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Body in ordinary Measure. Whereby it evidently appears, thatSir Henry produccth his Author, to justify the natural Proportiononly; and not from him to testify, as is infer'd, that the Length ofthe Tuscan Pillar ought to be fix ‘Diameters. For that Vitru-, 7. <vius, would this Doctor give Him leave, will tell you that this Co-lumn shall be seven Diameters high: Which is one more than heexpected, or could hope for; and yet, since Vitruvms hath said it,I will cast it in for Advantage, and allowing him one Diameter moreinto his Bargain, make it, nevertheless, appear, that the Pylasers ofStone-Heng correspond in Proportion to those that the Romans usedin their Works of Greatness.

You are to know then, that there is as much Difference, betwixtthe Heights of ‘Pillars and Pylajlers, as their Uses, Qualities, andFigures are different. Py lasers are square; Pillars round: Py lasersare a cheap, substantial and noble kind of Structure; Pillars are acostly, delicate, and Prince-like manner of Building: These, at it were,are chiefly for Ornament, Those, without Exception, principally forStrength, and far more conduce to Perpetuity, which, togetherwith Commodmsness and Beauty, makes up the three chief Ends thatArchitects aspire to arrive at in all their Works. Wherefore, weAnd other manner of Dimensions appertaining to them than to Pil-lars, in regard the Proportions of Py lasers, simply, are not assign-ed by Diameters, but bear a lower Sail, that they may be the bet-ter able to sustain their Burthen, and resist the divers Accidents ofFortune, with the Violence of Weather, unto which, more or less*they are exposed: And therefore ought not (since this Doctor hathgiven me the Word) to be of such stately Height as Pillars, butfar more humble and fubmifs. And for my Author hereof, I willnot be at mine own Choice, but take indifferently Him who comes45. next to Hand, and whom this Doctor cannot refuse, Sir H. Wot-ton, that shall plainly tell you, " Pylasers must not be too tall“ and slender, lest they resemble Pillars , nor two dwarfs and“ gross, lest they imitate the Piles, or Peers of Bridges/' Ob-serve, I pray, that his Words positively are, They mus not resemblePillars ; not only in regard, These are too slender to bear theWeight which Pylasers commonly carry, and more subject to theInjuries of Time; but also in respect, faith He again, " Pylasers" aim more at State and Strength, than Elegancy." When then theRomans , to the End that their stately Works might be strong andpermanent, made their Pylasers so different in Proportion fromPillars, and that the Pylasers in our Antiquity, are so agreeableto those Conditions and Dimensions, which, his own Author as-sures you, were observed by the Romans , and required in theirWorks; what have we to do with the Symmetry of their Columns,not one only of that kind appearing in our Stone-Heng? And thisDr. Charleton knew full well; but his Design, you see, hath beenall along, solely, to perplex your thoughts; foment Differences todisturb you, and raise Doubts when none can justly be made orfound.

But, let us consider him once again, in carrying on this first Pro-priety of the Tuscan Order, His Words being, " The Height, or^ Length of the Pillar ought to be Sex diametrorum crajsjsmae par*•i tif