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TH••re is mention made of Parrhasius and Xeuxis,* 1.1 (a pair of excellent Pain∣ters in those times (that being upon tryall of their skill, how to excell each other in the matter of their Art; Xeuxis drew out a bunch of grapes so fair and well colour'd, that the birds came and pecked at them, to the great ad∣miration of the beholders, even as if they had been of a naturall and lively growth: And the expectation was great, what it could be, that Parrhasius should
draw to out-do so exquisite a piece of Workmanship; He thereupon falls to his pensill, and makes upon his Table the resemblance of a white sheet, tack'd up with four nayls, one at each corner, so artificially, that being offered to view, Xeux•••• bade him take away the sheet, that they might see the excellency of his A••t that was behind it; Whereupon it was adjudged, That Parrhasius had gone be∣yond him in so doing: And but good reason too, For the one had onely decei∣ved silly birds, but the other had put a trick upon a knowing Artist himself. And so it is with the close reserved Hypocrite,* 1.2 such is his subtilty, that he doth not onely delude silly birds, poor ignorant Souls, but knowing Men, experienced Christians, and if it were possible the very Elect themselves; He can compose his forehead to sadnesse and gravity, whilest he bids his heart be wanton and care∣lesse, and at the same time laugh within himself, to think how smoothly he hath cozened the believing beholder.
Fulgosus lib. 8. cap. 11. ex Plinio.
—rapido ge∣stans sub pect••∣re Vultum. Pers. Sat. 5.