piece* earned a Copy thereof to be made by thefaid Andreas de 
Sane, which they fent inftead of the Original. This Copy was 
fo perfect, that ifadi'a Romano , who had been bred and taught by 
Raphael , and was one of the beft Painters of Italy , took it for an 
Original 5 and would never have been undeceived , if one Fafari 
had not allured him , that it was but a Copy which himfelf had 
teen made ,-and had not fhew’d him certain marks 0 that were there 
put to diferiminate it from the Original. 
In the SecondVaft , the Author has fetdown all that is requifite 
to judge and difeourfe well of Painting. But, to add Examples 
to Precepts , he difeourfes of the Modern Painters , and making a 
Defcripdon of their befl Works , he takes occafion to obferve, 
what is there found moft excellent , and to fhew 5 how they have 
put in practice the Rules of Art. He treats alfo of the declining of 
Paintings and affirms, that nothing confiderable hath been done 
in it from the time of Cenftantine , till An. 1240. when one, Cima- 
hue ^ began to raife this Art again. After this , he gives a.Liftof 
jhe Painters , that fince have been famous for their Works , pre- 
ferring before all others , RaphaelUrbin . The lafl of all is the a- 
Bove- mention’d Andre de S art es , who died, An. 1530. and whom 
ihe liberality of Francis I, had drawn into France, 
The Printing of tbefe Tratfts is now return’d to tlaefirft Printer thereof 3 as being Tome- 
• what re-fetled after the late fad Fire of London. 
F I N I S. 
In the S A V OT,, 
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