552 The five and thirtieth Booke.. 
this very peece remained inthe baines of Corinth fafe,untill Mummins deftroiedthecitie How. G 
beit,writers there bee who affirme, That Rhaecus and Theodorus,both of thelfle Sanvos,were the 
45. Therace of firftinventors of this feat of forming fhapes in cley, long before the expulfion of the *Bucchia~. 
Bacchispwho de@out of Corinth, And by their faying when Demaratus was faine to fie out of thatcittie, and 
jg iCorare, tO Fetire himfelfe into Tufcan (where he begat 7 arquinivs afterwards furnamed Priféw andking — 
of Rome)there accompanied him from Corinth Eucheir and Eugramnus two Imageurs in cley, 
and they taught in Italieche art of Potterie and imagerie in that kind. Asfor Dibutades before- 
faid,che inventor he was not of thiscraft,but indeed he devifed to ufewith other cley and earth, 
aruddle,or elfe to colour the white cley with madder : Hisinvention it was tofet np Gargils or 
Antiquesat the top of a Gavill end,asa finiall co the creft-tiles,which in the beginning he called 
"i Mouldsor *Protypa.Thefame man afterwards devifed other counterfeits,and thofe he tearmed Ec7ypa:And 
_ Pamernes« hence came the louvers and lanternes reared over the roofes of temples, which are focurioufly 
wrought in carth.In fumme,this man gave the originall name P/a/f/catothe. craft, and Plafle to 
the craftf-men in thiskind . But Lyfistratus of Sicyone,and brother to Ly/ippus,of whom J have 
written before, was the firft that in plaftre or A labafter reprefented the fhape of a mans vifage in 
amould fromthe lively face indeed; and when he had taken the image in wax,which the forefaid 
mould of plaftre had given,ufed to forme and fafhion the fame more exaétly. This man ftaid not 
there, but began to make images to the likeneffe and refemblance of the perfon : for before him 
every man ftudied onely to make the faireft faces, and never regarced whetherthey were like or 
no. Lyfitratws al{o invented to make counterfeits in cley according to the images and ftatwes in 
braffe,already made. And in the end,this feat of working in cley grew to fuch height,thatnoima- 
ges or ftatues were made without moulds of cley : Whereby it may appeare, that the skilland 
knowledge of Potterie is more auncient than founderie or calting brafle. To come nowto Ima- 
geurs in cley, Damophilus and Gorgafus were counted moft excellent & principall of all others, 
and they were good painters befides: as may appear by the templeof Ceres in Rome,which ftan- 
deth atthe greateft thew-place, called Circus Maximus, which thefetwo workemen enriched 
both with pictures, and alfo with earthen images: for in the faid temple there be certain Greeke 
verfes fet up,which reftifie, That all che worke on the right hand was wrought by Damophilus,and 
on theleft hand by Gorgu/ws . Before thistemple was buile, 24. Yarro faith, That aliRome was: 
furnifhed with images, of Tulcane worke,and no other: but out of this church, when it was ree- 
dified, the pictures upon the walls were efteemed fo rich, that people thought them worthie to 
be cut outin greatcrufts and flakes out of the faid walls ;.and for tofave them, they beftowed colt 
to fet them in frames faire creited about the edges : alfo(by his report)the images wherewith the 
fefteries aid lovers of the faid church {tood adorned, were difperfed into diverfe parts ofthe citie, 
as fingular peeces of worke,and weil was he that could have one of them. Moreover, I read,that 
Chalcoft benes made diverfe peeces of worke in rawcley at Athens, and the place called Cerami- 
costooke the name of his worke-houfe.And “Varro doth write, That himtelieknewatRomea 
certaine man named Pofis, who was wont to make of cley,cluftres of grapes,and fifhes, folively, 
that whofoever looked upon them, could hardly have difcerned them by the eye from grapes and 
'  fithes indeed. The fame author doth highly extell and magnifie one 4reefilaws,a very tamiliar 
*Heemeaneth friend of La,Lucullvs, and whome hee loved very well, whofe *moulds were commonly fold 4% 
_thole whereby dearer even to workemen themfelves, than the workes of others after they were finifhed.. And 
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“braffswere efaith, That the image of Venus Genetrix, which ftandeth in the Forum of Cafar,was of his 
~ aft. making : but before he had fully finithed the fame, tor haft of dedication, it was fet up unperfect, 
After which time(as he affirmeth) Za.Zucullw bargained with him tomake theimageot Felici 
sie,for which hee was to have threefcore thoufand {eiterces, howbeit,the death both of the one 
and the other,was the caufe that the worke was never finifhed:As for 0 avis aknightof Rome 
being minded to make a fair ftanding cup,he paied unto him for che mould in plaftre.onewhole 
talent. The fame Varro praifech alfo Praxite/es,who was wont to fay,that the craft of Potterieand 
working in cley,was the mother of Founderie, and of allworkes that are cut, engraven; chafed, 
and embofled : who, albeit he were an excellent founderand imageur in brafle,andkaew howto 
carve,erave,and chate paffing well,yet would hee never goein handto make any peece of worke, 
buthe wouldforme it firftin cley,in. amould of his owne making,Moreover,thisart (by his {ay- 
ing)was much practifed in mes paft,ii Italie and Tufcane {pecially :trom whence, andnamely 
out of the citieFregell, king Tarquimins Prifews sentforone Turianuss\to noother purpofe in 
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