WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

* Th e fpoke s o f the Wheels , were carv' d into large fpreadin g Foliages , each fpoke , being cut out of the mai n timber , fix Inche s thick , and nine broad ; and the rings, or out-circle s of the Wheels , as alfo the Nails, were carv' d with Oak - leaves , and Scollop-fhells . Inftea d of the Fore , and Hind-ftandards , the body of the Coach, was fupported , by fou r Tritons , as bi g as the life, exactl y carv'd , and gilded ; havin g on thei r heads , wreath s of Sea - weeds , and fo loade n wit h Feftons , o f Roles , Thirties , Lillies, and Acorns of Go l d ; tha t they feem' d to bend unde r the Coach , as confeflin g the immenf e weight . Unde r the fore-par t o f this Machin, iflu'd two large Dolphins , thei r Tails inter-wove n upon the Pearch , and all the fpaces ador n d, with heap s of Conche-marine , Scollop-fhells , and othe r things , prope r to the Sea. The Foot-board , reprefente d a tripl e Scollop-lhell, carv' d one within anothe r * unde r which,