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)

The EpiJHe Dedicatory.
profesiions am aScholler. Only I am serry that
ourCourtiers and great personages must seek far
and neer for some Dutchman or Italian to draw
their pictures,and invent their devises,our Eng-
lishmen being held for Vaunients. To which end
as well for their sakes who are as yet young pra-
ctitioners 3 as in regard of many young Gentle-
men in this Kingdom, who being naturally incli-
ned hereunto,want fit directions to the attaining
ofthis commendable skill, so many waies neces-
sary, (favoured in times pastofthegreatest Mo-
narches,and of late daies praCtised even by Prin-
ces, and the greatest personages themselves, as
Francis the firlt, King of France^Charles Emanuel
Duke of Savoy, with many others who are re-
ported to have been excellent with the pencili)
I have drawn and collected together the most
true and easy grounds of drawing,mingling and
ordering all manner of water colours for lim-
ming, certain observations for perspeCtive 6c the
light, the manner of annealing in glass See. to-
gether with a Ihort diseourse ofArmory,al which
together with my self (in regard as well of that
duty I owed to your self for many favours to-
wards meat your Chefiam^ as that you are gene-
rally known to be a principall favourer of all skil
and schollership ) I ofser up unto your censure,
of whom most humbly I take my leave from
Richmond.
Who is most ass'ctfiomtely devoted
unto your Worjhip.
henry sence am