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Rh John Vanbrugh has writ everal Comedies which are more humourous than thoe of Mr. Wycherley but not o ingenious. Sir John was a Man of Pleaure, and likewie a Poet and an Architect. The general Opinion is, that he is as prightly in his Writings as he is heavy in his Buildings. 'Tis he who rais'd the famous Catle of Blenheim, a ponderous and lating Monument of our unfortunate Battle of Hocktet. Were the Apartments but as pacious as the Walls are thick, this Catle wou'd be commodious enough. Some Wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has thee Lines: '' Earth lye light on him, far he Laid many a heavy Load on thee.  John having taken a Tour into France'' before the glorious War that broke out in 1701, was thrown into the Batile, and detain'd there for ome Time, without being ever able to dicover the Motive which had prompted our