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D E D I C A T O R Y.
s
tion at the Encroachments and Deformities of the publkk
Edifices and Ways, caused a like Reformation aljo\ Jo as we
may now affirm oj'London, as the Poet once os Rome,
Nunc Roma eft, nuper magna taber- ^bstuieratMamtemerariusinjiu
c . / £ o tor urbem,
naiUlt. lwm sUQ nullum limine Umett
erat.
JuJJiJlitenuesGzxmmicz^crefcere
That it now begins to have the Face os a qiue fmrat [mita^
City indeed. And truly it is an Improve- . .. A
J r ^ 7 • 7 • Nulla catenatis pila est pracmtla
ment o extraordinary, which it has re-
ceived jince his Majelty s gracious lniiu- iut0.
ence upon it, that Jhould I have been filent ^SZr^ mc c*c~
in his Praises, / might jujily apprehend 0cc^ aut totas ni&m
mox lapides clamaturos, that the very CauP°> Co$uus> Lamm
o 7j 77 7 jua limina fervant.
OtOlieS WOUld Cry OUt and beCOme VOCal. NuncRoma^M^ magna ta-
But neither here mufi I forget what is ^{fT\ m vii. E^tf0;
alone due to you, Sir, for the Refor- v' i ^ r>r
,_Y ' j TV r ... ■ The Particulars os that Refor-
mation of a Thoufand Deformities in the matim in Rome» fi m^ re/em-
0 J 7 7 . 7 bling what his M.a]e{iy has com-
btreetS; aS by yOUr introducing that in- manded for the Cleansing and En-
comparable Form os Paving to an in- ^^*oSS
credible Advantage of sfePublick; when s,"1 ps&h EP'sram meriti
O J 7 the application.
that which is begun i^Holbourn Jhall be-
come universal, for the faving of Wheels and Carriages, the
Cure os noisome Gutters, the Deftrudtion of Encounters, the
Difpatch os Businefs, the Cleannefs of the Way, the Beauty of
the Object, the Eafe of the Infirm, and the preferring of
both the Mother and the Babe; fo many of the Fair Sex and
their OssF-fpring having periihed by Mifchances (as I am cre-
dibly insormed) from the Ruggednefs of the unequal Streets, ,
Note, that these Directions were Printed two Years besore
the Conflagration.
But I know not, Sir, how these Instances may be relished and
valued among ft the Vulgar, nor am I much follicitous; fure I
am, that more has been done sor the Ornament and Benesit
of the Publick in two Years Time, that your Sels, with the
Commissi-
D E D I C A T O R Y.
s
tion at the Encroachments and Deformities of the publkk
Edifices and Ways, caused a like Reformation aljo\ Jo as we
may now affirm oj'London, as the Poet once os Rome,
Nunc Roma eft, nuper magna taber- ^bstuieratMamtemerariusinjiu
c . / £ o tor urbem,
naiUlt. lwm sUQ nullum limine Umett
erat.
JuJJiJlitenuesGzxmmicz^crefcere
That it now begins to have the Face os a qiue fmrat [mita^
City indeed. And truly it is an Improve- . .. A
J r ^ 7 • 7 • Nulla catenatis pila est pracmtla
ment o extraordinary, which it has re-
ceived jince his Majelty s gracious lniiu- iut0.
ence upon it, that Jhould I have been filent ^SZr^ mc c*c~
in his Praises, / might jujily apprehend 0cc^ aut totas ni&m
mox lapides clamaturos, that the very CauP°> Co$uus> Lamm
o 7j 77 7 jua limina fervant.
OtOlieS WOUld Cry OUt and beCOme VOCal. NuncRoma^M^ magna ta-
But neither here mufi I forget what is ^{fT\ m vii. E^tf0;
alone due to you, Sir, for the Refor- v' i ^ r>r
,_Y ' j TV r ... ■ The Particulars os that Refor-
mation of a Thoufand Deformities in the matim in Rome» fi m^ re/em-
0 J 7 7 . 7 bling what his M.a]e{iy has com-
btreetS; aS by yOUr introducing that in- manded for the Cleansing and En-
comparable Form os Paving to an in- ^^*oSS
credible Advantage of sfePublick; when s,"1 ps&h EP'sram meriti
O J 7 the application.
that which is begun i^Holbourn Jhall be-
come universal, for the faving of Wheels and Carriages, the
Cure os noisome Gutters, the Deftrudtion of Encounters, the
Difpatch os Businefs, the Cleannefs of the Way, the Beauty of
the Object, the Eafe of the Infirm, and the preferring of
both the Mother and the Babe; fo many of the Fair Sex and
their OssF-fpring having periihed by Mifchances (as I am cre-
dibly insormed) from the Ruggednefs of the unequal Streets, ,
Note, that these Directions were Printed two Years besore
the Conflagration.
But I know not, Sir, how these Instances may be relished and
valued among ft the Vulgar, nor am I much follicitous; fure I
am, that more has been done sor the Ornament and Benesit
of the Publick in two Years Time, that your Sels, with the
Commissi-