A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . Xr-ifi) ittfi G)fU2 SV^ ^iT T^-*ir v^^? ^^•*vT. IOHN CASE D. OF PHYSICKE TO HIS FRIENDE % H. OF NEW COLLEDGE. HEN Ifirftheard (learned andkindc fricndcM. Haj-docke) ofyour purpofc in letting forth a large Booke concer-ning the Arte of Painting, twothinges caufedmemuch tomarvaile^firft how you could winne time, and vveane yourfclfc from Hippocrates to Apelles; and then what matter youcould ycelde vs from a Painters pot and pencell: But afterreading a few lines of theworke, I utterly chaunged myminde,and begannc contrariw
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . Xr-ifi) ittfi G)fU2 SV^ ^iT T^-*ir v^^? ^^•*vT. IOHN CASE D. OF PHYSICKE TO HIS FRIENDE % H. OF NEW COLLEDGE. HEN Ifirftheard (learned andkindc fricndcM. Haj-docke) ofyour purpofc in letting forth a large Booke concer-ning the Arte of Painting, twothinges caufedmemuch tomarvaile^firft how you could winne time, and vveane yourfclfc from Hippocrates to Apelles; and then what matter youcould ycelde vs from a Painters pot and pencell: But afterreading a few lines of theworke, I utterly chaunged myminde,and begannc contrariwife to wonder, how fo excel-lentaBooke couldc bee compiled vpon fo mcane a fubieft jMeane I fay in name,but not indeede:meane as wc call a Gnatt,in whofe life,parts, and motion,Nature hath bellowed her beft arte, and left vnto vs won-ders to beholde. What lhall Ifay more ? One /haddow of man, one image of hispartes, in this Booke, fhewcthvs better vfc. For \fHippocrates will reade an , hecre-hencc he may learne exact and true proportion ofhumaine Bodies; ifDtofcorides will make an Herball,here he
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