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 hall, and in it the triumph of Bacchus in a Basso relievo cut in Marble, with exquisite Art. I saw also here the representation of a town cut in wood, an ancient and curious piece. The picture of our Blessed Lady, with her son in her Arms, valued at five thousand pistols; it is of Raphael's hand. The neat Library full of diverse good manuscripts and other Books. In fine, the noble chapel with the Tomb of St Anaclet Pope, under the Altar, with the head of this saint in the sacristy, enchased in silver, and set thick with rich stones. The rich ornaments here for the church service, cost the Duke an Hundred and twenty thousand crowns.

From hence in fine, I went to St. John Florentins, a neat Church belonging to the Florentines , at whose cost it was built. Here is in one of the Chapels the picture of our Savior’s Resurrection, made by Lanfranco; a rare piece. And being lodged near this Church, I found that I had wandered all over Rome, and was now come again to the Bridge of St Angelo, where I began my first days Journey through Rome.

But seeing that in such Towns as this, there is always something to be seen after all, I made many irregular excursions up and down Rome, to view many things which I had not taken in my direct way before: as some Palaces, some rare Fountains, divers Antiquities, studies of Virtuosi, and the like, which I have been forc’d, for Methods sake, to pass over, yet because there are whole Books of all the Palaces, Fountains, Statues and Antiquities, set forth in Cuts and Pictures, I remit my Reader to them, while I ask one question.