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Rh We mounted our horses, and at a distance we saw St. George’s church, where the fathers say the chains remain wherewith St. George was bound, which will presently cure a madman, if bound therewith. After an hour and a half’s riding we came near Bethlehem, where passing through a norrow lane, the guard consisting of four or five musqueteers, received five livres of every one of us, and the druggermen that went with us received three; when arriving at the convent we paid one for our entrance. After being welcomed by the fathers we took our repose till five in the evening, and then prepared to go in procession to the holy places, in the same manner as we did at the temple in Jerusalem. The places we visited were these:

1st. The place where our Saviour was born. 2d. The tomb of St. Joseph, to whom the virgin Mary was espoused. 3d. St.Innocent’s tomb. 4th. The place where St. Jerom lived, when he translated the Bible into Latin. 5th. St. Jerom’s praying place. 6th. St. Jerom’s tomb. 7th. St. Paul’s tomb. 8th. St. Eustachias her daughter’s. 9th. The sepulchre of St. Eusebius, Abbot of Bethlehem. 10th. We returned to the chapel of St. Catharina, built by St. Peula. Next is the great church without the convent