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87 An Alabaster Urn, 2 Feet 8 Inches high.
88 A Sarcophagus, 5 Feet 2 Inches by 1 Foot 6.
89 Statue of Judith, 4 Feet 6 Inches high.

90 A ditto of Hercules choaking a Lion.-Few Figures have greater Spirit. On the Rok adjoining feems to have been the Figure of a Woman, perhaps of a Mufe finging the Atchievement to her Harp.

91 A Sarcophagus with Boys, 4 Feet by 1 Foot 4. 92 A Sea-lion, 3 F. 6 Inches long, 2 Feet 4 Inches high. 93 Dogs and a Boar, 2 Feet long.

94 A fleeping Cupid, 2 Feet 5 Inches high.

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Lizard may be a Device for the Name of the Sculptor, unless allegorical.

95 A Sarcophagus, 2 Feet 3 Inches by 1 Foot. 96 A Baffo Relievo Roman Repaft, 2 Feet by 1 Foot 7. 97 A Trunk of a Woman, 2 Feet high.

98 Soldiers Fighting, 1 Foot 11 Inches by 2 Feet 3. 99 Soldiers Fighting, 3 Feet 11 by 1 Foot 3. 100 A Trunk of a Young Man, 1 Foot 11. 101 The Triumph of Amphytrion, 2 Feet by 2 Feet. 102 A Trunk of a Woman fitting, 1 Foot 3 Inches high. 103 The Taking of Troy, 7 Feet by 11 Inches.

The Figures executed with amazing Expreffion. 104 Boys embracing, 2 Feet 3 Inches by 1 Foot 6. 105 The Herculean Games, 2 Feet 3 Inches by z Feet. 106 Boys, 2 Feet by Foot.

107 A Woman and a Child fitting in a fquare Nich, 1 Foot 9 Inches by 1 F. 7.

108 A Roman Monument with three Bufts, 3 Feet 10 Inches by 2 Feet 3.

109 Part of a Roman Monument.

110 Ditto.

111 Buft of a Roman Head. 112 Buft of a Roman Head.

113 A Roman Bust.

114 A Buft of Fauna.

115 A ditto of Fauns.

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116 The Buft of a Young Man. 117 A Ditto of Diana.

118 Ditto of a Grecian.

119 Ditto of a Woman cloathed.
120 Ditto of a Philofopher.
121 Philofophy, a Buft.

122 A Buft of Niobe.

123 Ditto of one of her Sons.

124 Ditto of Venus de Medicis. 125 Ditto of a Woman cloathed.

126 A Buft cloathed, wants the Head.

127 Ditto.

128 Ditto.

129 Ditto.

130 A Buft naked, Head wanting.

131 Buft of an Old Man, half naked.

132 Ditto of a Roman,

133 Buft of Hen. VIII. modern.

134 Ditto (modern) of Rob. C. Pal. Rhen. D. Bav. 1637, Etat. 17.

135 A Coloffal Head of Apollo.

Near the Schools ftands the THEATRE, in Form of a Roman D, only longer in Proportion from Right to Left; it hath a flat Roof, compofed of fhort Pieces of Timber, continued to a great Breadth, without Arch-work or Pillar to fupport them, being fuftained only by the Side walls and their own Texture, tho' from Side-wall to Side-wall it is 80 Feet over one Way, and 70 the other; which gave Occafion to say, that the Foundation was on the Roof.

When properly filled, the Vice-Chancellor being feated in the Center of t e femicircular Part, the Noblemen and Doctors on his right and left Hand, the Proctors and Curators in their Robes, the Masters of Arts, Bachelors, and Under-Graduates, in their respective Habits and Places, together with Strangers of both Sexes, it makes a moft auguft Appearance.

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On the Outfide it is adorned with Sculpture; particularly the Statues of Charles II, the firft Duke of Ormond, and Archbishop Sheldon, done by Chair: Within with Painting, viz. the Portraits, at full Length, of the Founder Archbishop Sheldon, the fame Duke of Ormond, and Sir Chriftopher Wren, the Architect: Likewife a curious Cieling; of which the following is a Description.

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• In Imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with • Lead or Tile, so this, by the Painting of the flat Roof within, is represented open; and as they stretched a Cordage, from Pilafter to Pilafter, upon which they ⚫ftrain'd a Covering of Cloth, to protect the People from the Injuries of the Weather, so here is a Cordmoulding gilded, that reaches cross the House, both in Length and Breadth, which fupporteth a great reddish Drapery, fuppofed to have covered the Roof, ⚫ but now furled up by the Genii round about the House, towards the Wall, which discovereth the open Air, and maketh Way for the Defcent of the Arts and Sciences, that are congregated in a Circle of Clouds, to whofe Affembly Truth defcends, as being folicited and implored by them all.

For Joy of this Festival fome other Genii sport about the Clouds, with their Feftoons of Flowers and Lawrels, and prepare their Garlands of Lawrels and Rofes, viz. Honour and Pleafure, for the great Lovers ⚫ and Students of thofe Arts: And that this Affembly might be perfectly happy, their great Enemies and Difturbers, Envy, Rapine, and Brutality, are by the Genii of their oppofite Virtues, viz. Prudence, Fortitude, and Eloquence, driven from the Society, and ⚫ thrown down Head-long from the Clouds: The Report of the Affembly of the one, and the Expulfion of the other, being proclaimed thro' the open and

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⚫ferene Air, by fome other of the Genii, who blowing 'their antick Trumpets, divide themselves into the ⚫ feveral Quarters of the World.

Thus far in General.

More particularly, the Circle of Figures confift, First of Theology, with her Book of Seven Seals, imploring the Affiftance of Truth for the unfolding ⚫ of it.

On her Left-hand is the Mofaical Law veiled, ⚫ with the Tables of Stone, to which the points with her Iron Rod.

On her Right-hand is the Gospel, with the Cross in one Hand, and a Chalice in the other.

In the fame Divifion, over the Mofaical Law, is Hiftory, holding up her Pen, as dedicating it to Truth, and an attending Genius, with feveral Fragments of Old Writing, from which the collects her History into her Books.

On the other Side, near the Gospel, is Divine Poely, with her Harp of David's Fashion.

In the Triangle on the Right-hand of the Gospel, is alfo Logic, in a Pofture of arguing; and on the Left-hand of the Mofaical Law, is Mufic, with her. Antic Lyre, having a Pen in her Hand, and a Paper of Mufic Notes on her Knee, with a Genius on her Right-hand, (a little within the Partition of Theology) playing on a Flute, being the Emblem of. 'ancient Mufic.

On the Left (but within the Partition for Phyfic). • Dramatic Poely, with a Vizard, reprefenting Comedy, a bloody Dagger for Tragedy, and the Reed Pipe for • Paftoral.

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In the Square, on the Right Side of the Circle,. is Law, with her Ruling Scepter, accompanied with. Records, Patents, and Evidences on the one Side,. and on the other with Rhetoric: by thefe is an attend-, ing Genius, with the Scales of Justice, and a Figure ⚫ with

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• with a Palm-branch, the Emblem of Reward for virtuous actions; and the Roman Fafces, the Marks of Power and Punishment.

Printing, with a Cafe of Letters in one Hand, and a Form ready fet in the other, and by her feve•ral fheets hanging to dry.

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On the Left Side the Circle, oppofite to Theology, in three Squares, are the Mathematical Sciences, (depending on Demonftration, as the other on Faith), in the first of which is Aftronomy with the Celestial Globe, Geography with the Terreftrial, together with three attending Genii; having Arithmetic in the Square on one Hand, with a Paper of Figures; Optics with the Perspective-glafs; Geometry with a Pair of Compaffes in her Left; and a Table with Geometrical Figures in it, in her Right-hand. And in the Square on the other Hand, Architecture embracing the Capital of a Column, with Compaffes, and the Norma or Square lying by her, and a Workman holding another Square ⚫ in one Hand, and a Plumb-Line in the other.

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In the midst of thefe Squares and Triangles (as ⚫ defcending from above) is the Figure of Truth fitting as on á Cloud, in one Hand holding a Palm Branch ⚫ (the Emblem of Victory) in the other the Sun, whose ⚫ Brightnefs enlightens the whole Circle of Figures, and is fo bright, that it seems to hide the Face of herself to the Spectators below

• Over the Entrance of the Front of the THEATRE, are Three Figures tumbling down; First Envy, with her Snaky Hairs, Squint Eyes, Hag's Breast, pale venomous Complexion, ftrong but ugly limbs, and rivel'd Skin, frighted from above by the Sight of the • Shield of Pallas, with the Gorgon's Head in it, against which the opposes her fnaky Treffes, but her Fall is fo precipitous, that she has no Command of her

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• Then Rapine, with her fiery Eyes, grinning Teeth, ⚫ harp

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