The gentlemans exercise Or an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures: as also the making of all kinds of colours, to be vsed in lymming, painting, tricking, and blason of coates, and armes, with diuers others most delightfull and pleasurable obseruations, for all yong gentlemen and others. As also seruing for the necessarie vse and generall benefite of diuers trades-men and artificers, as namly painters, ioyners, free-masons, cutters and caruers, &c. for the farther gracing, beautifying, and garnishing of all their absolute and worthie peeces, either for borders, architecks, or columnes, &c. By Henrie Peacham Master of Artes.

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Title: The gentlemans exercise Or an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures: as also the making of all kinds of colours, to be vsed in lymming, painting, tricking, and blason of coates, and armes, with diuers others most delightfull and pleasurable obseruations, for all yong gentlemen and others. As also seruing for the necessarie vse and generall benefite of diuers trades-men and artificers, as namly painters, ioyners, free-masons, cutters and caruers, &c. for the farther gracing, beautifying, and garnishing of all their absolute and worthie peeces, either for borders, architecks, or columnes, &c. By Henrie Peacham Master of Artes.
Author: Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643?
Publication: London :: Printed for Iohn Browne, and are to be sold at his shop in Fleet-street in Saint Dunstanes Church-yard,; 1612.
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Subject terms: Drawing -- 17th century.
Cite this Item: "The gentlemans exercise Or an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures: as also the making of all kinds of colours, to be vsed in lymming, painting, tricking, and blason of coates, and armes, with diuers others most delightfull and pleasurable obseruations, for all yong gentlemen and others. As also seruing for the necessarie vse and generall benefite of diuers trades-men and artificers, as namly painters, ioyners, free-masons, cutters and caruers, &c. for the farther gracing, beautifying, and garnishing of all their absolute and worthie peeces, either for borders, architecks, or columnes, &c. By Henrie Peacham Master of Artes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09198.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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The Riuer Indus.

Indus is co••only described with a graue and Io∣niall aspect, with a garland of his countrey flowers by his side a Camell, the beast hath his name from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that is, on the ground he is represented plea∣santly graue, because the East Indians are held to bee the most politique peop••e of t••e world, as our coun∣trymen haue had good experience among those of China, Iaua, Bantam, and in other places in those Ea∣sterne parts.

This is the great••st riuer in the world, receiuing into his channell threescore other mightie and fa∣mous riuers, and aboue an hundred lesser.