3 r 4 t g. An Expofition upon the Backe of j O 13. Vert. zq. which he wifhed his words might begraven in a ,!ockfor ever. Thequeflion is whether he meanes apen of lead., as well as an iron pen : And if fo, it maybe doubted, why having called foran i- ron pen, he fhould call for a leaden pen ? What can a pen of lead doe upon a Rock, lead being loiter then a Rock,, how can it make impreffion, or draw a letter upon it ? There are three things which may be offered for the remo- ving of this fcruple, and the further clearing of this Scrip- ture. Firft thus ; Some render it in lead, as makeing thepen to be Cut one, and that of iron ; but that the writing fhould beupon . a twofold matter ; firft, upon lead ; and fecondly upon the Publica infiru- Rock ; as if he had laid, Iwould not havea skin ofparchment,or a :yenta plurrbeit lheete of paper, but afbeete oflead to write upon ; with which the fervarnibru re 'ancient cuftome ofwritingmatters of reateft moment, whether fervata. Plit.. g L 13. c. ar. decreed or done, in lead, agreeth well. Secondly, Becaufe lead feemes to be fpoken ofhere as the inftrument ofwriting, not as the matter upon which they did write.. I conceive it may be an allufion to another cuftome among ancient Engravers, who when they had cut the letters gorse t:e,rp ìrP in {tone, or (as hefaith) in a Rock ( that is, inMarble cut out cidebznt, j cd ofthe Rock ):when (I fay) they had formed the letters with loffea?l,smbo graving'inftruments, or iron pens, then they coloured them corn,tt3b. with lead, or filled the cuts ofthe letters with lead. Thus they Dou1 might be laid to grave with an iron pen and lead, becaufe x'lumboper fui when the iron pen had fhaped the Characters, they powred CO5 infujo Jug: lead into the furrowes or cuts of the lettere,, to render them.. For tepl.mbum more cleare and legible. Temper"" a- Thirdly, who interpret the lead, by a pen ofleacl, it-wa indurabat 3'+ They P + Y P naeo ut ptilo e fay that there was an art of tempering lead with other met- ¡m in juice out tails, which hardned it, and fo made it fit for a graving in- lend zuçidi Pot- ftrument. But it is not much materiali, which of there we deter- lrt. t'ied' mine. This is plaine, that in this wifh he aliudeth to forceextra- Omar ut ordinary' way of writing in thole times upon Monuments or immortale; fiat, publicke Pillars, that the contents ormatter fo engraven might q7 in ronbum be tranfmitted to pofleriti4, and be made immortali, even to in- ¢vum durea;t, dure fflr ever. hoc enim eft,f From there two Vertes which only expreffe the flrength lo ferret) iufcnl' of his delre that, what be had to fay, ht be fafel refer- pi, de.trai , 10 g YP i Jumbo. ved
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