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, ifow^ Ohferiaiions upon the Rtilns 
Roman Multangular-Tpwer 
Yoxk^thefudkms Mar. Ufler Sfq-^ 
I carefully vimingxbe Anf-iquitics of !r(?r>^j and particu- 
larly what might relate to the J^man Empire, of 
which this place had betn afeare, and the dwelling of at 
le aft Two of the Y-.m^tx^m% \^ Sevenis ^x\iConJi:anti7u , \ 
found a par^t ofaWallyet ftanding, which is undoubtedly of 
thac time ; it is the South-wall of the M/>?^-^W being for* 
merly an Hofpital of Saint Lawrence, looking towards the 
Riye^/ it confifis ofa Mz^/i^^;;^^//«r"T<9wr, which did lead 
to Bootha?n Bam znd about — yards of wall, which 
rann the length oi Comng-fireety ^is he who fliall attentively 
view it on both fides may difcerrt. 
But the out' fide^towards the River, is the moft worth ta-^ 
king notice of, it isfaced w^h a very fmall Saxum qundratum 
of about 4, inches lhick^ and laid in levels like our modern 
Brick-woik : This forr ofbuilding Vitruvm (lib. 7*cap:^.) 
calis afrer the Q f^tksjfodomumy cum omnia Ch^^ 
Jitudine fuerint JiruBa \ but the length of the ftones is not. 
obferv^dy but are as they fell out in hewing: From the 
fouhdaticn.2p courfes of this (mall fquared flone are Uid:»' 
and over them 5 ccurfesof^ Roman Brick ; thele Bricks 
are laid fome length waies, and fome end-waies in the 
walb and were called lateresDiatoni : After thefe 5 courfes 
of Brick, other 2 2 courfes of fmall fquare flone (as before 
defcribed) are laid ^ v. hich raift the wall — — feethigh- 
er^ and then 5 more courfes of xh^ fame Roman bricks are 
overlaid, beyond which the wall is imperfeiJlj and cape 
with modern building ; Note, that in all this height there 
is no Cafiment orLoop-hole, but one ifltire and . uniform 
. hi wall 
