568 The fix and thirtieth Boake oy See 
with all her fweet children, and ftandeth in the temple of U4pollofurnamed Sofians, whether G 
Scopas or Praxiteles made it: nomore than father Janws, which Augufius Cafar broughvoutrof 
Egypt and dedicated in his owne temple,is known out of whofe fhop itcame;notwithftanding — 
nowt beguilded all over : femblably,there ftandeth in thecourtly pallace of Oc?avia,the image 
of Capid holding a thunderbolt or lightning in his hand,readie to {hoot; buritis a queftion who 
was the maker of him? and yet this 1s affirmed, That the faid Cupid was made by thelively. pat- 
terne of Alcibiades ,who atthat age was held tobe the faireft youth that the earth did beare. In 
the fame place, and namely in the {choole or gallerie of learned men,there bemany more ima- 
ges highly commended, and yet no man knoweth who wrought them : Asfor example, fourthat 
refemble Satyres ;of which, one feemeth to carrie on his fhoulders prince Bacchws arraied ikea 
gitleina fide coat or gown; another likewife beareth yong Bacchus inthefame order, cladinthe yy 
robe of his mother Semelle ; the third maketh as though he would ftill the one Bacchus crying like 
a child; the fourth offereth the other a cup of drink toallay histhirft, Furthermore,there betwo 
images in habit andforme foeminine,reprefenting gales of wind.& thefe feemtomake faile with 
their ownecloaths, As doubtful] alfo itis, who madethe images within the railed enclofure in 
@ Mars field named Septa, which doe reprefent O4ympus,Pan,C biron, and Achilles sand yet foexs 
ea. cellent peeces they be, that men eftceme themworthie to be keptfafe, & fatisfactionto be made 
eects) withono leffe than their death under whofe hands and cuftodie they fhould mifcarrie. Buctore- 
| turneagaine unto Scopas ; he hadconcurrents in histime,andthofe tharthoughtthemfelves as 
good workemen as himfelfe, to wit, Bryaxis, Timothews,and Leochares, of whome I muft write 
joyntly cogither, becaufe they joyned all foure in the graving and cutting of the ftately monu- : 
_ ee ment Maufoleum. to.) \ 
phelus. This Maufoleum wasthe renowmed toinbe or fepulchre of car folus apetie king of Caria, 
2. The fepul- which the worthie ladie 4rtemifia (fometime his queene, and nowhis widow) cauted to be erec= 
chre of Adas- - é : Sere : : : 
Ps. tedfor the faid ptince her husband, who diedin the fecond yeere of the hundredth Olymptas: 
3. The colofe and verely fo fumptuous a thing it was & fo curioufly wrought, by thefe artificers efpecially,thae 
olay * iris ceckoned one of thofe matchleffe monuments which are called the * feven Wonders of the 
4.Theftatue world: From North to South it carneth in length, fixtie three foor; the two fronts Eaft & Welt, 
of Jupistr O- snake the breadth, whichis nog all out fo large ;fo as the wholecircuit about, may contain foure 
lympits. ay. ae : 4 : . : r 
5. The wa's of Dundred and eleven toor: itis raifed in heigth five and twentie cubits,and environed w th fix and 
tide which K 
Babylon. —thirtie columns : one the Balt fide, Scopas did cut; Bryaxes chofe the North ete 
eee regardetii the South, tell to Tamothews3and Leochares engraved at the VVefterd: bur Queene 
des. Artemmfi: (who cauled this tich fepulchreto bee made for the honour and in the memorial] of 
7.The obelisk her husband lace deceated) hapned her felfeto depart this life before ic was fully finifhed: how- — 
f Semiramis, : Eve aie 2 : 
Sez ca! Rhed beitchefe noble artificers whome fhee had feta worke, would not give overwhen fhee was dead 
laa # and gone, but followed on ftilland broughtitto a finall end, as making this account, thatit 
$1b,23.cap.6. on ! ed ‘all H ‘ 
* paechompiy, WoUld be a glorious monument to all pofteritie, both of themfelves and alfo of their ae 
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fufpeéteth this and in truth atthisday, it is hard to judge by their handyworke,who did bet; There was a fil 
place ‘but me workeman alfo came in unto them ; for abovethe fide wall or wing of the tombe,there wasa Py- ; 
yi thinkesa man Ff ; : : i p 
may conceive, famis founded, which from the verie batlements of the {aid wall was caried tothe heigth ofthe 
evenby Me ee building underneath it: the fame grew {inaller {till as the worke arofe higher, & from that heigth L 
rle wordes o : “.: : : . - F 
Pliny tracups 4° eVErle degree (which in the whole were foure and twentie) was narrowed and taken in, untill at 
thefirtt ppramis aft it ended in a pointed broch: in the top whereof, there is pitched acoach with foure horfes 
rae | cubis, wrought curioufly in marble ; and thiswas the worke of Pyrhis tor his part. *.So that reckoning 
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another {pire this charriot with the {harpe {pire, the Pyramis under it unto the battlements, and the bodie of 
which leffened the fepulchre founded upon the firme ground, the whole worke arofe to an hundredand fortie 
eee foot in heigth. But to come unto fome particular workes of Timotheus beforefaid : his hand 
may fecinma- Wrought that ftacue of Déaa in marble which ftandeth at Romein the chappell of pollo, fituat 
nyftesples in mount Palatine: andyet the head belonging thereto, which now this image carrieth, Aula- 
with us] and : Bi: 
ener uae ca- #108 Evander {er untoit in place ofthe former. 
riefomany - Astouching Méeneftra:us,men havein highadmiration Hercules of his making; as alfo He- 
ene cate, which ftandeth in a chappell at Ephefus behind the greattemple of Diana: the fextons or 
reft, will make Wardens of which chappell, give warning unto thofe that come tofee it, that they looke not too 
up the whole Jong upon it for'dazling and hurting their eyes, the luftre of the marble is fo radiant andre- 
140 from the ‘ a rig 
grou nd, fplenden t. 
I can- 
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