‘ 
of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 543 
A Demetrivshiscampe. And for all the furie of warre and the daily skirrhithes within his fightarid , 
hearing, yet hee wenton ftill with his workes that hee had in hand, and never difcontinued one 
houre, But being fent for by the king, and demaunded, Howhe durft fo confidently abide with- 
our the walls of the citie in that daungerous time ? he anfwered, That he knew full well rhat De- 
aetrius watred againft the Rhodians,and had no quarrell to good artsand {ciences. Theking 
then (gladin his heart that it lay nowin his hand to fave thofe things, which hee had {pared be- 
fore, and whereof he had fo good refpect) beftowed a verie {trong guard about Protogents for his 
better fafetie and {ecuritie: and as great an enemie as he was to the Rhodians, yet he ufed other- 
whiles to vifit Proeogenes of his owne accord in proper perfon, becaufé hee would not eftfoons 
call him outot his fhop from worke : and fetting afide the maine point and occafion of lying 
B_ before Rhodes, which was the winning thereof, thething that hee fo mucli defired ; even atnid 
the aflaults, skirmifhes, and battailes, hee would find times to come unto Pr otogenes, arid tooke 
great pleafure to fee his worke. By occafion of this fiege and hoftilitie, arofe this tale moreover 
of one table of his making, Thatall the whiles he painted it, the dagger (forfooth) was fet to his 
heart,and a {word readie to cut his throat: and it was the picture ofa Satyre playing upon a paire “e 
of bagpipes, which he called * Aacpanomenos : by which name, as well as by the ching it felfe,he * One at reft, 
would feemeto fignifie,that he tooke but little thoughtand care during thofe daungerous trou- eae ae 
bles. Moreover, he made the picture of ladie Cydsppe, and of * T lepelemus : he painted alfo Phi= *Someread; 
lifews awtiter of Tragoedies, fitting clofe at his ftudie meditating and mufing, Alfo, therebe of Zrtolem. 
his making,a wreftler or champion, Amtigonus the king, and the * mother of Aziflotle the Phi- * phertizs 
C lofopher, who alfo was in hand with Protogenes, perfuading him to bufie himfelfe in painting all 
the noble acts, victories, and whole life of king alexander the Great, for everlafting memorial] 
and perpetuitie: but the vehement affection and inclination of his mind ftood another way, and 
a certaine itching defire to fearch into the fecrets of the art, tickled him and drew him rather to 
the{e kinds of curious works whereof I have alreadie fpoken. Yet tn the latter end of his daies,he 
-paintedking Alexander hinwelfe,and god Paw. Over and befides this flat painting he gave hin- 
feife’ greatly tothe pradtife of founderie, and to caft certaine images in brafle, according as I 
have alreadie faid. 
Actheverie fame time lived 4/clepiodorws,whome for his fisgular skill in obferving fymetties 
and jult proportions, 4pelles himfelie was woont to admire, This painter pourtraicd tor Muafon 
D theforefaidking of thie Elateans,the twelve principall gods,and received for everie one of them 
three hnudred pound of filver. The {aid Wzafon gaveuntoT beomoaflu: for painting certaine 
Princes or Worthies,one hundred pounds apeece. 
inthis ranke is to beeraunged Ncomachws,{onne and apprentice both unto 4riflodemus, 
This Ricomachuspourtraied the ravithing of Proferpiaa by Dzs or Pluto: which picture ftan- 
deth ina table within the chappell of Adnerva inthe Capitoll; above the litle cell or fhrine of 
inventws, 1a the fame Capitoll, another table there is likewife of his making, which Plancus 
(lord Generall of an armic for the time beeing) had there dedicated and fet up : the fame doth 
reprefent /scforie catching up a tiumphant chatriot drawn with foure hoifes aloft into heaven. 
Fice was the firft that pourtraied prince //:xes in a picture, with a * cap. upon his head. Hee pain- * Jn token of 
E tedalfo Apollo and Deana: Cybele likewile the mother of the gods, fitting upon a lyon: of his nobilitic, as 
workemanthip is the table, reprefenting the religious prieftrefles of Bardvs intheit habi, togi- Ee 
ther with the wanton Satyres creeping and making coward them. Semblably, the montftrous elyphicks, 
meérmaid Seyllz, which at this day is to bee feene at Rome within the temple of Peace. A readie 4-4 
wotkeman hee was, and you {hall not heare of a painter that had 2 quicker band than hee, at his 
worke : tor proofe whereof, this voice goeth of him, That having undertaken for a certaine fum 
of money unto Aviffrctm the tyrant of Sicyone,to painta monument or tombe which he cau 
fed to be made for Teleffes the Poét, andto finifhit by {uch a day appointed and fet downe in 
the covenants of the bargaine; hee made no great haft to goe about it,butcame fome few daies 
before the expiation of the prefcript terme, for to begin the fame worke : whereat the tyrant was 
F. wroth,and menacedto punith him for example: howbeit, hee quit himfelfe fo well, and follow- 
ed his worke with fuch woonderfull celeritie, that in few daies fpacehee bronghtitto an end: and 
yet the art and workemanthip thereof was admirable, Vnder him were brought up as apprenti- 
ces, his brother Aristides, his ownefonne Ariflocles, and Philoxenus the Eretrian, 
This 2 biloxenws nvade one painted table for Ca/fander the king,containing the battell between 
Alexander 
Aaa jj 
