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Rh a notable profit, and for the feeding of them they keep a world of Mulberry trees whose leaves are the food of those little worms, whose excrement is our pride; thus, Adam like, we are clad in leaves again, but leaves once removed. It's rich also in Pasturage and Cattle, especially in Lombardy, where I have seen cheeses of an excessive greatness, and of a Parmesan goodness. The surface also of the Eath [sic] is covered with many curious Simples, and wholesome Herbs: Hence so many rare Essences, Cordials, Perfumes, Sweet Waters, and other Odoriferous Distillations, so common here, that ordinary Barbers and Laundresses will sprinkle them in your Face and perfume your Linnen with them over and above your bargain. Hence none of the meanest things to be seen in Italy, are the Fondaries or Stilling Houses of the Great Duke of Florence, the Speciary or Apothecaries Shops of the Dominicans of S. Marco, and of the Augustins of S. Spirito in Florence; of the Roman Colledge, and of the Minimes of