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Carolus Secundus, Dei Gratia, Rex Magna Britannia, Francia, et Hiber*nice, Anno Regni XVlIl. et plerique Angliœ Proccres, consumptd Incendio Urbepene universd, eddemque triennio Spatio in ampliorem Modum instauratd, et nonut ante ligneis aut luteis, fed partirn lateritiis, partim marmoreis Ædijiciis, etOperibus ita ornatd, ut e J'uis Ruinis pulcrior multi) prodiijfe videatur ; auditspratcrea ad immcnsam Magnitudinem Urbis Pcmants ; ad aternam utriuj'qutRadii Memoriam, htc ubi tantce Cladis prima emicuit Flamma
Monumentum pofuere.
Difcat Prafens et Futura Ætas, nequd stmilis ingruat Clades , tempestivis Numen
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placare votis: Beneficium verb Regis, et Procerum, quorum Fiberalitate, praterOrnatum, major etiam XJrbi accef it Securitas, grata mente recognojcat.
O quantum tibi debet AVGVSTA,Pot nascentia Pempla, tot renata,
Pot Spediacula ?
Mart.
As Augustus said of Rome, lateritiam inveni, marmorearn reliqui, so the Re-
builder of London might as properly fay, luteurn et ligneum inveni, lateritium etlapideum reliqui .
Sape majori fortunœ locum fecit Injuria : mult a ceciderunt, ut altius surge-rent, et in majus. Timagenes felicitati Urbis inimicus aiebat, Romæ Jibi In -cendia ob hoc unum dolori est'e, quod fcirct meliora refurrediura, quatn arjifj'ent .[Senecæ, Epist. 92.]
Mcnsura Columnr.rum, apud Antiques, maximarum .
Reliquiæ An- Pot a Columna Imp. Antonini, Romæ, Alt a efi Pahnos Romanos CCXXX. Did-
uquæ Urbis nietros Scapi continet Palmas XVI. et IV. PoUices.
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Pota Columna Imp. Trajani, Romæ, ab ejus Imo usque ad Statuce Sancti Petriverticem, alta est Palmos Romanos CXCIII. cum Dirmdio ; Diametros ejus propeBasin compledlitur Palmas XVI. cum Sesqui-polltce ; ita ut hie Diametros totidemin fe continet Pollices, quot Moles tota Palmos alta efj'e cognofcitur.
N. B. Palmas Romanus architcdionicus continet IX. Pollices Anglicanos.
Columna , didla Historica, Constantinopoli, Jive Imp. Theodofu, five Arcadii,alta ejl CXLVII. Pedes. Secundum computum Petri GyJlii.
The Custom-house for the Port of London, situated on the South-side ofPhames-street, was erected in 1668, adorned with an upper and lower Orderof Architecture: In the latter are Stone Columns, and Entablement of the PuJ -can Order ; in the former are Pilasters, Entablature, and five Pediments of thelonick Order. The West-end is elevated on Columns, forming a Piazza. TheLength of this Building is 189 Feet, Breadth in the middle Part 27 Feet, at theWest-end, &c. 60 Feet. , .
- The Frontispiece of the Middle-temple, towards Fleet-street, was erected in theYear 1684, of Stone and Brick. The Basis is a Rustick Arcade of Stone, sup-porting four Pilasters, Entablature, and triangular Pediment of the lonick Order,and the rest of rubbed Brick.
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