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heisno leflethanagod,as by whome thetimes of warre and peace be diftinGly knowne.More- 
over, the fingers of his hand are.in that fore fafhioned and formed, asthey reprefent thenumber 
of 365, which are the daies of the whole yeere ; by which notification of the yeare, hee {heweth’ 
fufficiently,that he is the god and patron of timesand ages. The images alfowhich are knowne! 
commonly by the name of Thufcanica, which are fo difpearfed abroadin all parts ofthe world; 
whio will ever doubt but that they were commonly made in Tufcan? I would have thoughtvere- 
ly, that thefe Thufcanica had been the imagesof the gods, andno other, but that Metrodorus 
®tedoch nor 5 ¢Pfis who for the immortal hatred thathe bare againftthe Romans had his *furname given 
- appeare what him, reprocheth the Romanes among other imputations, That theyhad forced andfacked the 
itwas, burby cowne Volfinij, for the love of two thoufandpettie images of brafle which were therein, Confi- - 
eae dering then, that the invention of making fuch molten images hath been fo antique in Italie, I 
cannot chufe but much marveile, that the idols and images of the gods in times paft dedicated 
in churches and chappels, were either of wood aod potters earth, rather than of brafie, untill 
the conqueft of Afia; from whence, to fay a truth, firftarofe and proceeded all our exceffe and 
fuperfluitie. As touching the firft devife and originall of cafting by moulds and forming the live- 
ly fimilitudes of any thing exprefiely tothe patterne, I fhall have fitter and better occafion to 
write chereof in my treatife of che art of Potterie, which the Greeks call Plaftice;forof morean- - 
tiquitie take it to be than this feat of Founderie : and yet this craft and cunning fo flourifhedin 
times patt, and brought for art {uch excellent peeces of worke,and for number (fo infinit,that if 
I fhouid put downe the greater part of them,it would require many volumes ;for,to comprehend 
them all, what man is able ? During the time that M, Scawrws was Aidile, there were three thou- 
{and molten images fhewed upon the {tage when he exhibited his plaies, notwithftanding this 
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theatreof hiswas made notto conunue any time, but tofervefor the prefent. Mammiss, after 
the conqueft of Achaia, brought in with: him fo many of thefe images, that heefilled the cittie 
therewith,andno comer was free: and yet when he departed this life and died,he leftnot behind 
hima competent portion for to beftow his daughter in marriage. And this I write not to accufe 
and condemnefo brave a man, but rather to excufe and commend him: for howcanTotherwife 
doe? Thetwo Laculls ftored Rome with a number of thefe images, Mutianws (a man who of Jate 
daies had been twice Confull) reporteth, That there bee yet within Rhodes three thoufand {uch 
images :and verely it is thought, that in Athens, Olympia,and Delphi, there remaine no fewer 
to befeen. What man living is able to particularize of them all? and fay aman fhould come to 
the perfickaowledge of them,what goodcan he reapethereby,or whatufe may he make therof ? 
Howbeit, one would take fome delight and pleafure lightly to touch the principall peeces of 
workmanfhip in this kind, and namely thofe that be of marke and note for {ome efpeciall fingu- 
Jaritie above the reft; asalfo to name therewith the renowmed artificers in times paft, who 
wrought every one of them a number of peeces, the exquifit and curious workmanfhip wherof, 
nomanis ableto unfoldand utteras they deferve, fince that Ly/ippxs (by report) made in his 
time fix hundred and ten, fo full of art, fo excellent and perfect all,as there isnot one of them 
but fufticient ir were to immmortalize his name. And how was it knowne that he madefucha num- 
ber juft? It appeared plaine after his deceafe bya coffer that he had, wherein he treafured up his 
gold, and which was then broken open by his heire: for the manner of Zy/ippus was, whenfoever 
he rooke money for the workemanfhip of any peece that went out of his hands, to lay by inthe 
*Icfhould {aid coffer one * denier of gold; and fo by the number of thofe deniers it was knowne, howma- 
feemetharthe ny peeces of worke he made. Incredible itis to what heigth of perfection this art grew unto, firft 
fcc i gold by the fuccefle of the art, which was fo vendible and high prized; afterwards, by the audaciouf- 
anfwerable in neffe of the artificer, who ventured to make fo huge and monftrous works, 
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Dendrivsin file image, devifed to expreffe the likeneffe neither of god nor man: and a dogg itwas in braffe, 
ver, which was which many aman hath feene in ourtime ina chappell of Zv#o within the Capitoll temple, be- 
inc tom, fore it was burnt nowlaft by the * Vitellians : This dog was made licking his owne wound ; but 
meth neat un- fyow artificially itwas wrought, and how lively it expreffed the proportiomand featureof adoge jy 
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ou: Fenc’ igdéed, to the woonder of all thofe that beholding it could not difcerne the fame froma living 
* ;, Thofethar Cfedtute, is apparent not onely by this, Thatit was thought worthieto ftand in that place andto — 
fided with ¥i- bee dedicated to that goddeffe, but alfo by the ftraunge manner ofcharge laidupon themthat 
hadthe keeping and cuftodie thereof: forno reall caution of money was thought fufficient to 
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