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pleafed che painter. Among other principal peeces of worke,fome piftoresthere be of his ma- 
king tefembling men and women lying at the point of death, and even readie to gafpe and yceld 
up the ghoft.But of all the pi@tures and pourtraitures that he made,to fay precifely which be the 
_ mottexcellent,it were a very hard matter.As forthe painted table of Yew ,arifing out of the fea 
(which is commonly knowne by the name of Anadyomenc) Auguftus Cafars\ate Emperour of fa- 
mous meinorie, dedicated itin the temple of Julius Cafar his tather; which he enriched with an 
Epigramn of certaine Greeke verfes,in commendationas well of the picture, as the painter. And 
albeit the artificiall contriving of the faid verfes went beyond the worke, whichthey feemed to 
praife, yet they beautified and fet out thetable nor alittle. The nether part of this picture had 
-caughtfome hurt by a mifchance : but there nevercould bee found that painter yet, who would 
take in hand to repaire the fame and make it up againe as it was at firft;: fo as,this wrong & harm 
done unto the worke,and continuing ftill upon the fame, turned to the glorie of the workeman. 
This table remained along time to be feene, untill in the end for age it was worm-eaten and rot- 
ten : in fuch fort,as Nevo beeing Emperour was faine to fet another in the place, wrought by the 
hand of Doratheus, Butto come againe unto 4pelles : he had begun another piture of Venus A- 
_ nadyomene,for the inhabitants of the Ifland C ofor Lango,which he minded fhould have furpat- 
fed the former : howbeit,before hee could finifhit, furprifed he was with death,which feemedto 
envie fo perfe workmanthip : and never was that painter knowne to thisday, who would turne 
his hand to that piece of worke,and feeme to goeforward where 4pelles left, orto follow on in 
“*Ofthis piture chofe traits and lineaments,which he had pourfiled and begun. One picture he drew of * king 
ee oe Alexander the Great,holding a *thunderbo)r and lightening in bishand, which coft twentie ta- 
~ there were two lents of gold, and was hung inthe temple of Diana atEphefus. And verely, this devifewas fo 
“Cpe the finely contrived,that as Alexanders fingers {eemed to beare out higher thanthe reft of the worke, 
by Phiip, who {othe lightening appeared to be cleane without the ground of the table, and notonceto touch 
was. ar: :& it.{ But before | proceed any farther, letthe readers take this with them, and alwaies remember, 
the other pain- 
ted by pelle, eat chele rich and coltly pictures were wrought with foure coloursand no more.] And for the 
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& he was cui- workmanthip of this picture,the price thereof was paied him in good gold coine by weightand 
ale meafure,and never told and counted by tale. Of his handyworke was the picture of a Megaby- 
* The manner 24S or guelded prieft of Dszna in Ephefus, facrificing in his pontificall habits and veftimentsac- 
was toexprefle cordingly, Alfo the counterfeit of prince C/ytws,armed at all peeces fave his head, mounted on 
pes erite, Py horfebacke and hafting toa battell, calling unto his {quire or henxman for his helmet,who was 
bofid together pourtraied allo reaching itunto him. Toreckon how many pictures Apellesmade of king diex- - 
inthe middett. cader and his father PAdsp,were but loffe of time,and a needleffe difcourfe:But I cannot omitthe 
painted table,containing the pourtrait of 4érom that wanton and effeminat perfon; which peece 
of worke the Samians fo highly extoll and magnifie: ne yet another picture of CMenander the 
king of Caria,that he made for the Rhodians,and which they fo much admire. Neither muft1 
forget the counterfeit of dvceus: of Gargofthenes the Tragcedian which he made at Alexandria: 
or while he was at Rome,one table containing Caffor and Pollux with the image of Vidforse,;and 
Alexander the Great: Likewife, another reprefenting the counterfeit of Warre in perfon,bound 
with his hands behind atthe backe,and Alexanacr the king mounted ina charriot triumphant 
both which tables, 4gvsius late Emperour of immortall memorie, had dedicated modeftly, 
and in fimplicitie of heart caufed them to be hung up in the moft confpicuous places of his Fo- 
rum or ball chac hee built but when C davis Cafar came to wearethe diademe, heethonghte it 
more for the honour of Auguitus,to ferape out the face of Alexander, aswell inthe one as inthe 
other,and to fet inthe place the lively image of the faid 4uguflws to befeene. Itisthought like- 
wife,chae the full pourtrait of Hercules painted in a table,ftanding nowin the temple of Antowia, 
was of his doing :an exquifit peece of workenodoubt , for notwithftanding that the backe, part 
ftand toward them that look upon it, yet it fheweth the entier vifage,which isan exceeding hard 
maiter:A man that beholdeth this Hercules, would thinke thatthe picture itfelfe turned the face 
to. be feene,which the painter feemed by the reft of the worke to hide from the eye. Of his pain- 
* Some thinke ting,there is a “prince or worthieknight all naked,in whichpi@ure he feemedto challenge Na- 
2 eae ture; and to have pourtraied every part fo well, as thee her felfe could not have framed the fame 
and they read, Detter. Lhere is or was at leaftwife,a horfc of his painting: which hee pourtraied,to feragainft o- 
ee ther horfes painted by diverfe workemen,with whom he wasentred into contention for the vidio- 
painted Heo #1¢#i0,which wiall, he appealed from the fentence of mento the judgement of fourfooted beafts, 
and Leander. f  €ven 
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