A Painter shou'd never tye himself to Imitate e*Manner of any other; his Business being t to represent the Works of Men, but those Nature; who at the same time is so abundant in her Productions, that 'tis Ridiculous to ve Recourse to her Servants, who have nothing but what they borrow'd from her; when e Mistress her self is so ready to Entertain em.

* Manner, is the Habitude that Painters have acquired, only in the Management of the Pencil, but also in three principal Parts of Painting, viz. Invention, Den, and Colouring: 'Tis by the manner in Painting at we judge this Piece to be Titian's, Tintoret's, or Vinci's and; as by the Stile in Writing, we guess this Book to this or that Author's.