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 toucheth it his predominant passion; with a world of other rare curiofities, all made made by this ingenious gentleman,

Leaving Lyons, I embarked in a Cabanne, or little covered boat, and descending the rapid Rhosne, I came poste by water, to Vienne; where Pontius Pilate, banished hither, threw himself off a high Tower, and killed himself. The Cathedral of this Town is a fair Church dedicated to God, in the Honour of St. Maurice: there are neither Pictures, nor hangings in this Church.

From hence I went to Tournon, where I saw a good Library in the Colledge.

Thence to Valence in Dauphine, where Law is taught.

From whence I came to Pont Saint Esprit famous for its long bridge of thirty three arches, and for the bones of a Gyant which are conserved in the Dominicans Convent here; And from hence to Avignon.

Avignon is the head Town of a little Country, called Vulgarly the