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TYPES OF AMERICAN FOUNDERS. 101 POSTEA faginas formas plumbeis mutauit, has Hadrian -.. ., v ,. T . Junius,Bata- deinceps stanneas lecit, quo soliciior mmusque via, P . 255. flexilis esset materia, durabiliorque : e quorum typorum reliquijs qua3 superfuerant conflata O3n- ophora vetustiora adhuc hodie visuntur in Lau- rentianis illis, quas dixi, a3dibus in forum pros- pectantibus, habitatis postea a suo pronepote Gerarclo Thoma, quern honoris caussa nomino, ciue claro, ante paucos hos annos vita defuncto sene. Fauentibus, vt fit, inuento nouo studijs hominum, quum noua merx, nunquam antea visa, eniptores yndique exciret cum huberrimo quaestu, creuit simul artis amor, creuit minis- terium, additi familix operarum ministri, prima mali labes, quos inter loannes quidam sine is (vt fert suspicio) Faustus fuerit ominoso cognomine, hero suo infidus & infaustus, sine alius eo no- mine, non magnopere laboro, quod silentum vmbras inquietare nolim, contagione coscientia? quondam dum viuerent tactas. Is ad operas excusorias sacramento dictus, postquam artem iungendorum characterum, fusilium typorum peritiam, quseque alia earn ad rem spectant, per- calluisse sibi visus est, captato opportune tern- pore, quo non potuit magis idoneum inueniri, ipsa nocte qua3 CHBISTI natality s solennis est, qua cuncti promiscue lustralibus sacris operari Modern Round Face. From the foundry of George Bruce's Son & Co, English No. 13.