A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . BS9S£3| OF THE MOTIONS OF TREES, ANDALLOTHERTHINGESTHATARE MOOVED, CHAT. XXIII. Ast of all the motions of everything which is moo-ved,oughttobeexprefIedwithiudgmct, accordinglyas they agree with the thin g wherunto they are giuen,fometimes quickejfbmetimes flow, fbmtimes moouc-ablc,,whcntheyare fhaken of the wind, their fmaler(St therfore moreplyable)boughes,muft be refembled with fuch an acti-on, that they may more ftrike one againfr another, byyeelding and declyning from the part whenc
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . BS9S£3| OF THE MOTIONS OF TREES, ANDALLOTHERTHINGESTHATARE MOOVED, CHAT. XXIII. Ast of all the motions of everything which is moo-ved,oughttobeexprefIedwithiudgmct, accordinglyas they agree with the thin g wherunto they are giuen,fometimes quickejfbmetimes flow, fbmtimes moouc-ablc,,whcntheyare fhaken of the wind, their fmaler(St therfore moreplyable)boughes,muft be refembled with fuch an acti-on, that they may more ftrike one againfr another, byyeelding and declyning from the part whence the windbloweth, then theftiffer(& therefore flower) the body notwithstanding remaining fhronge 8cftedfaft. The boughes growing from thence, begin a littje to bend, and the other. OF ACTIONS jfNV GESTP^ES- 9i •there which procccdc from them a litle more,fb that in the end they fhewthe fame agility, in the Icaues moft of all. It is true that all trees haue not alike motion: for the Willowe mooveth and is fhaken extreamely:the Pine-tree not at all, or very litle,&: fo forth of the reft according to their natures;but by the way wemuft note,. that young and tender trees of body, beginfirfttomoouefrom the bottomeof the body,fhaking their boughes andleaues likewife,whether they beare flowers or fruit s,hauetrembling motions, according to the condition of the wind which bloweththem, and alio accordingly as they are forced or opprefled of any thing,asfor example; an earc ofcorne when a birde fittcs feeding vppon it, which ?will not only make it bende, but even way it downe to the earth, as well ob-ferved that countrie fellow in Greece of a Painter, whether it were Arifti-des or Pamphdui I doe not well remember, who had Painted a birde vpponan ea
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