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 Ulrich Middeldorf 
 
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descript; 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CELEBRATED 
 
 Pieces of Paintings ; 
 
 Of the moft Eminent 3AMTEKS 
 
 Ancient and Modern \ 
 
 WITH 
 
 Reflexions upon the Several Foreign-Schools 
 of P AINTJNG. 
 
 By John Elfum Efq j 
 
 LONDON^ 
 
 Printed ioxD. Brown at the Black Swan without 
 
 <*Temph;Bar^S. Clark in Bircbin-Lane, and C. King 
 
 at the Judges- Head in tye(lminifter-HaU^ 1704. 
 
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EPIGRAMS 
 
 UPON THE 
 
 PAINTINGS 
 
 OF'THE 
 
 Moft Eminent Matters. 
 
 The Introduction. 
 
 RE you for Fancy, Humour, and 
 Caprice } 
 
 Brauwer invites you to a Comtek 
 Piece. 
 
 Do you in foher Hiftory delight > 
 
 Talma may gratify your Appetite. 
 
 If you be nice, and for more choice Provision, 
 
 •Tafte of Apel/es^ Tfyphael, and Titian. 
 
 Be it in Matters Sacred, or Profane, 
 
 You fomething here may find will entertain, 
 
 Something in lively colours reprefented : . 
 
 If fo, expeft no more, but be contented. 
 
 ft.- A 2 Tk 
 
 J 
 
4 Epigrams on the Paintings 
 
 Tl?e Sacrifice of Iphigenia Daughter of 
 Agamemnon ,• by Timanthes. 
 
 s 
 
 \ Epigram I. 
 
 E E bow her near Relations all lament 
 To lofe a Virgin fair and innocent. 
 The Under-mourners are Co full of grief, 
 The Painters puzzled to exprefs the Chiefs 
 He finds the Pencil is for this too frail, 
 And therefore o'er his Eyes he cafts the Vail. 
 Thu9 wifely covVing .Agamemnon's Face, 
 He turns the Art's Defeft into a Grace. 
 
 A Couple of Wreftlers, hy Zeuxis. 
 
 Epig, II. 
 
 NAked and brawny both, both very bold, 
 Long did they ftruggle, yet maiotaind 
 their hold. 
 Both did ftand out againft the Rick and Trip, 
 But one of them is got upon the Hip. 
 And after all his pains of fvveat and toil, 
 
 Is like to get a Fall, at leaft a Foil. 
 
 He's 
 
of the mojl Eminent Maftersl 
 
 He's lifted up on high 5 ,but 'tis well known, 
 Only with greater force to be caft down./ 
 This Wreftler, Zeuxis, you do (b devife, 
 And in him (hew fuch skill in Nudities, 
 Fall he or fall he not, thy Fame will rife. 
 
 A Soy with a Basket of Grapes, by the 
 fame Zeuxis. 
 
 Epig. III. 
 
 THE Birds unto thy juicy Grapes did fly, 
 And did the name of Zeuxis carry high : 
 But had the Bearer bin as lively made, 
 The Birds mod certainly had bin afraid. 
 
 Helena, by the fame Hand. 
 Epig. IV, 
 
 BEhold a Beauty, that's the Painter's Creature ! 
 A Beauty never parallel'd by Nature. 
 The lev'ral Graces that lie fcatter'd there, 
 Are all collected and united here. 
 The Work is great, and yet the Author mean, 
 He would not let this matchleG Piece be feen 
 
 A 3 Without 
 
•> Epigrams o« the ^Paintings 
 
 out Reward, the Trick increased his Store, 
 B'iit made his Helena a mercenary Whore. 
 
 n old Woman s Flead y by the fame Zeuxis. 
 
 Epig. V. 
 
 Young fmooth Look is oft adorn'd with 
 Grace, 
 
 But what Charm is there in a fhriveld Face ? 
 I .uok with an ArtiJPs Eyes, and you will fee 
 The Work exceeding fanciful and free, 
 foul fee a pleafant, but a fatal Head, 
 Jach as with transport ftruck its f Author dead. 
 
 Campafpes the beloved Qoncublne of Alexan- 
 der the Great , drawn naked by Apelles. 
 
 . Epig. VI. 
 
 N Object this, fo wonderfully bright* 
 Does almoO: dazzle and confound the 
 Sight. 
 
 f Zeuxis upon a view of it died with laughing, 
 
 - Her 
 
of the tnoft Eminent Majlersl 7 
 
 Her Eyes, herBreafts, herBofom, ev'ryPart, 
 Every Member of her (hoots a Dart, 
 , Apelles found each of them pierc d his Heart. 
 The Macedonian King perceiv'd him languifb, 
 Gave him Cawpajpe 9 and affuag'd his Anguifh. 
 Had he in lieu of Her refign'd his Crown, 
 He had not half of fuch a Bounty ftiown : 
 But what's returnd for this vaft Gift > A Table 
 For Beauty and for Grace ineftimable. 
 
 Alexander Triumphant, by the fame Apelles. 
 |L Epig. VIL 
 
 THIS Eaftern Monarch feated in a Car, 
 Infults an Image reprefenting War 5 
 And War appears with both hands ti'd behind him 
 A Pofture very fit, may none unbind him. 
 
 Jalyfus, by Protogenes. 
 
 Epig. VIII, 
 
 THE Picture, as Hiftorians let it forth, 
 Prov'd to the Rhediant of exceeding 
 Worth. 
 
 A 4 Their 
 
8 E p i g r a M s on the Tamiinvs 
 
 T- eir O;?.' g :, to flames is doom'd, 
 
 ar'd for fear this Pftct (hould be confumU 
 ry Works they ftrong were grown, 
 But fcwas the Fdir.ttrs Work thatfav'd the Town. 
 
 Polyphemus, £y Tirrunches. 
 
 E p i g. IX. 
 
 A Huge and horrid Monfter here lies deeping, 
 -^ ^- With fev'ral wanton Satyrs round him 
 creeping. 
 
 To no fmall danger they themfelves expo(e, 
 Themfelves but little bigger than hisNofe. 
 The bolder fort do very near him come, 
 And take the true dimenfion of his Thumb 5 
 But with fuch caution and fuch tendernefs, 
 As does their fear of rowzing him exprefs. 
 In this Tiixanthes wittily hath (hown, 
 That nothing's Great but by Comparifon. 
 
 Daniel 
 
of the mojl Eminent Mdfiers. d 
 
 Daniel in the Lions Den, by Giorgion. 
 E p i g. X. 
 
 Q1 EE devout Djmeiin the Lions Den, 
 U-J A fitter place for favage Beafts than Men: 
 He any pains and torment? would endure 
 Much rather than the pureft Faith abjure. 
 Strange! how the Lions couch and fawn before 
 
 him! 
 Hungry, yet have no ftomach to devour him! 
 They rather are inclin'd to lick his feet, 
 So awful is his Afpect, and fo fweet. 
 O Giorgion ! what Art doft thou unfold ! 
 Tame are thy Lion?, but thy Pencil's bold. 
 
 Alexander and Diogenes, by Salvator Rofa. 
 Epig, XI. 
 
 OL D Snarl you fee is off the hooks, 
 A crabbed Fellow by his looks : 
 They fay that he would Princes faub, 
 And then retire into his Tub. 
 
 The 
 
10 Ep i g r ams flu the Paatibm 
 The King invites him to his Court, 
 "BatCjnu^ does not dnok hi 3 for't : 
 Nor he^s he any Booq but ooe, 
 That's not to intercept the Sun : 
 Not of that Bleffing to deprive, 
 The greateft Monarch cannot give. 
 The Painter lively does expreis, 
 By a rough Scene his ruggednek 
 Yet fomething does the Picture (poil, 
 It {hould not have bin wrought in f Oil 
 
 Diana turns Acbeon into a Stag ; by Titian. 
 
 Epig. xn. 
 
 THE Ghafte Dion* with her Maid* 
 Bathing her felt among the Shades, 
 At length's (urpriz d, and cannot take it, 
 That Man {hould fee a God dels naked 5 
 And therefore turns him to a Stag, 
 Ijeft the too forward Youth (hould brag : 
 Or teaches us that Youth can't bear 
 k Virgin $ fweet and charming Air 3 
 
 t Dijkwper mart rou& and twt cgrttabU* 
 
 But 
 
o/ the mojl Eminent Majierti i i 
 
 But yields his Heart, turns diffolute, 
 And Luft transforms him to a Brute. 
 Titian imploys his Pencil right, 
 To edify, and to delight. 
 
 Hercules effeminated} by Annibal Carratsi 
 Epig, XIH. 
 
 HIS Mantle and his Club Lay'd by, 
 The Man's no more than You or I. 
 He flew a Lion once, but now 
 He ha nt the Heart to kill a Cow. 
 From Cupid's Toils he can't get free, 
 Cupid's a greater Hercules than He. 
 
 An old Man flaying upon a Cymbal, by Tincorer. 
 
 Epig. XIV. 
 
 HOW quick the Minftrels Fingers play ! 
 As if he felt not a decay, 
 
 But all hii Hours were brisk and gay. 
 
 Met banks 
 
It £ p i g r a m s on the (paintings 
 
 Methinks I hear his Melody, 
 But if I hear not, fiire I fee 
 In ev'ry Touch great Harmony. 
 Notes high and low in order (et, 
 And in the- r BU/c the Air of Tintoret. 
 
 * The Four Evangelifts, by Dominiquin. 
 
 Epig. XV. 
 
 NO need here to fubfcribe a Name, 
 Tho Painters once did do the fame : 
 An Angel this 5 a Lion that 5 
 Th* Eagle and Ox difcriminate 
 The other two 5 thus ev'ry one 
 Is by his proper Symbol known. 
 The Angel makes the Picture Neat, 
 The Ox and Lion make it Great, 
 And th' Eagle gives it Light and Heat. 
 
 * St. Lau- 
 
of the t?ioft Eminent Maftersl ;ij 
 
 k* 5f. Laurence on the Gridiron^ by Rofa. 
 
 Epig. XVL 
 
 UPON this fiery Couch St. Laurent* lies, * 
 With Mind ered, and elevated Eyes. 
 His inward Flames the outward Fire increale, 
 Tumult and Vtyife without, within him Peace. 
 His Foes may rage and ftill add to the Fire, 
 But Rofas Pencil will defeat their Ire : 
 For whilft He live?, the &*;»* will ne'r expire. 
 
 V 
 
 * Pilate wafhing of his Hands £ 
 by Andraea Sacehi. 
 
 Epig. XVII. 
 
 OCur fed 'Pilate ! Villain died in grain ! 
 A little Water cannot purge thy ftain 3 
 No, Tanak can't do't, nor yet the Main. 
 Dofl thou condemn a Deity to Death, 
 
 Him whofc mere Love gave and prefer v'd thy 
 Breath? 
 
 And 
 
14 Epigrams en the Paintings 
 
 And thinkeft thou to make a fall amends, 
 By a flight dipping of thy Fingers ends > 
 Nothing can blanch the /Ethiopians skin, 
 Tho not fo black without, as thou within. 
 Wa(h'd, thou remainft unclean 5 if any part 
 About thee's clear, thanks be to Sacchi's Art. 
 
 * ScipioV Chaftity, by Rubens. 
 
 Epig. XVIII. 
 
 NEar him adorn d with Beauty, Youth, and 
 State, 
 Stands a fair Virgin, but unfortunate 5 
 A Captive brought, and offer'd *mong the Spoils 
 Of War, as a reward of martial Toils. 
 At the firft fight the Hero's Heart does fwell, 
 But be the great Commotion thus does quell : 
 Be gone, be gone, thou fwift furprizing Peft ! 
 Avoid, make hafte, and fly a Roman Breaft. 
 The fearful Dawfd now he does releale, 
 Bridles his Luft, and bids her go in peace. 
 He that fo bravely does himfelf fubdue, 
 More valour (bows than if he thoulands flew. 
 
 Rubens 
 
cf the mofi Eminent Mafters. i j 
 
 Bjtbms by this fam'd Piece inf:rucYion fends, 
 That Mats and Venus are not always Friend* 
 
 Marfyas fa'd by Apollo ; The Work of 
 Caravagio. 
 
 E p i g. XIX. 
 
 HE that had us c the E-r; fo much, 
 vVith many a nice and nimble touch, 
 Now lays aEde his fweet Delight, 
 To do himfelf a piece of Right 
 hLtrf)Aj to MmJi.cJ{ a Pretendet, 
 ChaHeng'd long iince the Art's Defender $ 
 He ftrove t outvie, but was o'e recuse, 
 And this I take it was his doom, 
 To have his skinpull'd o'er his Ear?. 
 
 See* The Tcramrter there appears. 
 
 And to his work himfelf applies 3 
 But O how loud the Scnpr cries f 
 He roars as if he'd rend the Skies. 
 hl*rj)as indeed delerves to fare thus hard, 
 But Carwgie merits a Reward. 
 
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1 6 E p i o R a m s on the Paintings' 
 
 * Tfce y*tfgfe Combate of He&or W Ajar, 
 iy Rubens. 
 
 Epic. XX. 
 
 STay aDd behold an admirable Piece, 
 Two H<?/wj,Thunderbolts of Troy and Greece. 
 One skilTd at's Weapon, th' other fierce and fell, 
 Which of the two's moft valiant think you } tell. 
 They meet, look ftern, traverfe, and beat the 
 ground, 
 
 And firft with cruel Eyes each other wound 5 
 Then draw their glittering Swords, and gin to tilt, 
 But in the brave Encounter no blood's fpilt : 
 This pufhes hard, but t'other dextroufly 
 His gallant Adver fury's thruft puts by. 
 Hard they contend, and for the VicYry prek j 
 Equal their Courage, equal their Succefs. 
 Long did they fight, yet neither Hand nor Heart 
 Once fail'd, but night drew on and did them part. 
 The Quarrel's ended ; Rubens in this Table 
 Has made both Combatants infupcrable. 
 
 a 
 
 * Tomvris 
 
of the mojl Eminent Majtersl 17 
 
 * Tomyris drowning In 'Blood the Head of 
 Cyrus > by the Jam? Author. 
 
 Epig. XXI. 
 
 i 
 
 A Bloody Battel's fought, but Q)yus fails, 
 And the Virago o'er his Arms prevail?, 
 Slays the proud King that was to her fo curfr, 
 Cuts off that Head which for her Blood di 
 
 thirft, 
 
 And then in Blood the fever'd Head immers'd. J 
 Saying, In Blood thou ever didd: delight, 
 £Iow drink thy fill, now reek thy utmoft fpigbt. 
 Great Fame the Queen gets from her Enemy, 
 But Noble Ttybens greater far by thee. 
 
 Mars and Venus in the fame Table} 
 by Titian. 
 
 Epig. XXIL 
 
 HEre Mtrs 9 there Venus you may fee, 
 In each Face great difparicy, 
 So Light and Darknetsdiiagree. 
 
 B She 
 
1 8 Epigrams ohA Paintings 
 She tender, fweet, and charming fair, 
 He of an horrid hideous air $ 
 In his Brow Thunder, in his Eye 
 Tremendous Corufcaticns lie. 
 In Venus nothing taketh place, 
 Bat what has Ornament and Grace. 
 Titian, in joining both thy Art is fhown, 
 Mars is too dreadful to be feen alone. 
 
 * A Country Maid with a Hamper or Basket 
 on her Ann 5 by 1 itian. 
 
 Epig. XXIII. 
 
 TH I S Girl doth ravifh each Spectator 3 
 Tho painted, makes their mouths to water. 
 O what a Crjarm and lovely Grace 
 Comes from her fweet and modeft Face ! 
 Her Cheeks are of the Tyrian dye, 
 Her Forehead fmootb, ferene, and high. 
 Fine golden Treifes, not too red, 
 Crown and adorn the Damfel's Head \ 
 Her Eyes emit a fparkling Light, 
 They twinkle like the Stars at night. 
 
 Her 
 
of the mofl Eminent Maflers. 19 
 
 Her Drefs is very tight and clean, 
 And may at Fair, or Feaft be feen;' 
 But why that Basket on her Arm ? 
 It does not her, nor Titian harm j 
 It Honour to the Painter raifes, 
 Fill'd (as fuppos'd) with his due Praifes. 
 
 ^ A Mule with a Mulettier, by Correggia. 
 
 Epig. XXIV. 
 
 SEE here an awkard mungrel Creature I 
 Of an unplealing Form and Feature 5 
 Behind him an old Mulettier, 
 As lhapelefs, and of Look fevere : 
 But tho the Fellow be hirfutej 
 He's one degree above the Brute. 
 I mult confefs they both are rough, 
 But both are true, and that's enough. 
 
 Is *J 
 
20 E p i g r a u s on the Paintings 
 
 * A Landfcape, hy Salvator Rofi. 
 
 Epig. XXV.. 
 
 Ingenious Rofa who was wont to paint 
 Heroes., and Hiftories, and many a Saint, 
 Now lowers his great and noble Vein, 
 To Landfcape, and to Views Gampane. 
 Doft thou paint Woods and Forefts } Know 
 Thy Subjeft, Rofa, is notMow. 
 Woods of a Conful worthy are, 
 And rude things may require thy Care, 
 Thy cultivating Hand will make them fair. 
 A thousand Objects thou doft (hew. 
 In one Piece, and diftin&ly too. 
 
 Here Grafs, there Groves, there Plains, there 
 Heath and Brakes 3 
 
 There ftanding Gorn, there running Streams, 
 
 there Lakes. 
 Rofa, w 5 admire not thkVarktji, 
 But wonder much at one thing, that's at Thee. 
 
 Dunt 
 
o/tbemoft Eminent Maftersl 21 
 
 Duns Scotus, or the fuhtil DoSlor ; fuppos'd 
 by Tintorec. 
 
 * 
 
 E p 1 g. XXVI. 
 
 A Mighty Student this I guefs, 
 By's meagre looks, and Slovens Drels. 
 He cares not for his outward Rind, 
 But how to cultivate his Mind. 
 How fha-rp he looks ! his piercing Eye 
 Sees deep in School- Divinity 5 
 And now is noting fbme dark Text, 
 Not for to make it clear, but more perplext. 
 
 Ibe Prodigal Son, by Bafian. 
 
 Epic. XXVII. 
 
 SEE what a Rat the beardlefs Spendthrift* 
 grown, 
 He that was once the glaring'ft Beau o'th' Town. 
 He had his Korfes, Valets, and his Whores, 
 
 But's Wealth is flown, and they turn'd out of 
 doors. 
 
 E q N« 
 
21 E p i o R a m s on the Paintings 
 No Man was fit € afibciate with this Sinner, 
 That could not fpend a Piece or two on's Dinner. 
 No Eating-houie would ferve him but a Lock§t\ 
 But now the Wretch has not one Groat in's Pockets: 
 Now would be glad on Husk and Draff to dine, 
 Tho with no better Company than Swine : 
 Swine his. Companions were before I guefs. 
 Yet better bred, and in a better Drefs. 
 This Bajfans Pencil does exprefs molt fine, 
 More prodigal of Art, than t'other was of tain, 
 But no Man wonders he fo well fhould do'r. 
 His proper Talent 'twas to paint a Brute. 
 
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 * Galatea, ty Raphael. 
 Epig. XXVIII. 
 
 AIR Galat£a feems, to me 
 The prettieft Njntj>h of all the Sea 3 
 Girt and adorn d with Reeds and Rulhes, 
 Tho her beft Ornament's her Blufhes. 
 Polphins about her dance and play, 
 And th' Ocean now looks fmooth and gayi 
 
of the mojl Eminent Majlers. % 3 
 So Poets feign, butTfyphael) you 
 What Fable was, do here make true. 
 
 Card-players, by Quintin Meffias, 
 formerly a Black/with. 
 
 Epig. XXIX. 
 
 SINCE Noife his Miftefs did offend, 
 To th' Hammer-trade he puts an end 3 
 And now does fet himfelf to paint, 
 An Art more quiet and more quaint, 
 And doth by dint of Love attaint. 
 Venus has wafh'd his Vulcan Face, 
 And a clean Pencil is his Grace. 
 
 £ iEneas efcapesfrom the Fire> bearing 
 Anchifes. 
 
 Epig. XXX. 
 
 NO T all the £rimies Fire, nor Darts Co 
 lavifo, 
 
 Could once my aged Father from me raviib. 
 
 B 4 The 
 
24 'Epigrams owffa Talntings 
 The cruel Flames, and the Greeks fiercer Rage, 
 Did Co increafe, nothing could them affuage. 
 Yet none of all my Foes can juftly feoff. 
 Since I Co bravely bore my Father off 
 My Country they indeed do burn and fack, 
 But I efcapo', with Troy upon ray back. 
 That I was fore d to fly for't who can (ay, 
 Since I fuch noble Trophyj bore away } 
 The Taixter fays it not, but does declare 
 In fpite of Fortune, Thou art Conqueror. 
 
 A <%ej)nfentation of Juflice at the Stadthoufe 
 in Bruffels, by Vandyke. 
 
 Efig. XXXI. 
 
 Incorrupt JjiJIke lie re you may defcry, 
 Among her Mitiijiers i'th' Treafory, 
 And at her Feet fee Weights and Meafures lie. 
 The Great Vandyke to do his Juftice right, 
 Has placd the Goddefe in the deareft Light. 
 » Some Painters fay he (hould have made her blinds 
 They paint the Body, but he paints the Mind, 
 
 Appemantus 
 
of the moji Eminent Maften. if 
 
 Appemantus at "Dinner on a Turnip, at the 
 Stadthoufe at Amfterdam. 
 
 Epig. XXXII. 
 
 SEE how he (cowls ! He's not at eafe, 
 Something does much the Sage difpleafej 
 The World will not comply with's Humour, 
 This in his Spleen begets a Tumour, 
 And makes him rail at all Mankind, 
 For being obftinately blind- 
 Not only Fools but Knaves to boor, 
 And thus he grumbles o'er his Root. 
 This petulant ill-natur'd Elf 
 Sees thorow all men but himfelf 3 
 But does not fee, nor will he grant us, 
 That He's a furly Appemanths. 
 
 The Effigies of Bellifatius.' 
 Epig. XXXIII. 
 
 G 
 
 Reat was thy Merit, but thy Fate was hard^ 
 A forry Ha' penny thy bed Reward. 
 
 Sufanna 
 
16 Epigrams o»ffe Paintings 
 
 Sufanna hefet by the Elder s, by Guercini. 
 Epig. XXXIV. 
 
 AT a Clear Fountain in a glim 'ring Shade, 
 Thatfeem'd for fweetnefs, and forpleafure 
 made, 
 The beautiful Sufanna did repair 
 To bathe her Limbs, and to refresh her Hair 5 
 But is furpriz'd by two old Fornicators^ 
 Slaves to their Appetites, and vitious Natures. 
 Amaz'd (he ftands at firft,. but foon prepares 
 To guard her Honour, and o'ercome her Fears, 
 Here Luft affails, there Chaftity repels, 
 And drives them both away, as Story tells. 
 Sufanna is at length a Vi&refs grown, 
 Tho naked, and againft her two to one. 
 
 St. Dominick with <* Star in his Forehead, 
 
 Epic XXXV. 
 
 HE Saint's ill done, the Star I think is worfe, 
 And is a Mar^ that's fitter for a Hprfe. 
 
 * #neas 
 
of the moft Eminent Mafiersl 27 
 
 # ./Eneas deferring Dido, by Raphael. 
 
 Epig. XXXVI. 
 
 HE's gone 5 nor Sighs, nor Supplications can, 
 Once change the mind of a refihed Man m 
 He hears not Dido, nor doth feek her eafe, 
 Rougher and deafer than the Rock* and Seas. 
 You fee his Ship a failing, and perceive 
 How the poor Queen by turns doth rave and 
 
 ^grieve. 
 Tell me who fleers the Ship, who does inflame 
 Th' ungovern d Paffion of this am'rous Dame ? 
 'Tis matchlefs Raphael from Heaven fent, 
 Who fix'd things makes to move, and mute makes 
 eloquent. 
 
 St. Agnes 
 \1 
 
28 Epigrams o» the Taint ings 
 
 St. Agnes dijlributing Money and Gar- 
 ments to the Poor $ by Zampier, alias 
 Dominiquin, 
 
 Epig. XXXVIX. 
 
 f A Sweet and modeft Look this Saint doth 
 
 XJL (how, 
 
 And with her own hand does her Alms beftow 5 
 
 She clothes the Naked, and the Hungry feeds, 
 
 And of each Indigent fupplies the needs. 
 
 A Gift from fuch a fair Hand, fuch a Saint, 
 
 Would make a Dives turn a Mendicant. 
 
 All people gain by Her, but Zampier from her 
 
 Has got the richeft Gift, immortal Honour. 
 
 Mercury teaching Cupid to real; by Titian. 
 
 Epig. XXXVHI. 
 
 CVpid does learn to read, andJWmwrj 
 Teaches the winged Stripling ABC. 
 A Sternnefs you behold i'th' Matter's took, 
 Which makes the trembling Scholar mind his Book. 
 
 But 
 
of the rnojl Eminent Maftersl 29 
 But how comes Cupid t' aft (b mean a part, 
 To learn the very rudiments of Art ? 
 Whence is't that he who all the World does rule, 
 Comes to be govern'd, and be whipt at School? 
 Fly pretty Lad, fly quickly, learn no more, 
 He'll bred thee up a Wit, and make thee poor, 
 Or make thee know thy Mother was a Whore. 
 
 Seneca teaching Nero ,• by Titian.' 
 
 Epic. XXXIX. 
 
 HI S Countenance does not betray much evil, 
 At prefent he's a young and harmlefs Devil* 
 But when this Infant-Tyrant comes of age, 
 O how his Wrath and Cruelty will rage ! 
 His Villanies and Murders will be rife, 
 He will not fpare his rev'rend Mafter s Life 5 
 But be a Plague to Country and to Courts 
 And burn the City of the World in fport. 
 Seneca I hard's thy task, fuch croft- grain'd Wood 
 Cannot be wrought to any Shape that's good. 
 As foon a Coward thou mayfi make a Hero, 
 As make a Man of morals of SL^Qero. 
 
 * The 
 
jo E p i g r a M s \ on the Paintings 
 
 * The School of Athens ; the Work of 
 Raphael in the Vatican. 
 
 Epig. XL. 
 
 HAST thou a mind to fee a noble Piece? 
 Stay and behold the greateji School of "GreecCc 
 See many Matters on a high Seat placxf, 
 With elegant difHn&ions finely grac'd, 
 And round them Scholars with arreted Ear s 
 Lift'ning their learned Documents to hearc 
 A Stoick here declaims, there Ariftotle 
 Reads Morals, and perhaps againft the Bottle. 
 One meafures Land, another Stars doth meafure, 
 And ev'ry Art communicates its Treafure. 
 This Gruppa Speech adorn, this Vice abolifh 9 
 And that remote Kgot does the Mufes polifb. 
 But how can T>aintwg fuch great things impart ?' 
 Raphael alone is Matter of this Art* 
 
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of the moji Eminent Mjftersl r i 
 
 The Defcenc from the Crofs; by 
 Quintin Meffias. 
 
 Epig. XII. 
 
 THE Painter here hath fo well play'dhis 
 part. 
 That this Befcenfs a Prodigy of Art ; 
 So true, fo touching, and in iuch efteem, 
 'Tis not permitted to be often feen, 
 But on great Feftivals and gawdy day?, 
 All itsunequal'd Graces it displays 
 To gmntitPi Honour and deferred Praife. 
 
 A Double Afpect at the Jefuits College 
 in Ghent. 
 
 Epig. XLII. 
 
 TH IS Picture fimply feen doth {hew 
 A fair ^ttidcna to your view. 
 But if it thro a Glafs you fpy, 
 The twelve A$o3ks you defcry. 
 And thus'by Jefuits, the Virgin tM*rj% 
 
 divided 'mong Primitive Mijfionaria. 
 
 The 
 
3 1 Epig R a m s on the Paintings 
 
 77;e Roman Lucrece ftabbing her felf with 
 a Dagger ; by Giorgion. 
 
 Epig. XLHL 
 
 Since the vile Ravifher my Honour (tains, 
 What thing of worth or moment now re- 
 mains I 
 Thus cries Lucretia with grief oppreft, 
 And fheaths a poinant Dagger in her Bread. 
 The Heroin would die 5 but you prevent, 
 Giorgion ! her murderous intent. 
 You have fo painted her, that we conceive, 
 She in thy Table will for ever live. 
 
 * 7be Mother of the Maccabees at the 
 Martyrdom of her Sons ; by Andraea 
 Sarca. 
 
 Epig. KUV. 
 
 WH A T a tranfcendent Treafure here doth 
 reft 
 
 Of manly Valour in a Woman's Bread t 
 
 h 
 
of the mojl Emhmt Maften, J j 
 
 A Breaft unarm'd, yet nothing can it pierce, 
 Nc all i he Malice of a Tyrant Fierce. 
 Sh : ;vn Sons in tortures fees expire. 
 
 Some L t - Sword, and Gthers by the Fire. 
 She nghes rih s cttaftancy of each brave Sari, 
 And gets a Victory ia ev'ry one. 
 Then her fclf finitbes the Tragedy, 
 Triumphing (Sartal) over all but t: 
 
 St, Jotrn in the V : fs, hy 
 
 Autlin Carrats. 
 
 Epic. XLV. 
 
 THIS Ckildz T>ojlomCity art abid^ 
 Therefore t' a Defirt flys himfe'.f to hide-- 
 There he lives fpurmg'v on Kerb, or Root, 
 And cools his thirft with Water, or v. tffc 
 
 A Stone his Pillow is, his Couch the Ground, 
 His Garment Camel-hair with Girdle bound 
 But who does here this Infant- Baptift teach > 
 Do the mute Tre« laftrud the Lad to preach ? 
 Or do the Birds and Stars this Hermit rate, 
 Tc celebrate their Great Creators Praife ? 
 
 f- inquire 
 
j 4 Epigrams outfe Tainting 
 
 Inquire not who his Matter i?, but know 
 'Tis he who does inform all things below. 
 How thou prevail'!! both in Snccefs and Choice, 
 Carrats ! this Child proclaims with manly Voice, 
 
 * Cain ajf ailing Abel, by Joachim Sandrart. 
 
 E p i g. XLVI. 
 
 THIS Work fets forth to the Spectators view, 
 Him who did firft in Biuud his Hands 
 imbrue. 
 
 Great wa?, OCaw, thy Envy and thy Pride! 
 A bold Attempt, an early Parricide. 
 What Fury gainft thy Brother made thee rage ? 
 Could nothing but his Blood thy Wrath alTuage? 
 Weapons of murder yet unform'd had bin, 
 Thy Wrath fupplies them, nought than this more 
 
 keen. 
 The Earth does blufb at fuch a cruel Deed, 
 And wonders that thy Forehead is not red. 
 How well the t Clare Obfcure is manag'd here ! 
 Cains the dark^ fiadow, Abel all that's clear. 
 
 f The difpofition of Lights and Shadows* 
 
of the mo [I Eminent Ma/lers. j j 
 
 A Triumphal Arch, by Raphael. 
 
 Epig. XLVII. 
 
 II J 2 don't fufpect the fjb'lous Deities 
 V \ That deck this Arch, but him that paint- 
 ed thefe : 
 Here Jupiter arm'd with his Bolt doth thunder j 
 There Saturn threats to cut the World afuQder. 
 TZeffona ftorms, and Juno's in a Per, 
 Venus looks chearful, T \allas temperi*e. 
 Young n&acckns with a Belly like a Tun, 
 Lies faft afleep as if his Work was done, 
 Vulcan and j\jpnne rage as they were wild, 
 {Inveterate Foes n'er to be reconcil'd.) 
 'Pluto looks grim, and his Infernal gjisen 
 Juft (hews her Head, not caring to be Teen. 
 A mix'd Convention : Some in Heaven dwell, 
 On Earth forte, fome i'ch' Sea, and (Lme id Hell. 
 But well it happens, that they all are known 
 To be mere Fictions, Shadows, Names alone. 
 For 'Raphael with his Graces dothfo ftore'em, 
 That many will be tempted to adore 'em. 
 
 C 2 * Herodia s 
 
^6 £ p i G r a m s an the Tainting* 
 
 * Herodias holding St. Johns Bead; 
 by Titian. 
 
 Epig. XLVIIL 
 
 THE Wife, the Sitter, the Adulterefs 
 Of Herod this 3 the lend Herodias. 
 The Reverend TSapti&'s (ever'd Head is (hown, 
 With great Indecence and Derilion. 
 See how (he now infults, her Looks exprefe 
 Cruelty intermixed with Wantonnefs. 
 Is this a Head to grace a publick Eeaft, 
 Or fit to be the fubjeft of a Jeft > 
 
 Shamelels ! Canft thou withftand his threatning 
 
 Look? 
 Tho his Tongue's mute, yet Hill it doth rebuke. 
 Titian with horror does exprefs this Head, 
 That it may ftrike the cruel Harlot dead. 
 
 Ariftotle's 
 
L 
 
 of the ntojl Eminent Mafters] 3 7 
 
 ^ Ariftotle'* Effigies, by Rembrant; 
 Epig. XLIX. 
 
 NO Monfter come from Afru\ in this Piece,! 
 But a profound Philofopher from Greece : 
 A Sage who no occafion had to roam, 
 He found a World within himfelf at home $ 
 And jflexander^ juftly call'd the Great, 
 Made him his Mafter, as the moft compleat. 
 They both were great, both at the Helm did fit, 
 One rul'd the World by Force, t'other by Wit* 
 
 * Parnaflus, by Raphael, 
 
 Epig. L. 
 
 THIS Mountain's high, and at the top is 
 cleft, 
 
 Yet its proud Top of Verdure not bereft. 
 Steep the Alcent, but th' higher up you go, 
 In pleafure far furpafling things below. 
 Sweet is its Air, perpetual its Spring, 
 And chirping Thirds its praifes ever fing. 
 
 C 3 RefreQVd 
 
j 8 Epigrams on the Paintings 
 
 RefreuYd with a clear Fountain full to th' brink, 
 
 Where Violets and Rofes duly drink. 
 
 The Mufes Antknt Seat this , here the Nine 
 
 Themftlves enjoy, and lead a Life Divine. 
 
 Each by her Mark diftin&ly is expreft, 
 
 By th' hftrument that's hanging at her Breaft. 
 
 I'th* midft Apollo with his Harp you fee. 
 
 The God of M'tftcfand of 'Poetry, 
 
 He and the Mufes do in confort joyn } 
 
 Here all things ling, all things are gay and fine. 
 
 5 Tjs aforkf Mount, one of its Tops is free 
 
 For Toets, Raphael ! t'other's left for thee. 
 
 Raphael'* Effigies, drawn by bimfelj 
 
 E p i g. LT. 
 
 O W skilfully ! how rarely well ! 
 Thy Face thou paint'ft, O Tfyphael! 
 The Figure breaths, i'th' Forehead fhine 
 A Wit and Genius Divine. 
 The Piece thou doft fc animate, 
 ■It will not pafs for counterfeit : 
 
 The 
 
of the moft Eminent Mafitrsl 39 
 
 The Lines and Colour fo agree 
 
 With Nature's curious Effigy, 
 
 That both are true, or both feign'd be. 
 
 But one is fubje&'to decay, 
 
 The other ne'r wilt wear away. 
 
 In this thou wilt for ever live, 
 
 And e'en thy very (elf furvive. 
 
 * Bathflieba with her Son Solomon on 
 the fame Throne ; .by Zampier, alias 
 Dominiquin. 
 
 Epig. LIT. 
 
 HO W neatly (rands upon a lofty Throne, 
 The Beauteous Mother of King Solomon ! 
 Candor you fee and Sweetnefs in her Face, 
 And in her Gefture, Majefty and Grace. 
 The wife King knew that TSathJIxba was born 
 A Royal Throne to///, and to adorn 3 
 And that two Suns plac'd in one Hemifphere y 
 Do make each other ftiine more bright and clear,- 
 Zampier^ thou haft perform'd a thing that's great, 
 Two Attgittt Princes planted in one Seat. 
 
 C 4 * The 
 
40 E v i g r a. m s on the (Paintings 
 
 * The Bleffed Virgin Ytfits Elizabeth; 
 by Caravagio. 
 
 Epig. XIII. 
 
 LOVE does invite, nor does the Virgin (lay, 
 Nothing impedes, no Lion in the way 3 
 They both in mutual Embraces meet, 
 And without Complement each other greet. 
 Each is with Child, and each Child proves a Boy, 
 And the Great Infants leap i'th' Wornb for joy. 
 What Difcourfe hapned 'tween the holy Pair 
 Of Mothers, Sacred Story does declare. 
 But if in this the Pen did not avail, 
 Thy Pencil, Caravagio, would not fail. 
 
 Venus behoUs her felf in a Glafs fufta'm'd 
 by Cupid ; the Work of Titian. 
 
 W 
 
 Epig. LIV. 
 
 ITH Paint and Wafies to correct her Face, 
 
 Tho without need, Vtr.ns confults her 
 
 Gfafi. 
 
 And 
 
of the moft Eminent Maftersl 41 
 
 And this the Cyprian Lad ftoutly (upports, 
 A Lad ftill forward to promote Love- (ports. 
 Loofe Hairs are hence moft orderly fuppreft, 
 And her pale Cheek with Crimfon is redreft. 
 But why doft thou thy time (b vainly wafte ? 
 Learn to be humble, provident, and cbafte. 
 Let this InftrucTion from thy Glafs prevail, 
 Thy Beauty (hining is, but very frail. 
 
 Danae receiving a golden Shore, by 
 Correggio. 
 
 Epjg. LV. 
 
 SH E whom you fee fb very fair, 
 With fuch a fweet, yet killing Air, 
 Dreft up with Gold, and many a Gem, 
 Is fprung from the \Acryftan Stem. 
 Her Father was a little fower, 
 And (hut her up in brazen Tower 5 
 Took care fhe ne'r (hould be a Bride, 
 T' avoid a horrid f Parricide. 
 
 <►: 
 
 f Was told by an Oracle that he florid be /lain by a Nephew. 
 
 A 
 
4 1 E p i g r a m s on the Ta'mtings 
 
 A pretty fhtfc 5 but what, alas ! 
 Do (ignify your Bars of TSrafi. 
 'Tis not within their petty power 
 T' exclude a thundring Golden Shower : 
 Nor can a weak and ftlly Damfel 
 Refute fo great, fo rich a HandfeL 
 Correggio this doth plainly teach, 
 Gold never fails to make a breach. 
 O helplefs Virgins, then beware ! 
 Left what feeras Gold do prove a Snare. 
 
 * St. Sebaftian, hy GuidoRhenL 
 
 Epig. LVI. 
 
 WHO that intrepid Youth is would you 
 know } 
 The fevral Darts fix'd in his Flelh dofhow. 
 His valiant Breaft without is pierced fore, 
 Yet is within inflam'd and wounded more. 
 And thp his TZodys bound unto a Tree, 
 His Mind's enfranchis'd, and his Looks are free. 
 Rheni as many Wounds as thou haft given, 
 So many Mouths extol thy Praife to Heaven. 
 
 The 
 
of the mofl Eminent Mafters. 4$ 
 
 The Rape of Proferpine, by the famt 
 Guido. 
 
 Epig. LVII. 
 
 OF old when Troferpine the fair 
 Did walk abroad to take the air, 
 Pluto fpy'd her, and made at her, 
 Never ask'd the Maid whofe Daughter : 
 But by a more compendious courfe, 
 Gets her into his Claws by Force. 
 And, as fdme antient Stories tell, 
 Refolv d to make her gueen of HelL 
 But fuch a TSeanty could not brook 
 His ugly Diabolic!^ Look. 
 She roars and ftruggles, but in vain, 
 Nothing can ea(e her of her pain. 
 This, Guido, you fb well declare. 
 Spectators much aftonifh'd are, 
 And reckon you the Ravijkn 
 
 %/l 
 
44 E v i g r a Ms on the Paintings 
 
 * A Celebrated Venus wit b Cupid ; 
 by Titian. 
 
 Epig. LVIIL 
 
 OLD Titian, what, doft thou turn Pimp 
 To Venus and her little Imp ? 
 Has not their Beauty done great harm > 
 Why doft thou add unto the Gharm > 
 Why mak'ft thou both (b fair and tender ? 
 As both were of the female Gender. 
 Doft thou think by fuch little ways 
 To get thee everlafting praife ? 
 Thy Piece they grace, but Manners (lain, 
 Make a good Venus, but bad Titian* 
 
 St. Magdalen, or the great Penitent • 
 by the fame Hand. 
 
 Epig. LIX. 
 
 SA D is her Countenance, tho fair, 
 Loo(e and negle&ed is her Hair 3 
 Her Hands (he wrings, and doth lament 
 Her grievous lofs, her time mifpent. 
 
 See 
 
of the tnoft Eminent Maftersl 4* 
 
 See in that (hower of Tears the force 
 
 Of a deep Sorrow and Remorfe : 
 
 See how her Breaft doth beat and fwell, 
 
 As if within (he felt a Hell. 
 
 This thou doft fully reprefent 3 
 
 Titian ! thou inward Wounds doft paint 
 
 St. Auftin, by Caravagio. 
 
 Epjg. LX. 
 
 HE that was once immers'd in filth, and nigh 
 Hell's lowed pit, now rears his Head to 
 th'Sky. 
 No finful Luft, nothing of former ftains, 
 About the Holy Father now remains* 
 Now a ftout Champion of the Church hesgrown, 
 And many a Monfter with his Pen knocks down. 
 He, Caravagio, in thy very Table, 
 To Hereticks looks fierce and formidable. 
 
 Cupid 
 
46 Epigrams om the Paintings 
 
 Cupid finding, dnd trampling Crowns and 
 Arms under his foot ,» by the fame 
 Caravagio. 
 
 E p 1 g. LXL 
 
 A Cupid to exprefs moft juft and fit, 
 The Painter try s the force of Art and Wit* 
 So fair the Utile ranging Rogues expreft, 
 You'd think he dropt from's Mother's fnowyBreaft. 
 
 He's wing'd and arm'd with Bow and Dart moft 
 
 neat, 
 Golden his Locks, and his Face wondrous fweet. 
 See how the Child infults, and brags that He 
 Great Monarchs overrules in's Infancy. 
 Scepters and Crowns, bright Helmets, Swords and 
 
 daggers, 
 Truncheons, and brok$n Spears he fpurns, and 
 
 fipaggers. 
 He laughs that he fo great a Conqueft gain* 
 Without the battering Gun, or warlike Pains* 
 But by fop Words, or Jbedding of a Teat, 
 By pretty Smiles, or by znam'rm Leer, 
 
 Sinee* 
 
of the mojl Eminent Maften. \? 
 
 Since, Caravagio, thou doft paint fo right 
 
 Mod powerful Love 5 thou (halt be our Delight. 
 
 Thais, by the fame Car av agio. 
 
 Epig. LXIL 
 
 HERE you behold Immodefty, 
 A wandring Foot 5 and rolling Eye. 
 Of Wit and Beauty (he has ftore, 
 'Tis pity Thais is a Whore : 
 Yet (eems of artifice fo guilty, 
 
 Were (he alive the Jade would jilt ye. 
 This florid, fweetning, flattering Peft, 
 Did Athens heretofore infeft. 
 Her rofy Cheeks and fparkling Eyes, 
 Smote all th' unwary and unwi(e. 
 Nay, many a Man of Senfe and Brain, 
 By this Enchantrefs has bin (lain. 
 But, Caravagio, here thy j£rt % 
 More than a Than wounds the Heart. 
 
 The 
 
4$ Epigrams (W the Taintingt 
 
 * 27;* Aclulterefs w rfce Go/£*/ 1 
 £ji Giorgion. 
 
 Epig. LXIIL ^ 
 
 LAW, Jufttce, Confcience, and the Brows 
 of Men, 
 Do thee convict, O Woman! and condemn. 
 Palenefs and Silence do thy guilt confefs, 
 And thou expe&eft punifhment no left, 
 iThan what is due to an Adulterefs. 
 But be not thou oppreft with anxious fear, 
 Let this Advice thy drooping Spirits chean 
 Th' offended Deity on whom we truft, 
 Writes not our crimes in Marble, but in Duff. 
 
 jm 
 
 1 
 
 * Goiiafi ' 
 
of the mojl Eminent Mafters* 4^ 
 
 * Goliah challenges the Camp of the 
 Ifraelites > h Old Palma. 
 
 Epig. LXIY. 
 
 HERE you an armed Giant may behold, 
 If you have Courage, and dare be (b bold, 
 A monftrous Helmet on his Head doth ftand, 
 And a tall Pine fupports his Weapon-hand. 
 His Eyes and Forehead (cowl and threaten hard> 
 And the poor Ifraelites are almoft fcar'd. 
 Thy Giant, Palma, *s great, to do thee right, 
 Great things to paint was ever thy delight* 
 
 * Mercury heheaJs Argus ; by Nicholas 
 Pouffin. 
 
 Epig. LXV. 
 
 ARgus with all his hundred Eyes, 
 Was not defended from furprize. 
 Mercury caught him at a nap, 
 (And cut ofPs Head, a fad Mifcap I 
 
 *> \ Thole 
 
50 Epigrams owrte Tamtings 
 Thofe Eyes which then did sArgus fail, 
 Now (hine like Stars i'th' Tejcoclfs Tail. 
 Vouffin I this Piece I do admire, 
 Thy Works a hundred E)es require. 
 
 The Effigies of a Religious Man ; 
 by Titian. 
 
 Epig. LXVI. 
 
 WH O, Titian ! is that grave and reverend [ 
 Sire, 
 That hooded is, and Men (b much admire } 
 What are his Talents ? How does his Tongue 
 
 hang> 
 Can he the People fway by fine Harangue > 
 h he a Matter of Philofophy > 
 Is he from worldly Gares and Pleafures free } 
 Is he of any ufe to Church or State ? 
 We need not a&k, nor needeft thou relate 5 
 For when the Picture we do view and fcan, 
 We find him foon a choice accompUftul Man. 
 
 * The 
 
of the mofl Eminent Maftersl 
 
 * Tl:e Daughters of Lot intoxkite their 
 Father ; by Bilberc. 
 
 Epig, LXVII. 
 
 BEhold, the Sifters have prepared a Bowl, 
 To doze and ftupiry their Father's Soul 
 Th' infuperable Wine affaults his Head, 
 And all the upper part of him is dead. 
 They with its raging heat in Luft do burn, 
 And each enjoys her Father in her turn. 
 See, fee the bitter fruit of Dntn%emeff 9 
 And learn t avoid all manner of excefi. 
 r f rev'ling Bacdus once does pafs the Bar, 
 fou maybe fare that Venus is not far. 
 
 * St, Peter with the Maid-fervanc, Door 
 keeper ,• by Louis Caratcs^ 
 
 Epig. LXVIH. 
 
 THOU who wert once a mighty 7 TV# jnd 
 Si*, 
 
 y th ? Church, doft thou now fink and fall away ? 
 D 2 What 
 
y>. E p i G r a m s on the Taintings 
 
 What dtfmal Chance doth make thy Members 
 
 quake, 
 And all thy wonted Courage from thee take ? 
 No warlike Engin doth againft thee roar, 
 A Maid's foft Voice doth wound and gall thee fore. 
 St. Peter falls 5 Caratts by this doth rife, 
 And mounted on Applaufes reacW the Skies. 
 
 Another on St. £eter. 
 Epig. LXIX, 
 
 FRail Fle(h and Blood, when danger was not 
 nigh, 
 Thy Courage, J*eUr y then feemM very high 3 
 But when 7 t approach'd, thou hadft not heart o( 
 
 Grace 
 To ftand thy ground, and look grim Death i'th' 
 
 Face. 
 Let all Men learn by thy bale Cowardize, 
 That he that would be refolute and wife, 
 Muft this poor tranfitory Life defpife. 
 
 Adan 
 
of the mofi Eminent Mafleru 5 j 
 
 Adam and Eve in faradife after the Fall ; 
 by Paul Veronele. 
 
 Epig. LXX. 
 
 HERE the two Parents of Mankind you fee, 
 The JMafferpiece oW Holy Trinity, 
 totb very (lately, beautiful, and neat 5 
 Joth naked are, yet both of them compleat. 
 >ut this is not enough, to Man is given 
 dominion over all things under Heaven. 
 !ee how the Lion and the Tyger meet, 
 Ind lower their fiercenefs at their Matter's feet 5 
 r et th' happy Pair regarding not their Station, 
 or a poor Apple barter this Donation, 
 n (hew the Serpent does prefent and give, 
 ut does indeed mod treach'roufly deprive. 
 "hey fall, and are expell'd : This doleful fight > 
 ) Paul, thy Pencil turns to our Delight. 
 
 D 5 * John 
 
54 E v l G R a m s on the Paintings 
 
 * John Baptift, <w J?x/i?it , fcoW^ a Crofs 
 "made of %eed • by Sehido of Parma. 
 
 Epig. LXXL 
 
 THIS welMook'd Child of good Behaviour,. 
 Is the Forerunner of our Saviour. 
 A Crofs he bears, his bufinefs is to teach. 
 Mortification and Repentance preach. 
 But fbme unthinking Men are at a lofs, 
 To know why of a Reed he made the Crofs 5 
 The Reafon is, if I do take it right, 
 To (hew us that this Tturden is but light. 
 
 dWietwith a Death's Head, by Vandyke. 
 
 Epig. LXXII. 
 
 HERE you may fee a Man that's truly wife, 
 Sober and grave without the leaft difguife, 
 That doth his time in Contemplation fpend 
 Upon his Frailty and his latter End. 
 He does not range about the World for Pelf, 
 
 Nor foreign Matters ftudies, but Himfelf. 
 
 He 
 
of the niojl Eminent Mafleru j y 
 He is no Slave to Vajfion or Opinion^ 
 Nor has Example over him dominion. 
 Good prefent he can flight for Joys to come, 
 And doth not dread the day of Death or Doom. 
 Thefe Precepts, thefe Inftru&ions, or the like, 
 Are in this Frier (hadow'd by Vandyke. 
 
 * Night, hy JulioRomamv 
 
 Epig. LXXIII, 
 
 MY Face fometimes fo dark is, that you'd 
 fwear, 
 I wore a Mask, or I a Negro were. 
 Sometimes again the Stars do make me bright, 
 Some by a fix'd, lome by a wandring Light. 
 Soft Sleeps about me ftand, the World doth reft 
 With Morning Pains, and Evening Fumes oppreft. 
 Poppies adorn my Head, and dole my Eyes, 
 And the Moon watches o'er rrie till I rife. 
 Who fo well pourtray'd this Reverie of Day, 
 Did not in darknels grope, to find his way. 
 
 D 4 Charles 
 
*6 E?iG*Axs mOifmthg 
 
 Cri^tkf^mEbrfe-Uk; by Tmuu 
 
 Epic-. LXXIV. 
 
 r I "HAT :is?Us ±i> wi.i :o ftc-t and valiant, 
 -A- I: Mve.7 rerrele-:e£ here in P:: 
 T- unds anted Ccu.r2.ge in his -oble Breafr, 
 Is by hb genrcus Co -:e-:-:e expreft. 
 In his right Hand he holds a i-cr*;^ Sfe^r, 
 And all thing'; round about him feem to fear. 
 His mettf'd Cckj er owns him for his Lord, 
 And to be ridden yields ofs own accord. 
 He fncrtSj 2nd foams, and fcowls, and with 
 fierce Eye, 
 
 To Battel proudly bids his Enemy. 
 Titian hath made his Hero e'en to wonder, 
 Yet not like Alexander aim d with Thunder. 
 'n this great Work, he acts a Princely Part, 
 Himfelf a Prince o'tb Jpelkan drt. 
 
 Charity, 
 
cf the mtft Emwnt Miflfrs. 57 
 
 Charity, by Andraa. delSaito, 
 Epig. LXXY. 
 
 Enign a.od tender Cksritj sn I, 
 In my Breaft Kindadi and Co~pi5anle. 
 
 i!:: Cii.d v;i:- 1 r:i". :....- -. I : .-s.c, 
 
 And t'other ki:i = ~d di-i'.e cc ~"-' i-egs. 
 Do they laugh ^ £>doL If they do pby, 
 la:.: ":;:::ve. 2:. : :.; ar.Ti i« :irv. 
 ThreeBt^toc Paote; g; ; ~e :*:•: =7 :oi-ge: 
 Re ens 5 cy r:cv:-;e ;":::.!: rov; :';- ~;.:e 
 
 B 
 
 J Urge. 
 
 Ai ;* :::f fbc-'.i be free, aid sever brJj'f. 
 So Utm&j xculi ce r be ;rv*;» rn:'^L 
 
 * Paal 
 
 
 ' 
 
5Y Epigram s tin the (paintings 
 
 * Paul and Barnabas taken for Jupiter and 
 Mercury ; by Elfliamer- 
 
 Epig LXXVI. 
 
 SUGH were their Afpe&s, fuch their Power 
 had been, 
 When by the Lyftrians they at firfl: were feen 5 
 That thefe poor Souls could hardly (land before 
 
 'em, 
 For Gods they take em, and muft needs adore 
 
 cm. 
 We know full well frail Mortals they were then, 
 But, Elfhamr, you make them more than Men : 
 So full of Spirit, fo Divine, 'tis odds 
 But they by others will be counted Gods. 
 
 Ihe Maflacre of the Innocents 5 ty Rubens, 
 Epig. LXXVII. 
 
 *J 
 
 Oldiers in Armour clad, without remorfe, 
 
 Thefe Infants from their mournful Mothers 
 
 force. 
 
 Were 
 
of the tnojl Eminent Mafters. 59 
 
 Were not their Hearts as hardned as their Steel, 
 They would relent, and (bine compafiion feel. 
 This Boy the Villain's Sword grafps without fear, 
 And fweetly fmiles upon his Murderer. 
 Ones ftabb'd, another's Throat s cut, a third 9 
 
 thrown 
 (And his brains quite daftYd out) againft a Stone. 
 This Soldiers forely pincht, that pluckt by 
 
 th' Hair, 
 And like a piftufd Saracen does ftare. 
 But where the Guard of Innocence does fail 
 No other Methods of defence avail. 
 They flay apace, and many a tender Limb 
 Does in its Mothers Tears, and own Ttioodfwm* 
 Such a fad fight who can endure to fee ? 
 Yet this doth pleafe us in effigie. 
 We over-look the Soldiers barb'rous part, 
 And only mind the Painters curious Art. 
 For, Ityhns, thou this Scene doft fb enliven, 
 The ^Bttbes again are to their ^Mothers given. 
 
 * 
 
 Effigies 
 
6o E v i g R a M s on the Paintings 
 
 * Effigies o/" Erafmus, hy Hans Holben. 
 Epig. LXXVIII. 
 H E famous Smfs no little skill hath fhown 
 
 T 
 
 JL In painting of his Generous 'Patron. 
 This Work in England th* Artift much commends, 
 By which he was prefer'd, and gain'd his ends. 
 Thou mad'ft Erafntus, Holben ! *as 'tis (aid, 
 But I fay that Erafmus Holben made. 
 
 A (Portrait of 2(. Charles I. by Dobfon. 
 Efig. LXXIX. 
 
 TELL me what modern Picture can compare 
 With this for Sweetnefs and majefiicJ^ Air. 
 What lively tints and touches ftrike the Eye, 
 And a Vandyhjfo Manner do defcry. 
 Nothing's more nicely folio w'd, or more like, 
 In evVy jtroke you fee the great Vandykg. 
 
 A 
 
of the moft Eminent Maftersl (Si 
 
 A Piece of Grotefca, by Perin <Je Vaga^ 
 Epig. LXXX. 
 
 THIS Florentine was never us'd to paint 
 Things common, but moft fanciful and 
 quaint 5 
 Some God transform^ or Michael and the Dragon, 
 And ft roll about till he had fcarce a rag on. 
 AU Men allow 'Perin in's Art moft able, 
 But yet was too mercurial and unftable, 
 'Tis not his Plaftick Painting, or his Carving, 
 Can keep an idle Wanderer from ftarving. 
 Poor Perin, an old Proverb doth thee crofi, 
 The Rolling Stone doth never gather Mofs. 
 
 * War- 
 
6% E p i G R a M s on the Paintings 
 
 * Harpocrates, the God of Silence. 
 Epig. LXXXI. 
 
 HIS Mouth in a dofe pofture does abide, 
 For which great Faculty he's Deify 'd. 
 He with his Finger doth his Lips comprefs, 
 Admocifhing great Talkers to fay leG. 
 The very Pichire this doth plainly tell, 
 And pleafes the Spectator wondrous well. 
 But with Harpocraiej it does not fate, 
 'Twould more delight the filent God, if mute. 
 
 Fallas, by Annibal Caratts. 
 Epig. LXXXII. 
 
 FEAR not her Arms, but mind her pleafant 
 Face, 
 She fmiles, and Chews great gentlenefs and grace; 
 'Peace {he promotes, and libral Arts refines, 
 Sweetens the Poet's Verfe, and "Painters Lines. 
 This in thy Draught, Caratts I we plainly fee, 
 'Pallas did guide thy hand, and made it free. 
 
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 A M?d : I) Albert Durer.' 
 Epig. LXXXDL 
 
 OOD Colriog here, and not a little Life 5 
 
 But yt: r. 
 
 All German A : : .": = th* Author does e 
 Had his Fate bin in 7;x) to dwell, 
 •Albert had prcvd 2io:her Rafael 
 
 * Neptune, fy Rubens. 
 Epig. LXXXIV. 
 
 THE fkggj MaurcbiftkS 
 With naked Breaft, and Triden: h his 
 Hand. 
 When he this 5;;p:e: loin m £-?;; fbake, 
 His TrHcmt roar, and the poor Ifks do (pake. 
 His P-;jci dees rift Ijfni flrf&rf line ■ 
 Hefecdsoc P; ; \ and afl his drink b irat 
 
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64 E p i g R am s on the (paintings 
 In Water he and all his Subjects lie 5 
 If once upon the Land they come, they die. 
 But this ingenious Artift s powerful Hand 
 Has made a ^(eptune that doth live on Land. 
 
 A Drunken Sot, by an unknown Hand. 
 
 Epig. LXXXV. 
 
 THAT Drinking may be better ply'd. 
 The Hat and Wig are thrown afide : 
 The Glafs he holds in's pally 'd hand, 
 Till he can neither go nor (land. 
 His Head does on his Shoulder lean, 
 His Eyes are funk, and hardly (een : 
 Sometimes he gives a Nod or two, 
 And keeps his Seat with much ado. 
 His Carbuncles do ceale to (hine, 
 When his mouth opes, he bawls — More Wine I 
 Or elfe what's worfe, begins to (pew, 
 To curfe and fwear, and quarrel too 3 
 Or calls the Drawer to fetch a Whore, 
 Then nods again, and 'gins to fnore. 
 
 Who 
 
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 Who fees this Sot in his own colour, 
 Is apt to fay, 'twas drawn by Fuller. 
 
 * A Prophet at St. Auftirw Church in 
 Roipe ; by Raphael. 
 
 Epig. LXXXVI. 
 
 SURE this is nor a Shadow on a Wall, 
 No Counterfeit of ^4rt^ but ^Qatural j 
 Rome fees a Prophet here in Look profound, 
 A Man in whom both Grace and Truth abound. 
 No other Prophet need the Author tell, 
 View but the work, you'll fay 'twas Tfyphaeh 
 
 
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66 '* Epigrams on the Taintiws 
 
 A Portrait of Mona Lifa, Wife of 
 Francis the Joconde ; by Leonardo 
 da Vinci. 
 
 E p i g. LXXXVIL 
 
 WHEN this fair Piece you view, you will 
 fuppofe 
 
 You then fee all the Pencil can difclofe. 
 
 The Head's compleat, but after four years pains, 
 The reft in France unfininYd ftill. remains. 
 In each tint of the Face, in every Feature, 
 You fee ^Art nicely imitating future. 
 The Hair is loofe, well wav'd and very fine. 
 And in the Eyes Vivacity doth (hine. 
 TheNofe well fhapd, and well fet, 'bove difpute 3 
 The Lips and Cheeks th' other Garnatians fate. t 
 And for her lovely Throat-pit, all who fee't, 
 Would fwear in that her very Pulfe did beat. 
 Good Judges do admire it, but the Weak 
 Wonder a Headfo lively does not (peak. 
 
of the mofl Eminent Mafters. 67 
 
 The lira elites wor '[hipping the Golden Calf; 
 by Nic. Pouffin. 
 
 Epio. OXXVIII. 
 
 AN Idol-God the ffiffvec^d J em require* 
 And (pare no coft to compais ihcir defire; 
 ^They'd have a Deity that may befievj 
 J Such as in JEgj>pt formerly had been. 
 A Golden God's fet up , they Bock apace 
 The Calf to honour^ and themfclves debafii 
 Of blind Devotion npw behold the £ ait, 
 Th* Jfraelites give Homage to a Thrift e. 
 They dance about the Altar, eat, drink, piay^ 
 Laugh, fing 5 and thus they conficraU the Day. 
 Stupid Idolaters I yet fome do hold, 
 *Twas not the Calf they vvorihip'd, but the Gold 
 
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 A 'Butcher's Shop, by Annibal Caratts. 
 
 Epig. LXXXIX. 
 
 TH E Shop is clean, the Flefb expos'd to 
 fale, 
 
 A hundred years has hung there, yet not ftale. 
 A Chapman with his hand in's pouch retires, 
 Loth to pay dear for Meat he much admires 3 
 And if the bufy Butcher you infpedt, 
 T > ofture and Motion you will find correct. 
 Jtffinefs of Draught, of Cofring Purity, 
 Which feldom meet, Caratts, unite in thee. 
 But doth great f jimribah Invention drop, 
 From banqueting of Gods, t' a TSutchers Shop ? 
 'Tis fomewhat ftrange indeed, but nothing truer] 
 Thy noble Pencil's turn'd into a Skewer. 
 
 f He painted the Banquet of the Gods, 
 
 *77K 
 
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 * The (Rape of Europa, by Raphael. 
 
 E p 1 g. XC. 
 
 TH E Son of Saturn's all on fire 
 To bring this Fair One to's defire 5 
 Refolv'd he is (he (hall not Tcape, 
 3et her he will thoby a Ripe, 
 And by a bafe Ut? godlike Sh.ipe : 
 Lays by his Crown, and horns his Skull , 
 Appears a white unfpotted Bull, 
 This Virgin, walking in the Meads, 
 Seeing him gentle, ftroaks and feeds. 
 With Flowers (he decks his Neck, and (miles, 
 Not dreaming of his fecret Wilts 5 
 rhen mounts his Back, and (as 'tis (aid) 
 fs caught by Jove in Mafeuerade. 
 Diftrefs'd, with Cries her Throat (he tears, 
 But the wide Ocean has no Ears. 
 50 Rbeni paints, fb anticnt Vests feign 5 
 rell which of them did it with freer Vdfl, 
 
 E 3 Cleopatra 
 
70 Epigrams oh tbe^Paintings 
 
 Cleopatra but en by an Afp ; by Bramant. 
 
 E p i g. XCI. 
 
 TH' undaunted yields her naked Breaft 
 T* an dfi, and doth the Serpent feaft : 
 Very profufe of Royal Blood, 
 But not one drop of it was good. 
 She was a Whore, the worfe her fate* 
 But yet (he was a Whore of State : 
 A fair one too, and full of charms, 
 And did (ubdue a Man of .Arms. 
 Now the Scenes changed, her felf is ta'en ? 
 And Antony try's own hand (lain, 
 She choofes rather now to die, 
 Than to furvive with infamy 
 The Triumph of the Enemy. 
 Yet, Urantant, you ? as may be feen, 
 Triumph in this your Captive g)ueen. 
 
 St. Ca« 
 
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 St. Catherini a reading ; by Correggio. 
 
 Epig. XCIL 
 
 SE E here a very fweet and modeft Look, 
 With eyes intently fixed upon her Book 5 
 Her Flefh fofr, tender, beautiful, and bright, 
 Illuftrated with plenitude of Light : 
 Juftly reliev'd, and made to feem more round 
 By noble f Contours, and a Shade profound : 
 And doth in Union others lb furpafo. 
 You'd think you faw the Picture mzglafs. 
 What tho Correggio never was at Rome, 
 The Homan Manner he found out at home. 
 
 ' "' "" ' ill 1 III MHMHtaM 
 
 f Out-lines, 
 
 E 4 Bacchus 
 
7% E p i g r a m s on the Paintings 
 
 Bacchus mA Venus in one Table ; 
 by Roflb. 
 
 Epig. XCIII. 
 
 f \ Pretty Pair ! how well they do agree B 
 J-JL In him #0 Shape 7 in her jit& Symmetry. 
 The Cjtherean Dame looks cool and fair, 
 Bacchus is warm, and feems to want frelh Air. 
 Good Colouring in each of them is (een, 
 fn each good Poflure, . and a proper Mem. 
 Veffels of Silver, Gold, and Cryftal fine, 
 Are planted near, t' adorn the God of Wine. 
 Thro* the whole Work appears facility, 
 And (hews the Author's great ability. 
 
 The God and Godded join, pray wheres the 
 Wonder ? 
 
 r Bacchm and Vmuj fi-ldom live afunder. 
 
 * ^fcula- 
 
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 * iEfculapius. 
 
 Epig. XCIV. 
 
 Oil R. mortal Bodies him a God did make 5 
 He Sicknefs cures, or doth its fury break. 
 But why that Snake twitting about his Wand ? 
 What that denotes, I do not underftand. 
 It is to (hew us how to keep our Health 
 With Vigilance •, as Mifers keep their Wealth. 
 
 The three fatal Sifters ,• hy Annib. Caratts, 
 
 Epig. XCV. 
 
 CLOT HO from Hell, and Night's dark (bade 
 doth come, 
 And in her looks we may difcern a gloom. 
 She doth the r Diftaff hold with grafping hand, 
 And with great fternnefs (hews her vaft command. 
 Yet more unplealant, much more frowning this, 
 That in the middle's placM, call'd Lachefis, 
 She fpins the Lives of Men, (he winds the Line, 
 That is fo fubtil and fo fuperfine. 
 
 The 
 
74 Epigrams on the Tainting* 
 
 The third s call'd Atropos, and don't you lee 
 That (he's the worft and fbwreft of the Three ? 
 She whets the Shires, and frequently in (port, 
 Man's over-valu'd Thred of Life cuts fhort. 
 In vain, Caraits, thou madeft thefe Sifters fair, 
 They're fatal Sifters, and will no Man Jpare* 
 
 * A Fountain of a Triton, at the Palace 
 of Barberini. 
 
 Epig. XCVI.j 
 
 WH AT makes this Trover hither come, 
 Why rambles he fo far from home ? 
 Doth he diflike the Sea d' ye think, 
 And comes frefh Water here to drink 5 
 Or of fome Nymph has made a Strumpet, 
 And now retires to fave his Trumpet 5 
 Or Rocks and Mongers comes t' avoid, 
 For fear of being foon deftroy'd > 
 O Triton, think not here t* evade all Shocks, 
 Rom has its Monfiers too and dangrous Rock*. 
 
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of the moji Eminent Mafters. 75 
 
 #• Hie great Circus between Ayentinum 
 and Palatinum 
 
 Epig. XCVII. 
 
 HERE you behold a fpatious/W? Plain, 
 That will two hundred thoufand Men 
 contain : 
 Horfes and Coaches withfuch fleetnefs run, 
 That fcarcely are they by the Winds out- done. 
 The People's great ^pplaufis give them Wings, 
 And Heaven's high Arch with Acclamation fings. 
 But mind not thou the (peed of Coach or Hor/e 
 Think how thy Life runs with as fwift a Courfe. ' 
 
 A Deformed Head, 
 
 Epig. XCVIIt. 
 
 WHAT awkard ill-look'd Fellow's this I 
 He has an ugly frightful Phys, 
 Cadaver otto, black, blew, and green 9 
 Not fit in publick to be feen, 
 
 Dirty 
 
y6 Epigrams onffe Paintings 
 
 Dirty, hirfate, and goggle- ey'd, 
 With a long Nofe, and Mouth as wide 3 
 With blobber Laps, and lockfam Jaws, 
 Warts, Wrinkles, Wens, and ether "Flaws: 
 With nitty beard, and Neek that's fcabby, 
 And in a drefs that's very fhabby. 
 Who this Qiould be I do know, 
 But all Men fee he's not a Tfe^. 
 
 Jfiece of Bores, hy Brauwer. 
 Epig. XCIX. 
 
 BT^aurver ! Vis true thou lov'dft the Pot, 
 Yet never was an arrant Sot : 
 Seldom or never was good Fellow, 
 More pleafant than thy (elf when mellow. 
 Sometimes you'd drink till you were drunk, 
 And fport a little with a Punk. 
 Sometimes agen you'd dance and fing, 
 And make the Houfe with Revels ring. 
 Sometimes you'd fmoak upon a Banel, 
 You'd (bmetimes play, and fometimes quarrel. 
 
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 Thou wert a frolick merry Droll, 
 And paintedft Motion, Life, and Soul. 
 In all thy Pieces, in each Clown, 
 A Tiraurpers feen to thy Renown. 
 
 St. Ignatius cafting out a Devil; by Rubens. 
 
 E p i g. C. 
 
 SEE how the D^monhch^ raves and rends^ 
 See how like Foes he treats the beft of 
 Friends, 
 His Rage is great, great as the Painter's Merit, 
 In every Limb you may difcern a Spirit. 
 In ev'ry Tint there is a kind of Tone, 
 The (harp Lights {hriek, the heavy Shadows) 
 
 groan, 
 The Friends adjur'd,and the great Work is done., 
 
y% E p i g r a m s on the Paintings 
 
 A Battel, fuppofed by Le Brdtu 
 E p i g. CL 
 
 GReat Clouds of Smoke and Duff obfcurevthfi 
 Sky, 
 And in the Air torn Tlnmes of Feathers fly. 
 How hard thofe Troops do prefs upon their Foes* 
 How hot their Fury, and how thick their blows ! 
 Many you fee befmear'd with Blood and Duft, 
 Fall to the Ground by fatal Cut or Thruft. 
 There one with lift-up Arm, and high-rais'd Creftj 
 Doth fignalize himfelf above the reft. 
 That Gallant Chief with Truncheon in his hand j 
 Like Lightning flies about to give Command : 
 But yonder Slave with one Hand Tore his Eyes, 
 Turning the infide tow'rds his Enemies* 
 And t'other backward drawn, a chilnefs feels$ 
 And does declare his Heart is in his heels. 
 There you fee wand'ring Rivulets of Blood, 
 The VanquiftYd dying in a fallen mood. 
 Men, Horfes, Arms, confounded and in heap% 
 (Death no Decorum in a Battel keeps) 
 
of the moft Eminent Mafters, jrp 
 
 And at a difiame almoft out of fight, 
 You fee the horror of a Rout and Flight. 
 Whether, Le TZrun, the Battel were well fought 
 I know not, but I fee it here well wrought. 
 
 The Effigies of Sebaftian Serle a famous 
 Architect - 9 by Titian. 
 
 Epig. CII. 
 
 TH E Cbizzel to the Tencil did fubmit, 
 And a great Builder for his Picture (it. 
 Wife Titian, to exprefs this Matter's Face, 
 Takes Strength from Angelo, from Raphael Grace. 
 A Jnftnefs in his Draught you plainly fee, 
 And that accompani'd with Majeftj. 
 Great is his management of Light and Shade, 
 His Colours charming bright, and never fade* 
 None equalsTifwtf. Titian ! I tell ye, 
 Thou wert a Painter in thy Mother s Belly* 
 
 m 
 
80 Epigrams o« the Paintings 
 
 The three Graces, hy Tintoret. 
 Epig. CIIL 
 
 EA C H of thefe Virgins, as appears^ 
 Is in the Flower of her years § 
 Each naked, chearful, fair and kind, ' 
 And hand in hand t* each other join'd. 
 Whom Nature makes fuch pretty La£es i 
 Thou, Tiftfret, turneft into Graces. 
 
 The %(fnrreBion ; hy Lucas Van Leyd* 
 Epig, CIV. 
 
 OMatchlels Lucas I great was thy intention 
 To chufe a Subject of fo large dimenfiori* 
 Invention^ Drawings Colourings eVery Part 
 Of Painting (hews thee here a Man of Art. 
 On this fide TUifi and Glory ftrike the Eye, 
 On that Con fufion, Wo> and Mifirj b 
 Gmppas of bleffed Saints and Angels here> 
 Jfytots of curs'd Devils and damnM Sinners there. 
 
 Seldom 
 
of the moji Eminent Maflerf. 8 1 
 
 Seldom or never did the Curious fee 
 
 Of Shape and T^ofture fuch variety. 
 
 rhy Damons are not heavy Flelh and Blood, 
 
 No, they are fprightly, better, under If ood. 
 
 But vainly their <A3wity is given, 
 
 'Lefs by thy Hell to Heaven thou art driven. 
 
 Prometheus, by Titian. 
 
 E p i g. CV. 
 
 EE here Prometheus, once a Man of Art, 
 Daring it's way, for which he now doth 
 (mart. 
 A Vulture preys upon the Artift's Liver y 
 K Spe&acle that makes the Heart to quiver; 
 5o painted, that it's plain Okjiial Fire 
 With vital Heat the Portrait doth infpire. 
 Fhe Painter follows hold Prometheus near, 
 
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 Sfet is fecure, has no juft caufe to fear. 
 Fhe Vulture preys on him alone of late, 
 Whofe Figures are dull and inanimate, 
 
 F Coronation 
 
82 E ' p i g r am s on the Paintings 
 
 Coronation of Roxana^ hy Raphael. 
 Epig. CVL 
 
 THIS TSeduty naked fits upon a Bed, 
 Cupids her Sandals tie, and drefs her Head. 
 The gallant Son of Philip doth prefent 
 A Royal Crown with honorable intent. 
 The Youth at diftance,very bright and blooming. 
 Is Hymen, God of Marriage, hither coming. 
 He eyes the King (and pointing with his Finger 
 To fair Roxana) bids him not to linger. 
 Remoter Diftance doth a Profped yield 
 Of Boys in Troops, fbme carrying his Shield 3 
 Others in pretty Poftures do advance, 
 Bearing his Breaft-plate, Helmet, or his Lance. 
 One looks upon the Jhinwg Arms, and fimpers 5 
 Another- finks under his Load, and whimpers. 
 Here all the Charms of naked Limbs you fee, 
 But no Unckanncfi, no Obfienitj. 
 The "Ten here to the 'Pencil yields the Glory, 
 Raphael furpafles Lucian in this Story. 
 
 * St. Paul 
 
 1 
 
of the maft Eminent Maftersl ij 
 
 * St^Siulhapti^ed; hy peter of Cortoria^ 
 
 . Epig. CVIL 
 
 SAUL to Damafcm riding, with intent 
 ~o vex and perfedute the Innocent, 
 Hears a ftrange Voice that doth him much appal , 
 And from his Horfe he fuddeply doth fall. 
 Afterwards' Bapization him doth purge, 
 h dipt a Saul, but doth a.'^Paid emerge. 
 The Saint is rebapiizd^ and doth revive, i 
 
 For in thy Table, Peter, he doth live. 
 
 Tie Judgment of Paris, hy Rubens, 
 Epig. CVIIL 
 
 THREE Goddeiles for Beauty here contend,, 
 And Paris to the Strife muft put an end. 
 He ftares like one that never faw before. 
 Such V^udities and Graces in (uch (tore. 
 Having furvey'd and try'd them by due light, 
 Finds Jto^ftately, Pallas ftreight and tight, 
 But Vsnm fair, fweet^ delicate, and bright : 
 
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84 Epigrams o«f/^ Tainting* 
 T v o Venus therefore dpet ad judg the Ball, 
 And by this Judgment he will ftand and fall. 
 Let Envy, Fury, Malice do their worft, 
 Rubens confirms it ne'r to bereverft. 
 
 The Fortune of the Court, by Pelegrin 
 the Bononian. 
 
 Epig. CIX. 
 
 N this large Table you behold the fport 
 Of the revolving and inconftant Court. 
 See there a Man whom People now berogue, 
 The fame was t'other day the moft iq vogue. 
 There one in Pomp and State aloft doth fit. 
 And he that rais'd him's fall'n into a Pit. < 
 Another, as at Bowls in little fpace, 
 Strikes out the beftat vMark, and lies ins place, 
 'Jhzt^Beautefeu to raife Rebellion (trains* 
 And hazards his hot Head for want of Brains. 
 Blind Fortune here doth Paraftes advance, 
 And Worth is crufti'd on purpofe, not by dance. 
 View well this Piece, and you perhaps will find 3 
 This Gounfel pffer'd to a fober Mind: 
 
of the moft Eminent Mafters* 8 J 
 
 If thy Stars do not favour thee, retreat, 
 And live contented at thy Country Seat, 
 From Pride, Luft, Envy, Malice, Luxury, 
 From Flatt ry, Teach'ry and Impiety, 
 And from a thoufand Vices more moft free. 
 Repofe no confidence mjplendid Looks b 
 You fee the 'Bait, but don't difcern the Hooks. 
 This Scene the bold *2fo#0#&f*?hasexpre(r, 
 After fome Court indeed, but not the Be ft* 
 
 A Madona with the Child Jefus, by Rubens^ 
 
 Epig. CX. 
 
 BEhold the Wifdom of the Father (lands, 
 Supported with his Virgin-Mother's Hands. 
 In his endearing Countenance you fee 
 Stupendous Goodnefs and Humanity. 
 Ttybens, thy Subject is exceeding great, 
 And you this Subjeft anfwerably treat, 
 With Force and Grace, a Manner moft compleat. 
 
 F3 The 
 
86 Epigrams on the ^amthm 
 
 The Marriage at Carta in Griilee$ 
 by Paul Veronefe. 
 
 Epig. CXI, 
 
 SE E an ^ffpiring Wrt furmounting Schools, 
 Above dull Precepts and incumb'ring Rules, 
 At this magnificent and famous Feaft, 
 Evry Spectator is a kind of Gueft. 
 A great Variety he foon defcry'd, 
 That entertains his Thoughts, and feeds his Eyes. 
 Moft choice Camatians, Drapery well caft, 
 Truth, Life, and Motion, not to be furpafs'd. 
 When we behold this Noble Piece, we view 
 Tout's Triumph, and the T>riae of 'Painting too. 
 
 A Valiant Soldier. 
 
 Epig. CXIL 
 
 A Brown red Face, rough Forehead, fpark- 
 ling Eye, 
 Chin, Mouth, and Eyebrows arch'd 3 Nofe very 
 
 high? 
 
 Wide 
 
cf the mojl Eminent Maftersl 87 
 Wide Noftrils, bony Gheeks : In fhort, fee here 
 The Man that has no tint or m-xrl^ of jar * 
 
 A U/urer weighing of Gold. 
 
 Epig. cxni. 
 
 SEE an old Muck- worm in a heavy plight, 
 Fearing his Gold fhould prove fome Grains 
 too light. 
 Was ever Mortal under fuch a Curfe } 
 Belly and Back he robs to fill his Purfe. 
 The fordid Wretch has wore his Coat to rags, 
 Aadftarues among rich Tavcns and well-fiPd Bags. 
 His vitious Heart is wholly fet on Pelf, 
 Good he will do to none, not to himfelf, 
 'J[U his good Deeds lie fid d upon his Shelf, 
 
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^3 E p i g r a m s o?i the Paintings 
 
 Tl?e hunting of Lions, by Rubens. 
 f Epig. CXIY. 
 
 FOur Horfenien, and three Foot on defp'rate 
 Chafe, 
 Attack a Lion and a Lionefs. 
 The neareft Horfe is fal'n, the Lion s up, 
 i he Men and Beads are huddled in one grup. 
 Hie Lionefs fits fteddy on her Guard, 
 - v ith Paws erecl:, and open Mouth prepar'd. 
 Two Horfe-men wound her with aPike and Spear, 
 The other's flain, tho arnVd with Scimiter. 
 See on the left, the Foot all very tame, 
 Each with a Belly full of Royal Game. 
 One lies expiring of his ghaftly Wounds, 
 And both the reft amazement quite confounds. 
 The Sport ends ill, but counfels us at length 
 ainft Ra§mefs y and Attempts above our Strength. 
 
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 J 
 
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 A Blackamoor's Head, hy Vandyke, 
 
 Epig. CXV. 
 
 THIS ^(egro very nat'ral (hows, 
 With flock Hair, big Lips, flatted Nofe, 
 With Eyes and Teeth as white as Milk, 
 A Skin coal-black, and foft as Silk : 
 Of a good Hand here's many a Mark, 
 A Beauty 'ris^ but in the dark. 
 
 Narciflus, or the Self Admirer ; 
 by Langrynck. 
 
 Epig. CXVI. 
 
 TO a good Fountain glittering fair, 
 A Youth from Hunting does repair. 
 He drinks, and, what does much furprize, 
 Drinks the moft greedy with his Eyes, 
 Now burns he with another Thirft, 
 A Flame more raging than the firft. 
 He fees his Reprefentative, 
 And thinks the Shadow is alive. 
 
 He 
 
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 He wiftly marks its Shape and Feature, 
 And takes it fqr a lovely Creature 5 
 As like himfelf as Fojrm can make it, 
 Views and reviews, and can't forfake it." 
 There he lies fix^d, the worfe his luck, 1 
 As if the Sot was r Planei-fiwck, 
 Of all the Plagues may this ftill mi(s us, 
 And no Man dote like Beau JfyrciJftH. 
 
 Qeggar-boys a $Uy'mg> ly Spaigtuolet. 
 
 EpiGi CXVU. 
 
 IN eating, drinking, and in play, 
 They merrily do pals the Day. 
 Scarce have they Rags to hide their Breech, 
 Yet fyaigmakt'sftee Pencil makes thera ric&. 
 
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 The Lafi Judgment, by M. Angelo.- 
 Epic CXVIIL 
 
 THE Trumpet* found, the TEW' are open 
 laid, 
 The Crofs exalted, and the Throne difplay 'd. 
 The Dead awak'd, out of their Graves arife, 
 With wonder and amazement in thek Eyes. 
 A Quire of martyr d Saints are feen on high, 
 With Marks which their paft SufPrings fignify. 
 The broil'd St. Laurence doth his Gridiron (hew, 
 And his fiript Sign, the flea'd St. Bartholomew. 
 Beneath the Bleft, i'th' middle Region, 
 The Libertine, the Dives, the High-flown, 
 By furious Devils hal'd, come headlong down. 
 At bottom of the Dreadful Piece you fee 
 Another Scene of Wo and Mifery. 
 Here Troops oflfeprobates are dragg'd to Hell, 
 With Horror, Malice, and Defpair to dwell. 
 All Jtngelo admire, his Day of Doom 
 To prefent view fets forth the World to come, 
 
$1 E fi g k a m s on the Pointings 
 
 An Old Man's Hk&£ 7 by Rembrank 
 
 Epig. CXIX. 
 XX THAT a coarfe nigged Way of Paintings 
 
 Streak* upon Stroaly, Dabbs upon Dabbs appear. 
 The Work you'd think was huddled up in hafte, 
 But mark how truly ev ry Colour's plac'd, 
 With (uch Otconomy in fuch a fort, 
 That they each other mutually fupport. 
 JLmhrant ! thy Pencil plays a fubtil Part, 
 This Rwgbmfs is contriv'd to hide thy Art* 
 
 Sf.Luke, £> Raphael. 
 
 Epig. CXX. 
 
 f A Saint and Painter : Saint of great Renown, 
 X\ But what the Painter was, is not well 
 known. 
 
 Suppole 
 
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 cf the tnofi Eminent bf after si pj 
 
 Suppofe his Paintings were not worth a ru(h> 
 He was a Friend and Lover of the BruCh 5 
 Was fometime fince its eminent Patron, 
 •But now the Art defended is by none. 
 ' Admir'd by all. thoight fit to be protected, 
 
 Yet fares like Hone fry, mn:b yr-xiPd^ and mmh 
 neghatd. 
 
 Fortune aJUef y and 1 Sr.yr rvur her ; 
 
 /•; Armibal C*ra.c:s. 
 
 E ? 1 c-. CX XI 
 
 FOrtmm afleep ! a very pretty ;e:X 
 This made our Luck of late prove cot the 
 
 beft. 
 Will natter: mend d' ye ::. 
 Will ihe ref-.r.<i to L:>, :'.. 
 She': now unkind, yet is -fJQt Dimm \ 
 She were not 5. ;*s :\ were ie :"::'.. ::e Liz^t, 
 I What makes that fly and fearing Satyr fay her, 
 Tv Uiigh at the:"; ihs -■-■': a.:jd ye; L:L1 ?r; &cr/ 
 
 Ik 
 
jpi 4 EHgr:amso» ^ Pamtitigs 
 
 TheWBureofAnget, by Nic. Pouffihe 
 
 Epig. CXXIL 
 
 BLESS me ! I think I muft retire, 
 1 There's ho enduring fo much Fire. 
 How red her Eyes ! And how fhe flares ! 
 How horridly (he raves and tears ! 
 She foams at Mouth, her Teeth do gnafb, 
 Her Motions all are wild and ralh. 
 Her Hands are arm'd with Torch and Dagger^ 
 Weapons that make the Fury fwagger. 
 Her Garment's ruffled, rent, and torn, 
 The bloodkft that e er was worn. 
 Near her, lie Shells zndfcatterd H&onesi 
 At diftance, ruinated Towns. 
 Thus Anger's painted by Poujfin, 
 Or thus exprefs'd it (hould have biri* 
 
of the moft Eminent Maflersl $f 
 CxhtsGhofty by Titian^ 
 
 Epig. cxxm. 
 
 HE R E in his Tent you Brutus fee up late, 
 Writing Difpatches, and Affairs of weight* 
 Before him, with a Flambeau in his hand, 
 You lee a naked wounded Fantom ftand, 
 Which threatens that it will appear again, 
 But the bold Patriot treats it with difdain. 
 The Painting's ftrong, and done perhaps by Titian 9 
 Yet Brutus here is but an t Apparition. 
 
 t A mere Shadow. 
 
 The- 
 
g6 Epigrams o;itfc Paintings 
 
 Tlie Venetian Senators, a Family-ftece 
 at the Duke of Somerlet'x ; by the 
 fame Titian. 
 
 efig. cxxiv; 
 
 SE E here a great and faithful Imitator 
 Of all the beauteous Niceties of V^atnre. 
 Was ever feen more juft and truer Motion ? 
 In their Looks Wifdom, Zeal in their Devotion. 
 
 Did ever Art in Children more exprels, 
 More ^Beauty, Innocence, ov Tender nef j ? 
 Order, CorreUnefs, Sweetnefs, Majefty, 
 
 Force, Spirit, Freenefi, here united be. 
 In other Works thefe Graces (hine alone 5 
 Here in a glorious Cancellation, 
 Titian has drainM all Italy and Greece, 
 And made his Senators aperfeft Piece. 
 A Piece that will regale the Senfe of Sight 5 
 A Piece was heretofore Vandykes Delight. 
 Admir'd by all that ^Painting underhand, 
 A V\(obk Works and in a V^oble Hand, 
 
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of the mojl Eminent MaflerL $f 
 
 Judith with the Head of Hole-femes 5 
 by Dominkjuin. 
 
 Epig. CXXV. 
 
 SEE in a Woman's fair and tender Hand, 
 That Head which Syrian Armies did com* 
 mand. 
 ty this lllttfirious Dame there ftands a Hag, 
 Attending to receive it in a Bag. 
 Sold are her Looks, fo is not Judith's Face, 
 rhat s turn'd afide with Modefy and Grace, 
 Oominiqnin would have it underftood, 
 ■lis Heroin does not delight in Blood, 
 tot in her Country's Peace, and PzblicliGood. 
 
 An old Hermit in his Cell, by 
 Epig. CXXVI. 
 
 f*~10nfcience has made the Hoary Father nice, 
 ^J He quits the World to fly from Noife and 
 Vice$ 
 
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 ^ S E p i g r a m s on the Vaultings 
 Renounces all irs He:: Pleasures, EUches, 
 
 And [an bewitches. 
 
 His Garment's coarft^ his Diet -ery (lender, 
 His Body word witn age, and very tender. 
 He do Eftate has, that is independent 5 
 And five a Dog or Cut, has no Attendant. 
 No Wifi^ no Child, no Friends, no Vifitants, 
 No i et he no Comfort wants : 
 
 For placing his delight in Contemplation} 
 He in a Cell enjoys the reitiort. 
 
 The Affumption of St. Paul, hy Nic. Pouffiru 
 Epic. CXXVII. 
 
 WE re to ! fo ught Bea (is at Ephefuf, | ^ 
 
 Did mi 2 v both for the Jnr/ and u.3. 
 
 now vk Wars, 
 
 Mounts to f hter than that of 
 
 You fee here noble Light and Ordonance, 
 Bv great Pct/Jpa the 7 of France. 
 
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of the fbofl Eminent Mafters. ojji 
 
 Ihe Decollation cf St. John Bapriil ; 
 hf Genril Belin. 
 
 Epic CXXVIIL 
 
 rHE Great Turf^ views this Piece for th' 
 Author's fake, 
 id finding here a very grots Miftake, 
 ) bleating in the flefliy part o'ch' Neck, 
 heads a Slave, to (hew T$e!in his Error, 
 id almoft kill'd the Painter with the Terror 
 was a Fault : GcutH cannot defend 
 d therefore wifely prornife; to mend it 5 
 
 It knew not how to do : c a fare: w; 
 an by Elopement: 'Trras 1 ijj. 
 
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loo Epigrams d« the T/mtings 
 
 A Ruftick feeding on a Hock of Bacon ; 
 by Honthurft. 
 
 Epic. CXXIX. 
 
 \ Very t Head (in (both) 
 
 JT\- Exceeding merry 'bout the Mouth, 
 The Boor afivrj Bit has got, 
 And iioderls Arm he hugs a Pot 5 
 Forgets the Plough, and all its Care, 
 iiking on nothing but high Fare j 
 w a Prince, and free from Pain, 
 cfter eating is a Cloven again. 
 
 7he Holy Family, ly Raphael. 
 Epig. CXXX. 
 
 TH E Infant Jefis has the middle place, 
 Raifing himfel£ his Mother to embrace 
 She bows and rev'rently receives the Favour, 
 Shewing a modeft Look, and grave Behaviour. 
 Raphael has painted this to that degree, 
 As Raphael to outdo, if that can be. 
 
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oj I Eminent Mzjiers. I q I 
 
 Oliver Cromwel, hy Walker. 
 
 E p i g. CXXXL 
 
 IF we may truft to Metapofeopj, 
 To Lines o'ib'' Fjc 6.2nd Language of t 
 We find him tbmg 
 He knew when to cajole, and to diflemble, 
 And when to make his Foes with bluft 'ring tremble. 
 We find (xhoCromwdt little underftood) 
 The Svccrd has made him Grejt, the PexcilGocd. 
 
 Pandora, £y James Caliot, 
 Epig. CXXXII. 
 
 THE Lady has a fair and florid Skin, 
 Handling a £vc that's very foul within , 
 Filfd with Difeaies, Woes, and Miferies, 
 AH forts of Evils, and Calamities : 
 The fame that was to Epmrtketu fent, 
 And by the FabJe this I guefs is meant* 
 It reprefents the hard and difmal Fate 
 
 Of carelefsMen, and fuch as think tco late 
 
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 Yet is not muchinferiour to theT?*i?. 
 
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 Sr. Michael, £y Raphael. 
 
 Epic, CXXXIII. 
 
 TWO fc Ionium in tbi? Piece appear 
 
 The delicate Out-lines, and the Severe. 
 The brftthe J>-;;.'. vsymng Ben hi~',~, 
 With Mufcles which 2 beauteous Shape proclaim 
 
 N:<: difcoaposid, but very fweet 2nd even. 
 Becoming an Inhabitant of Heaven. 
 The other fort i:e of a erciler Feature, 
 And nrred to the Devii^ evil Nature. 
 
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 More jrt/ f. 
 
 In Zirw« : 5 v odu nothing can he rider] V£ 
 E 01 whit B r. n .y afplfd* 
 
 Ti 
 
 I 
 
of the moft Emirienl MaJhrK i c j 
 
 The Annunciation in Frifco, at the Cap- 
 pucins in Parr::. 1 • by Corregio. 
 
 E p i g. C 
 
 THE *4ngt gs. 
 
 To t 
 She with a humble Mien, and mc e, 
 
 Receives the News of this tranfccn.dcnt Grace. 
 A ftrange and glorious Ligl 
 Around the form of a D. ..r.iing Dove. 
 Of Chimbs alii rn a Quire, 
 
 Who this erea .re. 
 
 Sort nefs and Brigfa tea . . ire 1 - 
 
 I'th' Painter L \*nd : 
 
 That nothing's wanting here, 
 Corregio always painted wkh&rfl 
 
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104 Epigrams o;Ute Paintings 
 
 ^Paifanc beaten by hisWife, JjiBrauwer. 
 
 Epig. CXXXV. 
 
 TH E Poor Man leads a curled lite, 
 Is ridden by a rampant Wife. 
 She Railing leaves, and falls to Blows, 
 And in her Wrath no Mercy (hows* 
 In her a haughty Spirit's feen 3 
 In him Submiffion very mean. 
 He couches like the worft of Slaves, 
 She does the Wrong, he Pardon craves. 
 Never was Female HcBor painted truer, 
 Than what is reprefenHd here by TSrauwer* 
 
of the mofi Eminent Mafters. i o j 
 
 A Couple of Clowns flaying at Talks; 
 by the fame Brauwer. 
 
 Epig. CXXXVI. 
 
 OVER the Back of one you fee the other 
 Puzzled, and in a very anxious pother 3 
 Which way to move his Man, he does not know, 
 This will not do, and that Man will not go, 
 And all the Game depends on this ill Throw. 
 The Betters, like to lofe, do ftamp and ftare. 
 And hardly can believe the Dice are fair. 
 All this Vexation, or but little lefs, 
 TZrauwers moft pltafant Pencil does exprefs. 
 And who could better paint a lofwg Side, 
 Than he that had a Lofers Fortune try'd, 
 That drank and gam'd, till he a TSeggar dfd $ 
 
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\o6 Epigrams o«ffe Taintings 
 
 A Night-piece of a Boy Mowing a Firebrand ; 
 fuppos'd by Schalcken. 
 
 Epig. CXXXVII. 
 
 PUFFING to blow the Tlrand into a Flame, 
 He brightens hjs own Face, and th* Author's 
 
 Fame. , 
 
 Cupid flung with Sees, complains to his 
 Mother. 
 
 Epig. CXXXVIII. 
 
 r I '^HE Piece is lively, the Expreffion high, 
 
 4 A We almoft hear the Lad lament, and cry, 
 
 Ofad ! fad ! An vgty buzzing thing 
 
 Flies in my Face., and makes it ake and fling. 
 
 It is a Bee, faysFenw, bear the (mart, 
 
 That only prices the Skin, you pierce the Heart. 
 
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of the mo ft Eminent Maflers* ' 1 ©7 
 
 T/# (Blind leading the 'Blind, by old BiugeJ. 
 
 Epig. CXXXIX. 
 
 ALAS, thefe Beggars are not only blind 
 In Body, but are all as dark in Mind. 
 To chofe Co bad a Foreman is a (ha me, 
 Yet many of their Betters do the (lime : 
 And as the Poor TMind fare, (b fare the Rich, 
 Link'd to their Guide, they fall into a Ditch. 
 
 The Judgment of Solomon in cafe of the 
 Harlots ' 9 by Rubens. 
 
 Epig. CXL. 
 
 'HAT the great Quarrel may be well decided, 
 It is decreed t,he Child (hall be divided. 
 A dreadful Sentence upon Innocence, 
 Yet gives the Whore Defendent no offence. 
 Her Forehead's made of Brafs, her Heart of Steel 5 
 This knows no Shame, and that no Grief doth feel. 
 But a great tendernefs is (een in t'other, 
 Which plainly does dentonftrate who s the Mother. 
 
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i o8 Epigrams o»fk Paint bigs 
 
 Now Juftice, which had threatned to deftroy, 
 Lays down its rigour, and reftores her Boy. 
 This Ttybens paints, and thus at laft 'tis (hown, 
 That Impudence is fometimes overthrown. 
 
 Apollo lays afide his Bow and Arrows, 
 and plays upon the Harp, 
 
 Epig. CXLI. 
 
 THE Bow muft not be always-bent, 
 Nor muft the Mind be too intent, - 
 There's nothing good that's violent. 
 We may indulgence give to Senfe. 
 And Pleafiire take without offence, 
 If dipt in Honefiy and Temperance, 
 The Man's unhappy that's oppreft 
 With too much Care, or too much T(esl, 
 The middle State the Wife account the beft. 
 
 Two 
 
of the mojl Eminent Maflersl 1 09 
 
 Two Tbilofophers Qifyuting. 
 
 Epig. CXLII. 
 
 WITH right Forefinger laid upon left Thumb, 
 Th* Opponent drives his Confutation home* 
 The Pofture's proper 3 this doth let us know 
 He realbns clofe, and argues a Tropo. 
 The Hand of the Refpondent lifted high, 
 Shews him impatient, eager to reply. 
 The Figures fpeak, without Device uncouth, 
 Without a Label put into the Mouth 5 
 Speak the extenfrve Language of the Hand, 
 A Language which all -Nations underftand. 
 But what, I pray, is learnt by this Difpute ? 
 We find Dumb Toetry not always mute. 
 
 Vanity y by a Modem Mafier, 
 Epig. CXLIII. 
 
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 ER. Face young, airy, fleeringjicty and patchy 
 The wanton'ft giddy'ft thing that e'er was 
 hatcht. 
 
 Her 
 
no Epigrams on the Paintings 
 
 Her Hairs in bufljy Puffs, and not in Trejfts, 
 Her Garments flying both in flaming Dreffes. 
 She ftruts and views her Features in her Glals, 
 And thinks them fuch as may for Beauty pafs. 
 Her Tiffanies, and Ribbons flung about, 
 Cateh fluttering Fopps, and awe the gaping Rotit. 
 At her feet Heaps of Toys and Trinkets lie 9 
 And round her empty Head gay ^Bubbles fly. 
 Nothing more light, none more unfit to reign* 
 Yet none has greater Sway nor greater Train. 
 
 "tie Bleeding Hoft at Bruflels, 
 Epig. CXLIV. 
 
 THIS Picture reprefents unto our view* 
 Caft on the ground, an Unbelieving Jewf 
 Grafping a Dagger very bright and keen, 
 On whofe fharp point a Wafer jlabb'd is feen. 
 Upon th' adjacent Table others lie, 
 All bleeding under like Indignity. 
 A Rough-hewn Ruftkl^ with a poinant Knife ? 
 Seeks to revenge it on th' Affronter's Life* 
 
cf the moft Eminent Mafters* ni 
 
 By-fianders wonder } 'mong the refi: you fee, 
 A Turk ready t 1 embrace Chrifmnky. 
 He plainly (aw the horrid Profanation, 
 But not Co plain the Tranfibslantiation. 
 
 St. Cecilia, by MignarcL 
 Epig. CXLV. 
 
 i 
 
 n HIS Saint plays on a Harp with many 
 firings, 
 
 And to its tuneful Notes fne fweetly fings 
 Anthems and Hymns, to celebrate the Praife 
 Oth' firft Compofer of Harmonious Lays. 
 See by the Elevation of her Eyes^ 
 How with the Lyrick Notes her Thoughts do rife. 
 We in her Fingers fee a f^ritely Motion, 
 But in her Countenance zfixd 'Devotion. 
 In the Boy muling' on a Sing ; ,ng-book 
 Docility ■, and an Intent 'he Look. 
 Concord and DlCccrd here united are, 
 fAQone of the Lines ^ none of the Colours jar. 
 Here's nothing feen un worthy of Mignard^ 
 Nothing too faint, and nothing that's too hard. 
 
 Mofes 
 
112 Epigrams on the Tainting 
 
 Mofes trampling under foot Pharaoh** 
 Crown, by Nic. Pouffiru 
 
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 Epig. CXLVI. 
 
 HE young adopted Son of Tharaok's 
 Daughter, 
 
 That was not born to perifti under Water* 
 But to abate th* Mgypian Monarch's Pride, 
 Spurns with difdain, and kicks his Grown afide* 
 This Action is exprefsM with fuch a Mein, 
 As graces Mofes, and the Great 'Poujpn. 
 
 A Portrait of an old Gentleman, by Dobfbn. 
 
 Epig. CXLVII. 
 
 PErceiving fome body behind his Chair, 
 He turns about with a becoming Air. 
 His Head is rais'd, and looking o'er his Shoulder j 
 So round and ftrong, you never faw a Bolder. 
 Here you fee Nature thoro' underftood, 
 A Portrait not like Paint, but Fle(h and Blood. 
 
of the tnofi Eminent Mafters. 1 1 j 
 
 And, not to praife Dobfon below his Merit, 
 This Flefh and Blood is quickned with a Sprit. 
 
 Duke of Florence ditlating to Macchiavel 
 his Secretary ; by Titian. 
 
 E pi g. CXLVIII. 
 
 WE in the Duke difcern a thoughtful Mind, 
 And great Attention in his Scribe we find. 
 With a quick Eye his Matter's Looks he watches. 
 And with a ready Pen his Words he catches. 
 Both in the Prince and in his Secretary, 
 You fee a Politician, wife and wary. 
 The Pencil (hews his Looks : But all its Art 
 Cannot difclofe a Politician's £/<wf. - 
 
 Noah and his three Sons y by Annibal 
 Caratts. 
 
 Epig. CXLIX. 
 
 TH E Aged Patriarch lies upon the Ground, 
 O'er- come by heady Wine and Sleep pro- 
 found. 
 
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114 E p i g R a u s ow the (Paintings 
 
 The youngeft Son points at his Sire, and fleers, 
 Expofes him by Mockeries and Jeers, 
 Without regard to V^ature or his Tears. 
 But th' Elder wifely hide their Father's Shame, ~ 
 And by dumb Signs their gracelefs TSrother blame. 
 Obferve the Piece, and you will learn from hence 
 The Indecorum of Irreverence. 
 
 A Night-Piece of a Ship on Fire, by Old 
 Vanderveld. 
 
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 Epig. CL. 
 
 TH E Moon mong thin and flying Clouds 
 looks bright, 
 And the Sky dapled o'er with Shade and Light. 
 The Sea is calm, but in a Ship doth rage 
 A Fire, which all its Waters can't afluage. 
 Several Boats approach her 3 Tome for Succour, 
 But moft about her ply for f fordid Lucre. 
 Some of her Crew are fav'd, fome hard belet 
 'Tween two Extremes, a dry Death and a wet. 
 
 t For Spoil and Plwder. 
 
 The 
 
of the mofl Eminent Maflers. i 1 j 
 
 The People on the Shore do ftand and gaze 
 Upon fo great and terrible a Blaze, 
 Increased by the Reflexion of the Seas. 
 The Dr aught i the Colourings the OflkhJBart 
 Shew Vanderveld a Mafter of his Art. 
 
 Faith, by Mignard. 
 
 E p i g. CLI. 
 
 ^Ecendy elad, and fitting on the Ground, 
 With Looks fublime, and Gravity pro-- 
 found, 
 Of Holy Faith we have a noble view, 
 Th* Invention good, the Collocation true. 
 Under a Grafs which her right Hand doth hold, 
 A Child lifts up a Chalice made of Gold, 
 Our Saviour's Death and Paffion to unfold. 
 Her other Hand is laid upon her Breaftj 
 An Aft by which Sincerity's exprefl:. 
 On her left Knee a godly Book is plac'd, 
 And the Piece with two other Figures grae'd. 
 
 H 2 Two 
 
1 1 6 E p i G r a m s on the Ta'mtings 
 
 Two Boys the Tables of the Law fuftain, 
 To (hew that Faith without good Works is vain. 
 Mignard, you fee, (bars above common reaches, 
 Not only fweetly paints, but fweetly preaches. 
 
 Axion riding a Dolphin, and playing on his 
 Harp. 
 
 Epig. CLII. 
 
 THE Man whom here o'th' Dolphins Back 
 you fee, 
 One Death efcap'd, yeVs ftill in jeopardy 5 
 Is ftill diftrefs'd, has nothing to rely on 
 BuVs Fifh 3 and if that fails, farewel Arion. 
 Upon the Harp he plays to fboth and court her, 
 For he beftrides a flippery Supporter. 
 HisMufick (as'tisfaid) did prove inchanting, 
 'Tis granted 5 and fo proves this piece of Fainting. 
 
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of the mojl Eminent Mafters. 1 17 
 
 7be Woman of Samaria, by Old Palma^ 
 
 Epig. CLIII. 
 
 OU t\ Saviour leaving the proud Tharifees, 
 T' a Woman does impart Celeftial Blifs. 
 Water he asks, which fhe, more nice than wife, 
 For Scruple fake delays, if not denies. 
 You fee them both confer at Jacob's Wel! 9 
 Where he her grofler Errors does refel 5 
 Tells her of Water which he has to give, 
 That to Eternity will make her live. 
 At fome fmall diftance his Difciples ftand, 
 Ready t obey his Order and Command. 
 The Figures all are ftrongly turnd and cleatfj 
 The Landfcape too has nothing in it mean. 
 Old Talma furely had a noble Gnft, 
 For all his Works we find are^r^tf andjufl. 
 That jlrine in Court 7, and not in Corners rult. 
 
 H 3 St. Peter 
 
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 t I 8 1"IGIAXS Pifserautfugj 
 
 5* Peter i&Httlmtt' 
 
 the Jfcrk tf RaphaeL 
 
 Epic CLIV. 
 
 IF yea the ArdmeSure wiftly view, 
 YonH find theFabrick regular, and trae. 
 
 of Grace, 
 
 Ye: :: :ze :t. ": \:. : '-■:: : ::.zn: pbee: 
 V-'.:': :_ ::= J;r.:z:zi': Yj bm I Jail, 
 Ud to avoid k Men are gbd of BaiL 
 Be: :1 : - :.:: : :: 
 
 *z~ extrscrd'ciry Delivery , 
 zxxtbrwafd an Efcape to 
 
 C ;.:-'.: :"_v -- Arztl •-. 
 Tbe Gates fly ope, tokt 
 
 r-: :: - -::: ---": .; ::; Y zizn'tziixi. 
 if 'twas po&hM, cot as if 'twas painted. 
 
 
of tke'moft Eminent Maf! en. i ip 
 But the chief Figure, are exceeding bright, 
 This by a proper, that by borrov/d DgJ 
 Both heighten'd by the gloomy Shad'i 
 The Saint's Enlargement is a Mtrzcle, 
 
 So is the Picture it do 
 
 Adam and Eve cb ut of Tar air. 
 
 St. Michael with a flu d. 
 
 Epic. CLV. 
 
 THIS lovely Pair, jsofHeavcJyj 
 
 Race, { 
 
 Are by Tr:: {grace, 
 
 Become corrupt, deger e : : } 
 
 He vrhcfe Lool re Lordfike, Great 
 
 NowhangshisHe ~ ' : i i e : - _": e £ S . : :. 
 Like an kntkxsa] vefcgBrc- 
 
 And cannot bear the thought of Ban 
 
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1 20 Epigramsow the Paintings 
 
 He grieves for Plealure paft, and Pain to come, 
 But don t repine, his Confcience ftrikes him 
 
 dumb. 
 How full of trouble is a ftate of Sin ! 
 A flaming Sword without, and flaming Guilt 
 
 within. 
 
 Mutius Scaevola. 
 Epig. CLVI. 
 -\€VTWS refolves that Band (hallfuffer 
 
 Which has by grofs miftake a wrong Man (lain. 
 The hardy T{oman holds it in the Fire, 
 Porfemia Qmnks, fome of his Guards retire : 
 Others more ftout that can the Sight abide, 
 Are with Amazement almoft ftupify'd. 
 A great Concern in every one is ftiown, 
 Unlefs it be in Sctvola alone. 
 This Brave had rather die than not live free, 
 What's Life and Limb worth under Tyranny } 
 
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of the tnoft Eminent Mafterf, lit 
 
 A young Ladys Head with a fiarp Ts&ofel 
 
 Epig. CLVIL 
 
 HER. Head is round, of Form compleat, 
 Her Forehead without wrinkle fweet. 
 Her Brows are ftraight, her Eyes are clear, 
 Not languifhing, nor yet fevere. 
 A foiling Mouth, a dimpled Chin, 
 Good Signs that all are calm within. 
 Yet the acutenefs of her Nofe 
 A Chol'ricl^Confiitution (hows, 
 And th' other Symptoms quite undoes. 
 This Fart is feldom found to lie, 
 (As fay the skill'd in Phyfnomy) 
 But oft the Forehead, Mouth, and Eye. 
 
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$li E PiGRA ms on the Paintings 
 
 Pope Julius H. by Raphael. 
 
 Epig. CLVIII. 
 
 FA"' Countenance fo ftrong, and fo fevere, 
 *- Jt Tho but a Shadow, raifes Awe and Fear. 
 The Pi&ure breaths 5 for this I can allure ye. 
 Here you may fee of Art the utmoft Fury. 
 His Temples are begirt with Triple Crown, 
 To fhew that King9 before him do fall down. 
 Juliuses Power Raph'el doth expreis, 
 But who can paint Juliu$\ Holwefs. 
 
 The floning of St. Stephen ; by Julio 
 Romano. 
 
 Epig. CLIX. 
 
 THE Jewifh Mob, tranfported with a rage, 
 To perfecute a patient Saint engage. 
 They blaft his Credit firft, then break his Bones 5 
 Firft the Dirt flys, and afterwards the Stones. 
 
 The 
 
of the moft Eminent Maftersl i ij 
 
 The Gompofition's laudable. In this 
 We do behold a great Antithefis. 
 St. Stephens full of Meennefs, Love, and Grace, 
 Celeftial Glory fhines upon his Face. 
 But) in his Enemies there's nothing feen, 
 Save reftlefs Fury, and a Dev'lifh Spleen. 
 The ^Motions right, and Julio high doth raife, 
 A proper Motion is fufficient Praife. 
 
 Duke Schomberg on Morfeback • 
 by Sir Godfry Kneller. 
 
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 Epig. CLX. 
 
 WHO can deny paft Times renew'd may be, 
 When fuch a devolution here you fee ? 
 Behold Bucephxlus's lofty Creft, 
 See what a Courage fwells the proud Steeds 
 
 Bread 
 See in his Martial Mafter and Commander, 
 The Air and Spirit of an .Alexander. 
 You'd think the antient Grecians were revivM ? 
 And all their Arts and Sciences retriev'd. 
 
 So 
 
i Z4 LPioRAMso»r»e ramtmgs 
 So fits the 1(ider 9 fo the Horje dothftand, 
 As both were painted by Relies hand. 
 
 St. Catherin, by the fame Sir Godfry. 
 Epig. CLXI. * 
 
 HERE you may fee a very pretty Face, 
 Set off Vfithfaeet Simplicity and Grace. 
 The famd $ir Godfry does not only paint 
 The TSeauty, but the Virgin and the SainU 
 
 the Liftning Fawn, by Cooke! 
 Epig. CLXII. 
 
 TWO Striplings of the Wood, of humour gay, 
 ThemfHves diverting, on the Pipe do 
 play: 
 A third more (olid, and of riper years, 
 Bows down his Body, and er.e&s his Ears, 
 With fuch attention that you'd think he hears. 
 See in the Parts, a diff rence of Complexion, 
 But in the Whole, good Union and Connexion. 
 
 With 
 
of the moft Eminent Mafters, 1 2$ 
 
 With many other Beauties it is grac't, 
 And of the Antique has a noble Tafte : 
 All (b contriv'd, and fo exaftly finiftYd, 
 That nothing can be added, or diminiftYd. 
 
 the Lord Chancellor Sommers ; 
 hy Dubois. 
 
 Epig. CLXIIL 
 
 IF we the Skeleton, or Drawing view, 
 There's not a him but what's exa&ly true 5 
 And this CorreBnefs is more graceful made * 
 By a good 'Pofture, and a Scene well laid. 
 The Colouring is very ftrong and bright, 
 Ennobled with a clear dilated Light. 
 The Head is very like, and with an sfir 
 Agreeing with his Poft and Chara&er. 
 All Men, Dubois ! muft grant thy Pencil great, 
 Thzx fitch a Life can nicely imitate. 
 
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1 16 E p t g r a m s on the Paintings 
 
 fix Effigies of Mr.Dryden, fyiClofterman. 
 Epig. CLXIV. 
 
 A Sleepy Eye he Ihows, and no fweet f Fea- 
 ture, 
 Yet was in truth a Favourite of Nature. 
 EndowM and gracd with an exalted Mind, 
 With ftore of Wit, and that of ev'ry kind. 
 Juvenah Tartnefs, Horaces fweet Air, 
 
 And Virgil's Force in him concenter'd were. 
 But tho the Painter's Art can never (how it, 
 That his Exemplar was fo great a Poet, 
 Yet are the Lines and Tints fo fubt'ly wrought, 
 You may perceive he was a Man of Thought. 
 Clofterman ('tis confeft) has drawn him well, 
 Butfhort of II Abflovt, and Achitophel. 
 
 f Feature is but a fir oh or part of the Countenance, but is 
 hereby Synechdoche ufedfor the Whole ■. 
 (I His own Ten has outdone the FenciL 
 
 Mr. Lock, 
 
of the mojl Eminent Maflers, 12^ 
 
 Mr. Lock, ly Doll. 
 
 Epig. CLXV. 
 
 HERE you behold the Image of a Sage, 
 The Ornament and Wonder of his Age 5 
 Which if with his Ideas you compare, 
 You'll find both forts exatf, but this more clear. 
 Notions to Pictures are of near relation, 
 But not fo capable of Demonftration. 
 
 A Madona, by Murry. 
 Epig. CLXVI. 
 
 HERE you the Head of a Madona fee, 
 The Glory of her Sex for Piety, 
 And if the Colouring I underftand, 
 Here you may alfo fee no Vulgar Hand. 
 
 Reflexions 
 
'11 8 Epigrams on the Paintings 
 
 Fortitude in its Taffive State and Condition, 
 
 Epig. CLXVII. 
 
 THo here no Pomp and Pageantry is feen, 
 Here we behold a great and potent Queen : 
 One whoa heavy Burden does fuftain, 
 And does not (hrink at either Lois or Pain. 
 Her Grown an Eagle fnatches from her Head, 
 Angels have feizd her Treafures, and are t fled. 
 The Sun,who(e candid Beams were us'd to cherifh. 
 So fcorches now, with Heat (he's like to perifti. 
 Now of refiftlefs Fate (be feems the (port, 
 Of Grandeur ftript, but not of all fupport : 
 Not of found Virtue, and of fober fenfe, 
 Not of Reliance upon Providence 5 
 Thele are her Bulwarks, and her beft Defence. 
 All forts of Ills with even Mind (he bears, 
 Her Looks betray no Sorrow, nor no Fears : 
 
 t Are flying away with Cornucopias, 
 
 No 
 
of the mojl Rmnent Mafters, 
 Np wrinkled Forhead, no contracted Brows, 
 t No open Mouth, and no diftended Note. 
 No down-caft Eye, no Motion to retreat 3 
 Nothing that is ignoble, or petit. 
 Her right Hand'sftretch'd^ut not immod'rately 
 Her left is fteddy, refting on hex Thigh, 
 Her Sword and Buckler lying ulelefs by. 
 That Knot of Women (landing by her fide, 
 Are her firm Friends, and nearly are ally'd 5 
 As Courage, patience, Qenerojitj, 
 Boldnefi) Pnijfance, all of high degree. 
 But at a little diftance you may fpy 
 Opinion, her invet'rate Enemy \ 
 Vain in her Drefs, and lifted up with Pride, 
 Weak and unwiie, yet is the People's Guide. 
 As to the Scene, one part of it doth (hew 
 A rough and barren Landfcape to our view, 
 T other a Fabrick, ftrong and beauteous too. 
 The Building is adorn'd with || TZafrehefi 
 Of which th' enfuing Subjects are the Chief: 
 
 f In Fear the Month opens, and the Nofe widens. 
 fl A Work of Sculpture low imboffed. 
 
 ■*y 
 
 i n 
 
Jol J on the Dunghil, Stephen kill'd by Stone 5 
 Abraham ofTring up his only Son : 
 Socrates- drinking off a Cup of Ire, 
 And Scevola holding his Fift in Fire. 
 Each (hews that Fortitude is like a Rock, 
 Dafht with the raging Seas, yet (lands the Shock. 
 *Tis true, the rougheft Paffions of her Soul 
 Are overcome, and under great Controul 3 
 So are the Pencils in an able Hand 
 All raafter'd, and at wonderful command, 
 
 Reflections 
 
H? 
 
 Reflexions on the feveral Schools of 
 Painting, 
 
 Epig. CLXVIL 
 
 Pointers ftirr'd up by an afpiring Mind 3 
 By heat of Fancy hard to be confin ci^ 
 To various Ways and Methods are inclin'd. 
 
 The School oiRome and Florence^v/here prefide 
 Raphael atid'jfngeb (tho diff'ring wide) 
 Shews us the very faireft Part of Nature, 
 And recommends that to her imitator 5 
 Sets us a difficult but exc'Jlent LefTon, 
 Touching the Life and rlnenefs of Exprejfiogi 
 About Minutes it gives it felf no trouble, 
 Having a Manner Mafcuiine and V^oble. 
 In (hort^ this College leaches Force and Grace, 
 And therefore juftly claims the higheft Place: 
 it has producd Eminent el/evees, 
 2fylio Roman 0) Volydore Fenife, 
 D'dSafto'i *Pertogi?% and luch as Thefe 
 
 la la 
 
fyfleftions on the feVeral 
 
 'In the Venetian School Good Judges fee, 
 flouring in its perfect Purity, 
 Order \ Decorum, and a Tencilfree. 
 To them its chief Difciples too are known, 
 As Tinfret, Titian, Palma, Giorghn. 
 
 V th' Lombard Academy 's plainly taught 
 The Principles and Myfteries of Draught: 
 How to direct and manage ev'ry Line, 
 Shews when to make a full Jir oke, when a fine : 
 How to proportion ev'ry thing aright, 
 Not by the Compafs, but by fimple Sight : 
 What Airs become the Young, and what the Old 5 
 Where to be Nice, where U^egltgent and Ttold : 
 How to give ev'ry Figure its true Station, 
 And make them firm by JEquiponderation ; 
 Shews us the way each Objedt to relieve. 
 And how the Eye, by Shortmngs, to deceive, 
 for this the three Caratts.we are to thank, 
 K AndmSzcci'j) jilbanoLanfranh^ 
 J}cminiojiin, Corregio, Guido Rbeni, m 
 Sfittgtiiekt} Caravdgio % and Gaercinu . 
 
 The 
 
Schools of Paintingl [jj J 
 
 The Ilemijh and the German Schools advance 
 The Art of Harmony and Elegance 3 
 Have Scholars bred whole Works pronounce the 
 
 fame, 
 Without a GothickJ3»fi> or ought xhax'sldme. 
 InftancM in Holbin, Rubens^ SHoor^ Vandyk$ % 
 Mervelt, Sir Peter Lily, and the like. 
 
 The School of France has no eftablifh'd Fajbion, 
 Its mod peculiar way is Elevation. 
 Obferve their Works, and you will quickly fee, 
 Inev'ry Piece, Brisknel^ and Gaiety. 
 In Vander Mnlen^ ^Qc. TPoHJjin, Le Brnn> 
 Mignard and Couftn^ this is clearly (hewn. 
 Each Seminary a&s a difFrent Part 3 
 Join them, and you coropleat the Shadowing 
 
 FINIS. 
 
f£* 
 
 
 
 IN btX of ibe Minors. 
 
 J 
 
 Ngelo, Ep. 118 
 Apelles. 5,7 
 
 BalTari, 27 
 Bdin, 128 
 Bilbert, 67 
 Du Bois, 163 
 Bramant, 91 
 Brauwer, 99, 135, 136 
 Brugell, 139 
 Le Brun. igi 
 
 Callot (James) 132 
 Caratts (Annibal) 13, 
 
 82 >%,95> "1,149 
 Caratts (Auftin) 45 
 Caratts (Louis) 68 
 Caravagio, 19, 53, 60, 
 
 61, 62 
 Cook, 162 
 
 Corregio,24,5 5,92,1 34 
 Clofterman. 164 
 
 Dobfbn, yg^ 147 
 Dominiquin 9 i 5, 37, 52, 
 
 125 ' 
 
 Durer (Albert) 83 
 DoiL 165 
 
 EKbamerJ Ep. 76 
 Fuller. 85 
 
 Giorgion, ,io, 43, $3 
 Guercini. 54 
 
 Holben (Hans) 78 
 Honthurft. 129 
 
 Julio Romano. 73, 159 
 
 Kneller (Sir Godfrey) 
 160, 161 
 
 Langrynck^ 116 
 Lucas Van Ley den. 104 
 
 Mignard, 145, 151 
 Meffias(Quintin) 29,41 
 Murry. 166 
 
 Palma (Old) 64, 153 
 Paul Veronefe, 70, iii 
 Pelegrin (of Bondnia) 
 
 109 
 Pefinds¥a&fe So 
 
1MVEX of the Authors] 
 
 Peter of Cortona, Ep. 
 
 107 
 Polydore, 
 Pouffin(Nich.)65,88, 
 
 122, 127, 146 
 Protogene's. 8 
 
 Raphael, 28,36, 40,47, 
 50, 51, $6, 90, 106, 
 120, 130, 133, 154 
 Rheni (Guido) 56, 57 
 Rcmbrant, 49, up 
 Rofa (Salvator)n,i6, 
 
 25 
 Roffo, 93 
 Rubens. 18,20,21,77, 
 
 84,100,108,110,114, 
 
 140 
 
 Sacchi (Andraea) 17 
 Sandrarth (Joakim) 46 
 
 Sarto Andra?a,Ep.44,7| 
 Schalken, 137 
 Schido (of Parma) 71 
 Spaigniolet, 117 
 
 Timanthes, 1, 9 
 Tintoret, 14, 26, 103 
 Titian. 12,22, 23, 38, 
 
 39.. 48, 54. 58,59. 6$» 
 74,102,105,123,124, 
 148 
 
 Vandyke, 31,72, 115 
 Da Vinci (Leonardo) 
 
 87 
 Vanderveld. 150 
 
 Walker. 131 
 
 Zeuxis. 2 $, 45 
 
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