s84 MissonV travels through the Book IL 
over-againft it is an Equsjlrian Statue of Brafs, called 
the Regifol^ which fome think to be the Statue of An- 
toninus Pius *, Platina gives it the fame Name, and fays, 
it was brought from Ravenna after that City had been 
fack*d by King Luitprand^ the fame who (as they fayj 
brought St. AuSilnh Body from Sardinia to Pavia, where 
it was buried in St. PetePs Church, now in the Pof- 
feflion of the Aujiin Friers, though it is certain that 
they cannot fliew the Place where the Body lies, the 
Marble Tomb in the Chapel on one Side of the Church 
being eredied only in Honour of that Saint. Bernard 
Saccus, (/. lo. c. 3.) a Native of Pavia, in his Hiftory 
of that City, gives us the following Account of the 
Tranfiation of St. Aujiinh Body : In templo D. Petri d 
Luitpranda adijicato conditum AuguHini corpus fult ; ne 
facile refciri pojfet, ferunt Luitprandum tribus locis effoffis, 
iirudtifque, fepulchris, alibi deinde noble, paucis operi adhi- 
bitis, juffijfe corpus condi, omnibus fepulchis eadem noble, 
occlufts, ut certa corporis fede ignorata, dificilior in avum 
fieret dccajio, ejus perquirenii rapiendique. Conjirublum 
deinde alio /(vculo facellum D. Augujiino fuit, juxta Tern- 
plum D. Petri, in quo facello Area marmorea ^ Celebris, 
compojita eft, Auguflini fepulchrum reprefentans. The 
fame Author makes the following Obfervations con- 
cerning Pavia, That the Grounds thereabouts produce 
naturally Afparagus twice every Year, which are eaten 
raw by the Country People ; and that the Po, which 
now is five or fix Miles from that City, reach’d for- 
merly within five hundred Paces of it ; which explains 
feveral Pafiages in the ancient Geographers, who place 
Pavia near that River : Padus, adds Saccus, fepe totus 
ah alveo profiliens alium fibi extemplo alveum fine fojfori- 
bus emit. Si ab Apennino aquarum copia irruat, flublus 
in adverfam ripam torquet, contra vero ft ah Alpium la- 
tere aquarum impetus fiat : ft ex utraque parte, efiertur fu- 
pramodum. 
Coming out of Pavia, we pafs’d the River Tefin (Ti- 
cinum) over a cover’d Bridge, being the moft rapid 
and largeft River of all that fall into the Po. It is 
fubjeCt to great Inundations, which fometirnes prove 
fatal to the adjacent Fields *, they fay, that if thefe In- 
undations continue for eight Days, (which, however, 
happens rarely) the Cqldnefs of the Waters deftroys the 
Herbs to that Degree, that they fcarce recover in fe- 
veral Years after. 
The River Ticinum had formerly communicated its 
Name to the City of Pavia, built upon its Bank 5 Sac- 
cus fays, in the Year 472. its Name was changed in the 
Time of Odoacer, who, after he had deftroyed it, grant- 
ed Immunity for five Years to the Inhabitants, in order 
to rebuild the City ; whence the City was call’d Papia 
quafi piorum patria, from the Piety of its Citizens, who 
went to Ravenna to implore the King’s Pardon, not 
for their embracing the Chriftian Religion, which they 
had done long before. Me fi audieritis, faid one of 
their Envoys after their Return, nomen inveniemus, 
quod noblra pietatis officia in patriam refiituendam, paucis 
fyllabis pofieritati attefiabitur, & Ticini nomen aquis refii- 
tuetur. Papia piorum Patria, &c. I lhall add only, 
that Pavia is famous for the Misfortune of two Kings 
taken Prifoners there, viz. Beftderius by Charlemain, and 
Francis I. by Charles V . 
10. We dined at Voghera, a Town about fifteen 
Miles from Pavia, and lodged the fame Night at Novi, 
a City feated at the Foot of the Apennines, thirty Miles 
ixom Genoa, under whofe Jurifdidion it is ; the Road 
betwixt both is very mountainous. The Situation of 
Genoa is at the End of a Gulph, partly on the Brow of 
a Hill, which forms a Crefeent round the Gulph, and 
partly on a little Plain betwixt the Foot of the Hills and 
the Sea-fiiore 1 the Streets are narrow, and the Houfes 
in the lower Part of the City fix or feven Stories high, 
but are lower by Degrees as the Afcent rifes ; this af- 
fords a pleafant Profpea at a Diftance, but carries with 
it divers Inconveniencies, efpecially for Coaches, which 
for that Reafon are not much in Fafhion here, the La- 
dies being generally carried in Litters, and Gentlemen 
ufmg Galafiies they drive thernfelves. It is ftrengthened 
by a double Fortification, reaching on both Sides to 
she Shore, the innermoft inclofes the Body of the City, 
and the fecond the rifing Grounds about it. When I 
had taken a View of the City of Genoa ^ I could not 
but be furprifed at what is commonly reported bf it viz. 
that it is built ail of Marble, whereas it is beyond all 
Con tradition, that (except fome Houfes in the Strada 
Nuova, that are either adorn’d with, or have whole 
Fronts of Marble) their ordinary Materials for Build- 
ing are Brick and Stone, or both together, and their 
Houfes are generally plaifter’d over on the Outfide. 
Notwithftanding this, Genoa is not deftitute of beauti- 
ful Strublures, efpecially in five or fix of the befi; 
Streets, and in the Suburbs of St. Pietro d* Arena be- 
fides that, Genoa has this Advantage in Building, that 
Slates and Glafs are as plentiful here as they are rare in 
other Parts of - 
The pretended Gardens in the Air in Genoa, com- 
par’d by fome to the penfile Gardens of Semiramis, owe 
their Original to nothing elfe but the Scarcity of 
Ground, which obliges the Inhabitants to put their 
Flowerpots in their Balconies, and fometirnes to cover 
them With Earth, The belt Edifices of Genoa elcaped 
the Fury of the French Bombs, which being level’d 
againft the middle Part of the City, did moft dread- 
ful Execution, there being to this Day (1688) above 
five hundred ruin’d Houfes in that Part of the City. In 
the Church of our Lady of the Fineyards they fhew’d us 
a Bomb which fell there without the leaft Detriment 5 
had not the French Bombs thrown down four or five 
Churches and as many Convents at the fame Time, 
they would certainly make the W^orld believe that the 
Bombs had a Refpea for fo facred a Place. During 
this Conflagration, the Doge, with thirty Perfons mor^ 
flielrer’d thernfelves in the great Hofpital called the Al- 
bergo, whither many of the Inhabitants alfo carried their 
beft Effetfts. To prevent the like for the future, they 
are at prefent bufied_ in making a third Mole, which is 
to ftretch further into the Sea than the two former. 
The Harbour of Genoa is capacious enough, and of 
a good Depth, but is expos’d to the Luheccio or the 
African South-Weft Wind, the moft dangerous that 
reigns in this Part of the Mediterranean. This oblig’d 
them to make another leffer Port within the great one, 
for the Security of their Galleys, which are now re- 
duced to fo fmall a Number as fix, an infignificant Squa- 
dron in Companion of what the Genoefe Navies were 
in former Times. 
Thofe that intend to have a compleat Idea of Ge- 
noa, muft view it diftinftly from three feveral Places, 
from the Top of the Pharos or Water-Tower ; from 
the Sea at a Mile’s Diftance ; and from the Top of the 
Hill. The publick Palace, or Palazzo Reale, where 
the Doge and fome of the Senators lodge with their 
Families, is a very large Structure. In the little Arfenal 
of this Palace we were Ihewn a Rofirum of an ancient 
Roman Ship ; it was of Iron, with a Boar’s Head at 
the End of it : The infeription tells you, that it was 
found in the Harbour of Genoa, as they were cleanfing 
it. Here are alfo fome Curaifles, faid to have belong’^d 
to certain Ladies of this City who fought againft the 
Turks. 
The Ladies generally drefs thernfelves after the French 
Mode, but the ordinary Sort make Ufe of a Kind of 
little Fardingals. The Noblemen, though not obliged 
to any particular Habit, yet wear for the moft Part 
Black and Cloaks ; they aflume the Titles of Dukes, 
Marquijfes, Counts, &c. which the Venetian Nobility do 
not, but they wear no Swords. 
The Doge (who muft be fifty Years old at leaft) is 
ftiled His Serenity, the Senators Their Excellencies, and 
the Noblemen Molf Illubirious, a Title of no great 
Moment in Italy. The Doge is crown’d with a Crown 
of Gold, and holds a Scepter in his Hand, by reafon 
of the Kingdom of Corjica under the Jurifdiftion of 
this Republick, but his Power is as much limited as 
that of the Doge of Venice ; befides that, at the End 
of every two Years Deputies are always fent to his Se- 
renity, to give him to underftand, that his Time being 
expired, he muft leave the Palace. We faw once 
the whole Senate in their Formalities at the Procef^ 
fion on the Feaft of Corpus Chriiii, where the Doge ap- 
peared 
