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The beds of the antients were corded 

 fomewhat after this faftiion : That is not . 

 diredtly, as ours at prefent,but oblique 

 ly, from fide to fide, and after the man 

 ner of network 5 whereby they ftrength- 

 ened the fpondas or bedlides, and fpent 

 lefs cord in the work : as is demonft rate d 

 by c Blanc anw. 



And as they lay in croffed beds, fo 

 they fat upon feeming croflelegg'd feats: 

 in which form the nobleft thereof were 

 framed : Obfervable in the triumphall 

 feats, the fella curulis, or ^djle Chayrts y 

 in the coyns of Ctjtuisy Sylla, and Juliw. 

 That they fat alfo croflfe legg'd many no 

 ble draughts declare 5 and in this figure 

 the fitting gods and goddeffes are drawn 

 in medalls and medallions. And befide 

 this kinde of work in Retiarie and hang 

 ing textures, in embroderies, and emi 

 nent needle-works 5 the like is obvious 

 unto every eve in glals-wlndo ATS. Nor 

 onlyinGlalfie contrivances, but alfo in 

 Lattice and Stone- work, conceived in 

 the Temple of Sokmw^ wherein the 

 windows are termed feaeftr* reticulau y 

 or lights framed like nets. Aad agreea 

 ble 



