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have miffed a treafure, which is found in a little clofet, 
the dimenfions of which are about fix feet in length, 
and four in breadth, difcovered the 13th of laft 
month. In this place was found a very fine tripod 
about three feet high, extremely well preferved. In 
fhort, it is one of the mod; beautiful pieces of anti- 
quity in the whole world. It is formed of three 
fatyrs, young, and all exactly alike. Their heads 
are mod; beautiful, with a chearful countenance, and 
the hair well difpofed with a ribband, that furrounds 
the head. Upon the forehead there Hand two fmall 
horns, which are united. The right hand reffs upon 
the fide of the body, and the left is open, with the 
arm fomewhat extended. They have a great fatyrefque 
priapus. The legs are united, and they place their 
feet upon round Safes, which have been turned in 
a lathe, and then covered with leaf diver. Their tails 
are twilled round a ring, which is fufpended thereby. 
The three fatyrs Support with their heads the hearth 
of the tripod, which is of excellent workmanfhip, 
and hath three moveable rings, which ferve to remove 
the tripod from one place to another. One of thefe 
rings is wanting, and could not podlbly be found. 
Whence we may fuppofe, that anciently it was like- 
wife wanting. Upon the hearth there is another 
ornament united to its circumference, and forming a 
kind of radiated crown, which crown hath alfo two 
handles, but not moveable. Thefe ferve to place the 
crown upon the hearth. Among other particularities, 
it is obfervabie, that the bottom of the hearth is not 
of brafs, like the red: of the tripod, but of baked 
earth. The above-mentioned clofet, where this tri- 
pod was found, is all painted, and intire, with the 
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