixture whereof precifely, wearenot — 
able to yeeld any reafon : for although there be found images and ftatues thereof made,wherein 
we may fee the handie worke of man, yet it {hould feeme that fortune in fomeforthath giventhe 
temperature thereto: and that precious and daintie colour that it hath, isa deepered, much re- 
fembling that of the liver,and therefore they callit commonly Hepatizon. Short it commeth far 
off the Corinthian mettall,but out-goeth a great way the brafle either of £ginaor Delos;which H 
two mettals for a long time were thought to be the cheefe, And in very truth, for auncientglorie | 
and name the Deliake braffe may challenge the firft place: for thither,as toa mart or faire, there ; 
was great refort of chapmen from all parts of the world, & efpecially of thofeartificers who were 
curious in making oftable feet,treftles and bedfteeds: And indeed the fineft workmanfhipat firft 
was feene herein,and thereby artificers came to be ennobled. Butin procefle of time they wene 
farther,even to caft the images of gods, the perfonages alfo of men for ftatues, yea,and thefolid 
formes and pourtraits of beafts and other {uch living creatures, After this brafle of Delos,the 
moft account was made of that which came from Aégina : An Ifland this is without any mine at 
all of braffe in it, howbeit,much renowned for the excellent metrall-founders therein, in regard 
of the fingular temperature that they gave unto their brafle. The brafen Ox which ftandeth in J 
the beaft market at Rome was brought trom thence. Andthis may ferve for aparerne of the - 
gineticke braffe: but the image of Jupiter ,ereQed within the chappell of Jupiter furnamed Thun- 
dring,in the Capitoll,is the true patterne,teftifying what kind of braflethat of Deloswas, And, 
as (Myron was wont to caft the mettall of Aégina in all his workes, fo Polycletws uled ordinarily 
that of Delos for his purpofe ;and thefe two were rare Imageurs, living atonetime, and prenti- 
fes atthe art together: but they endevoured to furpaffe one the other, indiverfe mettals which 
they occupied, | | 
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ety Of candlestickes and ornaments belonging to temples, made of Braffe. = K | 
N oldtime the Ifland gina wasin efpeciall name for the workmanfhip only of the branches, 
fockets,and heads of candlettickes; like'as Tarentum,for the fhanke,fhaft,& bodiefupporting > 
the fame : and therefore that candleftick was countedrich indeed, whenboththefeplacesfee- 
med to concurre unto the making & workmanfhip therof.For fuch a candlefticke fome have not 
been afhamed to give asmuch money asthe falarie and yearely penfion of aTribune militarie or 
Whichwas 2 Coloncil,commeth unto: and yet youfee,an implement ormoveableit is, that hath beta vile 
talét, or 50000 and bafe name, for called itis in Latine Candelabrum,of fticking a candle in it.But will youknow 
who was {fo fooliflias to beftow fo much uponacandletticke, and what a talebelongeth theruns 
to,for to amend the hard bargain? thus flood the cafe: It wasa jolliedamein Rome, namedGe- L 
ganiaywho made this wifematch, And when fhee had fo cone,fhee muftneedsforfoothmakea 
feaft for to fhew this candlefticke to her guefts, which coft her fiftie thoufand fefterces. Nowthe”” 
founder or brafier that fold it her, wasmifhapen and bunch-backt. And order was takenbythe 
* clefippus fuer, Commaundement of * ages publick crier of Rome,that he fhould in the middeft of fupper 
gites@e-ne® be brought into the place ftarke naked as ever he was borne(andas foule and illfavoured afellow 
Who as ic he wasotherwife as aman fhould lightly fee)undera colourto make {portandto fetthecompa- 
fhould feeme, nie alanghing,but indeed to mocke Gegania the miftrefle of the houfe. Bur what followed ther- 
Bene ias upon? The woman cafta fanfic to him by and by,andin thar heat of love,orluftrather;admitted 
how to play his him anon to her bed, and after fet him into her will, and made him her heire | This crookebacke 
pat weil fquirefeeing himfelfe exceedingly enriched by this double bargain,adored thefaid candlefticke M 
ite no lefle than a god;as the onely caufe of hisrifing and allthe wealth he had: Andthusbyhisoc- 
cafion, one tale more goeth currant abroad in the world,of Corinthian veflels. And yer-after- 
wards(asit were to pumith his miftefie for that light behaviour of hers) hee caufed aftately and 
magnificent fepulchteto be made for her,whereby the infamieand fhame of Gagenia mightbe¢ | 
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