+Pet.+ All you gentlemen that are affected with such rarities,[317] the world cannot produce the like, snatched from the jaws of time, and wonderfully collected by a studious antiquary, come near and admire. +Ant.+ Thou say'st right: the limbs of Hippolitus were never so dispersed. +Pet.+ First, those twelve pictures that you see there, are the portraitures of the Sibyls, drawn five hundred years since by Titianus of Padua, an excellent painter and statuary. +Ant.+ Very well. +Pet.+ Then here is Venus all naked, and Cupid by her, on a dolphin: both these were drawn by Apelles of Greece. +Ant.+ Proceed. +Pet.+ Then here is Hercules and Antæus; and that Pallas at length in alabaster, with her helmet and feathers; and that's Jupiter, with an eagle at his back. +Ant.+ Exceeding well! +Pet.+ Then there's the great silver box that Nero kept his beard in. +Ant.+ Good again. +Pet.+ And after decking it with precious stones, did consecrate it to the Capitol. +Ant.+ That's right. +Pet.+ And there hangs the net that held Mars and his mistress, while the whole bench of bawdy deities stood spectators of their sport. +Ant.+ Admirable good! +Pet.+ Then here is Marius to the middle,[318] and there Cleopatra with a veil over her face; and next to her, Marcus Antonius, the Triumvir; then he with half a nose is Corvinus, and he with ne'er a one is Galba. +Ant.+ Very sufficient! +Pet.+ Then here is Vitellius, and there Titus and Vespasian: these three were made by Jacobus Sansovinus the Florentine. +Ant.+ 'Tis enough. +Pet.+ Last of all, this is the urn that did contain the ashes of the emperors. +Ant.+ And each of these worth a king's ransom---- _Enter +Duke+ and +Leonardo+._[319] +Duke.+ Save you, sir! +Ant.+ You are welcome, gentlemen. +Duke.+ I come, sir, a suitor to you. I hear you are possessed of many various and excellent antiquities; and though I am a stranger, I would entreat your gentleness a favour. +Ant.+ What's that, sir? +Duke.+ Only that you would vouchsafe me to be a spectator of their curiosity and worth, which courtesy shall engage me yours for ever. +Ant.+ For their worth I will not promise: 'tis as you please to esteem of them. +Leo.+ No doubt, sir, we shall ascribe what dignity belongs to them and to you their preserver. +Ant.+ You speak nobly; and thus much let me tell you, to your edifying: the foolish doating on these present novelties is the cause why so many rare inventions have already perished; and (which is pity) antiquity has not left so much as a foot-step behind her, more than of her vices. +Leo.+ 'Tis the more pity, sir.