Chap. III. 
Create ft Part of I t A L 1^. 
Tombs. The inner Roof of the Dome is intended to 
be covered with Lapis Lazuli intermixed with Rofes 
a.nd other Carvings gilt ; and the reft of the Walls are 
over-crufted in Compartments with the fineft Agate, 
Granite, OnyXj and other precious Stones, each Pannel 
being divided into Squares, embellifh’d with various 
Sorts of Ornaments of Copper gilt ; and the high Al- 
tar is likely to furpafs all the reft. 
The Library of St. Lawrence^ which is eighty 
Fathom long, and twenty broad, is celebrated for its 
Manufcripts ; as for Inftance, that of Virgil of the Age 
of Theodofmsy and a very ancient Greek MS. of the 
Chirurgery of the Ancients, of Hippocrates^ Galen, 
Afclepiades, Bithynus, Apollonius, Archigenes, Nympho- 
dorus, Heliodorus, Diodes, Rufus Epheftus, and Apollo- 
dorus Citienjis, with the Manner of curing Diflocations, 
and Figures painted on Vellum, the only ancient 
Work of this Nature now extant. Mr. Magliabecchi, the 
Bibliothecary, was very forry he could not communicate 
to me St. Chryfoftom*& Letter to Cafarius, having receiv- 
ed exprefs Orders ro the contrary from the Great 
Duke i but he pofitively alfur’d me, that the PalTage 
cited by Martyr is contain’d verbatim in that Manu- 
fcript. 
In the Church of the Holy Crofs we faw the Tomb 
of Michael Angelo, which, in my Opinion, bears no 
Proportion to the Merit of fo famous a Perfon. In 
this Church is a Chapel belonging to the Family of 
the Zanchini, on the Altar of which is a Pidure of 
Chrift delivering the Souls of the Fathers, and among 
them many female Spirits, the Work of Angelo Bron- 
zini : Some are of Opinion, that fhe who reprefents 
Eve is the true Refemblance of BronzinPs Miftrefs, 
and that the Man in the right Corner of this Piece, 
gazing upon this pretended Eve, is the Painter himfelf ; 
juft as Pinturicchio painted in the Vatican, Pope Alexan- 
der VI. proftrate at the Feet of Julia Earnefe, under 
Pretence of adoring the holy Virgin. 
In the Annunciata are kept two of the thirty Pieces 
Judas received to betray his Matter ; and in the Church 
of the Carmelites, the Crucifix that fpoke to St. Andrew 
d'Urfmi. Among the feveral fine Seats belonging to the 
Great Duke, we had only the Opportunity to fee Poggio 
Imperials and Pratinola ; it muft be confeffed they are 
very delightful Places, and have even a fufficient Share 
of Beauty j but fince our Gardens and Waterworks are 
advanced to that Height in France, the only Way to 
maintain the ancient Reputation of the Italian Seats, is 
to pafs by in Silence their pretended miraculous Orna- 
ments. 
The Arfenal and Citadel of St. John Baptid are kept 
in very good Order, but the Forts of Belvedere and St. 
Miniato are much out of Repair. The Great Duke 
alfo maintains various Kinds of wild Creatures, and Nur- 
feries for them. In the Hoi pita! ^<5? Scalas is the Tomb 
and Epitaph of a human Monfter, with two Heads 
and four Hands on one Body, named Peter and Paul ; 
one of thefe Heads would often weep, whilft the other 
laugh’d, and this flept often whilft the former was 
awake. The Mountains near Florence produce certain 
Stones, which being faw’d in the Middle and polilh’d, 
reprefent fometimes Trees of divers Sorts, fometimes 
whole Towns, and the Ruins of old Cattles ; the firft 
are called Dendrites by Kircher. 
To conclude, I muft tell you, that though Florence, 
for its Situation, and other Advantages, may be reck- 
oned among the fineft Cities in the World, yet to 
thole who know the Pleafures of Society, and efpecially 
of Converfation with the fair Sex, the infupportable Con- 
ftraint, and unavoidable Ceremonies ufed at Florence, 
appear an intolerable Burthen, except to thofe that 
are inur’d to this Kind of Slavery from their Infancy. 
7. The Road between Florence 20\di Bolognahtva^ovLQ. 
continued Ridge of tlie Apennine Mountains, and confe- 
quently not very fit for Calafhes, we were forced to hire 
Horfes, all the Lictermen being taken up in carrying 
Monks (by what Accident I know not) over the Moun- 
tains. For two Bays together we patted through a 
barren and mountainous Country ; the higheft Moun- 
tain we met with in our Pattage, was that called Monte 
Juovo j however, the Valleys of Barpefia and Fiorenzold 
(v/hich fome think to be the Fidentia of the Ancients) 
are not quite fo defolate as the reft % the firft; is famous 
for Knives and other Cutlers Work made there % it v/as 
deftroy’d by an Earthquake in 1642. We took Notice, 
that near the Village of Pietra Mala the Air fparkled 
in the Night. At the Village of Scarica PAffino, be- 
tween the laft nam’d Place and Loyano, we faw a Poll 
the Boundary of the Pope^s and Great Duke’s TerritO'* 
ries, the Arms of the firft being affixed on one, and the 
Florentine Arms on the other Side. From the Top of 
the laft Hills of the Apennine, as we approach’d Bologna^ 
and arrived by an eafy Defcent near that City, we had 
the moft glorious Profpedt in the World, of the ex- 
tenfive and delightful Plain of Lombardy, extending 
along the Po, from the Apennines to the Alps. 
Bologna, the Seat of an Archbiftiop, who has the Ti- 
tle of a Prince of the Empire, and the fecond City in 
the Ecclefiaftical State, is feated at the Foot of the Apett-- 
nine Hills, at their opening into the Plain, upon the Via 
Emilia. The faireft Pro 5 >e(ft of Bologna and the adja- 
cent Country is from the Convent of St. Michael in 
Bofco, where at the fame Time you may have the Plea- 
fure of feeing one of the moft magnificent Monafteries 
in Italy, comparable for its Beauty to moft of the Royal 
Palaces of Europe ; and to fpeak the Truth, as Bologna 
is larger and more populous, nay, even richer than Flo^ 
rence, fo its Convents are generally very fpacious and 
exceeding magnificent. The City is furrounded only 
with a fingle Wall without a Citadel ; for when they 
furrendred to Pope Nicholas in 1278, it was under Con- 
dition, that they ffiould not be bridled by a Citadel, 
their Eftates not be liable to any Con fixations, and 
ffiould be allow’d an Auditor of the Rota, and an Am- 
baffador of their own at Rome j which Privileges have 
not been hitherto infringed. The Univerfity acknow- 
ledges for its Founder Fheodofius the younger, in 425, 
but owes its chief Splendour to Charles the Great ; 
hence it is that the Motto Bononia docet, is feen on 
the^ Coin of this City, as the Word Libertas is in 
their Arms. 
In one of the Halls of the Univerfity College is a 
Monument eredfed to the Memory of a certain noted 
Chirurgeon named Gabriel Taglicozzo, who made artifi- 
cial Nofes, Lips, (Ac. of Fleffi, mentioned by Butler in 
his Hudibras. The Canal which joins the Arno with the 
Po^ is a great Conveniency for the Commerce of this City, 
the Inhabitants of which trade in Wax, Hemp, Flax, 
Hams, Sauciges, Soap, Tobacco, and Perfum.es, be- 
fides that they have near four hundred Silk-mills ; for- 
merly they ufed to fell their little Dogs at a high Rate. 
The Houfes of this City are generally of Stone, or Brick 
plaifter’d over ; the Streets have Portico’s on both Sides, 
\ik.Q thoko( Padua, but are higher and larger, and are 
for the moft Part very ftraight the Women are hand- 
fome, and not kept under fo much Reftraint as at F 7 <?- 
rence ; the better Sort are inclin’d to follow the French 
Mode. In General Caprarads, Palace, one of the beft in 
the whole City, we faw many rich Spoils taken from 
the Lurks. 
The publick Palace of this City is appointed for the 
Lodging of the Cardinal Legate, and the Gonfalonier 
and his Counfellors. Over the Portal ftands a Brafs Sta- 
tue of Gregory XIII. and on one Side of it that of Bo-- 
niface VIII. with this infeription 5 
Bonifacio VIII. P. M. oh eximia erga fe meriia, S. P; (LB; 
Ann. MCCC. 
Here you are allb ffiewn the Cabinet of Curiofities 
oiUlyffes Aldrovandus,xf^om'‘d with chat of the Marquis 
of Cojli, both belonging to the Publick. Among the 
reft we took Notice of the Pidfure of a certain Woman, 
who (as Aldrovandus fays of his own Knowledge) had a 
long and thick Beard Ijke a Capuchin. M. Lotier, a Banker 
of this City, has alfo an excellent Colledlion of Medals, 
in which are to be leen two Otho^s in Brafs of unquef- 
tionable Antiquity. In a Chamber near it they ffiewed 
us one hundred and eighty feven Volumes in Folio, all of 
Aldrovandus*^ own Hand-writing, and about two hun- 
dred 
