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Sentiments ; they often fervc to conceal from the Eyes of 

 the World a great Number of Jews - 3 an amazing Inftance 

 has been feen in that Town. A Curate, after having for 

 feveral Years behaved himfelf outwardly to Edification, at 

 laft made his Efcape with the Sacred Ornaments into Hol- 

 land, to live there as a Jew ; for which Reafon, to be ad- 

 mitted to the Clergy, a Man muft prove himfelf an old 

 Chriftian, as they call it, that is, of ancient Chriftian 

 Defcent. 



%W. The Upper Town is adorn'd with feveral Churches, 

 the mod remarkable of which is the Cathedral, which ha- 

 ving the Title of S. Saviour , has communicated its Name 

 to all the Town. Before it, is a fmall open Place, like a 

 Platform, whence is a Profpeft of all the Bay, and feveral 

 Iflands, forming an agreeable Landskip. Adjoining, to 

 that Place is the Hofpital under the Name of Noffa Senho- 

 ra da Mifericordia, or our Lady of Mercy. On the Ca- 

 thedral depend the two Parilhes of S.Anthony and S. Peter, 

 Jefukes and if I miftake not, S. Barbara. To the North of the 

 chunk Cathedral is the Monaftery of the Jefuites, whofe Church 

 is all built with Marble carry'd from Europe. The Sacri- 

 fty is very beautiful, as well on account of the neat Work 

 the Buffets, or Places for vefting, the curious Wood, in- 

 laying and Ivory they are made of, as for a Series of little 

 Pictures that adorns them. But we muft not with Froger 

 call the Painting on the Cieling fine, being unworthy to 

 be taken notice of by a Man of Skill. The other Churches 

 and Monafteries have nothing remarkable. There are 

 BenediStins, Francifcans, Carmelites, Dominicans, Barefoot 

 Auguftins, and a Monaftery of Capucins, which formerly 

 ^onfifted of all French, but they were turn'd out during 

 the laft Wars, to put in Italians ; they are there call'd, 

 os Barbudos, or the Bearded Friers. I know of but one 

 Monaftery of Nuns, calfd as Freirasda Incarnafao, or the 

 Nuns of the Incarnation. In the Lower Town there are 

 other Chappels of Brotherhoods, S. Barbara, our Lady of 

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