palace, except you have two several[1] sides; a side for the banquet,[2] as is spoken of in the book of Hester,[3] and a side for the household; the one for feasts and triumphs, and the other for dwelling. I understand both these sides to be not only returns,[4] but parts of the front; and to be uniform without, though severally partitioned within; and to be on both sides of a great and stately tower in the midst of the front, that, as it were, joineth them together on either hand. I would have on the side of the banquet, in front, one only goodly room above stairs, of some forty foot[5] high; and under it a room for a dressing or preparing place at times of triumphs. On the other side, which is the household side, I wish it divided at the first into a hall and a chapel, (with a partition between;) both of good state and bigness; and those not to go all the length, but to have at the further end a winter and a summer parlour, both fair. And under these rooms, a fair and large cellar sunk under ground; and likewise some privy kitchens, with butteries and pantries, and the like. As for the tower, I would have it two stories, of eighteen foot high a piece, above the two
- ↑ Several. Separate; individual; not common to two or more. "And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass." Revelation xxi. 21.
- ↑ Banquet. Banquet or dining hall.
- ↑ Esther i, the feast of King Ahasuerus in Shushan the palace.
- ↑ Return. In architecture, the continuation of a molding, projection, etc., in an opposite or different direction; also, a side or part that falls away from the front of any straight work. As a feature of a molding, it is usual at the termination of the dripstone or hood of a window or door.
- ↑ Forty foot high. Foot as a term of measure is often in the singular when preceded by numerals.
