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iJiey had been JVedgesy ’t would have been a great In- 
cmvcmence to have had them hollow. Befides the Wedges 
by being drove into the Wood or Stones would have been 
Jlrangely worn on the Sides^ and have receiv’d confide- 
rable Alterations, whereas the Sides of ours in the Bodle- 
jan Repojitory fand I fuppofe your’s are fo too) are juft 
as they were at firft, and there is not the leaft Change, 
unlefs it be on the Rdge, which is very blunt and much 
b>'okcn, which I guefs to have proceeded from the Stone, 
As for the Ears or Loops, ’tis probable they might be 
put on that thereby the Handles might be fixt the 
better 5 or perhaps they were defign’d for the Eafe of 
the Souldiers, who in their Journeys might by this means 
iaften them to their Girdles. For I believe moft if not 
all the Souldiers had fuch Injirumnts, which they were 
oblig’d to make ufe of when NeceJJity requir’d. I know 
that ’tis the opinion of moft that there were a few parti- 
cular Perfons always in the Army to whom thefe Works 
were committed, and that they were exempt from the 
Oflice of Souldiers, and that they were marmorarij , qua- 
dr atari), tignarij and ftmUores. Thefe may be call’d 
all by one Name^/>n murarlj, tho’ that is commonly reck- 
on’d only another Name for ftru^ores. But this is a wrong 
Perfwajion, and Fabretti has (rP) wellobferv’d that there 
are no fabri murarlj^ as they are taken for Artijls 
diftinft from Souldiers, on Trajan s PiHar. This Obfer- 
vation he has made in oppofition to Santi Bartoli, who 
calls them exprefly fabri murarij, Fabretti s Remark, as 
’cis very juft with refped to this fort of Artijls, fo it 
muft be noted that there were no other diftinft Artijls 
that were freed from the Dutys of Souldiers. Even 
the Artijls that had receiv’d liberal Education are to 
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