a Wreath of Laurel-Work, which covers the Cement of the _Fissures_. And if it had not been injured by Time, it would look like one entire Stone of Marble, and has therefore been thought so by some _Historians_, who have handed it down to Posterity, that it consisted only of one Piece of Marble, and ridicule the Ignorance and Injudiciousness of those, who, they tell you, have been imposed upon by the Wreaths of Brass, which were only added for the sake of Ornament. There’s nothing of these brazen Wreaths or _Tores_ to be seen at present, the Pillar, to prevent its falling to pieces, being bound round with Iron Hoops. At the Top of the Pillar is carv’d the Name of the Emperor, who after the Statue was thrown down, lay’d the uppermost Stone of it. This Pillar bore some Resemblance to those mention’d by _Athenæus_, who writes, that there were some tall round Pillars erected in _Ægypt_, made after the same Manner. They were cover’d at the _Fissures_ with circular Wreaths, alternately white and black, one below another. Their _Capitals_ were also round, about which was a fine Sculpture of Roses just opening. There were no _Flutings_ in these Pillars, nor any coarse _Foliage_ (according to the _Grecian_ Model) which enfolded it; but it was adorn’d with _Dates_, and the Fruit of young _Lote Trees_, and a Sculpture of all kind of Flowers. Below these, is an Expression of _Ægyptian_ Beans, intermix’d with Flowers, and a _Foliage_ which projects beyond the _Fissure_ of the _Capital_. Thus it is that the _Ægyptians_ make and adorn their Pillars; and in building their Walls, it is their constant Practice to lay alternately a Row of white over a Row of black Bricks. I have seen the same Method in building their Walls among the _Persians_ and _Syrians_; the finest of which they built with Bricks, or Stones naturally variegated, the meaner sort they colour’d several ways with Paintings, and other Inventions of Art. The Wreaths or _Tores_ beforemention’d, which were fix’d to the Pillar of _Constantine_, were carv’d, as some Writers tell us, to presignify the many Years _Constantine_ should live, and the many Victories he should obtain over his Enemies. I believe the Design of the Sculptor was only to express, that the Laurel was sacred to _Apollo_, and that this ancient Pillar supported the Image of him made in a stupendous Size. However that may be, it is certain that _Constantine_ order’d it to be call’d his own Statue, whether on the account of his many Victories, or whether he was better pleased with the _Heathen_ Notion of that God than any other, so that when he demolish’d other _Heathen_ Idols, he commanded the Statue of a _Delphick Apollo_, and his _Tripos_ to be set up in the _Hippodrom_, as is observ’d by a _German_ Orator, who address’d himself in a _Panegyrick_ to _Constantine_, after the following Manner: _When your Imperial Majesty turn’d down to the Temple of_ Apollo, _the most stately, the most beautiful Building in the