A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . Hot 8>£gjSgiTS©J OF THE PRIMA-RY LIGHT.. H E Primatye light js that which falleth vppon and isrcceavcd in that part of a coloured body,which is op-pofite vnto the body giuing light; which running vp-pon the bodies, toucheth them fwcctcly with a cer-taine natural order; that is ,not poflcfling them in anyof the extreames3as other lightes doc: which muft beobferued in hiftories which arc fuppofcdto be in theopen aire, vppon which thclight may fall withoutany hindrance, as vppon a wall oppofitc to the Eaft. This ligh
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A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . _ Hot 8>£gjSgiTS©J OF THE PRIMA-RY LIGHT.. H E Primatye light js that which falleth vppon and isrcceavcd in that part of a coloured body, which is op-pofite vnto the body giuing light; which running vp-pon the bodies, toucheth them fwcctcly with a cer-taine natural order; that is , not poflcfling them in anyof the extreames3as other lightes doc: which muft beobferued in hiftories which arc fuppofcdto be in theopen aire, vppon which thclight may fall withoutany hindrance, as vppon a wall oppofitc to the Eaft. This light morcouercomming into a chamber or fuch like place, toucheth all fuch bodies as arcwithin the (pace where it fhincth, in the vppcrmoft partes; where the lighthath alfo his limitation: wherefore it fomctimes falleth out that a bodycfhall rcccauc this light from the middle vpwards, or a little more or lefle ;and fometimes from abouc, accordingly as the light entreth diverfly in re-(pecl of the forme or (ituation oftheIoope-hoIe, eie., orwindowe. Whencetve muft obferucjwhewe make windowcs, or open gates, to counterfeit th