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whole Body being in View ; left fore Foot extended ; 
great Expreffion and Attention both in Achilles and 
Chiron , who is putting his right Hand round the 
Boy, and playing, by the Help ofa fmall Inftrument, 
on the Strings, which are ten in Number. This is 
accounted a mod mafterly Piece as ever was leen. 
Chiron has a Mantle tied round his Neck, made of 
the Skin of fome Animal $ and Achilles Bands up- 
right naked. 
The fourth is a Piece of y Feet by 4,, reprefent- 
ing fome very folcmn and melancholy Story of the 
Romans. , and contains feven Figures, three Men and 
four Women. Perhaps. the Story of Virginia , when 
Appius Claudius wanted to accufe her falfely, in 
order to gratify his Luft. One Man fitting in a pen- 
five Mood, his left Elbow on his Knee, and his 
Hand up to his Forehead : Another fitting over- 
againfthim, fetiing forth fomething in a Paper, which 
he holds to the Breaft of the firft : A young Woman 
fitting on the right Side of the firft, a Figure expref- 
fing great Concern j her left Hand affectionately 
about his Shoulder: And another young Woman 
Banding with great Attention and Surprize by her: 
Behind both, the Fignre of a Woman larger than 
the reB, with a Quiver appearing above her Shoulder, 
as Riiana: An elderly Woman in a fuppliant bend- 
ing PoBurc, with her Finger at her Chin, as if fhe 
were lifiening with great Grief, and her Face to the 
firfi Figure. Alfo an old Man, in much the fame 
Attitude, in great Grief, as if weeping. Perhaps the 
Family of Virginia lifiening to the Accufation againfi 
her, and feartnl lefi file fhould be delivered over to 
the brutal Luft of the Conful : To avoid which, when 
no other Remedy was left, Virginias defired to fpeak 
with his Daughter in private, and killed her. 
Thefe 
