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wali 5 from which we guefs the wall to haye been built 
fome courfes higher afrer the fame order. 
The reafbn of this order of Brick- work intermixt ^«'itb 
ftone,the ^Am^Vitruvius gwtz^zw^ ia this particular the 
Romans after his time ^ and upon his admonition, and re- 
Gommendation ( in all probability ) did imitate the GreekSj 
^ longitudines Coriorum (JdStlht) alter uis coagmentis in crajji^ 
^ tudinem infiruentes : And a little further, interpGnunt Jm- 
^ gulos perpetua crajfitudine utraq-^parte Front atos ( later es )quos 
^ Diatonos appellant^ qui maxim e religando confirmant panetum 
^ foliditatem : Thefe Bricks were to be as TI?roughs, or as ic 
were fb many new Foundations to that which was to be fu- 
perftrufted ; and to bind the Two fides together firmly ^ 
for the wall it felf is only faced with fmall fquare ftone, and 
the middle thereof fiilled with Morter and Peble ; froiitir 
bus ferviunt f faies the fame Author ) ^ viB.diofarciimt£ 
which Fimit/i/zf difcooim ends in the Romans of his time , 
and therefore the later Roftians( the builders of our wall ) 
did , as I faidj cprreft this Error^and imitate the Greeks. 
And leaft it fliould feetti ftrange^that Bricks lliould give 
a^firmnefs to Stone biiildings, t\it hmtVitruviiw tcftifies, 
and therefore commends brick building before ftone (our 
men indeed for wholefomnefs , which alfo is true, and to 
bemuchconfidered in a cold andmoift climate; even for 
the duration i and therefore in il^w^ abatement was ever 
niade for the age of ftone building 5 none for that of bricks 
provided it kept its level, and ftood upright upon its foun- 
dation > and Therefore to excufe it,he at large gives a rea-. 
fof^'Why Hhe;Ro^n^ fufFered not brick buildings to be 
made within the Gitty of not of choice, 
but neceffity v thefe brick buildings being certainly ( in 
th^ |ftat Archi&fitS pp ) to he preferred : The Law 
/feie^h^);i^tfeTSti(p^ to the ftreet-ward 
( fdr fty gi^d me lea v^e to interpret (Tom^TZi:^^^^ 
fdOtiiild a ' half thick, ^nd partition walls the fame:. leaft 
they ffaoiild take up too much roome. Now brick walls 
m'^ of 
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