232 JOHN EVELYN 



garden on the right hand are 16 vast conchas of 

 marble jetting out waters ; in the midst of these stands 

 a Janus quadrifrons, that cast forth 4 girandolas, call'd 

 from the resemblance [to a particular exhibition in 

 fireworks so namedj the Fontana di Speccho f_looking- 

 glassj. Neere this is a place for tilting. Before the 

 ascent of the palace is the famous fountaine of Leda, 

 and not far from that 4 sweete and delicious gardens. 

 Descending thence are two pyramids of water, and in 

 a grove of trees neere it the fountaines of Tethys, 

 Esculapius, Arethusa, Pandora, Pomona, and Flora ; 

 then the prancing Pegasus, Bacchus, the Grott of 

 Venus, the two Colosses of Melicerta, and Sibylla 

 Tibertina, all of exquisite marble, coper, and other 

 suitable adornements. The Cupids pouring out water 

 are especialy most rare, and the urnes on which are 

 plac'd the 10 nymphs. The Grotts are richly pav'd 

 with Pietra Commessa, shells, corall, &c. 



Towards Roma Triumphans leades a long and 

 spacious walk, full of fountaines, under which is 

 historized the whole Ovidian Metamorphosis in rarely 

 sculptur'd mezzo relievo. At the end of this, next the 

 wall, is the Cittie of Rome as it was in its beauty, of 

 small models, representing that Cittie, with its Amphi- 

 theaters, Naumachia, Thermae, Temples, Arches, Aquc- 



