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proportion_n of_o the_o ear_n chap._n i._n i_o have_v observe_v this_o rule_n first_o to_o treat_v of_o the_o ear_n in_o a_o manner_n of_o myself_o invent_v and_o not_o by_o any_o other_o discover_v be_v then_o desirous_a to_o form_v the_o ear_n by_o this_o way_n you_o be_v first_o to_o describe_v a_o oval_n in_o such_o manner_n as_o i_o have_v represent_v in_o this_o figure_n at_o the_o number_n 1._o but_o to_o form_v that_o in_o more_o perfection_n and_o as_o easy_o as_o possible_a may_v be_v therein_o with_o such_o method_n and_o order_n as_o i_o design_n proceed_v light_o join_v stroke_n to_o stroke_n in_o that_o manner_n as_o in_o each_o of_o the_o sequent_a ovall_n they_o be_v increase_v even_o unto_o the_o 8._o number_n so_o imitate_v every_o stroke_n of_o each_o oval_a that_o the_o ear_n may_v entire_o be_v form_v without_o digress_v from_o the_o bound_n and_o reasonable_a term_n of_o the_o art_n this_o rule_n serve_v not_o only_o to_o form_v the_o ear_n in_o correspondent_a 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therefore_o first_o see_v and_o than_o the_o eye_n which_o rest_v in_o the_o judgement_n the_o next_o form_n of_o the_o face_n therefore_o i_o will_v demonstrate_v two_o of_o the_o most_o easy_a way_n have_v hitherto_o be_v invent_v which_o may_v serve_v reasonable_a capacity_n from_o stroke_n to_o stroke_n to_o make_v the_o same_o well_o make_v then_o first_o a_o stroke_n like_o that_o in_o the_o 1._o number_n which_o have_v the_o beginning_n of_o the_o hollowness_n of_o the_o nose_n and_o then_o proceed_v to_o the_o 2._o stroke_v of_o the_o whole_a nose_n with_o the_o roundness_n thereof_o in_o the_o 3._o the_o hole_n of_o the_o nostril_n in_o the_o 4._o the_o nostril_n themselves_o in_o the_o 5._o the_o place_n of_o the_o upper_a lip_n in_o the_o 6._o the_o upper_a lip_n in_o the_o 7._o the_o form_n of_o the_o mouth_n in_o the_o 8._o the_o roundness_n of_o the_o beard_n in_o the_o 9_o the_o under-throat_n in_o the_o 10._o the_o unite_n of_o they_o all_o with_o the_o stroke_n of_o the_o finish_n of_o the_o nose_n the_o mouth_n and_o the_o beard_n describe_v a_o semicircle_n downward_o which_o be_v in_o the_o 1._o in_o the_o 2._o make_v the_o hole_n of_o the_o nose_n with_o the_o two_o point_n on_o each_o side_n and_o how_o each_o be_v place_v in_o the_o 3._o the_o addition_n of_o the_o nostril_n in_o the_o 4._o the_o form_n of_o all_o the_o upper_a lip_n in_o the_o 5._o the_o form_n of_o all_o the_o mouth_n in_o the_o 6._o the_o finish_n of_o all_o the_o stroke_n of_o the_o beard_n and_o chin_n this_o for_o frame_n the_o nose_n be_v necessary_a to_o be_v explain_v be_v of_o importance_n to_o describe_v the_o same_o well_o because_o be_v the_o head_n never_o so_o well_o do_v the_o mouth_n and_o it_o be_v