Chap. Ill, through the State 
been finifhed accOt-ding to the fifft Projeft, it would 
have exceeded any Thing of that kind in the World j 
as, the Painting of the Library Walls in this Church, 
containing the Hiftory of Mneas Sylvius^ afterwards 
Pope Pius II. half by the Hand of Peruginus^ and 
half by Raphael Urhin, is one of the beft that ever I 
faw, being as lively now, as if it had been done but 
a few Days. From the Tower called Torre di mangio^ 
we took a full Profpeft of the whole City, which is of 
a triangular Figure, and enclofes a great many Gardens 
and Vineyards within its Walls : It is fituate upon a 
Hill, which, together with the Pavement of the Streets, 
fwhich is of Brick fet Edgeways, as they do in Holland) 
keeps them very clean, and* affords them this further 
Conveniency, that having good Cellars, they make lit- 
tle Ufe of Snow or Ice to cool their Drink. There is 
a Room in the Palace of the Podefta, the Roof and 
Walls whereof are fo excellently painted by Micherino 
Sanefe, that it is juftly valued more than the whole Pa- 
lace befides. This Place is pretty much frequented by 
Strangers, for its temperate Situation in the Summer 
time *, and as the Inhabitants fpeak the Italian in 
its Purity, fo they are very obliging to Travel- 
lers, and all Manner of Provifions are at a reafonable 
Rate here. 
25. Sept. 23. We Siena, and pafTing through 
Liicignano, Buon Convento, and Tornieri, came to St. 
^iricho, (St. Cyriaci Opidum) where I met with abun- 
dance of Lavender Cotton. Hence we rode unto Ra- 
dicofani, thirty four Miles from Siena, fituate upon a 
high Hill, and provided with a Garrifon of three hun- 
dred Men, being a well fortified Frontier Town of the 
Great Duke. In this Day’s Journey we faw great Plenty 
of Abfinthium Romanum, Csef. between St. ^iricho and 
Radiccfani, Cynara fth. and two other Species of Thiftle, 
one I guefs’d to be Carduus tormentofus Lob. the other 1 
knew not ; Acarna flore purpuro-ruhente patulo ; Veronica 
fpicata carulea ; Wintep Savory *, AAer luteus Linarice 
folio Colchicum all q'ver the Paftures. 
Sept. 4, We contiih^ our Journey from hence to 
Viterho, being thirty ei^t Miles ; and we had fcarce 
travelled ten Miles, when we pafied over a fmall River 
near a Place called Ponte Argentina, which on this Side 
is the common Border of the Pope’s and Grand Duke’s 
Territories ; and travelling on four Miles further, came 
to Aguapendente, a large old Town, fo called from its 
Situation upon the Top of an Hill, from whence the 
WdXer falls down perpendicularly. We obferv’d all 
the Villages and Towns of this Country to be built on 
Hills, for Coolnefs Sake : And no fooner were we en- 
tred the Ecclefiaftical Territories, but we found the 
Fields full of Trees, intermix’d with pleafant and fruit- 
ful Valleys, whereas all that Part of the Great Duke’s 
Country through which v/e pafs’d was very craggy, 
without Trees, and appear’d to us very barren. From 
Aquapendente we went on to Lorenzo, a fmall Place at 
the Edge of the Lake of Bolfena, (anciently of Volfmii) 
and travelling for five Miles along the Lake, came to 
Bolfena, and thence mounted up to Monte Fiafcone, 
where having refrefh’d ourfelves with that moft ex- 
cellent Wine that grows here, we travell’d for eight 
Miles, through a fertile Plain to Viterho, a Town very 
fpacious, and well fituated, but indifferently built ; we 
obferv’d only two or three handfome Fountains, and 
one Tomb of Pope John XXL in the Dome or Ca- 
thedral. The hot Springs hereabouts we had not time 
to take a View of or enquire about. 
From Viterho we travell’d, September 5, throuo-h Ron- 
ciglione, fa pretty Place belonging to the State°of Ca- 
Jiro) to Baccano, being twenty two Miles. September 
the 6th, We went forward, travelling that Day lixteen 
Miles, to Rome : We afcended a Mountain not far 
from Baccano, from whence having a large Profpedt of 
the Campania of Rome, being covered all over with a 
thick Mift, appeared to us at a Diftance like a huge 
Lake. About three IVIiles on this Side of Rome we 
faw an ancient Monument they call’d the Sepulchre of 
Nero, the like we had met with before at Modena. 
About a Mile fiiort of Rome, palling over the Tiber bj^ 
the Ponte Malle, (the ancient Pons Mihius) came upon 
VoL, II. N® 1 15. 
of V E fJ I C fi, 
the Via Flaminia, a weil-pav’d ftraight Way, having 
on both Sides many Country Houfes and Gardens, 
which brought us to' the Porta del Popolo, one of the 
Gates of Rome. " 
26. So many Authors have employed tHei'r learned Pains 
in the Defcription of R<tme, both ancient and modern, 
I fhall be very brief in the following Account of it. 
The Antiquities worth the Obfervation of the CuriouSjj 
are chiefly the Ruins and Remainders of Pagad Temples, 
Theatres and Amphitheatres, Citci, Baths, Aquadudls, 
Obelijks, Triumphal Arches, Pillars, Fora, MaufoUa^ 
Statues, Altar and Grave-ftones, and other Stones, with 
their Infcriptions ; Medals, Entaglia, or Gems engraven 
wdth Figures, Sacrificing Vfifels and Infifuments, SepuU 
chral Urns, Lachrymal Urns, Ancient Lamps, Weights, 
Rings, &c. Among the ancient Temples, which are 
ftill entire, we have remaining fome Part of them 2 
I. The Pantheon, commonly call’d Rotunda, from its 
circular Figure, now dedicated to the Virgin Mary and 
All-Saints, is 144 Foot high, and as many broad, the 
Roof being vaulted in Form of a Cupola, having no 
other Light, but that it receives through a round Hole 
on the Top, of nine Foot Diameter. Its Porch con- 
fifted of fixteen tall and maflive Pillars of fpeckled 
Marble, call’d Oriental Granite, each Pillar having but 
one Stone, of which there are only thirteen remaining 
now. Upon the Architrave of this Portico you fee 
thefe Words inferred in very large Letters : 
M. AGRIPPA L. P'. COS. TERTIUM FECIT. 
This Temple was covered with Copper, till Pope 
Urban the Vlllth removed it thence, and to appeafe 
the Grumbling of the People, order’d the four famous 
wreath’d Pillars and Canopy of the high Altar in St. 
PeteVs Church to be made of it ; the Clavi trabales, or 
Nails which faftned the Tiles of the Portico, weighing 
no lefs than 2800 Pounds, out of which was cafl; a 
great Cannon, which is ftill to be feen in the Caftle of 
St. Angelo, with this Infcription, Ex clavis trabalibus 
Porticus Agrippre, and the Figure of one of thofe Nails 
engraven upon it. The whole Body of this Temple 
remains entire, being defpoiled only of its Ornaments 
and Statues, among which was the famous Minerva of 
Phidias. After its firft Building, it had feven Steps 
upwards, which furrounded the whole Strudlure, whereas 
now you muft defcend eleven Steps to go into it ; a 
convincing Proof that a great Part of the ancient Rome 
is involv’d in Rubbifh under Ground. Thofe that 
Ihew’d us the Church were very careful to tell us. That 
the Lintel and Side-pofts of the great Door of this 
Church (which indeed is exceeding large in all its Di- 
menfions) were all of one entire Stone j which we 
thought fit rather to believe, than to give ourfelves the 
Trouble of examining it. In this Church is to be feen 
the Tomb of that great Architecl and Painter Raphael 
Urhin with an elegant Infcription. 
2. Templum Portunce virilis, or the Temple of the 
Moon, as fome will have it, but rather of the Sun and 
Jupiter, now call’d S. Maria Mgyptiaca, where the Ar- 
menians have their Service. 3. The Temple of the 
Sun, or of Vejta, as fome affirm, or as others, Templum 
Herculis Vibioris, ftanding not far from the Precedent, 
viz. by the Tiber Side, near the broken Bridge, and is 
now call’d La Madonna del Sole, or St. Stefano alio ca- 
rozze ; a fmall round Strudlure, with a Gallery of 
ftriate Pillars round about it : It receives its Light 
like the Pantheon, through a Hole on the Top. Thefe 
two laft remain entire. 4. Templum THan^e Aventina, 
now call’d Sii. Sabino, is very large, twelve ftriate Pillars 
on each Side, dividing the Nave from the Ifles. 5. 
Templum Herculis Aventini, now the Church of Sr. Alexius 
and Bonifacius, near the former, on the Top of Mount 
Aventine. 6. Templum Jani quadrifrontis, in the Cow- 
market. 7. Tht Temple oi Concord, or rather its Re- 
mains, being only ^.Portico fuftained by eight great Marble- 
Pillars of one Stone each, at the Foot of the Mons Capitoli- 
nus. 8. The Temple of Saturn, now St. Adrian^ Church, 
the Frontifpiece of which is only the Remainder of the 
ancient Temple i itftands neariS^x?frw*s Arch, at theFoot 
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