WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia
82 fpe £b of the Hal it felf, the further end of which, was one entire piece of Architecture, in Perfpe- c~tive; where, under a Regal Canopy, upon A Throne, rais'd four Steps, and a round Pedeftal of equal height, between two erected Female Figures, vi%. Scotland admiring, and Ireland re joy cing, fate a Thi rd, on a Lion couchant, re- prefenting England : On her head fhe bore a Mu- ral Crown; in her right hand, A Scepter ; and her left, held the Helm of a Ship: Upon the Cornidles over that, fupported by large Pillars, were Their Majef lys Pictures ( as done in Brafs) wreath'd about, with Laurels, aud Palms, each alfo fupported, by two Angels: And fomewhat over that, in the middle between both, His Ma- jeflys Arms, with their wonted Quarterings, Gar- ter, and Supporters, {landing on Feftons of Ro- fes, and Thiftles; And on a proportionabel A r- chitrave to the whole, four large Urnes, or Pots of Incenfe. The~ Walls on either fide, were hung with
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