merits of_ Vitruvius, _and the
Excellencies of his Works_. Page 1.

Art. 2. _Of the method of the Works of_ Vitruvius, _with
short Arguments of every Book_. 9.

_A division of his whole Works into three parts, whereof 1.
treats of Building, 2. Gnomonical, 3. Mechanical. A second
division into three parts, 1. of Solidity, 2. of
Convenience, and 3. of Beauty. The Arguments of the Ten
Books._ 11, 12, &c.

THE FIRST PART.

Of the Architecture that is common to us
with the Ancients.

_Chap. I._ Of Architecture in general.

Art. 1. _Of the Original of Architecture_, 17.

_The first occasion of Architecture; the Models of the
first_ _Architects_, 19. _The Inventers of the four Orders
of Architecture_, 20.

Art. 2. _What Architecture is_, 23.

_Definition of it; an Architect ought to have the knowledge
of eleven things_, viz. _Writing_, _Designing_, _Geometry_,
_Arithmetick_, _History_, 24. _Philosophy, moral and
natural_, 25. _Physick_, _Law_, _Astronomy_, and _Musick_.
26.

Art. 3. _What the parts of Architecture are_, 27.

_There are eight parts in Architecture_, viz. 1. _Solidity_,
27. 2. _Convenience_, 3. _Beauty_, 4. _Order_, 5.
_Disposition_, 28. 6. _Proportion_, 7. _Decorum_, 8.
_Oeconomy_, 32.

_Chap._ II. Of the Solidity of Buildings.

Art. 1. _Of the choice of Materials_, 33.

Vitruvius _speaks of five sorts of Materials_, 1. _Stone_,
33. 2. _Bricks_, 34. 3. _Wood, whereof divers sorts are
used, as Oak, Fir, Poplar, Alder_, 35. _Pine, Cypress,
Juniper, Cedar, Larch_, 36. _and Olive_; 4. _Lime_; 5. _Sand
and Gravel_, 37. _of which several sorts, Pit, River, and
Pozzalane_, 38.

Art. 2. _Of the use of Materials_, 39.

_Of the Preparation of Stone_, 39. _Of Wood_, 40. _Of
Bricks_, 41. _Lime and Sand_, 43.

Art. 3. _Of the Foundation_, 45.

_In Foundations, to take care that the Earth be solid_, 45.
_Of the Masonry_, 46.

Art. 4. _Of the Walls_, 47.

_Six sorts of Masonry_, 48, 49. _Precautions to be used in
binding the Walls, to strengthen them with Wood_, 50. _That
they be exact perpendicular_, 51. _to ease them of their own
weight, by Timber or Arches over doors and windows, and by
Butresses in the earth_, 53.

Art.