this very piece remained in the bains of Corinth safe, vntill Mummius destroied the city. How∣beit, [unspec G] writers there be who affirme, That Rhoecus and Theodorus, both of the Isle Samos, were the first inuentors of this feat of forming shapes in cley, long before the expulsion of the Bacchia∣dae out of Corinth. And by their saying, when Demaratus was faine to flie out of that city, and to retire himselfe into Tuscan (where he begat Tarquinius, afterwards syrnamed Priscus, & king of Rome) there accompanied him from Corinth Eucheir and Eugramnus, two Imageurs in cley, and they taught in Italy the art of Potterie and Imagerie in that kind. As for Dibutades before∣said, the inuentor he was not of his craft; but indeed he deuised to vse with other cley and earth, a ruddle, or els to colour the white cley with madder. His inuention it was to set vp Gargils or Antiques at the top of a Gauill end, as a finiall to the crest tiles, which in the beginning he cal∣led Protypa. The same man afterwards deuised other counterfeits, and those be termed Ectypa: [unspec H] and hence come the louvers and lanterns reared ouer the roofs of temples, which are so curious∣ly wrought in earth. In sum, this man gaue the originall name Plastica to the craft, and Plastae, to to the craftsmen in this kind. But Lysistratus of Sicyone, and brother to Lysippus, of whom I haue written before, was the first that in plaster or Alabaster represented the shape of a mans visage in a mould from the liuely face indeed; and when hee had taken the image in waxe, which the foresaid mould of plastre had giuen, vsed to form and fashion the same more exactly. This man staied not there, but began to make images to the likenesse and resemblance of the person: for before him euery man studied only to make the fairest faces, and neuer regarded whether they were like or no. Lysistratus also inuented to make counterfeits in cley, according to the images and statues in brasse, already made. And in the end, this feat of working in cley grew to such [unspec I] height, that no images or statues were made without moulds of cley: wherby it may appear, that the skill and knowledge of Potterie is more antient than founderie or casting brasse. To come now to Imageurs in cley, Damophilus & Gorgasus were counted most excellent & principal of all others, and they were good painters besides; as may appear by the temple of Ceres in Rome, that standeth at the greatest shew-place, called Circus Maximus, which these two workmen enrich∣ed both with pictures, and also with earthen images: for in the said temple there be certaine Greek verses set vp, which testifie, That all the work on the right hand was wrought by Damo∣philus & on the left hand by Gorgasus. Before this temple was built, M. Varro saith, that all Rome was furnished with images, of Tuscan work, and no other: but of this church, when it was re-edi∣fied, the pictures vpon the wals were esteemed so rich, that people thought them worthy to bee [unspec K] cut out in great crusts and flakes out of the said wals; and for to saue them, they bestowed cost to set them in frames fair crested about the edges: also (by his report) the images wherwith the festeries & louers of the said church stood adorned, were dispersed into diuers parts of the city, as singular pieces of work, and well was he that could haue one of them. Moreouer, I reade, that Chalcosthenes made diuers pieces of work in raw cley at Athens, and the place called Ceramicos tooke the name of his work-house. And M. Varro writeth, that himselfe knew at Rome a certaine man named Posis, who was wont to make of cley, clusters of grapes, and fishes, soliuely, that who∣soeuer looked vpon them, could hardly haue discerned them by the eie from grapes and fishes indeed. The same author doth highly extoll and magnifie one Arcesilaus, a very familiar friend of Lu. Lucullus, and whom he loued very well, whose moulds were commonly sold dearer euen [unspec L] to workemen themselues, than the workes of others after they were finished. And hee sayth, That the image of Venus Genetrix, which standeth in the Forum of Caesar, was of his making: but before hee had fully finished the same, for haste of dedication, it was set vp vnperfect. After which time (as he affirmeth) Lu. Lucullus bargained with him to make the image of Felicitie, for which he was to haue threescore thousand Sesterces, howbeit, the death both of the one and the other, was the cause that the worke was neuer finished. As for Octauius, a knight of Rome, being minded to make a fair standing cup, hee paied to him for the mould in plastre one whole talent. The same Varro praiseth also Praxiteles, who was wont to say, that the craft of Potterie and wor∣king in cley, was the mother of Founderie, and of all workes that are cut, engrauen, chased and embossed: who, albeit hee were an excellent founder and imageur in brasse, and knew how to carue, graue, and chase passing well, yet would he neuer goe in hand to make any piece of worke, [unspec M] but he would forme it first in cley, in a mould of his own making. Moreouer, this art (by his say∣ing) was much practised in times past, in Italy and Tuscan especially: from whence, and namely out of the city Fregellae, king Tarquinius Priscus sent for one Turianus, to no other purpose in