The Royal Exchange he thought might
front the Thames about the Steelyard, in
an area surrounded on three sides with pi-
azzas, with vaults for warehouses under-
neath; and for such merchandize as could
not be well preserved under ground, might
be erected buildings fronting the Thames
on the other side of the river, with
wharfs before and yards behind for the
placing of cranes; the laying of timber,
coals, &c. and other gross commodities,
while the key over against it should be
built for the owners, and the dwellings of
the principal merchants: but if the ware-
houses must needs be on this side, they
should be made to front Thames street ra-
ther than the river, because of the dull
and heavy aspect of those buildings.

The little bay at Queenhithe should
have the key continued around it, and

Four great streets were to extend along
the city: the first from Fleet ditch,
(which was to be formed into a noble ca-
nal) to the Tower: the second, from the
Strand to the most eastern part of the
city, where should be a noble triumphal
arch in honour of Charles II. the third,
from Newgate to Aldgate: and the fourth
and shortest, from Aldersgate to Bishops-
gate.  He proposed that five principal
cross streets should extend from Black
Friars stairs into West Smithfield; from
the Thames east of St. Paul's to Alders-
gate; from Queenhithe to Cripplegate;
and from the Royal Exchange to Moor-
gate: that the street from the bridge
should extend to Bishopsgate: that one
from Billingsgate should extend near as
far: and one from the Custom house to
Aldgate.

Instead of houses on the bridge, he
proposed to have it adorned with a sub-
stantial iron baluster, decorated, at conve-
nient distances, with statues on their pe-
destals, with a footway on each side.

The hospitals, workhouses to employ
the poor, and the prisons, being built