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 Brunelleschi and Maiano did good things in Florence. But John Veronese improved it much afterwards, by boiling Wood into several colours, and then inlaying it into what Postures and Figures he pleased. This Quire is shewn to Strangers as a rare thing; and worthily, since the Emperour Charles the V. had the curiosity to see it, and with the point of his Dagger to try whether it were inlaid, or onely painted; and the piece which he picked out with his Dagger, was never put in again for a Memorandum. In this Church, as also in the Chapterhouse and Cloister of this Convent, lie buried many Readers of the Law, who having lived here by the Law, died here also by the Law of Nature.

2. The Convent here is one of the fairest in Europe, in which 150 Friars constantly live and study. The little Chappel, which was once S. Dominicks Chamber; the vast Dormitory; the fair Library; the great Refectory, and the curious Cellar are shown courteously