A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . and he was whipped,crowned with thornes3and mockedrin which action they commonly place the lightes,as if it wereby day. And amongft the Gentiles,as inthat fire where Hercules died;in Ly-ctom houfe on fire; in the fire of the daughters of Hymin&iu; in Melcagersfirebrand,and in the funerall fire of CMefnnon,that o( Prometheus, and thatoiTroy. Which examples(lthinke)mayfuffice to inftrutlvs, how thefcficrs by night and by day ought to be refernbled, according to their effecresin all things: alwaies hauing regar
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . and he was whipped,crowned with thornes3and mockedrin which action they commonly place the lightes,as if it wereby day. And amongft the Gentiles,as inthat fire where Hercules died;in Ly-ctom houfe on fire; in the fire of the daughters of Hymin&iu; in Melcagersfirebrand,and in the funerall fire of CMefnnon,that o( Prometheus, and thatoiTroy. Which examples(lthinke)mayfuffice to inftrutlvs, how thefcficrs by night and by day ought to be refernbled, according to their effecresin all things: alwaies hauing regard to hiflories, which do plainely inftructvsin the true vfe of all pictures, laying them before our eies as they ,we muft not reprefcnt anuses if he difcomfited theCarthaginian hoft with fire, caft abroad in the fielde by day 5 nor yet the o-verthro w which Abraham gaue thofe kings which tooke Loth prifoner; be-cauleallthefethings wereperfourmedin OF THE SECONDARY LIGHT. chjv viu R o m the firft,fecond,and thirde lights of all forts, theSecondary light arifeth, which to begin withallforourbetter vnderftading,» that light which is caufedy not bythe dirett heames, but by the beames reflected. And pro-ceeded wholly from the primary light, which ente-reth into fome roomc, fuppofe a chamber,gallery & w e fee that when the primary light entring in, fal-lethvpon fome one part, there is forth with anotherlight caft round about,which is properly called the Secondary light, becaufeit alwaies followeth the firft. Now this cannot be fo bright as the firlt,fromwhence it fpringeth; wherefore it euer Iightneth the extremities of thepartes a farre of, fomethingobfcurely,but especially by night.
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