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OF 



STATUES. 



CHAP. X. 



AMongft the feveral Methods made ufe 

 of to convey the memorable Aftions 

 and great Perfonages of Antiquity to 

 thefe Times, this of Statues is not the leaft, 

 being the moft publick and durable Memoirs 

 of Virtue, Honour, and Valour. 



For tho' there be many fabulous Relations 

 of the Heathen Deities, which compofe a 

 great Part of this Hiftory, as of Jupter^ 

 Mars^ Apollo, and the reft of the Capital 

 Deities 5 yet the moft modeft Accounts are, 

 that fome of them were Perfons of Heroick 

 and Valiant Behaviour, while others were 

 Generous, Juft, and Liberal, great Encoura- 



gers 



