l,
(by a certaine and meruailous meanes and way,) both in minde and
Imagination to determine and also in worke to finish: what workes so
euer, by motion of waight, and cuppling and framyng together of bodyes,
may most aptly be Commodious for the worthiest Vses of Man." And that he
may be able to performe these thinges, he hath nede of atteynyng and
knowledge of the best, and most worthy thynges. &c. The whole Feate of
Architecture in buildyng, consisteth in Lineamentes, and in Framyng. And
the whole power and skill of Lineamentes, tendeth to this: that the
right and absolute way may be had, of Coaptyng and ioyning Lines and
angles: by which, the face of the buildyng or frame, may be comprehended
and concluded. And it is the property of Lineamentes, to prescribe vnto
buildynges, and euery part of them, an apt place, & certaine number:
a worthy maner, and a semely order: that, so, y^e whole forme and figure
of the buildyng, may rest in the very Lineamentes. &c. And we may
prescribe in mynde and imagination the whole formes, *

[* The Immaterialitie of perfect Architecture.]

all material stuffe beyng secluded. Which point we shall atteyne, by
Notyng and forepointyng the angles, and lines, by a sure and certaine
direction and connexion. Seyng then, these thinges, are thus:_+

[What, Lineament is.]

+_Lineamente, shalbe the certaine and constant prescribyng, conceiued in
mynde: made in lines and angles: and finished with a learned minde and
wyt._+ "We thanke you Master _Baptist_, that you haue so aptly brought
your Arte, and phrase therof, to haue some Mathematicall perfection:

[Note.]

by certaine order, number, forme, figure, and _Symmetrie_ mentall:" all
naturall & sensible stuffe set a part. Now, then, it is euident, (Gentle
reader) how aptely and worthely, I haue preferred _Architecture_, to be
bred and fostered vp in the Dominion of the pereles _Princesse_,
_Mathematica_: and to be a naturall Subiect of hers. And the name of
_Architecture_, is of the principalitie, which this Science hath, aboue
all other Artes. And _Plato_ affirmeth, the _Architect_ to be _Master_
ouer all, that make any worke. Wherupon, he is neither Smith, nor
Builder: nor, separately, any Artificer: but the Hed, the Prouost, the
Directer, and Iudge of all Artificiall workes, and all Artificers. For,
the true _Architect_, is hable to teach, Demonstrate, distribute,
describe, and Iudge all workes wrought. And he, onely, searcheth