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 3. I saw the Augustins Church, where the body of that great Father of the Church S. Augustin lieth buried. It was translated hither out of Sardinia by Luitprandus King of the Longobards; an arme of which S. Augustin a King of England redeemed at a great rate, and yet cheap too, if it were his writing arme, wherewith he wrote such admirable Books. The new Tombe in the Sacristy is all of white marble most exquisitly carved with historical statues representing the most remarkable actions of that Doctor.

4. In the same Church we were shown the Tombe of Severinus Boetius author of that great little Book de Consolatione Philosophica, which he wrote in his exile, to comfort himself. He was a Consul of Rome for dignity, an other S. Denys for learning and losing his head; and held a Martyr by many.

5. In the Cloister of this Convent of the Augustins, lie buried two Englishmen of note, the Duke of Suffolk, and an English Bishop cal-