1covered, confounded with wonder, and ſurpriſed with
tion, I account my ſelf little leſſe than miſerable. If I behold a
Statue of ſome excellent Maſter, I ſay with my ſelf; When wilt
thou know how to chizzle away the refuſe of a piece of Marble,
and diſcover ſo lovely a figure, as lyeth hid therein? When wilt
thou mix and ſpread ſo many different colours upon a Cloth, or
Wall, and repreſent therewith all viſible objects, like a Michael
Angelo, a Raphaello, or a Tizvano? If I behold what inventions
men have in comparting Muſical intervals, in eſtabliſhing
cepts and Rules for the management thereof with admirable
light to the ear: When ſhall I ceaſe my aſtoniſhment? What
ſhall I ſay of ſuch and ſo various Inſtruments of that Art? The
reading of excellent Poets, with what admiration doth it ſwell
any one that attentively conſidereth the invention of conceits,
and their explanation? What ſhall we ſay of Architecture?
What of Navigation? But, above all other ſtupendious
ons, what ſublimity of mind was that in him, that imagined to
himſelf to find out a way to communicate his moſt ſecret thoughts
to any other perſon, though very far diſtant from him either in
time, or place, ſpeaking with thoſe that are in the India's;
ing to thoſe that are not yet born, nor ſhall be this thouſand, or
ten thouſand years? and with how much facility? but by the
rious collocation of ^{*} twenty little letters upon a paper? Let this
be the Seal of all the admirable inventions of man, and the cloſe
of our Diſcourſe for this day: For the warmer hours being paſt,
I ſuppoſe that Salviatus hath a deſire to go and take the air in his
Gondelo; but too morrow we will both wait upon you, to
tinue the Diſcourſes we have begun, &c.
tion, I account my ſelf little leſſe than miſerable. If I behold a
Statue of ſome excellent Maſter, I ſay with my ſelf; When wilt
thou know how to chizzle away the refuſe of a piece of Marble,
and diſcover ſo lovely a figure, as lyeth hid therein? When wilt
thou mix and ſpread ſo many different colours upon a Cloth, or
Wall, and repreſent therewith all viſible objects, like a Michael
Angelo, a Raphaello, or a Tizvano? If I behold what inventions
men have in comparting Muſical intervals, in eſtabliſhing
cepts and Rules for the management thereof with admirable
light to the ear: When ſhall I ceaſe my aſtoniſhment? What
ſhall I ſay of ſuch and ſo various Inſtruments of that Art? The
reading of excellent Poets, with what admiration doth it ſwell
any one that attentively conſidereth the invention of conceits,
and their explanation? What ſhall we ſay of Architecture?
What of Navigation? But, above all other ſtupendious
ons, what ſublimity of mind was that in him, that imagined to
himſelf to find out a way to communicate his moſt ſecret thoughts
to any other perſon, though very far diſtant from him either in
time, or place, ſpeaking with thoſe that are in the India's;
ing to thoſe that are not yet born, nor ſhall be this thouſand, or
ten thouſand years? and with how much facility? but by the
rious collocation of ^{*} twenty little letters upon a paper? Let this
be the Seal of all the admirable inventions of man, and the cloſe
of our Diſcourſe for this day: For the warmer hours being paſt,
I ſuppoſe that Salviatus hath a deſire to go and take the air in his
Gondelo; but too morrow we will both wait upon you, to
tinue the Diſcourſes we have begun, &c.
The wit of man
admirably acute.
admirably acute.
The invention of
writing ſtupendious
above all others.
writing ſtupendious
above all others.
* For of ſo many
only the Italian
Alphabet conſiſts.
only the Italian
Alphabet conſiſts.
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