Peacham, Henry: The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c (London, 1661)

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The description of Heathen gods.
of ssame colour, over which a mantle purely white,
trimed with gold and silver, his beaver white, with
white feathers, his (hoe’s golden, his Caducers or rod
of (il ver.
Apollo or Sol (which is all one ) the Physicall god^
paint with long curl’d yellow haire, crown’d with a
lawrell, his roab purple, his bow (ilver, his harp gold,
his throne emralds, that is
Neptune^ the regent of the Sea, we usuaily find di-
liniated with long hoary haire, a blew or Sea-green
mantle; trimed with silver, riding in a blew Chariot
or upon a Dolphin, of a brown black colour, with a
silver Trident in his right hand.
Pluto, the profound god of riches , paint with
long black curl’d haire, in a robe ofcloathofgold.
Bacchus^ the patron of drunkards, they diseribe with
fliort curl’d haire of brown colour, and cloath him
with a Leopards skin spotted, or in a green mantle
crown’d with a wreath of Ivy, or Vine branches: his
complexion, tawny.
Hymen, the marriage god, with long yellow haire,
and in a purple or yellow Safforne coloured Man-
tle.
Vulcan, he deifpd black-smith, paint in a scarlet
robe.
Genas, in a purple mantle fring’d with gold.
Triton , Nestunes trumpeter paint with a blew
skin, and a purple mantle.
The Genus of a river, with a blew skin, and a Sea-
green mantle.
Sleep, in a white mantle, cast over a black.
Cupid, was drawn by Zeuxis the famous painter os
Greece, in a green robe.
Minos, one of the judges of hell, so fained for his
severe judgments whilest he raign’d in Greet: his
Curuseers to be of gold, his robe blew and silver, his
buskins os goldjwith long curled brown haire, crown-
ed with a golden crown.
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