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The five and thirtieth Booke se 
_ in’Gtéece) irwas granted, that in all cities and towns of Greece whérefoever he@amie,he'thould’ G 
* For Olympias 
was counted 
the fpace of 
five yeers. 
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peopl reef a1 
UENO, H apne 
ney: which 
limbick verfe 
fome attribute 
to Apollodoris. 
be lodged and entertained of free-coft. Befides that wycon before'mentioned, theré was another 
of the name, diftinguifhed onely by this, That the former was called Mycon thé elder, and this; 
itycoa the younger, whohad a daughternamed Timarete, and fhee could paint*likewife excel? 
lently. But to come now unto that nintith Olympias,there fourifhed in that tinie A¢/aophon,Ce- 
phifvodorus, Phrylus, and Enenor who wasboth father and matter tinto Parafivs that mott reniow- 
med painter, of whome I purpofé to fpeake in his ranke when the ‘time comes 3 allthefe were ree 
puted verie good artizans in theirtime, howbeit not fo excellent that] should need ftand ‘long 
upon them or their workemanfhip, making haft asT doe unto thofe glorious and plittering pain: 
ters indeed, who fhine as bright {tars above all their fellows: among whome, ‘Apollodorm the'As 
thenian wasthe firft that gave light, and hee lived inthe 93 Olytnpias: This manled the wayto 44 
others, and taught them to expreffe the favour and beautie of any thing, which he obfervedef> 
pecially: of whome I may well and truly fay, that he andnonebefore him brought the pencillin= 
to’a glorious name and efpeciall credit. Of his making there is one piCture, of a prieft at his de/ 
votions, praying and worfhipping : asalfo another reprefenting Ajax, all ona flaming fire witha 
flath of lightning, which at this day is to bee feene at Pergaizius,as an excellent peece of worke, 
And verely before his dais there cannot be fhewed a table of anyones painting worth the fight, 
and. which a man would take pleafure to behold and looke upon any long times debeemal 
WVhen this man had opened the dore once, arid fhewed the way to this art, Zer/x#s of Hera- 
clea entred in, and that was in the fourth yeere of the 95 * Olympias :andnowthar the peiicill — 
was taken in hand (for now I fpeake thereof) hee feeing that it made good worke; followedon - 
therewith and by continuall pradtife brought the fame to great perfection, wherby hé wan much 
credit to the art,and reputation to himfelfe. Some writers there be who raunge him wrone iin che 
89 Olympias ; at which time it muft needs bee, that Demophilus the Himetiean and Nefeas'the 
Thracian lived ; for to one of them apprentice hee was, but whether of the two was his mater, 
thereis fome doubt made: and vetely fo excellent hee prooved in his art, thatthe abovenamed 
Apollodorus made verfes of him:in which he fignifieth that Zeaxes had ftolne the cunning from 
them all,and he alone went away with the art. He grewin proceffe of time to fuch wealth by the 
meanis onely of his excellent hand, that for to make fhew how rich he was, when hee went to the 
folemnitie of the games at Olympia, he caufed histowne name to beembroderedin golden let _ 
ters, within the lozenge-workeof his clokes, whereof hee had:chaunge, and which hee brovghe K 
thither co be feene. In the end, hee refolved with himfelfe to worke no longer for money, but to 
give away all his piCtures, faying, That he valued them above arly price. Thus he beftowed upon 
the Agrigentines, one picture of ‘queene Aicmtena : and to king 4rchelaws hee gave another of 
the rulticall god Pax : there was alfo the pourtraict of ladie Penelope, which he-drew in colours; 
wherein hee feemerh not onely to have depainted the outward perfonage and feature of the'bo~ 
die,but alfo to have exprefied moft lively the inward affeCtions and ‘qualities of her' mind: and 
much {peech there is of a wreftler or champion of his peinting;in which piGture he pleafedhim 
felfe {o well, that hee fubfcribed this verfe underit, * Jnaifirws aliqnis factlins quam imitated: 7, 
Sooner will a wari envie me, than fer fich another by me.: Which thereupon grew to be a'by- 
wotd in everie Matis mouth. One ftately pi€ture there is of his workemanfhipy Jopiter fitting tp- L 
oii a throne in his majeftie, with all the other gods ftanding by and making court unto hini.Hee 
pourtrdied Hercules alfoas a babelying in thecradle, and ftrangling two fell ferpents with his 
hand; togither with his mother A/cmena, and’ het husband Ky Amphytriom in place afftiphted 
both atthe fight thereof. Howbeit, this Zewxws asexcellent a'painiter as he was; ‘isnoted for one 
fault and impetfection’s namely, thatthe head and joynts of his pourtraiAte; were in’proportion 
to the reftfomewhat with the biggeft : forotherwife fo curionéand exquific he was; that when'hee 
fhould make a'table with a pi€ture for the A prigentines, to be fer up in the temple of Jano Ziati- 
aiasar the charges ofthe citi¢ according toa vow that they hadmade, hee'wooldneeds {fee allthe . 
maidens of the citie, naked; andfrom all chat Conipanie hee chofe five ofthe faireftto takeout — 
‘as from feverall parterns, whatfoever hee liked beft in any of them arid of all the lovely parts'of jg 
thofe five,to make one bodie of incomparable beautie. Many draughts he madeof one colon, 
‘io white. There lived in his time Timanthes; Androcydes, Enpompus, and Parafiis, who were his 
concurrents and thought as well of themfelvésashe did, °° fe an ae 
