WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

reach'd th i therward ; The Boards were not on ly bract, and kept together , wi th feveral grea t Beams, but had above 800 weight of Iron about them, fo that being l i f ted up wi th grea t labour and pains, to the firft ftory, they had the breadth of the Palace-Gate between t hem; and beneath, j u lt over the Gate, ftood the Arms of his Ex c e l- lence i na Ro und, about two yards diameter, and encompafsd' wi th grea t Branches of carv 'd Palms, painted proper. The Arms of His Holinefs were as followeth. Th ey were painted by a di l igent hand, not in black and white, but in their proper C o- lours, thofe places only excepted, which were covered,and madowed wi th G o ld ; not tranfgref- fing however, the order of the de f i gn; and plac't ion an elevated piece of Archi tecture, on each fide whereof , ftood an Angel fuppor t ing the g i l ded compartment, wi th interwoven Palms, and Lawrels, the top of which was c r ownd, wi th A Tr i p le Crown, the Pont i f lcial Keys, and Gordons. Un d er