Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

Zyo ROME.
of a Modern Make. Some of the Ita-
lian Actors wear at present these Masks
for the whole Head. I remember for-
merly I could have no Notion of that
Fable in Phadrus, before I had seenthe
Figures of these entire Head-pieces.
Perfonam 'sragicam forth wulpes widerat:
O Quanta Species, inquit, cerebrum non
habet! L. I.Fab.7.
As wily Renard walk’d the Streets at
Night,
On a Tragedian’s Mask he chanc’d to
light,
Turning it o’er, he mutter’d with Dis-
dain,
How vast a Head is here without a
Brain!
I find Madam Dacier has taken no-
tice of this Pasiage in Phadrus, upon the-
lame Occasion •, but not of the follow-
ing one in Martial, which alludes to the
same kind of Masks.
Non omnes fallis, felt te Proserpina ca-
num,
Perfonam capifi detrahet ilia tuo.
L-3.Ep.4F
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