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third Voyage into Italy was again by the way of Paris and Lyons: but now by Geneva and Swisserland.

Parting then from Lyons I passed over the Grand Credo, a smart hill; through Nantua standing upon a Lake, and in two dayes came to Geneva.

Geneva is built at the bottom of Savoy, France, and Germany.

The things which I saw in Geneva were these: 1. The great Church of S. Peter, the Cathedral antiently of the Bishop of this Town. In the Quire I saw yet remaining the Pictures of the twelve Prophets on one side, and the pictures of the twelve Apostles on the other side, all engraven in wood. The pictures also of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and S. Peter, in one of the windows. Here also I saw the Tombe of the Duke of