Chap, III. Greatefl Part of It khY. t^6t 
given them a fevere Reprimand, but the Tempeft cea- 
fed. The firft of thefe three Perfons made the Boatman 
carry him back to the Church of St. Nicholas, the fe- 
cond to that of St. George, and the third to that of St. 
Mark ; but the laftj inftead of paying the Boatman^ 
gave him a Ring, ordering him to carry it to the Se- 
nate, and told him at the fame time, that he who went 
on fhore firft was St. Nicholas himfelf, the fecond St. 
George, and that he was St. Mark. The Boatman, 
aftonifh’d at his Words, related the whole Matter to 
all the Senate, who, receiving the Ring, beftowed a 
confiderable Reward upon him.' 
XV. Th.e.y Protejiants to be buried in their 
Churches ; the Reafon is, becaufe they take no No- 
tice of them here as Protejiants, all fuch as are 
neither Jews, Greeks, nor Armenians, being reputed 
Roman Catholicks. 
XVI. Your Admirer of the Palaces of Venice hath 
miftaken my Aim, becaufe I did not deny that there 
were fome ftately Palaces there, and made particular 
Mention of feveral of them ; but notwithftanding all 
this, what I faid of the Italian Palaces in general, is 
true beyond Contradidion : And becaufe you own 
that he hath no Skill in Architedure, you will do very 
well not to rely too far upon his Judgment in this 
Pointy any more than in what you have been inform^ 
ed concerning the Machines in the Venetian Opera^s, 
and that Venice is, for Neatnefs, to be compared to 
Holland. 
XVIi. I told you, that there is a Raflage by Water 
to all the Houfes in Venice ; I am well fatisfied you did 
not take this Part abfolutely according to the literal 
Senfe, becaufe there may be perhaps about five or fix 
in a thoufand that can’t be approach’d but by Land, 
and in this I fpcak the outfide ; for what your young 
Traveller has afllir’d you, that there was no Canal 
within five hundred Paces of the Houfe where he lodg’d, 
and that there are twenty fuch Places in the City, is a 
Contradidion in itfelf, for at this Rate, how many Spa- 
ces of a Mile in Diameter muft there, be in Venice ? And 
whether this is pofllble, I leave to your own Determi- 
nation, if you will carefully examine the Platform of 
this City, which I fend you, and is founded upon un- 
queftionable Evidence. 
SECTION IIL 
The Travels of Mr, Maximilian Misson continued^ from his Arrival 
at Rome, to his Departure out of Italy • with Ohfervations and Remarks, 
1. A fuccinB Defcription of Rome ; a more particular Account of the famous Church of St. Peter 5 d 
a View of the Palace arid Library of the Vatican ; with ’various Remarks and Obfer’uations. 2. L’he Au^ 
thoPs Vifit to ^een Chriftina of Sweden ; the Defcription of Rome refum'd, with a Multitude of cu- 
rious Particulars refulting from the Author's Observations while refident in that City and in its Neighs 
bourhood. 3 . The Solution of various ^eries, relating to the Antiquities of Rome ; the Story of Pope 
Joan ; an Account of Albano, and other Places in the Vicinity of that great City, 4. Some farther 
Remarks on the Hiflory of the Female Pope j the State of the Greeks, Armenians, and Jews, at 
Rome 5 together with additional Remarks on the Antiquities and Curiofities there and thereabouts, 
5. Lhe Author's Travels refum'd j an Account of Viterbo, Siena, Pifa, Leghorn, Lucca, and feveral 
other Places. 6 . The noble City of fXortncQ defer ib'd, the Great Duke's Palace there, the mof re- 
markable Churches, and Monuments in them ; with other curious and entertaining Particulars. 7. A 
View of the Country between Florence Bologna, the laft mentioned City deferibed, and the mofl re- 
markable Places ^ therein j and the Author's Journey from thence to Modena. 8. An Account <?/Reggio, 
Parma, Placentia, Cremona, Mantua, Brefcia, Bergamo, and feveral other Places. 9. The large and 
famous City of Milan deferibed, with a diftinSl View of its principal Edifices 5 an Account of Pavia, 
and other Places, jo. The Author's Journey from Pavia to Genoa j Hifiorical Obfervations on that 
City and Republick. n. A Defcription of A\QX2Lndn2i, Cafal, Turin, and of the Country 0/' Pied- 
mont. 12. Some Obfervations of the Author in relation to \i2Xy in general. 13. Remarks upon the 
two foregoing Sedlions ; with an Account of fome of the principal Mifiakes, charged upon our Author 
by later Writers, and thofe Charges impartially difeufsd. 
I. '1 Ar E will now come to Rome, which being 
V V thoroughly deferib’d by feveral Perfons of 
Note, who had all poffible Opportunities of giving the 
beft Account of it, I will pretend to no more, than to 
give you a general Idea of this great and famous City, 
together with what Obfervations I was able to make up- 
on fuch Matters as were then altogether new, or but 
little known, and have Relation to your QueftionS. I 
need not tell you, that before the Reign of Servius 
Tullius it comprehended no more than feven Hills, 
whence it got the Name of Septkollis, or Seven Hills ; 
but being much enlarg’d fince, contains no lefs than 
twelve •, viz. Monte Capitolino, Palatino, Aventino, C?- 
lio, Efquilino, Viminato, ^irinale or Monte Cavallo, 
Janiculo, Pincio, Vaticano, Citorio, and Giordano ; how- 
ever, you muft not imagine them to be huge Moun- 
tains, but only little Hills, the Afcent whereof is fcarce 
difcernable. 
V (who flourifti’d under Dioclefian) would make 
us believe, that the Walls of Rome, built by Aurelian, 
were no lefs than fifty Miles in Compafs ; but there 
muft be an enormous Error in this, feeing that the 
prefent Walls of Rome are very near the fame with 
V 0 L. If, Numb. 107. 
thofe Aurelian ereded* and yet are not above thirteen 
Miles in Circumference, this being the largeft Compafs 
Rome ever had, though its Suburbs perhaps extended 
far beyond them on all Sides. But of what is enclosed 
within the Walls, there is not above one third Part in- 
habited at prefent, the reft, {viz. to the South and Eaft) 
being either Gardens or Ruins. Moft of the Houfes are 
of Brick, and plaifter’d over on the Outfide ; the Roofs 
are ridg’d, but the Angle on the Top is very obtufe 5 
and fome are built, as we call it in France, d la Man- 
farde. Neither the Houfes nor Streets are very beauti- 
ful, and the Pavements narrow and not very neat. 
Which Way foever you approach Rome, you may 
difeover St. PetePs Cathedral above all the other Spires 
and, the Tops of the higheft Edifices. The Courfe of 
the Tyber (which makes a little Ifland here) is from 
North to South ; That Part on the right Side, called 
Trafiavera, is not above the fixth Part of the other. 
The firft Profped of this great City does not furprize 
the Traveller, but the longer he ftays in it, the more 
frequent Opportunities he will meet with of obferving 
fomething worth his Attention, in ruminating upon the 
Remnants of the Spoils of the Univerfe, which made 
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