15. Iohn Mayo commonly called Ver∣meyen
Borne at Beverwyck in Holland in the year 1500. Was well versed in Designing, in Geometry and Perspective. The Empe∣ror Charles 5th employed him as his domestick Painter in de∣signing his Military Expeditions. He was with him at Turis, where he made a description of the Town as it was besieged by Sea and land, and the manner of its being taken; From his De∣signs of this sort was the Models taken of those curious Ta∣pestries in the Escurial. He was called John with the great Beard, which he took a great pride to nourish, it was so long that though he was tall himself, yet he could stand upright when it touched the ground, The Emperor would sometimes divert himself with seeing it unloosed playing with the wind and sometimes whisking in the faces of the standers by. He died at Brussels Anno Domini 1559. aged 59. Years.