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A of odavia. Hee made alfo another Cupid all naked, for them of Parium,a cittie within Propon- 
tis, howbeie in the nature of a colonie governed by the Romane lawes, and owing fervice to 
their high court:comparable it was unto las ends.ac fiber, as well for beautic and exce)- 
lencie of workemanfhip, as for thelike abufe and villanie done unto it; tor one CAlclidas a 
Rhodian loved this Cup:d, and (afhamefull thing tofpeake) defiled both hunfelfe and ic ikea 
moftfilthie and profane villaine. Moreover, at Rome there be divers peeces of Praxtteles his maz 
king; to wit, Flora,Triptolemus, and Ceres within the gardens of Servil:m the images of Goods 
adventure, and Good-fortune both, which arein the: Capicoll jalfothe religious women Of the 
order of Bacchus, towit, the furious Menades which allothey name Thyades ; aliothe holy nuns 
orvaotaries called Caryatides; and Silenws, ftanding amongthe monuments.and bookes within 
B thelibrarie of Afimiws Pollio, cogither with Apollo and Neptune, Thus much may futhce coihave 
been {poken of Praxiteles. . Din ‘3 ao 
Praxitelesleft behind him afonne named Cephiffodorws; who was hisfathers heire everie way, 
as wellof his excellent and fingularcunning as. his worldly goods: of his handyworke there is 
to bee feene at Perganms, a* couple of little:boyesclipping,embracing, and killingone ano- * Symplegma: 
ther ; a moft daintie and exquifit peece of worke, and much {poken of and highly praifed: a a 
-man that faw them would verely beleeve and {ayy they dented with their fingers intoa bodie of wectiers bee 
fleth, ratherthan a ftatve of marble, At Romehere bee images that came out of his/hand,to ing at handy- 
wit, Latona within the templeupon.mount Palatine, Yenzs within the libratie or monuments 8"PS* 
of Afinins Pollio, Bfculspinsand Diana inthe temple of Juzo; fanding within the pourpris ot 
C quadrant of odavias galleries, 11: 1e ty ginesied,19(1 
Scopas followeth thele in order of narration, but ftriveth to match them in praife of worthie 
workemanship : hee-engraved' and wrought the images of Vewus, Pothosyand Pbaéton, which 
three be honoured among the Samothraciansin all.ceremonious devotion, asright holy faints 5 
likewife of 4pollo,which ftandeth within mount Palatine; ofthe faerie goddefle /efla, firing wi 
in a chaire, accompanied with two* hand-maidens fetupon the ground of each handof-her, * chamererat! 
which are to bee feene within the gardens of Servilius: like unto which, therebe other fuchdas 
mofels, and ladie /efta, remaining within the monuments or librarie of WA fimizs beforetaid; 
where alfothereis one Canephoros, towit, avirgin bearing upon her heada flasket of holy re- 
liques3 all of Scopas his making. Butof all that ever hee wrought, there is moft account made of 
D thofeimageswhichate in the chappell of Cres Domitius, within the cirque of Flaminius ; to 
wit, Weptuve himelfe, and dame T ers and her fonne Achiiles ;the Sea-nymphis or Meermaids 
alfocalled Nereides, mounted upon Dolphins, Whales, and mighiie Sea-horfes called Hippo- 
campi,and fitting uponthem:moreover, the Sea-trumpetters Tritones, withall the quire and 
traine attending upon Sir Phorcvs aSea-god, and the mightie fifhes called Priftes, befidesma- 
ny othermonfters of the fea; all wrought by one and the fame hand fo curioufly, that it he had 
fitten about the making of thermall his life time and done nothing at allelfe, aman would have 
thought itworke enough, anda greardeed. Bur moreover and befides thefe above rehearted, . 
and many more which wee a‘e narcome to the knowledge of, we have herewith us at Rome the 
image of Mars,madegyant-like.after the manner ot acolofle, yer fitting within the temple of 
E Brutus Callatcus, which ftandeth clofe unto the faid cirque, in the way as men goe from thence 
to the gate Labicana. In thé fame place there is moreover another /enws naked, and wrought 
by the hands of Scopas, which feemethto goebeyond that other emus of Gnidos that Praxt- 
teles made ; which image alone were able(no doubt) to give name to any other cittie where it 
fhould:ftand,and toennoble the place: But at Rome verely there bee fo many peeces befides; 
and thofe fo ftately and fumptuous withall, that they obfcure and darken it (as it were). in fome 
fort, Moreover, the exceeding great affaires and the bufienegotiations (whereof thereis fucha 
multitude and a world as it were in that cittie) withdraw all men from the contemplation and 
behalding of fuchthings, bee they never fo fingular: for to fay atruth, it-belongeth rather to 
idle perfons to looke and gaze upon thefe matters, and fitter for a place where there is little or 
F no flirting, but all quiet and filent: which was the caufe that no man knoweth who was the work- 
man that made the images of Yenws,which e/pafan the Emperout dedicated in therampars 
and burlding of histetnple of Peace « and yet if it ftood anywhere elfethanat Rome, itmighe 
feeme nothing inferiour in name to the auncient works of old time. As little, certaintiethere is 
likewile of that image wroughtin marble, which reprefenteth dame Niobe readic to die,togither 
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