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Efore I come to a particular description of Italy, as I found it in my Five several voyages through it, I think it not amiss to speak something in General, of the Country it self, its Inhabitants, their Humours, Manners, Customs, Riches, and Religion.

For the Country it self, it seemed to me to be Natures Darling, and the Eldest Sister of all other Countreys; carrying away from them all the greatest blessings and favours, and receiving such gracious looks from the Sun and Heaven, that if there be any fault in Italy, it is that her Mother Nature hath,