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: : Firft and formoft therefore this isto bee noted, Thatinprocefle of, simeshesattificer who be- 
*i,White and gan with one bare colour,found out the difference himfelfe betweene * Jightand{haddow, ard 
aga devifed by this diftinction,to fet up and debafe the one and the other alternatively, and thefame 
more ot lef{e,according to hisfeverall intentions, After chefelightsand fhaddows,there was in- 
vented a kind of luftre or gloffe,different from the light aforefaid ; which becaufe it is of ameane 
nature betweenethe fhade and the light,and doth participat of them both, they called bya Greek | 
word Tonos.As for the apt coherence of one colour with another,the joint.asitwere betweene, 
and the paflage from one to another,they named it Harmoge. . Lernetg sot 
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e& Of Painters coloirs,Naturalland Artificiall.* 4 “Wilde st 4 
ee Licoloursbeeither fad orlively; andthofe be fo either naturally,or byartificiall mixture, 
becchad » £ Lively or gay coloursbe fuch,as the.’ maifter delivereth unto the painter by weightand 
coftly. ~, -meafure,Asnamely,° Vermillion, 'Verd-d Azor,4Sang-dragon,’Verd-de terre or Borras; 
*aMinium. © Indico,and’ Rofett. The reft be fad or duskifh: and as. well the one as theother, bee alleither 
3 Armenium. 
écinnabarn, Natural or artificially Among the naturall of this fort(to wit,the fad colours)I reckon the *com- 
Schyfocolla,  monbole Anminy’Ruddell or red-ftone,'° Paretonium,'Meliaum;” Eretria,and” Orpins The « 
. a eee: re{t.ot this kind be artificiall,and principally.chofe which have alreadie fpoken of in thetreatife 
cunceruleo,  OfMines. Moreover, of the bafer fort are buwet Ochre,and Ruddell, Certfle or Spanith white, 
g pene iae: Sandix minerall,and Scyricum,Sandaracha, Vitrioll or blacke.A s for Sinopis or common bole 
Sie,  Aftnin,found out firfticwasat Sinope,a maritine towne in the kingdomeof Pontus, whereof it 
7A whitekind tooke that hame:it growethalfo in Agypt, the Baleare iflands, and'Affticke:but the beftis 
of fattie earth : 5 . fo. pe : h{ Be fee 
Ree latte found in the Ifland Lemnos,and in Cappadocia;digged ourof certaine holes and caves.Thae 
1A white earth Which flucke faft unto the rockes; excelleth all thereft. ‘The peeces of this earth, if amanidoe 
like chalke. “ breake,fhew the own naturall colour whichis not mixt : without-forth they be fpotted: Andthis 
32 A whitith . ; ‘ SES j ‘ 
earthorafh- arth in old time was ufed for to give a luftre. unto other colours. Of this Sinopis or bole Armin 
colourwhite. common,there be three kinds,the deepe red,the pale or weaké red, and the mean betweenboth., — 
3 Auripigmen- 
ehh ‘The beft Sinopis:is efteemed worth *thirteenedenarij Roman by the pounds this may fervethe 
*Orrather painters penfill,yea or in groflermorke,if a manlift to colourpofts,beames, or wood: asforthat 
three denarij, which commeth outof Affricke,iris wortheight Afles.everypound; and thisthey callCicercu- 
ee lum : that whichisredder. than the reft, ferveth better for painting of Tablements: as forthae 
proportion bee which is moft browne and duskifhicalled in: Latine Prefliorsitis‘of the fame price thattheother, 
ee and employed|in the bafes and feetof fuch Tablements. And thus much forthe vfe in painting. 
thatkind,  “Louching Phyficke and the medicinable properties thereofimild it is of nature, andin:that.re- 
gard of gentle operation, whether itenter into hard emplaiftresiof ardtie compofition;*orinto 
emollitive plaftres that are mote liqyidsand principally fuch as aredevifedfor ulcers inany moift 
part;as the mouth orfundament.‘Ehiseatth;iticbee injeGedby aclyftre, ftoppethalaskesand M 
being given.to women in drinkeito the weightof one denanitisy.aidram,it ftaieth theirimmode- 
rat fluxes of the matrice, The fame burnt or calcived,dsiethapthe fretting roughnes ofthe eyes, 
principally if it be applied with vinegre. This kind of red earth fome would have to bee counted ie 
inaf€oond degree of Rubrica for goodnefle,for they alwaiesreckonedthat of Lemnos tobethe 
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