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On the back front of the Attic is inscribed 

 Amelia Sophia Aug. 

 To Her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia Sophia. 



MDCCLXV1I. 



On the inside front of the Attic is a Medallion of Her 

 Royal Highness, with this exergue from Horace : 



O colenda semper & culta ! 

 O thou worthy of ev'ry honour, and ever honoured ! 



Through the Arch is seen the Palladian Bridge, and a 

 Castle on the opposite hill. A covered Walk leads to a 

 Scene planted entirely with Evergreens, in the midst of 

 which stands a Gothic Cross of artificial stone. 



THE, TEMPLE OF ANCIENT VIRTUE 



is a Rotundo of the Ionic order, by Mr. Kent; on the 

 outside, over each door, is this motto : 



Prisce Virtuti. To Ancient Virtue. 



And in four niches within, standing at full length, are the 

 Statues of Lycurgus, Socrates, Homer, and Epaminondas, 

 by Scheemaker ; under which, are the following Inscriptions : 



UNDER LYCURGUS. 



Qui summo cum consilio, inventis legibus, 

 Omnem.que contra corruptelam munitis optime, 

 Pater Patriae, 

 Libertatem firmissimam 

 Et mores sanctissimos, 

 Expulsa cum divitiis avaritia, luxuria, libidine, 

 in multa saecula, 

 Civibus suis instituit. 



