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ever had fo many bridges built with that magnificence 
and art, as this j and though they were more pompous, 
and rich in rareftpnes, in 'Sculpture, 6cc. than that I for- 
merly lent you a draught of from Mo72tpelier iyQtt\itY 
had the like provifion for their fecuricy, andpreferva- 
tion, and their defign was much the fame i which may be 
ieen at I(ome this very day in the old Tons Milvius (now 
F ante nolle) near the via Flaminiciy in the marble tq- 
m^insol the Pons jEmzlzus (repair d with rich materials 
by Antoninus Pius) on the fide of th€ T{ipa^ or Trajievere^ 
near the root of the Aventine hill, where firft the Pons 
Sublicius &.ooA s as alfo in the Pons Fahritius and the 
Cejiius^ that leads over to the Infula Tiberina ^ in all which 
there are ftill very fair marks of the old P^man ftrucftare^ 
and defign; and if that prodigious City had not been 
knock't fo often to peices by barbarous Sackers, we might 
have had ftill as clear proofs from the other bridges 5 vi^. 
The Pons Triumphalisy the Senatorius/Jc, Bnt Gotkijh^ 
and Northern tor/rents broke all before them, 
I have here, vy^r, according to your commands^ drawn 
up in writing thofe thoughts, which I mentioned the 
other day to you 5 So I reft. 
Tour very Humble Servant ■ 
TAN. ROBINSON. 
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