OCR Text |
Show | The City is likewife defended and furrounded on the land fide with afiron Wallyand five firong Caftles, whereof fome are within the Walls, and other without upon the tops of fteep Hills, {fo that this City is fufficiently both b Sea and Land defended againft all the Invafions of any Enemy whatfoever, an in the opinion of fome feems invincible. 'What concerns the Idol Temples Courts,and Palaces of great Lords, and other rare Edifices, whichare to be fee here, there is no City in all 4fiz that fhews the like Here alfo are likewife feveral Triumphal Arches, which have been erefte to the honour of {fuch as have done their Country fervice, which are no {mal Ornament to the place : For from the Water-Gate, to go directly on to the King Palace, Itold in that lineonly, no lefs then thirteen Stately Triumphal Arche made of hewn Stone, which are fo fet out with Figures and Infcriptions i Carved Work thatall who behold, admire them as wonders And this being one of the greateft and moft confiderable Ornaments wherewit Workth o demonf ratio bette th fo hav Cities thei ador Chinefe th manfhip may tak generall Thef may ver fet before you the following Printed draught of one of them, that yo ar whic reft th al o judg ma f an part ever o a full vie built after oneand the fame fathion Arches are commonly built with three Stories, fo Artificially, that w well fay, that neither Wit nor Ingenuity were wanting in their Contri vance. Round about the Pillars, and in other places, are writ {everal Chinefe Cha raQers, and alfo cut {everal Flowers, Beafts, Birds, and other curious Qrnaments asI fuppofe Emblematical |