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                                                                      		side of the arch which is drawn, it at first escaped my
                                                                      eye, but on the other side the greatest change is all at
                                                                      once:  the roses in the lower of the two white voussoirs
                                                                      becoming smaller by at least ½ inch on each side than
                                                                      those of the red voussoir below;  the three at the top
                                                                      are given larger in fig 4, showing the reason of the
                                                                      diminuative in thesquares becoming rhombars.
                                                                      Fig 2 gives the section and elevation of either the jamb
                                                                      or archivlt:  and fig 3 their base, remarkable for its
                                                                      b[v]old dogt, close to ground, the recesses of the chanfer
                                                                      at the great cable C run down through this base, (the base
                                                                      going round the cable) till they reach the lower end
                                                                      roll of the base - over which at the angle is laid a richly
                                                                      leavedshield - now much defaced - but evidently of a luxu-
                                                                      riant time:  The roses, divided by an angular incision,
                                                                      are like those of the water door:  The leaf rich plinth ab
                                                                      above the square door looks like an interpolation:  I must
                                                                      consider it carefully.  There has doubtless been a finial
                                                                      above:  but it is gone;  The tympanum is glazed.

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