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a part of the whole compared together infeparably, as 

 is above faid of the example in Mr. Hamilton's draw- 

 ings. The body of the chariots of ftate and parade 

 were moveable, fo as they were taken off from the car- 

 riage and fet carefully by, when not in ufe, and only 

 put on and hung by braces, when wanted for ufe, as 

 we read of Priam's chariot in the 24th book of the 

 Iliad. The carriage is there called ajua^a, and the body 

 'rsrsi^iv^oi. All thofe chariots which we read of in Ho- 

 mer, as being fo occaCLonally hung on upon, or with 

 braces, are of that fort ; but in the military chariot, 

 the body and the carriage were but different parts of 

 the fame, one infeparate compadled whole. We find 

 that, when Pallas returned from the engagement, the 

 body of her chariot is not taken off from the carriage, 

 but the whole oc^y.oiTX fet up inclining againft the 

 wall *. When Jupiter returns from the battle to 

 Olympus, the whole x^i^oirx is fet upon a bafe or 

 altar. Whereas Priam's chariot is an example of the 

 firft fort, as is that of Juno mentioned in the fifth 

 book of the Iliad ; where, being a ftate or parade cha- 

 riot, it is faid of the body, called ^i<p^oc, that 



Braces of gold fufpend the moving Throne. 



The carriage is there called oxoc- Although thefe 

 parade chariots might be fo hung upon braces, and 

 fixed occafionally on the carriage} yet thofe ufed in 



* Iliad, lib. yiii. 



war. 



