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E T T E R V. 



Good Siry 



THE following Letter was wrote from Na- 

 plesy to my Lord Lovely by Mr. George 

 Shelvocky jun^ who was travelling Tutor to his 

 Son 'y And the principal Reafon for my fending it 

 is, left it fhould never be made publick, or come 

 to your perufal by fome other hand : Though I 

 hope that one time or other, that curious Gen- 

 tleman will oblige the World with a full account 

 of his Travels, 



" My Lord, 



1. " By the only Book I have had, to confult 

 " about what Place it may have formerly been, 

 *' which is OrteUus'^ ThefauruSy I find it was for- 

 " merly called Herculeanumy which is faid to have 

 *' flood, juft where this Subterraneous Town (as 

 " they call it) now is; that is, either on the ve- 

 " ry Spot where the Town called T'orre di Greco 

 " is now, or very near it, at the Foot of Mount 

 " Vefuvius, 



2. " What is now feen of it, is not above half 

 " an Englifh Mile from hence, as I take it, and as 

 " it was in all likelihood a large place, it may up- 

 *' on farther difcovery be found, to extend itfelf to 



H 2 *' Ti'orre 



