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of the whole work *. And for the more speedyprocedure in this vast and mighty building, issuedout his letters-patents, under the great seal ofEngland, bearing date the 12th day of No-vember, in the 25th year of his reign, (an.scil. 1673,) unto several of the lords spiritualand temporal, and other persons of eminentrank and quality ; authorizing them, or so manyof them as are therein appointed and enabledto act, to proceed in that great undertaking,and to endeavour the perfecting thereof, by suchways and means, and according to such rulesand orders, as are therein mentioned; a perfecttranscript of which Commission I have herethought fit to insert.

^ajegtg’S Commission.

Charles the Second, by the grace of God ,King of England, Scotland , France , and Ireland ,Defender of the Faith, &c.

To our trusty, and well-beloved Sir RobertHanson, Knt., Lord Mayor of our City of Lon­ don , and to the Lord Mayor of our said Cityfor the time being;

To the most reverend Father in God , ourright trusty, and right well-beloved Counsellor,Gilbert Lord Archbishop of Canterbury , Pri-mate of all England, and Metropolitan, and tothe Lord Archbishop of Canterbury for the timebeing;

To our right trusty, and right well-belovedCousin and Counsellor, Anthony Earl of Shafts-bury, Lord High Chancellor of England, and tothe Lord High Chancellor of England, and Lord

Keeper of the Great Seal of England for thetime being;

To the most reverend Father in God , RichardLord Archbishop of York , Primate of England,and Metropolitan, and to the Lord Archbishopof York for the time being;

To our right trusty, and right well-belovedCousin and Counsellor, Thomas Viscount Os-born, Lord High Treasurer of England, and tothe Lord High Treasurer of England for thetime being;

To our right trusty, and right well-belovedCousin and Counsellor, Arthur Earl of Anglesey,Keeper of our Privy Seal, and to the Keeper ofour Privy Seal for the time being ;

To our right trusty, and right entirely belovedCousin and Counsellor, George Duke of Buck­ ingham ;

To our right trusty, and right entirely belovedCousin, Christopher Duke of Albemarle;

To our right trusty, and right entirely belovedCousin and Counsellor, John Duke of Lau-derdale ;

To our right trusty, and right entirely belovedCousin and Counsellor, James Duke of Ormond,Lord Steward of our Houshold, and to theLord Steward of our Houshold for the tim ebeing;

To our right trusty, and right entirely belovedCousin, Henry Lord Marquess of Worcester;

To our right trusty, and entirely beloved Cousinand Counsellor, Henry Marquess of Dorchester;

To our right trusty, and right well-belovedCousin and Counsellor, Henry Earl of Ogle;

To our trusty, and right well-beloved Cousinand Counsellor, Thomas Earl of Ossory ;

Temple supposed to have stood upon the site of the

erroneously described as affording a view of the ancientCathedral.

Upon demolishing the ruins and searching the foundations of the Quire, Sir Christopher Wren discovered nineWells in a row, which had anciently belonged to a Street of Houses that lay aslope from the High Street, thenWatling Street, to Cheapside. (Parentalia, p. 272*.)

On the North side, under part of the place where Paul’s Cross had stood, and nearer the surface than theRoman remains already described, flint pavements were found, supposed to have formed the yards of citizens’ housespurchased by Lanfrank for the enlargement of the Church. (Conyers’s MS.)

“ In the beginning of the new Works of St. Paul’s (we are told) an Incident was taken notice of by some peopl eafs a memorable omen; when the Surveyor in person had set out, upon the place, the dimensions of the g rcatDome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish,(such as should first come to hand,) to be laid for a mark and direction to the Masons ; the Stone, which ' vasimmediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a Grave-stone, with nothing remain-ing of the Inscription but this single word in large Capitals, RESURGAM.” (Parentalia, p. 292).

* This Model is still preserved in a room over the Morning Chapel, at the North-West corner of th cCathedral.