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the Empire of CHINA.7 
As fhe Was going to the Placeof Execution, fle hapned to pafs by a Panic-
granate-Tree then in Bloform, which holding fall in her Hand, fh Pray'd 
(as is faid) afterthis manner:  I bavepoyfon'dmy$tep-Mother, may the Floirers
of this Drancb now in my Hand "itber ; but if I be innocent, let the
Brancb iie, and 
bring fortb, Fruit immediately . Which words were hardly  afs'd her Lips,
before 
that Branch which [fie held in her Hand hung full of Pomegranates. In re-
membrance of which fo famous Miracle the Inhabitants built this Tower,and
cail'd it Xeknbvd, which figinifies 4 I#pmegranate-Tree. 
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In th e'rovincc or [.ldangl in It -tncr%..  ty iiy £aTangclu, arc our
or tnrehe 
Towers,each of them nine Stories high; and-in the great City Niencbeu is
ano- 
ther of the like heighth.,..... 
Near to the City fenchelies a I-HilU call'd ?aocai, upon whofe top hands
a 
Tower nine Stories high, which feves for a Land-Mark to the Ships and Ma-
uiners Sailing at Sea. 
Laftly, in the Province of Cbekiang, near to the City of Hangcbea, lies a
Mountain4all'd Funboangupon the top whereof flands a like Tower of nine 
Stories high, 
Triumphal drches, 
NA Oil of the Cities in China, both fmall and great$ are adorn'd and "aut'
fi'd with Triumphal Arches, 'fately Towers and Pyramids, made of 
Stone or Marble, with great Art, Coft, and Ingenuity, and adorn'd with Ima-
ges, being generally ere&ed in honor of fome famotis Ad, Thing, or Perfn.
Thofe who have done their Country any fignal Service, have fome of thefe
fet up to eternize their Memory, almoft afterthe fame manner as was formerly
pra&is'd by the ancient komans. So alfo if any have been more excellent
in 
Learning, or iftany Magiftrate hath fignaliz'd himfelf by his good behavior
in his Employment, in honor of fuch, Arches, Towers, Pillars, or Pyramids
are built, and commonly plac'd as Ornaments in the chiefeft Streets, and
moft 
populous places. Their fafhion is this ; they have three Roofs, the biggef
in 
the middle, and on each fide a fmall one, underneath which Men pafs as it
were through a Very broad Gate; the fides are adorn'd with Lions and other
Images, curioufly cut out of Marble, and fix'd thereto, or otherwife very
arti. 
ficially bor'd through, and fometimes adorn'd with fmall Images cut otit
of 
Stone; fb that it is indeed a thing defervedly to be admir'd, which way they.
can bore through fuch great Stonesi and cut Images out of them, as they lie
fix'd in the Building. The whole Arch for the moft part confifts of three
Stories, and is on the Frout and Back alike for fafhion ; fo that when you
hl-L, ,-.  ^,, vt;,hiA .~ ij,. i n ,T,-,- Cpn hnrh tfde. Unon the ton OC
all 
lies a. blue Stone, upon which the E 
the fame was ere&ed, is curioufly Er 
die alfo lies a very large'flat Stone, u 
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