of the strongest Youth, till they had mov’d it from its _Basis_, and laid it prostrate with the Earth. They afterwards laid it upon strong Carriages, the Wheels of which were bound with thick Iron, and brought it safe to the third Hill, and set it up as an Ornament to the _Mosque_ of _Solyman_ the Emperor. But to return to the _Obelisk_; on the West-side of the Pedestal was the following Inscription in _Greek_: _To raise this Four-square Pillar to its Height, And fix it steddy on its solid Base, Great_ Theodosius _try’d, but try’d d in vain. In two and thirty Days, by_ Proclus’ _Skill, The toilsome Work, with great Applause, was finish’d_. And on the other Side was this Inscription in _Latin_, which was somewhat defac’d, but I could read it, and is as follows: _Difficilis quondam dominis parere serenis Jussus, & extinctis palmam portare Tyrannis. Omnia_ Theodosio _cedunt, sobolique perenni: Ter denis sic victus, duobusque diebus, Judice sub_ Proclo, _sublime elatus ad auras_. On the South Side of it there are two Ranges of Statues, the lowermost of which has engrav’d upon it four Chariots, two of which are drawn by a Pair, and the other by four Horses, with a Driver to each of them. In the upper Range are two _Equestrian_ Statues, three Footmen, three _Togati_, two _Obelisks_, and four square Pillars. On the North Side of the _Basis_ are engrav’d four Ranges of Figures, which contain thirty five Statues in Gowns. On the West Side there are two Ranges, the lowest of which has nine Statues in a suppliant Posture, making Presents to the Emperor, who stands in the upper Range, with sixteen Statues about him. The South Side has two Ranges; upon the lowest are cut ten Statues in Gowns, in a petitioning manner; the upper contains twenty Statues, all in Gowns, except four in a fighting Posture, arm’d with Bucklers. The East Side, on the lowest part of it, has three Ranges; the lowest Range contains sixteen Statues of Men and Women, dancing and playing upon Instruments of Musick; above which are two Ranges more, in which appear little more than the Heads, which I look upon to be the Spectators. The highest Range has twenty Statues, six of which are divided from the rest by Pillars. The middle Figure holds a Crown in his Hand. Upon the _Basis_ are four square Pieces of Brass carv’d, which being plac’d in a quadrilateral Figure, the whole _Obelisk_ bears upon them. ’Tis engrav’d from Top to Bottom with _Ægyptian_ Characters. CHAP. XII. _Of the_ Colossus.