27<S The Statural Hi ftory 



three attending Genii ; having Arithmetick. in the fquare on one 

 hand, with a paper of figures- Optick with the Perfpeftive-glafs ; 

 Geometry with a pair of compajfes in her left, and a Table with Geo- 

 metrical figures in it, in her right hand : And in the fquare on the 

 other hand, Architecture embracing the capitel of a column, with 

 compaffes, and the norma or fquare lying by her ; and a workman 

 holding anothery^wdre in one hand and zplumb-line in the other. 



1 6 1. In the midft of thtte fquares and triangles (as defcending 

 from above) is the figure of Truth (king on a c/cW, in one hand 

 holding a /Vw- branch (the emblem of Victory) in the other the 5m/7, 

 whofe brightnefs enlightens the whole circle of figures, and is fo 

 bright, that it feenis to hide the face of herfelf to the fieflators be- 

 low. 



162. Over the entrance of the front of the Theater are three 

 figures tumbling down ; firft Envy with herfnaky hairs, [quint eyes, 

 hags breafts, pale venomous complexion, firong but ugly limbs, and ri- 

 vet' d skin, frighted from above by the fight of the fhield of Pal- 

 las, with the corgons head in it, againft which (lie oppofes her 

 fnaky trefes,but her fall is fo precipitous, that (he has no command 

 of her arms. 



163. Then Rapine with her fiery eyes, grinning teeth Jbarp twangs, 

 her hands imbrewed in blood, holding a bloody dagger in one hand, 

 in the other a burning Flambeau, with thefe Inftruments threatning 

 the deftru&ion of Learning, and all its habitations, but is over- 

 come and fo prevented by a Herculean Genius, or Power. Next that 

 is reprefented brutifli fcoffing /g7zor/27z,endeavoring to vilifie and 

 contemn what (lie underftands not, which is charmed by a Mer- 

 curial Geniws with his Caduceus. Which is the fum of what is 

 defigned by the painting of the Theater, for the moft part thus de- 

 fer i bed <by William SoperM.. A. of Wadham College-, after of Hart 

 Hall, only with fome few additions and neceffary alterations. 



1 64. Befide thepainting of the Theater, there are other fine 

 pieces perhaps as well worthy notice, fuch are the Refurreclions at 

 Magdalen and All-fouls Colleges, both of Fullers work; though 

 the latter indeed be fomwhat defaced. The written Piclure of his 

 Majefty King Charles the firft, in St. Johns College Library, taking 

 up the whole Book of Pfalms in the Engli/l tongue ; and the writ- 

 ten Piclure of King James, and the Arms of England (as now 

 born) taking up the whole Book of Pfalms in the Latin, in the 



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