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a Roman VTwk and Temple.

"altitudine tert'ue partis totius Column#, comprehensa bafi,'&> capi-ta lo ; this Doctor contemning them, it seems, or not apprehend-ing, of what Validity in Architecture Comprehensa is, hath there's•by not only unfaithfully perverted his own Author, ’but also mostsimply englisiied Last, in saying, " All have their Bedeftals, f the" Height of the third Part of the whole Column, from the Base 1 to" the Head ;” which, besides what's said, is apparently a Contradic-tion in itself; for, a Column from the Base to the Head, is nb morea whole Column , than a Man from the Feet to : the Neck can be said-to be a perfect Man; For why? his Head is wanting; Especially con-sidering, that it is a Maxim in Architecture, that a whole Columnihust consist of Base, Body, and Capital. But, happily he was sobusied in canvassing Hans Bloom, and Hytterline for to find outthe Proportion of his ‘Pedestals , that he forgot, What Sir H. JVotton-had said, and how Laet transtated Him. Think you. now this Doc-tor is likely to discover Antiquaries, when he thus mistakes his ownAuthors? However, ere three Minutes elder, you will find him in-curring the same Error again. For, this brings us to the Proprietiesof the Tuscan Order, He tasting them, to be principally Two. TheHeight of the Pillars, and the Int er column.

First, faith he; “ The Height or Length of the Pillar ought to be" Sex SDiametrorum crajfijjim# partis. inferioris ipjius scapi , fixDia-" meters of its Thickness in the biggest.Part a little above the bottom.”

Ought to be, who told him so ? not Vitruiiius : it’s certain, thoughhe would possess you that Vitruvius did ; for under the Wing of hisAuthority, he shelters himself^ and. makes I:t itjz seem to °ive a Rea-son for it; saying, " for Vitruvius accounts the Length of a MansFoot to be the sixth Part of his whole Body in ordinary Dimen-sion. ; ■/ ■

• It cannot be denied, but that Vitruvius (lib., %. cap. i.) havinggiven us the rest of the Proportions of the Body of Mah, fromwhence the Perfection of all Symmetry is derived, faith, Pes veroaltitudinis corporis sextee {partis .) But, it must be denied, that heUfeth these Words to regulate thereby the Height of the Tuscan Pil-lar ; for this most wonderful Work of Nature is described by Him todemonstrate, that as every particular Member of Man’s Body carriesa Proportion to the whole; so every Part of whatever sacred Edifice,ought to have an equal Proportion to the general Greatness of theentire Structure. And as concerning the Proportions of the Co-lumns of the several Orders, you may take Notice, that they fromthe same Exemplar came by their Dimensions in another way. Forthe Tuscan was made massy like a strong limbed Peasant, meanly clad,as you heard before: The Horick solemn, like a prudent Senator,gravely habited : The Ionick comely, like a sober Matron decentlyattired: The Corinthian delicate, like a tender Virgin Wantonlydecked; an d the Roman is a Miscellany , or Mixture of the Quali-ties and Ornaments of all the rest.

- But, if st be objected, that he was so told by Sir H. Wottbri, thenobserve Sir Henrys Words, being these; “ The Length thereof shall n.Anh.y. 3 j," be Ixx Hiameters of the grossest of the Pillar below, of all Pro- 34-<£ portions, in Truth, the rssost natural; For our Author, faith, he, tells“ us, lib. i. cap. i. that the Foot of a*Man is the sixth Part of his

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