with his buskins on his feet,
with the spear, which must have the iron head gilded, in his hand, and
with a dog at his side, in the act of entering into a wood, as if
caring nothing for her by reason of the love that he bears to his
Procris. Between Cephalus and Tithonus, in the space with the great
window, behind the Aurora, there must shoot upwards some few rays of
the sun, of a splendour more vivid than that of the Aurora; but these
must be cut off, so as not to be seen, by a large figure of a woman
who must appear before them. This woman shall be Vigilance, and she
must be so painted that it may appear that she is illumined from
behind by the rising sun, and that, in order to forestall him, she is
entering into the chamber by the great window that has been mentioned.
Let her form be that of a tall, valorous, and splendid woman, with the
eyes well open and the brows well arched; dressed down to the feet in
a transparent veil, which is girt at the waist; leaning with one hand
on a lance, and with the other gathering together a fold of her gown.
Let her stand firmly on the right foot, and, holding the left foot
suspended, appear from one side to be rooted to the ground, and from
the other to be ready to step out. Let her raise her head in order to
gaze at Aurora, and appear to be angry that she has risen before her;
and let her have on the head a helmet with a cock upon it, which shall
be in the act of beating its wings and crowing. All this must be
behind the Aurora; and in front of her, in the heaven of the concave
oval, I would make certain little figures of girls one behind another,
some more bright and some less bright, according as they are more or
less near to the light of the Aurora, in order to represent the Hours
which go before her and the sun. These Hours shall be painted with the
vestments, garlands, and headdresses of virgins, and winged, with the
hands full of flowers, as if they were scattering these about.

[Footnote 23: White, vermilion, and orange.]

"On the opposite side, at the foot of the oval, there shall be Night,
and even as Aurora is rising, Night shall be sinking; as the one shows
her front, the other shall turn her back; as the first is issuing from
a tranquil sea, the second shall be plunging into a sea that is
troubled and dark; the horses of the first come with the breast
forward, those of the second shall show their croups; and so, also,
the person of Night shall be altogether