WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

his g i v ing Audi ence to any ftranger, no, not to the Duke of Modena himfelf, who arr iving at Rome, in November, c ou ld not receive his Benedict ion, t i ll the beginning of the fol lowing January ; d u- r i ng whi ch time,his Excel lence had the grea t H o - nour and fatisfactaon, of often feeing a Prince, fo every way accompl i ih' t, and one too, that was inf ini tely k i nd, and ob l i g ing to h im. His Hol inefs being now recover d, and the eighth of January appointed for this grea t Solemni ty, it wi l not be perchance ungrateful to the Reader ( f ince the Preparations and Pomp o f it, confuted i n the Pope's, and King's Arms, in the Coaches, Liveries and Attendance ) if before I further proceed, I defcribe firft in words the Particulars, and then mew the Draught, and Pictures of them. The Wood-work on which the refpe&ive Arms were painted,and placed,were 24 foot hi gh, and 16 broad 5 the edge s of it being carv'd,or cut out, according to the Parts of the Figures that reach'd