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 Faenza, and Imola stood constant to the City of Rome against the Lombards for a long time.

As for the Town of Bologna now, its excellently well built, and for the most part upon arches, like the Covent Garden in London; only the pillars are round. These arches bring great conveniency to the Inhabitants, who can walk all the Town over cool and dry, even in July and January. Its five miles in compass, and an excellent Sommer Town, were it not that the ayre is not altogether so pure, and the wines heating. Its governed By a Legat a Latere, sent hither by the Pope, and in change, it sends an Embassadour to Rome to reside there: so that Bologna is treated by Rome, rather like a Sister, than a Subject; and deservedly, seeing Bologna fell not to the Church any other way but by her free giving her self to the Pope; reserving only to her self some particular Priviledges, as power to send Embassadors to Rome; and that if any Townsman kill another, and can but e-