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a length. And therefore it is but reasonable we fhould make Vstru'vius'sLongum Pe Je, Latum Semipede, a fault of Vitruvius' s. Coppyers.

1 (hall only Add this Remark, That Proportio», and a Plain Vntformity,even in the Minutest parts of Building, is to beobserv’d ; as this miserableRuine of Roman Workmanfrip sliews. In our Gothick Buildings there is atotal neglect of the Measure, and Proportion os the Courjes : As tho’ thatwas not much Material to the Beauty of the Whole; whereas indeed in Na-ture’s Works it is from the Symmetry of the very Grain, whencearises muchof the Beauty.

XIV. I have added to my Roman Curioßtus Two entire Ums, both of Sevtrai Romapthe Bleu>iß>-Grey-Clay, but of Different Forms, with some of the Burnt York auflee^-Bones : and Two other Veffels of Red-Clay, the Lefftr of themis almost in h M>\Thoros-the Form of the Roman Simpulum or Guttus, and by the Narrownesi of

the Neck ftems rather to have been a kind ot Lacrimatory, or Veffel korsome kind of Liquid Matter, rather ihzn Aßi es-, the Other was part of anAquedutf, and is turned in the form of a Scrue on the Inside, and has aNarrow Neck at One End, to put into the Open end of the Next, and se-veral of thtse (each a Foot Long and 4 Inches Broad ) were found thuspla-ced in the Roman Burying Place at York, by the River-side, out of BouthamBar, which our Learned Dean, Dr. Gale, teils me signifies Burning in theBritifl) Lavguage, and ’twas Indisputably the Place the Romans made Use ofto that End, as appears by the great Number of Ums there frequentlyfound, when they Digg the Clay for Bricks. And that it Continued theplace of their Sefulture after that Custom of Burning, introduced in theTi-rannous Dictatorfhip of Scylla, was abolifhed, is Evident by a remarkableHypogaum without any Ums in it, discovered the last Winter 1696;

’twas large enough to contain Two or Three Corpfes , and was Paved withBrich nigh Two Inches thick, eight in Breadth and Length, being Equila-terally Square, upon which was a Second Pavement of the fame RomanBricks to Cover the Seams of the Lower, and prevent the workmg up of .

Vermin. But thole that Covered the Vault were the most remarkable thatever I faw, being about Two Foot square, and of a proportionalste Thick-neß. I have also a fort of Roman Brich , which I discovered in theRuines of Ktrkftall-Abby, two Miles from Leeds, which come the nighestthosc mentioned by Vstruvius, being 8- Inches broad, and almost Doublethe Length. I have also Two scrts of Cbequered Pavements ; one of about3 Inches square, the other (of those found at Aldborough ) not above half orone 4 th of an lnch, and of Different Colours .

XV. 1 have procured part of the Bottom (which consisted of Several soch ^Romsn c 0 f-Pieces for the conveniency of Baking) of an old Roman Coffin, that was »‘btrRo-lately dug up in their Burying Place out of Boutham-Bar at York. ’Tis of fifi coii«-"'"?»the Red-Clay, but not so Fine as the Urns, having a greater quantity of Mr , Rll P h ThQ 'Course Sand wrought in with the Clay. As to the Form (which is entire jTji'o.* 1++ *as it was at first Moulded) ’tis 1 4. Inches and a half Long, and about 1 1

Broad,