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fteps thereof remain. But a little farther ro the ierc 
hand, and, it n:iay be, continued with the foriiitr Waik% 
lye the Ruines of a very ftately Building, which I am 
apt to believe might have been for fuclTan ufe. 'lis 
built of better Marble, and has an Air of Delicacy anc 
Exquiuteoefe in the Work, beyond what is difcernabk 
in the Piazza. The Pillars which fupported it are of cm 
entire Stone; and on one of them that is fallen down, 
but fo firm and ftrong that it has received no Injury 
thereby, we meafared, and found iz Foot in length, 
and in compafs 8 Foot and 9 Inches. Among thefe 
Ruines we found the only Latine Infcription we few in 
the place, and that fo imperfecfl", there is but iittle of it- 
Intelligible. 
...... es Orhu & Propagator es Generis Hnmant £1 
W. N. Diocletianus J/^mi Imp p. Et Conftan- 
tius Maximianus Hobb,C£f.CajQra felkiter condukrunt. 
And upon the fame Stone a little lower, 
OiTiano Hieroclete, r". Vrcef. Pro- 
vincif P. iNT. M. 0. Eorum. 
The Name of Maximianm Herculeus^ was Partner 
in the Empire with Dioclefian^ which fliouid have fol- 
lovv^ed in the Infcription, feems to hive been on pur» 
pofe fcratcht out, and defaced, for what reafon 1 cannot 
gaefs. The reft is loft by the breaking of the Stone. 
In the Weft fide of the great Piazza are feveral Open- 
ings for Gates leading into the Court of the Palace : Two kcc, 
whereof, one would eafily believe when they were in 
their Perfeflion, were the moft Magnificent and Glo- 
rious in the World, both for the Elegancy of the Work 
in general, and particularly for thoie flately Porphyry 
Pillars with which they were adorned. Each Gate had 
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