A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . # jf.# # # # tf^s- * * * ***»**»»•*»»*• * OF THE PROPORTION OF A WO-MAN OF TENNE FACES. CHAT. L b e i t dame Nature, the cUnningcft work miftres ofall others,doeth ordinarily obferue fo great variety inall her workes, that eachof her particulars differeth inbeauty and proportion; yet notwithftanding,we findeby experience, that fhee is more induftrious,in {hew-ing her arte and skill in fomc few nioft beautifull crea-tures. Whereupon I (infbmuch as Arte being thecounterfaiter of Nature, mult ever indevor to imi-tate
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . # jf.# # # # tf^s- * * * ***»**»»•*»»*• * OF THE PROPORTION OF A WO-MAN OF TENNE FACES. CHAT. L b e i t dame Nature, the cUnningcft work miftres ofall others,doeth ordinarily obferue fo great variety inall her workes, that eachof her particulars differeth inbeauty and proportion; yet notwithftanding,we findeby experience, that fhee is more induftrious,in {hew-ing her arte and skill in fomc few nioft beautifull crea-tures. Whereupon I (infbmuch as Arte being thecounterfaiter of Nature, mult ever indevor to imi-tate the moft abfolute things) handle the proportion of a wo-man , meane not tofpend much time in difcourfingof thefeverall propor-tions of all the fortes of women which nature affordcth (for that were in-finite) but purpofe to write only of the moft pleafing proportions appea-ring in dainty and delicate bodies. Now this body is meauiredby Degreesand Mimtts, like to that in the fixt Chapter, whofe length containeth Ufcjfixtie Degreej;each whereof is fubdiv ided into but Hue CMiniits. This bodythen is measured In Length. £« 7o g 2 4 i oooooooo A Top of
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