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LETTERS 
 
 Writen to a Friend, 
 
 By the Learned and Judicious 
 
 Sir Andrew Balfour y M. D 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 Excellent Directions and Advices 
 
 For Travelling thro' 
 
 FRANCE and ITALY 
 
 yVith many Curious and Judicious Re- 
 marks and Obfervations made by Him- 
 felf, in His Voyage* thro' thefc Coun- 
 treys. 
 
 Published from the Author's Original 3ft S. 
 4 
 
 E D I N BV R G H, 
 Printed in the Year, M. DGC, 
 
***** 
 
 j ' f ft 3 ^ 
 
 To the Moft Uluftrioiw, 
 Moft Potent, and Noble EARLE, 
 
 ALEXANDER 
 
 Earle of Murray, 
 Lord Dduii vfa&Abernethy^Ql 
 
 Sometime Lord High COMMISSIONER, 
 
 And Principal SECRETARY of State 
 
 For the Kingdom of Stotlmi, 
 
 My Noble Lord t 
 
 IN all Ages, decerning and 
 ferious Men,who knew beft 
 to allow and diftinguifh things 
 and Perfons, havernade it their 
 great Complamt/T hat the pre- 
 fent Generation did degcrierat 
 
 - freas 
 
C ff 1 
 from the former * And that 
 
 the Generality of Men were 
 too apt and ready to puriue 
 bad Courfes: And fbme think- 
 ing Perfons now, are tfafily in- 
 duced tobelieve,that, the£)ay$ 
 we Jive in, the World is not 
 much mended. This notwith- 
 ltanding, no Time hath been 
 known (how diflblut fbevcr) 
 wherein fbme worthy & ver*. 
 tnous Men have not appear- 
 ed, who have ftudicd^o im- 
 prove Natural and Moral En- 
 duements, and to puriue Ver- 
 tuc, preferring that way to bafc 
 
 In- 
 
C ft } 
 Intereft,andfelrim Ends. And 
 
 it is well knOwn, that even at 
 this Time, when many & great 
 Duties are eaiily fuperceded, 
 there are here and there fome 
 Perfons who worthily acl up- 
 on the Principles of Honour, 
 Confcience, and Vertue,mau- 
 gre all Discouragements. A- 
 mong whom Your Lordlhip 
 (even in your Solitude) moves 
 and ads in a very high and 
 ccnfpicuous Sphere, to that 
 Meafiire of lovely Vertue and 
 Splendor, that Your Friends 
 and Wcllwifliers admire, and 
 
 vour 
 
[ tt 3 
 your Enemies ( if You have 
 any ) can find no matter of 
 Cenfure. If there were many 
 fuch in the Nation., it would* 
 be no hard mater to retrieve & 
 bring in Vogue again^ thefc ad- 
 equat Qualities and Vcrtucs_, 
 which often have rendered ma- 
 ny of our Countrymen (en- 
 dued therewith) famous and 
 illuftrious both at Home and 
 Abroad. In the mean Time 
 it is to be wim'd. that each 
 man would labour to reform 
 Himfelf and his own Ways 
 conforming them to thefe ex! 
 
 cellent 
 
C * 1 
 cellent R ules. And that cerw 
 
 tainly at length would make 
 and advance a laudable Re- 
 formation indeed. But it is 
 to be feared, that this would 
 rather prove an abortive Wifh, 
 than that it fhall have its wifht 
 for Effect: albeit (to have it 
 fo with the World) it mould 
 be a part of our daylyPrayers, 
 and come in continually to 
 Our Letany. 
 My Lord! 
 Whilft You arc Enbving 
 Your {elf, and are folaced 
 with the Comfort of a prod 
 
 #* Confcienc* 
 
C tf 7 
 Confciencc, in Your Retire- 
 
 ment.making your felf an Ex- 
 ample of Vcrtue, and a Patt- 
 ern of Honour and Goodnefs 
 to thofe who obfervcyouand 
 your Ad ions. I humbly ad- 
 drefs Tour. Lord/hip, notde- 
 firing to interrupt Your Re*. 
 pofe, but to afford You a litlc 
 divertifemrnt for fome of your 
 vacant and R ecrcating Minuts: 
 By Offering; to Tour Lordjhips 
 Peruial ihefe following Sheets, 
 and Begging 7 our Patronage 
 thereto : Arid I judge I have 
 littleReafon to defpair of your 
 
 Fa- 
 
r ft j 
 
 Favour and Acceptance, fince 
 Tour Lordfhip was Pleafed to 
 fhcw a more than Ordinary 
 Affe&ion and Kiridnefs to the 
 Author my Father. And there- 
 fore I hope this little Tracl: wil 
 give Tour Lord/hip fome Con- 
 tent ; and for others I am bold 
 to fry, I hope well: for many 
 Perfons of great Honour and 
 Judgement, have ( fince my 
 Father the Aut hours Death ) 
 been follicitous to get written 
 Copies from the Original, which 
 was indeed perfected bv My 
 Father in his Own Time., 
 
c ft J' 
 
 without any Defign to make 
 it publick. But my Fathers 
 M. S. with all his Books be- 
 ing committed to a certain 
 Perfon^ he,without my Privity., 
 gave out Copies to Knowing & 
 Inquifitive Perfons, as of late 
 I came to underftand^and now 
 thefe Copies abounding abroid, 
 and moft (if not all) being 
 defective Or incorrect ( to 
 Prevent my Fathers being 
 abufed ) I now fend a True 
 Copy abroad unto the World y 
 and let it Seethe Li^ht: And 
 go it muft under yonr Lord- 
 
 flips 
 
y^^j Patronage. ux I -am, con- 
 fident the Defign will lucceed 
 the better, and the Book will 
 be the more acceptable to 
 thefe who Love and Defire 
 the Knowledge of (uch curious 
 Maters : Nor fhal I diffide its 
 Fate, being firft wellcome to 
 Your Lordfhip, to whom I 
 fecreby addrek the fame, moll 
 humbly and heartily, and not 
 in courfe, ingyring upon a 
 Patron, as the cuftom fbme- 
 times is. 
 
 Thus 
 
£ tt 3 
 
 Tbw, begging Tour'Lord- 
 fhipr Tar don for my Preemp- 
 tion, I do intreat from your 
 hordjhip the Honour to be ac* 
 counted. 
 
 My Noble LORD, 
 
 Your LordJJJps moft humble, 
 
 Woft Faithful!, moft Devoted, 
 And Obedient Servant, 
 
 M, BALFOVllE. 
 
cuvn 
 
 TO THE 
 
 RE A DER 
 
 IT is needle fs to (how the many advan- 
 tages may be had from Travelling, 
 fince ill are convinced of it , and the 
 VVifeft of Men in all Ages have thought 
 this the be A: way to improve themfelves : 
 thus, as Horner^ the Gree^Mafrer, (howes 
 us, Vtyjffes followed this Method. 
 
 £u?Domit9r Troja? multmim proiidut .Vrks, 
 Et Mores homimtminfpexit ; lattmq-e'pcr xqoar 
 Vum ftbi dumfocijs reditum partt, afpera multd 
 Fertalit. 
 
 And fuch a ©ne Homtr drew his Son 
 TrttmAchus, whofe adventures have of 
 late been Painted by an excellent Pen, with 
 all the advantages, reqaiiit for the educa- 
 tion of a good Man and Excellent Prince. 
 
 Indeed 
 
Indeed .the V orld is aThea f e%in which we 
 mavfeenrt crivthe d'-fiWenr prrdtf ions 
 of Nature! ur al o all i he Am & My fteriei of 
 Goverrnci^ ardall the wayesot irrpro- 
 vine Nature by Art } and every Climate 
 affords. rev» Scenes for improtffljj Gzogr*- 
 pfyyNdizr*! ZFd Cr?>7l Uiftorie. Medicine, 
 Ciwmtrce, are all the Meclamick Arts. 
 
 Medicine certainly is much improved 
 thi* way, ft: ftfus ©*/tfc writes, he failed 
 tc Itmnos, ( ; f and Palefina ofSyria,on 
 purpoie ro - -rci^n PUnts^ and rare 
 O.r ViiA-ralls. 
 
 Tl fbljoWittg letters give ycuforr.eac- 
 col :■■:-. reth<$->upofe, of theft Ccur. tries ill 
 Enr.pe \i7 England, France and /**/?, 
 *rhich%r PbfifitoeE & Civility, For CY*»- 
 dew v.r c Magnificence, 5c for Arts and In- 
 ventions, and the Publitk inccuragements 
 of them, fan* excelleth ill the reft. x The 
 Amhcrof them. Sir Andrew Balfour, Do- 
 ctor of Medicine, Ipntforre fifteen Years 
 in his Travels , £* Tefdercein thefeCoun- 
 tries; He was a Man of an Exceflefit Wit, 
 and of a 1 ipe Judgement and of a indfl: 
 faking behaviour j Hchadimprovcnhim- 
 
 fcli 
 
ftlf to the bcft advantagc,with all the learn- 
 ing taught in the moft famous Vntverfi- 
 ties of rhefc Countries, had acquired their 
 Languages, and Convcrfed with thi 
 moft famous Man then alive. The par- 
 ticular Curiofity He had to learn every 
 thing that might enrich his mind with 
 knowledge, was in his youngeft Years fa- 
 voured with the Example and Inftru&ioti 
 of his cldeft Brother, 50 Years elder than 
 hirafelf, theFamous Sir J*ntesBalfoHr,Lyott 
 King at Arms, who had a Curious Eiblu* 
 etheck, had ColJe&ed in his Cabinet ma- 
 ny Curious Produds of Nature and pieces 
 of Art, and took delight to cherifli this ear- 
 lyCuriofitie of his youngeftBrother: With 
 thisDifpofition & proficiencie in the Lear- 
 ning then taught in his Native Country, 
 He begun his Travels, which, in fo long i 
 Tra& of time he employed that way, came 
 to Qualify him exceedingly for perform- 
 ing all that is recorded of him. || 
 
 When He, wrot chefcletters - 1| In the 
 
 He had fetlecl his abode at El Mewtrid . 
 
 ditiburzh, where He Pra&ifed ^*&* £>** 
 
 fklftk with great Succcfs, St ***** 
 
 C f ) defer 
 
defervedly gained thePeputationof thebeft 
 .Qualified llyftrtn in the 'place, and ac- 
 iordirgly was employed by thefe of the 
 teitfl rk, Aleut a Year or two after his 
 iettkirent here Fe tcok the Fefoluticn of 
 crcftireapiiblick Garden lor PUnts 9 and 
 2 Caliper c( Curiofities : Fehad begun 
 thelaft ir his c wn Lodging, aid wasprd- 
 jefiirg bow Ke might cftablifh the other, 
 w her Fie became acquainted w i ! h that w cr- 
 thie Gentleman Patrick Murray, Baron of 
 LiviwJUtfJ, to v hern thefe Lctter?fncw 
 jnblift'd ) w ere adcrefTed. Thi; Gentleman 
 defigncd foiruchior the gocd&Fcrourof 
 his Country, that] cannot but in this place 
 4*0 that Itfiice 10 1 is Mtnorie to give the 
 (V\ brld feme Character oi him,having been 
 veil acquainted with him, & having had 
 thehafpineis to n a! e the Acquaintance,^ 
 leginn tic lucre (hip ccmrafied betwixt 
 him, ard Jir J.vdnvp Ealftur^ v\hich pro- 
 duced thele Letters. 
 
 ThiiGentleman had a particularGf/zzein- 
 clinirg him tb fludie Natural Hiflory, and 
 all tbewaycssrd means, bew to improve 
 t\it'S£% ttcfi ufefaH to hib Ccuntrie; Ke 
 
 had 
 
had ftudied xhtMdthemathicksfic delighted 
 much in the practical part of them, & em- 
 ployed much of the Revenue of thatj>n- 
 tifulIEftate He had from his Anceffcors, in 
 purchafinglnftruments, & Curious Fooks, 
 which treated on thefe Subjefls, He having 
 Travelled over a great part of this Coun- 
 try,in fearching after the Plants that grew 
 wild up and down in it, & withall having 
 read feverall v/riters on the Plants, he 
 every Year fent for new Seeds of foreign 
 Plants : He mclofed a confidcraMe Parcel 
 of Ground, in which He trainel them up 
 with great SkilU and before He went to 
 his Travells, He had ofdomeftick and fo- 
 reign Plants, growing in his Garden at 
 Livingflone, above a Thoufand : He was a- 
 bove thirtv fix Years of Age before He 
 began his Tra veils, and hid fired him- 
 feltby reading of Voyage's, and fuch Books 
 as might beft inform him of vhit He was 
 to inquire for, in foreign Countries, ver He 
 was fo fenfible o c the great Advantages %£ 
 that Learning Sir Andrew B<rf>;r- vva I 
 fterof,thatHe not only inform^ 1 ! > -by 
 
 him of the beft Books, fitted to 1 
 
 c t ; 2 
 
Yi) 
 
 and the defigne He had to Leamc all 
 
 that might be for the improving of know- 
 ledge, & of the Arts ufefull to this Coun- 
 try, but likewile He obtained his promife 
 to intertain a Correfpondence with him 
 whilft He was in foreign Countries, by Let- 
 ters, upon all Occafions. Thefe three make 
 a Part of whac Sir Andrew wrote. He 
 had whilft He was abroad, bought up 
 moft of the writers extant upon Plants 
 and other parts of naturall Hiftory, and 
 many relating to the culture of Plants, He 
 had exaftly learned all the Plants then 
 keeptin the Kings Garden at Park (*he 
 moft compleat that is in the World, ei- 
 ther for the number ortheQuility of the 
 Plants,) or in privat Gardens there 5 and 
 had travelled thorough a great part of 
 France, when He was fnrprized with a 
 Eeaver,that he contra&cd ztAvignion^ of 
 which he dyed. 
 
 He begun his Voyage t\\z 2d. of Septcw- 
 ler 1 668, and dyed in Augn^ or September 
 1^71. In thefe places of England ani 
 Franc* He Travelled thorough, He gives 
 a ve^y particular Account, even of the Di- 
 
 men 
 
r vii ) 
 
 dfefifion o r the Publick; Buildings, the Re- 
 mvrks,the dift mc^> of the places; He gives 
 an A:ount o^the Government of France, 
 of rhe P<?w there, Sc the Orders of Knight- 
 hof hyftt gVvesan account oftheRemarkable 
 Mmufa Tories in France, & particularizes 
 fo ne ifxHz Mines and Qjirries of Marble, 
 atjd has an Account of the Civi/e tor the 
 C p tnriicanon betwixt the Mediterrane- 
 kh' an 1 the Qfo&g He (hows the C&uli- 
 tv the Weather, the Habits of the Peo- 
 pl t the Souths parts of Franc*** He de- 
 fences the Momments of Eminent Men, Sc 
 gives fo ne of their Sepulchral inferiptions, 
 an \ takes notice of the beft Gardens and of 
 the Cihinetsof the Curious whereHe Tra- 
 vel led, tfefcribiri* mmy particulars not 
 to be m:t with in the printed Voya- 
 ges, and upon this Acouit his Voyage 
 defer ves very well to be made Publick. 
 
 As to thefe Letters of Sir Andrew Balfour 
 now published, I fhill leive the judge- 
 ment of them to the Learned, who may 
 perufethem; yet this I muft fay, There are 
 many) Particularities in then relating to Na- 
 tural Hijiorj, and the way of Safe *nd con- 
 vent 
 
( v? ) 
 
 nientTraveUingjtot to be met with in tlefrin- 
 udAccounts ofthefeCountries,and I am per* 
 fwaded they art of Excellent uje for thefe 
 who lludy Natural Rilhry, and Phy/lck^ 
 where they may be informed where Plants, <^» 
 $ther Swiff !?/ of them, are to be found in their 
 Native Places^ and where they may fee the 
 Cabinets of the Curious. 
 
 Others will be hereby inftru&ed in the 
 Manners, Orders, and Cuhmet, of thefe 
 People^Thev will find likeways many Cu- 
 rious ReSe!tions, which arc Pleafant to 
 read, and may give rife to higher Confide- 
 rations. They 4 will fee what Varieties fo- 
 reign Countries of a different Soil Sc Tem- 
 perature of- Air, doaf^rd^ fcveraU of 
 which roiv be brought here, and maybe 
 madeufefull to this Country. 
 
 What Sir Andrew delivereth here, . is 
 what he obferved, experienced, and hand- 
 led himfelf, and none needqueftion the Re- 
 lations in any Circumftance } He was 
 known to be a moft candid and Ingenious 
 Genrlerian, He gives his apprcbenfion and 
 Judgment of the Reafons 5c etufes : which 
 was allways much valued by all which 
 
 knew 
 
knew Mm 5 being a Gen tlctran of Excel- 
 lent Wit, and ]udgmcnt : He did not ex- 
 peftthat they fliould te printed, and in 
 his lifctirr^be weuld never hear of it 5 and 
 fuch was his Modefty,he never (hewed them 
 to any but hisnxft intimate Friends, and 
 cculd. net be feri waded to give a Copic 
 of them, tut face his Death copies of them 
 have paft from hand to bard, srd all who 
 havefeen them are very well plealed^where* 
 upon at the earneft intreaty of his Friend?, 
 his Sen bath {til lifted them in the Stile 
 he found them writen $ his defign was to 
 render all eafie& intelligible to his Friend 
 he wrote them to 5 if the Vhrafe & Lan- 
 guage (eem in fotre places lefs ornate* & not 
 fo congruous as may be e*pe<3ed now, it 
 istotercmembred,they were writen thirty 
 Years ago, when he had been Fifteen 
 Yearsabfent from hisownCountry,8c had 
 accuftomed himfelf to fpeak foreign more 
 Language., than to Studie the Elegancie 
 of his own Native Tongue 5 & this I think 
 (hpuld excute him at the hands oftheCrf- 
 tickfi He Studied rr.orc things than words, 
 
 and 
 
CO 
 
 &yet,as all know 5 He expretfed himfelf moft 
 handfomely upon a]] Ccraficns. 
 
 It was fitt this flculd I e I e preferred : 
 The reft is left to the impartial! Feader, w ho 
 will meet with fo irany Rcrrarkalje Sc ufe- 
 full things in the Letter?, tl at cl ere is no 
 doubt of his kind Acceptance of them. If 
 thefe meet with the enccuragerrent hoped 
 for, 'tis like, the Baron of Ltimigfiem his 
 obfervations in his Travels, in cvr Lan- 
 guage too, and a Voyage of another (Coun- 
 tryman of ours, through France and Italy; 
 writen in a pure Stile of Latire. may hepu- 
 blifhed for the fafisfa&ion of fuch as are 
 Curious of Travclls, FtrewclL 
 
CO 
 
 m 
 
 «SMWHWt 
 
 LETTER I. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 An Account of what is reniarkahfeinand 
 about London, &c. And in and about 
 Paris, &c 
 
 ctr^ 
 
 I Carrot in r ortn You of art? tMtig 
 conftderable en this fide London^ 
 except it plcafc you, when v©u ate 
 £ot the length oX Huntington, totu^fl C\X 
 orfeven rmtesoutcri the road to ktCant~ 
 bridyei, which I doe truly think worth 
 the while, in regard it. is or^ of the twft 
 iamous Univerfines of England, where 
 if itpleafe you, You may takeNoticeof 
 the number, ftru q ure, and order of the 
 Colledges, &c. lu particularly of the 
 Libraries and Gardens ; as a lib of the 
 Eook- r e!!ers Shops in the to*\r\, where 
 poffibly you may meet with fomethirg 
 A that 
 
CO 
 
 tha' you thai not meet with any where e!s 
 in older to this it would be convenient 
 tohaveibme letter of recomendation or„< 
 adres tofome member of the Univerfity * 
 whom you miqht be fare ("upon rhit 
 accountJ)to nnd very rea J y to ferve you $ 
 1 am iorry that I 'cannot help you in this 
 particular, having never been in this 
 place my felf^ But I think if you addrefs 
 your felf to Mr. Bay ( who wrote and 
 publifhcd the Catalogue of plants grow- 
 ing about Cambridge ) upon the fcore 
 ofTeeing that place, and himfclf as 1 
 Perfon {o deferving efpecially in the 
 knowledge of plants, of which you are 
 ilfo a vtrie great lover^ I make no doubt 
 you (hall find him as ready to oblidge 
 you there, as you ufc to be to any Vtr*. 
 tuofo here. 
 
 At Lwrlon 1 (hall advife you to lodg m 
 or abomC**w*f -garden, as a place m oft 
 commodious for your hufinefs I thought 
 it neceffar to accompany von only with 
 two Wr* of rccommerd3ti^n,the one to 
 Dr. Morifdttt, whom 1 think the beft 
 Bouxiti in the world, and a moft h©* 
 
 neft 
 
£ *1 
 
 ucft and obliging friend 5 Ey his means 
 you will eafily fee all char h ccnfiderable 
 
 fof Plants about London, and purchafe 
 what feeds that place affoord s • The other 
 istoMr.Sftf* a Book-idler ^dwelling in 
 Little-Britain by whole means you may 
 be 'urnifhed with any-Book that maybe 
 be had in London 5 and I think as reafen- 
 ably asehe-wherc : notwithftanding you 
 wiil doe well to fee other fhops, as par- 
 ticularly Mr. Bees ard blr. Pulkjns, 
 both ofrtbemin Lit* la-Britain. 
 
 As for the other beauties o? the Court 
 and City 1 need not fay much, being 
 you will eafily be in ormedot them up- 
 on the place : 1 fliall only hint at fomc of 
 the moft confiderahle, 
 
 And firft, at Whythallbt pleafed to 
 take Notice of the fanquetting-houfe} 
 you will find it of a /lately iabrick, fuch 
 as the late King dtfigned to have ill the 
 Palace of 5 it was built by King Jame^ 
 the hiftorie of whole diefication you wil 
 find Painted on the roofe within,' by the 
 noble artift Rukcns^ only you w 11 find 
 the Figures too big, occafioned by the 
 A 2 Painterr 
 
% ■ -r c C * 1 
 
 Punters mifin formation concerning the 
 
 Hi^ht of the Room, which he was made 
 heleevetobe greater. The King's privy \ 
 Rooms are worth the feeing, becaufe of 
 their extent Ornament/of Hangings 
 and Pictures. * - 
 
 i The Palace of WefiminHer'm which 
 I find the great Hall only confiderable 
 for its Great breadth and artificiall roof. 
 ?. Hewy VII. Chappel and the tombs 
 in and near it. 
 
 4. You will do well upon fome Holy- 
 day ( if anv h rpperi during your abode 
 there ) to fee the King at Divine (ervice, 
 in regard of the extraordinary ftate ufed 
 on fuch dayes ? as alfo of the excellent 
 Mufck; I would advife vou likwife to fee 
 the King dine on fome fuch day. 
 
 <?. The Tower, in which be curiouj to 
 fee the Mint Crown,Scepter,' & Treafury, 
 theMagazine of ancient arms^r.and the 
 new Arfenall built andfurnilhed by the 
 prefent Kingr, The wildEeafts. 
 
 6 : 'GrefiaMt^Colltdgc, where the Ex- 
 change is now kept 5 inquire there for 
 Br. pjjpe that by his »eans you may fee 
 
a v^rie fine coFe&ion ofnaturall rarities 
 I kept in that Colledge. He will likewifc 
 •carry you to fee the Roy all fociety,if you 
 
 fodefire. 
 
 7. The King and Dukes p!ay-houfes„ 
 
 8. The tunes ot Court, efpeaallythe 
 Tmfk, Lincolnsl^n, and Grty *s Inn. 
 
 9. The New fxchanpe, and not farr 
 from if, ?ommerfet- Houfe. 
 
 10. St. JdMes's- Houft and Park. 
 ii.II vow pleafe totakea pair ofOares 
 
 the length of Grecnwichjfow will fee the 
 Kings new Houfe that is a building there, 
 and if you p!< tfe to walk up to the Hill 
 above it, Tbu will have aprofpeft up 
 and down the river, which the Bsulti- 
 tude of goodly (hips, thepleafantnefsof 
 of the Country about, and our Coun- 
 trcym^n Jehn Btrclyi curious Defcripti- 
 cn and Commendation of it^render moft 
 famous. 
 
 12. For the reft, I (hall only put yon 
 in mit)d,that zhoutLottdtn there are fucti 
 places, as Wimbletonc belonging now to 
 the Earle of BriVot, but lately to the 
 Qpeen-ilf other and in the time of th e 
 
 8d*U 
 
to 
 
 FehHlion pofeft by Lambert $ Mrho im- 
 bcllifbed the Garden thereo' with great 
 variety o r plants. Hxmton-Coxixt and^ 
 ' Park belonging to the Kings Majefty. 1 
 lhall likewife put You in mind that 
 Oxfoord is hut fifty mi'cs from London, 
 and that it is one of the moft famous 
 Univerfiries w the world, both f r the 
 number and ftru&ure of the Colledges 
 and Halls, and for the multitude of ihi- 
 dent$, and competency of their provid- 
 er* .The chief Collcdges artChrijls Church l 
 Maj&U Uns,AU-?onhSuJohn% &c.Balioi 
 Colled? wasfounded by a 'Scots Kir g's fa- 
 ther of that nameJV Schools is a ftately 
 Fabrick where there is kept a moil mag- 
 nificent Liberavie for number of Books 
 beyond any that ever ITaw: there isjbefides 
 nearM^e^fetf-CoiJedgea PbyjbttiGyrr 
 den } when You refolve to goe thither ©r. 
 fybrtfonwft recommendYou to fuch per- 
 fons as will be careful! to fhew you every 
 thin?:. 
 
 From London to Vtris the beft way 
 is fo goe bv Dover and Calais, that you 
 may returne by Diep and Rje 9 except 
 
 you 
 
yow make account to returne by Flanders 
 in which cafel advife you rather to goe 
 by Ryon&Deip, became Rcuen ( which 
 *>therwife will not fall to be in ycur 
 way ) isarnore confiderablc place and 
 better worth the feeing, than any thing 
 upon the way oi Calak. 
 
 For your accommodation homLondon 
 to Rye you may either take poft, or en- 
 quire for the Bye Carrier at the Kings 
 Head in Stuthwar^ he will furni&You 
 fadle Horfes for ii.Jh.x man, and ii You 
 have anie baggage he wi 1 carrie it at 
 in eafie rates by this way You \f\\\ arrive 
 at Ryt in two* dayes, where You 'may 
 lodge at the Marwtid until! You find 
 ane Oportunitie of paffage, for which if 
 there be Paffingers enough You muft 
 
 ?*y ic. (k. but if there be few paiiingers 
 buwili be obliged to pay more. 
 At Deip be pleafed to lodge A U Ba- 
 fiile, the tmfter p+ the Houfe hath a Son 
 that fpeaks EnfUfh, and they are allvcrie 
 civil people. You may fee in the (hops 
 verie mamecuriofitiesin that place, and 
 particulate, AuRoy dela Chine ; The 
 
 Town 
 
pi 
 
 Town is r amcm$ for wrtrRinj? in Tvp% 
 Horn^ndTortQis-ficll, for Combs, Boxes^ 
 Didtts, andaThoufandother conceal j 
 from thence you muft Fire Hor:e ra> 
 Rouen, theordtnarie price is a Crown, if 
 you have no companie you will do well 
 to takeaguide by the Land, Lords Di*. 
 rcftion 5 you dine at a place called To;res y 
 the firft Houfe of the village which you 
 come at is thebeft. 
 
 At Rouen \ lodge An Bon FaVeur, tU 
 matter is a Proteftant, and (peaks Engli V 9 
 ke pleafed to take Notice in theTovm, < f 
 
 I. The Bridge on the River, whieh is 
 of wood, fuppdrted by boats, and rifes 
 a«d falls with the Tide. 
 
 3. The great Churchvifyou will be at 
 the pains to go to the Top of the Steeple 
 you may have a verie good profpeft of 
 the Town and Avenues, you mav alfo fee 
 the biggcftbcll in the World called the 
 St. Getrge of Amboife. 
 
 3. The Palace, where the Parliament 
 Sit* ^ the great Hall iscomtrendedforits 
 breadth, being it is without pillars, but 
 
 in 
 
c o ij 
 
 in my opinion it comes far ftiort of Vtp* 
 v/infier-HM at London. 
 
 There is a litle Village z\ out hah r a 
 League from the Town called Santevilk* 
 famous for Creamjf you pieafe your land- 
 lord will find you a guid to conduct you 
 thithfr, Youmay Hcrbarize by the way. 
 
 You may take the meffenger to Varh\ 
 as being the eafkft way, you pay 1 5. 
 or 14. Franks a man, for which You are 
 to be furnifhed withhorfe, lodging and 
 diet to Park, as al (0 to have Six pound 
 weight of baggage allow 'd you, But if 
 You have any more, You muft pay ior it 
 befide} The laft Meal which) oil, make 
 fcy the way is atP*^0 *r, where it is ufuall 
 after Dinner for every Gentlmanin the 
 company to give to the conduftor a peicc 
 of 13. Sol ds. 
 
 At P^r^Ifhall advife you to lodge at 
 Mr. H*er, They are very honeft people, 
 at leaft you may fray there untitl you 
 find the way of accommodating ^ cir ; e ]f 
 bettershelodges An Fnvxbourg St Germain 
 rue de la bouchery \ There are (o many wor- 
 thic things to be ktn in this place that 
 B 1 
 
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 I {HH only name feme of them, for fear 
 of troubling you too much,and leave the 
 reft to your own obfervation. 
 
 i. See Luxemburg}* palace 5c gardens 5 
 M.on(ieitr Merchant will be a fit Perfon, 
 becaufe of his aquaintance there, to wait 
 upon you. 
 
 2. The King! garden, where be fare to 
 rna^ea ftrong iriendfhip with the Gard- 
 rtt 5 an d Tea may command what 2bu 
 will of Plants or Seeds. 
 
 3. The Kings Library, and efpecialy 
 there, the B^oks of Miiuturc done by 
 Moneur Robert, which I look upon at 
 the beft curiofity of that kind in the 
 [World. 
 
 4. The Garden of TniUiaries* 
 
 5. Monfieur Merchant's own Garden; 
 He dwell*, RueduE oy de Sicile devant U 
 710 re Dame d 'Ardent, dericre le petit St. 
 Antoin ; hi Gard n is hard by his houfe, 
 and there You may fee iome curious 
 Plants, not to be lound eliewherc in 
 France. 
 
 6. The Jefuites Co'lege, whrre en- 
 quire for fome Scots Father, anddefire 
 
 hitn 
 
r ii i 
 
 him to procure you a fight of the Bibli- 
 otheck, and Mathematical Hcule, there 
 you will teethe 3. Syflems oi the World, 
 according to the feverall Hyfotlefes of 
 Copernicus, lycho Brache^ ^vAPtolomeus^ 
 represented in Motion. 
 
 If You be defirous to learn Chymre^ 
 You may caufe Monfieur Marckaut ad- 
 drefsTbu to Monfieur Barlet^ He lives 
 an CoUtgt dkCambray, aid ufesto teach 
 Courfes 5 It will coft you ten Crowns 
 for the Ccurfe, and two Crownes for 
 his Booko He demonft rates from two a 
 clock in the Afternoon till five, andfi- 
 nifheth his courfe in three weeks. I think 
 it might be worth your while, in regard 
 you wiL hardly find the like Occafion a- 
 ny other where. 
 
 I need not fay any thing of the Book- 
 fellers, being they are obvious A U Pue 
 St. Jaques 5 for r ew Books at the Palace 5 
 for French Books, as Po/nances, Sec. A U 
 Place de Sorbore ^ as alfo at the End of 
 the new bridge about no reTiaw d urch, 
 alfo at the pattern Gate of the Palace and 
 upor the Mont Su Hiler, for old Books 
 ^ all Sorts. B 2 Remem- 
 
r »i 
 
 Remember to caufc Monfr. Marchant 
 
 ftowYou a maker ot Mathematical In- 
 
 ftru nents that lives dans Vlflt du Palais 
 
 au Key qui eft vk a vis la valle its Mz- 
 
 fereu and enquire for the defigning In- 
 
 ftrumgnt} about the fame place alfo you 
 
 mix be provided oiMicrofcops of al forts^ 
 
 If You defire to have your own, or any 
 
 other Pi&ure done : enquire for Monfr. 
 
 Ferdinand* Paintre for la Fofft an Faux- 
 
 tmrgfSt, Grrwainc prockt l* Academy de 
 
 M&nfr. dti Pleffis,but make your bargain 
 
 before Hand. 
 
 It will be worth your while to fee fome 
 places about Parts, as particularlie, 
 
 i Maifon^ a very delicat Houfe, be* 
 longing to the Prefident of Maifone, & 
 ftanding upon the River of Sawe % fome 4. 
 Leagues from Park 5 From hence you 
 muft go two Leagues up the River, to 
 
 2 St, Gerwaint, A Houfe belonging 
 to the King; from thence four Leagues 
 farther a little off the Piver, to 
 
 3 Verfai/e, A Houfe begun by the late 
 Kmg, but finifhed by the prefent j It is 
 a 019ft delicate fine place, but(aslthink) 
 
 there 
 
C 13 3 „ 
 
 there will beaNeceffity ©fprocureing 
 an Order from the Superintendent of the 
 Houfe ("who ordinarlyrefides at courtj 
 to the Converge of the Hcufe to (how the 
 fame to you 5 From thence to 
 
 4 i?*e T7 <?, Tbu have about two leagues : 
 itisapretne little Houfe built by Cardi- 
 nal RicWuu^ The Gardens are exceed- 
 ingly pretrie, and the Water- Works the 
 befir in France 5 From thence Tbu may 
 come to 
 
 *5 St. Clotty A Houfe belonging to the 
 prefept Duke of Orleans \ From thence 
 on your way to Park (which is not a- 
 bove 5 Leagues J Tbu pafs thro' a wood 
 called Bok de Bologne^ in which there 
 ftands a Houfe called Madrid, built by 
 Franek I. after His Return from Spam 
 where He had been Pnfoner, to fave his 
 promife of going back toSpainoncc ayear* 
 In my time there was a Manufadorie for 
 weaving of Silk Stockings kept there. 
 
 Having performed this Journey in one 
 or atthemoft two days, you may with 
 your conveniencievifit 
 6 St^De/fjfs^m the Abbey whereof there 
 
C '0 
 
 is a famous Treafurie kept. Remember 
 to take Nottice oi Charles the Great's 
 Crown, in which there is a Rubieo^ht 
 Bigncfsof a PidgeonsEgg^ A hrve&tp of 
 oriental Agpatyvhich they count n-ucho^ 
 One oi: the Nails that fixed our Stzivur's 
 Bodie to the Crois, fent tc Charles the 
 Grea t by Cov(rai;tineV lEmvvoxir o\ Ctv- 
 jlant7J7Qt)!e 5 One, of the Potts, wherein 
 our Saviour charged the wattr into wine 
 at the Marriage of Cana in Galilee ; The 
 Pucel of Orleans Sword, wherewith (he 
 overcame the Evglifb % Jhe Li ntern that 
 was carried 6efore Judas* when He be- 
 trayed our Saviour ^ and a thoufaH o- 
 ther things ofgreatValue. See vzlombs 
 likewife : Tbu will do well to 90 earlie 
 in the Morning that you may have time 
 to fpeak to the Fthdous M^n, and take 
 their Hour of convenience for feing of 
 the Treafurevwh ich being done, you will 
 have time enough to return to Paris. 
 
 7 I know nothing better worth your 
 feing about P*ri/, than the Aqueduct at 
 Arccpeul about 1 leagues from the town, 
 it was built by Mary oi Me dices in the 
 
 time 
 
time of her Regencie, for bringing the 
 the water to 1 er palace of Luxemborg. 
 Befidcs the Aqueduft, you will alio fee 
 there a verk fine Grotto with fine wa<ks 
 and manie prettie Tetts oi wa> er^one after- 
 noon luffice or bis Journey. 
 
 8. FounttinbUtuAw which there are 
 fo tnanie things e^Gderable • not only 
 in the Howe, fu'mru-*e, and paintin^but 
 alfointhe Gardens, Walks, iv/^-ponds, 
 and water works, that it will be left 
 trouble for you to ob.erve them by feing, 
 than by a long narration, 1 (rail only tell 
 ycu or the better improvement of your 
 Journey thither that you will doe well 
 firft to goto 
 
 9. Ejfon a Houfe fevjrn l?asues from 
 Vtr .\< belonging to a private Gentleman, 
 v» r herc you will fee very fine water works 
 and many other pretiie conceats - from 
 thefice you have i leagues 
 
 ic. To Dh'sxire, a privat Houfe like- 
 frtf«i but to which there belongs very 
 noble gardens and walkes, with delicat 
 Ponds and Jetts of water. It will not be 
 atnifs to flay here all the night, being 
 
 ZBu 
 
You will have 4 Leagues to Fontainblcau, 
 a great part ot which is through the 
 Forreft, and therefore better to be gone 
 in the mornings when the day is before 
 Jour hand, than in the evening when 
 night may furprizc Tcu. 
 
 11. You may arrive fo eirly ift the 
 morning at Fount ainbleau that You may 
 have time to fee all before dinner, and 
 thereafter returrc to Veau y a moft ftately 
 houfe and gardens correfpondent to it, 
 built by Monfr. Fougued^ but fince his 
 difgrace it's fallen to the King : From 
 hence you may returre a fhort League 
 off your way to lodge at Melun^ The 
 next morning You will have an eafic 
 Journey to Paris, and time enough if you 
 fleafe to fee Vtnctn, within two fhort 
 leagues oCP*rk. It is a Houfe belonging 
 to the King in the middle of a verie plea- 
 fant Park : after you have feen the Houfe 
 remember to fee the Wild Eeafts that are 
 kept not far from it. If Tcu reiolve upon 
 matin* any greater toure into the coun- 
 rc y;IlhaiU<ivifc route provide a Book 
 
• C '7 1 
 
 edition, which will give you a hint of 
 the moil confiderable things that are to 
 fee fceninthofe Places you goto; Ifhall 
 deferr any thing I wotild fay further, un- 
 till I behappie to hear of Tour fafc arivall 
 at Paw* and then I would be content 
 to trouble you with an other ftieet ; in the 
 mean time I pray for Your happie jour- 
 tiey and! fafc return** 
 
 I intreat Yoti to ilgnine to frfiv ifatttidj 
 as alfo to Mr. Crantton that if thej; have 
 any thing to fend to me, You • will be 
 pleafed to take charge of it} I fhfil bjtfeerh 
 You likewifc to do the fame by Monfr. 
 fd&rchant at Ptfis. 
 
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 J.ETTER 
 
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 LETTER II. 
 
 Containing Admctfor ntakeing the grand 
 Toure of France, with an Ac-count of 
 what is mo \i obfervable relateing efyeci- 
 ally to the Natural Hiftory and Anti- 
 quities of that J£ingd$m. 
 
 Sir y 
 
 IT fccms Y^u arc not yet refolved whi- 
 ther to fpend the Winter in Paris or 
 in the Country, try opinion is that out 
 -of Vark^ there is litlc thing cither to be 
 fcen or learned in all France 5 But in re- 
 .gard it is pertinent, for a Traveler to fee 
 ibme thing of the countrie as well as the 
 chief Town : I fhall therefore advifc you 
 to fee thole Places ch;eflic that I judge 
 inoft futtable to your inclinations, and 
 partkularie in order to Botany^ that is 
 'Languedock indVrovence^ for altho' th*re 
 be manie other places of Frame vme 
 worthic the ieing, as particularlle the Ri- 
 
f *o 3 
 
 ver L#yrf from Orltanct downward to 
 -N5f#f*j, which for the r ertilitie aud beair- 
 tie of the coun t rey,the frcquencic of good 
 Towns and gemie difpofition and Cour- 
 ttfc of the inhabitants,is called the Gar- 
 den a£ France: yet you will find that Cli- 
 mate produces hu: a few things different 
 from N^rmaudy or the Ifis of France: 
 But if you fhould incline to fee it, my ad- 
 vice is tint you flio^ld not fpend much 
 time in doing of it, aftd therefore if you 
 feink fit you may make ufe of the follow- 
 ing Advice at your Difcretion. 
 
 I fuppofc Tou lea ye Varis about the 
 beginning of June ( for I would not have 
 you loofe the Month of May in the Kings 
 Garden , in regard cnofl: things will be 
 then, or a little before, in their Prime, 
 which now that the Garden of Qhis is 
 no more in Condition, is undoubtedly 
 the beft you are like to meet with J and 
 therefore, t. you may go ro Orleans by 
 the McfTenger : it is but two Days Jour- 
 flies, Lodge Chez Mmfr. Ogilbic, fnr 
 I'Efttpean Rvy de la Grand Bretaigne ; 
 A Day or two will fcrve you to fee ail 
 
 that 
 
C si 3 
 
 fihat is confiderable in the place j It will be 
 Worth your while to fee a place fome two 
 Leagues from the City, called the Source, 
 where in the midft of a fair green Mea- 
 dow you will fee V Spring of Water fo 
 plcntiiull, that it is navigable from its 
 •Head, and powrs out a River called L$i- 
 rette. ily. From Orleans to Blois^ they 
 count 15. Leagues, yet \t is but afhort 
 Days Journie: befidesif youpleafe, yoii 
 have the Commoditie of the River to gp 
 by Boat 3 'Be pl^afed to ttke Notice or a 
 jdaceby'theW^y, forne^ Leagues from 
 B/0//, called St. Bfe> where the beft Cla- 
 ret in that Countrie grows, and is ordi- 
 narly to be found.B/*^ of itfelf is no very 
 •anfiderable Town, yet it is famous for 
 ttiakeing of Witches, for the Civile of 
 the People, fortheSwectnefsof the Air, 
 and Puritie of the French Language. Ton 
 fcnuft ftay there fome Days rill you haye 
 feen the following Particulars s viz. in 
 one day you may eet to Chtmbort^x hotife 
 belonging t* the King,ftxne three leagues 
 off, on the fouth tide of the River, and 
 £o*th-Eaft from the T0W15 It is faid to 
 
 kave 
 
[«3 r 
 
 have been built by King Franc is I. and 
 is a very .ftatelic Houfe , though of 
 a &r different Order of Architettii£c 
 than whit is now ufed. From thence 
 you may go to Herbt^u^ 3. Leagues to 
 the fouthward of that,a privat houfc be- 
 longing to a Gentleman that bcares t\\s 
 "title thereof./;: ; s 1 very pleafant feat ha\f- 
 inor very fine Gardens 11 h an Orangery, 
 FiflvPorids, Wpod% Maille and Mea- 
 dovves bejpmj'itjg to it ; from thence you 
 may go to Bean- Regard another privat 
 houfe,w^ere aaion*ft other prettie things 
 you will fee a fine Gailerie well orna- 
 mented y/uh the pictures of fuch perfons 
 as have been illuftriousfor fome age} from 
 thence you returae to BUistt night, & 
 as you go and come you will have oq- 
 eafion to fee that nart of the forreft of 
 Blois that lyes to the South of the River 
 an:! town } as alfo a litle village called 
 St.'Gervxh., famous over ail that countrey 
 for excellent Cream 5" being returned to 
 Bfais* veil inay take notice of the Caftle, 
 as. alio ofdicGmienAvhichisnow Scges 
 nbi Trojd j die keeper or it is Dr. Brumer 
 
 my 
 
I '23 J 
 'thy. v&ry £ood acquantance, and fonc- 
 times one of theHerbarits to the lateDuke 
 <&Orit*ns, as were alio Montr. Morifott 
 andMonfr.M*rrA^$ upon *ny of whole 
 accotlnts or yet upon mine.I am confident 
 You will be very wekom to him:,! believe 
 You may as yet fee iome Plants in the 
 Garden/ from thence walk toward > the 
 Carweim or the mount^and you will have 
 a delicat profpeft both up Sc down the fil 
 verj from thence wal\ towards the Alleys 
 which you will fo'Til Iv find to be the 
 fineft in lengtli and breadth^ and being t 
 well planted on either (idealist you Save A 
 fckherro feen * You may chufe whither 
 You will fee Venddfwe ox not, it heir <r. 
 a place not verie conlklerable.exc^p' for, 
 the Holy Teaie, which is prei>rv?d in 
 the Cathedrall Church wi h much- ve- 
 neration, and which people go to /ee out 
 ofdevotion, the toun ishmous for rna Ve- 
 ing of Gloves which are accounted the 
 fceft of'thatcount'reys upon there'urnc 
 from that place You may fee the Foun- 
 tain of Qrrhaife^ of old Horreum C^ r a- 
 fk (; or fome where not far from thence 
 
 the 
 
X 2 + J . 
 the Rcmn legion was laid to be quaf-, 
 
 tered ) / take the fountain to henoching. 
 
 clfe but a rivulet or litlc burn falling over 
 
 the Top of a foft Rock into which bV pro- 
 
 cefs of rime it Bath cut in a confiderablc 
 
 way thro* the whole deepth of k, and 
 
 feeing grown together upon the Top,, it 
 
 feems now to fpring out of theRock* orer 
 
 againft that, crofs a meadow, you muft 
 
 take notice of a Cave or Hole digged in ( 
 
 the fide of a title hill in which there is aft 
 
 Aromatick kind of Earth* not much in-, 
 
 feriour as is believed to the Terr* S/giffate 
 
 +£Ltmn$s\> the cemmon people call the 
 
 fliccLdCdvc de Uterre SigiPe. 
 
 And here I muft put you in mind that 
 
 hi this fame meadow I have rery often 
 
 feen very large green, LizAtds, which 
 
 feecaufc itisaSeaiitifull creature and not. 
 
 found with us, I muft intreat you where 
 
 ever you find of them to caufe preferve 
 
 i of 2, to add to myTradrfcatits. I know 
 
 not which will be the belt way of pre- 
 
 fef vfog them, whither by skinning them* 
 
 #r drying the flefh, but 1 fuppofc the beft 
 
 way will bt ( cfpccially if the skin be any 
 
 thih* 
 
 ir- •• •-- . - ■* f- 
 
 < 
 
I 25 j 
 
 thing ftrong .) to caufe skin them, pre- 
 fcrving the head feet and taile, and then 
 Hop the Skin with Flax. There are like- 
 wife fc vcrall other Birds in France which 
 are not common with us, whichlmuft 
 carneftly intrcat you to do the fame by, 
 as for example the Pie vtrtc or Green 
 Pyet, &c. 
 
 'zly. from Blok you g© to Amboife in 
 half a day by water^the boat will give yoij' 
 libcrtie to fe? the Caftle 5 in the Chapell 
 whereof will be (how n You hanging a 
 pair of Homes, they fay, of a Hart, the 
 largeft and bigge/fc fii they be true ) that 
 ever was feen In the £ourt of the Caftlc 
 there is likewife to be feen a Rib, and one 
 of the Back-Bohcs of tht fame Animal^ 
 You arc brought out of the Caftle by a 
 Toure whofe defcent is fo large and 10 
 ealie, being without Steps, that a Coach 
 may drive from the Bottometo the Top 
 thereof. From thence You go Tours all 
 Night, where 
 
 4/7. In my time die beft lodging was 
 
 A U St. Martlet the place is commended 
 
 ioi the Sweetnefs of it's Situation, the 
 
 D ddicaci* 
 
 if 
 
r^licacie of it s Fields and Gardens, and 
 miny other Particulars. It wilbe worth 
 Your while to fee the Mmu factories of 
 Sl^efpecially the way of working Tiffe- 
 nes, and Brocarts, which You will fee 
 of diverfc Colours and fome of Gold and 
 Silver. The invention and way of making 
 Tabbie>,which I forbear to defcrive, be- 
 caufe You will abundantly difcover it by 
 fight. You mud be at the pains to fetch 
 a walk out of town a litle way to fee the 
 Maitfe y wh\ch in any time w as the longeft 
 and in the beft order of any in Franct^nd 
 at the fame time.you may go the length of 
 the Minims Convent beez life the firft in- 
 ftituter of theirOider St. Francois depatd^ 
 lyes Buried in the Church in a marble 
 Cojjinc, as will be (hoWn You, which 
 People vifit wi:h great Veneration : if 
 you will be at the pains to pafs the River 
 there is an accent to the Capncins whence 
 .you may difcover the whole City, and I 
 a great part of theCoun trey about, which 
 for it's Beauty and Fcrtilitv is called th c 
 Gitrdinot Frmccmd certainly deferves 
 thar Name better than any Place upon 
 
 the 
 
the whole River of Loir. There is fifc^- 
 wayes not far ixovaTours^ a Place which 
 they call /* f*^e Gutierc, FrotH the Top 
 of which there drops a Liquor which 
 Congeals into a fubftance almoft as hard 
 as a ftonenot much unlike that you fent 
 me from Hamihoun. 
 
 ^ly. You may go from Tours to 5W/- 
 ?///re a town famous for it's Proteftan t 
 Univerfity, of which we have two ver y 
 lioneft conn trey- men that are members, 
 Monfr. Doule and Monfr. Gray. You 
 may take the pains to fee Nojlre dame 
 d'Ardeliers a Place of great devotion 5 if 
 you pleafe you may fee the Treafurie 
 which is Rich, and as you g^and come, 
 you may obferve the grear Trade of that 
 Suburbs, to be making of Beads or C hap- 
 Jet$5 1 befeech you forget net to Lring us 
 fome that are made of young Oranges: 
 If you pleafe you may fee the Ciftle. At 
 Sanmurt you muft hire He rfesio make 
 a litle tour of three days, and firft 7011 
 muft go to Done, where there is to be 
 feen an ancient Amphitheatre cut out 
 
 D 2 of 
 
©fa Rock, as it is laid, by the Romans. 
 There are likewife vcr'c many great quar- 
 ries of free ftone and theWorkmen often 
 find in cleaving of the ftoncs,{omelitlc 
 peicesofa finer and harder fubftanceby 
 farr than the reft, which from the fhape 
 they have, They como^y cal 1 . Lungues 
 de Serpents. The little Boys for a fmall 
 matter will fell you abundance of them 
 which I pray forget not to buy, If not 
 for your own, at leaft for your friends 
 curiofitie. From thence you muft go to 
 Thottarsfi moll delicate Houfe belonging 
 to y the Duke of Tnmoville, it is fituat 
 upon a Rock, and the greateft part of 
 the office hiufes cut out of the Solid 
 Pock. The next Morning you go to 
 Warm,*, verie prettieHoufe but not much 
 worth the pains of feeing were it not in 
 Your way to Bhhlieu, where you are 
 to fpend the refr of that day, That you 
 may have the n^ore time to view the 
 Toun and Fhufe, which I think fo well 
 worthie your feeing, That for it's fake 
 a Journey from Parts that length were 
 hot ill beftowed. 1 (hall lay no more of 
 
 it- 
 
of it, that I may not deprive you ot the 
 Gujio of bci *g lurprized with the Beau- 
 tie of it. Amongft other things be 
 pleafed to take notice of two Marble fta- 
 tues that ftand over theGate, at the up- 
 per end of the inner Court, as alfo of x 
 peece ot painting in the'Chapell, that 
 was left by way of Legacie to the Car- 
 dinall by Monfieur de Mont Morency, 
 when he was Beheaded at Thoulonfe. 
 There are two Bocks the one in 40. the 
 other in 80. containing the Figure of 
 theHoufe, and para thereof 5 they are 
 fold, as I take it, by the Porter, of whom 
 I in treat you to buy them for tre. 
 
 The third day you may Dire at Lmi- 
 dttn where in my time there was a Re- 
 ligious Woman, t 1 . at had been formerly 
 Poffeffed. At the rime of her cure which 
 they fay was Miraculous there was found 
 Wriren on her hard JEW^ MARIA 
 JOSEPH, which ftiJl remained inde- 
 lible. If (he be yet alive you May fee 
 it. From thence you returne by Skinon, 
 where they fay the hmomYrancis&abUif 
 hadhisfirft breeding in an old convent, 
 / from 
 
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 From thence you pafs throw Moft deli- 
 cate Meadows called the VaUy of Shinty 
 and in your way to Saumhre fomc three 
 Leagues from the Town you may fee a 
 Monafteric of Religious Women where- 
 of the Lady Abbas m my time was the 
 Qneen-Mothers Sifter of Great Brituhu 
 6l). You may hire horfes to La FUehc^ 
 where the only thing confiderable is the 
 jifuits Colledgc. It is a nioft noble 
 Stru*hire> andby far thebeft they have 
 in jFrance. Take Particular notice of 
 their Church where the heart of Henry 
 the ^th who gave them that Houfe is 
 kept: The Bibliothecki The Theatre- 
 hall: their Office houfes, particularlythe 
 Kitchen \ the Bake-houfe, where one Man 
 and a Dog makes bread for all the Col- 
 ledge every day : the Myln where the 
 Water tint moves the Wheele doeth 
 likewife move a Pump that furniflieth 
 water to the whole Colledge. The beft 
 lodging wzsAtiquatre VintsSxom hence 
 you muft again take horfe to Anglers. 
 
 lly It is a Town famous lor the Pro- 
 feflloa of Laws, and hath likewife a 
 
 Faculty 
 
 si 
 
Faculty of Phyfick : Sec the greatChurch 
 called St. Maurice, and therein one of 
 thofe pots in which our Saviour convert- 
 ed the water into Wine at the Marriage 
 of Cana in Qalile. See the Mai 11, and 
 at the end of it next the town the Mi* 
 nims Convent. Yoh will find in their 
 Garden feverall Kinds of Ilex 5 You will 
 likewifc find in feverall places of the 
 Countrey not far from the Tow T n feverall 
 forts ofPinatfres* as alio a'kind of Fruit 
 tree call ed Comes, not mnch unlike our 
 Raun-tree, the Fruit whereof hangs in 
 Clutters like our Roddens : but of an 
 other colour, and bignefs every one be- 
 ing as big as a Plumb. A League or two 
 from the town towards the EaA, are the 
 Pierrks or quarries, of blew Skleat 
 called Ardoife which ferve the greateft 
 partofFr^j/re: See theCaftle, and in it 
 that fatuous crib where Rene King of 
 Sicilie and Duke of Anjou imprifoned 
 his Queen out of Jealoufie ail the days 
 of her life. About half a League diftant 
 from the town, doun the River ftands 
 a Convent called B4/#e/ 3 w6rthicofc fee- 
 
 ing 
 
ing J there is likewife on the other fide 
 of the River an old Al bade called Les 
 Rotts Hommts, near to which there is a 
 litlehke, which Ifuppofetohavc been 
 the place wheretheblew Sklatew^sdug 
 of old 5 you will fird about the fides of 
 if, ahoundance of Tribute aquaticus ,the 
 Fruit thereof is ripe in the Mo^cth of 
 Angufti) they ufe toBoyllthem and Sell 
 them as they do Ckafmtts^ frcmwhlei 
 they differ rot much in Taft or Quality, 
 but vericmujh in Figure, and therefore 
 beplcafed to provide a Quantitic of them 
 for your felfand Friends. You may 
 likewile dry the Plant, if you think fit. 
 if/ You .May go If you pleafe from 
 Anvhrs to Nvitcs either by Water or 
 by Land,in one day 5 It is a prettie town 
 and itands upon the Loir and the Sea 
 flowing up above the town gives Com*- 
 rnodity to Ships of a eonfiderable Bur^ 
 den to come up to the Town. It is here 
 that the greateft part of the Wines that 
 grow upon this River or near to it, to- 
 gether with the Brandie made thereof, 
 which are carried out of France, arelm- 
 
 barked 
 
barked. You muft return again to An- 
 glers \ and from thence to Pa rk with the 
 Meflfenger. It is a Journey of five days, 
 and all that I know considerable in it,is 
 firft, That when You come near to Man* 
 ^which you will leave at a Leagues Di- 
 stance, upon the Left Hand ) You will 
 find in abouhdance a Kind of Cijimjnot 
 mentioned by any that I know of, ex- 
 cept Petri** Bellinim. Forget not to pre- 
 serve a Branch or two, which You may 
 Fold in your Ptrtefizle^ which for fuch 
 rancoUnters you'ldo well to be ftil Pro- 
 vided of, and You may caufe make I* em 
 of what Bigrefs You pleafe, and have 
 them furnifhed with Gray Paper within. 
 I did aillways ufe to Carry one of a 4* 
 Fown, with good Tyers to it in a Car- 
 j>:*Bag (fuch as they ufe in France) tv- 
 ed to the Tore of my Saddle, fo that if 
 it was My Fortune to Meet with any 
 th ; ng by the Way worth the Catherine, 
 I could eafily take it and preferve it with 
 out beinp in Danger to Loft my Com- 
 panie. ily. The Town of Charire:^ jp 
 the great Church whereat (Vnich is a 
 
C Hi 
 
 itioftftaTlyFabrickj K. Etnn IV. was 
 
 Sacred. It is a Place of g eat Devo«ion, 
 
 and there i* keptitl kamonorft other Re- 
 
 lifts.one of ourZW/jfmocks.You wi! mcrt 
 
 with levera 1 )itle <ho( s near to the churchy 
 
 where the dwfTn.dc is Bttds, and as 
 
 thev call them daChewi* es deChdrtrcf> 
 
 which Devout People Buv and append 
 
 to their Chaplm, and then grt them to 
 
 Touch thcRelifti, according to the Cu- 
 
 ftom. 
 
 You may furnifh t v is Journey, and 
 have Time enough at Park to Prepare 
 your Self for the Journey to Trovcmt 
 and Lnngucd9c\i before the D*$-Days he 
 ended, At which Time it will be fir to be- 
 gin your Journcv .And ii?. You may take 
 theMeffenger tohiens\ I think You muft 
 Pay about twenticCrowns^for the Jour- 
 ney is of nine Bays 5 There are not ma- 
 ny things confiderabletobefeen by the 
 way ; only take Notice t U at Ncvtrs of 
 thcGlafs-VVorks, tndFain^a^ or white 
 Lame-wcrk$,of which the beft in Franc* 
 fire here. ily. ktMeniint (where you 
 ■** ivili foil to Dine ) enquire for the 
 
©lonafteric where the body of Monff. 
 de MtnmtrtiKrmmtrted, You mayfes 
 a very ftatelyMonumcnto Marble. Tfce 
 Town if 'amouj for the Manu^a&orie 
 of Kni^ei and Sc.iffisri You will.nor mil* 
 to be troubled with a company of ** o- 
 men, who wait upon the arrival! of 
 Strangers, to (how thera qua Jtitics of 
 this kind or ware in hopes -to Sell feme. 
 $ly. Take notice of the Well of P##e«v 
 the water i» Aluminous and boillsupin 
 great quantity, of a whiteiih colour, as 
 if there were meal mixed with it. 4ly. #*- 
 <f«c5 which isiYid to be thehrgeft Bourg 
 mf ranee : they cill that Bourg which is 
 mot incompaflcd wi h wall or ditch. The 
 L+ir begins to be Portable here and cary 
 Boats, Bat it * fourcc is many Leagues 
 hi her. sly. Mont tarare$ It is a very 
 great Hill, and here You will find t 
 change of the climate together with the 
 change of Plants, which Hereto Your 
 obfervarion, and think it will be worth 
 Your while at night to make a note of 
 all thofe Plants that You meet with. Be- 
 ing arrived at Lions You mult ftayfome 
 E 2 tirm 
 
 "* —- <* 
 
time to fee the place, which alrho* in re- 
 gard of its fituation amengft Hils and 
 Rivers, it be fomewhat unwholfome, the 
 Air, being either too rnoift, or in Summer 
 t )o hot $ yet I look upon it as one of the 
 beft and moft important Towns in 
 jFr*tffe,both for the magmficknefie of the 
 Buildings, the great tnfique it hath with 
 almoft all Places of the World, to which 
 the (ituationof it betwixt two l?ivetf, 
 the Sednc and the Rhofnc is no fntall 
 advantage* for by the Soam it hath 
 Communion not only \v\\\\,Burgunik^ 
 but alfo with thcOced* %%xChdUm which 
 Hands upon the Soane, is but a days Jour- 
 ney from Auxtrty which (lands upon the 
 hainc, and that River you kn^wdiunt- 
 bogues itfelf in thtOceamt Hdver-dc- 
 grace. By the Rhofne^ it hath communi- 
 on with the Mediterranean Sea, and 
 confequently, with all the Levant. The 
 Seam in Latine j4r*r«- is a Pleafantand - 
 very foft flowing .River} the Rhfne is 
 Fluviorum Rapid! fjiww. The people 
 are very ingenious and dextrous in 
 the matter of traffick and bufinefs, they 
 
 > are 
 
Oi7 1 
 are likeways courteous 8c human, your 
 raoft convenient Lodging, will be Anx- 
 tr$is-Reis: It is a good Honfe and near 
 to the place where the Meffenger erf P*- 
 rir arrives. As alfo to the Poft-Houfe. 
 Remember to fee tfie M^fo/if-d^VilU 
 which without exception is the mou *Ute 
 Jv in F»*nce: T*ke particular notice of 
 its Fabrick, Statues, paintings, and an- 
 cient Inicriptions, of which forae are ex- 
 tant upon Brafs, its Fountain's courts, 
 &c. i . See the great Church of St. J/>h# 9 
 an d in it a moft Stately and Curious 
 Clock, upon the upper part of which, 
 immediately before the hour ftrike, the 
 bleffed Vir^int appears with the Angtl 
 before her, as (he ufes to be rerv-^fcnted 
 utthcAxmitciathn. and within a little, a 
 Cock upon the top claps h'-s Wiags 
 arid Crows, and then the hour ftrikes. 
 There is likeways confidei^blfe in it, a. 
 Hand that pr>mttthem5m2t of the hour 
 upon the Oval, and alth^theptrtsofaii 
 Ovalline, be not equally diftant from 
 the center yet the Hand which is 
 fixed in the oentc^ doth alwayes reach 
 
 that 
 
that line and never exceed it, in the whole 
 conapafe it maketh. 3//. There is an Old 
 Monument about the midlc of that F*mx~ 
 bwrgh, by which the Mcflenger of P*- 
 rk enters they call it Tombum-de-deux 
 Am&nts. It fcerm to be of Romnn anti- 
 quitie. *ly, Set the Bifhopt Houfe & 
 and Garden*, the great Place before it, 
 the Bridge over the Rktfnc : And m 
 (hort confider the Avenues and Coaspafs 
 •f the Town. 
 
 5I7. Forget not to take with you your 
 Catalogue of Books, for there are many 
 Bookfclleri in this Place, that have great 
 Magazins ofBooks, and have great traf- 
 fick with all Qcrnt&ny, SwizerUnd and 
 Iuly^ and it is very like, you may com* 
 by Books here that you miffed cf at Pa- 
 ra* 5 For fo it happened to my fclh 
 
 I muft not omit in this place to tell 
 you that it will be expedient, to draw 
 your Money from P*r*r, to Liont, ei- 
 ther by Bill of Ex -change, or Letter of 
 c-edit, upon fome honcft, fubftantiall 
 Merchant, to whom yon muft be fare to 
 yet good Recommendation : By his means 
 
 yoa 
 
you may return your Money, to any«£. 
 ther place as you fhall have ccca< on, 
 and iikewaysbe iurniihed with new re- 
 commendations as you defirey& this way 
 y^u may make your Money march from 
 plice to place, without tear or danger $ 
 and if you light upon honefc Men the Ex- 
 change will coft you nothimg, unleS it 
 be from Paris to Li*ns\ becaufc of the 
 difrance and that will not be above half 
 a one per C tut z Your Merchant at £i- 
 **/, will be a convenient <Steplc for re- 
 ceiling your Letters, or anything elfe, 
 that you pleafe to fend from any other 
 place, and to fead it forward to PaHs 9 
 tobekeept for you. By them you (hall 
 give advice to receive it from the Carri- 
 ers, or other ways to the Merchant, that 
 returnei your Money to Liens : But of 
 the.e things I have uid erongh, jfof I 
 doubt not that you are iuffcienrly ib- 
 forracd of them already. 
 
 From I i§ns y you rake Boat to Avigni- 
 $n % which is about fifric Leagues: if the 
 River be not very low, which feldom 
 kappeneth, you would go near to accora- 
 
 pa* 
 
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 plifhit, in two days and a half, Of three 
 atmoft. 
 
 You have to take notice of, by the way 
 %Ji. Vitnnt, a little but ancient Town, five 
 Leaf uts from Lions. See the forges where 
 they make Sword-blades, the Hammers 
 are moved by a Wheell which the Water 
 turns, fo that the Stroakes are both fre- 
 quent and equall. The Town hangs u- 
 pon the fide ol a Hill toward the River, 
 pljri fomc nine Leagues from Vitnnc, 
 there is an old Caftlc called Le M*ifom 
 Ac Villatf^ the placcisnootherways con- 
 fiderable than for having bean the retreat 
 ciVontiui ViUtc^ driven here, by, God 
 knows, what accident. ?ly. Vgltnce^x 
 Pretie Town only confiderable for its U- 
 niverfity. 4ly. Lt Pint-Stntt-Ufpritt 
 ieventeen Leagues lower than Vdoict* 
 the Town is not very confiderable, but 
 only for the -Bridge^from whence it takes 
 its name, and which at that place ftands 
 upon the Rhofne 5 that which render^ the 
 .Bridge fo confiderable, is the breadth of 
 thei?iver,and Impctuofity of the current, 
 for befidcj other fmali Rivers, both the 
 
 Seane 
 
I 4* 3 
 Siant ard the Ifere^ x little before You 
 come at Valence, and leveral others be* 
 low ihat, lofs rhemfelves therein. 
 
 When you corAt at Avignh^ Yoii 
 ma*' lodge at Louxenhoarg. The Town 
 and Country belongs to the Pope, whofc 
 Legate rvfidesinQjulityof Gcvernouri 
 . It will he fining to ftay hef*fomeDays* 
 that Y^utxuy the better take Notice of" 
 the oliowingParticulars. T.ThtChurch- 
 cs and Religious Houfes. zly. The Le- 
 gates Palace. $ly. The Situation, and 
 Avenues of the Town, together with the 
 Walls thereof, which are high and ftate- 
 ly, and it will be worth Your while to 
 go abour them in regard o v iheGccafion 
 You will have to Herbar'^. for here 
 you will find m?nv Plants that did not 
 appear in afty other part oFycur Jouf uey«t 
 4/y. The Jurie or Cantene of the Town 
 where the Jems dwell, I advifr You by 
 all means if You can fray of a Saturday 
 to fee their Synagogue and minner of 
 Wotfhip, and if you be Curious and 
 make Enquiry, You may poffibly fee a 
 Circutneifiori. *ly. You may hire Horfe* 
 F to 
 
. r 4vi 
 
 foOmrfe. which is i -ut halfadavt T our-< 
 tiie Dp the River. The Tovrn and Prin- 
 cipality lx-lcng$ to the Prince of Ortnft ; 
 It is an ancient, tho* little Town ^ It 
 was confYerableiTi My rmefor the Ca- 
 ft!e, which was very Str6ng, both by 
 Art, and by itsnatunJ Sirtifttiofli, which' 
 wasfo high, that from therceon- might 
 have di c vered ftveii or (fight Pre vin- 
 ces at out at leaft feme part o them : the 
 Town hath an Imiverlity tho* rot very 
 1 eorfiJeralle, The inhabitants tor tie 
 doit part are Proteftants. There are yet 
 extant ibmt Monuments of antiquitie,z/fs 
 ^Triumphal Anh a !n!e without the 
 Town, ^A i(>me ruins of a Theatre * 
 within the Town, bo h of which (hows 
 lone: hit? of the Fowtn Greatnefs, 
 in Fe reft of Modern Times ^ The 
 Coun r\ r about is fertile and there are 
 who f Fields o a.ron. i think it might 
 be wejl worth the while to enquire ab» 
 ou the t eft way oi Parting, cultivating, 
 :.pa.fberinig arc f itparirg oi it. Having 
 '{rrr\ their (Fug and Dyned, You return 
 to Your Lodging at Aviguion the lame 
 
 day 
 
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 day. The next day you take Hones for 
 A/x, which is about two days journey 
 or two days and a halt a^ moft. li You 
 depart from £vrgn?oneiv\y\n the morn- 
 ing You will have tiffi^ enough to fee 
 Vauchtj \ which i$ three Leagues trom 
 Avignion and then to go Dine at Cava- 
 iilim. i loo; upon Vimc-ufe aso^e of the 
 moft con 'idrabic ; h ng» 1 ha- e ever (ccn : 
 it is a toumain at the frot of a great 
 Rock, very Lirge and f i-nnienfe deep- 
 ne.s, which ootre* ouc o much Water 
 as to Move tour or five Milnes about 
 half a Mile below. It is obierved that 
 the Water Dimini'lies and increases ac- 
 cording to the feafon o theYeir.ln rainv 
 Weather it abounds moft, and Yet when 
 you confider the pofition of it, how 
 much it is elevated above the plain, and : 
 what vaft. hills and Rocks are at our ir, 
 It is not conceaveable wib what other 
 Water it fhould have any communion. 
 The River that corres from it tnmhles 
 over (b many (rones and Grains, that it 
 nukes a noife like the Cattrrachs and 
 hiving neer three quarters of a Mile to 
 
 F 2 fall 
 
C 44 1 ■ r 
 
 fall, it becomes exceeding fwift before it 
 tfHve the Plain, and there divides it 
 felt in two,and inclofes i litleMeadow in 
 Form of anlfle.and then joyns ag^in.The 
 Wafer is fo Clear, finding n rhing a- 
 mor^ the Rocks to Defile ir, that not- 
 witbftand'mgits Swiftncjf, vetit hinders 
 not the gf ifs to grow in it's bed. The \ i- 
 vris hkewi> recomended or excellent 
 Trouts and Crawfifb and it is agreeable 
 to Re }(on th-y fbould be good that live 
 in fo pure dreams ; VVhen You come 
 the tengtftoFthe Milns you muft quite 
 Your Horfr, to walk up l o th<* Sonrfe, Sc 
 and for that ill niufl: take a guide, 
 without which the way is not eafte. As 
 You go up you will obferve upon the 
 other fide, in two other place/, the Ruins 
 of two old Caftles,' the, one ftandina; 
 about a Musket (hot higher than this 
 other, in the uppcrmoft whereof did 
 foretimes live that Noble Philofopher, 
 and Poet Frawifcut Petr.rrcb* and in 
 the lower Dotna Law* hi, Mifr?fs,in 
 the praife of whole ( e^ucie and verm" he 
 compofed hii moft zxcckntTrtumfi £ A- 
 
 m$r4 
 
C 45 1 
 
 more \ a M ttfument that hath omlaHied 
 herfamilic, in which her Memorie iiUfcei 
 to live as long as Wit and Learnt <* 
 continues in reputation. You mav alio in 
 this place take notice of the Paper-Mi! n% 
 and colder thatfo ijie'H'lartofnnV^ 
 ing Paper, and tajbou* to informeyour*. 
 t&f welt of all the pr:nc>jla$triat wh?tt 
 GOD (hall he plca.ed p return von, you 
 may mak* it Practicable in your own , 
 Countrcy. I am furs we want not Lin- 
 n? n rags in abundance which might be 
 preserved for this ufe, and not thrown 
 inco the BffcftghHFs 5 vycep^ple pat 
 once in thenpj t^ ay. 
 
 From hence you goto Dine itCavA- 
 illion^ in rh* reft of the Journey to Aix y 
 there is nothing considerable, only voir 
 have a River tonafs by boat caUei Dt- 
 t vce. Aix^ isoneo^ the moil delicate 
 Towns in Frawe, It's the Onital r City 
 of Vr9vtnce and the feat of a Parliament. 
 The ft reets are! an*e, cfpecialy one great 
 ftreet the Buildings fair and ftately> 
 The City well watered and the' Air 
 very hcalthfulland Sweet. 
 
 From 
 
From h?rce you go to M<trfe?Ues ift 
 itnlr a dav, you may 1 xJgeat a I'Aiglc or 
 * r teie voire. Yc u mflft reiolveto ftay 
 two or three divs at lcaft, tor the more 
 commodiou ; te/ing and obfervine; the 
 following things, i \ the Ha;bory or 
 Borr, which is \er/ tpicious and de p, 
 and exceedingly vvell gui«*ded, having 
 Upon rhee^trie thereof to th*Sea war<£ 
 which is very narrow, not only a chain 
 drawn, but a] o a very ftrong Citidale, 
 built within theft Teven or e'i2;ht years, 
 vrnp the one fide o k, a^d an other 
 Fort upon a li'leKland within the Sea, 
 at aletgurs diftance from the entrie,al! 
 >vh : : ch rend^'h irmoit fectre from the 
 Jflwersitid T rri,.i?s Men d< Wa r r and 
 orher PvratS. :/j\ theCathedrallChurch, 
 which you mav fatfily gu-fle to be very; 
 ancient, from the Modell and ^ rehired - 
 u~erVeof,Itwasfirfte^? ufted in the ho 
 nor of n;^*hv thtGm^PA0^v/2\f,vvho 
 had a Catcffl&c here. 5/f. Take notice 
 in die rfe before theChuc 1 ' up n the 
 vfctfl ^ookiRe to the Sea, or n'-neorten 
 large Brafs Guns, vvhich uie upon t^e 
 
 day 
 
r 47 -) 
 
 day ofthe Towns great Feftivinc (Which 
 is fometime in Qcoher ) to he lo idea 
 Arith Bull ard discharged ly ioiratnyof 
 the heftgunnerSoi*theTo'Vn,a tergreat 
 Mafs is ended, at a white mark placed on 
 the Side of the hill, on the othe* fide of 
 the Harbour. He that fboors r-eareft ihe 
 Mift is efteemed rhe beft Girnn-r for 
 that jrear. They berin.ro tircja^asthc 
 Arch-BtPop c mes otJt afrhf Church. 
 Who having celebrated Mais in Ptvtj- 
 ficdlibw^ rerumes to his own Houf ac- 
 companied with rhe Coniul and chief 
 Maeiftratso' the Place, and genera ll,\ a t 
 theGentlemen!* cithers of the heft afli- 
 on, in their belt apparel 1 and a graft 
 confort ofMufick. $ly. Nojhe dame de 
 Ltgard, a Caftle upon the Top of the 
 Hill to the South ward ofthe Town, in 
 in the going thither, you will do welt 
 to beftow a whole day, a n d ri'tewitjbi 
 you a couple of Souldiers, from the Ci- 
 tidale, orelle a Couple of other Souldiers 
 armed at Itaft with Sword % and !er one 
 ©I: them cary a couple o? Wtlesof Wine 
 with bread and what el.c you think fir, 
 
 m 
 
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 ttSprovificir for thr day, the other mif 
 
 cary a Basket with you emptie, Mqg 
 
 thusaccourted,you may Herbiri zc upm 
 
 the way to the Caftle, and put a litle 
 
 quantirie cf every Herb you find into 
 
 your emptie basket, the better to judge 
 
 or it at your return 5 as alio of whit 
 
 Seeds you find you may put up fornc 
 
 for your own and friends ulej you may 
 
 returne by the way cf the Sea, andfo 
 
 Herharize all thereabout*. It is a moft 
 
 excellent place for Varietic of Plant?, a- 
 
 mongil the reft take particular notice of 
 
 the Tartof:rd : r MxjfitiM fatten upon tfye 
 
 Sea fide you may likewife take notk - § 
 
 whatStones cr (1 e-is,Mofies or any other 
 
 mturall curio^e, you can ohferve, & 
 
 if any be worth the preserving; bring;* 
 
 theia along with vou. %ly 1 would 
 
 have you befcow hal a day in a boat 
 
 upon the Sea without the Harbour, but 
 
 fo as it fee very cxlm, for th^n you will 
 
 eafily fe the bototn of the Water, efpe- 
 
 ciallv where it is not very deep, becaufe 
 
 the Wat r bath no Motion of eobing 
 
 cr fbwing, and fo vou may poffibly 
 
 " light 
 
li ^ht t»p^ tiriofitie* worth tn* gatfce 
 ting, or the taking up of which, yott 
 muft rro\idc Creepers, which the ^ea- 
 tliert know how to ufe. 6ly. Ta^c 
 nor'ce of the tittmioti Fabrick, a|n<J 
 Avenues of the Town, especially fonn 
 Shops upon the Shoare, where you will 
 find many cllKofitics, efpeeialiy from the 
 Ltvmn * imuft rcc;<mm nd my ielfto 
 :ydi*here, but *ip*crcially tor a good hand- 
 iortie Tree of red Cora!) > as alio on. of 
 thote that are black, but are not true Co- 
 ra!!, and whit elfe you think fit 5 I 
 (kali hold you good accornpt, lor all ex- 
 penies } y^u may lend them with your 
 own things to Li oris, with Order t:> 
 your Friend there to fend them to Varn % 
 (Ho be received by your fr&ci'and k ept 
 |ot yoih ily. ThePlace is commend* 
 fd for perfumes,fweet- Powders ■Francki- 
 jw//e Gloves, &c. ?ut ttiereis great eheat- 
 |ng both in the Prices and Qtnnti-icsof 
 the things; therefore take heed to your 
 
 ttfy i you buv any 0" them : I did 
 irmerly forget to tell yoti that /t>-f- 
 *i$» is famous tor the fame things, t ut 
 Specially ior Gloves 5 whereof the Ma* 
 O no- 
 
 ife 
 
m^one i« very ?o^d; and Eflences* 
 Bur now i retard ro MMaiIs where 8/f« 
 1 iKc *cci i n rreqaentl/ to view the 
 frfh marker, where you will nor mils 
 to tee grtit varictv of ftrange Fifties 
 *cil worth the obervirg, and for that 
 tr\d I wifti you to acquaint yftur iclr with 
 the hems Ptfnuvy tcget her with their 
 decripnon, by Petrns B%Uonius s it 
 is in a Long *. a~d not very thick, **. 
 t\ ere" w v u may take it ibng with vour 
 from Pa d • f any of theie Fifres which 
 are ror loin men with us can be preterm 
 ved or keept any w*y ; at i doubt not 
 but y-Hi will fin d inventions to do it^ 
 you will exceedingly oblidge us re 
 brin^ them along with you % or lend 
 them as hid is: Pc plcifed to enquire 
 ckcr I s Efpiciers for a ki^d o Seed 
 which they oil Grxint d % Avtgni*" % 
 tl ey U it in gren quimity to Djerf 
 w u e it f *r Dying Yellow $ it is the 
 J yci* f (jaiiicum DdUchawpij $ It is X 
 jPiru not common here, noryetinthe 
 Nor h of France, and therefore worth 
 t raking notice of 5 i would have; 
 you aing us tome quantity of the grame 
 
 xoe 
 
for a Show about an oirceor fo: Bat 
 became 1 iufpeft, that which the Groi- 
 fcrs icll is dryed^ theretotc I hinK it 
 - will be more profirallc to feareh at A- 
 vitnie** where it erows pleflrifully, or 
 form that is bertcr conditioned tor your 
 own u(e. in vourherborization acM*r- 
 f tills efpectally upon th- Hill, MofTgft 
 other rare Plants, vou will find yi piwt 
 Mavis Ccti) fve icrba. tcrrjlilis N*rb9- 
 m ;fiztn Ltbelij. 
 
 cjy. Take a view of the CotirTv a_- 
 bout Msrfdi3sf9oiqikwk eminent P tffej 
 tfpeciallyeaft from rhc P^wr, where rb c 
 fertility is fo prrt* and t e CoUP r rv- 
 Houies, *nd Gi-dens, fo thick, that 
 they ufe to call ktheS&irkro* Mar/diffsi 
 and lay merrily, th*iM*rfit}fff ^ : ts 
 fuburbs is bigger 'ban P^h : The ?v^ at ' 
 ennveniencic o thefeHoufes is fo arc m- 
 modat the Cirtrenj wjrh a retiring 
 Place, in rime of Plapue, as al o *o &n ert 
 tbemfelvs in Summer, and to p o^ide 
 neceflTan for Houfe keeping 
 
 At MarfaUs rev rr ufr hire Forfa fa 
 
 Fr+loUi which is Tome three dayes Jour. 
 
 C 3 m% 
 
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 wy eaftward toward Nefcet In this 
 Jcurney, Icldes the things of Picture 
 you will fcc in this higher Prozetfte, vr u 
 will have the beft herborizari »n, almoft 
 all the way, that you can po<fibly defire^ 
 you muft part from Mar ai n s earlv in 
 the morning-, th it you *^v have thfc 
 more time to herharire by the way. & 
 that you may arpve in rood tire be- 
 fore it be Night at Saw Sfie Peaumc^Phct 
 o c much EH'orion, and the greareft So- 
 luude in the World. In the mid V of 
 a vaft and terrible Rock, there !s a rrcac 
 ove where St. MarU Mafcdkhn did ren- 
 natice for many years before her TV ' • 
 it's now upon that confideration Wti cd 
 into a Chapel! , with fom<5 few Foon<« 
 elacht up agiinft the fare of a Rock, 
 liVe a Bird cage upon the fdeo r aWaIJ, 
 where fome Pelipious Men fas I ihinfe 
 j^Jaetkins) keep hePkcc. and frrve the 
 cu r e in the Chapel everv Day wiring 
 confeffiofis, 6c giving the Sicramems ro 
 fach as require them. There is a littte 
 kind of a chain^e houfeclofe to if, that 
 provides Meat for }Acn and Horfes, at 
 
 their 
 
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 their own txrvnccs^ but yon. mnft lye 
 %ifhift the convent^ tn rhe morning you 
 muft take a Grde to the Tod of the 
 Crair. where there is an och^rCAipdi 
 of Devotion jut in that P'ace 
 where the Ar.grfs did ufc ence a 
 Day, to carrie the S. •#*#!•,, fro^ the 
 cive to admin rfter con Ration to her* 
 jfcVoU <?-> and coTte vo?f rm y herbarize^ 
 for he whole fidcof ;heWU before yoi* 
 corer the Rort, is a Wood ; Upoi* 
 your Arrival atthe consent it iserpedi* 
 ttot ro ^ive b-fte htrle thing out f Cha- 
 rt rv, which 1 rh'ink.isheftowect in main- 
 tiininorrhe place. You will ordinarly* 
 find .without the Chape] Door, fotne few 
 li"He Merchants that fell Beads, .-.and a- 
 iriongft other things, Silt-Cords of the 
 juft length and greatnes of the Saint, 
 all which People ufe to buy and carne 
 in to the Chapel, 'here to t u:h the S i- 
 tue of *he $?/>#, which lyes toft \i\ 
 that Place, and in t*»v pom "<• rh^t 
 Ihe dfi'dfb ^o nennarce : " s gQU will' 
 leeways fee within r^e Chapel * very • 
 large Well of £oo4Wa er, which t] er 
 (ay did firft fpririg there by miracle, for 
 
 ■fc 
 
fff of the S*in3. From he nee you take 
 Horfesto Saix%Mdximinc, alittl Town, 
 in the great Church wher os amongft 
 other rcliques, the B- dy of St. Maxi- 
 brine. Uncle to St. M*ty t Ma^ddxn^ & 
 (Sometimes Biffcop of Marfuils y is prefer* 
 \ed : It vou pleafe you may tat e this o% 
 porryritv of feeing it, and there dvne f 
 for it is a little out of ycur way to &rig~ 
 0#fe, where yon rauft lye the ieconl 
 Night, ard th$ D*y following you Dine 
 at % Village called Luqutt* and then go 
 t* lycae JFrtyott, or Pren ', which vou 
 pletfr to call if. Its a Town of Roman . 
 atrtiqu tv, of which there are vet (bme 
 lefts tobefeen, as aquedu% Sec. The 
 town is not ptherwavs confidenble af 
 all $ youwilfdo well here- befidc/your 
 own Guide that foes alo^g with y W 
 to take ah ther Man fro \ the To vn t 
 vrirh an ctnptie Ba^kec, to wa t upoa 
 vou, to the Hil, cxUd Aff^L> about a 
 teaguefrom the Town, where v u will 
 haveoneo th'tnoft ple^fant Heborira- 
 tbns in the World : Atuongft a treiC 
 f ariety of Shrubs, Plants, and Trees, 
 
 you 
 
. you will find 4 grea.Nutaber o r Arbutu\ 
 loar^n withFnlit, of a moft Feauri ul! 
 ipefi\$ yet, ibmewhat infipid 10 iYt 
 tifte, It trav fafely be eateri, bat doth 
 not muck allure t be tafte. Several kind 
 o Spinous S'-ubs,aft1oti£ ft which AtacU 
 % ttind* DiosctriJcf five Asp*Uth$ts % 
 when you r emt iipofc the Top bt the 
 Hil, upon the way to Nefce, there is 
 th Iwt, where vou may itiakeaShiii 
 tor Dinnei , and a little freyond it, up n 
 theNort! i-fide or the Hi!, you i\ i 1 meet 
 with atoundance ot Cork-Trees, lUx 9 
 
 In uft give you notice hefe, that \H 
 this place, you are not, above two of 
 threeh* Ursrvdir^fromCftfr, a ViJIapc, 
 V] or the ea fide,lorre eipht cr rir clta- 
 f.v fcdiftant from Nww here (v, ere ycra 
 to eo taJW^you rripht con trod icufly 
 WTtiFeLtqucoi twoOaresa fide it>iG& 
 rwd, and arrive rhefe n four or five 
 days. Ttr * Terre, that i> Larding <;vcry 
 Day to yourD nner, fnd to your Lod- 
 ging, in feme convenient Town : hut 
 I {hall lay nothing of ti*lj % untill I un- 
 der 
 
cerffard from your fclf, that you havfc * 
 *defifcnform 
 
 I frail therefore fcturre to Alfrgtr^ 
 ivhere having fatisfied ycur felf, wirh- 
 fcH arizire; you may retmncto-Fwa , 
 loader with Seeds and I -fonts ard there 
 Confidertbemat ycur cafe: Fron tl ercc 
 ycu mav return to Mastitis in two 
 davs ar d io io Ax i^rion^ \ v the way of ^ 
 firhs ^Stiver E.oj di Cr»n T*r*jeon* At 
 /r/e/,re!T!erL.Lcrto fte the entry into a 
 great Pal ag" all Vaulted, which tiey 
 lay goes urdcf the Pkefne to h : ifn;ts. & R 
 was n^ade by the f owtns.kiTarcftcn, 
 you will fee on <he other fide ot thcRivcr 
 Bc*ic*irt, moft amem iora very great 
 Faire or Market, ktept there or ce a Year, 
 to which great Numbers of Merchants 
 from many Places^of the Levtnt, do 
 feforr. 
 
 From Avi zmon, f&i go ro Ni 'nies^ 
 fcut you tnuft part fc\ ti ncs in the m?fc- 
 Ulrig that you may hr c the converge cie 
 to iec Pont de Qard, which is one of 
 the fineft Peeces of Antiguity extant 
 in the World. It is a Part of tnat \ 
 
 que* 
 
Aqueduft, which the K$»uns built fir 
 conveying a part of the water of the E hofm 
 from the Pent St. £/£rite to Nifmes, 8c 
 becaufe at the Place where the Bridga 
 ftands, the River Gard runs low be- 
 twixt two Hills, there was a neceffityqf 
 railing the Aqueduft lb high as to le- 
 vel the Tops of thefe Hils, therefore it 
 hath three Ranges of Arches, the lower- 
 moft are the biggeft but feweft in num- 
 ber^ they are likeways the broadcft,for 
 befidesthat they iupport the fecond row 
 of Arches, they do ftkeways ferve on 
 the other fide for a Paffagc and Bridge for 
 foot, Horfc and coaches to the high- way: 
 The fecond fupports the third, which are 
 not fohigh, but many more in number, 
 on the Top of all is the Aquedu&five 
 or fix foot broad, and four or five foot 
 deep, it is compaffed with gfeat Flag 
 Stones on all fides, exceedingly well 
 cemented together, infoosuch that I bc- 
 leeveitbe yet very intire, except it be 
 feme few of the covering Stones that 
 are broak and fillcn away. 
 
 Ntfmes is fomt three Leagues, but 
 U they 
 
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 they arc long ones, from the Pant de 
 Gdrd 5 And I rauft tell you, altho'the 
 way you are to follow from Avigntin 
 to Nifmes, by the Pont deGdrd, be for 
 the mod part very barren, yet you will 
 find the Weeds for the mod part arc, 
 Citfum ledum Narbonenfe, thimc % Uven- 
 dcr, Sdtureid, mirtles, tinteUd, corrdndd % 
 SntiUx dfperd, Lent*fcus, Terebintkinnf^ 
 SttbeSalamdtttfcd* cdlieults drgtnttis B. 
 Ilex, Sdhitta baccifird, lump: frutin ntd- 
 jori, Ciftus Mds 7 Cijlut ftmittd, thy mum 
 iephdlottn 
 
 Clemdtisffclfldmmuld repent, afpdldthut* 
 fhylUreled Folio non ferrdtd, ^efiminum 
 Intent* baeciferum, Stellar/a argented 
 Ambrofa cdntpejirit, datnrd fimplici Cdli4t 
 dlbo, dfier dtt'rens foliolis ddflorem rigidis % 
 dfier lundrt£ folio, flore trifolij. Jacea 
 cidwides flore dlko folio multifido, info- 
 Hum bituminofnm, acdrnd lntea, Erin~ 
 ginnt Inteum motif pel : bicopfis flore earner^ 
 Cdrdnus Spbarocephalni cernleus, dma-\ 
 
 rdnlhusviridis,CAmpdnuld flore phtnteo y 
 4t triplex nan dejeriptd Semine fngnUri 
 
 hinis 
 
lints felielis tncluf*^ Li&arta miner lm~ t 
 n*, yiliurus and a great miariy Hiore 
 that I cannot remember of § feat it will 
 be well worth the while to take a Note 
 of the Plant* you find in every 
 Place. 
 
 At Nifmes you muft lodge Aux A- 
 rents $ you will fee there a brave Am- 
 phitheatre built by the RtmAns^ in 
 greater iategritie yet than any that ever 
 I faw in Itdly^ the Stones of which it 
 is built, as well as the Pont de G*rd, 
 are of incredible Bignefs, and altho* the 
 things themfelvcs befomewhat ruined} 
 yet they (how greater Statelyneffe and 
 Magnificence than any modern Buil- 
 ding. There are feme other remainci 
 of antiquitie about the Town which 
 will be fhowen you. From Nifntes 
 you take Horfes for Mimpellicr, which 
 is a Days Journey from it* You dine at 
 Lunel which is about mid-way, and 
 becaufe I have nothing to fay of this 
 Place, I (hall intreat you to bring me 
 three or four ounces of the Stedi of 
 fdliurHs, for aaiongft other ufes they 
 H o fcrve 
 
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 fcrve for, they arc the beft Bullets for 
 Outers that can be, but it is for an o- 
 ther ufe I would have them. 
 
 You will do well to ftay fomc days 
 at MontpeBitr : You may lodge at the 
 white Hor/e, or otherways as you find 
 your accommodation. It is a delicat 
 fweet Town, fheStrceis wdl built, but 
 narrow, I ecaufeof the heats which are 
 as great here as in any place of France^ 
 nor is it ftrange it fhould be fo, being 
 it is near upon the fame latitude with 
 'Rom?. You will do well to fee the 
 PhyfickSchools, there is fomeCuriofitics 
 to befeen in them. ily. The Phyfick- 
 Garden* in which you will find many 
 excellent Plants }by making a little ac- 
 quaintance with the Gardener, you 
 may command what S-eds he has. 
 
 ?/y. You will do well to make ac- 
 quaintance with fome ok the Students 
 or young Doftors of Phyfick, bywhofe 
 means and in whofe company you may 
 fee all the places about Mpnpelttr that 
 are fit for Hcrbarizing, as particular- 
 ly Magehx, a little Ifland of the Medi- 
 
 tcr- 
 
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 terranean Sea, lying within Sight 6f 
 MonpcHier. But by all means of the 
 World, you muft be fure to make' t 
 Journey ten or twelve Leagues from 
 Mompellhry to a Place amongfi: the 
 Hils,which for thegre.it varity of Plants, 
 that is found in and about % is called 
 flortus Dei. 
 
 You may likcw ays find fome variety 
 of Shells and produ&ion/ of the Sea, to 
 Mompcllier and the Shcsr, or Coaft, 
 which is near the Town* 
 
 I muft not omit to td! you, that if 
 you pleafc to make a Collefttonof drf 
 Plants, this is a very fit Place for it, 
 both becaufe of the heat which helps tm 
 dry them, both foon and well} 8c alfo be- 
 caufe of theGardcn 8c Fields,that abotjnd 
 with Plants, that are not common, & 
 Jikewavs, becaufe of the good occafioa 
 you have to fend them in a Box, clofc 
 packt up, (as you have feen mine) to 
 Lions, See, 
 
 In like manner, if you will make a 
 Colle&inn of Seeds, the left will be 
 to keep them in their Sttd-Veficls, and 
 
 write 
 
*? write upon every pared!, that yon may 
 * diipofeof them afterwards according to 
 I your pleafure, 
 
 Thislwifbyou to do in every Place, 
 that afterward* when it (hall pltafe God 
 to bring you ftfely to bring them home, 
 Tho* youfhouldnotbeabletoraifethcm 
 in this climat, yet you might have enough 
 to know them by. Do not forget the 
 Bookfcllers here, who may poflibly 
 have fome of the Booki yoij look 
 for. I mufl: defire ont Favour of you 
 in this Place, that You would 
 be plcafed to enquire after the Pfilithrun* 
 or Depilatory Ointment, which they 
 iflfe in Rome in the Baths, and which 
 I was fo Unluckie ts not to mind when 
 I was upon the place. It you can find 
 the Receipt, c?.ufe make fome (mall quan- 
 tity of it to try if it be Right, which, 
 you will eafily know by this, that being 
 rubbed upoji eny hairy place, within a | 
 little fpace, when you come to wipe 
 it off, it takes the hair without burning L 
 orfcaldingtheSkin ^ but if it either burn ji 
 •rdifeolour the Skin, it is not right. The I 
 
 place II 
 
 I 
 
place Fis afterward to be wafcedwith 
 a little warm Water. I mutt Iikeways 
 intrcat you to be at ths pain* to caufe 
 dry mc a Viper or two, it will be e- 
 noughtodry their Skins with, the heads 
 at thern, flopped with Flax, or Cotton: 
 but in na way mult you medic with 
 them your fclf, becaufc there is Danger, 
 but imploy one of thofe fellows that 
 bring* them to the Apothecaries, who 
 for a (mall matter will do It. Some day 
 -or other, you may bett the painesto fee 
 FrtHtiftiague famous for that generous 
 Mafchat Wine, called by the name of the 
 place, you may Collation there, and 
 H arbarize as you go and come. 
 
 When you are ft tisficd here,itwill be fi t 
 to fet forward toTboulo^fe.You will fee by 
 the way,ty?. Ptferus aPrtf ieTewn, where 
 it may fall you to Dyne, An tapis vert^ 
 hard by the Town, there is a rery fins 
 Houfe, with excellent Gardens, be- 
 longing to the Prince *f CW/*, it is 
 worthy of your feeing. il)\ Bt%itrs\ 
 zly. N<rWf, which is a very ftrong 
 And well ferdfied Town, near upon 
 
 the 
 
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 Hit borders of C*uhnU. It hath com* 
 lnunion with the Sea,by means of a little 
 River, that runs through the Town. 
 l?e pleafcd to fee the great Church, 
 and in it a Peece of excellent Painting, 
 tcprcfenting the Hiftory of cur Saviour's 
 railing JL*i<rr*/,,frpm the Dead. Take 
 likeways notice <& the Organes, the 
 great Pipes whereof ftand by the 
 lillar fides, at a great diftance from the 
 Organ roome, and have the Wind 
 conveyed to them by a fecrct ronduft $ 
 which' tho* it be no difficult thing, yet 
 it is net common. 
 
 From Narbon>7c y you have ft* or fcven 
 Leagues to C&rcaQotii^ They a:c two, 
 Vilk and City the City ftands upon a 
 hight about half a Leagues diftance 
 from the Town : It Is twice encom- 
 paffed with Walls and Ditches, and if 
 >cry ftrong, as being upon the Frontiers 
 of CutAlorrid. The Town ftands below 
 tnthePlainc, and is much larger, better 
 fcuilt, and better inhabited, 8c Walled a- 
 tout with a more modern kind of Fortifi- 
 cation. The Town is commended for 
 
 Cloath 
 
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 Cl&ath-works,8c miking ofCombi: The 
 Tradefmen ufe to bring the m to the Inr es 
 as foon as they underftand any Stran- 
 ger to be arrived $ but ycur beft will 
 be to go to their Houfes, and fee all, 8c 
 try feverals, for fo you may beft pleaic 
 your ielf, and make the beft bargain too. 
 There is of -all Prices, inionsuch that I 
 have feen ten Piftoles rcfulcd for one 
 fingle Omb, of Boa:- Wood. But in- 
 deed it was of a vaft bignefs and moft 
 c&rioufly carved. You may have very 
 good ones for three, ioure, or five Li- 
 vresaprece, as al b fome for 50, 40, Sc 
 50 Soldi. To be fhort, there is of all 
 kindet ind prices, and I Piall earneftly 
 innreat you, to beftow foure or five 
 Crowns, upon fome of the midle (ort, 
 that is next to the beft, and fome again 
 of the next degree to them forme, (be- 
 caiifc of the carvingj to add to my 
 Trtclefcants. Tl cy rcuft be packt up ia 
 a little wooden Box, which the Trades- 
 men know very well how to do. 
 
 From Ctrrsjftue to Tl+itfaffe, jou 
 Marc twelve League^ to. Foure to 
 
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 Vilfuntc, two to Cttiehtdu <X Arri, twtf 
 to Vign$nmt and four to Tkoultufc. The 
 ■Second Town (in the opinion of force) 
 in France^ how juftly, I leave to your 
 fclf, when you fhall fee it. The Town 
 indeed is very -big, and well built, all 
 of Brick } But not very populous, I 
 think for the want of Trade, in regard 
 it lyes farrfrom the Sea. Amongft o- 
 ther things, take notice of the following 
 particulars i/?. The Town Houfe, in the 
 Court whereof they Show you the 
 place where the Scaffold was erc&ed, 
 that Monfy : dt bUmortticyvriLS bchca* 
 ded upon, and forne of his Blood yet 
 Sticking upon theWall. ily. The Par- 
 liament Houfe, into which (if it be fit- 
 ting.) you muft neither carry Sword, 
 nor Spurs, unlcfr you make account 
 to pay a Foraulter. 3/7. The Bridge 
 over the River Gdronne^ which is very 
 (lately, built of Brick, fomevvhat after 
 the Model of the new Bridge of Varu y 
 having a Foot walk raifed on every fide, 
 lo that thefe that pafs on foot, are not 
 troubled with Coaches, Cairts, &c, 
 
 that 
 
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 that paft in the midle. 4h In the c&ru 
 vent (as I t*ke irj of the Cordelier s y 
 there is aPeece of ground under a Chap- 
 el, belonging to the Church, 'wherein 
 all Dead Bodies, that lye eight and 
 fourrie hours, are fo dryed, but with- 
 out the confumption of anyfubfta.ntiajl 
 part, that they become incorruptible 
 forever thereafter. They will (how 
 you in a Vault, hard by the Chapell, 
 iomc hundred of Bodies, ftanding a- 
 bout the Walls intire anddrved, as I 
 have faid,amongft the reft they ihovv one 
 bodie of a Woman, called U Bzlle 
 .Panic, Miftrels as it is faid to fomc 
 King,- whofe name J do not remember: 
 • But it is fame hundreds of Years fince 
 (he died, and yet rne thinks there is a 
 teaut'rfull Proportion obfervable in her 
 Face,' The reft of the curiofities can- 
 fift in Churches, religious-hcufes, Sec. 
 which I leave to your felf. 
 
 From Tk$tilouft to hionttuhvi you 
 about halfe a Dayes Journey, it is 
 famous for the Protectant Univerfity* 
 It ftands fomewhat high and declines 
 
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 a little toward the Bridge, that frauds 
 over the Tame, which not far bclovr 
 the Town, caftsit felHnto theGmmr. 
 It hathjmny fine Fountains 5 but e- 
 Jjptcially one, which they call the Gri* 
 fo*e. It hath Rood trafique, becaufe of 
 the fituation betwixt 2W**/i and Li- 
 ■■*">& and Pans, as alfo becaufe of the 
 Commoditie of the River, to Bordeaux: 
 the Town and Bridge are all built of 
 Brick. Ir was formerly very ftrong, 
 but becaufe o : its Rebellion is now Dis- 
 mantled bf all Fortification. 
 
 From Motttubun to Bourdcaux, you 
 may go by Water in a very (hort Time, 
 becaufe the River is rapid 5 the Couq- 
 trey about is very fertile and Pleafant. 
 You will fee by the Way, Agtn, an 
 ancient City, where hints Sctligcr 
 was Born : wifhin 4 or 5 Leagues of 
 t>ourde*vx ftands C*dili*c, amoft deli- 
 cate Caffle, belonging fonae time to 
 the Dukt d* Efpcrnon 5 You muft not 
 fail I to fee them. 
 
 At Bonrdunx, I did lodge au Cha- 
 tcdH r*Hgt+ but I have been told fince, 
 
 that 
 
C «9 1 
 
 tint there *remore commodious/;/* / in 
 
 Town, which You may eafily be ad- 
 dreff-d to. You will meet with feverall 
 of o«r Coun trey men in this Place *•> 
 But particular y, Sir David htgUfc 
 and Hme loffy, are of my acquain- 
 tance. And therefore, I muft dcfirc 
 you to fee them, Sc permit this to prcfcnt 
 them my fervice. I mufl: Ukeways in- 
 treat you, robe at the pains, to enquire 
 foraDoftorot Phyfick, of *e Reli- 
 gion that lives here, whofe name I 
 have forgotten $ but you will know 
 him by this, that he hath written in 
 French Something a^ainft Doftor 
 Wzlles de Fehrihus : which 1 remember 
 Sir David Inglifh, did once fend me 
 to Paris. And therefore, he may Pro- 
 bably know the Man : The Reafon £ 
 defire You to fp^ak with him, is, That 
 you may learn from himfelf, what he 
 hath Publifhed, upon this or any other 
 Subje<5h and whatfoever they be, I 
 muft intreat You eirneftly, to buy them 
 for me - y for I have a very £reat Ho- 
 nour for the Mans Parts, tho* I know 
 
 not 
 
[7o] 
 not his Perfon 5 and I had the evil 
 Luck to lend that Eook, which Sir 
 David Ingbjh knt me, to a.Do&or at 
 Paris, that did never render it me a- 
 gain. Remember to fee in the Town, 
 tfi. Filitrt tHtiUtrrs, which arc the Ruins 
 of an Ancient Raman Temple. ilj. 
 The Ruins ©f an Amphitheatre, without 
 the Town, of Roman Antiquity like- 
 ways, ^ly.. The Cheafieau Trompettd, 
 in which there is a Garifon keept by the 
 King. It was pulled down by the Citi- 
 zens, in; the Time of their laft Rebellion* 
 ,but fince re-built much better and 
 itronger. ^fy. The Port, which if you 
 happen frrfeein die Time of Vintage, 
 Will be well furnifhed with Ships from 
 all Places, and it may be from Scotland. 
 $ly. That peece of Ground without 
 the Town, which they call Grave? 
 which brings forth the beft Wine about 
 Eeurdeaux.zwd which for the moft part 
 is fold within the Town, at as great a 
 Rate as ordinary French Wine gives 
 with us : And therefore being there is 
 rp great quantity of it, and that it 
 
 would 
 
wmrid hot turn the Merchants to' Ac* 
 campt to fend it here, you may cafily 
 gueffe how much Graves Wine We 
 Drink in Scotland, alcho' Our People 
 are pleafed to Flatter themfelves, that 
 all their Clarets are ftrch , The reft I 
 leave to others, to inform you of. I * 
 muft only teil you, You will me*t with 
 as-good Fruits here as in any place of 
 France, Des 'Trejficis in Lattiie Tuber a 
 Terr*, they are found under the 
 Ground by the Hogs, who ufe tofmell' 
 them before they come at thcm> and by 
 the noife and gefrs they make, give no* 
 tict to their keeper, who prefently puts 
 them by, and Digs* the Trefice for him- 
 felf : They are in great efteeme, Sc being 
 Boyled and pared, ufe to be eaten by 
 thcmfelves with Pepper and Oyle, of . 
 elfe cut down with other things en'Ra* 
 £0'nft. There are likeway s here a kind of 
 (mail Birds but exceeding fact, which 
 they call Ortolans, which are much prik 
 zed for great Delicacies. 
 
 From Bordeaux you go to Rotkelle. 
 Inthcwayyoupafs by thefe Places* firft 
 
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 BltyVille ctCitfr The City ftands 6a 
 a Hightand Commands the River. It 
 was at this Place that o old the English 
 Ships were Obliged to liver their Canon, 
 which jrere permitted the lc&ts(i$* Pri- 
 vilcdgej to keep a Board, as they paf- 
 fed XoBourdeattx. zly. XtintcsbxiHiintes, 
 the CapkalTownoi Xaint§ng$^ It lrands 
 upon the River Ctarantc 5 hefe are (ome 
 Refts ot Ionian antiquity, as ot an 
 Amphitheatre, &c. But especially of an 
 Arch, upon the Eridge over thc.C&s- 
 rintei on which ycu will r*ad this in- 
 fqiption. Cdjari tiep: D. InlrjPentifici 
 A. There is alio an inscription, on the 
 reverie which I renvmber rot. You 
 will fee likeways here a Steeple, iht 
 Stairs whereof that lead to the Top ar£ 
 on the outfide. %ly. Brocage ^ about 
 half a Days Journey from Stintes^ a 
 little, but one of: the rrioft regularly for- 
 tified Towns in all Framc^ in which 
 there is a continuall Garifon keepr, as 
 a Guard for the Salt, of which vaft quan.- 
 tiries is made here, by the heat of the Sun 
 every Year in this manner. They let 
 
 in 
 
intheoea water by aG raff, cot r furpo!fe« 
 ly ir ttcgrcpnd iruoicvmll pcrds, 
 pit cut Ukenays ct purfoiecf a cer- 
 tain deepnefs: they 611 them in the Sum- 
 ner tirrc., and then itpp the entries 
 that no more water cense in, when 
 the ion hath conceded it enough, they 
 gather it together in heaps, and car-* 
 ry it to places appointee for it. Ihe 
 Town ftands upon a little Rrvrt which ii 
 navigal le,t ecaule the Sea flow c^ a good 
 way aopye it 5 the Salt marshes about 
 the Tow n, are little left, than four 
 Leagues about, & render the Town by 
 (ciKuch the more ftrong. You muft be 
 fure to arrive thereat a good Hcur in 
 the day, for at iwvfet ting the >Gates 
 are (hut,; .and rone whatfocrer caii 
 tnter. You w.ufi Salute rhe Cover rour 5 
 er inhisabicrce, the Chief cAccr, and 
 defire Libcrtie of him to view thrTown, 
 which he will readily jrant ycui and 
 appoint a Sculeiier to wait upon you* 
 from the Walls, ycu wll diiccver the 
 Marshes about the Town, ard then he 
 will, brirg yen to the /rjctial, and 
 there you will fee their Magazine 
 of t AraJ 3 arid then paving gi- 
 ft ven 
 
C74l 
 ven fomething to the Sotildierto drmlc, 
 you may thank theGoverrour &takc 
 leave of him. This is all that is to be 
 feen in this place except you make ac- 
 count to fee the lfie of Olorotte, which 
 lyes without themouth of the litre Ri- 
 ver, about a League or two in the 
 Sea. 
 
 From Trouage you have feve* 
 L asucs to ihcRechtll, upon the Way to 
 which you will have occafion to fee a 
 rreat many Sea- Plants, fuch as K*l\ 
 jCdli Spinofum^ Salic$rni* <i Cakeile Sera* 
 fionis, Vapuver cornknUtHm luttum % 
 Erin&ium Marinuw^ Crithmum^ with 
 many others. 
 
 The it'#rAe/ismuch more famous for 
 what it was, than tor what it is, It was 
 the ftrongeft hold, the Prof cftants had in 
 Framt r but after the taking of tht 
 Town by Lewes the i ph. the Walls 
 thereof were quite demohftied, fo 
 that fcarcely the \eftigcs thereof re- 
 maine : the Harbour is confiderable, for 
 j t enterswithin the midleof theTown. At 
 
 efent it hath a confderablc trafique 
 
 r Salt, white VVincs, &c. j You 
 
C 75 1 
 
 Yob muft be at the pains to fee the Ifle 
 *£Js% about a League from theTovvn, 
 but not above a quarter of a League from 
 the Land. As you go from the Rtchel, to 
 the place where you are to take Boat 10 
 croisov-er, they will (how you the Ruins 
 of that Dig;ue v which Cdrdind Rkkfa* 
 caufed make bv finking of Barks, loa- 
 den with Stones, to hinder all relief 
 for the Town by Sea, and it was obier- 
 veable, that the very day aft r rheTowti 
 fir ndercd, the Digue was broke down 
 by Scorm, which it it had done but 
 thrc daysfooner, it maybe juftly que- 
 ftioned whether the Town had ever been 
 taken, especially feeing the £#«/'# Flece 
 was rvding before the Ifle of Re. 
 
 In the Ifle of Ft, there is a Ctt.tdalf, 
 neir to which you will be put * Shore 
 upon the Man J,but it is n : t ufual to per- 
 mit Strangers to enter into it. At the 
 caft end of the Ifland, there is* WW 
 Town called St, NUrtiwu W which 
 there are many Dutch Families, becme 
 of the great trafique thcDutchhath wich 
 
t7«1 
 
 tMspltce, for Skit and white- Wines. 
 The Ifland is generally of a Sandic Soil, 
 and only made fert'^e by the Sea-Pf '* r* 
 which rhev throw upon it, and which 
 in mv Opinion is the caufe, that all the 
 W nesboth of the Island ipd about the 
 Rochel n$ bnckifli, efp^ciallv when 
 they*- begin to be old. You will find a- 
 m^n<rft other Planrs upon the Ifhnd a* 
 fcoundanceof PuncrAtinm, except you 
 com? in the latter Seafon of the Year; 
 when probably it may no*- be found. 
 You m \y retume at Ni^ht to the ^ochtllc^ 
 from whence von have a MeiTrnser to 
 Tfiris, upon th? wav to which there is 
 no hing that I faced to trauWe y ~>u with; 
 except Poitturs, thatlhavenotfeenmjr, 
 felf, anl therefore can far nothing of 5 
 Froni PorSeirr your way is to Ambolfe 
 midway betwixt Tours and BUis o£ 
 which before. 
 
 \ I mu?t adremfe vou hete, that if yoU 
 pleafe yoq may nake this Ttur an o- 
 therwiv viz. To Ntntes^i in the for- 
 mer tdri^e concerning the Petit Totr* 
 zstivuNd/ttest from tfeence^t the ?#- 
 j\ cheU 
 
£ 79$ 
 
 cb*% Bvirie*xk> Tovfoifct 7$*rUnne+ 
 hUrtfzVicr, Avigtiiox, vbA fo til the reft 
 throw Prteweytfid tteh back to Avig- 
 nirt^ frori v : ic?ic* to Lzo*/, and id to 
 Picrirj: 5#&h -he !»tiTeriger,or co*chi,whicht 
 you like beft. For your better under- 
 pin Jin? iti the Country, it will be fit 
 to carry i M*gi or fort* of Av/w'tlon^ 
 with you,to loo^ tf>on the ^tuition of e * 
 very place as roq tufs^or doing of Which 
 alide time will fu See dnceadav. Let it 
 be ItltiTTil oif tor nc -noreea "ie difecrning 
 the different couniesand their boun-: 
 ding. You will do well like wife to cari- 
 rie a Book with you in 8*. • called Le 
 V*yA°c de France, which will inform 
 you of many particulars, that eithct 
 were not at all feen and obferved by me, 
 or el ehiveefcaptd my Memory* and 
 indeed it is no great wonder it they 
 have, hiving been fo lazie as not to 
 puke any Mtmaite of them whilftthey 
 were yet recent in my mind. And this 
 is one Reafon df the turnul tiurineiTe and 
 ditVder of this Letter] but I am well 
 plcafcd to tk*mk 9 that by the amende- 
 
 men as 
 
Iff I 
 
 flientsVoU will make both in feeing, ob* 
 ferving, and writing down all things 
 more particularly^ we (hall have occa- 
 fion afterward to put the Voyage in a 
 better D"e(*s$ I muft likewavs beg your 
 Pardon for not having writen to yd* 
 fooner. having been feveral times called 
 our of Town fince I began to write 
 this Letter : IfyourfincJ it tedious in read- 
 ing,' blame your felf for being the caufe 
 thereof and be the more patient, in re- 
 gard I fhall nor have oecafion to be 
 anv more fo tedious, unlefs you go for 
 It*ly y and give me a timcous advice of 
 your Intentions. 
 
 I fhall conclude all with my beft wi- 
 fhes for your health & happy Return,Sc 
 mod earneftly intreat yo* not to grudge 
 us with the effefts of a Spare hour, that 
 feeing at this diftance, we cannot be fo 
 happy, as to enjoy you perfonally 5 we 
 may at Jeaft by this next beft way enter- 
 tain a Correfpondence, which I a/lure 
 you will be a great Kindnefs to your 
 Friends here, but to none fo much as 
 
 to 
 
to my,fcli?vho.^cannp(<be indifferent, , v x 
 ^iSn^anr.< v Ithing > .'thatwAcflftpernes yon/ 
 t*\Ariti : thefeforc -cannot b^uj.bc. ToJlici- 
 
 tous, to* hear often froni^you, a$*th^ t,P 
 
 only thing, that can fupply the wan? 
 
 of your perfon, So much defired and 
 
 longed >ter, by &c. 
 
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 *7~T 
 
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 LETTER HI. 
 
 Containing 
 
 Advice for Travelling into 
 IT ALT. 
 
 Written to a Friend 
 
 IT is much better to go into Italy in 
 the latter end of Autumn, than in 
 j the Spring $ Becaufe the Change 
 of the Air is notfo much from one Ex- 
 treme to another in that Seafon, as in 
 the other 5 for tfic Mildnefs of the Win- 
 ter in Italy (efpecialy upon the South fide 
 of the Appcmtint) cloth not fo much rc- 
 eede trom thc'Tcmperatnefs of Autumn. 
 la France, as the Heat of Sumner in tl 
 Uly exceeds the Mildnefs of the Spring in 
 L Franet 
 
£ts} 
 
 France. It is certain, that if a M*m 
 intend to fny but a half aYe$r,it is bertet 
 to begin the Journey in Autumn, and fi- 
 nifh it in the Spring, than to begin in 
 theS/W/jg, and finifh it in Antumti^ 
 and fo be obnoxious to the e*cef- 
 five Heats of Summer. If one intend 
 to ftay one or more Years, it is un- 
 doubtedly beft to begin the Journey in 
 Autumn^ becaufe the Winter, being 
 much mote clement than ufuatly it falls 
 out with us, will be eafily fupported, & 
 all the Heat that happens in the follow- 
 ing Summer, in regard it com?s by de- 
 grees, will not fo readily affeft the Bo- 
 dy, that hath been already inured to 
 the Air of the climate, for fomc Time 
 before. 
 
 The rrofl: convenient way of ma- 
 king the Toureof Italy, (in my opini- 
 on J is to go through "Provence to C*nc % 
 a fmall inconfiderable Town upon the 
 frontiers of Province, and there to 
 hire a Felluck toGenoua, and, if you can- 
 not get one at Cane, to 2:0 to Nize y 
 which is but fix or &vcn Leagues fur- 
 ther 
 
ther, where you will be fare to find one* 
 aFelluck is ordinarily of four Oarcs, and 
 hath this advantage that you go in it 
 Ttr a Terr e, that'is fo near the land, 
 that in the cafe of any dartger by Storm 
 or othervyife, you may eafily run on 
 Shoar aed cfcape it, and befides, land 
 as often as there is any Town or other 
 thirg worthy the feeing andlikewayes 
 lya Shoar every Night, at fome good 
 Town or other. A Felluck will ferve 
 to carrie half a dozen o f perfons with eafe> 
 fcclides the Rowers : The Price is not 
 fixt but more orlefs as the Fcllucks hap- 
 pen to be more or fewer in number. 
 Ours coft us about 1 1 or 1 2 Crowns, isi 
 regard there were but few at Cane, but 
 you may chance to get one for 8, or ? # 
 cfpeciallvifye be few in number and 
 nor much Baggage 5 Yep may provide 
 every morning to take along with vou. 
 Wine and what Viflunls you p^eafe, the 
 rather becaufe fometimes it will happen 
 that you will have no canvertiency of 
 an v Town about Mid-div, and therefore 
 *mft Dine aboard Your Fellucke. 
 
 L 2 The 
 
The fix ft thing You will meet with,. 
 worthy the taking notice of, is Nize 9 
 a Cicy belonging to the Duke pf'Sipy,- 
 it Ires near to the Sea fyde^ at the very 
 foot e>f the Alps, and hath a very ftrong 
 Cittadate belonging thereto : forne two 
 miles from thence (lands VilU Franca, 
 oneof the beft Ports in lu^ it belongs 
 like wife to the Duke of S^t;^, and i$ 
 guarded with two Caftles, one whereof 
 ftands on the top of a Fock, upon which 
 growes in great aboundauce the Fkus 
 ' Jftd/cd. Some three miles farther upon 
 the Coaft ftands the Town and Palace 
 ©f Monaco, or Morgues, It is a Princi- 
 palitic by it felf, and hath very litle 
 land belonging to it: The place is ftrong 
 /landing upon a. Rock, which is not ac- 
 'ceflible, fa ve at the fide where thePalace 
 ftands, and where it joynes with the 
 land, all the reft being compaflfed with 
 the Sea. In the Palace they ufe to (hovr 
 i. The Princes Wairdrob, in which 
 there is good ftorc ©i Silver plate, and 
 other Rich furniture, 2. SevcraJl room* 
 as Halls, Galleries, Chambers &c. well 
 
 furnifhed 
 
1*11 
 
 fjumiflied with Hangings, Cabinets, Pi- 
 ctures, &c< 3. A little Garden upon 
 the top of the Rock, behind the Palace, 
 made "up of earth brought fchithcr on 
 purpofe. At the foot of the Hill Hear 
 the Town there are ftore of Carohc 
 Trees, or SiliquaDulckJBtuhim mPinace* 
 1 rnuft not omit to tell You that you 
 mpft be fare at your firft leaving oiFranct 
 in the laft Town that You happen to be 
 in, whither it be Cane or any other, -to 
 get a Certificate of your health and free- 
 dome from the Plague, as alio of the 
 ifreedom of thatTown. There are p^rfons 
 appointed in every place for giving of 
 fuch Bills, or Patents de Sainte, as they 
 call them. Their Subfcripmns are 
 known to the next Townes about, where 
 you are to go, fo that it is not eaiie to 
 countcrfi t, and befides it were very dan- 
 gerous to doe fo ^ They *re very fcrupu - 
 lous in this matter upon all theCoaft of 
 LigurU, for tear of contagion. So that 
 whea you arrive at any Town, before 
 you go a fhore,you mufr fend one of your 
 Boat-men, with your Certification t© be 
 
 (howea 
 
[SO 
 ftiown to fuch as are appointed for thofe 
 matters in that Place,who immediately 
 Upon the (Sight of the Bill permit you, 
 la Pratfica, that is Libcrtie to (lay in 
 the Town as' lone as vou pleafe, and 
 do what you will? When you part 
 from that, You rruft take a new Ccr- 
 tificat to the next Place, and foof the 
 Reft untill you come at Ligsrn, where 
 this nicenefs will end. 
 
 You muft carric with you no Secret 
 Weapon, as Dagger, Pocket Piftols, 
 or the like : And this is general all o- 
 ver Italy, except only in the Kingdom 
 of Naples, and States of Venice and 
 Milan, where it is permitted to wear 
 Daggers. At moft Towns in Italy, You 
 will be oblidgcd to leave yonr Hulfter- 
 Piftpls, and fometimes your Sword 
 with the Guard at the Gate you entfr 
 in by: And then they will ask you, by 
 what Gate vou are to go out, and ac- 
 cordingly Your Arms will wait for you, 
 which they will know to be yours ,by xht 
 delivery of a Nick-ftick given You as 
 you enter, and which for thatpurpofe, 
 
 yoa 
 
You ttiuft carefully keep. In moS 
 Places,Strangers are permitted to weare 
 their Swords. Your Cloak Bag like- 
 ways will be vifited at every Town, to 
 to fee that there be no Cnftomable 
 Goods in it, and if there be any Books, 
 you muft give up a Lift of them to the 
 Vifitor, or Inquifitor appointed for 
 that end, and he will Signeit with Or- 
 der to let them pafs, Providing, there 
 be no Prohibited Book amongft them,» 
 For if there were any fuch, it would be 
 Dangerons } yet there are wayes enough 
 to convey Books, or any other thing 
 of whatfoever Nature, or Quality, front 
 any Sea- port, without any Dan- 
 ger, which you will eafily under- 
 stand, after your beinj a while irt 
 the Country. 
 
 From hljMAco you wilf eafily reach 
 Onrglia* which is at about twelve Mile* 
 diftance, and about 5 Miles further 
 Albcng*) from thence you have ferzn 
 Miles toJN*//, Sc ten more toSavevtfcom 
 whence there refts five Miles to Qtnextt, 
 
 AllthcCoafc. of LigvriafiomNjze m 
 
 Ge* 
 
denoti*, &: feme days Journey beyond 
 Genou* towards Ligom, is nothing but 
 rude Alp, for the moft part infertile and 
 imhabitable, except towards the Bottom 
 near the Set, where there are little 
 Smal Valleys here and there, both deli-> 
 cious and Fruitfull. For the reft it is 
 wonderful! to fee with what induftry St 
 trouble, they have been able to place 
 httlc final Villages, as it were in the 
 Clefts of the Hills, and Plant Olive 
 Trees, where one would think nothing 
 but crows could venture to Big. All 
 this Trad is extreamly hot, cfpecially 
 m Summer, being dircftly oppofit tB 
 the South, and altogether guarded from 
 the North, So that the reflexion of the 
 Sun beames, makes a Heat almoft in- 
 supportable. 
 
 Gcnon* U Supcrkafo called from the 
 mmptuoufnefs of its Buildings, and 
 fo^ they ufero give other epithets to 
 otner Towns, as Rw d U W- 
 *** hl °r™** U BclU,Bolo?ni d U Graft, 
 laduala Dottn^fttU URiaa&t. it is 
 hid th^Ge^fah^Mo^ta^f/efc'rJZd ftgW. 
 Mire jctizc pefce, Dohhcftnt* Vcrgmi^ 
 
&Gentf fcnzdfede. Icisaflepu- I'c'r 8t 
 thcGove-nmept; adminiftred by a Senate • 
 It is a City o great Trade and very 
 Richland it is faid they account uliry no 
 greatSin : It being theirMixim,thatC«tf #. 
 fer Centee Nitrite^ Ctnio Cinqnanio per 
 Cento e qfic fka rofa, du Cenio per Qtnt& 
 t quidagnio llanc '&< Vou may take 
 notice in the Places Firft, of the Situa- 
 tion of the Town, and io you nay tier- 
 iarizc towards the Weft-'idc. ilp 
 The Senate Houfe, %fy. The Churches 
 and particularly that of St. Lorat%o 9 
 tvhich is the Cathedral), a 5..ardy Fa* 
 brick Crufted with Mirble. 4/y. That 
 famous Street* called U Strata N f w^ 
 which is compofed of fomany Palaces, 
 ,moft ofthern of Marble: you muft by- 
 all means endeavour to fee the Tio • con- 
 fiderablc Palaces.. Vv ithin you vy II find 
 them moft del ic id 7 \do ne-.i-wirh all 
 fbrrsoffincThmg$,a$Sta t -u~$, P*r Vines, 
 &c. You mufc alfo fee their Gardens, 
 where befide* fcveratl fores of Flowers, 
 ^hrpbSp and. Trees, you wiU likewavs 
 M ■ find 
 
r 9c i 
 
 find dflicaf Fountains, Fifl>j>ordf anc! 
 Grotto's; as particularly in the Palace of 
 the Principe dVrU } I would likeways 
 have you fee the Palace of Sigmcfr Baldr 9 
 and fome other Houfes of Pleafure efpe- 
 daily towards the Sea^port, where they 
 ftand at the f66t 6f the Hill oVer look- 
 ing one another as they motont in de- 
 grees in form of a Theatre, and all of 
 them having a full view of the Sea-port 5 
 which is very fpacious and very deep; 
 but in my Opinion, not fo v£ry welt 
 guarded from ftormes. That which I 
 find mofteoitfiderabte in it is, thtMole\ 
 which fecures the entrie thereof, it being 
 thebeftand ftronpeftandin the deepeft 
 Water I ever law. At thceaft *nd of 
 the port there isalitl'ePromofttorycalled 
 Capo de Far a, upon which ftands a High 
 Turret, which they call U Lanttrtu^ 
 from the Top whereof they ufc to dlfco- 
 ver all Vcflells at Sea at a confiderable 
 distance. 5^. Forget not to vifit the 
 Book -Sellers, but in Regard this ira 
 general 1 Remark not to be- oinited* in 
 every Town where there any, I (ball 
 
 fay 
 
r 91 1 
 
 foynomoreofit here, but (hall put You 
 in mind of it now and then. 
 
 From Gcnona You muftapain provide 
 Your felf of a FelJuck toLigcrn, which 
 ♦you will find readier and at an eafierrate, 
 becaufeof the more frequentTnffick and 
 intercourfe, than fromCanc orNize. you 
 Will pals by Porta Fina, Leref 7 , Viare- 
 jfafiic. and you wil not find many things 
 considerable rfiorj? than I have already- 
 noted on the Coafts of htpiria betwixt 
 QttiQitA and Nize^ except that when ye 
 paisLere ft t litle, you begin to difcover a 
 large plain, part of which belongs to 
 the ftate of Genout, and therein are the 
 Quarries that furnifti all Italy with the 
 beftMar61e, and the reft is the Principa- 
 lity of M«ff* , For the better feeing of 
 which if you plcafe you may. go from 
 Glenn* by Hone to Ligornc. 
 i Tiffany begins about Vitreth, the 
 greatcftpart whereof is under the Do- 
 minion of the Great Duke ofTufcany. 
 
 Ligorn is no anttcnt, but yet a very 
 
 Handfom and well built City, by Fer.~ 
 
 iinani the firft, Great DUKE of 
 
 Tufca??ji of whom you will fee a moft 
 
 M * ftatcly 
 
ihtefjr Starue or rather Coloffe, witfc 
 
 fl.aves Oain'd at his Feet, on each 
 
 (He ktttftiftg$ alitle without theGite as 
 
 you ^ to the Sea-Porr. The Town is 
 
 re-Tuhr^vf^f-'fiH, they fa y, bv the 60M| 
 
 trivanee 3? the Duke of AW6«W*r/tf * J t 
 
 who wis banillieJ o\ft68B)i$<t#diti rfcfc 
 
 Peigrn of Queen Jkft *£ef/&, and well 
 
 ft*-tiirtfwfi much efteernedbv the therf 
 
 Du f <e o c T ;/r*"v, f-orh's excellent pKt$ 
 
 ani Quilifications. The Du^e for in* 
 
 coura<rment of Trade hath granted great 
 
 Immunities to M^chanr?of all Nations 
 
 wrnKome^er, which is the g;reat caufe 
 
 that the Town flofHftfcS fo ^u:h irt 
 
 T r a Ie,,f»d is f^ weflt Peopled : Several! 
 
 Nxtnns haveeftablifhed grew Far>ories 
 
 here, hut efpeehTy rh* B*i$ijk an J 
 
 JtyffiriSfri who have mide this place, 
 
 is it were ^he ftaple of all t-heir commerce 
 
 into the Levant. The Jerrr alfohavea 
 
 *4rf fftfeif trerdoTC here and * re not 
 
 tfilin miftie* by anv particular Mark, 
 
 as in other t^afs. r »-om othe** Merchants, 
 
 but live Hdn^crib!* in a pirticirtar 
 
 Street of the IWn, built by the W 
 
 Xelvte. 
 
r 9? i 
 
 fclVes, r?t ndt feqmftrated from 
 ttie reft or the Town by any Wall 
 or Gate, as rhev ufe ro be in all other 
 ph;:es, where J have feen th?m. The 
 E^//^M- r chints live very ip!end*fdly 9 
 and are very ho iVira. 1 le and courte^m, 
 cf-erially, ro their Countrymen, that 
 Trivell rh.it wtv, under which name 
 they comprehend aM that arcSubjc&ro 
 fcur Kin j : The fef*9 Synagogue here 
 is the hefl: in &*/)» ; Hnd therefore wor- 
 thy voir feeing, Thevobferve our Sa~ 
 turn las, fothu if You pleafe to ftaV, 
 Yon ttuv fee their form 6 r Worfhip* 
 You ^uft take particular notice of the 
 Set-Pbrt, which is un donbfe Jlv the moft 
 ferire an j (Wr. iri all JM?* in which 
 2ou will fee the grett DakeS Gallier^ 
 which he kceos for i Guard, to his-Couri- 
 trey igiirj'ft the TVVr men oF Wlr. It 
 Is w-rth the ivhile to. fee a G*///^ put out 
 to Sea, or, as fhe comes in, for fo ont 
 m\v fee the Difemlme of the Slaves 
 to whom the Boffcn delivers the word 
 p Command by the noifeof a Whifle, 
 the d^verliiie whereof they are as well 
 
 1* 
 
C 94 3 
 
 acquainted with, as Horfe-men with a 
 Trumper, or foot with a Drum. If 
 Tbu bedilipcnt Tbu may meet withfe- 
 vcrall curiofities, feme naturall, Com* of 
 Art, efpecially from the Levant^ and 
 allatreafonable Rates: and for the more 
 Commodious doing of this, it will be fit- 
 ting to make acquaintance withfeverall 
 Merchants, efpecially Etglifa who will 
 either inform Tbu themfelves, where 
 fuch thing! are to be found, or elfcad* 
 drefs Tem toftichPcrfonsin the Town, 
 as may beft hap to do it. It is like- 
 ways neceffary for Tbu to have fuch ac- 
 quaintance, and amongft them fomp 
 one confident for returning Tbu Mo- 
 ney from ExgUnd, or atleaftfor retur- 
 ning Tb», what Money Tbu have not 
 pre r ?nt life for, to F'orevce, as alfofor 
 kep' i ng correfporakpee with} that by this 
 means, Tbu mav fend any thing you 
 p*eafe to Tow confident at London. And 
 became this adv ice may be yfyfiiU in ma- 
 nv other Places } I (hall be wore par- 
 ticular in it here for all. I fuppofe then 
 Tbu wete to (end any little Ball fpr 
 Trunk from Ligotnt to Lwdon^ Tour 
 
 way 
 
t 9* 1 
 
 Way wtfuld be fiifl to pifs ft at the Cu- 
 
 Horn hotifc, where, 1 think Books, a*4 
 tariofities pay nothing, but yet Yon 
 gttuft have 2n Order for Shipping of them t 
 then You fnuft agree with iome Englfi 
 Matter of *SWp, bofcftd fdt Lend**, f*f 
 the portage and accordingly dfaw z 
 Bill 6f Lbadirig— Which is of 4 cdmmori 
 •Stile bearing, that fuch a Ball or* Coffer 
 narked, -—--(and Jometimis it fayr % 
 marked** on the Marge*, and then th* 
 Mar\ whether it be letters or Figure/ or 
 hath, which is put upon tbe Goods, is //^e- 
 ^vays pldced upon the M:argen of the Bill) 
 isimbarked This-^ Diy df—andYtzx 
 if God — —tb&ardth* good Ship caUtd—* 
 —new in the Pott of L\fpm, and bound 
 for London, thereof Mr : — — under" 
 Godijt ^Aihtt,the tfhichBM is confign~ 
 able at Ld&don toVct -— Merchant &d 
 or bis Order, for 1 which he is to Pdj~- 
 Englifti Mtiriy, he receiving the j aid Ball 
 J»eu conditioned, without Skaith or Da~ 
 wage, There muft be three Copies of 
 this Bill, one You muft fubferibe, arid 
 give to the Maftcr of the Ship, for t 
 
 war-* 
 
W&rt&d to carrif fa Fought. Th$ 
 ether -two he jtiti^r iublore atfdgwe 
 io You, whereof You wufi ter^ofoe bjr 
 J>ofr with a partictfUrLe.rttroiacWice, to 
 Your ( orrelf ordtnt^t / <W^, to wffy 
 rard him ro call ior the Goods jar th* 
 Maiter of the Ship 9 . arc! the ( :t her- Yog 
 fsuft kcqp.by You for Your own is <un r 
 ty, in cafe there ftiojaW b ■ any n i- arrU 
 age, tithe* through th<:i> Kipper, or Mer- 
 chants fault, and then Yf. .in Gv<xlbm*$ 
 fc.ilt&arfed. If Ycu wck to fa 4 l*WP 
 JFfcrwe* thsti ycu rmifti.n rl t \i * Jim* 
 r.er pife your Gfcods at ihe C yi.op.- 
 houtti if there be, any Rooj^s atreng 
 them, You wuft h*ve a partktala* Li- 
 ceqoe 3$ 1 Noted fbrrvta.Klnantf theixaufe 
 unball them at the Culfo ^houie,,; r ^ 
 fet ywr Mark upon tbe >,andtfpd tfQft 
 fome Loat going ior la ?om^ (v hieh 
 you>^Tjlbeiuretodo.J ardta-'ea $<*t£ 
 tinder the Boat-Mft tfs hard 6t the 
 accept of fuch God's io nurked^ 
 confiscable to iu:h a Min Merchant 
 in Ljtth& ! tor which he is, ro.piy fo 
 much Fraught, he receiving the Goods 
 
 well 
 
I 9° I 
 
 well conditioned. ThisNoteyou rruft 
 fend by the Poft to your Merchant in 
 Ligorn, together with Your acquittance 
 at the Cuftom houfeof Florence, which 
 willfervcro ac^ttitthera at Ligom t> to- 
 gether al o v ith particular ad vie todif- 
 patch them hy the firft good eccafion 
 tor I.chuM, a d to take I ilia ■©> Loading 
 for them, whereii you n.uft defire one 
 Crfietcle e' t to vour felt, which 
 you n ufc keep for vour ^ecu r iiy,as ("aid 
 is ; From I erne you muft uie t' e fame 
 convevance to Ligom : Eut from Vzniet 
 you muft addrefs immediately for Lon^ 
 *W, and in the fair e manner as from 
 Ligorn. If you he to fend any thing o- 
 ver Land, where you go not along your 
 ft.lf, you muft make two Letters of 
 Voi ure Chaving firft agreed for the car- 
 riage at the Rate or fo much 'per Cent. ) 
 whereof you muft give one tathe car- 
 rier, which is a kind cf advice i&Nhe 
 Perfon you addreft your Goods to,which 
 is in th is form : fuppofefrom 1 urine to 
 Liens, you write thus, 
 
 Sir J kftvcfwt* BKttdelmtthgd—.hy • 
 
C 9T ] 
 
 Indmikr in this Town, and Carrier to 
 Lions, addrtffed to Tou, which Idtfire yoh 
 would be pleafed to receive, and being in 
 good condition, Pay for it at the Rate 
 efi. ...per Cent, and I /hall hold you account 
 thereof, or otherways place it to the account 
 of... ..at Paris, to whom I dc fire you to ad- 
 dreft the Bundell and fend it with the fir jl 
 good Occafton, and I jhall he Accountable 
 to him. The carrier will part from hence, 
 
 fitch a Day being the Day of. ....and will 
 
 arrive at Lions the.... Day thereafter, the 
 Bundell contains no Merchant Goods, being 
 only Books, &C. for my own Privat ufe 
 and therefore not Cull omable I retf. 
 
 S I R, 
 
 Tours Sec. 
 
 THc other Letter of Voiture is 
 an Obligation under the car- 
 riers hand to Tou, which you muft fend 
 by the Poll to your correfpondent at Li- 
 ons. The Fprm^of it ought to be as 
 follows. I 
 
C 9a 3 
 
 I 
 
 Under Subfcribed Carrier of Tu- 
 rin, acknowledge to have received 
 
 from. f£e.....Day of...., at Turin 
 
 a Hntndell Marked ......Weighing 
 
 addrejfedto.. Merchant of Lions 
 
 to whom I promife to deliver it in 
 good condition at Lions, (with the 
 help of God) or to his Orde>\ he pay- 
 ing me at the Rate of „,. % . per 
 Cent, therefore. In w/tnefs whereof I 
 havefubferibed their prefenis with my 
 hand <tfTurin the,.,Dzy of.. ...Anno.... 
 
 I Have been the more particular in thefe 
 things, beaufealtho 5 they may ftem 
 to be triffies, to thofethat are convex 
 lint ]n fuch matters, yet a fmall miftake, 
 may be the occafion of a great Mifear- 
 riage. I fhall now return to put You 
 in mind of fooie other particulars, arJ, 
 J . That in this Place, Oiftefs are a ve- 
 ty great Dclicat, there being bat one' 
 perlbn: that -has' Privilcdge to fell them* 
 tor which he ■ payes axonliderabk Suru 
 N 2 m 
 
to the great Duke* I know not well 
 from whence they are brought, but I 
 am fare it is from a con'iJerahlc 
 Di ^ince : Th?v a~e 'keeptr the To vn- 
 Dit:h, on the E*fl fide o^ the fo vn, 
 which is full o r falt wit?*\ becm.eit fiath 
 eonmunion mth the Ss* ^ the keeper 
 hatha lirde lonfehirJ; v. vil *c :or- 
 dinrro he number Ba^ainH tor, ryce; 
 fhe n al?"<*Sc very fi»- out i rh-D»tch.Sc 
 fell? ch m ar the Rate dff \ ftiftole, the 
 Hundred. Thrv irerfwwit tines put 
 inr~> rta O *-ch Trie, an 1 ke°pc un'ill 
 thev be big enou *h, r^ev tafte very well, 
 mi are by for the bet in Italy. ?. To 
 the Eift-wird of the To vn, ahou* a 
 Mile or little more, ther" is an Mill called 
 Monte Ncr^ upon which ther* is q;oo i 
 harbarizinc:. * Y-mi will do well to rake 
 a Horfemd a Guide with you to the 
 P*ace. From £***** vou have 15 
 Miles of Smooth and Plain way to 
 
 ' P/fa. It i$ an Ancient City, fome- 
 times a common- walth by it felf, anl 
 $hen both Rich -ml p-nulous: But fact 
 it W4$ Reduced urJcr the command ot 
 
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 thcyrett^&s ~>f Trijcavy, it \% vl&hcj 
 qjfthe t>v-> $ the far greater part of the 
 Inhabitants* after the, Town wis Re- 
 duced, chu Ins; rather to abandon their 
 Ni'ive Coqntry, than their LiSl£fty> or 
 at leift preterrin^avoluntar Subje^ioa 
 a^-oid,to a neceflkate d Shverv at horne. 
 Th-City isur^eand Beaucifu 1 !. divided," 
 as it were in two by the River A^?a, w \ 
 a-Tiin conio/ned bv a beatri nl! B-H^e 
 o^ white Mzrbhs. The \ir of r*fc Plv;^ 
 in Winter, is ju lm\ ro be moreT-np-l 
 We than that ttFlwwe^ therefore the 
 g*ejt r»q < ■ ufrs to pafs the Winter *»&■ - 
 There are inn/ things con fM&tfrtfc fa 
 this To vn ; as 1 ?. The ^reir Chirrh 
 w ; ht* is a lately FaMefc, and we!! jl 
 dorn?i w thm, as alfo rtie ftatifr&fi 
 wher of the Dd^ as alfoof the <rrp at 
 (phurch, are all coverei witbMa<Tiv C 
 Biafiftjft into dt\'m*&%\im ->U. The 
 c m V *d Steeple, which leanes ^o one fide 
 ve-/ irfron the p-n*irtirulir . f on £ 
 pwpfe aIledor e ft was p U rpo r dyfo built 
 bur I am more apt to bclceve that A- 
 groaaJ hath anfs-givcn on the one fide 
 
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 by little and little, or rather irifenfibly, 
 which may be fome part of the Reaforr, 
 why it hath hung together fo long with- 
 out falling, to which the excel lencie of 
 the Cement and Workman-fhip hath 
 contributed very much 5 my opinion, to 
 one that narrowly obierves, will not 
 appear to be unreasonable, for the out- 
 fide is of fo many Rows of fmall Pillars 
 going round about, and the lowcr-moft 
 Row, on that fide that it leanes to, is 
 more than half hid in the ground, where 
 ^s thofe of the other are wholy to be 
 fen $ which I fuppofe could not have 
 happened otherwsys, than as I have (aid.' 
 zjy. The Buriall Place, which is the 
 moft ftately 1 ever fa w, being a long 
 quadrangle, well walled and galieried 
 about, in the midle whereof are very 
 many Monuments of great antiquitv, of 
 many of the ancient # nohle Families of 
 P'ijtf. They are moft ot them of white 
 Marble in fbape like a Coffine, wherein 
 the Body of the Dead perfons was laid : 
 Sohtjc of them are carved in one I Fa- 
 fhion and fome ot then: in another, and 
 
 fome 
 
fome of them into excellent Figures. 4/fc 
 The Dukes Palace, jlf, . The Phyfical 
 Garden, together with the Rarities that 
 arc kcept in a Gallery belonging to the 
 Garden, where you will fee a very great 
 Colle&ion ofNatural Guriofities. The 
 ?\Garden ufes to have very rare exotick 
 ''Plants 3 but in regard you can have no 
 accets to it, except by the recommen- 
 dation of the Phyfitian, that is Pro- 
 fcffor ofBetany for the time, therefore I 
 think it will be worth your while to 
 make your addrefs to him, for a Liber- 
 tie, firflr, to fee the Garden and Gallery^ 
 fecondly, to get from the Gardener or 
 hitufclf, the Seeds, offuchasyou have a 
 wind to, and a Pecce of the Plant for 
 drying, if you think fitting , you muft 
 not be negligent here, for this is one of 
 the 6cft Gardens in I/^Sun my opini- 
 on preferable to that of Padtu r efpeci- 
 ally for exotick Plants. The Univerfi- 
 ty, for the whole Eftate of Titfctny, is 
 keep'd here, and if you pleafe you may 
 fee the School es for all Profefiions, and 
 particularly that for the Lawes, where 
 
 the 
 
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 tfemoft renowned BartLo'tts <*\? ttfcK 
 Arnorgfi: the Eookfellers ycu may fird 
 foii'cthing to accctr.modat you, be- 
 cau c it is an Univerfir v Town, and I 
 (hall tell you here, becaufc I do not re- 
 member to have it done a* vet, that, 
 generally fpeakin?, al) fort o( Fecks in/,. 
 Italy, are cheaper ihan in anv other | 
 p'ace where Iha^eheen. 1 prawr Ton re- 
 member to per- a Couple oi- tie Cata- 
 logues of the Garden there, of the laft 
 Edition. 
 
 F'om Pifa, Ten have \vi afrrallbalf 
 d ys Journey t o veiv pleaiantWay, to 
 J (*. which is a Delicat httle Tcv. n^ 
 a Fc put lick \x it ielf, ard having bit! 
 a very imall Territory belonging to it } 
 it is vi el 1 and regularly fortifed with a 
 dry Ditch, which is kecpt ^ery cleane 
 and in good Order, and allways Green: 
 thePepull'ck is governed by a Prince 
 or Chief Magiftrat, whom they chocfe 
 of their own Town, and change him e- 
 very two Month : 5b fbon as any one 
 is chofen, he muft leave his own Houfe 
 and Friends, and retire himfelf Co the 
 
 Pu- 
 
[9*] 
 Fublick Palace, where he is affiled by 
 feme other of theNobles, & canr ct core 
 out until! his Government te finiftitd. 
 
 The Humour of the people is Chcar? 
 full and very-Civil, and contrary to the 
 Cuftome oi all Italy^ Men and VVomtn 
 convene freely amongft themfelves or 
 with Strangers, They ufe Balls &Dance- 
 ing, much after the French Fafrion j 
 The Religious people ufc to difiilj Spirits 
 and Effences, whereof you may provide 
 what Quantitie you pleafe, Loth good, 
 and good cheap, I wifh you might help 
 a Friend to fome of Orange-Flower* 
 and Myrtles 5 The religious VVomen 
 iikeways ufc to make very prettie Things 
 and particularly I remember they ufe 
 to fdlStcmagersof quilted Silk, which 
 moil people ufe to . wear in the 
 Winter-time, of one Fafhion or an- 
 other. 
 
 From Lucd y if you pleafe, ycu may 
 go to pijtoia, and ioto Florence, or Or 
 therways returne to P//>, and from 
 thence, either b} Coach or Horfe, to .Fit* 
 rwe. If the Weather be net too hot, it 
 
 o n 
 
is letter to po on Hone-back, in reeard 
 oi the prolpeft ot the Ceuntrie, which 
 cannot le had m a Coach. Florences 
 a new Town, but ore of the meft beau- 
 titull in all fii§s ar( ^ therefore called 
 liorema la Bil!a$ it is fituatcd upon the 
 1 i T trAv*, which divides it in two ievt* 
 tall places, over which ftands four fair 
 Bridges. The City is Courted at leaft 
 fx n iles in( ornpafs^ The Beautieof it 
 corfiftes in the Statclinefs of the Buil- 
 dings, the great number ot Palaces, the 
 uea'encis and cleanneffe of the Streets, 
 occa!:ored ty 'the largenefsand fmooth- 
 res o the Stones, with which it is paved ; 
 the many Utftt Places, fountains, Statues, 
 Churches, Towers. Convents & Gardens $ 
 Oi nil which it hath very manv of the 
 b#ft in Italy. There is fcarce any thing 
 in thisCity, which is rot vtry well wer* 
 thiero betaken notice of but particu- 
 larly, t. The Dukes two Palaces, the 
 O'd ar d the New :ln the new the great 
 l;ukehimi*U keeps his Court. It is a 
 r oft ir.agnificentitrutfure, o£thtTnfcan 
 Order ci Architecture, but not finifted 
 
 as 
 
alfret 5 TheGarden belonging thereto is 
 ^ery well turniibed, with Rare Plants 
 kn i Flowers* of which the Catalogue 
 is Printed, of which 1 c ef reYou td 
 bring alongs a Couple of Copies. It 
 will not be a mi fs to make Acqurflrance 
 with the Gardener } for, foyon wi]i : tf8fe 
 what Seeds you pleafe. The cdd Palacrf 
 flrands in the great Place of theCir \ in 
 the midle of whichPlace there w aSt ne!? 
 Coloffus of Kii&,cfCofwuf great- Duke 
 of Florence a Horfe back, by theMxIel 
 whereof that of Henry the great upon 
 the new Bridge of P*w was made. 
 Near to the Entrieimo the Tth^e t x e-e 
 are feverall other Noble Statues o- Mar- 
 ble: within the Palace ft felf fe fhar fo 
 much failed, over the World, GaUene, 
 which is compoled of manv Foomes, 
 containing great Valerie of fife choifeft 
 Curiofities ; as Sta net ; Bufta's, Bafe- 
 relisues, Paintings, Drawings, Prints* 
 Cabinets, Jewels, Cameo's, Im-ilHa'f, 
 with all forts of *&ttic*iltek> with an 
 infinite number of >hfc- pieces v ht- 
 ter turns. Anno ngft ->iher things, there 
 O 2 is 
 
ha Chamber or two ru!I of all forts of 
 
 Afmes, atmngft which thofeofCW/er 
 the Great and RoUnd, with feverall 
 Swords a? Henry the great, alfo a great 
 Number of Cy miters, fofne whereof have 
 their Scabbards fet with Rubies, Eme* 
 raids, and other precious Stones. There 
 is an ancient Buckler with aMedufa's 
 Head, Painted by Michael Angela bona 
 rota. I remember to have obferved feme 
 ancient Cafaques, whofe weight I an 
 conndent no Head could fuftain, unlefs 
 fo adjufted to the reft of the Armour, 
 and that to the Sadie, that the Hor r e 
 mud hav$ carried all. Tbu mufl en- 
 deavour to get a ' Write n Inventure of 
 the feverall Curioaties in' the Gallerie, 
 for without that it is notpoHfible to re* 
 member every particular ^ Within this 
 Palace, the great Duke ufes to keep the 
 moft excellent Artiunshecan meet with, 
 of all Traded to whom he gives confi- 
 derable Salaries and Priviledges, whom 
 you Will do well to tee, but efpeeially 
 the Stone-Cutters, of whofe Art lihtreat 
 you to take particular notice, and what 
 i 5 • In- 
 
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 Inftrnments they ufe, and lekrne at leaft 
 as mjch of it as may ferve to polifh 
 Stones. Amongft ocher Curiofities of 
 this Trade, You may fee a New way of 
 M^faick Work, wherein the figure is 
 compleated mo f r delicatly, both as to 
 the parts and Colours thereof by the 
 Natural Colours of the feverall peeces 
 bf Stones affemblcd together 5 and which 
 is ftrarige,aUthe lights and fhadows re- 
 quifice in Painting is herein obferved ; 
 So that they can imitate Nature allmoft 
 astully this way as in Painting it fel£ 
 This way differs from the old Mofaick, 
 in that: the particular Peeces that com- 
 pofe it, arc of different Figures accord- 
 ing as the colours require^ for example, 
 aChcrrie becaufe it is all of one Co- 
 lour, therefore it may be reprefented by 
 a Red frone of a round Figure in one 
 Pee~e, but the Stalk of it muft be of an 
 other different figure : But "In the old 
 wav, all the peeces were Quadrangular, 
 whatfoever might be the colour or thing* 
 to be reprefented, and of this kind of 
 Mofaicl you will fee a moft excellent 
 
 Pccce 
 
r t^ i 
 
 Peece in St. Pete t s Churcfi at Rmp, re- 
 prefer ring St. Michael the Arch Anprei 
 treading upon the Dfz;//. In this Pa- 
 lace likeways, the great Duke keeps a 
 Chymicil Laboratory, called la Pun* 
 dena, wherein are made very many 
 notable preparations wirh great Faith* 
 fullnefs, especially Spirits and ETences, 
 which may be bought here at reafo- 
 nable Rates, and without fear of being 
 cheated, as to -the goodies of the things. 
 ily. 5eveu!l Churches and Convents, 
 parrieuUrlv the Dime, the nut-fide 
 >vhereo(-;s the rhoft brautUBarR if| Europe 
 beins: alt cufted reitfi Bhck, Whire 
 an i Red IdwBl^ ft / pfeced together ] 
 in regular fi-'U^es. The Church with- 
 in is Paved with black and white Mir-; 
 b!e, and Rich!/ adorned wirh Cha- 
 pels ind AfeiiJs 5 The Copott is very 
 L.ir^e andFine. ".nfomuch that theGoldeS 
 Bil! umuh-fjo of it, which isihle to 
 connini %Vt\t mvr; Peribns, does not 
 amu*- ttqm the Ground to he liefer 
 thm \ 7.0 >1 F ry- SJtl 5 Near to the BA*t$ 
 &aadi ]fc/.?.'$ Ij./rc, on& of the 1 
 
 ad- 
 
[ T °4 1 
 
 admirable TVicfces oi Archrtetftrre, in the 
 World; bane a iquare Steeple, without 
 any ipir on the Top of it, all crafted 
 with black, white ard red Marble, in 
 rroft regular figure fern the tcpto the 
 bottom} near to it (lands the round 
 Chapel of St. Join delicately paved 
 with Marble, and adorned with ftatues, 
 with a Rich Vafe adorned with precious 
 Stones, v herein the Children are Bap- 
 tiled. The Doors of tit Chapel are of 
 Brafs, all in Figures of ferlonage in 
 Baie-teliefve of rroft admirable Work- 
 tnanflipun >bis Chanel is the Sepulchre 
 of Jotd, rhat renown'd Painter and Ar- 
 chitect, uprn Vvhom there aie feme ex* 
 ceilert La in i erfes there ingraven,which 
 I have loft, 1 ur 10 mend toycu to 
 take a Cope thereof. In the Church, 
 of St. Spsrho, there is an Altar »hat coft 
 alove a Hundred Thou r and Crowns, 
 which v ere left by a Florc?:ti>? Gen- 
 tler an for rhdt effi?ttJ In the Church 
 ckStittGd Croce^ ^ 1 h;ve forgot whether 
 it belongs to the Cordeliers, or Jaco- 
 bins j ) MhhttlAngdobwtA rtta is in- 
 terred 
 
t ioj j 
 
 tcrred, and it is faid at his own defire, 
 that he might lye within the View of 
 Jotts Tow re, which he did fo much 
 admire in his lifetime $ Upon his Tome 
 there are three moft delicite Statues, the 
 one reprefentsPainting $ the fecond,Scu T p- 
 ture} the third Architecture : in which 
 thr£e Arts, he was fo great a Mafter. 
 St. Laurence Church was magnificently 
 btiilt by Co/mo de Mecluis, whofe Sepul- 
 chre is to be feen there. There is that 
 famous Chapel, which the Dukes con- 
 tinually Labour to Finifh. It is the 
 jTioftGlofious thing extant in theWorld, 
 there being already beftowed upon the 
 Workman- ftiip thereof abo*^ eight 
 Millions ©f Gold, and I teleeve a con- 
 siderable deal more will not perieft iti 
 It is notTery large, but built round $ it 
 is allMofaik, both the FIoore,rocfeand. 
 fides j and the leaft confiderable Stones 
 tbatcorcpofeir, are Jafper,Porphir, Ala- 
 bafter, Lapis La7iili &c. there are fede- 
 ral! neftsinrhe Wall. about, where the 
 frames oi the Dukes are to ftand as they 
 lived and. fuccecded to one another. The 
 
 great 
 
[ io6 ] 
 Great Altar is not yet lit: up, becaufc of 
 peoplesbcingftillatwork in the Chapel, 
 cor is it yet altogether finifhed, but yet 
 there is fo much done, that to look upon 
 it,onc fhould hardly think there were any 
 thing wanting. It js keept in the Dukes 
 Wardrobe in the Old Palace, of which 
 1 forgot to fpcake formerly, and there- 
 fore tell You now that.it is one part of 
 the old Palace which You mufr not faile 
 to fee, there bein^ in it a vaft Treafure 
 of Silver and Gold Plate, with many . 
 other Precious things. The Altar is keept 
 in a little Foom by it felf, I (hall not 
 under-take to defcrive it particular! y .but 
 only defirc You to confider well every 
 part of it, the Richnefs of the Materials 
 and excellence of the Workernanfhip, 
 the Mofaicksi and the Chrisfall Pillars, 
 and I believe You wiil cafily excufe my 
 holding by the general, and omitting to 
 fpeak of particulars : I do truely think 
 that the beauties and excellencies cf this 
 Chapel and Altar, are lo great and fo 
 many, that they Deferve a Particular 
 JJook to make them known to the world, 
 P and 
 
[107] 
 
 and it may be there is feme fuch work 
 intended, or alrc^die extant, which if it 
 be I am confident You will take care to 
 have it. 
 
 I muft give You notice in this Place, 
 that You will doe well to Treat with 
 fotne of thofe men that Work about the 
 Chapel, or elfe with feme of thofe ftone- 
 cuttcrs in the Gallery for fome frnall 
 Peeces of all the fpecies of ftones^ let them 
 be of fuch a Bignefs as may eafily ferve 
 f o know them by. I make no doubt but 
 You may £et them at a Reafonablc Rate. 
 But J muftearneftly intreat You to mind 
 thofe two Species of ftones which are 
 foqnd in Quarries not farr from Florence, 
 whereof the one Naturally represents 
 Townes and Landfcapes, the other is 
 fome what Whiter,- and has Trees and 
 ForreftsReprefentedonit, by little Black 
 Draughts^ I remember to have fhown you 
 a fnull Pcice of each fort, but nowl would 
 have, two or three larger Peeces of both 
 the forts, of about a fpan-Length, and of 
 fliebeft Marked, for I intend to put them 
 in frames, as a Chcif ornament of my 
 
 Tra- 
 
t w8 1 . , 
 ffradefcants. I (hall hold ibu cotrptfor 
 the price. 3. The Place where the wild 
 Beads arek?ept. It is. a long fquarcPeece 
 of ground Walled aboilt, and galleried 
 on theTop for Spectators 5 under the gal- 
 leries are Title cells that open to the Place, 
 in each of which thefc is keept a feverall 
 t WildBeaft, {uchasJLjwf/, Tygtrs^ Lcs^ 
 fards^ W coifs ^ Bearcj) &c. Ihefe have 
 their keeper that waits upon them, and 
 Feeds them, and when the great Duke 
 commands, they are brought otit,one or 
 more, as he Pleafes, and bated with 
 Dcgs, or otherwifc fet to fight with one 
 another, Upon fuch occafions frrangers 
 are Permitted to fee. 4. The Eook- 
 fellers , of which there are prcttie ftore 
 here and thofe wejl furnifhea too. You 
 cannot mifsofa Cdfalfinu* dc F Untie 
 or two, for it was Printed in this Place. 
 If You can get his appendix ad libros de 
 Plantis^ Toil will oblidge me to bring it 
 with You v it was Printed by it felfat - 
 Rome. You may poflibly meet with 
 other good Books, for it is ordinarwhen 
 Learned men die. for Book-Sellers to buy 
 
 P 2 their 
 
C i°9 1 
 their Books, I muft likeways put Ton 
 in mind to buy a Printed Paper for me, 
 that was Publifhed at Florence, called 
 Testis examinttw 5 it containes two or 
 three figures of the Teflkles with a fhort 
 Defcription thereof, in one fingle leaf. . 
 
 There is .one Dr. Hiirten Dr. ofP/y- 
 sftt^ Heis a very civil 1 and obligeing 
 Gentleman v If'he be yet alive he will be 
 Your Interpreter : and if You need not 
 that, he will help You to expede the reft 
 clYour affairs j inlhort, both hiscoun- 
 fell and his company are to be efteemed ; 
 He is an Englijh Man born, low in ftaturc 
 and prettie ancient. 
 
 Tbu muft not faill in this Place to 
 take notice, of the variety of Fruits, & 
 Wines 5 as the Red FlorenceW\nt, which 
 is counted the befi for of dinar Drinking, 
 being ftomachical and withoufSweetnes. 
 the 'White Florence Wine, which is 
 Sweet 5 Verdca, which is delicious fmall 
 Sweet white Wine, Monte Pt?lciano % 
 White and Red, both very good Wines, 
 fo called from the Place they grow upon, 
 and many more fuch. 
 
 If 
 
If Tbu happen to be here in the Sum- 
 mer time, especially when the Grapes are 
 Ripe, Tbu will find in the Markets great 
 Vafietie of Fowlcs and finalt Bird$,wherc- 
 of I ihtfeat Toil to take notice, butefpe- 
 cially N of thofe kmd«,that ire not common 
 with u$> and try to get their Skins, 
 which tnayhe eafily done, when the bird 
 hath not been long Dead} the rnriip muft 
 be left at it for preferving 6f the Taile* 
 The Head, Wing* and Feet muft be like- 
 wife lefr,and only tbc body taken out, 8c 
 fo the Skin filled with Flax or Cotton. 
 Thii I intreat Tbu to remember to doe 
 wherefoever Tbu fhall happen to be in 
 theSummer time,and if any fuch oCcafiori 
 Prefetit it feif to Ycu in Winter, not to 
 ommitit. 
 
 From Florence to Rewe You have 140. 
 Miles } there are leverail wayes of Tra* 
 veiling, v/z. by Coach, by Vyqc&ccw or 
 Meffenger with whom you agree forfo 
 much 5 as is Oiuall in France: and by 
 thtViturbt, that is, by hyring ofHorfe 
 at a certain Rate, Sc Paying for Tour own 
 entertainment at every part as you pais. 
 
 If 
 
If you fcc acquainted with the rtftoirif 
 of the Countrey, and hare Language 
 enough to teakc Tcur felf underftocd, 
 this laft way Js the Left, becaufe you will 
 before to lare better, and coft you no 
 more, than you would other wife Pay to 
 the Meffenger,. who will be fare to pro- 
 vide the worft chear for you, that he 
 may make the better for himfelf: in (hort, 
 it is beft to be Mafter of your ow n Purie, 
 and not live at the difcretion of Your 
 Condufrqr. I have forgot hitherto to 
 tell ycu that there is fome Incommoditie 
 for Tra^ cllers upon the Road, as to their 
 Bedding, their Cloaths efpiecially, the 
 Sheets being for the moft part very nafty, 
 and it is but now and then that either 
 money of fair words can procure a Pair 
 of clean Sheets. The beft remedy I know 
 is not to put ofFonesC!oaths,and to wrap 
 ones felf, efpecialy the Head, in their 
 Cloak, that the face and Hands may 
 not touch any unclean thing , in (hort 
 a litle Patience will doit, and you will 
 be fure to be better accomodated in good 
 Towns. 
 
 The 
 
The places You arc to pats by, arc 
 Cheifly thefe as follows. 
 FtQRENCE. 
 
 Mile? 
 
 S. Cafctint - - - 9 
 
 Le Tavtrnclle - - %' 
 
 Pogibonzo 5 
 
 Staggis - - 4 
 
 Siena - 9 
 
 MonUrent 5 
 
 ljudigntno. '. • , \f * 3 
 
 Bonctnvcntf - - 5 
 
 T<?r*7fri • 5 
 
 S. grift* f - 4 
 
 £* &4&f - 4 
 
 Ricorfo - - 4 
 
 JL<* Prfg/i<* - 5 
 
 Ptf/if* Centino - - 9 
 
 Acqitdpendentc 1 
 
 8. Lorenzo ? 
 
 BoIJcna 4 
 
 Monicfiafcon* - - 6 
 
 Fiterbo - - 8 
 
 Jfoncigliont - - IP 
 
 Monterosi m 8 
 
 There 
 
C» 3 ] 
 
 There are not many confiderable things 
 to be ken upon thisRoad > Siena- was a re- 
 publick by itfelf, btft was reduced by the 
 Emperour Charles the <$th. and by his Sop 
 VtflipQifbed to the Grea*- Duke of Tuf- 
 canyjirAzv whofe Power it ftill Remains, 
 The Town is of a good bignefs, and com- 
 mended for it's Situation, arid the purity 
 of theiWz*#Tongue. The Dome ox great 
 Church is a ftatlyFabrick^it isPaved with 
 Marble, but efpecialy the Quire, upon 
 which is moft Curioufly Graven the Hi- 
 ftory of ^r^#/Sacrificcinghis Son,and 
 Hiftory of the Maccabees, #nd for the 
 better P'refervation of them they are co- 
 vered with Matts. There is Jikevvife an 
 entrie from the Church to the Biblio- 
 tbeck of lEncas Sylvius jw\\o was born in 
 this Town. He was once Legat from the 
 P^einto Scotland, and afterwards C re-, 
 ated Vepe himfelf, and took the name of 
 Vius Seciwdus* He was a Man ofgreat 
 Learning. The late Vope Alexander VIL 
 was Native of this Place, of the Family 
 ofChigi: his Statue is to be fecn in the 
 great Church. The greateft P*rt of the 
 
 Church 
 
and the Towre belonging. to it are of 
 Black and White Marble without. In 
 the Church of St. Dominic, amcngfr 
 pther Relifts, is preferred the Head of St. 
 Catharine of Siena. The Tovvne is 
 well watered with many fine Fountains. 
 The great f lace is made with a kind of 
 D'efcent Theatre ways, fo rb at from the 
 middle of the Place Tbu may fee 
 all that walk. in it. Mo??tejiafcenc is 
 famous for a moft Delicious Kind of 
 M/tfcauI/oWine, which You muft be fure 
 to Taft. The Meffenger ufes to Dine 
 without the Town, but you will be fure 
 to fare better and get better Wire with- 
 in:, There goes a ftorie that a German 
 killed hunfclf in this Place with Drinking 
 exceflivly of this Mnfcat. As you goe 
 from thence to Viterbo you will find a 
 kind of Ajpalathuf^ which I take to be 
 Acacia altera Angular^. It growes as high 
 as our Broom, and is pkntifull enough, fo 
 that you will eafily difcover it. 
 ^ From Viterho, all that diftance to Borne 
 is called the Campania ct; Rome, in which 
 it is thought moft dangerous to fleep in 
 Q^ the 
 
the Summer time,therefore if you fortune I 
 to travel it in Summer, whither to Rome I 
 or from it ( the fame is under ftoodof 1 
 40. Miles diftancc round about Rome ) 
 you muftbefurenot toffepin thcCam- 
 pani*, which you may eafily avoid by 
 Travelling in the night, when you arrive 
 at Rome you muft efive up ycur name 
 at the Port} your Countrcy, the Place 
 from which vou came laft,' and the houfe 
 yoyi goe to Lodge at : and from thence 
 you muft go a la. dogano&x to the Cuftom 
 Houfe, where your Cloakbag muft be 
 Searched, and from thence to your lodg- 
 ing place, according to the Billet given 
 you at the Port, without which no Houfe 
 keeper dare receavca Arranger } But they 
 arc things of Courfe and cffe&uat with- 
 out any trouble. You will doe well to 
 Lod^ein a Penfion for the firft week, un- 
 til] yqu h*ve made fome acquaintance, by 
 means whereof you may be fullie infor- 
 med where to light upon a convenient 
 Cawera hear/ da : There wis two French 
 Penffons, and one EvgHfh in my time. 
 The firft oF the French was Al montt d'oro. 
 'Thcfecond was nclt* flradd del Povulo 
 
 The. 
 
£ "3 1 
 
 TheEnglifh per fieri was in the hmtflrA* 
 
 da delVofulf^lU vilU dil cttdra. : we had 
 fcvcrall Countrcy mtn living in the 
 Town in my time, as particularly fgnUr 
 Robcrte Vcndrk\^ worthie old Gentle- 
 man, and moft obligejng to hisCeurt- 
 rey men,hc was my particular good friendf 
 and imake no doubt tut ycu vvill find 
 him fo, for 1 hear he is fiill alive, and 
 I with he may be long fc. Fe lives in a 
 hcuit of his own upon the Tnmta di 
 monte.'There is an other cilledSigmor don 
 GuUtl&to Leflji He is Chaplain to Car- 
 dinal Carl* fttrberivoQiXid jives mild Can- 
 ecl/arra. I dare be confident to give ycu 
 this man for ore of the moft Jaithfull 
 Friends in the World, and one in whofe 
 gcodnefs, prudence, Kindrefs, andgord 
 Conduft you may truft ten Thoufand 
 Lives: to be ftort you will find I am not 
 miftaken, when I call him delkfa lwa+ 
 fii getterk^ for in all my lifetime I never 
 knew another like him,, make it their 
 whole work and ftudy to find opportu- 
 nities ;o oblige every Countrey-nan ac- 
 cording to his corditicn : The fcor of 
 CLa them 
 
them, witliFood and P*y merit and what- 
 soever etye they may ftand in need of, and i 
 all other men vv ! th continual olices of ci- 
 vility. By his means you will get to fee 
 many of thefe things I (hall recommend to 
 you hereafter, if 1 Know of your going to 
 Italy in time, I (hall have a Letter there 
 before you. Your beft c onvenience for 
 Lodging and Diet will be a. Camera Lo- 
 candk. You may take it in that place of 
 the town that iuitsbeft with your oecafi- 
 ons, you will pay for it by the month, 
 lefs or more according to the goodn,»fs of 
 the Chamber and furniture thereof. As 
 for your diet it will be dreft in the Houfe, 
 and you muft tell at night what you In- 
 tend to eat next day, that they may pro- 
 vide it for vou : As for the prices you can- 
 not be eafily Cheated, becaufe as to that, 
 moil things are Regulated, And in the 
 quantitie it is not poffible you (hould be 
 overreached becaufe all things are fold 
 by weight. There are feverall Kinds of 
 Bread ufed in this Citv, but that which 
 iscalled Papatineis undoubtedly the beft. 
 There are likewifc many forts of Wines, 
 
 feme 
 
f I2 5 1 
 
 forfle of them GaUzardi or ftrong,as Gra*, 
 Mufattetto di Saragofa, Lagrima &c. 
 others are Legieri- or imall, and they are 
 many 5 the beft for common ufe is Alhano, 
 which You may drink pure : and it is re- 
 markable that there are but few places in 
 Italy where Water may be Drunk fafe- 
 Ir,and becaufe one may be mtftaken m 
 the choife, the beft remedy is to Drink 
 none at all There are greatvariety of fruits 
 according to theSeafons of the yearjflhal 
 only deftre you to be cautious, and rot 
 to eat too much or too often o r any, but 
 fcfpecialy, of Melons, Cucumbers, and the 
 MaUnzane, 6t maUhifana^ which area 
 Kind of SoUnum Y'Qmiferum. There are 
 good ftore and Many Kinds of Fifties, 
 efpecialy Sea Fifh, whereof the beft are, 
 Sols, il Pifce Cap'one &c. The Tunino is 
 a great Fifb as big as our Sal-mend, and 
 Red like it, but harder and dryer a great 
 deale, thebellieofk isveriefattand they 
 ufero Salt and fell it in the Taverns, be- 
 ing diced in (malt peeces upon aTrencher? 
 Fre(h Sutrgt$n is very common 5 Lohjierl 
 are much harder and vvorfe to difgeft 
 
 than" 
 
r rarf] 
 than ours : as for flefres, £»/*/* is only, 
 eaten by the Poorer fort of people ; Beif 
 which they call Vachta is good , Fitella. 
 iampo wcja, or Fudrcn is geed, lut 
 above all the Vitelia nttngtna or fucking 
 Veal. Lamb is wc rth nothing,ncr Mutton 
 either, which they call Cajlmto, and 
 ferves only to make Broath for Sick Peo- 
 ple } Kids arc good. In the Winter-time 
 there is is abundance of Sangljcrs or wild 
 Boars, a ^[oPorcepks. The Snow in that 
 fea!bn, driving them from the Hills to the 
 Valleys, where they are Killed by the 
 Hunters, there is likeways great Varie- 
 ty of Fowl There is none (o c mmon as 
 Quailes, at two feafons of the year, that 
 is, the Spring when thty come into Itatj % 
 and the latter end of Autumn, at which 
 time they are much fatter and better 
 when they go from it. It isfaid that they 
 draw together to the Coaft fide, and 
 there wait for the reft of their number 
 a whole Moneth, and then atlaft, their 
 Caravan being complete, they flee away 
 fearer the Sunn in a great cloud. The 
 Vigianz Sotto lanca arethebiggeft and 
 
Cr»;1 
 
 fatteft, and beftfor eating in the world i 
 they are gqoi in all feafons of the year. 
 About the tim^ o'Vintage there are great 
 Variety of fmall Birds, all very fatt 8c 
 good, and at eafie Rates, amongft which 
 the Ortohni, and Tteccafiche are moft 
 efteemed. 
 
 As for the. things to befeen here, they 
 arefo many, and fo confiderable, that 
 it Would require a large Volume to de- 
 fcrihe' them, and there are abundance 
 of fuch Books extant, to vvhich I referr 
 you, and efpeciallv to one in %o. called 
 U Antichita. di Roma di Avdrea Fulvio : 
 but youtnufl not fail to get an Ami- 
 quarto, who for a certain Summof two 
 or three Crowns will {how you all the 
 particular Antiquities and confiderable 
 places of the Town, and as for the fuller 
 information of them vour Book will 
 ferve you : I (hall only hint at fomc- 
 things worthletobe taVen notice of 5 1. 
 The Court 5 that is, the Pope, Cardinals* 
 Prelates, Monfigniqrie Sec. There are 
 fome great Holy davj, when the Pope 
 C^elebrats \Mafs in perfon 5 it will be fit to 
 
 vrak 
 
wait upon fome of thefe occafions, for 
 then ycu will fee the Grandeur of the 
 Court and the forme of a Cavalcata, 
 together with the Popes ordinaryGuards. 
 a. The Churches. 5. The Palaces $ efpe- 
 cially thofe of- the Vatican, together with 
 the Bibliotheck andGardensof T5elvjdfre 7 
 in which atpongft other things takerar- 
 ticuhr notice of the ftatue oiLycaen with 
 the Serpents wreathed about him} There 
 is an other Garden alfo belonging to the 
 Vatican, m which there are many exo- 
 tickPlants,it was planted by thePopes or- 
 der, by Tobias Aldintts and is Keept frill 
 in reafonable good order} amongft other 
 things you will find the Cameripfes, or 
 CwiedaBylns, of the bignefs of a 'Low 
 Tree and carrying Fruit} there is like- 
 wife a Grotta or water work ,and very 
 fine Fountains of water, about which 
 grows plentifully the Capilius veneris 
 h/lajor or Rav/ofi/s. and Arum JEgypti- 
 11 fit MithioU, five Cohcasia, whicnisa 
 plant carying no ftalk, flowr nor fruit 
 in Italy (\ know not whit it does in its 
 native Soyie ) but only broad Leaves 
 very large and round. This 
 
The Palace tfiFarmfe $ and in if that 
 Gallery whereof the Painting in Frefc* 
 by AnibdU Cdrkcci* is fo famous, and 
 the Tdur» which is kept in a little Houfc 
 $ part 3 in the back court of tkc Palace. It 
 is the nobleft piece of Art extant mRtm 
 althoitbevery anticnt, ts^cing one of 
 thofe framed by Pliny, to have been in 
 his time in F$ro Trajani 5 yet it is not 
 only intire, but as beautifullasifitfiad 
 Ticver been moved out of the place k 
 ftandsin now. 
 
 the Palace of Principe Pawphilih 5 
 it ftands in the Piazza N*v0tt*, where 
 you may take notice of that Glorious 
 Fountain made by Cavelier Bernini^ 
 whereupon the top of a little artificial 
 Rock, are placed, four great delicate 
 Marble Statues, repreferting the fourc 
 great Rivers of the World, and each of 
 them pouring out of a Vale placed under 
 one Arme, s a great quantitie of Water, 
 and in the middle of the four there ftandfi 
 one oi thzkGulias graven withJEgypti* 
 dn Hieroglyphic^ brought from Jhgypt 
 by the A mien t Romans* They life to 
 R .flop 
 
( i*o ) 
 ftop the way-goe of the Water, fome- 
 times in the Summer, and lett the Place 
 overflow with Water, and then Peo- 
 ple come toward the evening, in their 
 Coaches, and drive foftlv up and down 
 the water to take the frefco, which is 
 one of the greateftGafo's \nK$me. 
 
 PalazzaB0rghefe,Stmd\ngnc2r to the 
 llipetta. VaUzzd Yalifrrino 5 and 
 
 in it the library, where you may fee 
 two copies of the Rortus Eyfictcnfis^ 
 one illuminated and the othdr not j Mr. 
 Ltjly will command you a fight of that 
 when you pleafe, tor it belongs to Car- 
 din all Francifto Barbcrind. 
 
 The Popes Palace of Monte Cavdlo, 
 and the Gardens thereof. 4. The Villas : 
 as firft that of Borghefe, which is with* 
 out the walls : there is a particularBook 
 to be fold by the Houft keeper, that 
 fufficientlydefcrives it and all>He beau- 
 ties of it, to which I Refer you. ily. 
 the villa, or Palazzo mtdttf % belonging 
 to the great iDukeofr///r^;//.Ttftands 
 upon the wontelrimta, the Hall is ador- 
 ned with a great many Pillars ftand- 
 
 ing 
 
C m 1 
 
 ins; about the Walls, of moft delicat 
 Marbles, and the Originalls of ^ gretf 
 many Illutfres and virtuofi. In one of 
 the Chambers there is a moft beautifull 
 ftatue of Venus^ of Grecian Antiquitie. 
 In the Garden there is a Noble flame of 
 Cleopatra, the Ruins whereof were repar- 
 ed by Mkhaell Angela bona rota^ and 
 many other ftatues Bafe Releiv's and 
 Vafes^ which for Brevities fake I muft 
 omit, and refer you to the particular 
 Books that treat of thofe things, But 
 moft of all to your own diligence in 
 viewing them and keeping a pun&uall 
 Regiftcr of all that you fee, and fo i 
 (hall only name fomc of the Villas 
 that remain, and are moft confiderable. 
 As the Villa Montalio^ The Villa Ludt* 
 vifi, where amongft other Admirable 
 things the ftatue of the dving Gladi- 
 ator is excellent . The VillaFtrxtf!^ The 
 Villa Vamphilio, which is a pretie way 
 without the walls, and the reft which 
 1 leave to your fight. 
 
 5fy. TheCaftle of St. ^Avgelowhich 
 
 former Jy was the Burial Place oiHadrian 
 
 R 2 the 
 
the Emperor. 6. ThcHofpifalb^ Parti- 
 cularly that of St. Sfirit^ which is a 
 rroft magnificent Structure, and well ap- 
 pointed in all things.They will (kow you 
 amongft other remarkable things, the 
 Place where the Children of fuch a Big* 
 nefs are permitted to be put in, without 
 tny further in quirie made after them, 
 or who brought them. By this means 
 the I-ife of many a Child hath 
 ben faved, which otherways would 
 have been taken away to prevent the dis- 
 grace of the Parents. .They are no foo- 
 ner put in, but Nurfes are got for them: 
 tftheybeBoyes, when they come to a 
 convenient Age they are put to Trades, 
 according ro their feveral Inclinations 
 and Capacities. But if they beGirles, 
 then when they come to the Years of 
 difcretion, if they incline not to a Religi- 
 ous Life, every one of them is provided 
 with fo ranch Portion to Marry her 
 with, out of the common revenue of the 
 Houfe* And then upon a certain Day 
 appointed for that .purpofe 5 all HJtelk or 
 maids comeinProceffion, one after ano- 
 ther, 
 
fcher, with theirFaces Vail'd^and the Men 
 that come thereupon fuch fJaySvof pur* 
 pofctochoofea Wife, (for all of them 
 have a like Portions) pitch upon fuch as 
 pleaie them beft, and prefent them aNofe- 
 gay, after which, fheisfequcftredfrom 
 • the reft, Sc the Marriage Solcmniz'd, after 
 the Man has given Information of him* 
 fclf andfuficient Caution that he (hall 
 provide a Lively-h«od for her. There 5* 
 t very fine little Garden that belong ro 
 the Hofpital lying juft upon the Tyhcr. 
 Itufes to be well fumiftied with Plan's, 
 and I have feen the Dicptmnus Creticu? 
 in flowre there, yly. The Convents, as 
 particularly the French Minims upon the 
 Monte Trznita. In the upper Gallerie of 
 their Cloyfter there is a Dyall, where the 
 Sun beams, entering by a fmall round 
 hole, Point the Hours. It was made by 
 Marfemut* that famous Mathematician, 
 a Father of their Countrie and Ord^r. 
 They have liktways, in a particular part 
 of their Garden fome rare Plants, asM*- 
 lufpunica flerc *m$li§im$fkM& Vark* 
 gnt$. 
 
 The 
 
t 1 34 3 
 
 JheMinerva^ which was anciently the 
 
 Temple ofMrnervdjLnd now is the Chief 
 Convent of the Dominicans in Rome. 
 In my time there was a French Father 
 there called Padre Bar'tUeri Secretarie to 
 the General for his Nation 5 He was a 
 great Virtuofo, and exceedingly well 
 Verfed in the whole Hiftorie of Nature 5 
 He had a very Curious Colle&ion of ma- 
 ny Natural 1 Things, and was about to 
 havePublifhed a Large Book in Folio^ 
 wherein he had defigned aNatural Hifto- 
 iy, with a great many cutts, which he 
 fhowed me* If the Book be Publifhed, 
 I ftiould be very ghid to fee it '•> if he be 
 alive, it will be worth your while to pro- 
 cure his acquaintance. He hath alfo a 
 Garden well ftorcd with Plants at St. 
 Xitto. ■ 
 
 The Romnn Colled ge } where there is 
 a famous (hop and Labor atorie for Pkar- 
 macie, as alfo a Garden. 
 
 %ly. The Capitol }the middle of the 
 Place before it, is the Statue of the Em- 
 perour Marcus Aurelins^ a Horfe-back in 
 Brafss It was brought thither from the 
 
 place 
 
Place before St. John dcLatcran, arid iff 
 thought one of the beft Modellsiitthe 
 World. At the Top of theStaires, as yo 1 u 
 enter into the place are twoHorfes,one on 
 every fide held by a Slave in Marble. 
 They were brought thither from the 
 Kuines of Pompe/s Theatre. There is 
 alfoin the fame Place two Trophies of 
 Marias } there is alfo Cohtmua militarise 
 with a Brafs-ball oil the Top of it $ there* 
 ufed to be fuch a one at every miles end, 
 upon the comrnonRoads 5 &. from thence 
 cam£ their Faftiion of counting the miles 
 fer Lapidis, as primo ab nrbe Lapide 
 was a mile from the Town Sec. The Ca- 
 pitol, as it now is, confiftsof three Pala- 
 ces all ot Excellent Architecture, and 
 beautified, both within and without 
 with Painting, Statues, and other Mo- 
 numents of antiquities the particular 
 Relation whereof I rcferrto the Books 
 that are written thereof, and particu- 
 larly to one called Roma antica&Mo- 
 derna, 8c to tbc particular demonftration 
 *bf thtAntiquario, for I find it will be 
 utterly impoffible to difcourfc of every 
 
 par- 
 
C 13O • 
 
 particular unlefs I ftiould refolvc te 
 compile a Volumn. 
 
 the reft of the Monuments, and refts 
 or rather ruins of Antiquitie, I fhall paff 
 over, and only name a few ot them* as 
 for example, firft, thcWalls of the City, 
 which were built by T$ellif*rius Captairt 
 ot the Guards to Jwiinian the Emperour. 
 The breaches have teen repaired by ieve^ 
 wMPtpes* The Ports for the moft part arc 
 the fame they were anciently, only the 
 Porta del ftpulo was made a great deal 
 more (lately, at the firft Entrie of CAr/- 
 (tin a Queen of Swede* into Rome. 
 There is a long ccurten of the Wall be- 
 twixt Porta ddf9pii1$2iV\A Villa Borghcfc 
 Under which it fcems the Ground has 
 inifgivcn, fothat the Wall bendeth, 6c 
 is therefore called Muro Urt$. Near to 
 this place a'lfo, is the Burial Place dtllt 
 CtrtegUve, there being no Chriftian 
 Burial or Holy Ground allowed to fuch 
 perfones. There is good Herbarizing 
 about the walls,efpecially on the out-fide, 
 and particularly you will find a Plant 
 there which is not common elfc where,at 
 
 leaft 
 
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 leaft that I havcobferved, viz, Satitrcii 
 
 $>pt(dtaj.velb)wlra S. Juliani, (it S*~ 
 thteiavcraLMii. I f on the Wall of 
 the City, dole by the Port of St. Paul* 
 imia oiliwfa there is yet extant a Py- 
 ramid tuilt of Marble, which was the 
 Burial Place of C. Cejitus Stptemvir £- 
 fulomtrn. ? c€Qtid ! y. The old Temples^ 
 whereof there are (6 many that it would 
 tc tedir us to defcrite them all J (hall only 
 name feme, viz. The Ptntkcon now cal- 
 led Madonna dell* rotund* '-> It was built 
 by Mtrcut Agrjppd, Son-in law to Atu 
 gujivsCdfar, in Honour of all the Gods, 
 It had thcFortune to eicapc almoft totaly, 
 Hie ruine, ard fury, which the Goths 8c 
 Vandals brought upon the Fowan Em- 
 pire and magnificence thereof. 1 admire 
 theRoofeotir, being fo large arid lb flat 
 without any Pillar, to fuppcr it, and al» 
 tho' it tc a Vault, it hath no ncvil- 
 ftone to bind it in themiddle^tut in place 
 thereof a round hole fo wide that it 
 lights the whole Roome abundantly, nor 
 is there any othcrWindow in the Fa- 
 brick. The next thing I admire in iris 
 S tht 
 
I "3* 3 
 
 rbeDoore-Cheeks and couple which is 
 
 all of one Peece of white Marble. Th£ 
 Dooropensin two leaves, very widest 
 very high they were covered with Coring 
 thian Brafe, as was alio the whole Roofe, 
 until the time of TJrbun VIII. who 
 took ir off, and covered it with Lead 
 as it f 6' vis, and made thereof the 
 great* A < tar of £t. Peters, and foflie pea- 
 ces ot Ordinance, that arc keept in the 
 CaftelS*. \A*gc'o,a$ will teftifie a par- 
 ticular infeription at the fide of the pan- 
 theon Doore, made by the Popes com- 
 mand. Upon this occafion was that 
 Pttfqtfivtdi §^§'l ft on fecernnt B*rbari % 
 fecere Barberim. It has a moft ftately 
 Vortico bc'ore the Gate, of a great many 
 large tall Pillars cf Egyptian black anct 
 white (peckled Marble i the defcent into 
 the Portko from the Street is of tett or 
 twelve fteps, butitisfaid, before thcru- 
 ine of theCity,that there was as great ail 
 a (cent to it, whence it may be gathered, 
 what an univerfal Sc great devaftarion of 
 buildings mull: there have been to fill up 
 fo great a deepch. And indeed it is obfer- 
 
 ved 
 
ved, that when they have any occafloa 
 to dig, it is long before they come, in 
 mofi:place% to the terra Virgine, that is, 
 which hath not formerly teen broke u- 
 p on: and when they are dicing into old 
 ruins, for Ant kails ( as thevareconti* 
 nually doing in fevcrall phcesj they 
 Jeave off when they come to the Terra 
 Virgine. Before the Portico there is a 
 large coffine, with it's cover and fuppor- 
 ters of Porphyre which they commonly 
 call Agrippa's Tombe. 
 
 Near to the entrie of the Camp of V*. 
 r/V/tf, at the bottom of the back ftairs that 
 lead to theCapito!,there is aChapel under 
 ground, which wasfbrrrerly rhePrifon 
 of St. Peter and St. Paul, . when rhey 
 fuffered for the Holy name of JhSUS. 
 If was then called Tulliannm^ according 
 to that of Cicero 5 efilocm iff car cere quod 
 Tullianum appellator. The Temple of ^ 
 turn 'is hard by* which inancWnt times 
 was theJErarium publicum, in which the 
 Public k Treafury was keept. 
 
 Thirdly, the Amphitheatres^ mo3: ptrt 
 
 ef whi^h are Rpined, efpecially that 
 
 S 2 which 
 
IimO 
 
 which was built by Titus, now called the 
 Colijeo^by the part thereof that is ftand- 
 ing you may abundantly ludgc cf the 
 Magnificercc of the whole, when it was 
 extant.There is good Herbc rizing within 
 it, and ther* is one DdtninkusV anaroLtt 
 that hsth Writen Catalopts VUntarum 
 Amphitheairalium^ with the rtfl: of his 
 worki in **. Rom*, apud Frtncijcum 
 AUnetam 165?. to which I refer You. 
 
 Fourthly, the A^vieduUs^ of which 
 the moft part are ancient : when thef 
 come near totheCity,tbey are convey d 
 underground tofeveral Fountains in the 
 City, and (one of them fo deep, that it 
 is Prodigious by what art they could 
 have Pefrc'tfo deep, as for example, the 
 Aqua Virgine, which isthefweeteft and 
 Left for ufe in all Rome, is conduced 
 fo deep thro 1 the Monte Trinity That 
 in the French Minims Garden there is 
 * defcent of fix or feven fcore fteps to 
 come at it. Amongftall theFountai^sin 
 Rome the moftbeautilull are in the ?U 
 mzz* Hwona, in the Vuzza St. P/>/n% 
 the Tre FeunUne^ &t % »S * 
 
[ T4I 1 
 
 %ly The Therm*, or Baths; as the 
 Therm* Diocletian* built by the Empe- 
 rour Diocletian. It is faid that ten thou- 
 fand Chriftians were impHved abtfuc 
 this work, aniallcmelvMaflacred when 
 they had finifhed it. It is now a Mona- 
 fter\' o Cafohnttdns, in whofe common 
 Garden I remember to have feen the 
 Myrtus Bnxifoltk: The rmmot Therw* 
 Antonrni CaracalU ; they are fituaced ad 
 Radicem CoVk Aventin*. I have ^tn 
 amongft thefe Ruins that kvnd of Ca- 
 pillary, whidi is called HYtbfatiiuY} 
 and no where elfe that I Remember of. 
 Sixthly the twoColumns of Antoninus, 
 and Trvan Enpcrours} The Statue of 
 St. Peter (lands upon the Tojfofone, 
 and that of St. Paul upon the other: 
 Trajan was fo well beloved of the Peo- 
 ple that to make a place, which in ho- 
 nour of him they called forum Trrani^ 
 in the midle of which thisCokimn ftands, 
 they levelled a great Hill, of the prec'ue 
 hight of the Column it felf. Both the 
 Columns are of white Marble, and all 
 the out fide Hiftorified in bafe relieue, 
 
C|#1 
 
 }n'a fpirall line beginning at the bottom 
 
 and ending at the top. That of Train* 
 hath the whole ftorie of the DtcianW'zT, 
 Thereisa great Book in Folio of this Co- 
 lumn, wherein all the figures are am in 
 Brafs, and the Large defcription thereof 
 added. I -have forgot the Authors name, 
 but I believe You will find the Book Al 
 infantx di Pari^i alia pace from Jacima 
 Ro[ft. where you will likewife find all 
 other forts ct Prints and Ta llcdouces. 
 The Columne of Antomnut is 1 6 c fx>t 
 High and that of Trajan 13S. Altho' 
 thcV apear to be hut final yet each of them 
 hath a Stair-Cafe within, that leads to 
 the Top. There are fome oth?rs but lefs 
 Confidefable, as that which ftands before 
 St. Maria Mt/V*, which was one of the 
 Pillars of the Temtium Vacis, brought 
 hither by VaulusV. who placed a Bra* 
 fen Statue of the Blefled Virgine upon 
 the Top thereof. There is likewile not 
 far from the fame place a little Column 
 with a Crucifix on the Top of it, ereded 
 in memorieofthe abfolueion given to 
 Henry the IV. King of FrsiHti In the 
 
 Capitol 
 
t H* 1 
 
 Capitoll likewife there are tw6 viz. the 
 Columna miliar*, of which already', 
 and the CiIhhm* R*firdt*> which you 
 will fee when you view the fine things 
 within that part of the Capitoll whieh 
 ftands next to the River, where the Hi!! 
 ismoftfteep and was anciently called 
 Tarpcid Rttpes. 
 
 Seventhly, the Triumphal! Arches^ a* 
 particularly that of Septimiur Severn t 
 That of Xitus^ and that of Confiantine 
 &c. 
 
 Eighthly, the Bridges upon the River. 
 Ninthly, thtOjelifl^s ;moft part where* 
 6t are graven with Mgyptiati Hnregly*. 
 flicks. The left of them iserc&ed in the 
 diddle of the place before St.Peters, upon 
 the back of four Brazen Lyons, and a 
 large Pedefral of Marble. The next beft 
 is attheP<?rf<e deU Ptpnfa. 
 
 Tenthly, the Stptem Colics or Montes % 
 xvpon which F*/5*<nsfaidtobe built viz. 
 'Mens Cdpito'imts, W[ons VaUtinus* TS/icmf 
 Jvcntintts, Mo*f Celius, Mans E r quili- 
 mur. ("where the Hoiifc of Virgil vjti 
 and the Garden of Mcftr//*/J Wiom Vu 
 
 mind* 
 
t »44 3 
 
 ntinalk ard Mf r^. irinaUr^ Cal]^d HOW 
 
 IV 0#/e Ctvall* where the Popes Palace if. 
 El vcnthly, force other Hills: as thejf*- 
 nicvUr, which is a Chain of Hills with- 
 out the Walls in the Trtvficzcrc. And 
 thtMons' ejttccus, which is nothing but 
 a heap of broken earthen Pob and bricks* 
 for in arcienr times thefc were iomuch 
 in ule > and the Fi&#l? or Tradesmen that 
 made therr>* fo numerous, that there 
 was a rcceluty of appointing them a 
 particular place, and that by publick 
 edift, iortr rowing the Fn 1 biffa of their 
 Furnaces and the pet (beards that broke 
 in i he taking into, !ea(t otherwifeif it 
 badbecnperrr.Wedto throw them into 
 thePiver,'u might have occafioncd an ln- 
 undarionol the City. In pwefsof time 
 it grew to the bigncs of the third part of 
 a Mile in O mpafs, and a Hundred 5c 
 5ixtie toot in hight. This Hill iswirhm 
 the Walls not far from the fide of the 
 River, asaLo WionsVaticanus in Truns- 
 teverejo called a Fat iciniis which ufed 
 to be made there : The Palace of the Va.^ 
 tkAH ftands upon it. 
 
[*45] 
 TweltWy; Sot** fnbterrdnea \ com- 
 monly called' the Cat^combs^ whereof 
 Bofo hath writen a large Volumn in 
 Folio. There are W> of tKem, both 
 without the Walls. One of them is at St. 
 Scbdjrion't Church. They are Cdvcr** 
 digg'd under ground in the forme oft 
 Town, that i% larger and leififer ftreett 
 croffing one another, Jn fome place lower 
 fothat You muft be forced toftoop, but 
 in others higher than a Mansbight, and 
 all along as you go upon the one Hand 
 and the other, as thick as they $m ftand 
 one by another, are holes or nefts where- 
 in were placed the bodies of the Dead, 
 one { by one, upright upon'their feef , and . 
 fo the nejfts Plaftered over. The Bodies 
 and reliques of many Saints and Martyrs 
 have been found here, and were known 
 l£> be fuch by the Crofs found uporji 
 their Srpu'chers, with this Infcriptibtt 
 ^roCHRl^O. Tou muft take. g0dd 
 lights and a good guide to conduft 1ou r 
 for fome have mi&aken their Way and ; 
 never found an outgate. The Second, 
 I need notdefcribeit. 
 
 T There 
 
 v -^ 
 
Lj*1 
 
 Tfiirfaff fevetill &irtgs abotft Rttoe 
 if6tih\c the taking ftdticeoMM- P**# 
 awJBe 2 Bridge /tending upon tile re*** 
 rf | tS Larine vfo/V* fome two tnifes tr&m 
 tte fo#n, fofare it joynes wfthflilrfjf- ■■ 
 fa* Ytfugo to it by rite P6rtdtiPip*l*V 
 It is fcMfficferabfc for it's Antiqffitjr. k 
 was tt tUM Bridge fhat C§*Sl*ntineti}&> 
 gffeat vanquiftied Mtxtntiu* the Tyrant: 
 There having appeared to him before 
 the Battle, in the Firmament, a ted Croft 
 with thefe words in hvcSigno viticcs. the 
 ftory is Painted in frifci in the Palace 
 of the vAticstn by a great Matter, where 
 Yoti may fee it and You will feldomc 
 mils Painters in the Roome a Copying 
 of it. 2. The City of Tivdli^ in Latin 
 Tibnr^ by the way Tbu will paifs a little 
 Rivet, The Sulphureous and rioyfome 
 fmell whereof Tbu will perceive at & 
 Miles diftance^ it is of a w'hitifh Colour* 
 as if Meall were mingled with \ty i\i€ti 
 is a white flymie Sulphureous fubftafice 
 adhering to the fydes and boftotfi of it,* 
 which «s foft whileft it is und^r Water* 
 butjjeing once dryed become* very hard* 
 
 they 
 
they ijjfefo make counterfeit comfit *«d* 
 which they call comfits of TivoH and 
 ufe toCheat People with them for fports 
 fake. The River runs into the Tivzrons 
 and fppils the Water thereo^and in my 
 Opinion, does much harme the Water 
 of the Tyber itfelf, becaufe the Tiverone 
 joyns with it before it come at the City 
 of Row. The Town is verie ancienr, 
 havijaor feveral marks of great Antiqui- 
 
 ?S as Sybil/as temple, d*. clofe by the 
 own the River Teveronc falling from 
 a great hight over a Rock makes that 
 famous CajcatA fo much talked of. It 
 makes a horrid noife and continues fro- 
 thy and working for a good way below 
 the fall, and hath made a Million of 
 meanders and ftrange figures in theRock 
 where it falls.A litde below the fall there 
 is a Bridge over it ofaconfiderablehighf 
 a6ove the Water, where if Tbu ftand 
 awhile you will perceive a dew able to 
 wet you,which arifes from the fall or the 
 Water after the River is fallen. Several 
 parts of it are conveyed by aqucdu&s in- 
 to the Towa for fcverall ufes, as namely 
 T 2 on 
 
( H« ) 
 one part for the Brafs vyorks, where You 
 
 piayobfcrve, that the Wacer blowesthe 
 firfr, not by moving the Bell owes ( which 
 iscommon) but by affording; the Wind } 
 another part of it is carried to ihtVillk 
 d^Esfe where there is a curious' Palace 
 and iflofl: curious Gardens with all forts 
 of Ingenious Water VVorks and other 
 ornaments, as ftatiies &c, belonging to 
 Gardens. Amorigft other things, there 
 are Several Artificial Birds, j:hat (ing their 
 natural Notes by the help of the Water. 
 Ther$s an Organ that plays fweetly, mo* 
 ved only bv the Water, which alfo fur- 
 niflaeth it Wind. The GjrandoU is con- 
 fiderable, where th? water rifesin a grofs 
 Body very High, and the ay r being Ar- 
 tificially mixed therewith, makes a noicie 
 that exaftl y imi tat? Thu nder. Tivbli is 
 fome eighteen or itwen tic Miles diftanfc 
 from Rime Tbu rn^y eafily go from Rom* 
 and fee all things con fiderablc there, Si 
 returne the fame day to Rome^ unlefs 
 Tou pleafe rather to goe to Frefcatr, 
 which is a'moft delicious litleToun about 
 prelve Miles diftanffrbmltanr*, /land- 
 ing upon the fide ofa Hill, fr^m whence 
 
 in 
 
( 1*9 ) 
 
 in dear weather Ton mar eafily difco<* 
 Vcr Rome. The Place is beautifi'd with 
 iriiny delicat Villas abom it, amongft 
 which the moftcqnfiJer iMe are, firft,the 
 'Belyidefebzloft&inz now to the Principe 
 *Pkmkth*i the Waterworks whereof are 
 efteerned the bed in la ty : There is a Cen^ 
 taurthat Winds a Home by the help of 
 the Water, with that Loudnefs, that 
 it cari be heard at fix or feven Miles dift- 
 ance.There is a lowRoom which they call 
 theApoflo, attheetad'of which Apollo fits 
 iupon the Top of an artificial Parntffu*. 
 with the nine Mu es about him, he with 
 his Harp, and they with their feverall 
 inftfrumenti of Mufick, which play by 
 the help of the Water, which isconvoy- 
 ed under ground knd is notfeen with- 
 in the Rqomv About the middle of the 
 Room there is a lit tie hole,' but- of which 
 the Wind (occafioned by "the motion oP- 
 the^ Walter under n?ath^): cdmeirig furth, 
 hktb fo-much 'Arehprh as to (npport a 
 wooden JBalV of the bi^nefs of a Tennes 
 ball, arhalf a -ell's diftance and more 
 . from the floor, without ever letting it fall 
 
( /So ) 
 
 {o the ground, itj. At half a miles dw 
 ftance froip FrtfcAti *?c the^uins of £/"- 
 ra? $ TrfcHUnum, and LycyllfS country 
 Houfc, as alfo a curious ?///* cajlfd w**f * 
 pragtnc^ where the Houfc if well adorn- 
 ed with Paintings, & c. and the Gardens 
 jvith waterworks. 
 
 %fy If Tow defire not to fte turne to 
 Rome firft, 2ou may go,e dirt&ly trom 
 hence to CaftcUogondolfa which is about 
 five milps diftant from Frefitti, and 
 fourteen from Rime. It is a raoft delici- 
 ous Countrcy Houfc of the Popes, To 
 which heutes to retire feme Monethsin 
 the Summer, for the good Air's fake, it 
 Jiesthe Profpeft of a moft dclicat lake, 
 encompafed with Hills, that 'are all (ha- 
 dowed with Trees, where amongft other 
 plcafures you will not want that of 
 Herbarizing. 
 
 Being returned to Ri ntt y*u may make 
 another Httle Journey with your con- 
 venience to OJiia, wlfiich is fomc twelve 
 miles diftant from R *mt doun the River 
 Tybtr^it was qi old the great Harbour for 
 all the Stnps and P*l%s that belonged 
 
 to the City 
 
C is* 3 
 
 Citv and Empyre, cti« out it it feems 
 by Art, but now thro' long negle& fill- 
 ed tip and ufclefs. Having fecn all and 
 dyried, yoii iniy feturae W6r€ night to 
 Rtntt? it will be fit you be at the pains 
 to make another Journey to Ctprtrolld^ 
 ope of the nobleft Palaces in Italy&rtfiit by 
 the famous Architcft Vignoh y by order 
 of Cardinal Alextnder Farnefe. It be- 
 toriges to theDukcofP^/Kf^.Itisdiftant 
 from Rome Miles It is in 
 
 figure peutagine^ having five Vfcry High 
 tfcd equal faces, with a Court f>erfe&ljr 
 found in the middle, aslikewife ate the 
 Galleries and Corredor's about it. Mor- 
 over there is almoft as much lodging 
 below ground as above. The Hangings, 
 Statues, Pi&mres, as alfo the Gardens, 
 Fountains, and other embelliftiments, 
 doe welifute the magnificence of the 
 Palace. 
 
 Having feen Rent and the Places a- 
 feout it. It will be fit to make the Voyage 
 of Naples. The Months of April arid 0- 
 Hober are moft convenient for this Jour- 
 key ,the heat being too great in Summer, 
 
 and 
 
\ t *f»JLI 
 
 and ehe : Snow , and Rainc troublefomein 
 Winter. 
 
 From $m 
 
 re to Ntphs. 
 
 Mite. 
 
 Marine 
 Vtlitre, 
 
 •» 
 « 
 
 
 Se%zd 
 
 - 
 
 -15 
 
 7>iperH*+ 
 Ttrrazin^ - 
 Vtrtelld, 
 Tondi) * 
 Itri, 
 Mala. 
 Tra»ctto, - 
 
 
 -04- 
 -10. 
 .03. 
 -05. 
 -05. 
 -04. 
 
 Pafr the River GdrriglUn*. 
 
 
 Cdpua, 
 Anerfdy 
 Naples - 
 
 • _ 
 
 -07: 
 
 -6'4l 
 
 -13. 
 
 -08. 
 
 _ 
 
 
 114. 
 
 
 k* 
 
 As 
 
C 153 3 
 
 r As Tou go out at the Pott St. Giouw 
 ni) all along thzCampama on every 
 fide of the High-way, You will meet 
 tvith many EuinS of Ancient Burial* 
 Places for feveral Miles from the City, 
 
 Vtlitre$ is an Ancient City of the 
 Volfci^ much famed alfo for theParchts of 
 Ottdvius Augttjius^ who were Originaly 
 of this Place. Upon the Way from 
 VtUiri to Sezza, upon the Hill-fide un- 
 der Sarninttta, there are feme Ancient 
 Ruins fuppofed to be the Tres Tabern£^ 
 of which St. Luke (peaks in the 28* 
 thapter of the Acts rftheApoftles. 
 
 Sezzd^ortxitfy Sett*? was much com- 
 mended for its Wine, whence that at 
 Juvenal. 
 
 »— — Tunc ill a time cum pcnla ftwtt. 
 Gempidta & hi§ Setinum ardebit m 
 totro. 
 
 Tipernfy in Latin Vrtvzrnum } and the 
 
 Inhabitants Vrivernati^ ^near to this 
 
 U " place 
 
I '54 3 
 Place, IrisFUrentin^ grows abundantly. 
 Terracin* 5 wasAflriently called Anx- 
 ur, in the Language of the Vtlfci, of 
 whom this was the Metropelk. Strab$ 
 fayeth that it was called Trtckina, qun/i 
 Afpera fiomthe Rockinefsof the Hill u- 
 pon which it is Placed , altho' the Town 
 be Ancient, it is not very confiderable, 
 it is the laft Place of the Ecclefiaftick E- 
 fratc towards Naples ; Paffengers ufe to 
 Dine here at a pittiful Inn without the 
 Town, where there is no manner of 
 Furniture, but Wood to make Fire: it 
 not being fecure for any Body to live in 
 it, becaufe of the Turks that often Land 
 here, and take what they can meet with. 
 When the People that keep the Houfe 
 fee any Strangers Arrive, inftantly they 
 make Fire and bring Proviiion From the 
 Town. The Sea comes very near to the 
 Foot of the Hill where the Town ftands, 
 and on that fide which is towards Na- 
 ples, theRock isprecipirious, and betwixt 
 it and the Sea, leaves but a very nar- 
 tow and ftrait Paflage, which one Man 
 
 may 
 
[155] • 
 
 may Guarde againft a Hundred, Fendi is 
 the firft Town yoia meet with in the 
 Kingdom ofNaphs^ here you muftgive 
 notice to the Officers appointed for that 
 purpofc of your intended Journey for 
 Ndples^ and cauferegi ft rat your Name, 
 together with the marks of your Horfe, 
 that he may be the better known when 
 you return, to be the fame that you 
 brought along with you from Rome, or 
 otherways you will not mifsto be chal- 
 lenged upon your return, and ;ftopt, 
 untill you can produce aCertificat that 
 he is the very fame you brought into the 
 Kingdom with you. There being a Ge- 
 neral Prohibition, tkeobfervancc where- 
 of is Stri&ly lookt to, againft carrieing 
 Horfes or Mares out of the Kingdom, 
 into any foreign part, lcaft tht breede 
 of them, which is efteemed amongft 
 the beft in Europe, (hould become com- 
 mon to other Nations. Notwithftand- 
 ingofthisfeverity, fometimes with cre- 
 dit, andlometimes with a little Money, 
 a Man may obtain permiffion for the 
 tl a tranf- 
 
Trarifporting ot one or more, either 
 Horfcs or Marcs 
 
 Mola, is one of the moft pleafant 
 places in rhe World 5 being clofc upon 
 the Sea fide, and but a little way from 
 Gaiety to which you may go either by 
 Sea or Land. It is likeways hard by 
 the ruins of the Ancient City Fermi** 
 where Cicero had his VilU Formmn*. 
 The place abounds with many plants, 
 and great Varietie of the choiieft Fruits 5 
 efpeeially theAgrumi, fuchasCttrons 3 
 Oranges, Limons 8cc, of all forts. 
 
 If ye pleafe to go to Gaicta, it is worth 
 the while.* It ftandsattbe extremity <*f 
 of a Promontory or Tongue of Land 
 that runs out into the Sea, from the 
 main-Land about three miles, *nd by 
 that means becomes peninfule, and for- 
 methon the fide towards Revue, betwixt 
 it and Terrwna^ that Sinus Gtitanus, a- 
 bout twelve miles in length. The Town 
 is* pleafantly Situated and ftrongly« 
 There is a great Rock hard by, which 
 is rent from Top to Bottom, which they 
 fay, happened wljen the Saviour of the 
 
 YVorld 
 
r *f? i 
 
 World Suffered upon the Crofs. There is 
 excellent Herbarizing all the way be- 
 twixt it and Mala. 
 
 Trajttto is a Caftle near the place 
 where the Ancient City of Minturnt 
 flood, where thereis yet to be Teen ^n 
 Amphitheatre almoftintire, and there- 
 mains of a ?reat Aqueduct : It was a- 
 tnongft the Marifhes near to Mintur- 
 n£^ that C. Marius did hide himfelf, 
 when he fled from his Enemies, whence 
 that of Jnven*l, (Paludes^ 
 
 Ex ilium & career lAintmnarumcfi 
 Et Mendicatus victa Carthagine Pants. 
 Vou muft pais at this place "the Ri- 
 ver Gariglidno, called Liris Anciently. 
 Capua, is a new City ftanding upon 
 the fide of the River Vuhurnuf, and fomc 
 two miles from it, the Ruins of the Old 
 famous Capua which in the Old Ro* 
 mans Time, was efteemed ore of the 
 moft delicious Places in the World. 
 There are yet Veftiges of the Gates 
 of the City, of a Theatre, of a great 
 many fumptuous Temples, Cifternes ur- 
 der gronnd, an4 a great many other. 
 
t 15? 3 
 
 filings 5 that evidently (how it to have 
 been a magnificent City. The Coun- 
 try from Vulturnus tp Naples, is called 
 the Campania Felice, and is indeed the 
 fcrtileft foyle and bautifulleft Coun- 
 try that my Eyes ever beheld. 
 
 Averfa is a new City, extruded out 
 of the Ruins of Atella, It is diftant 8 
 Miles from Napier, and famed for a 
 kind of Wine called Asprino. 
 
 That way which leades from Rom 
 to Naples, was Anciently called Via 
 Appia, (vom Appius Claudius the Cenfor, 
 whocaufed Pave this way from Rome, 
 juft t<? Capua. It begins at the Port 
 now called St. Sebaftian, but Anciently 
 Vorta Capena, from the Capenati a pco* 
 pie of Latium, to which that way did 
 lead. The Via Appia is of that breadth 
 that one Chariot may eafily pafs another. 
 TheEmperour Trajan did renew it, and 
 C ontinue the Pavement even to Brin* 
 did, drying the marifhes, plaining the 
 Hills, and filling up the Valleyes. By 
 this way Anciently did pafs the grea- 
 tcft P art Q i t " lc Triumphs $ whence it 
 
 was 
 
C*59l 
 Wis called Regina vidrum : whence that 
 of V*finius$ 
 Apvia cun&AYHm fertur Begin* vidrum. 
 Altlio* this way be Ruined in many 
 places, yet it is wonderful! to fce,in how 
 great perfe&ion a great deal of it con* 
 tinues. Without doubt it has been a 
 matter of vaft Expenfe to make a way of 
 that Length, and Breadth fo well paved, 
 with Quadrangular Stones, that even 
 to this Day (altho' it be of common & 
 frequent PaffageJ continuethas intirc 
 as if it were newly done. Upon both 
 fides of this way, as far as Caputs there 
 are a great many Ancient Sepulchres $ 
 many whereof are altogether ruined, 
 and feme almoft intire, as yet} in one of 
 thefe Sepulchres, in the Reign of Alex- 
 dnder VI. (as VeUttrtnus tells) the 
 Body of a Delicat young Woman, was 
 found altogether intire in aMarbleChifh 
 She was of incomparable teautic hav- 
 ing her long Flaxen Hair drawn toge- 
 ther upon her Head with a Circle of 
 Gold. The Body did almoft fwim in a 
 mervellous kind of Liquor and had a 
 
 burning 
 
burning Lamp at the Feet thereof which 
 the Air, coming in at the opening of 
 the Sepulchre, did irftantly extin- 
 guifh. The Body fas did appear by the 
 Betters graven upon tbeplacejhad lyeii 
 there thirteen Hundred Years. Some 
 have been of Opinio*! that it was thfc 
 Body of Tulliola^ the dearly Beloved 
 Daughter of Cutro. it was prefented in 
 its integrity to theConiervatorsof Rome^ 
 and for feme Dayskcept in the Capitol 
 as afingularcuriofity \ but Vope Alex* 
 der coming to urderftard it, caufed it 
 to be thrown into the Tyber. 
 
 I tnuft not omit to tell you, that there 
 is fome incoirmoditie in this ]ourney 
 both as to Dyeting and Lodging 5 and 
 fometimes there is pcrill from the Ban- 
 diti $ But he that will gather Rofes,muft 
 notbeaffraid to prick his Fingers: Be* 
 fides, that danger is but fometirrcs, and 
 ycu may probably find the way deaf, 
 efpecially, if the Fice-1-oy be a iftirring 
 Afiive Wan, as it often happens: For 
 then the Eanditi will hardly dare to 
 
 come 
 
tome fo far down from the Hills, as t"h^ 
 FU Appi* or High-way to Ntples. 
 
 Naples was Anciently called Parthe- 
 wcpe irotn Oticbf the. Sirens^ Buried in 
 this plaice, ("who as the Fables fay J 
 Drowiied her f elf for Grief, that She 
 couldP not Charm VlyffesmA his Com* 
 panioRS* Hence Stilus lib : 12. 
 
 Siremim dedit una imim mimdrabih 
 
 nomen. 
 Varthenopt miris Achelotas^ dqiart 
 
 'xujus 
 Regtttcverc din ctnttts^ cum duke per 
 
 Mndas, 
 Exitinw wiferis cdttzret non Vrefp&d 
 
 It was built Clefs upon the Sea, at the 
 foot of moft pleafanr Hills \ Firft built 
 bvthe Cumarti or Inhabitants of Cum'^ 
 who being taken with the fweetrefs of 
 the Air k Flcafantnefsof the Place 3 did 
 daily increafe in number, rnformjch that 
 the Cavuni that lived at Cum*, took a 
 Refolunon utterly to Ruin* Vfirthewpe 
 X • leaft, 
 
r r«3 ] 
 leaft tbeiK cw? City ftiould become dcfa- 
 tat. But it being Ruined, there; cams 
 h great a Peftileocc upon Cuma^ ^car- 
 ried away Multitudes, and hating coji- 
 fultedthe Oracle abput the eai^feof this 
 Mortality jy was answered that this, fat* 
 had come updn them for thcRuine ofP^ 
 ihtnofe $ and that if they ever hop'd to h$ 
 free from this difcafe, they fttould firft rcr 
 Kpreit, whence with all diligence thej. 
 went about the Reftattratibn thereof, and 
 called it Neapolh y that is to fay the new 
 City. The fweetiiefe of tlieAi& 5c delicacy 
 cf the Country about is fo great* that 
 many Empcrours and Rotndn Senators 
 being wearied with the Wars, and 
 #cightinefs of Government, did repair 
 to this plaec, that they might live plea- 
 faritiy & Peaceably, 8c, givctherofelves tc* 
 theStifdyof Letters ^ ^mongft which were * 
 Virgil, T. hivtUf, ftwtiuf, CltkdttMHs Jf 
 8c a grcat ? many mdre : At thiS vfcry pre- 
 fent it is no leis frequented by theNdbit; 
 II ty and Gen trie of the whole Kitigdony 
 who for the moft part have th^ir owrt 
 Palaces and pa&tjae greatcft part "of the 
 
 Ykzt 
 
1ftar hefe$ fe> that for Nobility and 
 gentry there arc fewCities intheWorld 
 lfrbrtcoilfiderable than this. 1 think it 
 is for this Keafon, that it is commonly 
 ttUtd tf&pqlf td GentHe : Nor is it to 
 be pated by, that it gives name to a 
 Kingdom $ which is not very Ordinary, 
 The City is bigaftd fumptuoufly built 
 from th£ §ea to thefe pleafaht Hills a- 
 boutit. It is very wel) fortified vyith 
 Itrong Wills & Caftles, efpecially finee 
 the dayes $f Cbarlef V. who Built iht 
 Caftlerf St. El*/e anjd called it /* Bri~ 
 ha, th^t is, Bridle £ intending to make 
 it fo, to f he nrntifiops Ppmour of that 
 people, and it may be alluding to the 
 Arm* of the City, which is an unbrid* 
 led Hqrfe, the exad emblem of the dt- 
 fpofition of that people, as witnefe the 
 innunlcrableTamult$ arid revolts both of 
 old and late Years made by them. I 
 Confefs there is no fmall occafiori give* 
 thertiby thefevere domination of Stran- 
 gers over them $ and it is ftrange 
 that having fo many brave and va- 
 tourpus Men amongft them, they 
 X 2 fhould 
 
[ 1*4 3 
 fhould more readily agree to fubmif 
 their necks to the Yoak of a Stranger, 
 than to the fweet Scepter of a Native of 
 their own number and Nation. It is 
 thought the great emulation, ("which the 
 Spaniards as wifely, as induftrioudy keep 
 up to thehightj amongft the Princes, 
 \yho are but too numerous for the ex- 
 tent of the Kingdom, is the great caufe 
 of their unhappinefs, 
 
 You may take notice of thefe parties 
 lars within the Town. ily. The Church- 
 es $ of which thisCity hath a greater num- 
 ber, than any other' of its bigne(s in 
 Europe. Amangft the reft, that of the 
 Avnunciatti, is fo Rich 5 that the Rent 
 of the Hofpitall thereof is capable to 
 "enfertdin 5000 Poor, part whereof are 
 Children found. St.C/j/4rrf,togcther with 
 the Monaftrie of Nunsconfifting of 40a 
 with as many fervants, is very glori- 
 ous ; It was Built by Agnts of 'Spain 
 Qu?en to King Robert. There *re many 
 cirious Sepulchres to be feen here of 
 Kings, Queens, and their Children. In 
 the Church of St. Dominice is to be feen 
 
 the 
 
the Image 6f the Crucifix, that faid to 
 St. Thorns Aqjiina? ; berte] fcripfifli cfe 
 mt Thomn.f\x\'thft Ghurch -of the -J&MJ 
 sfi nianfc- Olhtito^ the true> Figures of 
 FerMndtidiths fir it and the fecond ; and 
 A'fonfus the Firft 5 both Ifiligs of 
 Niples, are fo Admirably well done that 
 they feetn to be living- in There 
 is likewife Buried here Akxtnder 
 *ibAkx<indrosN\\<y compofed that learned 
 work Gcnialia/n durum, The Church 
 called the T>)mo, hath a ChapeM .compo- 
 fed of Mxrbfo Jafper, Gold and Brafs 3 
 " wherein is-keep? the Held of St. Gtnna.- 
 x ro^ and a little Phioie ofhis Blood all to* 
 gether fixed, which bein^ approached to 
 the Head* of: the St. inmrdiatly 
 begins to boyU, -diffolvcs and becomes 
 clear. The moft ancient of -all the 
 Cheches is that of St. VmU kcept now 
 bv the jefuits:, It was formerly the Tem- 
 ple of CcSor and" Pollux. 
 , 2. The Religious HoufesorGonvents^ 
 of. which thsre-are fo great a, number, 
 that. theFbwrnictns alone have feventeen, 
 Jhe Chartrous convent ftaqds upon the 
 
 Hill 
 
( \*6 ) 
 
 Hill, aTrttfc beneath the CtftfcSt tttot 
 Jt hath the pJeafanteft SitaatfOti that I 
 jpver beheld 5 one iptf diftovtt ftfem It 
 the whole jCity and Suburbs of Hfafk* 9 
 a grextpaytof^icC^w^^ Felift^ th* 
 ^wfe Ve r uvitb alj the Bay pf Napks, tht 
 Umd ofCapnt, the Hill ?<>///7/», P#- 
 jta>/z\ Bait, t*ma^ #*. The Cloifter of 
 the convent is all of white Marble, and if| 
 fhort, both the Church and whole Cofi* 
 jrent are altogether' Magnificent. 
 
 3/;. The Hofpitals^ Vhich are about 
 twelve in number ^'amdngft which, tha jf 
 of the Annunciate and of the IrtentaliU 
 are the moft confiderable. It is faid that 
 they Marry 66 5. Maids «very Ttaf * aiicf 
 
 S' e leaft portion they give with $fiy js a 4 
 ucats,and the gflfareft 900. 
 4y. Tfiepaftlef 5 qf whfcfc f h*re w 4, 
 The Caftle dVvo fands within the 5e$ 
 Bpon a Rock, built of an Q val Figure by 
 ml/am III. a JSfcr/***. The f3aftle Jfa* 
 wa$ built by Char Its the firft,' Brother to 
 St. I*xeex, but it was Ferdinand of A ra* 
 gon that fortified it fo well. It is of a 
 quadrangu] ar figure, Built $f poli(hed 
 
 ftone 
 
hard a* Marble^ it tilth fowc 
 great Baftions, and five Towres, togs> 
 ^r with fttong naiipari^/incl deep 
 $tch<ay which the Sea water filleth : l£ 
 %<|tdii^trly kc^jM: by a fonfim ,crf the 
 Spdttjdf'ds Con&fttn^of 50^ There is * 
 *r&t Magaiin of all kinds of Armes &c 
 J^w£$ioi Wat keqft within &' In the 
 W*4dle ofttffetx^ th&ovemoarsPalacc^ 
 &pablef to todgea King, lit* excellent* 
 ^fiirrfifeed $ith Hangings of filk and; 
 *old^ m*n$ etcell«it Statua and H4 
 Gtir&Atn6n%(b other fine things therein 
 4 Cabinet futriifhed with all forts og 
 <&riofitic& The CaftleofSfc Elm ftands 
 lipoid the* td|> of a Rocfe^ commanding* 
 a?l abpttt it $ It's Garifon confift&of 1 5 o. 
 Sptinardf. Jt was -built by King Robert 
 the firft, Son to Ckurteti Jfc but after* 
 ^airdf &rr betted fortified with gtfat. 
 feftions by the JSmperour ChtrlesM. who 
 &{le4 M-jLa BriliU di Napeli. , ., 
 
 , TherCaftle Capuam (Totalled fromitffe, 
 ilttiatiofc which is near to the Porto£ 
 Ckpud»fi)\s rather a Palace than a Fortrefc 
 xtfbertf the Magjftrats of the City*. 
 
 mi 
 
tnd bf&i&s ef juftice keep their Aflcm. 
 blics* " 
 
 5.TheP&laceS 5 whereof there are a very" 
 great iiataber,' amongft Vhidi'that of 
 fhcVfceroy 5 That of thePfitice otSalern, 
 which thfe Jefuits now poffei5^afevery 
 £onfide'rable. The Palace of the Dukeof 
 Graving 'moixfupcrb. That of the Cara~ 
 fin adortied with abundance of excel- 
 lent ftatucs of Afarble and Brafs. There, 
 be many other wcrthie to be feen : as alfo- 
 the beautifuil Garden of Ddn Gtrciddf 
 Toledo, which is full of Grotto's, Foun- 
 tains, Water works, ftatues &c. 
 
 6. The Harbour, or Sea Port, which - 
 is fortified With a Superb mole, firft made* 
 by Charles II* And thtti vety much 
 friended by AJfpnfus the firft,for the great-* 
 cr fecurity of the Karbcur. 
 
 7. The Publick Places, the ftttcts, 5c ; 
 the avenues of theTown. 
 
 8. The Suburbs ^ which are feven in- • 
 aurnbei* $ amongft which the moft confi- 
 derable, is that which leads A la'groHo 
 d? Pofilifo--) near to the entry of which 
 GrottB. ftands la mcrgelina^ looking la* 
 
 to 
 
( i«9) 
 
 fo the Bay } it was fometimes the Houfe 
 of pleafun? of Sanazarius that famous 
 Poet, who gave it to the Feligicus men 
 called Servi. This Suburb is no lefs than 
 two mpesin length from theCity to the 
 Grotto of PojJipo. The Circuit of the 
 Town and Suburbs is courted to be a- 
 bout fix miies : and the Inhabitants to 
 be about 300000. Soules. Statius Paft- 
 nuts andjacobw Sanazarfjti 5 both excel- 
 lent Poets 5 together with many other 
 great Virtucfi were borne in this 
 City. 
 
 It will be worth the while a f fo to take a 
 -view cf cheBook-fellersShops, there being 
 many gocd Books Printed here which 
 hardly or not all can be found with us? 
 as for example, the works of Baptijt.t 
 Vvrid, whereof the Impreffions at Naples 
 were both the firft and faireft, and the 
 Cutts for the moft part Tailledcuce. 
 The works b^Fabtus Colnnma, which 
 are ahuoft out of Print, and especially 
 lixsPhytobafanos. It may likewile happen 
 that there arefome new peeces emitted 
 which will never come to our hands 
 Y lor 
 
[ 170 ] 
 for at leaft, not till after a great while. It 
 is likely too that You may meet with 
 many other Books, that in other places 
 You had fought in vain for : .there are 
 many learned and Curious men in thil 
 City, and they are as mortall here as 
 elfewhere, and as ordinary a thing it is 
 to fell their Books, 
 
 You will likewife meet with a great 
 many curiofities of all iarts, efpccially 
 from the Levtnt- feme naturally a& 
 ftones, fhells, Animalls, or parts of 
 them, fruits d*?. Others artificial!; fome 
 of Leather, asPurfes, Let ter- cafes, cups, 
 and a great many things of that kind, 
 ufualy brought from Allepo and Con- 
 ftantinopU: Some of Silk either alone, 
 or mingled with goldfand filver, asSafhes, 
 Girdles, Cravats, Night-Caps, waft- 
 coats, ftockings,^c. Outlandith Armcs, 
 as Cimetres, Poyniards, Bows and Ar- 
 rows, with feverall forts of fire Armes. 
 Medalls antient and modern: Intaiio'x 
 ChameoV cfr?. But in thefc You muft 
 take fome heed, that You miftake net 
 the modern for antique. 
 
 Having 
 
E i7* 3 
 
 • Having well viewed and considered 
 the City and all thing? in it. It will be 
 ncceflary to fee thofe things that are con- 
 fidence about it. And firft the Hill Po- 
 filipnsfamom for itVGardens andF-loufe$ 
 of Pleafure, for it $ Fruits and Wines, 
 efpecially the greco di Po/tiipo. But that 
 which is moft Admirable in this Hill i$ 
 the Paflage cut quite thro' it. By Cwceiut 
 of whom Pont anus fairh, Nefciedn is fu~ 
 erztM.Cocceius Nertta Axgttfti Avtis^qui 
 Rom<e aquarum cur am habuit tulitq^ mcx- 
 i mam Architeffurs Laudem* However 
 it is certain hemuft have been a man of 
 great Riches that durfi: undertake fo 
 great a work, at his oun expence. It is 
 called la Graft a di Pofrfipo, and is very 
 near a mile in length, cutt thro'theRock. 
 As for the breadth of it, one Coach may 
 pafs another with eafe. And for the 
 Hight, I believe a man on Horfeback will 
 hardly touch theRoofofit with a Lancc^ 
 At the two ends it is fome what higher 
 than in the middle, I think of purpofe 
 that the light might enter the farther. 
 JVhcn You enter at the one end 2ou 
 
 y 2 wiu 
 
will yery hardly perceive the light in the 
 other end, but as You advance it begins 
 to appear by little and little. In the Juft 
 middle of it,on that fide which is next the 
 Sea, there is a little Chapell, where a 
 Lamp Is keepr continually burning;, but 
 it i$ more cut of Devotion than for any 
 light it gives: betwixt the Chapell and the 
 end, as it were about the middle on every 
 fide of the Chapell there is a hole cutt 
 thro' the Hill which ferveth for a win- 
 dow, but it gives lirtle light. It is.exceed- 
 ingdufty, efpeceially if there be rfiany 
 Horfes Ryding together altho' it be paven 
 with ftonc, fcecaufe there comes no Rain 
 to wafh it, and none takes pains to make 
 it clean; Thofe that goefrom Naplesto 
 Y$%7mIq if they hear any HorfesCoiches 
 or Carts coming toward them, leaft they 
 fhould flop th/way, or unawares Juftle 
 ©ne another, they ufe to cry aloud dd 
 mare^ wH:hwhen the others hear, they 
 cry in like manner dd vionte and fo 
 thofe that eoc from Naples tzkz that fide 
 of the Grotty which is next the Sea 
 and thefe that go to it tike the fide 
 
 next 
 
C '73 ) , 
 
 next the HUH a »d fo av*>id all incum- 
 brance. At the mouth of thzGmto, upon 
 the top thereof is the famous Sepulchre of 
 Virgil. There is little remaning of it now 
 except a few Rumsof an old Brick wall 
 in the middle whereof anciently there 
 did ftand nine fmall Pillars, which fu- 
 flained aMarblelIrn,in which were con- 
 tained the Poets allies, with thisDiftich. 
 
 Mmtuame genuit^ CtUbrirtpucre-) te- 
 net nunc 
 Varthonope^ cecini fafcu^ rurt, ducts. 
 
 Not far from this Tomb, is the Sepul- 
 chre of chat famous Poet Sdnazariuf, in 
 a Place called Mergetint, a Villa given 
 him by KmzFredcric^ whete he built a 
 Church in Honour of the BIcffed Virgin 
 and compofed that incomparable Poem 
 de partu Virgink. He is Bujied within 
 the Church in a Tomb of pure Marble 
 upon which bis (htue done to the life 
 ftandeth with this Epitaph by Cardinal 
 Bcmbo. 
 
 -DaSacro cintri flares ', hie illc Maroni 
 Sinecrusi muf* fnximns^ut tumul*. 
 
 There 
 
( 174) 
 
 There are many other excel Vnt Statues, 
 Bale Relieve*, and Pictures within this 
 Church well worthie the feeing. 
 
 When you go to Vq«>%uqIo, you muft 
 take a Guide with you to fhow 
 you all the confiderablc Places. It 
 will be a good dayes Journey bccaufc 
 You have many Things to fee 
 and confidcr, and therefore you muft 
 part early in the Morning from Naples. 
 The firft thing you will meet with upon 
 the Way, (but you turric out of the 
 common way) is the Lugo di Agna.no at 
 the fide of which are the Natural ftoves 
 of St. German^ which are certain little 
 roornes, where the hot and Sulphureous 
 Vapors entering from the Ground quick-* 
 ly provoke {weating, and is commend- 
 ed in feverall difeafes. 
 
 At a little diftance from thence, up- 
 on the fide of the Lake is the Grotto de 
 I Cam. It is a little hole dug out of 
 the fide of a Brae where two or three 
 Perfons fcarccly can ftand. The Floore 
 of it is ordinarily wet and dirtie, out of 
 which there rifcth a Poifonous Vapour, 
 
 IB 
 
[ 175 1 
 in Form of Smoak,but itafcendech not 
 ibovc a Foot from the Ground. They 
 kfe to trie it with Torches and Dogs, 
 which yotimuft carrie from Naples with 
 you, for you will not find them upon 
 the Place. As for the Torches, the guide 
 lights two, and then reaches one of 
 them to the Smcak, which infirmly ex- 
 tinguifbes, as if it were blown out by 
 the force of Powder: Then he lights 
 it at the other, and fo renews the experi- 
 nent as oft as you pleafe, keeping al- 
 ways one lighted, untill yourCuriofi- 
 tic be fatisfied $ as for the Dogs he 
 holds their Nofe into the Vapour, and 
 inftantly they begin to fetch their Breath 
 thick, and in a very little fpace arc quite 
 fuffocated. If ye let them ly long, they 
 will never recover, but if ye take them 
 immediately when they are fallen down 
 and throw them into theLake, they will 
 by little and little returfle to live again. 
 I guefle this Vapour to be fo much like 
 the Damps, that are fometimes found 
 in our Coal-pitts, only, with lis, they 
 are foondiffipated, but here thislafreth 
 
 con 
 
1 176 3 
 
 continuallie, and ("which is yet more 
 ftrangej in an open Air $ but it may 
 be theopennefs of the Air is thcReafon 
 why the Vapour afcendeth no higher. 
 I remember one ofourDoejs did recover 
 without being thrown into the Lake, 
 which makes me believe, that it is not 
 any peculiar Vcrtue in the water fas is 
 commonly faidj that reftoreth them to 
 life, but only the freedom of the Air, 
 with the help w hereof Nature reinforceth 
 it felf, the life being yet not quite ex- 
 tinft, which is cleared by this, that if 
 they lye any eonfiderablc time in the 
 Cave, neither Air n©r water will recover 
 them. It is very True that, That which 
 was thrown in the Lake recovered much 
 ibonef, and better: whereas the other 
 femained paralytick, and impotent to 
 move his hinder quarters : (tho' he could 
 Sit upon his foremoft Leggs and bark ) 
 for almoft two houres thereafter. It 
 feems theie it fomething in this Vapour 
 or Damp that coagulats or fixes the Spi- 
 rits, thatthty cannot move or circu- 
 lat in the Body. 
 
 from 
 
C 177 1 
 • From hence you take the Way ti> 
 Tdz%rtolo^ near to which you will meet 
 with aPlace called USolfatara^it is a large 
 plaine,Oval inFigurc,*reprefenting a The- 
 atre, it is above 1200 Foot in length an4 
 1000 in breadth,it is compafied about with 
 white & high Hills, from which in many 
 Places, arifeClouds of fmoak, of a Sulphu- 
 reous fmell,rollIng up into the Air impetus 
 oufly, with great crackling. Some of thefe 
 fpiracles are very imall, fo that it is a Plea- 
 fure^tofee the Smoake afcend, by a direft 
 line of the bignefs of cane, and fomctimed 
 fmallerby much. About thefe fpiracles 
 you will fee Quantitie of the Flowres of 
 Brimftone fublimed 3 but I fufpeft the 
 internal ufe of them, becaufe of the mix* 
 ture of other minerals wherewith they 
 may be infefted: But for external ufes, I 
 am not fo doubtful!, asalfo of the Spirit 
 'tvhich by the help of convenient GlaflcS 
 might be gathered in aboundance from 
 thefe fpiracles. When you confider the 
 plaint you will wonder to hear it found 
 tinder your Horfe-feet, as you were Ri- 
 ding over a large Floore, which is eaafeu 
 
 ^ by 
 
rtbt Vactittie underneath. *AI! the 
 
 tills abom abound invcines of Allum 
 
 he rent tome is lciffile$ nitre,Sulphur,Vi- 
 
 *o! 8c Salt Armoni^c. 1 he Vitriol is of a 
 
 >dicat blew Coteur and much finer 
 
 han that.which is commonly called Ro~ 
 
 >4LH-VitrioL It will be worth your while 
 
 o take particular notice of thefe mi- 
 
 :erals, how they are extra&ed out of 
 
 •heir mines, what differences there arc of 
 
 v very Species, how they arc mixed with 
 
 3ne another fometimes,by what Art they 
 
 are purified, and with what Inftruments, 
 
 md to what ufe they are put. I would 
 
 lave you take a Parcel of every fort and 
 
 • ring along with you, which you may 
 
 >oxup at Naples with Cotton, and fend 
 
 before you to Rome. 
 
 Having done thefe^thinep, you come 
 to VotjluoIo ->in Latine Puteoli. The City 
 s now much Ruined ; but was Stately 
 and Rich of Old. Cicero writing to At* 
 ticus fairh quid potui tion vtdere cum per 
 Emporeum puteoUnum iter fa cere «/$ which 
 is ChieSlytobe underftood of that part 
 \i the Town, which flood upon the 
 
 Shoare 
 
C T79 1 
 
 Shoare where the Artitans, and chiefly 
 
 thcGoldfmiths, had their Shops, where- 
 of there remaines little now eveept rhe 
 Ruins, and Veftiges : And yet beneath 
 the Church di Giefu Mart*, pofleMed by 
 the DoFTiinkans,when theWind dryvrs 
 out the Sea, they do find forretimes 
 feverall Precious Stones, fome cuct, fonie 
 uncutt 5 and if you be Curious ro en- 
 quire you will find People /hat maVe a 
 Trade to fell fuch things amongft other 
 Anticails. I remember there came feve- 
 rall of thefe Perfons to our Lod^ine- 
 Houfe, with Medals, Jntaglio's, Lucerne 
 Antkkt 8cc. But 1 found many of them 
 to be cheats, and but moderne, brought 
 thither from Naples and other Places, of 
 purpofe to cheat Strangers, who are or- 
 dinary more Curious than knowing of 
 thefe things ; As for Medals, were they 
 never fo Ancient, they are little worth 
 unlcfs they be well preferved, and the 
 Characters and impreflions eafie to be 
 difcerned. And for Intaglio's unlefs the 
 Figure be good and well done, and the 
 Stone entire and unbroken, they are not 
 Z 2 worth 
 
r 1 80 y 
 
 worth much. The great Church^now 
 dedicated to St. Proclu/ was anciently 
 dedicated to OSavianuf Auguftu* \ It is 
 a Sumptuous Fabrick of great fquarc 
 Marble Stones 3 ferving for the whole 
 thicknefs of the Wall, with great and 
 high Corinthian Pillar's, and other Ex- 
 cellent Ornaments of Archite&ure. 
 Here are alfo. befeen many Ruins of great 
 antiquitie, amongft which she Gardens 
 of Ciczro famous for his Academy, 
 where he wrote \{\$g>ti&tfiones Academic 
 c£. But this City, in diverfe ages has 
 fufferedfo much by the tumults of Wars, 
 asalfobythe eruptions of fire and earth, 
 quakes, that it iswonderfull there (hould 
 yet remain any veftig^s of Antiquitic. 
 The Soil about it is moft fertile and 
 fruitful!, and nature produceth here 
 many Plants of it's oun accord, which 
 in other places are kept in Gardens, nofe 
 without care : among others I remember 
 to have feen the Ruinus or Pdlma Chrifti 
 not only growing wild but out-living 
 that Winter, and continuing frefh green 
 tnd ftroug irHhc month of AtwrA$ al- 
 
 thof 
 
[ i8i] 
 
 tho* it bean Annual Plant with us, that 
 can hardly be raifed upon a hotbed. 
 You may have your Horfe at P*zzuoU s 
 and hyre a boat to crofs the "Bay for fee- 
 ing of the following things,And r. hard 
 by the City the remains of that Superb 
 tkolc, which having been ruined by ftorme 
 was afrerwardsReftored by the Emperour 
 Antgninus: But at prefent all thatRemains 
 is t^. or 13. great Pillars built of Brick 
 and ftonesofvaft bignefs. They appear fo 
 manytowrs, over which there arc yet 
 remaining,but half Ruined, feme Arches. 
 This fafbion of Moles feem to be the 
 beflr, becaufe the Pillars and Arches arc 
 fufficient to break the water and fecure 
 the Ships within, and by letting part of 
 the water enter betwixt the Pillars lef- 
 fens it's violence, fo that the Pillars fuffcr 
 not half fo much, as if they were one 
 continued wall. The Emperour CatiguU 
 built a bridge of boats from Ptrzuiloto 
 Ban upon which he went in Triumph 
 firfton Horsback and then in Chariot, 
 but it was of fmall continuance and fer- 
 vcdonly tpbethe fubje&ofdifcourfein 
 
 future 
 
fotureages. Having pafled thefe Fillara 
 Yov put afhorc hard by the Lacas Ln- 
 crinns which as fome faid was fo called 
 a Lucre* from the profit which it ycild- 
 ed to the Romans by the great abundance 
 of excellent Filh efpccialie OyHers, which 
 were efteemed before any other in Italy : 
 Whence Martial toexprefs/he Glutto- 
 ny ot a certain Perfon. 
 Ojlreatufvvtk Stagnofaturata Luc tin** 
 But there is Title water in it now, it 
 being almofi: dryed up by that moft Ter^ 
 riblc eruption of the So^pfatara which 
 happned in rhe Tear 1538. the 29. of 
 September two hours after Sun fet, the 
 whole countrey about having been 
 troubled for two Tears before with 
 Earthquakes: At which time there burft 
 out in one night fo great a quantitie 
 of fire, Stones, Pumecks, and afhes, that 
 near to the monteBarbaro formerly called 
 mons Gamut it made another Hill, near 
 three miles in compafs, and almoft as 
 high as the monteBarharo.'Xht fouth part 
 of it looks to the Sea, the north reaches 
 tp the Lacus Avernur, 5c on the Eaft it i$ 
 
 Joyncd 
 
C i8jj 
 
 joined witlithefootof Afc/tfe BdrbarS.U 
 
 is called tnonteNuov*. Thefe alhesdid not 
 only make this Hill* but covered lik^- 
 wife a great part of the Country about, 
 Killing both bcafts and Trees, and ruitx* 
 ing the Vintage for that Year. The Sea , 
 in the mean time retired above 200 paces* 
 leaving abundance of Filh-upon the dry 
 fands, and many Wells of frefh Water* 
 which fprung here and there* 
 ■ *. The Lacus Avcrmts is about half a 
 miles diftance from *he Lago lucrino. It. 
 iscompafsd about with imall Hills which 
 they lay were formerly covered with. 
 Trees, that did over fhaddow the wa* 
 ter, and make it look black, and like- 
 wife did hinder the Sulphureous Vap- X 
 ours that did arifc from the wafer to 
 diffipat, fo that the Air being infe&ed 
 with thefe vapours became fo noylome 
 efpecially to Fowls, that they could not 
 live in it, and hence came the Name 
 AvtrtiMs. At prefent there is little 
 or no Wood about it, nor is the Air 
 tny thing more noyfome there, than in 
 other places about 5 and I have feenFowles 
 
 haunting 
 
haunting about it and fwimming in ih 
 It is feid to be very deep &for that rcafdrt i 
 without Fifti but I am not certain hereof; > 
 3. Upon the weft fide of the Lakcj 
 cuttinto the Hill is the Antrum Sybill* 
 commonly-calledGrtftf <* ddla Sybilla^ but 
 ftot truly, for the true Cave of Sybilld 
 is at Cumd. This feems rather to have 
 been a common paffage from Avtrmit 
 to £*/<*, but is now ftopt at the one? 
 did by the falling- down of the Hill a- 
 bbve. The paffage is largeand High, but 
 altogether dark, and thereforeYou muft 
 be guided by Torch light. When You 
 are got a good way in, upon the one 
 fide there is a little narrow paffage of 
 about three or fourfcore foot in lengthy 
 that leads into a handlome large Cham- 
 ber, which altho* it be now much ruin- 
 ed,appears to have been Richly adorned, 
 (he Roof of it being Painted with Gold 
 and Blew, and the Walls with curiou$ 
 figures of divers colours and the Pave- 
 facnt confiftirg of many fmall peece$ 
 like unto Mofaick* It is a vulgar errouf 
 that this was SjibilU's Chamber, ahd 
 
 that 
 
that the Temple of Apollo, where there* 
 crived her Rcfponfes, was hard bjrup&ft 
 tfie Fight Hand as you enter to the Lak«$ 
 But it is not fo, for the Ruins of that 
 Place appears not to have been any Tern- 
 p,eat all, But rather a Superb Bathing 
 Houie, fueli as that of 3ara> for it has 
 the fame order of Windows, & Spiracles 
 for conducing of the Vapours. But to 
 returne to \h*Grotto ? upon the left hand, 
 as low enter into this Chamber, tHefeis 
 another Paffage, iome what higher and 
 larger than the firft, about 40. foot in 
 length cut out into the Hill, which leads 
 into another Chaster, from which there 
 is a narrow paffage, which leads into 
 another Chamber, and feverall other 
 little pafiagesand Roomes which J doe 
 ftotdiltin&ly remember, only this much 
 that in one of them, there is as it were a 
 little Pcol of Warm Water. In this 
 Rcom the heat is fo great, that it is xm- 
 poiEbleto continue anytime in it with- 
 out exceflrve Sweating, which makes ine 
 to believe, that thefe Rooms were inten- 
 ded for no ether ufe than Bathing and 
 Sweating. A a 4 
 
[186] 
 
 4. The Remains or Ruins 5 and firft 
 Bagno di Cicerone. ily.Bagno di Tritoli^ 
 qifdji Frittoli^ quod Corf or a ibi fiicrentur^ 
 The Entrie to it is large and high . Tow- 
 ards the ground it is cold, but if you ftand 
 upright You muft needs Sweit for Heat, 
 and the farther one goes in, the greater 
 the Heat i>. At the bottom of the Rock 
 within Seamark, and even where the 
 Sea covers it, the Sand is fo Hot that 
 one cannot lift a handfull of it^ 
 
 5. BaU.$ So called from Baiuf, the 
 Companion of TJlyffes, who was Buried 
 there. It was a moft delicat City, but 
 now altogithcr Ruined, and in the place 
 of it there is a Caftle lately Built with a 
 a Garifon of 90. Souldiers for Securing 
 the Port, which is vcrie fafe forGallies, 
 but not deep enough for Ships. The 
 whole Bay, or Sinwof Baia^ is exceed- 
 ingly Pleafant} all that Traft betwixt 
 Avernus and the Mons Mifenuf being 
 full of the Remains of great and Noble 
 ftruftures. Many of the Roman Imper- 
 oiirs took great pleafure in this place, &: 
 and fparedno colt for the beautifying of 
 
 it 
 
€ 1*7 1 
 
 jt. Home, who was no ill Judge, gFves 
 
 this Teftimony of it, >'•' * 
 
 NuIIus in Orbe locus Baits frtflucet 
 amtEnk. 
 
 As You go forward from Bdiaff.ou will 
 ftill be finding fome thing worthie the 
 Remarking^ as, i.The Houfe ofAfrippi- 
 #*, Nero's Mother, who was put to Death 
 here by her Sons Command. It is coni- 
 monljjjfaid to be her Sepulchre, but it is 
 ! not true. There is yet to be feen the 
 Plaifter of the Roof and walls in fe vera! I 
 Curious figures, but they are much de- 
 faced by the frnoak of the Torches which 
 ftrangers from all parts fo frequently 
 \ carry down with them. 5. That delicat 
 Pleafant Field called the J5//*i//«/, fo 
 much renowned by Vwvl in the 6th, 
 Book of the JEneids. AH the Noble Per- 
 fons that lived here abouts, or did other- 
 wife attend upon the Court, which did 
 often happen to be here, likewife thofe 
 that for their Health's fake came to the 
 Bath's,ufed to walkin this place tor their 
 A a 2 Recreation 
 
[ i*8 1 
 
 Recreation and Converfe. I am eafily 
 incline:! to relieve that coniiderino; it*s 
 Situation, Profped, and the Order that 
 k was keept in, when fo many great 
 Per fons frequented it, It could not chafe 
 but have been the moffc delicious Place 
 in the whole World, and no wonder 
 that it Promoted Virgil to Borrow both 
 it's name and his Conceit in expre^n^ 
 and defcribing the Place of the Ble/fei 
 Soules Departed. I faw it in the beam- 
 ing of the Moneth of March, and then 
 the Heat was coa(ilerablc v and the 
 Place not only green but covered with 
 Awmonus and other Flowers. Hard by 
 this, is the Pifcw/t MirMlUi it is a Ci- 
 ftern for keeping of frefti Water, of a 
 vaft Bignefs,the Roof whereof is fuppo.rfr- 
 ed by 48. great Pillars on everie fide. 
 The whjote in-ilie of it is Crude! over 
 with a kind of Plafteras hard as Mar- 
 ble, wh' ! ch whither it wis fa made by 
 A**u or by the Continuance of the 
 Wit<*r in it, I know not, but I think it 
 probable that both nave contributed to 
 it. Boccace in his Book of Rivers, belie vs 
 
 it 
 
C 189 ) 
 
 . it to have- been built by Agmpi, far 
 ^refervipg of fre'hWffer, for thzCvm* 
 m >dity of the Nr/te which ufed to &if 
 ar wfemfo. TheVVater was brought to 
 it V a<jueiucte from Serino. 3. Mms 
 M ; fe*tw or the Promntorium ~£Atftnum y 
 fo called from M</e##f, JEmts's T rum- 
 ple", who was Buried here. It is of a 
 ReafonaMe Hight> and without doubt 
 flie profpe3 from it is Nobis $ but I 
 did nor aicend it, by reafon of the Com- 
 pany that would not ftay for me. 
 
 4. The Ctntu** CelU^ which are a con- 
 tinued FabrLrk bmk of Brick with great 
 Art tinder ground, it feems they have 
 b~en Cvfterps for Conferring of Water. 
 IuOiort, all this peece of ground is full 
 o : an;ient Rums, and it is not eafie to 
 Gueffe, whit every one of them in Par- 
 ticular hath bzm. 
 
 Having vieued all thefe things,you ei- 
 ther go ftraight to Cum*, or clfe you 
 leave it for another Day, and fo re- 
 turneto Pozzulo, by the fame Boat that 
 waited upon you from it, and foreturne 
 byHorfe, by the lower but plahier and 
 
 more 
 
( T90 ) 
 
 more pleafant Way, to Naples, from 
 from whence the next Day you may go, 
 to Cnma, in Larfhe Cumt :, a City builc 
 upon the Top of a Hill fix Miles from 
 Naples $ upon the hightft Top of this 
 Hill ftood the Temple of Apollo built by 
 Dedalus, when he fled from the wrath of 
 King Minos. It was in this Temple that 
 SybiUa Cumea did pronounce the Ora- 
 cles of- Af>*llo. Hence that of Virgil, 
 
 At pusMmas arcerquibus alt us Apollo 
 Prtfidet, horrendtqi proenl fecreta 
 fybilU. 
 
 As youdefcend from Cnn/a upon that 
 fide that looks to the Eaft, is to be feen 
 the Frontis-p*ece of the true Grotta of 
 Sybilla, which was cutout of the folid 
 Rock, which Virgil defcribeth, 
 
 Excifum Enboict latus ingens rupis hi 
 antrum* 
 
 Thdre are many other Ancient Ru- 
 ins worthie the taking notice of, 
 which you may have leafure enough 
 to observe, and have time enough to 
 returne to Naples at Night. The 
 
( *9I ) 
 % The next Day you may take Horfe . 
 
 again and a Guide with you from the 
 Town,, to fee the burning Hill, about $ 
 Miles diftant from the Town 5 It is cal-. 
 led in Latine Vefuvius, and in Italian 
 Monte di [or/tn y from the great Flentie 
 of all things wherewith it aboandcth. 
 The Hill itfelf is of a very Large Com- 
 pafs, and about the middle divided in 
 two Tops, of which one is much abated 
 of its length by the burning. Before 
 the firft eruption of the Fire, it was 
 much higher than the other, but now it 
 is by much the lower. It is not eafily 
 acceffible both in regardof its fteepnefs^ 
 and the great j^mntitic of Afhes that co- 
 ver it every where, by Reafon whereof^ 
 the afcent becomes flippery and uncer- 
 tain. In the afcending, you may take 
 notticeof many feveral Channels f fome 
 larger and deeper* feme narrower 
 and ftiallower m*d$ by the Tor- 
 rents of burning Sulphur and other 
 Mineral Subftances , which Boyled 
 out at the Top in the laft great eruption 
 it made, which tgrrcnts were carried fe- 
 deral 
 
[ Us 1 
 
 vfcral Miles into the Gulf or bay of Na* 
 pUs without being quenched, andkillcd I 
 thcFifhesin the middle ot the deep. Ycu * 
 may litcways take notice ot the various 
 Mineral Subftances, & Stdnes burn'd to 
 ¥ twitch^ which are fcattercd over the 
 whole Hill. When you con* at the Top 
 you will fee the greatGulf made by tbe ie- 
 Teral eruptions,which is fupolcd to be fix 
 Miles in compafTc abouf the Brimn.es, fo 
 that it makes a very Jarae plain Field at 
 the Bottom, that in deepneis ircm the 
 brimm is rot above a hundred Yards, 
 it is all covered with Afbes, and no- 
 thing green in it, except it be feme few 
 Tuft$> of I cannot tell what, not being 
 able to Judge of them at that diftar ce. 
 ;The defcent to the Eottom at iome pla- 
 ces feems to be eafie enough, but we 
 Could find none fo hardie as to \cnture 
 to (how us the way, altho' feme of our 
 Guides had undertaken it before, and to 
 fpeak truth, it is no great discretion to 
 verture fo far down upon a Ground, 
 vhich prcbatly is net able to tupport 
 •ne 3 being nothing in appurancebut a 
 
 Field 
 
^ield ofAfhciof uncertain deepthrefs.Yot! 
 will fee in a Hundred dnerfe Places, 
 Spiracles, feme greater, force fmallcr^ 
 out ot which the Stnoak rifes impetus 
 cully, as it were (hott out of a Gun, and 
 with a continual Crackling, like that of 
 Thunder at a diftance, or the quenching 
 et Fire* W hen ycu have fatisfied your 
 CurioGtie of feeing all, you muii return 
 the lame Day, and take your Horfc where 
 ycu left him, about the middle ot thcHill, 
 and fo returne to Naples. It is uiualf 
 fcr Strangers to light at a Village a 7 
 bout midway to the City, to Taftc of 
 theiccxtellent Wines, that grow upon 
 iht fertile places of the Hill, and parti- 
 cularly ot L*chrym& Chrilii^ otherways 
 called LagritHd diSom*^ which isagrofs 
 lodied Ked Wine, ftrong and fwect to 
 the tafte, and very plcafant. 
 
 In the fuburbs ot the Town,as you re- 
 turn, you may fee the Kings Stables, 
 %% here the choifeft Horfcs of the Kingdom 
 are menaged and kcept for the Kings ufe. 
 
 Thus having vieued all in & about Afc» 
 
 flesi it will be time to order your re- 
 
 B b turn 
 
t T 94 1 
 Kirn for Pome, by the fame way yot 
 came, nor do I remember any cthef 
 tfrng rieedfiltt to be obferved or advifed, 
 except that yourruftlet yourBaggage be 
 vieued at J he Gate as you go out, and 
 take aP?ft from the Cuftomcrs, for which 
 you wiJl pay fome (mall thing. You will 
 likewavsdo well to rid your felf of all 
 ^panifhMoniefgold excepted Junlefeit be 
 fomuch as will fervc to hear your expen- 
 fe* to Fundie, tecaute it will not paft in 
 anv phct of luU, except fuch as are un- 
 der the Spanifi Dominion. 
 
 If the Seafon of the Year be good, 
 there is excellent Herbcrifim? upon rbis 
 FcaderoNrft/f/. You will find Wild 
 in tie Fields, many forts of N^itiffus's^ 
 many O tours of fingle Anemone\ 
 $qttil?s«Al iodelus Albutnia:or% Tilhynia* 
 Iim tkndmdet. Ir is a Plant I never 
 iaw, except upon the way from Piper- 
 re 10 Tcrrackina. about mid way u- 
 jpon aRH-fide, where it groweth in great 
 aloundarce. It is a ftately tall Plant, 
 frtt-ad^r? it fe!f into fe^erall Branches, 
 fomc w Uuof Iobfcrved to be as big as a 
 
 Mans 
 
"Wans WrUr. It had re* ©r no leaves 
 on it in the Seafon when I faw it, which 
 
 'was MWA, butaboundance of Ydtojf 
 Bowers at the Top's of the Branches . 
 The Fir*/ indict hti-f»Ua, « a , n 
 ly weed in thefam?Place,and fpouesali 
 the Ground 5 every leafc that falls fpnog- 
 ingup into a new Plant, which at laft 
 becometh hard and woodie. Tmhrtunt 
 hfiumcum Arbonfcens, ot which UaW 
 fome goodly tufts near to Ttrtcbw*. 
 There be manv other, which for brevi- 
 ties fake 1 omit to mention, and like- 
 ways a great many that I have forgot, 
 having loft thofe notes I made or their 
 names and places* but I hope you will 
 fupply this deleft, 'being yoar felf much 
 more able to do it. ' . . «, ir 
 
 Being returned to Pom, which 1 mall 
 fuopofe to be abouf the middle or enl 
 of April : It will be fitt for vou to thmfe 
 of the next Voyage towards Larettt, *<*- 
 lefs you refolve to pals the Sunvr»f at 
 Rafne, for after the aotk. of M*fc un * 
 till the latter Raits fall f which ticom- 
 Bonlyaoottt the middle of Stpwbcr, or 
 B b 4 ti»c 
 
tun 
 
 the beginning of October, the ex£re*fll 
 heat makes Travel ^ery unfeafonatle. 
 But if in the cafe o leceflity, fuch as 
 Peftilence, or War, you fbould be forced 
 to undertake the Tourney, you rauft or Jef 
 it foas to Travel moft in the Nigp£ and 
 Reft in the heat of the Dav, and be fare 
 not to Sleep till you h ive pafe;! rhe 
 C timpani* of Romc^ as I have iornicJy 
 marked. 
 
 The Way to Lorttto from Rtm. 
 
 Mile& 
 
 Trlffta pfirt* 
 
 m 
 
 - 
 
 - 7 
 
 C(iflelNvv0 
 
 em 
 
 • 
 
 -8 
 
 Ri*??AH0 
 
 Ifm 
 
 - 
 
 - 7 
 
 CivrtA 
 
 «■ . 
 
 m 
 
 - 9 
 
 Otrico'i 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 - i 
 
 Narni 
 
 <m 
 
 ** 
 
 «!• 7 
 
 Term 
 
 W 
 
 m 
 
 - 7 
 
 Strettnrx 
 
 m. 
 
 m 
 
 - 8 
 
 ^>3kt0 
 
 • 
 
 m 
 
 - 9 
 
 Ptjfcdi Speiet* 
 
 • 
 
 . *9 
 
 - 8 
 
 Ymhiuf B$rg$ 
 
 « 
 
 - 
 
 -» 
 
 Ph 
 
t *9? 3 
 
 v? 
 
 i Via di djgffa.n§ • - • f 
 
 Xfwcifi Cajielfa-'' - * * ^ 
 
 . 1 tc/mara - - - $ 
 
 Auvr^rf - r - 10 
 
 *<«*#* - . - 6 
 
 1 have not much to fay of the ptrti- 
 cv } xt places upon chis Road, only Tzmi 
 ] & Ancient Citv and pleafantlv fituatv 
 e '* ; \ht River Negra^ in Latine Nar being 
 jihrided in many Brandies, and drawn 
 through the Town, are as it were To many 
 }; le Rivers, whence alio the Town in La- 
 Vine isc°!led ixier awva :theh$*£dowcs Sc 
 Fieldsabout it .are exc-edinprly fernle.in fo 
 tvMch that the meadowes arc mowen three 
 or tour time? \ Year } and they talk 
 t! r Tur^em are ofren found there of 
 five or fix 6c thirtie weight, of which 
 feaven or eight w";J \ ad an Afs$ it is 
 alio renowned for Pidgeons, which are 
 thought the big2;eft 6c tnoftfavourviti 
 Italy. If vou cm take the >eifure 10 ftay 
 here any time, it will bs worth y ur 
 
 while 
 
L*£0 di 
 
 while te fee the Lag* di fhdi Uc^ v\ 
 -Latine Lac us vtlinut (not tar fromTciw ) 
 which is faid to be the middle of alt I- 
 ttfy, that which is nut co?iiiderable in 
 it, is the Iff m of the Waters from if, 
 which was cut by a Roman 'Cm/hI 
 through a Rock, whence it Rufhes out, 
 and falls over fo great a hightof Rocks, 
 that it makes a noife which mar be heard 
 at ten Miles diftance, and makes agrea- 
 ttfcdfidU then that of TivriL From 
 VerckJav* you have thei4#f«*7;*etopaf$, 
 which is thatridg of Hills that divides 
 all Italy hv the length. 
 
 From Valcimara^ the way is exceeding 
 good to L$rctt$. 
 
 Loretto itfelf is alitfleTown not very 
 Ancient, built upon the Top of aHill, 
 not above 3 or 4 Miles from the Adri- 
 nf/V^Sea, iris fortified reafonably we! 1 : 
 the moftconfiderable thing in ir, is the 
 Church, in the Qyire whereof ftands rhe 
 CaU SdriSdy brought thither from %des 
 Miraculoufly by tngels, as is belee^ed. 
 This is the Hsufe in which the bleffed 
 5firgia is (aid to have been Born. The 
 
 omt 
 
•OTf*fid€'of it is walled about with "Mar* 
 He cut into exirdlent Figures, but yet 
 (o as the Walls touch not the Holy 
 Hou'e. The infide hath continually 
 Z/amps burning in it, fome of Gold, fome 
 © Silver; There is in it aPi&urc of our 
 Saviour and the Virgin* which they fay 
 were painted by St. Lukp+ The Image 
 of the Virgin, which ftands upon the 
 Altar, hath a Garment upon it all co* 
 vered with Pcarles, & upon the Head a 
 Crown of Gold, enriched with Jewells 5 
 upon the Top whereof there is aCarbun- 
 elc of the bignefs of anEgg. There is like- 
 ways down within the Houfe a little 
 DiCb, out of which our Saviour is faid to 
 haveEat hisMeat whilft he was yet aBabe* 
 People commonly brin g their Beads, Me- 
 dals, 8t otherpeeces ofDe v otion to be put 
 in thi$Difh,&e to touch the other reli&s. 
 ThtSacriJiia is well worthy the feeing be- 
 came ot the Jewels, and other Rich pre- 
 fents and Ornaments belonging to the 
 Houfe, which are keept there, and hav« 
 been given and offered continualy, by 
 4lJmoft all Princes and great Perfons is 
 
 £hr* 
 
Chr^ftindotr. The Ceilar is likcwayt 
 vorrhie the feejn^ being exceedingly 
 Large arid tuU ot VYines. Arcongft te- 
 thers tbey ordinarl? (Lew one great Tun 
 autofwhuh they draw/3 or % iorrs of 
 V\ ine, fo.iric red, > f on;e white. Lhermtr.- 
 beroi Pilgrims, and other Perii^, that 
 ©m of Devctict} refort.to this Place, ircm 
 all the parts o Cbrifterdom, is allnWfc 
 infimt, iniorruth that Kery Bay ,ip* 
 pears to he a holy Day and the whole 
 Year but eric continued Feaft. -So loon 
 as the Gates are opened in the morning; 
 ibey begin to enter as it were in Pro- 
 cefiion. I believe there are but few In« 
 talitants in the Town, except a few 
 Trades-men of all iorts^ for the Ao' 
 commedation of Strangers, the grcateft 
 part arc Merchants, that fell nothing but 
 Feads and peeces of Devotion, fuch as 
 Medals ot Silver, Geld, Era/s, Oriftaf 
 &c. looks oi Devotion, and iuch Jtke. 
 There is gocd Accommodation 'in the 
 Town, at a reafonable Rate. TheCuy 
 is Commanded by a Govemcur, wha 
 hath his Palace near to the Church. 
 
 We 
 
£ sot 1 
 
 •We were Recommended to him byCar- 
 dinal Charles Barbar'wi, and were treat- 
 ed by him with great Civilitie $ his Se- 
 cretary being commanded to wait upon 
 us, and (how us all that was confiderable 
 in the place* 
 
 After two days ftay here we difmifled 
 our Horfes that we brought from Rome, 
 and Hyred new ones from Lorett$ to 
 Bolognia. 
 
 From Lorctto to 
 
 Bolognia. 
 
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 Miles 
 
 Ancona, 
 
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 La cafa Brttgidta. 
 
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 Cefent 
 
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Ancona is about half a days Journey 
 from Leretto. It is a veric ancient City 
 and the beft Sea Port in Italy, at leaft 
 ppon the Airitfkk Coaft: The Port 
 was Built,at leaft Reftoredand Beautified, 
 by Trajan the Empeiour, in whofe Ho- 
 voor a moft (lately Triumphal Arch was 
 Raifed upon.it, which it yet extant, with 
 this inicription in Capital Letters. Imp. 
 C#f. dini Nerv£ F. Nerval Trajano opti~ 
 mo Au9ul. Germanic. Ddtico. P'ontef. 
 wax. Tr. Pot. x?x» Imp. xi. Cof. vii. 
 P.P. VrovidentijJimoPrinc. S. P.J^R. 
 §^uoi adceffum lta!i£, Hoc etiam addi- 
 to ex pecn'nia fua Portnm tutiorem Na- 
 vigantibus reddhhrit. And upon the 
 Bicrht fide thereof You may Read this 
 Infcription VUtinx Aug. Conjugi Aug. 
 And upon the left, Div# Martian: Aug: 
 J or or i August. 
 
 Cenigaha\% a littleTown having a Sea- 
 port* It feems from the name to have 
 Hen built, and to have belonged to the 
 GalliQehonts, 
 
 Fano^ Antiently fanum^ becaufeof the 
 Temple of Fortune that flood here ^There 
 
 is 
 
[ 20? ] 
 
 5s a ftately Triumphall Arch of Marble 
 go, Cubits High. Pefar& is a Very Plea- 
 fant and handfome City having many 
 fine Houfes and a Magnificent Palace, It 
 is well Peopled and well Fortified. The 
 Duke of Vrbin, to whom this City did 
 belong, ufed to pafs one half of the Year 
 here 5 But fincehis Death withcin Heirs 
 Male the whole Dutchie is Reunited to 
 the Ecckfitfiick, ftate. 
 
 Rimini, in LttmzAriminim^ is like to 
 be fo called from the River hrimine\\\zt 
 paffrs by it. There arc (evcrall fair Pala- 
 ces in it, built by the MaU-ttJii ahtient 
 Lords of the Place. There is a Triumph- 
 al Arch erc&ed in Honour of Angujim^ 
 yet exiaat, ard the Rutnes of a great 
 Theatre. But the moft confiderable thing 
 of all is the Bridge, Built of great fquarfc 
 Marble Hones, of twentie foot in length 
 and 15. in breadth, with five Arches. 
 Jhc Bridge Joynes the Via Flawima an J 
 the Via bwjlia together.lt isfaid to have 
 been Built by Tiberius Cafar. , In the 
 Mercat place there is to be fcen the ftons ' 
 upon which Julius Ctfar flood, and en- 
 Cc 2 coura£c4 
 
C 204 1 
 
 iourapedhis Officers, when he begin the 
 Civil War. ThisStonehath thislnfcrip- 
 tion C.CdfarD. Rubiccne fufcratt, civili 
 Felh, Contilittnts juos hie in fortArim- 
 #en, adlocutuf. 
 
 Within a Mile of CtCtia, or there a- 
 fcouts, You muftpafsthcRjfi/Y*;/, which 
 feeois to be but a Torrent, and in the 
 Summer time for the moft part dry } At 
 the place where You pafs there is yetex- 
 tart an ancient Pillar, the Infcriprion 
 whereof hath made the name of Ruble** 
 fo famous, it isas follows^ Juffu ntanda- 
 tuvc P. R. Cof. Imp. Myli T\r§ C$- 
 ptilito wanipularideve Cent. Turmavc Le- 
 fiotiAYi* arwat cjukquk efi hie (iftito. 
 Vexilhtn finite, nt citra hunc antntm i?«- 
 liconent (gna, Arnta, du3um, cemwea^ 
 titm+.J&xtrcitum<fi traduction ft quit hu- 
 jufce Jtfjfionis ergo ddverfutn iertt, fece* 
 ritve, adjudicate - ejio kotfk P: R. ac jl 
 €ontra V alnant armavtrit^ Sacrosq^ Pe- 
 ttatos c vtnetralibus affortaverit San&ie 
 plcbtfci Sen At us. 
 
 NE 
 
KE Conjulu u'ira hos fntt Arm*, pra* 
 fine hce&t ncminu 
 
 S. P. CL R. 
 
 And upon rtic other fide of the Pil- 
 lar, the following Infcription} Rubicomnt 
 fonti fubje&um tranfif vittor, Tom&no 
 inttrdill* Cdfark anfu % & adagio, Jait& 
 alee, Celcbrattwt. 
 
 Flumini huic Vabilcm impentrc trajee- 
 turn, Ethnic* din vetuH pavida $uperjii- 
 tip, Catholic* nunc fuasit fecura Religifi 
 
 Innocent : X° Summo Pont : 
 CardrD: Legato 1654. 
 
 Furli^ in La tire Forvmlivii, where 
 there is litle thing confideratle except the 
 Market Place. 
 
 Faenza $ is divided in two by the Ri- 
 ver Lamone, over which ftands a goodly 
 Bridge that Joynes the two part^of the 
 Town together, it is called in Latineiv- 
 vtntU) and the People Itavmini. 
 
 The 
 
(" 206 ) 
 
 Thc.^vholc way frcm Anton* to Bo~ 
 hgnia is Plain and Smooth, and the 
 Countrey en til fides very Rich and 
 Fertile, tfcit eipecially near to Bolognit, 
 ( which cefervedly is called U Gr*Jfa ) 
 where the w hole C ountrey, on event fide 
 of the high way, looks like Gardens, be- 
 ing Hedged ard clofed in on all fides, 
 *nd Planted w'itb Olive and white Mnl- 
 £cn^ Trees, the Leaves whereof ten e to 
 the feeding of Silk Wormes, and at the 
 Boots of which the Vines being Plant - 
 ed, run up and fpread thefnielvesthorow 
 all the Branches of the Trees, and load 
 them with Grapes. The diftance betwixt 
 the Ranges of Trees is Sowen foiretimes 
 with V\ heat, or other ufefull Grain, or 
 Xitchin Herbs and Foots, Nor is there 
 wanting bere abundance of theChoiieft 
 Fruits that Italy affcords. 
 
 Bolognia^ is theiecond Town of the 
 Ecclefiaftick State, tweetly fituatedina 
 large Plain, near to force Hills at the one 
 fide. The City is rear two IViiJes in 
 length and one in breadth, and about 5 
 Miles inCompafs. The Inhabitants are 
 
 not 
 
C 207 1 
 
 n*>t efteemed to be under 8oThoufandirt 
 nu nber, amongft which it ts thought 
 there are two Thoufand Gentlemen, 
 whereof rmny have the Titles of Count 
 and Marques. There is a famous U- 
 ni veriity & many fine Colleges wotthie 
 to be seen : As alfo many fine Churches 8c 
 Religious Houfes. The Archdcan of the 
 Othedral of St. Peters, has the Privi- 
 ledgc of making D~>frors, above others.. 
 In the Church of Corpus Chrr ?*, may be 
 i^n the intire Body of Sr. Katfoarzneof: 
 Vigri, a Religious Woman o r the Order 
 of St. Clare, that Died ztBolognia, in 
 the Year 1465. She fits in a Chair, with 
 a Religious Habit. The Skin ot her 
 Face fvems to be bent and ftreacht, her 
 Eyes open, her Hinds and Feet bare : 
 In one Hmd She holds a Crucifix, the 
 other is placed upon a Pillow. They 
 ufe in the prefence of a great deal ofCom- 
 panie to paire her Nails every Month, 
 and to cut her Hair once a Year, after 
 they are grown. In the lacobins Church 
 is keept the Head of St. Dominium a 
 Rich Tabernacle and his Body in a Cu- 
 rious 
 
ri^us Tomb of white Marble cut in ft- 
 verall figures of Bale relieve } In the 
 Choire may be feen the Hiftories of the 
 New and Old TefUment, with wonder- 
 ful! Artifice reprefented in mofaick of 
 of Wood, There is alfo to be feen here, 
 a rare Peecc ot Painting, of the Innocents 
 made by Guido Reni^ ill the parts of 
 this Convent are worthie the taking no- 
 tice of, the Cloifters, the Dormitories 
 of above 150 Religious, the Refiftory 
 Painted by great Matters, the Apothe- 
 caries Shop, and the Bibliothcck, and 
 the Cellar which is extraordinarly Big;. 
 There be many fine Palaces worthie 
 thr feeing, and very well Ornamented 
 within, but efpeci illy the P^wown Pa- 
 lace, where rhe Legir refides, and in it 
 you muft take particular care to fee Al- 
 JLrovAnli '/Stu.iie, and Collection of Cu- 
 riosities, which are keept in this Palace, 
 and commonly intruded to the Legats 
 Phvfitian. There is likeways ro be feett 
 in the Back Court A ] drovanii's Garden, 
 in which- there a-e Come Curious Plants. 
 In the Study you will fee a great Her- 
 
 ball 
 
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 "ball, in water Colours, but without any 
 defcription, as alfo a whole prefsfull of 
 Manufcripts, written all with his own 
 Hand. 
 
 There are feverall Towres in the 
 Town,but efpecially that ofDegliPzfanel- 
 /i, which is one of the higheft I remember 
 to have ever feen $ it ftands at out the 
 middle of the Town, and near by it 
 there is an other which is not finilhed, 
 and the rcafon they give for it is very 
 apparent, that the Builders miftook the 
 perpendicular 3 when one ftands near to 
 it* it is fo very crooked that it appears 
 to be juft a falling.. I had the Curiofitie 
 to go as high in the other Towre as I 
 could* and rather becaufe I thought I 
 tnight more eafily difcover the fituati- 
 pn of the Town, it's avenues, and the 
 Country about, but I had muchReafon 
 to repent me : The ladders for the moft* 
 part being old and rotteta, fo that I was in 
 continuall apprel enfion of falling, and 
 cneflip would have done my turne ass 
 well as a hundred. I (hall advifeyou 
 lather to take the paines to fee a Con- 
 D d vctit 
 
.l>o3 
 
 vent, a little without t>ieTown, toward 
 the Hills, called Sf. Michnele in Bofco^ 
 from whence you will have a moft De- 
 licate Profpefr of the Town and Coun- 
 try about. TheTown appears ^n the form 
 of a Ship, andcheTowre Deglifijanelli^ 
 rrtay be the maineMaft of it. This Con- 
 vent is one of the moft Glorious in Italy$ 
 the Religious are of the Order di Monte 
 Olivetto , there arc many other 
 things in the Towr worthie the taking 
 notice of, which for brevities lake 
 1 omit. 
 
 You mud not forget to fee the Silk- 
 Work, which is a moft Curious' con- 
 trivance} it is three or four Storlc high, 
 in the Higheft Storie there are Innumc- 
 rabkPirns of Silk, which are all moved 
 by the general 1 Motion that the Wa- 
 ter gives to fome Wheelts below, 
 & there they receive the firftTwift} in the 
 Storie next to that, they receive th?fe- 
 cond} & in the lowermoft Storie the laft: 
 which brings it to that form of raw 
 Silk that we commonly fee fold. 
 
 Jhis Place above all others in Itafa 
 
 01 
 
On I 
 
 • or in tVie WorW 4 is famous for excel- 
 lent Soap- Balls, of . which you will do 
 well to provide your {elf abundant- 
 ly } they will keep in their perfeftion. 
 above 20 Years : You may have them 
 of feverall Sizes, bigger or lefler as 
 yeu pleale. It is likeways famous for 
 Saffadges, which are the beft cerain- 
 ly in tkc Wo rid : I have fecn of them 
 of s Crownes the Peece. 
 
 There is good Herbarifing towards 
 the Hills, if your leifure can permit 
 you 5 you may take a Guide along; 
 with you. Upon thefe Hills, you will 
 likewavs find that famous 5rore called 
 Lapis phofphrus Bononien/tsjot' which Fer- 
 iunatus Lie f /.hath written a particular 
 Book. It is very hard and Flintie like,- 
 but more glittering $ when it is calcined 
 48 hours in a reverberatory Fire 8c then 
 fet to cooll : If you expoie it a little to 
 the light and free Air, and on the fud- 
 den bring it to the dark, it (Lines for a 
 little while as if it were a Red burning 
 Coale, but there is a kind of efflorefcence 
 like Ruft or greenifh Duft that gro wes u- 
 D d 2 pon 
 
I 212 1 
 
 pon the Top of it, whilft it is a Calcic 
 neing, which is moft effe&uall for the 
 fhining, and which if it by loft by any 
 Accident, the reft will not be much 
 worth, and for faving of this they ufe or- 
 dinarly to fix the Stone in Wax in the 
 bottom of a Box, & fo fell them to Stran- 
 gers, but this way does not lecurc them, 
 to my certain Experience. The beft way 
 is to bring the Stone uncalcined and 
 prepare it at home. I would have you 
 to foe an Apothecarie, who is a great Vir- 
 tuofo efpecial!ie in Plants. He is 
 called Jacomo ^anoni fpeciale da fan 
 Biaggr& cufftde de ftftplici in Bolog- 
 nia. $ I believe he has PubliQied fomcthing 
 of Plants by this time., for he ftiewed 
 me a Number of Brafs cutts, which were 
 allreadie Graven, and told me the inten- 
 tion he had as foon as he could get the 
 reft perfe&cd, to caufe print them. If 
 they maybe had, I intreatyou to pro- 
 cure me one of them 5 you will do well to 
 fee hisGarden, which is veryCurious.And 
 the beft way to ingage all fuch Men as 
 he is, is to have all ways a Parcel! of rare 
 
 Seed 
 
C *i 5 T 
 
 Seeds with you, and to give them feme* 
 by which means you will find them rea- 
 die <-o give you whatever they can fpare, 
 in like manner. 
 
 I (hall advife you to ViGt the Book- 
 fellers Shops, concerning which I muft 
 give you this general! advice, for find- 
 ing out Botankk Books, that you take 
 paines to look them all over your felf y 
 for many times the Book-fellers do not 
 know their names. 2ou will find here 
 Panacea ex herbis qua a S&nBis denomi- 
 nantur Item Hil'torU & hones Capha- 
 rum Bartholomew Ambroflniin 80. Bo no- 
 ma 1650. alfo Hyacinthi Ambroflni hor- 
 tus Stndioforum & Nov arum Plant arum 
 haUenus non Seulftarum Hijloria in 40. 
 Bononit 1657. But above all I muftin- 
 treat you to buy mzAldrovandus's work*, 
 which ate 1 5 or 14 Tomes in Folio 5 you 
 CRay buy theui in Sheets, and have thera 
 packt up in your own things tor Venice^ 
 where you will not fail to meet with 
 frequent Occafions of fending them for 
 London. I believe they will not coft a- 
 bove t3 or 20 Crowns, and if they do 
 I flaall bereadieto allow it. 
 
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 It will not be a mifshere, if you think 
 fit, to go by Land to Moden*, Parma. 
 and Piatzena and returnc by the River 
 P* to ferrara : Butbecaufe 1 had not the 
 Fortune to fee them my felf, I (hall not 
 fay any thine; of them, but returne to 
 Ferrar<t, which is not above hah' a Days 
 Journie, or thereabouts, from Bolognia. 
 
 Fcrrara.]s fituarcd in a largePlain about 
 half a mile diftance from the Pe. It be- 
 longs to the Ecclefiaftick State, and is 
 governed by the Poses Legate; The 
 Streets, Houfes and Places, are very 
 handfome & fine, as alfo theChurchcs 8c 
 Religious Houfes. In the Monafterie of 
 S Bemut, you may ice the Sepu ! chre Sc 
 Epitaph of the famous Poet Ariofto. It 
 hath a vene ftrong and well contrived 
 Citt&dale. 
 
 From hence you go to Venice by War 
 ter, that is in an open Boat, by a Canale 
 near to the fide of the Po, where yeim- 
 barkeinabigger Veffel, which goes con- 
 fnntly twice a Week to Venice. If the 
 Wind be favourable, you willeafily ac- 
 comphfh the Voyage in io or 12 houres 
 
 time, 
 
1*hV 
 
 rime, but ifotherways,yoii may belongs 
 and therefore you will do well to ma*c 
 Provifion of Vi&uals, to take along to ith 
 you. When you Arrive at Venice^ it 
 will be needfull to Lodge in a conveni- 
 ent Plsce of the Town, andforthat end, 
 you will do well to provide your felfof 
 a Recommendation to the Englilh Con- 
 fill} from Rome or from Bologni*. Giles 
 Jones was Conful in my time, and en- 
 tertained Lodgers himfelf, he was a ve~ 
 rie honeft Man, and did faithfullie fend 
 my things to Londtn, according to the 
 addrefs I gave him. When you are fet- 
 led in a Lodging, It will be time to 
 take a View of the Town, for the doing 
 of which and confidering it well, 301? 
 4 Weeks is little enough. Nothing in 
 Naturecan appear more prodigious than 
 to fee aVaft big Town feared in the mid- 
 dle of the Sea \ everie Houfe whereof at 
 
 > one fide or another is touched by the 
 Water, and the ncareft Land being 4 or 
 
 i 5 Miles diftance. It was built at firft u- 
 ponthe little Ifland of Kidltom the Year 
 42 i^perhaps later by thelnhabitantsof the 
 
 firm 
 
flrmLand that were chaccd from their 
 own homes by Attila King of the Huns, 8c 
 forced to make choice of this place for 
 their fafcty^fince that time they have built 
 upon 7o or 7i Iflesmore, which are joy- 
 ned together by upwards of 4 50 Bridget; 
 The Town is about 8 Miles in compafs. 
 (There are but few Streets built on both 
 fides, except fome open places. The 
 tnoft part of the Streets have a Canalc 
 cr Ditch in the middle, by which the 
 Gondols pafs, which is a great commo- 
 dities for there is fcarce a Houfe in the 
 Town, but one may be carried this way, 
 either clofe to it or within a fewftepsof 
 it. The Canals are different in breadth, 
 fome more fome lefs large, the narroweft 
 is broad enough for one Gondole to go 
 by another 5 It is remarkable, that the 
 Water Ebbs and Flowes here 4 or 5 foot* 
 which is not obferved in the Adriatic^ 
 farther down towards Naples, nor in a- 
 xiy other Port of the Meditcrrtnian Sea$ 
 The Gondals are believed to be above 
 fourteen or fifteen thoufand in Number* 
 they arc/mali tightBoats eiuch cleaner 8c 
 
 finer 
 
%t\cr thanOaresupon tl tlkatoesfaxwgt. 
 prettieTilt over the feat where the Pafhn* 
 gersfit, &* will t cable to accomrrcdat 5 
 or 6 Perfons: It is ufualfor Gentleiren 
 or Perfons of Qualitie to have their own 
 Gordols, ard thofe Richer than the br- 
 dinary, force aie rowed by one,fomeby 
 tuo, and it is forrewbat extraordinary 
 that theRower dees not fit within theBcaf, 
 but ftands upon ore fide of it, and lookes 
 the iarce way tliat he rows. At thfcttir- 
 ning of an j Corner, after they con:e with- 
 in inch a diftance of it, they are cfrlig- 
 ed to cry, to give notice to the Consols 
 en the otherfide whom tVey cannot fee, 
 and he that cryes firft hath this advan- 
 tage, that he turnes clofe by the ccrrer, 
 and the others are obliged tb give him 
 Afcay and take it larger : And 1 affure you 
 if is ro frrall wonder to ire that there 
 being fo rcary cornets to twr e, ard fo 
 continuall ard frcqueflt interccurfe of 
 Condols going fenre the one way, ard 
 iotnethc other 5 and in the dark as tvell 
 in the Day: there fhould be fo few Ac- 
 cidents oi running one another dowp,e- 
 E e fpeci- 
 
C a*}' 
 
 fpeciallie, confidering with what fwift- 
 neisthay go. Thelargeft Canale, called 
 Can&le wuhdt, is about if or 14 hun- 
 dred paces in length, & fourtie in breadth* 
 and divides tlie Towfi as it were in two. 
 The Bridge of the Riv* alto^ or as it 
 isc#mm^n!ie pronounced Ritltt, is one 
 of the moft magnificent Strufruresi in the 
 Citie: it confiftsbtit of one Arch^ &yct 
 is faidto have coft above 250 thoufand 
 Duckets } at th* one end of the Bridge, 
 there are three large Streets divided by 2 
 rowes of Houfes, which are fo many 
 Merchant (hops. Thisferves for the Ex- 
 change, where the Merchants meet about 
 Noon to do their affairs.- 
 
 There are fo manie things confiderable 
 in this Place that it is difficult to compre- 
 hend them in this (hort Narration, and 
 therefore 1 fhall onlie name a tew of them, 
 and Ieaue the reft to your particular in- 
 . quiric, which will not be hard for you 
 to make, when you are upon the place. 
 Be pleafcd then firft to take notice among 
 theChnrches of that ot St Mark, which 
 propcrlie, is onlie the Vuk® Chapel be- 
 long 
 
\ [2T9"! 
 
 longing; to the Pal ice of St. Mark whofe 
 Bodic being brought from Alexandria is 
 preferred here 3 The Church has 2 4 Cha- 
 noines belonging to it under one Head, 
 called Vrimicero. He is commonlie 
 chofen by the Doge, and wears the Mi- 
 ter and other Ornaments of a Bifbop, 8c 
 ufes to give his Benedi^ion to the People 
 as Bifhops do. The infi k of the Church 
 is of Marble of diverfe forts, and all ve- 
 rie fine, with above 40 Marble Pillars ; 
 It is paved with Porphire, Serpentine Sec. 
 in Mofaick Work $ Upon the Top of the 
 great Altar, there is aGlsbe enriched with 
 a great number of Pearles and other 
 jewels of price 5 The Roof of the Church 
 confifts of 5 Cupula's covered with lead ; 
 It hath 5 Doors of Brafs, and over the 
 great entrie on the outfide there Hands 
 four Delicat Horfe& equal in bignefs to 
 the Natural, of Brafs Guilded, which at 
 firft were placed upon the Triumphal 
 Arch of Nero, after he fubdued thePartks, 
 but were afterward carried to Conftanti- 
 nople, when the Seat of the Empire vn% 
 removed from Pome and at laft brought 
 E e \ thither 
 
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 hither by- ^tVtvuUms when they took 
 Contitnthtpplc. ily. That which is moft 
 worthieof the feeing; fit may be in all the 
 W>rld)is rhe Treafure of St. Mark, 
 where amon^ft other things you will fee 
 12 Royal Crowns & \i Brutal Plates of 
 Gold, ?u T of Rearles and jewels ; taken as 
 they fav i\t Con^ttntino^lts V.vd theTraditi- 
 on is, that they were theOrmments of the 
 ji M'ids of Honour that wxited upon 
 St. Helen i. Mother to Conftantine the 
 Ewpcrour \ feveral Rubies weighing 8 
 Qjnces i Vzjtcz, and a Saphir that weighs 
 ten Qnces} two Unicorns l4orns } fe* 
 ve.rall Veflejs of P/ecious Stones ; as A- 
 gat, Jafpir kp $ one of Enerauld which 
 a Kin* of Per, ?a p.refented the Senat with. 
 One of one (jingle Turkis variother capable 
 to hold a&v>*rQuart of one (ingleG'-anat 3 
 The Tiar ox Bonnet wherewith the Duke 
 is Crowned, isGarnifhed with jewels pf 
 inestimable .price ; There is a vafc deal 
 oforher Riches, which I cannot particu- 
 larly' remember ^ There is likevVays to 
 be feen the Pifture of the bleflcd Virgin 
 done by St trfkf. The Aft* of the" A* 
 
 pbftld 
 
poftles writen in njokhn Lzttm bf lltti 
 b i n \ of St John Chvyfottom^ Piitimh §f 
 Con ImtinopteAt will be worth jfQUf whlli 
 to go to the Top of the S'eepi i, fefftl 
 whence vou will have a delie4£.?f§fj$§& 
 of the whole City and Nd§hb§Bfifl§ 
 Ifhnds, of a oart oiL'tmbtir&ih §f the 
 Overall Mouths ot the River P^ fh§ Mills 
 of I hi a &t the Sea about. & ! fhf Mie§ 
 pf St M.^i whereof the Arckh ftlllH, 
 Hails and Chambers are all rfidfl itetillfj 
 Special v thegrearHalls.which IFdMfitea 
 bvthe gTAteft^'ifef^Mihafllfflfl fffl 
 tht better underfr in itnpr of which* 11 Witt 
 Itaffilt, that vou get /Prin^ IflVffifQs 
 rie ■••f all the particular Orrt&MBfi §1 
 this Palace. 
 
 i >, The P/«** of St Mam whteU 
 isoieof the tn'rgtf and tiiffi&ltttl fSB 
 be feen in any Tb vn in Italy 5 beirlg §§fSs 
 paffed with mift Stately and fljKlllf 
 Bindings, with large Arches Zn&jbrti* 
 (iW to walk in, in the time of H§il§P 
 Rain, with all forts of Merchaflcttfeafld 
 Tn des. This Place is ftieffldft dtVIF* 
 freeing in all JW*, for here fm ffl&f 
 
[ 2*2 3 
 
 fee People of many Nations with 
 different Habits. At that end of that 
 place which lookes to the Sea , there 
 ftands two Marble Pillars, each of them 
 of them onePeece, of agrcathight and 
 bignefs, at a reafonabie Diftance one 
 from another. Upon the Top of the one 
 is pteced a flying Li^n guilded, which 
 is the Armes of Venice , and the 
 Symbole of St Mark, Upon the Top of 
 the other the Statue of St Theodore gilded. 
 Betwixt thefe Pillars, Juftice is ufuallie 
 done upon Male-faftors. About the 
 middle of the place ftands $ verie Tall 
 Poles like unto Ships Mafts, whereupon 
 the Standards of the Republick are di«. 
 fplaied at greatSolemnities.On that fide of 
 the place, which is oppofit to the Dukes 
 Palace, ftands the Mint-Houfc, a verie 
 goodlie Fabrick, compofed of Stone and 
 Iron, without any Wood at all. yfy. The 
 Arfcnal, which is the largeft and beft 
 Furniftied in the World 5 it is ftrongly 
 Walled about, and the Sea drawn about 
 it likeways. There are fifteen or fixteen 
 hundred Men conftantly at Work, be- 
 
 fides 
 
fides Old Men, who arc not able td 
 tvork, but intrrtained for inftru&mg 
 the younger. Here are Jceepft all fort of 
 Atnunitiws of War both For Sea & Land, 
 in vaft Quantities, and in that good Or- 
 der, that 1 have heard fome confident- 
 lie fay, thdt there wefrc Workmen rvitb~ 
 in the Arfcnal, thdt were able to build 
 a Gaily, dnd rei\ her out comfhdtly in one 
 Hours tinted which if it be true, argues 
 a great deal of thafpnefs in the Work- 
 men, and readinefs of the Materials. 
 
 There areleverall leffer Iflands at fome 
 diftance trom the Town, worthie to be 
 feen, and partictilarlie, i. Murdinz- 
 bout a Mile Northward from the City. 
 It is well built and many good Houfesin 
 it 3 It is in thislfland, that all thofc fa- 
 mous Cry ftall Glaffes fo much talked of, 
 and fo much fought after througfceut 
 the World, are made. It is obferved 
 here , that the Glafs-works fucceed 
 much better on the one fide of the Street 
 than on the other* they have likeways 
 a great Art of whitrieing Wax, which is 
 obferved to fleeced better in this Ifland 
 
 than 
 
fhsfl ffly^tHf place ir or abom theCity, , 
 Theft gfg glpndanceo Oyfiers likeways 
 Iff thti Wand s |bey ordinarly keep them 
 Ifl SMk^lf 8W iheSI oare to have them 
 J8 r^dipffe ^ben they are called for, 1 
 fcgf )8 my r pnion tbey are neither ia 
 ple^flnt, R& io wholeiomc as ^tli^f.ord 
 tflfl jaffagr places, efpecia be being eaten 
 f^Wa fpr J have often ictmd the eating 
 §f fhtm feptO give a verie trouhIcion;d 
 JfJlflMrf fir Felly to fevtrall Perfons; 
 qfj. 1 1 e Jf e of St Hdiira* where there 
 If a vnrie ff^telieMrnakeiie?k Church, 
 Witb':M?#lft ©f ^ e CMer of AWf 0~ 
 /l0#» IWifhifi Cburcb iskeepi the Body. 
 §f tfet Empmfs St /ft/*-//*. TTiis Ifld 
 \yp$ foihe jEaftward of the Town, and 
 gg§y£ fw© Miles further the fame way, 
 |%^f?d ibe t\yp Forts dtlLidg and Caficl-?-- 
 mvfy whilb befh defepd them felves* 
 IPyfy|i!k, and (ecure the entricto the 
 City from Enemies jn titr.e cf War, 
 jjy, -M^kffWfco^ where all Ships and 
 Yflfel§ $f gpie xronficierable Burden do 
 Affiv^ t tCftufeof the deepnefsof theJFfor- 
 hnr. 4/v, Thelile ot St. George lyirg 
 
I $tift before theplace of St. Mat\ at half a 
 M iles diftance, where there is an Abbace 
 t)f the CWer of St. Benedict, with a moft 
 Stately and Glorious Church, together 
 *vith a Garden and fair Walks, which 
 is thought no ftnall thing in that; 
 Places 
 
 Altho* a Traveller cannot be altoge- 
 ther fare of his times, there being fo many 
 Contingencies that may force him either 
 to Arive too foon or too late ^yet it were 
 to bewifticd that a Man might happen 
 to be at Venice in the time of CumovAl, 
 becaufe of the Of eras and fine (hows 
 that are to be feen, and the Extraordi- 
 Jiaric Mufick at that time. In the Sum- 
 titer time the great Divertifemeht is to go 
 in Gotidole upon the greatCatiale, where 
 towards the Evening, snemay fee Five* 
 ©r fix hundred Gohdols touring up and 
 down, full of Ladies and Gentlemen, & 
 feveralls of them with Mufick t loth Vo- 
 cal and Inftrumental 5 which is otie of 
 the greateft Quftvs imaginable. 
 
 You cannot mifs to meet with a great 
 
 many Curiofuies here, both Natural and 
 
 F f A*tk> 
 
Artificial, becaufe of the great refoit 
 chat Strangers have to this Place, efpe- 
 Chllie from the Levant? you will find 
 Mells^Intako's, Chawto's&c. amongft 
 the Goldimiths. 1 havefcen feverallCu- 
 riofities to iell in the place of St. Mark, 
 a^d fometime within the Court of the Pa* 
 lace, and in many other corners through- 
 out the City. You may meet with ma- 
 bv Curiofities of G/<r/>, that are both ufe- 
 fu!l and delightful]. Ir will be worth 
 your while to Vifit the Book- fellers Shops> 
 for befides many Curious Books, that 
 vou may light upon here, and particu- 
 larly of Bo* any i) you may likewaysfind 
 verie many 5ooks, that ire prohibited 
 in raanv other places cf Italy. He plea- 
 fed to inquire diligently for a thin 4*, 
 called Trtttatc dcftmplici Bittrc. &pcfcl 
 wtirim che nafctno del lito di. Vemtid di 
 Antwin Dovati Fartnacefco aWinftgnt 
 di St. Likralc imVipetid 16$ 1. Printed 
 bv Pi?tro Maria Bertano. T)onati\{\m- 
 fc'f v as Dead be'ore I came thither, but 
 I round out his Brother, a Man of the 
 
 fame 
 
fame Profeflion and living at the fame 
 place, but nothing knowing in Simplest 
 After I had told him the refpeft I had for 
 his Brothers Mcmorie^ and my regrate for 
 the lofs of fo worthie a perfon 5 he was 
 pleafed to (how me a grcar many S^-'r- 
 VUtcsol ib many Plants nor vet defcri- 
 bed, together with their defcription done 
 by his Brother $ I am confident were they 
 Fublifhed, they would Ttake a bigger Vo- 
 lume than the firft. They were in Con- 
 fufion when I faw them, but I put them 
 in Order and prayed him to keep them 
 fo, untill he fhould find the eppo^um- 
 tie of printing them, which 1 found him 
 willing to do at his own Expenfc, nor 
 to truft it with an other, leaft his Bro- 
 thers name fhould have been ftolen from 
 it. If it be not as yet printed, you may 
 fee what you an do, either to purchafe 
 the Manufcript and Plates, or promlfe the 
 printing of it. ? 
 
 There ire many Virtuofi in the City, 
 that have great CoUedUons of fine things 
 which you may be pleafed to inquire af- 
 ter and lee* 
 
 F f 2 From 
 
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 From Venice you have twentle five 
 Miles to Padua, whereof four by Berg to 
 iheTcrrd ferm/t, and the reft you go by 
 Boat, drawer* withHorfes by the River 
 Brent \ which is a moftpleafantand foft 
 running River, having plain, Fertile & 
 rroft delicious Fields on cither fide, full of 
 Villages & plealure-Houfes, to which the 
 Inhabitants of Venice ufc to refort in the 
 Suwwer-Tiwe* 
 
 The River runs not all of a Level!, 8c 
 therefore there are three or four Locks 
 or Sluces, by means whereof, at fcveral! 
 places the River is made portable $ which 
 other ways it would not be. There is fuch 
 an other Lock, upon the Canale of Briar 9 
 near to Montargis in France. You will 
 more eafilie underftand the manner 
 ot them by feeing them, than by any de- 
 fcription I can make of them. 
 
 £**/#*, in Latine Vattuvium. Is a very 
 Ancient and Large Town } famous over 
 the World, for its Vniverhy , whence it 
 is called Vadua U dotu. There are many 
 things confidcrablein the Town fit robe 
 fen and t*kc notice of. As 1 . The 
 
 ghurches 
 
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 Churches as namely that of S. Sophia, that 
 of Jxlino, which is all Pavemented with 
 white Sc red Marble v there is an ^£Wj 
 joyning to it of the Order of St Benedict $ 
 . theReformation of which Order did begin 
 firft here. It was Anciently the Temple 
 of Concord. The place before the Church 
 is \ery large 8cfpacious. They fay ten 
 Thou r AndMen might be drawn up within 
 it, TheChurch of St. Antonia de Li/ion, is 
 notably defigned, and hath many Rich 
 things belonging to it* many Relique's, 
 but arnon?ft others tbemoft confiderable 
 is the Body of St. Antonia, commonly 
 called of Padua, becaufe he Died and was 
 interred here. There is great a Devotion 
 paved to this SainU, and a great con- 
 con rfe day I y to the place, as well of the 
 Inhabitants of the Town, as of Pilgrims 
 that come fro'n other places. They ufe ta 
 kift'-hc Marble-Stone that covers his Se- 
 pulchre* and they fay it fmels of: Musk. 
 9iy. The palace o f Juftfce, which is moil 
 ihtel y. The Stairs are all of Marble cover- 
 ed with Lead without thefupport of a* 
 ny Pillar. Thc-great Hull is 356 foot m 
 
 length, 
 
length, and 84 foot in breadth, and very 
 well painted, [and at the end of it, that 
 Statue of Tititf Livius, whofe Tomb is 
 likeways to be feen in the Town. %ly. 
 The Schooles, which is a very ftatcly 
 Fabrick, being a 4 fquare court, where 
 you will fee a great many of theStatuesor 
 /}«//* 's,Names &Arms of fo manyConfuls, 
 that have been of the feveral Nations that 
 compofe the TJmvtrfity^ the Scholars here 
 have hrgtPrwiledgesy and many times 
 abiife them, and become very infolcnt, 
 |nfomuch % that they have been fometiroes 
 known to threaten the Pcdcfla himfelf 
 or Governour of the Town 3 they have, 
 likeways a beaftly enftome of carrieing 
 Arms in the Night, infomuch that it is 
 never fafe to be abroad after it hegins to 
 be D j foi many arc this way unhap- 
 r iq Murdered without an v OTence given 
 or taken, but only by wantonefs, or ra- 
 ther Wickednefs of the Scholars. 4/^. 
 The Ph} ilea) Garden which is exceeding- 
 ly fine, not lo much for the number as 
 rarenefs of the Plants. You may eafiiy 
 make your addrefs to the Profcfibr that 
 t keep* 
 
C *3* 3 
 
 keeps the Garden who in my time was 
 
 the Excellentijfimus SigneurTore^ but the 
 Gardener will be fufficient to do your 
 turn, for in giving him a feiall pcece erf 
 Mony, you will command both Seeds* 
 Vlants, and all that he hath. We have 
 a very worrhie Gentleman of our Coun- 
 trie ,called t)ofl:or Cadcvhead? in my time 
 he was Publick Profeflbr of Logick, nelBo* 
 which is the Publick Schooks. He is a 
 moft courteous and obliging Gentleman 3 
 and will be ready to do you all the kind- 
 nefs's Imaginable. 5/7. You may fee the 
 Hofpitals for fiek Folk, and many other 
 things, which for Brevities fake I omif^ 
 only I intreat you be at the paines to 
 ViCt the Book-fellers Shops \ and if there 
 be any new thing in Phyfick, fince the 
 62 or 63 Year of God, I intreat you to 
 bring them along with you forme, efpe- 
 cialy if there be any thing of Rhodius y 
 vfho hath promiled us his commentars 
 upon Cornelius Celfus long ago. 
 
 If you pleafe, you may make a little 
 Journey to the Euganem Hils, which are 
 not far from IWttt. There is very good 
 
 Here 
 
1^1 
 
 Hcrborifing upon them. It will be worth 
 your while, likeways to fee Abbuno, x 
 Village 3 or 4Milesdiftant from lW*/*$ 
 famous for its Natural Baths. Ar tties end 
 of the Village there is a little rifing or 
 know s upon the Top of which there 
 are a great many Springs of hot Water* 
 ibme where ofarefcalding hot. The Wa- 
 ter is convoyed by little Conduits to 
 feveral Houfes about, where Baths are 
 keept for fick People, but the greater 
 part of it is convoyed the other way by a 
 trough, where, at the diftance of a Musket 
 fhot, it moves a Milne. The water it 
 felf is whitiih, having a white flimy fub* 
 fiance in it, which it depofes every where, 
 where it runs, and which in procefs of 
 time becomes as hard as a Stone } in fo 
 much that the Miln-Wheel, and all the 
 Wood thatistoucht by it, becomes cru* 
 fted as it were with M*rbk$ and if it 
 be not broken oftimeously, it flops the 
 Motion of the Wheel juft as Ieeicles ufe 
 to do with us. The Country about P*- 
 dua is very Plain and exceedingly Fer- 
 tile, infomuch that they ufe to fay, Be* 
 9 lognit 
 
c ^33 ) : 
 
 hgnid Id ttriffa^ wa Pddtid U pajfa 5 yet 
 the Wine is not gocd, tut a red fmall 
 Claret-Wire fwch as they ufe at Vtnut 
 for erdinarie drink. When you hat e 
 paft force time at Pddua^ and fatisfied 
 your felf, of all that is to be feen and 
 known there, it will be time to fetior- 
 ward for Mihn. 
 
 From Pddua to Vtrotzd* 
 
 Miles 
 
 Victnzd f • 13 
 
 KontthMo *.; - 12 
 
 Scalderc - * TO 
 
 Ver$n& •> - 13 
 
 In going fxQmPddm to Victntd^vu 
 Vrill do well to turne a little out of the 
 way to fee a place called Guficfo, which 
 is a Houfeof Pleafure belongir g toapar-* 
 ticwlar Perfon, where, befidesmany Cu* 
 riofities, of Gardens &c. there is parti- 
 cular w ayes of conveying the Wind from 
 the Cavcs below to the upper Fcctrs 
 G g, which 
 
which makes a DeWczt Frefct in the grea- 
 teft heats of Summer. It ftands at the 
 foot of a very great Mountain, under 
 which arc the vafteft and biggeft Caves I 
 ever faw 5 but feem not to be Natural* 
 but rather Quarries, out of which the 
 greatcft part cf theStonc that Vicen%a has 
 been built with, has been taken. In one 
 place of thefe Caves, there is a little Well 
 made by theWater that drops from theTcp 
 of the Cave, which petrifies any Wood, 
 Straw See. that lyeth any time in if > and 
 yet the Water keeps clear it fclf, with- 
 out congealing. Near to .the City of Vi- 
 cenza, upon your left hand, you wil fee 
 a delieat Peece of Archite&itre, made by 
 the $\mvGsArchite& VjnogU, which is like- 
 ways' defigned in his Book 5 It is only 
 a Houfe of Pleafure, and ftands upon a 
 confiderable hieht from the City, difco- 
 vering all the Country round about. 
 
 Vicenza is a good large Town, having 
 many fine Churches and Palaces, with a 
 hfge place forTilting and otherExercifes: 
 rhere is likeways in it a NobleTheatre built 
 by Vi;;9gly : the Country about is c^^ed- 
 
 ingly 
 
ingly Fertile, and abounds with all fort 
 of good Fruit, and is therefore called 
 the Garden of Venice, 
 
 Verona is an eafie days Journey from 
 Vkenza ••> It is an Ancient City, large 
 and well built, having many ftarely Pa- 
 laces,Churches Sec. Scan oXAAmjyhitkeatre^ 
 yet moreinrire than any other inJf^'.The 
 Town is divided in two by the River A- 
 dice, it is wel Fortified, having 13 Roy- 
 al Bajlions, and three CajlUs 5 the two 
 parts of the Town, are conjoyned by 4 
 large Stone Bridges. There is excellent 
 Herborizing upon the Kils near to the 
 City, but efpecially upon the Monte baldo\ 
 which is about 20 Miles diftant from 
 this City, and which is defcribed at great 
 length by Joxnncs Vona^ whofe Bcok I 
 fuppofe you have feen. The Palace del 
 Contt Juttt, is vvorthie the feeing > toge- 
 ther with the Gardens and Grotto* s. A- 
 mongft the reft, there is one of a Reafo- 
 nablc Capacitie built with that Artifice, 
 that tour Perfons being placed in the 
 four Comers, may fpeake each of them 
 to his Neighbour in the oppofit Corner, 
 G g 2 and 
 
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 and yet not be heard by thofe that ftani 
 in the middle between them. In the Pa- 
 lace of the Si^mur Conte Gregorio Btvi- 
 hqn& t there is aGallerie,in which you may- 
 fee a sjeit rmny fine Pictures, Statues, 
 Medals , and other Rarities. 
 
 From Verona you pafs bv fa pe r chrra^ 
 which is a fTrong Fort, upon the River 
 that i flues from the U*o diGardt: from 
 thence vou <ro to D-iJpanzan^ which rho* 
 ir be-no b'.g Town, but rather aVilUg;e, I 
 look upon it as o*ie o c the p'exfanreft 
 fitu*tto«s in l**h\ being upon the fide 
 of the U^j di G*rlt, a Lake not fo 
 broad as Ion?, for in length it reaches to 
 the Alpes Rhetki. The Country about 
 h pfetfflBt an J Fertile, ani th* Lake it 
 felfctfeottricfc with all forts of Excellent 
 Fifh, fuch as ¥jkf*i Parches, red and 
 white Trou's Sec. and of ail there are 
 fom<* very big. In my time there was 
 anOHrrench-rmn,that keept a very food 
 Ohlrit, where we 'had excellent Fare 
 both o* $<h and Flefh, m,J the beft Wine 
 in the whole State of ftafrQ and all at 
 a reafonable Rate, 
 
 From 
 
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 From DiJfanzdHt, you gp to Brefcit, 
 whi:H is not abo^c half a days Journey 
 distant from Dijfanzan*. It is * large 
 an J veryftrong Tovn, efpecialy theCa- 
 ftle thereof placed upon a Hill, that Com- 
 mands the Town. It is famous for ma- 
 king of Guns, an I Vijiols, efpecialy the 
 Ginnns of them, which are the be ft I 
 ev?r fa/V by farr. If vou hive the op- 
 portunity of carriage, it would be worth 
 jrouc while to mike ProviGon for your 
 frJf here. If voa refolve to make your 
 Tt JOTj not to Lions but, throw Switzcr~ 
 1 4 i l and Germdmfi down the Rkev^ Ic 
 i brow Flaridtt/znd Holland^ then it 
 will be fitt when you are at BolognU 
 to 2:0 uo the Ptf, by Modzn^ Parm* y 
 Vid-r-ev a, iir? fo to MilUn^ and from 
 thence to TW/w, and then back to M//~ 
 /<••• agtiriy and To re urne by the other 
 wiv of Birgi/flp, BrefcMi Dr/fanzd.ne, 
 V -»ff, J r rceni4\r\] Pa 1*4 to Venice^ by 
 which means vou will not only fee the 
 fw^teft and rnoft Fertile places of Lvw- 
 bardre, but alfo have the commoditie of 
 bringing what ever you find in all that 
 
 way 
 
r 238 y 
 
 way to venicsfxom whence it may eafily 
 be Convoyed into EngUnd. From BrcfcU 
 to Bergamo you have a dayes journey : 
 You muft Dine at a Place called Vdlazolo 5 
 It is a little inconfiderable Town. I re- 
 member we had a Letter of Recommen- 
 dation from the Duke of Norfolk Ma- 
 jar-Do wo at Padua, to a Gentleman in 
 this place, who wis exceeding;lyCtvil to 
 us & font us aPrefent of excellent Wine, 8c 
 (which was of farr greater importance to 
 usjgave us the aflurance of* the peaceable- 
 nefs of rheCourtfrey 8c fecurity of Travell- 
 ing, which fometimes is not without the 
 danger of being robbed vit being near the 
 Frontiers of the ft ate otWUan: &in fuch 
 cafes, it is ufuil for Rogues, when they 
 have done a Mifchief to pipe Into the 
 nzxt ftate, where the Laws of the other 
 State cannot reach them. The project 
 of our recommendation, was to have 
 been conduced by this Gentleman on our 
 way 5 if there hid been any fuch need. 
 He willingly profered it, but we, upon 
 the affix ranee he gave us did as willingly 
 deny to a::ep: it. 
 
 Ber 
 
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 Bergamo isfittiated upon the ficfcof aHil, 
 Fortifie with ^Baflions tefides the C*/?/f 5 
 which is extreamly ftfong. Th?re is, as 
 I take it, in the Dominicans zlktxt Bibli- 
 otheqHe,Co\kCttd by the great expenfe of 
 AlexanderMartinengo, You will do Well 
 here to exchange all your Venetian Money 
 intoS/^#7/£Money,8c fuch as will pafsinto 
 the State of Millan. You have a Days 
 Journey from hence to Millan, and rnuft 
 Dine at a Place called Villa nova: as foori 
 as ye have Dined, you pafs the River 
 Tefin: And then enter the State df 
 Millan. 
 
 As you enter the State of Millan, yoti 
 will find fome Searchers or wayters of 
 the Cuftom-Houfe, ro whom you muft 
 give fome fmall thing to let your Bagga je 
 pafs, or elfc you may be troubled with 
 them. 
 
 The State of Millan, altho' but fmaH 
 in extent, is yet one oi the plea fan teft 8c 
 Fertile* places in Italy. The Country 
 is very Plain. The High-ways for the 
 mrnft part very largt and ftraighr, plant- 
 ed with Tms and Hedges^ on every fide, 
 
 *Hd 
 
C 240 > 
 
 and having Canales of w ater,frr the rrc ft 
 part, on every fde; and Travellers 1 a^e 
 this Advantage alio to nxet with better 
 Inns and better acCGmmcdarior- Lert than 
 on any other Road in half. The ]nha« 
 bitants are not given te mutiny and Rc- 
 fctllion as thofc of Naples, hut willingly 
 fubmit to their Prince. It is laid that 
 the King of $p*im Governs the Kingdom 
 of Sialie with mildnefs: Navies with 
 fubtilitie and rhe Dutchie ot MiUam with 
 Authorities They lay leeways that the 
 irf'rior Govcrncurs of Skilie, only fut 
 Gentlie : Thofe of Naples eat luftilie, \ ut 
 tfeat in Millan they devoure. I have 
 obferved throughout all Italy, that the 
 greateft part of the \mr-leepcrs and 7** 
 vtrntrs even in 1 : owe it feff are MiU- 
 ntfe : as alfo that the grea(< ft part of the 
 Mafons that fervc all Italy, are of this 
 Countrie : and it is a verie great Mark 
 both of their love to their Countrie and 
 loyaltie to their Prince, that when they 
 are not able to get fo much bv ftayirg at 
 home, as to entertain their Wives ard 
 Children, and paypublick Eurdens, they 
 
 arc 
 
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 art contented to ]i\c abroad moft part 
 cf their lives and returne that horns 
 tohich they Gaine abroad 5 for they ne- 
 ver carrie their Wives witk them, nor 
 Children till they be able to Gaine for 
 themfeJvcs : Onlie it may be they make 
 them a Vifit fotnetimes. The Citie of 
 Miliar which is Capital of the Du tchie, 
 is enc of the fratclieft in Italy : it is near 
 tenMilefc in compafs, but aconfiderable 
 parto: : it, efpectallie toward the Wall?, 
 is Gardens. ThrStfeets are large 6c hand- 
 feme. Many ftatelie Churches and Pa- 
 laces : But I (hall Mark them a little ftiofe 
 particularly as I have done in other 
 Towns: And 1* to begin with the 
 Churches, It is faid there are above 230 
 in the Citie and Suburbs, whereof 96 
 are parochial : 40 Convents of Religi- 
 ous Men, and so of Religious Women. 
 iThe Cathedral Church called HDcmo, is 
 one of $he greateft and moft Glorious in 
 Italy except St. Peters at Rome. It is 
 ifitirely built of white Marble within fc 
 Without, but that which is to.be pitted fe, 
 that thedefign \%Gothk!{^ it is not yet 
 H h quite 
 
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 quite finifhed 5 but they arc frill at work, 
 ^nd you may guefs when they are like 
 to come to an end, they havcing been 
 up wards of 200 Years at work allreadie. 
 There are above 600 Marble ftatues a- j 
 bout the Walls, evcrlc one of which 
 coftatleaft ioooCrowns,arnongft which 
 the ftatue of Adam and St. Bartholcmav 
 are much efteemed, cfpeciallie the latter j 
 which is thought to be one of the beft in 
 Europe. The Pend of the Church is 
 fupported by 160 white Marble Pil- 
 lars, each of them of that bignefs, 
 that fcarcelie cfln thrceMen fathom them. 
 It .is believed that they Hand not under 
 1 0000 Crowns a peece. All the re/Lof 
 the parts of theChurcharecorrefpondcnt : 
 in Magnificence, only it appears to me 
 to be fomewkat darker than need were. 
 Amongft many other things that are 
 confidcrable in this Church is the Body 
 of St. Charles Boromtus in a Chappcl un- 
 der Ground. It hath a Lamp burning 
 before it, and you look down through 
 an Iron Tirles from the Church to fee it. 
 You may fee the Head and Feet, but the 
 
 reft 
 
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 reft of the Bodie is covered with his pon- 
 tificall Habit. There is a rich Treafure 
 belonging to the Church, where you 
 will 1 fee, amongft other things, a Silver 
 ftatue of the fame St. Charles in hisPoru 
 tifical Habit, with many precious Stones 
 of great Value upon theMyter thereof. 
 It' was prefented by the Jewellers 2nd 
 Goldfmithsof Millan. In the Church of 
 St. Ambrofe y you may fee a Pillar in the 
 middle of theChurch, upon which ftands 
 the Era%en Serpent that JMofes elevated 
 in the Wildernefs. You may Hkeways 
 fee two ftatelie Tombs,- one of the Em- 
 perour Luis, and the other of Pepin King 
 of Italy, both Sons cAChtrles the Great. 
 Here alfo you may fee the Chapel where 
 St. Auguftint was Baptized. In the 
 Church of St. Satyre^upon the great Altar 
 there is a Pi&ure of the blefied Virgin 
 with the Babe Jefv? in her Armes, of 
 which they tell a wonderful! Story, that 
 it being placed upon the Church-Yard - 
 Wall,a certain Gamefter called Majfario 
 Vigonzonio, being mad to have loft his 
 Money, ftruck the litilejfe/W with a poy - 
 H h 2 nard, 
 
c M4 y 
 
 «ard, whereupon immediately there 
 guftit out abundance of Blood,aftcr which 
 it was placed upon the great Altar 
 where it is yet to be feen . 
 
 ily. The Palaces $ amongft the reft 
 that of the Governour* 
 
 3/?. The Hospitals 5 wkich are faid 
 
 to entertain above 9000 poor People all 
 
 the Yearlong, at rhcexp:<nc* of the Pu- 
 
 Hick. That which is called the great 
 
 Hofpital, cntertaines alone more than 
 
 4000, and fo it may, for ic has thr<°e 
 
 Score ten Thoufand Crowns of Yearlie 
 
 revenue. The L*%aretto is a kind of 
 
 Hofpital without the Walls, It is a large 
 
 Square court about a Mile in .Coaipafc, 
 
 not unlike the form of the Carthufuns 
 
 Houfes? that are divided into fo many 
 
 little appartments. The chief Dcfiga 
 
 Sc uie et it, is in the time of thePlague : 
 
 ■ • t other times it ftands emptie, only feme . 
 
 r.ew perfomthat have the keeping of it, 
 
 remaine there. ■ 
 
 j^ly. The places in the Town 5 chiefly 
 uie Exchange, where the Merchants 
 meets there you will teethe ftatue of St; 
 
 An. 
 
f H5 ) 
 
 Aupitlin^ and the place where he taught 
 Rhetorick before his converlba to the 
 ChritkianFakh. 
 
 5/f St. AwrtVsBiblictheck, whera 
 rjQt only thefe Books that belong 1 
 toSc. Awbwfehimie]^ but many other 
 Books that have 6een prefented fince, 
 are- kept. 
 
 6h. Sertaln* Galena. This Af*#- 
 fre-hSeptali, i$ Son to th it famous Phy * 
 fician Ludovict* Sept alius, who hath 
 written many thingjs,Sc learnedly in Phi- 
 lofophie and Me Heine. He is at prcfent 
 one of the Canons of the great 
 Church} And one of the ^reateft Vir- 
 tuofi in Italy. His Stucjieof Books con- 
 fifts of 1 or 3 Roomes. His Galerie of 
 ., Curiofitics of three Roomes. The Cu- 
 ' riofities are both Natural and Artificial, 
 of fo great a Number and Varietie,. that 
 I mull nit infift upon particular; but ' 
 only refer you to the defcription there-> 
 of in La^ine by Pa%h# Maria Terf*$w y 
 the Book is in 40. Tievkepp 1664, and 
 bear: x\\? nrne of M^fmm Stpulianuvt, 
 lie hath alio an other Room or two, full 
 
 of 
 
ofworkingTooles,fome for turning, o- 
 thers for Grinding of optick Glides of all 
 forts and Fafhion 5 and here you will fee 
 a great Variety of Mufical Inftruments. 
 Moft part of theBookfcllers lire near to 
 the Exchange, but their tyjagafins are 
 in feverall other places of the Town 5 you 
 muft be carefull to fee them all. You 
 will undoubtedly find fome to pleafe, on 
 which perhaps you will not readily.fall 
 elfe where. 
 
 You will meet with many Curiofi- 
 ties in this place, efpeciallie of Crifld^ 
 brought hither from the Alps, and * 
 Thoufand Conceits, moft delicatly 
 wrought of Straw. I have heard of 
 peeces of Crifial, with feverall dupes re- 
 prefented within them naturally, as of 4 
 Trees, Flees, Sec. others with a drop of ' 
 t water within them, that one might per- 
 ' ceive to move, but is was not my 
 Fortune to light on anv fuch. 
 
 7/)'. The Caftle of Milan, is one of 
 the gr£ateft Forts- in Itdly, with fix Roy- 
 al Baftions, a large Fofley full of running 
 water, and within it a fecond Wall of 
 
 great 
 
C: 247 ) 
 ftrcngth. The Place within will admit 
 of 6000 Men to be drawn up, It has a- 
 bove 200 peece of Cannon % all forts of 
 Ammunition and $00 Spaniards in Ga- 
 rifon. It has a Water Miln within it 
 forGrinding ofCorn, which is movedby 
 the runningWater thatfills theDitches. 
 
 At a Miles diftance from the Town 9 
 there is a Privat Gentlemans Houfe, 
 where the E<r/w is fo excellent that it re- 
 peats above 40 times, which you may try, 
 ether by fpeakingLoud or otherways with 
 a Trumpet 5 but the furcft way is with 
 Piftol Shot, for then you may diftin- 
 &ly tell to 40, one after another. 
 
 The Carthufians have a (lately Mona- 
 ftery at 10 Miles diftance from Millan % 
 wihitT five Miles of Pavia, which hath 
 500000 Crowns of Yearly revenue 5 
 The Monks ufe to entertain Strangers 
 for one Night The Church is of a 
 moft Delicat Fabrick and very i?ich. 
 If you pleafc you may go from hence 
 to Ptvia^ Anciently Ticinum\ and 
 afterward called Pavia. The Town is 
 very ftrong and /lands upon the Tkfjm 
 
 . It 
 
r 24s ; 
 
 It is the Chief Vniverpty of the Dutchle 
 of Miliar but becaufe I Was not in it 
 my fclf I car not fay n uch of \r 9 only I 
 have heard that in the grur place of the 
 City ftands the Braztv $t«ikc of the Em- 
 jerrur CtnfliHtine, or as for e think of 
 J^onittuf^ very much eftccmed. If you 
 lift to go thither I t.elie*. e it ma jr I c well 
 worth ycur feeing, beeaufe of the Uni* 
 vtr^t? forgot any thing I ktiow,there may 
 be both good Books, and a P/yJ/cal Gar- 
 den there. 
 
 From Mi Han to T//;v;/ 5 you hare abbttt 
 73 Mi Us. 
 
 Vrofn MilUn to Tttfbt+ 
 
 Buffdora -9 
 
 Nwara ■ ■ - - -i6 
 
 Vtmlli - - -15 
 
 S, GtrtxAUfi - - -43 
 
 CimtAs • - - -IO 
 
 Turin* - - -io 
 
 You have two i?/V*;\f fopafs, by Boat 
 
A*4» ] 
 
 viz. the Dcrti, alter you pafs Vtrcdli 
 -and the Tcfin near to Cimtas : i Near to 
 
 Vcrccllj you enter into PicdmMt, 8c there 
 .you will meet with waiters of Cuftomers 
 . to whom yeuiruft give iortie thing, and 
 .before this time it will be firt that you 
 'hate changed all your Spapijh Money ex- 
 xejfr itbcPitlols, crhdi Piitols of Gold, 
 for thefe will" pais any where, either in 
 Pitclmvit ox Br vice* V\ hen y Ou A r r i ve 
 itWhrik youtvill think your feif alrea- 
 dy mFrxxce, tor their 'Apparel, Cuftc ins 
 and Diiccurfe, arc aliiiofi -altogether 
 French. 
 
 Turin, Art* flit* Tiivr'wdrMm 'is the Qz- 
 pitalCityof -S'i'edxwnt^ a^d is fituateol in 
 a.Rlatn about 20 Miles diftarit from the 
 Alps '; bavin g HbfclPd 'on the one fide and 
 the itownm the other'. ■ The Dnkes of 
 S*vojt fcfejp tbtirCdurt here, and have 
 made'it both very pl'eafant Sc very "ftrcng: 
 There is the bid and- new City, v^hich is 
 tterv well *nd regnkrl v^b'uilt. It is com- 
 pared with Ftydfolhfiidk^-wd Wals. 
 It hath a Citadale* confifting of * (r on g 
 Btttiens. Thev fav it i$ after the Mo- 
 I i del 
 
f no' 1 
 
 del of the Citadale of Antwerp. The great 
 Church is called the Domo^ where a- 
 mongft othei reli&s is keept and had in 
 Veneration the SanQnm Sudarittm^ 
 upon which the Pifagc of our Saviour 8c 
 the greateft part of his Body is impreffed* 
 There is a famous Vniverfity here, & this 
 is faid to he the firft Town in Italy that 
 jfrad the firftufe of Printing. The Caftle 
 fcrves now the Duke for a Palace. There 
 is a rare Galerie to be feen, with many 
 fine Pi&ures, Ant ick Statues 8cc. and a 
 great Cqlie&ionof Manufcrips. Amongft 
 the new Buildings the Royal Placets con- 
 fiderable % the walks thereof being full of 
 Shops and Me^chandiceof all forts. Yon 
 may like ways fee the PVotf #*e, which it 
 * beautiful! Palace, built by Madax* 
 lityalt little beneath the Town upon the 
 Bank of the P* In the Suburbs oithc 
 P#, there is a Houfc called Albergo won 
 thie the feeing, becaufeof the many ex- 
 cellent Mmu'aftories of Silk, and other 
 Stuffs that are made there. 
 
t 25T ) 
 
 I leave the reft to your own onfer va- 
 tion, ,that Jmayhafteto bring you over 
 the Alps} the ordinarie.way is to Tra- 
 vel with theMefTenger tbLionx ortoGe- 
 rievd. We came to Lions\ It is a Jour- 
 ney of 8 or 9 daves. The firft day we 
 parted from Turin about ten a Clock in 
 thefdrenooh, andcanaetolve all Night 
 fome 10 or w a Miles from Turin^ having 
 allready entered into one of the Vallies 
 that leads to the foot of the Hill 5 the 
 next day we Dined at an other little 
 Village hard by the foorof the Hill, cal- 
 led Mvnte Cene, here we hired Mulets t6 
 carrie us uptheHiM^t Wng impofliblefor 
 our Horfes to doit. You muft likewavs 
 hire Men to came you down on the 
 other fide of the H 11, becaufe it is a great 
 deal too far to wilk, and the way that 
 the Horfe goes, is *arr about, becaufe of 
 the fteepnefs of the Hill. And yet I 
 mnft tell you that the Hill is three times 
 fteeper and lefs acceffible on the lulign. 
 fide than on the trench fide. As you 
 mount the Hill, at firft you will find (he 
 foyle fomewhat fertile at leaft wayesfor 
 li* pa 
 
pafturage and abundance of Wood} h w t 
 when you arc got higher you will find 
 BothinglurUocks^hrqS^hcreSc there} 
 there is a Judc heck in thq hit of the 
 Hill, where there ftandsa few Houfes^or 
 rather corbie rxfts 5 a habitation which 
 fome People have chofen. for the bene- 
 fit they nay make by Accommodating. 
 Strangers that pafs that way, for the* 
 are^.H Vitfualing Houfes, and fas I take 
 ir_) % a Smith or two. When you pafs 
 this 2nd cortiru? ftil] to Mounts you 
 v ill be about the middle Region of the 
 At, and>'sa hundred to one^ but you 
 »nav fee Chuds enough bencith you,\Sc 
 it mav te the 1 aUi falling, from them- 
 and then you will ! e^in to find it cold 
 what ever time of the Year it be, and the 
 the higher you go. it will ftiU h e t \ K 
 colder* till you come to the very higheft 
 pitch you are to go, and there vou ♦ will 
 meet with a little Houfe, in^ich one 
 can farce ftand uprierhr, where, 'if you 
 have leifure, you. will get Poire Bread & 
 Drink 10 buy:, tbey ufually have white 
 Hares and white Partridges to fell, and 
 
 as 
 
a^ufuall it is for .Strangers to buy them 
 for curiofrics fake, Sc have them dreffed 
 at their next Lodging. From this you 
 have a Plain . ofaSove half a mxlt in j 
 length, which fpt the mo ft part is co* 
 vered with Snow, except m the heat of 
 Summer and then it will be greets iti 
 fo me places that are tnoft expolld co the ; 
 Sunn. The great JPikcof the HU1, which: 
 vqv leave- upoi} the ri^ht hand as you 
 enter the plain,is above tv/omileshi^h^ 
 cr, and perpetualie covered wirh deep. 
 Sno v. About the middle o- the pUia 
 fhnds the ruin pf a great Hou^ which 
 Midasx i<W/ r began to .build, but whi- 
 ther (he 6tii (lied it or not, I cannot tell j 
 however I .am lure-nothing tut \vmufop* 
 te?i:je could- make a Houfe refift tjic Rage 
 pf io much Wind and Storm, as 
 that Place is Subjeft to. When you 
 corce to the end of ih* plain, there is an 
 other little; Vi&ualiing Houfe, but it was 
 Dcfolate,when Ipafs'd. You quite your 
 moulets at the enrrie into the Plain, and 
 take your own Horfes, \ and here you 
 quite them again, and leave your Mef- 
 fenger to vV ait upon them to the bottom 
 
 of 
 
C*54l 
 
 of the Hi!!, the beft way he can, aid 
 
 permit vour fdf to be carried by nVo 
 mtn which came along with vbu ( for 
 according to the number of theCorrpanie 
 there cortiis two for one ftorhth£ It titan 
 fide.as I hinted at before ) It is a kind of 
 Barrow, with a HtleSelt,Sta back at it,witK: 
 two little handles to hold by, 8c a Foot 
 bttard for ftreacbing yoW limbs before 
 you, tved at both ends #itha£eece of 
 frinUtto{fe,riut they fet vbu upon} *ahet* 
 Carrie you the neareft #ay down the Kill, 
 which vou would thinfe #eep enough for 
 Goats to climb. They $6 at theRatc of ad 
 Ordinary Horfe trot, & as they go will 
 trift the ftones to ftep Upon, which lye 
 confufedly here and there, as exa&ly as 
 if they were a paireof ftairs and yet they 
 will not fall once in yo times, and if 
 thfcy (hould it would be a fall without 
 any great Perill. But indeed theditagiet 
 on the Iulun fide is rtmch greater 5 
 there being great Precipices on the one 
 hand, Where into, if one fliould fall it 
 were impoffible toefcape, infomuch that 
 IhaVe often wo'ndredhott anybody durft 
 
t Mf 1 
 
 adventure to climb upon aleato 
 
 and yet it is admirable to ee with what 
 dexteritie thefe poo rMo ule r$ pxkout their 
 way, where tcarcc any man could cradle 
 *11 four, & how fine footed they ate. But 
 I muft rcturne to the Fremh fide, w here 
 yotttnay pay off your porters when they 
 iave brought you to your Lodgi»g at 
 a Iktle Village near to the foot pf die 
 jBill.The qrdinarie rate is aCrowu aBead 
 that is, half a Crown to every Ported 
 I have told you the way of paffing the 
 Mount Cent at fuch Seafoiis, of the Yeas, 
 as there is littte or ro Snow : But in the 
 Winter time when the Snows are fallen 
 the Paffage is tnuch more uneafie & un- 
 iafe, efpecialUe if they be newly fallen, 
 and the paths net trod 5 for then it is 
 pot only itnpoffibV to go without 3 01 3 
 Guides, that in cafe one ffcould drop 
 throw theSnow there may be more hands 
 to let fall a Fope and bring him v£.*r 
 gain 5 for fometimes that will happen, a? 
 when a Courier is neceffi tat to pafs up- 
 on important affairs, $c any of the Guides 
 chance to miftake a ftep, he will fagpe 
 
 times 
 
'rfflrnesi fftp down 100 fathom or tw^ 
 lut this m not the greateft Dinger nei- 
 ther, t° r in thcJFrewA fide, from tho foot 
 c t the- Hills, ycu have a whole dayes Jour- 
 rcy &»d more through, a, narrow Valley 
 with a foall River in the middle ^of i£, 
 wMcb,at the foot of theV.curt CW<\ one 
 Way eafiiie ftep o*er,but ir grows ftillbigu 
 ger,a&it advances throw the Valley^ being 
 increafed by the water that pours from 
 twie cleft of the Hills ind Rocks, which 
 are on evefie fide ok the Valley, of a pro- 
 digioris height, and rnoft precipitieus^ 
 The current of the River fallingfome-- 
 tirresto be on one fide of the Valley, and 
 fometimes on the other, For the rhoife 
 part cafts the highway -on the contra- 
 ry fide \ So that verie ofren you 
 will chance topafs under horrible Rocky 
 that hang over the high way. and when 
 the Snow is new fallen and they loaderr 
 with it, the leaft noife In the World 
 would bring down a whole Mountain 
 efftiow,So that if a Pa (linger were fff 
 caught, you mi«ht look upon him as bu- 
 ried till the following Spring. 
 
 But 
 
fci*5 7 1 
 
 advife 
 
 Sut I fhall advife you tochcofea fitter 
 Ssafbn, and tbenycu will have the Satif- 
 "fa&ioh of HcrboriiSng, for the lower parts 
 "bf the Hills arc alt covered with Trees 8c 
 many forts of Plants, that do. fto'f grow 
 'JKatyralie in an cth^r Soill /I confeis 
 toy Fortune , as tothfei -wis ill g for af- 
 ter I pa ft the Monte C&pfr we fcad a con- 
 ftant deluge cfRaig, till 1 came the length 
 of Chamcrric. But I $$$}& pot here tor- 
 forget to acquaint you with another par. 
 ticular that had almo.ft efcaped me, in 
 time of <Snow : and it is this: When 
 you corce ta tht French fide (fuppofing 
 the Snow to be frozen and able to beat 
 above 5 ) there is a lingular way of go- 
 ing 4own the Hill^ which they call &*- 
 m*Jfzr\> *ufe fai& Ramajfe. That is to 
 have a little hurdle of Wood, upon which 
 the Paffingfcrs is placed, with a little bit 
 of Boord behind it, upon which the fel- 
 low flands that Guides tht way, and fo 
 you come hurling down together, at a 
 greater rate than thefwifteit Horfe rnthi 
 "World is able to c^o. 
 
 i 
 
 K ic 
 
Lm8 j 
 
 I do not rerfiembcr to have remarked 
 any thing worthie the troubling you 
 with, upon the way from Mont Ctnc un- 
 til] you come the length of ^Aomihkh\ ex- 
 cept only that the Inhabitants near the 
 Alps, are troubled with a certain DiC 
 eaie called Brcnchocde, which is an out- 
 ward fwellingtn their Throats from the 
 Chin downward, fometimes to the mid- 
 dle of their Brea ft, fb that they appear at 
 firft to have no Neck or Chin, but one 
 continuedThing from ;heirMouth down- 
 ward. It is exceedingly hard and eafily 
 affefted with Cold | the caufe of it is be- 
 lieved to be their continual Drinking of 
 Snow-water, which runs continually 
 from the Neigbouring Hills. 
 ; i Mentmdian, is a Fortrefs of great 
 ftrength upon the Borders oFSavoye near 
 to Daufit2' r \t is the only confiderable 
 place for ftrength in all Savoye, 8cftands 
 within 3 leagues of CW*err/e,&with- 
 in 5 or 6 of Uranokk, which is a Parlia- 
 ment Town, and the Capital City of 
 Daufine > as Ch^mbtrrie is of Savoyt. If 
 the neceffity or your occafions and your 
 
 En 
 
Engagement to the- MefTenger oblige 
 you not to go frrti^WtoL/^^x, ic will be 
 very proper to fee Granobk, Anciently 
 called Gratianopolis from the Emperour 
 Gratian : nor that he was the firft Foun- 
 der of it, but beeaufe he enlarged it 
 much, and beautified it. It lyes in a plain 
 at the foot of the Hill CMntont, and hath 
 the River [fere on the one fide, 'it'Drac, 
 which is an impetuous torrent on the o- 
 ther. A little beyond the Drac\ there 
 is a wonderful I Curiofitie to be feen 5 that 
 is, a Fountain that burneth conftantly. 
 rhe Fields about the Town arc exceed- 
 ing Fertile, and carric good Wine, but 
 the neighbouring Hills are fo high, that 
 you may fee^Snow all the dayesof Sum- 
 ner upon their Tops. The ■MariiifaS©-- 
 rie of Gloves and dreffing of Skins of all 
 fortsis much commended in this City. 
 But the thoft confiderable thing in all this 
 Country to be fern is the great Charter- 
 Hwfe, fo called beeaufe the General of 
 the Order is obliged to Refide here. It 
 is a itatelie Af onafterie, but ftands in the 
 wildeft place that .ever my feet trod 
 K k 2 upon 
 
«pan. The Reafon they give for dioof* 
 
 "VH^ 1 * b «***. 5 WW , the 
 fcrft Irfituttr of their Order, did pen- 
 Btttft here 5 It ftands very near theAW/ 
 IkehmntMmg three Miles diftant from 
 ijrMoblc by a continual afcejit. Thefc 
 three leagues will take you eight or nine 
 food Hours riding, for in many places it 
 is notfafeto ride, and you muft be for- 
 ced to walk a foot. Ahout the mid- way 
 there /lands a little inconsiderable Vil- 
 lage of 4 or 5 Houfes, where it wil be 
 fit to repofe a little $ you will get Bread 
 and Wine, and it's fourtie t© one but 
 you may meet with fome good peece of 
 J*#gfiir< which abounds upon the Hill 5 
 fceingitisfbrthemaft partcoyered with 
 Tree?. When you come within a Mile 
 of the Houfe, you meet with a great Port 
 and a Porter to wait upon it, who I flip- 
 pofe (huts it in the Night time.- 1 Within 
 thePort there is aBridge over agreatClefr, 
 within, which runs a little Rivolet $ there 
 h no ponibilitie of entering any where 
 on that fide, but by this Port, from which 
 you afcend ft;ll to the Monaftcr^e, but, 
 
 $hc 
 
tliewtv-.it eafie,and all within the tops 
 of !*be HiH-» covered with Ojtkfis-i Beeches, 
 and Fir^Trees^ within half a Mile of 
 the M >naftene or feme lefs, - ftands their 
 Stables, G^rneJs and other Office- Houfes, 
 which indeed are ftatelic and well ap- 
 pointed, for there v they have lay-brothers 
 pf all Trades that fcrve to their purpofe, 
 and to this place it is that your Horfes 
 are fent back from the Monaftcrie to be 
 Veept till your going away, and if by 
 chmce a~iy of your own or Horfe-Fur- 
 nitire had oeen broken by the way, or 
 your Horfes loft a Shooe, they will be all 
 repaired next Morning without your de- 
 filing it. They have-^ood ftore of Hay , 
 and hive made feverallCIofes near to the 
 M.ynftette, (which ftands on that fide 
 pf tbg Rill that hangs to the Southweft, 
 and confequcntly has moft of the Sun. 
 for -miking of Hay^J) having felled down 
 all the Woodttet grew upon them, 
 \ A hen vou /Arrive (ftt theMonafterie, you 
 ali^hr from your Horfes and then the Por- 
 ter defires you to'ftay untill h&call the 
 Protcft, wUo prefetuly comes arid informs 
 
 him 
 
 - ? /■'•.* ■*&..■ &** hiii&z * 
 
C w* 3 
 
 himfelf of your Names, ^ualitie*, Coun- 
 try, and the Occafion of your coming 
 (for moft part come out of Devotion, and 
 they be but few Strangers that come tor 
 Curiofitie, but however all are welcome,) 
 which being done he craves you Patience 
 to acquaint the General, but he very 
 foon rerurnes to conduft you to your a- 
 partemene, only you muft leave your 
 Swords and Piftols with the Porter at the 
 Gate. The M~>naftene is veric large, and 
 they have a different apartment for moft 
 Nations. We were carried into one 
 that was very convenient, being a large 
 Room wanfeoted about withFirr Chords $ 
 and for Firein^, every Log of Wood 
 they put on, is (ike the End of a Ships* 
 Maft. Our Beds for the moft part were 
 at the fides of the Room within the Wal, 
 all boorded about like a jShips Cabbing 
 and for Courtens having two folding 
 leaves,which voumay (hut or leave open 
 atpleature. Upon our firft Arrival into 
 th\% Room, we were prefented with a 
 Coltation of very good Wine, Bread, 
 Butter and Chccfc j wd-then a Guide 
 
 given 
 
.given ips : to conriuft us up the Hill, vet 
 liatt a r Mile further, to fee St Bruno $ 
 'Chapel, that ftands in the placewherc 
 he did his Pennance for many Years to- 
 ' igcther, as they will more particularly in- 
 form y©u,8c as you returne they will let 
 you fee another Chapel Dedicated to our 
 Lady. By that time you are returned to 
 the Monafterie it will be time to Supp, 
 and then according to your number you 
 will be treated with more or fewer Di- 
 fties. We were only fix in Companie, 
 and we had above rjoDifhof Meat, but 
 there was not abb vethree or fourVarieries, 
 except in the way of dreffing v& for that 
 they are admirable. I believe we had at 
 leaft apuffen of different difhesof Eggs, 
 all prepared in different mantrs^ the reft 
 wer<e a few Fifhes and Frit*io\ for fee- 
 ing they never eat Flefh themfelves, it 
 cannot be exfpe&ed they fhould give it 
 to any other Body within their Mona* 
 fterie. The next Morning the Prefeft 
 condu&s you thorow the Houfc, (hewes 
 you the different Apartments, and parti- 
 cularly to us was (hown that of the 
 
 Eng- 
 
r *«u j 
 
 £/^//#Nation, which they ufed feAffTpf e 
 for them in former tinges, but ifow It. 
 caufeof their defe&ion from the Jait)i, 
 they have given it to the Gcrtfian Naticfu 
 They (how you paihtcd abc in the Walls 
 thefeverall Torments & Deaths irfffWed 
 upon thofe of then 0*d<r\v 'Eng Jahd,\ n H fie 
 time ofKingHt'>^he8.& Queer £/r* Jtb^ft. 
 They let you fee the Chiircb, the Libra- 
 ry, theFefe&ory, the Relink us Ce///, the 
 Kitchen^ ("which is the Left \ hate fen 
 in France after that of the Jffyfis af I)«c- 
 Fkfd^) and lafrly theCe/iVr/, which are 
 well enough furnifred, but nothing fo 
 well as thofe at Naples of the faine Order. 
 If any Gentleman b* dtfirc us to fee the 
 General, and fpeake with him, it will be 
 granted him, and he will find him very 
 Civil. All this being cfone you Break* 
 faft, the Prefeft waits upon you to the 
 Gate, where yourHorfes attend you, and 
 your Arms are delivered ycu, Scfo leave- 
 ing a littler Drink-Money to t!;e Ser- 
 vant, ("about a Crown a Head fotGentle- 
 n:enj you take leave and returne a- 
 gjaift to Qrx;:Me. I muftonlv add that 
 
0*5 1 
 
 ill this Hill over there is excellent 
 Herbarizing. 
 
 From Grumble to Lions y you have a 
 Matter of 15 leagues, in which there is 
 little confiderable. 
 
 From Chtmberrh to Lions there is 1 6 
 leagues, but nothing confiderable up- 
 on the way* fare only that within 2 Miles 
 of Chtmberrie you have only the Ga- 
 belettetopib, which is a very fteep and 
 high Mountain in fercral parts preeifici- 
 bus,cfpeciallic on the Savoy fide, yet you 
 mount that fide on your own Horfes, and 
 rnuft carrie along with you from Ch*m- 
 berrie Porters to carrie "you down tfie 
 Hill, on thcFrench fide. I think you will 
 pay but half a Crown for your two 
 Porters, and you will find them as dex- 
 terous in their Trade, asthofc o? Mount 
 Cents. 
 
 Some that have a mind to fee Geneva 
 pafs the Alps* either by the Mount Saw- 
 pio* or the Mount St. Bernard, and fo 
 from Geneva cither go ftraight to Lious % 
 which is a Matter of 26 Leagues, or elfe 
 fxomGeneva go to Chamberrie* which is 
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 1$ Leagues, and from thence to M§ntmt^ 
 ha*, the Grand Charterhouse, and (o pafs 
 bvGrdttobU to Li 9ns. This is all that 
 occurs to my Memorie at prefent, con- 
 cerning; this Journey. 
 
 In rruth I am very fenftble that it might 
 hive be^n much more acciirar , had I 
 been fo diligent as to write cf ir in the 
 time I made the journey, when all things 
 were frefh in my Memorie. Eut that 
 cccailon being loft 5 I had no more left 
 me, but to Rccol eft my Thoughts as care- 
 fully as I could to fatisfie your defire ? & the 
 rathe^becaufel am hopt-full, it will provoke 
 you to make a more diligent Inquiry af- 
 ter all things, and to let them down 
 OrJerly , without trufting your Memo- 
 rie. This I conjure you to do ; and 
 affure vour felf, it is one of the greatefi 
 things 1 will cxfpefr from you at your re- 
 turn. I confefs, I have been fome- 
 what prolix in my narration, but, if you 
 confider the vaftnefs and Fertilitie of the 
 Subfcft, vou will find few Towns in h*l^ 
 of which there might not have been more 
 {aid than 1 have faid of them all 5 6c this you 
 
 will 
 
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 will eaJily find to be tj;ue if you plcafe to . 
 
 make a Collcftion of thole Books that are 
 writen of the AntiqukVcs and Curiofi- 
 tics, of each of them : For there is fcarce- 
 ]ie any Town in Italy, where, you may 
 not find fuch Beoks. However fuch as 
 it is I offer it you, and wifh it were 
 better for your fake, for whofe fervice it 
 was only undertaken ^ aud if it prove 
 acceptable and ufefull to you, I have 
 my defigne. I (ball onlie add that it hid 
 been fent you much* fopner* had not the 
 Neceffitie of m Extraordinaric atten- 
 dance upon this Winter- Sejfle n, fo o ten 
 withdrawn me, together with the other 
 Duties of my Profeffion, which I was Ob- 
 liged fo perioral-' 
 Pojlfcvipt. 
 
 r A Li (I ofthofe Things, which I defire 
 The Laird of LEVINGSTONE to 
 frocnrefbr mt in Italy. 
 
 I. All the newBooks of Pby/rc &, Botany, 
 
 and rtm any way relate to the Hiftorie 
 
 of Nature, thac have been printed fince 
 
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 the 64. and ct Old Books, Aldrwandfs 
 works at Bolognia, together with any o- 
 ther he can meet with, that wis contained 
 In the firft Lift I gave him when 
 he parted from hence, as alfaat Rome I 
 defire him to buy me a Book in Taildouce, 
 containing all the Antiquities, Palaces 
 St at tie S+ Churches, Villa's, Fountains, Py- 
 ramids Sec. in Rome. I would have it 
 of the beft, largeftand fineftImpreffion$ 
 and if you cannot get them lb in one 
 Book, I would have you take them in fe- 
 vcrall Fafhions as you can beft find them: 
 You may inquire apprejfo Giacomo di Rofji 
 a la Pate in Roma. hKoCaroli Avantij, 
 Varaleipomena Botanica, if it be to be 
 had, for I never faw it, onlie he pro- 
 mifeth it in hisN^ej- mCamamBaptisle 
 Fiera^. Patav 1649. 
 2. At Florence I defire that you would 
 remember to procure me a fmall Parcel pf 
 all theVarieties ofStones you can come by. 
 The reaclie way will be to inquire for them 
 at the StoneCutters in the great Dukes 
 Chapel at St. Laurence Church, or elfe 
 at the Work-men that work in Stone for 
 
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 Cabinets at the Dukes Gallerie. But a- 
 bo^e kl!,3if thefe two kinds of Stone that 
 a/e moft comon at Florence 5 whereof the 
 one Reprefents Trees, and Forrefts 5 the 
 other, Towns and Villages : I would have 
 ot each tvro or three large handfome 
 jthoife Peeces, fitt to be put in Frames. I 
 ^d likewayshaveofthofepeecesofCr/"- 
 Pal that are extraordinarie , for Colour* 
 or otherwayes that have any Subftance, 
 comahed within them$ as water,8tc. yow 
 fjay pottibly find fuch, either at Florence 
 or Milian^ or it may he Venice ox any o- 
 ther where. There islikewaysaStonecal- 
 I H La}* Fungiftrus 5 It is a Stone that 
 \ replaced in the Ground oroduces large 
 Mulhfotns j I had one of them £ivenmc 
 at ! ome, hut unhappily loft it. at London. 
 To the bell of myMemorie, they arecom- 
 i ;»r!y r ound about Pr£neU£^ commonly 
 cMledP 'akjirina. 6oroe honeftVirtuofo, 8c 
 particulariie Padre B^riliiri alia Minerva 
 7r Roma % will tell you wherethey may be. 
 got 5 J have hkeways heard that they 
 were in many places of the Kingdom of 
 ' Naples, 
 
 3./ 
 
?. 1 humbly defire likeways fome parcel 
 of r Antitails, fome three or 4 of the An * 
 ticht Lucerne of the beft faftiioned and beft 
 preferved. In my time there was 2 or 3 
 in the Piaz%a navona^ that fold iuch thine?;?, 
 and particula r ly an Old Man, whofe 
 Name I have forgot, that had whole Ca- 
 binets full of IntalitS and Meddles. I 
 defire likeways fome IntaUo% that berru- 
 ly Antique: the excellencie of t^e/mpreaion, 
 and thedeepnefs of it commends them, e- 
 fpeciallie if they be well preferved,&neither 
 theStone nor impreffion fpoiled. I would 
 likeways have (omcBrafs-Medals of the \fi. 
 orfecond Magnitude* that be wellpreicr- 
 ved. There are many things that com- 
 mend Medals to be good, particularly, 1. 
 to be Antique and not Counterfeit. 2. To 
 be well preferved, gfy. to have a eood Rc- 
 verfe, 8c it is to bedbferved, that the dif- 
 ferences of reverfes make differ nt Me- 
 dals, altho' they be of the fame Emperour, 
 orConfuf, and of the fame Magnitude^nd 
 it is likewavs to be obferved that thofe Em- 
 perours who Reigned longeft had thegreat- 
 cft Varictie of Medals } As for Reverfes, the 
 
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 fceft are fuch as are lcaft common ; as for 
 example aCharriot, aTriumphal Arch^ a Tr$- 
 phie of Warr^ a Man or a Womans Head 
 for the Reverfe^ tno Faces on one fide* 4 
 Gakv, the In\irntnents of Sacrifice, an Ant- 
 fkitheatre* a Moufolium* an Elepharft* & 
 Lion, a Dolphin* and many more fuch that 
 I cannot re member of 5 as.alfo a Rcverfe 
 charged with many Figures, can never be 
 ill, nor one that relates any known Hi- 
 ftorie, as. one that I have of Titus Vefpafian 
 With a Palm Tree, a Slave fitting at the 
 foot of: i% with this Word, Judea capta 
 tor the Reverfe thereof. But I doubt mine 
 is only a Copie, and not truly Antique. J 
 would likeways have a few Cham£o\ pro- 
 viding they be not dear } that which 
 'commends them is to have the Figures 
 well done, and to be well preferved. The 
 Pretioufnes of the Stone doth likeways con- 
 tribute much to their Value. In all thefe, 
 that is, Medales, Intaglios* Ckamco's, I 
 Would be content that ye didbefiow 4 or 
 SPiftolls for me, which tho* / confeis it 
 be a very fmall Summ 5 yet you may chance 
 to make a better purchafc tor it at fomt 
 
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 than any where elfe for a farr bigger, 
 Laftly, to conclude this Article, /would 
 fain have feme ofthe Ancient Glafs, which 
 through time looks now as it were Opatl^ 
 [Nothing will commend it fo much as to 
 find an intire vafe or Piiol, for example . 
 Lachrymatory i fuch as the Ancients ufed to 
 cape their own or their Friends Tears in. 
 
 4fy. There is the Face of a Hill near to 
 Rime, as /remember, it is at the End ot 
 the Janicnlar, not farr from Cardinal Fran* 
 ckBarleriris Villa, that is full of Shells of 
 all forts Petrified, or if ye please to call 
 them Stones, refembling all the Species of 
 Shells. By what means they rame there, 
 J leave you to find out, only /would fain 
 have you tomakegoodProvifionofa'U the 
 Varieties ofthcm,andthe(c as intire as you 
 can get them. 
 
 5/7. At Naples 1 would defire you to 
 buy me a couple of black Safhes, Net- work 
 fuch as they ufc. /think the beft ufe ro 
 coft 3 or 4 Crowns a Peece, and / would 
 have the be/h / would likeways have yoii 
 to buy me at Luca,ov at Florence, /think 
 you may do it in cither, two ot the large ft 
 
 quilted 
 
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 quilted Silk Stomagers, or Breaft-Plates, 
 
 Tuch as people ufe to wear there in Win- 
 ter time. And at Rome I intreat you to 
 buy me a Doffcn a pair of^Iovcs, Comix 
 di Roma j not exceeding a Tejione, or 4 
 Julio's* pair: and at Venice two found, 
 fpf the beft Old Theriae. At BolognU a 
 Doffcn or two of Soap- Balls. 
 
 6ly. AH the Natural CurioGties that you 
 can meet with, with your convenience, of 
 Fowls, Fijh, Infects or other Animals, the 
 manner of Ordering, of which I have 
 written to you formerly. I confefs thefe 
 you fent me from Paris were the beft or- 
 dered I ever faw 5 bu t befides that it is too 
 Expenfive, you will not allways meet with 
 the Oportunity, of having them fo order- 
 ed } therefore it will be fufficient, if the 
 Skins foeing carefully taken of, and fluffed 
 with Flax, or Cotten) be fo preferved : But 
 for the fmaller fort of Infers, their whole 
 Bodies will eafily prefer ve$ the Guts being; 
 firft taken out. Of this kind I would 
 have thefe viz. a Viper or two both the 
 kinds of Tarantula, vi%. the Stellio, which 
 is a kind ofX/£*riCurioufly, Spotted, but 
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 accounted Vojfowms $ and the other true 
 one, which is fhaped like a Spider: and 
 what others you think fitt. 
 
 7/7. Be pleafed to mate me fome pur- 
 chafe of Outlandifti Curiofities, efpecially, 
 fuch as are from the Levtnt, of whatso- 
 ever Sort that you can meet with. Buy 
 me at Vtnice^ a StiUetto, and a pair of Ar- 
 
 . fttenUn Shoos, (hod with Iron on the heels, 
 fuch as they ufe,to wear undermoft. 
 For the reft I refer you to the Itinerary, 
 
 ) and fhall earnefrly intreat you to Jo me 
 the Favour to Remember all my defires, as 
 farr as may Stand with your Convenience, 
 for further I fhould be very forry to 
 trouble you. I do likeways with much 
 Earncftnefs Recommend to you thofe Par- 
 ticulars, concerning: my felf, mentioned in 
 fuch Places of the French Itinerary (which 
 I fent you laft Year) ** you have not yet 
 feen. Thus, once again wifhing you all 
 happinefs, 
 
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