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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ragon vots Wont merrily to say) or making good,
n drgn^it in Divinity orPhilosophy3 than by
inti00mjf ‘his s kill with the Pencil or insight in
the Chords os Mnsicsyvhich perhaps he that holds
rx mayceil himin. Quintus Fabius
cifre ceonists could draw and painty yet he was a grave Counfel-
dichurTTusc. lour. Epaminonaiplay or sing excellently
Qv*st.lib.i. tohisHarpe or Viots\ (which was his
true glory) addeth that heipasjt man endued with
such learningyandfo great experience in Military
assairs jhat in him alone3 and at^anceffprang up5
Xenophon lib. *nd died the glory os the 7hebans£ocxat€shei»g.
ulr. rerum above threefcoreyears os age0 Jpent one hour in a
GrasC* day with Conus a Mujitian in playing upon the
Organssis he had spent above, I thinks toe had not
known him by the name of Philosophorum Parens
Arist.Poliiic.8 dnd whereas Ariftotle dejigning sour principal
exercifeSy wherein he would have all children in M:
well governed City or Common-wealth0brought up
and taught^s namely y Grammatice or Giranswer y
Gymnastice, or exercijing the body by wreasilingy
running.ridingy&c.Graphice or ufe os the Pen in
writing sairydrawingypaintingydndthe liky flafi?
ly yMustcsfis meaning is 3Utad seria magis studia
capessenda idonei reddantur. The fame ufe and
none other,7 wifioto be made of Drawing,
Concerning thefe directions I have given5 they
are ftch as 11 bought 3 in res pell os their brevity
and plainneffey sit sor the capacity os the young
learnery sor whom they were firfi and principally
intended$ they are mine own^not borrowed out os
thefijopSybutthc very jame Nature acquainted me
withal srom a childy andfuch as in praCtise I have

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