A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . ####################### «7*t3 iyi,vs «>«? THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE PERSPECTIVES £Y IO: PAVL: LOMATIVSPAINTER OF MILAN!.(#####) Tin I. R i s t o t i e hath this maximc, thaty«c£ as the ende rheprji v*i,Uyfuch ought the means to be which leadvnto the fame ?>viz. proportionable, and fit for the obtaining for example, if a man would afcende to the top ofan houfe, he mufl take a ladder proportionable there-unto, or fbme other inftrument fittefor wil it fuffice to take an inftrume
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . ####################### «7*t3 iyi,vs «>«? THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE PERSPECTIVES £Y IO: PAVL: LOMATIVSPAINTER OF MILAN!.(#####) Tin I. R i s t o t i e hath this maximc, thaty«c£ as the ende rheprji v*i,Uyfuch ought the means to be which leadvnto the fame ?>viz. proportionable, and fit for the obtaining for example, if a man would afcende to the top ofan houfe, he mufl take a ladder proportionable there-unto, or fbme other inftrument fittefor wil it fuffice to take an inftrument of any fife,but onely fuch a one as is abfolutcly proportionable, Othcrwife it will not feme for the purpofc. Farthermore, for the better perfection hereof, itfufficethnot that this meanes or inftrument be abfolutely proportionable, except it haue ano-ther. i*o THE FIFTH !B00^E * r* dot it bet. ther helpe, which the Philofophcrs call * ad melius eft. So that an inftrfi-». mcnt ought to haue two qualities •, the one, that it may guide vs to our wi- shed ende; and the other, that it haue fnch vcrtue and perfection, that itmay performc our purpofe better then any other. Which approoued ve-rity, fhalbc the firft ground of that which I meanetofayin fecod The fecond ground is, that all wife and fufficient artificers hauing twoground. inftruments, the one which will barely feruc their turnc,and the the meerefufficiency, hath moreouerthe perfection admeliuseffeioyned thereunto, ought cuerto choofe that which hath them both toge-ther: as for example; if 1 were to trauaile to Rome,and had my choice oftwo horfes, whereof the one would carry me, but with great paine and tra-uaile, and the other, which would not onely carry mee, but with fb greateafe and delight thatlfhould fcarfe feelc any trouble, I vvere abfurde
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