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Show [?] James the Firft, who employed the great higo Jones &> building him a Palace at White-hall, which if it had been finifhcd, would, in every Perfection of M A S O N R v, have-exceeded all the Palaces of the known Earth. This was afterwards carried on by King Charles the Firft, another Mafon King 5 but the unhappy Civil Wares ca-ufed this gloriousDefign to drop 5 yet the ftately Bannuetting Houfe, now a Chappel, remains a Monument of its defigrfd Grandeur. In the Reign of the next Mafon King,. Charles the $e+ cond, ieveral noble Fabricks in the antient Roman Tafte began to appear : This King founded and finifhcd his- Royal Palace of Holy Rcod-Houfe, which has been e-fteemed the flneft Houfe belonging to the Crown. He founded the Royal Hofpital at Chdfe.a,& Palace at Green* Kvich, as alfo St. "Paul's Church, after the Stile of Sv Peter's at Rome, conducted by that excellent Architect* Sir Chriftopher Wren. In the Reign of King William, who is with good Rea-fon believed to have been a Free Afafon, the HofpitaU of Greenwich and Chelfea were carried on $ the fine Buildings at Hampton-Court erected 5 the beautiful Pa* lace of Loo in Holland built 5 and in fine, this Prince by his Example gave fuch a Turn of Tafte to the Englifh Nation, that ever fince his Time the Nobility and Gentry of England join, as it were, Hand in Hand, with generous Ambition, in Purfuit of the Beauty and Elegance of the antient Architecture. His immediate SuccefTor, the glorious Queen Ann* proved a great Encourager of the Royal Art 5 in the 9th Year of whofe Reign there was an Act of Parliament pa'fted for the Building of 50 new Churches in London '^JVeJhninfter, all in the Auguftan Stile. Thefe were carried on by King George the I. who by Proxy laid the firft Stone of the Church of St. Martins in |