105 



CHAP, II. 



NOr was this only a form of pra&ife 

 in Plantations, but found imita 

 tion from high Antiquity, in fundry ar 

 tificial! contrivances and manuall opera 

 tions. For to omit the pofition of fqua- 

 red ftones, cuntatim or wedgwife in the 

 Walls of Roman and Gothic^ buildings; 

 and Aclitbiftrtf* or figured pavements 

 of the ancients, which confifted not all 

 of fquare ftones, but were divided into 

 triquetrous fegments, honey-combs,and 

 fexangular figures, according to Vitwvi- 

 /jThe fquared ftones and bricks in anci 

 ent fabricks, were placed after this or 

 der. And two above or below con- 

 joyned by a middle ftone or Plinthus, 

 obfervable in the ruines of Forum N^r- 

 v<f , the tMaufolcnm of tsfuguftts 9 the 

 Pyramid of Ceftius 9 and the fculpturc 

 cfraughtsof the larger Pyramids of^E- 

 gypt. And therefore in the draughts 

 of eminent fabricks, Painters do com 

 monly 



