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safed  to  patronize  a  Work  of  this  na¬

ture  which  was  Dedicated  to  bim  by  Vitruvius; -
  I  had  no  regon  tovapprebend

Tour  Majesty  would  reprove  these  Addresses  ot
mine,  if,  in  presenting  Ton  with  abose  Antiquities  on
which  that  excellent  Master  formd  bis  Studies,
intituled  Tour  Majesty  to  a  VVork  so  little  inferior
to  it,  and  so  worthy  to  go  in  paragon  with  it.  And

indeed  to  whom  could  Tmore  aptly  Inscribelit?  a  Discourse -
  of  Building,  than  to  fo  Royal  a  Builder,
whose  august  attempts  have  already  giden  so  grèat  à
splendor  to  our  Imperial  City,  and  so  illustrious  an
Example  to  the  Nation!  Iisqrom  bbis  contemplation, -
  Sir,  that  after  I  had  (by  the  Commands  of  the


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