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she Orders of Columns , where we scarce find any cer tain Hute /Authors all differing concerning the Ttdportmf those beautifulTarts ought to have , which make all the Ornament and Md~jesty of great ‘Buildings. Tut my Lord> how difficultly soeverthe Means by which I propose to confine these ^Proportionswithin certain Tules, may 6e receiv% by realm of the greatEsteem there is deservedly for those of a contrary Opinion tomine , and whose Wor\s being Jo generally approV'd, seem,* insome Measure , to oppose my Design- I am tkverthelejs pet -[waded that it will not appear altogether f ash and Inconsiderate*when the World shall know your Lordship has not disapprov'd it.I mention these Tarticulars, my Lord, for the Concern I havethe Tublicl^ should be informd, that my Took[ having Pseed ofsuch an Authority as your Lordships, 1 would not mit to explainthis Authority , if the Weight of it could possibly be doubted osas it might whether I have the Honour of being supported by it.The great Light of that vafi (Jenius, which renders You capa-ble of all forts of Knowledge, has [hind sufficiently to informthe World long since, that the mostsublime Things which usu-ally possess your Mind, do not so wholly fill it, but that thereis room for the less important $ and no one can fail of beingconvincdbut A RCHITECTURE, that Queen of theTeauteous Arts, has a principal Tlace among thoje for whichYou have the greatest Inclination, if we confider the excellentWorks perfornid by Your Orders, in so great Clumbers, andin so little Time, to the Admiration of the Intelligent, and theutmott SatisfaBion of all who passionately love the Cjlory of the^

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