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paird feveral curious figures in pieces that he had ba- 
red, which were fet in Circles. 
Having get a Spade, Shovel and Beefom, we fell to 
work, and with a great deal of labour ( the ground 
being very hardj bared about a yard afHt a half fquare, 
in baring of which we caft up many pieces of Roman 
Tile, the bone of an hinder leg ot an Ox or Cow^ 
broken in two, and many pieces ot Plafter painted red 
and yellow, which feem'd to have been the Cornilh at 
the foot of fome Altar, or elfe perhaps of fome part 
of the Building ^ and we obferved that feveral great 
Stones in their falling ( when the building over this 
pavement was deftroy'd) had broken and lodged them- 
felves in the Pavement, and there lay until we remo- 
ved them. 
Then having fwept the fpace aforefaid that we had 
bared very clean , the Pavement looked exceeding 
beautiful and pretty, and one would not imagine, had 
one not feeri them, that fuch mean Stones could make 
fuch pretty work 5 for they are nothing but fmall four 
fquare bits of Brick, Slate and Cauk, fet in curious 
figures and order, and are only of three colours, red, 
blue and white 5 fpecimens of all which I havefentby 
the bearer. Ot which there is one as long again as 
any of the reft, of which many whole rows, red, blue 
and white confifted, on the outfides of the fmaller 
work : The material that thefe fmall Stones is fet in is 
a floor of Lime and Sand, and not Plaifter : Which 
' floor is fo rotten and decay'd with time, that one may 
eafily dig up the little Stones, &c. 
The whole Pavement confifts of Circles, and Qua- 
drangular, and many uneven figures, with rows of the 
aforefaid Stones, red, blue and white : in fome of 
which Circles and Figures was Urns, in others Flowers, 
in others Interchangeable Knots, according as the 
Work- man ple-^fcd^ a draught of which I then took 
upon 
