From the Reginal Future by For Godfrey Amitter. in the Royal Iniety,

ENGRAVED POR

LONDON CHAI MAN & HALL.. PICCADILLY 1252

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN

AND HIS TIMES.

WITH

ILLUSTRATIVE SKETCHES AND ANECDOTES

OF THE

Most distinguished Personages

IN

THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.

BY

JAMES ELMES,

LATE SURVEYOR OF THE PORT OF LONDON;

AUTHOR OF

MEMOIRS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN; LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE; ANECDOTES OF ART
AND ARTISTS; DICTIONARY OF THE FINE ARTS;

SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND COMMERCIAL SURVEY OF THE PORT OF LONDON, ETC.

EDITOR OF

SIR WILLIAM JONES'S DISCOURSES; ANNALS OF THE FINE ARTS; HORE VACIVE, ETC.

There are three Crowns-the Crown of the Law, the Crown of the Priesthood,
and the Crown of Royalty; but the Crown of a good Name is superior to
them all.
The Talmud.

LONDON:-CHAPMAN & HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.

MDCCCLII.