of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 489 
A eternizedand continue frefh in remembrance with all pofteritie- Bur toreturn againe unto Co- 
rinthianbraffe and the vefléls made thereof, although it bee welh knowne,that zhereareno can- 
dleftickes indeed made of that Mafcellin,yec there goeth a greatname of them,as ifthey above 
all other things were certainely caft of that metrall:and the reafon is, becaufe that Aummids 
as inthe heat of his victorie he facked and deftroied Corinth, fo withall he difperfed the brafle by 
parcels and peecemeale,and fent it away into many other townes and cities of Greece. 
Moreover, thisis to be noted, That in old time it was an ordinarie thing to make of brafle the 
fides, lintels, filsyand leaves of greatdores belonging unto temples. Iread alfo in Chronicles, 
That Cn,0 davis who defeated king Perfews in fight at fea, and rode in triumph for tharnavall 
victorie,caufed the double gallerie,which ftandeth neare unto the cirque of F/aminivsto beere- 
B Ged;which was called che Corinthian gallerie,for that the chapters of the pillers were of brafle, 
Furthermore,the Annales doteftifie,that it was thought good, Phat the rouse of the chappell of 
Veftzfhouldbe alwaies covered over with braffe,after the manner of Saracoffian worke, Likewife 
M, Agrippa made all the chapters of the pillars, ftanding in thetemple Pantheon, of Syracufian 
brafle,which remaine atthis day to be feene.And not onely publicke places and buildings were 
thus beautifiedand adorned, but great mens privat houfes alfo were enriched with this mettall: 
For it appeareth upon record, That Sp.Carvsliws, onc of the treafurers of Rome, among other 
criminal] imputations that he objeGted unto Camillus challenged him for this, That the dores of 
his dwelling houfe were plated and garnifhed with brafle and copper.Moreover,as L.Piforepor- 
teth in his Chronicle, Cnews Mantis after his conquettof Afia, was the firft thatin the uiumph 
C wherein hee rode in the yeare after the foundation of Rome 568, hee made fhew of three-fided 
tables,cup-bourds,and bourds, fupported by one foot all of brafle. And Valerius Antias verely 
doth write, That Z .Crafsus heire to that great Oratour L.Crafss,made fale of many {uch brafen 
tables,which fell unto him by right of inheritance.Semblably, I find in the hiftories, That in old 
time they were wont to make many large bafons, fupported with a frame of three feet,knowne by 
thename of Delphicke bafons,for that they were commonly dedicated unto 4pollo,the patrone 
or god of Delphos, forto receive the gifts and oblations offered unto him.In thole daies alfo the 
Jampe-branches hanging aloft inchurches,{preading out their armes abroad and carying lights 
like trees bearing fruit,were ufually made of braffe : and fuch a one is to be feene in the remple of 
Apol/a within the Palatine hill at Kome:which being found by Alexander the great in the faccage 
D of Thebes, the faid prince dedicated to the god 4pollo at Cyme,atowne in Lolia.Toconclude, 
_ __ thisart of founding and cafting braffe proceeded farther and pafled on, untillitwas commonly 
practifedin making the idolsandintagesof thegods; - 
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28 At what time the fir fl brafen image was caft at Rome.The fir ft original and begin. 
D206 ning of flatues and the bonour that belonged to flatues, Alfa the di- : 
26,55 | vers kinds and fafhtons of them, 
E He firlt image of braffe chat ever was madearRome, I find to beeconfecrated unto Ceres: 
and rajfed inwas out of the goodsof Sp. Cafsias, who alpiring to bee aking,was therefore 
_ “© * flaine by his owne father. But this honour. continued not long proper unto the gods, but 
pafledirom them unto the {tatues of men alfo andtheir portraitures, and thatafter fundry forts, 
_Inauncient time the manner wasto vernith theirimagesand ftatues of brafle, with * Bitumen: *oras fome 
Se a thay fay,with a kind 
more mervaile itis therfore, that afterwardsmen fhould take fuch pleafure to guild themasthey $f mer. 
did. This invention, whether it came from Rome orno,| knownot : butif it didsfixcly it was:no 
auncieént devife,nor of any long continuance there, Certes, the manner wasnotia old time to 
expreffe the lively fimilitude of men in braffe,unlefie they werefuchworthy.perfons.as by fome 
_ notableand famous acts deferved to be immortalized,as namely, for winning the prizes at aby of 
F thefourefacred and folemn games holden in Greece;& principally atthofe of Olympia,where it 
was an ordinary thing to {ee the ftatues of chofe erected & dedicated, who hadatcheeved any vi- 
Gory there,But in any cafe any one were fo happieas to obtain victoryat thofe folemnitiesthree 
feverali times, his ftatuein brafle was{olively &pecfitly caft,tharicrefembled ‘his perfonfull and 
whole,according tothe proportion of every member, joint,and muskle of thebodic,yeaeven to 
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