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<HEAD>A De&s;cription of the PAINTING of the THEATER IN OXFORD.</HEAD>
<P>IN imitation of the Ancient <HI>Theaters</HI> of the <HI>Greeks</HI> and <HI>Romans,</HI> which were too large to be covered with Lead or Tyle, this is &s;uppo&s;ed to be open: and as they &s;tretched a Cordage from Pila&s;ter to Pila&s;ter, upon which they &s;trained a co|vering of Cloth, to protect the People from the in|juries of the weather; &s;o here is a Cord-moulding guilded, that reaches cro&s;s and cro&s;s the Hou&s;e both in length and breadth, which &s;upporteth a great Red|di&s;h Drapery, &s;uppo&s;ed to have covered the Roof, but now furled up by the <HI>Genii</HI> round about the Hou&s;e, towards the Walls, which di&s;covereth the open Air, and maketh way for the de&s;cent of the <HI>Arts</HI> and <HI>Sci|ences,</HI> that are congregated together in a Circle of Clouds; to who&s;e A&s;&s;embly Truth de&s;cends, as being &s;olicited and implored by the mo&s;t of them. For joy of this Fe&s;tival the other <HI>Genii</HI> &s;port about the Clouds, with their Fe&s;toons of Flowers and Lau|rels; and prepare their Garlands of Laurels and Ro&s;es, <HI>viz. Honor</HI> and <HI>Plea&s;ure,</HI> for the great Lovers and Students of tho&s;e <HI>Arts.</HI> And that the A&s;&s;embly may be perfectly happy, their great Enemies and Di&s;turbers, <HI>Envy, Rapine,</HI> and <HI>Brutality,</HI> are <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Genii</HI> of their oppo&s;ite Virtues, <HI>viz. Prudence, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span">titude,</HI> and <HI>Eloquence,</HI> driven from the Society, an<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 letter"> tumbled down head-long from the Clouds.</P>
<P>The report of the A&s;&s;embly of the one, and the Ex|pul&s;ion of the other, is proclaim'd through the open and &s;erene Air by &s;ome other of the <HI>Genii,</HI> who blowing their Antick Trumpets, divide them&s;elves into the &s;everal Quarters of the World.</P>
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<HEAD>This in Gro&s;s.</HEAD>
<P>But more particularly, the Circle of Figures con|&s;i&s;ts of <HI>Theology,</HI> with her Book of &s;even Seals, imploring the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of <HI>Truth</HI> for the unfolding of it. On her left hand is the <HI>Mo&s;aical Law</HI> Vailed, with the Tables of Stone, to which &s;he points with her <HI>Iron Rod.</HI> On her right &s;ide is the <HI>Go&s;pel,</HI> with the <HI>Cro&s;s</HI> in one hand, and a <HI>Chalice</HI> in the other. In the &s;ame Divi&s;ion, over the Mo&s;aical Law, is <HI>Hi&s;to|ry</HI> holding up her <HI>Pen</HI> as dedicating it to <HI>Truth,</HI> and an attending <HI>Genius</HI> with &s;everal <HI>Fragments</HI> of <HI>Old Writing,</HI> from which &s;he collects her Hi&s;tory into her Book. On the other &s;ide of the <HI>Go&s;pel</HI> is Di|vine <HI>Poefie,</HI> with her <HI>Harp</HI> of <HI>David</HI>'s fa&s;hion.</P>
<P>On the other &s;ide of the Circle, oppo&s;ite to <HI>Theo|logy,</HI> in three Squares, are the <HI>Mathematical Sci|ences,</HI> (depending on <HI>Demon&s;tration,</HI> as the other on <HI>Faith:</HI>) In the fir&s;t of which is <HI>A&s;tronomy</HI> with the <HI>Cele&s;tial Globe, Geography</HI> with the <HI>Terre|&s;trial,</HI> together with three attending <HI>Genii.</HI></P>
<P>In the next is <HI>Arithmetick</HI> with a Paper of <HI>Fi|gures; Optick</HI> with her <HI>Per&s;pective Gla&s;s; Geo|metry</HI> with a pair of <HI>Compa&s;s</HI> in her left, and a <HI>Table</HI> with Lines drawn in it in her right hand.</P>
<P>In another Square, on the West &s;ide of the Circle, is <HI>Law,</HI> with her Ruling Scepter, accompanied with <HI>Records, Patents,</HI> and <HI>Evidences,</HI> on the one &s;ide, and on the other with <HI>Rhetorick,</HI> by which is an at|tending <HI>Genius,</HI> with the <HI>Scales</HI> of <HI>Ju&s;tice,</HI> and a Figure with a <HI>Palm-Branch,</HI> (the Emblem of Reward for virtuous Actions) and the <HI>Roman Fa&s;ces,</HI> the Marks of Power and Puni&s;hment. <HI>Printing,</HI> with a <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> of Letters in one hand, and a <HI>Form</HI> ready &s;et in the other, and by her &s;everal Sheets hanging as a drying.</P>
<P>On that &s;ide the Circle, oppo&s;ite to <HI>Law,</HI> is <HI>Phy&s;ick,</HI> with the <HI>Knotty Staff</HI> of <HI>Ae&s;culapius,</HI> with a <HI>Serpent</HI> winding about it: The <HI>Herbali&s;t,</HI> imploring the a&s;|&s;i&s;tance of <HI>Truth</HI> for the right under&s;tanding of the Nature of her Plants: <HI>Chymi&s;try,</HI> with a <HI>Bolt-head</HI> in her hands: <HI>Chyrurgery,</HI> as preparing her &s;elf to fini&s;h the Di&s;&s;ecting of an Head, which hath the Brain already opened, and is held before her by one of the <HI>Genii.</HI> In the Triangle on the right hand of the <HI>Go&s;pel</HI> is <HI>Logick</HI> in a po&s;ture of Arguing. In the Triangle on the left hand of the Mo&s;aical <HI>Law</HI> is <HI>Mu&s;ick,</HI> with her Antick Lyre and Paper of Mu&s;ick-notes on her knee, with a <HI>Genius</HI> by her (a little within the next Circle) playing on a <HI>Flute,</HI> being the Emblem of the most ancient Mu&s;ick. <HI>Dramatick Poetry</HI> with a <HI>Vizor,</HI> repre&s;enting <HI>Comedy,</HI> a <HI>bloudy Dagger</HI> for <HI>Tragedy,</HI> the <HI>Reed Pipe</HI> for <HI>Pa&s;toral.</HI></P>
<P>In the mid&s;t of the&s;e Squares and Triangles (as de&s;cending from above) is the Figure of <HI>Truth</HI> &s;it|ting on a <HI>Cloud;</HI> in one hand &s;he holds a <HI>Palm|branch,</HI> (the Emblem of Victory) in the other the <HI>Sun,</HI> who&s;e Brightne&s;s enlightens all the <HI>Circle</HI> of Figures, and is &s;o bright, that it &s;ometimes hides the face of her &s;elf to us that are below.</P>
<P>Over the Entrance of the Front of the <HI>Theater</HI> are Three Figures tumbling down; fir&s;t <HI>Envy</HI> with her <HI>Snaky hairs, Squint eyes, Haggs bre&s;ts, Pale ve|nemous Complexion, Strong, but ugly Limbs,</HI> and <HI>Riveling skin,</HI> frighted from above by the &s;ight of <HI>Pallas</HI> her Shield with the <HI>Gorgon</HI>'s head in it, a|gain&s;t which &s;he would oppo&s;e the bigge&s;t of her Snakes, but her fall is &s;o precipitous that &s;he hath no command of her Arms.</P>
<P>Then <HI>Rapine</HI> with her <HI>fiery Eyes, grinning Teeth, &s;harp Twangs,</HI> her Hands imbrued in bloud, holding a bloudy <HI>Dagger</HI> in one hand, in the other a burning <HI>Flambeau;</HI> with which In&s;truments &s;he would &s;eize on, or de&s;troy, not only Learning, but her Habita|tions, but is prevented and overcome by an <HI>Hercu|lian Genius,</HI> or <HI>Power.</HI></P>
<P>Next that, bruiti&s;h &s;coffing <HI>Ignorance,</HI> that endea|voureth to vilifie and contemn what &s;he under&s;tand|eth not, repre&s;ented by a Satyr, which is charmed by a <HI>Mercurial Genius</HI> with his <HI>Caduceus.</HI></P>
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<P>OXFORD: <HI>Printed by</HI> LEON. LICHFIELD, <HI>Printer to the Univer&s;ity,</HI> Anno Domini <HI>1674.</HI></P>
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