1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Revelation of John 21:16 And the city is situate four-square, and the length thereof is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the golden reed for twelve thousand furlongs: and the length, and the height, and the breadth of it are equal.

The city is situate four-square;{ Ver. 16. In quadro, tetragonos, quadrangularis.|} and by what follows, so as to be a perfect square, though every thing that is quadrangular is not always a square, or perfect square. (Witham)