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En of schoon datter veel aen vast is, datmen de Teycken-Konst diende te verstaen, en deswegen veel Arbeydts en Hooft-breeckingh van nooden is, om de Verlichterie-Kunde te Leeren; soo moetmen hier op weten, dat alhoewel dese Konst sulcks al vereyst, ghelijckse dat oock doet; datter evenwel veel fraye dingen inde selve konnen ghemaeckt werden, sonder heel geleert inde Teycken-Kunde te wesen: gelijck als daer dan zijn de Freuytagien, Bancketten, Vogelkens, en alderhande Looven en Bloemen welcke insonderheyt playsant voor d’Ooge zijn, en stoffe genoegh geeft van veranderlijckheyt, oock om sijnen goeden Geest en Kennis diemen besit, daer in bekent te stellen, en een roemruchtigen naem van hem te laten uytgaen. De swaere dingen, als daer zijn Beelden, Ordinantien, Beesten, Lantschappen en diergelijcke mogen Jonge Borsten, ofte die na meerder Geleertheydt staen, of alreede hebben, aenvanghen, na dat yeder tot dese andere tot andere dingen van sijn ingenium geleyt wort; oock kan het ligt gebeuren dat sommige Geestige Ionckvrouwen door ’t Oeffenen vande gheringhste Werckstucken, inde Konst, door het wel gelucken van haren Arbeyt, lust souden krijghen om verder tot de algemeenheydt deser Konst in te booren, en alsoo uytnemende te werden.
[suggested translation, Marije Osnabrugge:] And although much depends on being able to understand the Art of Drawing, for which much Work and pondering is necessary, to learn the Art of Illumination; yet one should know that although this Art needs all this that she does; that still many beautiful things can be made in this art, without being very learned in the Art of Drawing: such as the Fruit pieces, Banquets, Birds, and all sorts of Foliage and Flowers which are especially pleasant to the Eye and offer enough material of changeability, also to make one’s good Mind and Knowledge – which one has – familiar with it and radiate an illustrious name. The difficult things, such as Figures, Compositions, Animals and Landscapes and the like, may be began by Young Men who either lean towards more Knowledge, or have it already, after everyone is led towards these other [ndr: things] by other elements of his ingenuity; it can moreover easily happen that some Spirited Young Ladies by practicing the small tasks of the Art, would get the desire – because of the success of their labour – to penetrate further into the general parts of this Art and thus become excellent.
The introduction to the English translation does not follow the text of the original. [MO]