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Show E 33 3 f| o7#fy, The famous Monument, erected by the City of London, where the great Fire begun, all of folid Stone, ,:02 Foot high from the Ground, a Pillar of the Dorick Order, 15 Foot Diameter, with a curious Stair-cafe in he Middle of black Marble, and an Iron Balcony on the Top (not unlike thofe of Trajan and Antonius at Rome, torn whence the City and Suburbs may be viewed 3 and t is the highest Column we know upon Earth. Its Pede-tal is 21 Foot fquare, and 40 Foot high,^ the Front of vhich is adorn'd with ingenious Emblems in Baffo Re-wlevo, wrought by that famous Sculptor, Mr. Gabriel Zibber, with large Latin Infcriptions on the Sides of it 5 bunded Anno 1671, and fiuilhed Anno 1677. *}thty; The Royal Exchange of London, rebuilt by the Company of Merchant Adventurers (the old one being Heitroyjdby the Fire) ail of Stonev after the R.oman !Miie/the finest Structure of that Ufe in Europe,m with. :he King's Statue to the Life-ef white Marble, in the Middle of the Square (wrought by the famous Mafter- •parver and Statuary, Mr. Grinlin Gibbons,_ w h o was lastly admir'd all over Europe, for his rivalling, if nee urpaffmg, all the Italian Mailers) on the Pedestal of which is the following Infcription, viz. : CAROLO II. CESARI BRITANNICO, PATRIAE PATRI, REGUM OPTIMO, CLEMENTISSIMO, AUGUSTISSIMO,, GENERIS HUMANI. DEEICIIS, UTRIUSQUE FORTUNE VICTOR*,, PACIS E U R O P E ARBITROj MARIUM DOMINO AC VINIUCTI $ SOCIETAS MERCATORUM ADVENTUR. ANGIIE, Q U E PER CCCC. JAM PROPE ANNOS REGIA BENIGNITATE FLORET, |
