WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

3 * which, a little winged Geniu s ftretcht ou t its felf, and looking back in the Coach-ma n s face,feem' d to poin t with his arm, which way he was to drive . On the moulder s o f the righ t han d Triton behind , lean d a larg efigure, reprefentin g Britannia, crown' d with Oak-leaves , and Turrets , and a loofe Garment , flying abou t her . On the others , lean' d a majeftic k figure, of the fame bignef s reprefentin g Neptune, with a fpiked Crown, on his head , hi s hair , and bear d ruffled, and a like flying Garmen t abou t him : Britannia and He, exten d each an Arm, andf o bor e up Th e Imperia lCrown of England. Unde r the Tritons , on the right , an d left, lay a Marine-Lion, and Unicorn, in propor - tion to the othe r figures thei r fore-feet , finny, and reftin g on larg e Foliages , thei r Tails twifte d in the intermediat e fpaces , wher e alfo, wer e two Genii •, the one , curbin g the Lion, the other , the Unicorn, with a kind o f flying Bridles, of gilded metal , like Ribbon j and he tha t was nex t Neptune, held