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38 forms tlie chaplet. He supports himself on the left foot, and raises the right arm, in which he holds the shaft of an ancient javelin, or rather a partisan; the cuirass is azure; the belt, with its pendants, is partly azure and partly yellow; the sleeves are changeable, or shot azure anal red, the buskins yellow. The chlamys worn by Hannibal is changeable red and yellow: it is fastened on the right shoulder and lined with green; with the left hand he leans on his sword, and is placed within a niche of vari-coloured marbles, the colours of which are yellow, white, and changing. On another page is the portrait of Pope Nicholas Y., taken from the life, with a mantle changing purple and red, richly embroidered in gold. He is drawn in profile without beard, and is looking towards the commencement of the book, which is opposite to him, and towards which he extends the right hand as in admiration of it. The niche is green and red; in the frieze above are certain small half-length figures within medallions; some of an oval, others of a circular form, together with innumerable figures of small birds and children, so well done that nothing better can be desired. In like manner are depicted the Carthaginian Hanno, Asdrubal, Coelius, Massinissa, C. Salinatorus, Nero, Sempronius, M. Marcellus, Q. Pabius, the younger Scipio, and Yibius. At the end of the book is a figure of Mars in an antique chariot drawn by two horses of a reddish brown. On his head the god hears a helmet of red and gold, with two small wings; on the left arm is an antique shield which he holds before him, and in the right hand he bears a naked sword; he stands on the left foot alone, holding the other in the air; he wears a cuirass after the antique manner, the colours red and gold, as are those of the hose and buskins; the upper part of the chlamys is azure, the lower part green, embroidered in gold. The chariot of the god is covered with red cloth, embroidered in gold, and surrounded by a border of ermine; it moves over a verdant champagne country, blooming with flowers, but amidst rocks and precipices; in the distance, however, we perceive cities, and a landscape, which, with the clear blue air, are all most admirable. In another page is a youthful Neptune clothed in long vestments, which are embroidered all round with a colour made from ‘^terretta verdethe carnation is excessively pale. In the right