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Os Antiquities*
painter of Antwerp : and the Garden will be renowned
so long as John de Bologna's Cain and Abel stand ere-
cted there, a Piece of wondrous Art and Workman*
ship. The King of Spain gave it his Majerty at his be-
ing there, who bestowed it on the late Duke of Buck-
ingham. And thus have we of late years a good sample
of this firft sore of Antiquities accompanied with some
noveltias, which nevercheless cannot but fall fliort of
those in other Countries, where the love and study of
them is far ancienter, and the means to come by them
easier.
It is not enough for an ingenious Gentleman to be-
hold these with a vulgar eye: but he must be able to
distinguilh them, and tell who and what they be. To
do this, there be sour parts:
First, by generall learning in History and Poetry.
Whereby we are taught to know Jupiter by his thun-
der-bolt, Marshy his armour, Neptune by his Tri-
dent, Apollo by his harp, Mercury by his wings on his
cap and feet, or by his Caduceus; Ceres by a handful!
of corne. Flora by her ssowers, Bacchus by his Vine-
leaves, Pomona by her Apples, Hercules by his club or
Lyons skin, Hercules insans by his grasping of Snakes*
Comedy by a vizard in her hand, Diana by a crescent,
Pallas by her helmet and speare; and so generally os
moft of the Deities. Some mortals also are known by
their cognisances , as Laocoon by his Snakes flinging
him to death, Cleopatra by a viper, Cicero by his wert,
and a great many more.
But because all statues have not such properties and
badges, there is a second way to discern them, and
that is by their coynes. For if you look upon them
iidewaies, and confider well their half-faces, as all
coynes (hew them, you will eafily know them. For this
is certain (which also witnesieth theexquifitedili-
gence of ancient works) that all the faces of any one
gerson, whether on old coynes or stoaes, in greater or
Idler volume, are all alike. Insoniuch as if you bring
P 3 an
painter of Antwerp : and the Garden will be renowned
so long as John de Bologna's Cain and Abel stand ere-
cted there, a Piece of wondrous Art and Workman*
ship. The King of Spain gave it his Majerty at his be-
ing there, who bestowed it on the late Duke of Buck-
ingham. And thus have we of late years a good sample
of this firft sore of Antiquities accompanied with some
noveltias, which nevercheless cannot but fall fliort of
those in other Countries, where the love and study of
them is far ancienter, and the means to come by them
easier.
It is not enough for an ingenious Gentleman to be-
hold these with a vulgar eye: but he must be able to
distinguilh them, and tell who and what they be. To
do this, there be sour parts:
First, by generall learning in History and Poetry.
Whereby we are taught to know Jupiter by his thun-
der-bolt, Marshy his armour, Neptune by his Tri-
dent, Apollo by his harp, Mercury by his wings on his
cap and feet, or by his Caduceus; Ceres by a handful!
of corne. Flora by her ssowers, Bacchus by his Vine-
leaves, Pomona by her Apples, Hercules by his club or
Lyons skin, Hercules insans by his grasping of Snakes*
Comedy by a vizard in her hand, Diana by a crescent,
Pallas by her helmet and speare; and so generally os
moft of the Deities. Some mortals also are known by
their cognisances , as Laocoon by his Snakes flinging
him to death, Cleopatra by a viper, Cicero by his wert,
and a great many more.
But because all statues have not such properties and
badges, there is a second way to discern them, and
that is by their coynes. For if you look upon them
iidewaies, and confider well their half-faces, as all
coynes (hew them, you will eafily know them. For this
is certain (which also witnesieth theexquifitedili-
gence of ancient works) that all the faces of any one
gerson, whether on old coynes or stoaes, in greater or
Idler volume, are all alike. Insoniuch as if you bring
P 3 an