Sir John Vanbrugh has writ ſeveral Comedies which are more humourous than thoſe of Mr. Wycherley but not ſo ingenious. Sir John was a Man of Pleaſure, and likewiſe a Poet and an Architect. The general Opinion is, that he is as ſprightly in his Writings as he is heavy in his Buildings. 'Tis he who rais'd the famous Caſtle of Blenheim, a ponderous and laſting Monument of our unfortunate Battle of Hockſtet. Were the Apartments but as ſpacious as the Walls are thick, this Caſtle wou'd be commodious enough. Some Wag, in an Epitaph he made on Sir John Vanbrugh, has theſe Lines:
Earth lye light on him, far he
Laid many a heavy Load on thee.
Sir John having taken a Tour into France before the glorious War that broke out in 1701, was thrown into the Baſtile, and detain'd there for ſome Time, without being ever able to diſcover the Motive which had prompted
