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and the Vacuity , according to this Doctor’s Computation, nine Foot,which is above a Quarter more than the Breadth of the Pylasters ; theSpaces, you fee, have a full Concordance with the Proportions allow-ed by the Rowans in such Works. But, the Truth is, whatever hefaith, the Intervals in our Antiquity here meant, are somewhat lessthan the Breadth of the Pylasters , and upon what Grounds, the Ar-chitect was necessitated so to make them, shall appear ere, long. Inthe mean while, I say, that the Architects being under some Restraint,is alone sufficient to make good his Work, without more remem-bring either the Difference between the Intervals of ‘Pillars and Py-lasters , or the Power otherwise he had to justify himself that hemade the Spaces conformable to the Intercolumns of the TuscanOrder.

Now, as I have thus truly stated it, so I must as truly tell you, thatthis Doctor, to make his Objection the more plausible, hath unfaith-fully falsified Mr. Jones his Text, in affirming, that He Himself com-putes the Length of each Epistylium, or Architrave., continued inround from Column to Column , to be precisely fixteen Foot: Whenit is most certain, that Mr. Jones gives not any Measure of thoseArchitraves at all. He hath, indeed, set down the Epistylia ly-ing over the Pylasters of the greater Hexagon to be sixteen Foot,which this Doctor, more nimbly than his Danes at plund’ring, takesoff, and without more ado claps them in round from Column to Co-lumn of the outward Circle. And thus, as you may remember, heserved Mr. Camden about his Corsestones, lest you should distinguishbetween twenty four, and twenty eight, which himself could not.Fluid huic de remotioribus fcribenti fidendum , ft tarn Bardus autCams in its quœ prœ foribus funt?

Now, should I upon this Occasion, after such a curious Enquiry in-to the Tuscan Order, put in a Conjecture of mine own, I hopeyour Candor will conceive I presume not in the least therein, sinceso many learned Men have failed in their Opinions concerning it.You may recal to Memory, that I offered to you Vitruvius his De-scription of the Tuscan Orders, in these Words; Ipfarum zJEdiumspeciesfunt baricœ Barycephalœ , humiles, lat a. Now, as in our Dia-lect we use to express a thing much to be wondred at by monftroufymonstrous , admirably admirable, and the like; why might not Vi-truvius intend, by baricœ Barycephalœ, humiles, latœ ? a large, hum-ble, massily massy manner of Building, such as our Antiquity ofStone-Heng ? For though some opine, that by the Words humiles ,latœ, He seems to explain the Meaning of the other, consideringnevertheless His universal Conciseness "this cannot hold; no morethan Rarity of the Columns, when Works consist of ’Pylafters, orwhen the Architraves are made of Stone .- Think of this at yourPleasure it may happily be such an Hint at least to those, that knowhow to improve things better than I am able, that it may possiblygive some Light, unto what Vitruvius signifieth thereby. However,I will not omit this Opportunity to acquaint , you likewise, that theScamilli impares of Vitruvius (which, hoW to be made use of in Build-ings, hath as much puzzled all his Commentators, and Architects,as to find out a Remedy for the Gout and Stone all Physicians) havebeen according to the very Text and Letter of Vitruvius , so directly

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