1 Am not fatifjied^ that e‘ver Goedartius /»» 
tended to puhlijh thefe Papers.- or that He 
aimed at any thing more , then to pleaje 
and gratijie his Fancy y and the excellent slqll 
he had in Limning. And this affeares from 
the alrnojl tot all negleSl of dejcriftionSy irhich 
he had Juft dent oppertnnityy to ha-ve rrell per- 
formed s and the many references to the Colours 
in his Defigns, which CaIcography,<?r Printing 
cotdd not reprefent , heftdes the tumulttwus order y 
we ha’ve them frjl pnblijhed after his Death : 
abo'z/e ally the little ad‘vancement he feemes to 
ha>ve madoy in his Skilly in the nature ofliikCiSy 
after 40. Teares f as he fays himjelfe J) daily 
comverfwg with them : fo that he Jeemes raihery 
to ha>ve di'verted with them^ ihen to ha<ve d^ven 
himfelfe the trouble of well underjlafidingihem. 
And yet after all this y you will fnd him orre- 
ry where ‘very jujiy and true itt his Obfervations : 
hut in many places ‘very JJjort , and hardly Inielli- 
gible. 
Again, as he moji indujlrecufy fed ihar/y and 
A 5 objer-ved 
