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Rh crucified, Herod’s palace now ruinated, Pilate’s house; here they shew the place where our Saviour was crowned with thorns, and the pillar to which he was bound; the place where Christ was scourged, now a shop for linen cloth; the house of Annas, Simon the Pharasee’s house, the house of Joakim and Anna, the pool of Bethsaida, St. Stephen’s tomb, the valley of Jehosaphat, the place where the virgin Mary is buried, the place where the prophet Isiah was sawn asunder, and the fountain of Siloa. We then came to the fountains of Beersheba, at the bottom of Mount Sion, in which there is little water, we being forced to tarry a quarter of an hour for one draught.

Having seen all that was remarkable in these parts, we made towards the convent having got a great deal of confidence with father Tomaso, that we should be such zealous pilgrims, as to walk from five in the morning to mid-day; but at length we came to the convent again well wearied, every one retiring to his lodgings.

June 3d. We reposed at the convent; after dinner one of the fathers came and told us, that the father guardian would wash our feet; which honour we accounted too great for us, and desired to be excused; but we were forced to comply with