ae The five and thirtieth Booke 
to befeen in thechappell of F.#th within the Capitoll,the picture of an old man with anhatpe, G 
teaching a boy to play; which was of Avsffides his making: but there is aman lying ficke in his 
bed,of his painting that cannot be praifed fufficiently. And verely toconclude with this owne 
~ word, fo accomplithed he wasin this are, thatK, 4¢tta/as (by report) gave unto him for one table 
with the picture, one hundred talents of filver. : | 
About the fame time, there flourifhed (as I have faid before) Protogenes «borne hee was a 
Caunosacitiein Cilicia,and fubject to the Rhodians: hee was fo exceeding poore at the begin- 
ning, and withall fo ftudious, intentive, and curious in his worke without all end, that fewer pi- 
Ctures by that means came out of hishands, and himfelfe never rife to any great wealth. VWhoit 
was that taught him hisart, itis not known for certain : but fome fay that he painted fhips untill 
he was fiftie yeers of age: which they collect by this argument, That when at Athensinthe molt yy 
conf{picuous and frequented place of the cittie, he was to adorne with pictures the porch betore 
*Namesof thetempleof Minerva ; wherein he depainted that famous * Paralus and * Hemionis, which 
palics. {ome call Nauficaa,he devifed certaine borders without: wherein hee painted among thofe by- 
works (which painterscall Parerga) certaine {mall gallies and little long barkes, to {thew thereby 
the {mail beginnings of his art, and to what heigth of perfeGtion hee was cometo inthe end, 
when bis workmanthip was thought worthie tobe feene inthe moft eminent place of that citie. 
*Aworhie Butof allche painted tables thatever heewrought, that of * /a/y/us is accounted the principal, 
knight, foane which is now dedicated at Rome within the temple of Peace : whiles he was in painting this /aly- 
of ochims. — fiys. it is {aid, that he lived onely upon fteeped lupines, which might ferve him in ftead of meat _ 
and drinke both, to fatisfe his hunger and quench his thirlt: and this hee did, for feare leaft too 
much {weerneffe of other viands fhould caufe hin to feed over-liberally, & fo dull his fpirir and 
fenfes. And tothe end that this picture fhould bee lefle fubje&t to outward injuries, and Jaft the 
longer,he charged it with foure grounds of colours, which he laid one upon another ;that ever. 
as the uppercoat went, that underneath might fucceed in the place and thew frefh againe. In 
this table the pourtraiture of a dog is admirable andmiraculous; for not onely art, but fortune 
alfo met togither in the painting thereof: for when hee had done the dog in all parts tothe con- 
tentment of his owne mind (and that ywis wasaverie hard and rare matter with him) hee could 
not fatisfie and pleafe himfelfe in expreffing the froth which fell from his mouth as hee panted 
and blowed almoft windleffe with running ; difpleafed he was with the very art it felfe: and albeic 
he thought thathee had been long enough alreadie about the {aid froth, andfpent thereinbur & 
roo much art and curiofitie, yet fomewhar(he wift not what)was to be dimini(hed or altered ther- 
in :the more workemanthip and skill that wentthereto, the farther off it was from the truth in- 
deed and the nature of froth, (the onely marke that he fhot at :) for when hee had done all that 
he could, it feemed {till but painted froth, andnot that which came out of thedoggs mouth; 
whereas it fhould have been the verie fame andno other,which hadben there before. Hereat he 
was troubled and vexed in his mind, as one who would not have any thing feene in a pi@ture of 
his,that might be faid like,but the very fame indeed.Many a time hehad changed his penfilland 
colours; as often,he had wiped out that which was done,and all to fee ifhe couldhit upon it: but 
it would not be, for yet it was not to his fanfie, At the laft, falling cleane out with his own work- 
manthip,becaufe the art might be perceived in it, in a pelring chafe he flings me thefpunge-full L 
_ of colors that he had wiped our, full againft chat unhappie place of the table which had put him 
toall this trouble: But fee what came of it! The fpunge left the colours behind, in better order 
than hee could have laid them, and intruth, as well as his heart could with. Thus was the froth 
made to his full mind, and naturally indeed by meere chaunce, whichall rhe wit and cunning in 
his head could not reach unto.[ After whofe example, Neaices another painter did the like, and | 
{ped as well,in making the froth falling naturally from a horfes mouth ;namely,bythrowinghis = 
{punge againft the table before him,at what time as he painted a horfe-rider cheering and chir- 
king up his horfe,yet reining him hard as he champed upon his bit.]Thus(I fay) Fortune tavght — 
Protogenes to finith his dog. This pi€ture of Jah and his dog, was of fuchname andfohighly 
elteemed, tharK, Demetrius when he might have forced the cittie of Rhodes, on that fide onely yg 
where Protogencs dwelt, forbare to fet it on fire,becaafe he would not burne itamong other pain- 
ted tables: and thus for co {pare a picture, he loft the opportunitie of winning a towne . During 
this ftreightfiege and hot affault of Rhodes, it chaunced that Protogenes himlelfe was at worke in 
alittle garden that hee had by the townes fide, even as a man ‘would fay within the c6mpafle of 
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