Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6789

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          <head xml:space="preserve"> Of Architecture </head>
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> In building there is this rule præscribed by architectes
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            that the second story is in hight
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            of the first, & the third
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            of
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The reason is: supposing the first to be Doricke with his
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            . The second must be Ionicke. And then understand
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            that the
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            base of the pedistall of the Ionicke be æquall to the diameter
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            of the Doricke base, because solid must be upon solid, & then the
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            rest of the Ionicke worke in proportion will make the sayd
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            <s xml:space="preserve"> The third must be Corinthian. & the base of his pedistall
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            must be æquall to the diameter of the Ionick piller & the rest
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            with the complements will also bringe forth the sayd
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