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of cunning they are great gainers, and fpare 

 the poor among them lefs able to pay, by a 

 contribution of the rich to make up the fum. 

 The Englijh and Dunh AmbafTadors have their 

 Chappels in their Palaces common to their re- 

 Ipeftive Nations. 



The Churches and Chappels of the Weftern 

 Chriftians of the Roman Communion inGalata^ 

 are 



St Peters^ l)elonging to the Dominicans^ 

 where is the famous piece of Madonna di Con^ 

 fiantinofolis as the Italians call it, or of the 

 blefled Virgin, holding the holy Child Jefpis 

 in her arms : which they pretend to be drawn 

 by the hand of St. Luke^ celebrated by feme 

 of the latter Eccleliaftical Writers to have 

 been a famous Painter. Out of refpeft to this 

 idle tradition the credulous and fuperftitious 

 Latins and Greeks of the Roman Communion 

 fliew great veneration to it, which otherwife 

 hath little in it of proportion, art, or beauty, 

 to derive any reputation upon the defigner, or 

 upon his work. 



St. Francis^ belonging to the Ccnventuali^ 

 Fryars of the order of St. Francis ; the ground 

 of this by the wife conduft and intercelTionof 

 Caviliere Molino^ the Venetian 5^/7^?, after the 

 furrender of Candia^ upon the Peace made by 

 the Republick with the Grand Signior, was 

 procured to be reftored, and a handfome 

 Church rebuilt with the large contributions 

 of mony fent out of Chrifiendom. 



St. BenediB^ hdonging to the Jefuits^ where 

 is a rich Altar curioully adorn'd with fevera! 

 figures in Alofack, This Convent was pur- 

 diafed for them by their great Iknefaaor^, 

 H^nry the fourth of France, 



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