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The Porch 1. is before the door of yt house.
The door hath a threshold 3. and a Lintel 2. and Posts 4. on both sides
The Hindges 5. are on the right hand upon which yt doors 6. hang, the Latch 7. and the Bolt 8. are on the left-hand.
Before the house is a fore-court 9.
with a Pavement of square-stones, 10. born up with pillars, 11 in which is the Chapiter 12. and the Base. 13.
They go up into the upper-stories by Greeses, 14. and winding-stairs 15.
The Windows, 16. appear on the outside, and the Grates 17. the Galleries, 18. the water-Tables, 19. and Butteresses 20. to bear up the Walls.
On the Top is the Roof, 21. covered with Tyles, 22. or Shingles, 23. which lye upon Laths, 24. and these upon Rafters. 25.
The Eaves, 26. adhere to the Roof.
The place without a Roof is called an open Gallery. 27.
In the Roof are Juttings out 28. (knops) or and Pinnacles 29.