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1 5 o. Wherein a aa and hhh (liew the vpalls of the Theater that 
fupport this/r^7weof timber^ and the places of the pi/a/Iers of the 
rail znd ballifier round it ; ccc and ddd the leads md pipes let 
down into the wall for conveyance of water ; eee and /// the 
mil plate or lintel^ and places of its joints ; ggg the girders of 
the femi circle^ each fupported by a King piece ox Crownpo^ cut o?i 
2tbbb, and Icrewed into the binding beam i i i ; which is fom- 
what different from the reft of the binding beams kk.k-, I ll^mmm^ 
nnn^ having feveral/r/c4-/^oy?j let into it at 0000^ befide the 
King-pofis thu fupport this and the reft at ppppp-, isrc. The Let- 
ters qqq (liew the purlines between the binding beams ^ not fet right 
againft one another becaufe of room to turn the fcrevps whereby 
they are faftened, and rrrr two dragon (perhaps rather Trigon) 
beams or braces lying under the joijis ss ss ss^ istc, the true lengths 
and diftances whereof, and of all other pieces of timber and places 
whatever, are all ftiewn by the fcale Fig. 2. 
151. And fo are the lengths and diftances of the feveral pieces 
of timber fet over this flat floor ^ fuch as the principal rafters tttt^ 
the Crown po/is or King pieces uuuu^ the prick pofts vpww^ braces 
ox puncbons xxx^ by all which together the binding beams^ girders^ 
joifts, (src are all held up as it were by an Arcb above, as in Tab, 
14. Fig. 3. which is the whole band of 77w7i^er that ftands next 
the femi circle^ having frickpoHs and different lockages from the 
reft of the four bands^ as is fufficiently reprefented by one half of 
one o^ them^ Tab. I ^. Fig. ^. 
152, Which is all I think need be faid concerning this fine 
piece of Timber-work. , only that there are crojs braces between the 
middle Crown pofts as they ftand in a line from the front to the fe- 
micircle^ as is reprefented Tab. 14. Fig.<,. mark'd with the letters 
yyyyy y ^^^^ hexe^ and as they ftand Fig. i . And that it was con- 
trived by our Englifti Vitriivim^ the Right Worfliipful and Learn- 
ed Sir Cbri^lopher Wren, and worked by Richard Frogley an able 
Carpenter ; and both thi^^ and the Hone-work^oo^ at the fole charge 
of the moft Reverend Father in God Gilbert^ by Divine Provi- 
dence, Lord Arch-Biftiop of Canterbury^ Vx'ixmt o^ z\\ England^ 
and Metropolitan, who finiftiing, and having endowed i/witha 
competent Eftatefox its reparations forever, It is like to ftand a 
moft magnificent and lafting monument of his Gr^^ce^ Munificence, 
and favor of good Learningto allpofterity. 
Mm 153. There 
