682 Mr. Ray’j Travels Book II. 
retto % and thence again they carried it, by Reafon 
of the many Robberies committed, to a Mountain 
of two Brothers in the faid Territory t And from 
“ thence finally, in Refpedl of their Difagreement 
“ about the Gifts and Offerings, ta the common High- 
** way not far diftant, where it now remains without 
“ Foundations, famous for many Signs, Graces andMira- 
“ cles ; whereat the Inhabitants of Recamti, who often 
“ came to fee it, much wondering, environ’d it with a 
flrong and thick Wall •, yet could no Man tell whence 
“ it came originally, till in the Year 1296, the bleffed 
“ Virgin appeared in his Sleep to a holy devout Man, 
“ to whom file reveal’d it, and he divulg’d it to others 
“ of Authority in this Province, who determining 
“ forthwith to try the Truth of the Vifion, refolv’d to 
chufe fixteen Men of Credit, who to that Effedt 
fiiould go all together to the City of Nazareth., as 
“ they did, carrying with them the Meafures of this 
“ Church, and comparing therewith the Foundation’s 
“ Remnant, they found them wholly agreeable ; and 
in a Wall thereby engraven, that it ftood there, 
“ and had left the Place. Which done, they prefently 
“ returning back, publiflied the Premifles to be true 
and from that Time forward it hath been certainly 
“ known, that this Church was the Chamber of the 
“ Virgin Mary : To which Chriftians began then, and 
“ have ever fince had a great Devotion, for that in it 
daily fhe hath done and doth many and many Mi- 
“ racles. One Fr ere Paul de Syha., an Eremite of great 
“ Sanftity, who liv’d in a Cottage nigh unto this 
‘‘ Church, whither daily he went to Mattins, faid, That 
“ for ten Years Space, on the eighth of September, two 
“ Hours before Day, he faw a Light defcend from 
“ Heaven upon it, which he faid was the blefled Vir- 
** gin, who there Ihew’d herfelf on the Feaft of her 
‘‘ Nativity. In Confirmation of all which, two virtuous 
“ Men of the City of Recanati divers Times declar’d 
unto the Prefe6t of Ferreman, and Governor of the 
“ aforemention’d Church, as followeth : The one, cal- 
led Paul Renaiduci, avouch’d. That his Grandfather 
“ faw when the Angels brought it over the Sea, placed 
it in the aforementioned Wood, and had often vifi- 
“ ted it there : The other, call’d Francis Prior, in like 
“ Sort affirm’d, that his Grandfather’s Grandfather be- 
“ ing 120 Years old, had alfo much frequented it 
“ in the fame Place ; and for further Proof that it 
“ had been there, he reported, that his Grandfather’s 
“ Grandfather had a Houfe nigh unto it, wherein he 
“ dwelt *, and that in his Time it was carried by the 
“ Angels from thence to the Mountain of the two Bro- 
“ thers, where they placed it as abovefaid.” 
By Order of the Right Re- 
verend Monfigor Vincent 
Cajfal of Bolognia, Go- 
vernor of this Holy 
Place, under Protedlion 
of the moft Reverend 
Cardinal Moroni, 
I. Robert Codrington, Priefi: 
of the Society of Jefus 
in the Year 1634. have 
faithfully tranflated the 
Premifles out of the L.a~ 
tin Original hanging in 
the faid Church. 
To the Honour of the ever-glorlous Virgin, 
29. From Loretto we travel’d, Jan. the 30th, to An- 
€ona, a populous City much frequented by Merchants, 
by Reafon of the Conveniency of its Harbour, which 
formerly was the beft in ail the Gulph,, but is much de- 
cayed of late. Here we took particular Notice of the 
Ruins of the Stones which fecur’d the ancient Port, 
where you fee that renown’d triumphal Arch of white Pa- 
rian Marble, erefled to Trajan by order of the Senate : 
The Stones are of a vafi; Bignefs. 
The Statua equellris of Trajan, which formerly flood 
on the Top of this Arch, is remov’d thence, and fet 
up over the Gate of the Exchange. Here we were 
alfo entertain’d with a Diffi of Shelfiffi, of a very plea- 
lant Tafte, call’d Pholades in Latin, becaufe they live 
in Holes within a foft kind of Stone, or rather Clay, 
which being found in great Plenty at Sea, if expos’d 
to the Air, becomes in Time a perfect Stone The 
Italians cdX[ thefe Stones Balk di SaJJh, and the Fifh 
Ballare or Lattyli de mare. 
Jan. 31. We continued our Journey along the Sea- 
coaft for twenty Miles, to Sinigaglia, (anciently Sena. 
Gallica) a fmall Harbour for Barges, but well fortified. 
From hence we ftill pafs’d along the Sea-fiiore for 
fifteen Miles further to Fano,) anciently Fanum Fortune) 
a large and well fortified City : Here is a triumphal- 
Arch ereded in Honour of Augujius, which being fome- 
what broken and defaced, they have in the Wall by 
fet a Model of it, as it was entire. 
Flere was the ancient Temple of Fortune, now the 
Church of the Aug-ujiine Fryars, the Brafs Statue of For- 
tune, which was there ador’d, Handing yet in the Pa- 
lace. The City is govern’d by a Senate, confifting of 
feventy Gentlemen, chang’d every third or fourth Year, 
but the Governor of the Pope direds all Matters of 
Moment. This City is- by fome accounted the beft 
fituated of any in Italy. 
Feb. I. We continued our Journey feven Miles along 
the Shore to Pefaro, a very fine City, with a ftately 
Piazza furrounded with fair Buildings, and many Stones 
with ancient Infcriptions. The Harbour is almofi: 
choak’d up, but the Caftle and Fortifications in tolera- 
ble Repair. From hence crofling the Country, we 
pafs’d through the Village of Catolica, ten Miles 
from Pefaro, and from thence along the Sea-fhore for 
the moft Part, till within two or three Miles of Rimini^ 
when leaving the Shore, we took the Via Flaminia^ 
The Buildings of the City of Rimini are low, but neat, 
with regular ftrait Streets. Within the Walls of it, 
we pafs’d under a high Stone Arch erecfed to Tiberius,, 
or according to Schottus to Augustus C^far •, the Infcrip- 
tion was much defac’d. In the Piazza they fhew’d us 
the Stone on which Cafar ftood when he made his 
Speech to the Soldiers, when he was preparing to march 
to Rome : Thefe modem Infcriptions are engraven 
upon it 
C. Ceefar Dili. Rubicone fuperato civili bell, commilit, 
fuos hie in fora Ar. adlocut. 
Suggejium hunc vetu§iate collapfum Cojf. Ariminenjium 
Novembris (A Decembr. MDV. Rejiit. 
In another Piazza Hands a Brafs Statue of Pope 
Paul V. It being Carnival Time, we faw the Gentlemen 
here diverting themfelves with Tilting, but they did not 
run at one another, but at a Puppet of Straw, which 
they call Bamboccio. 
Feb. 2. We made a fmall Excurfion to St. Marino, a 
fmall City and Commonwealth feared on the Top of 
a very high Hill, about ten Miles from Rimini, the 
Inhabitants boafting, That they have maintain’d their 
Liberty uncorrupted for above a 1000 Years. . All its 
Territories are included in one Mountain about three 
Miles in Length, and nine or ten in Circumference, 
containing four Villages, viz. Serravalk, Fietano, Monts 
Giatdino, and Fiorentino 5 about eight Corn-mills upon 
the little River Canova, and two Powder-mills. The 
Arms of this petty Commonwealth are, three Towers 
upon a Mountain, with this Motto underneath. Liber- 
tas perpetua. The Suburb of St. Marin is at the Foot 
of the fame Hill, whereupon the City is built 5 here they 
keep a weekly Market every Wedjiefday, efpecially for 
Swine, of which fometimes 5000 are fold in a Day, 
paying no more than Sixpence Toll for every Drove, 
whether large or fmall. Befides thefe weekly Markets, 
they have four great Fairs every Year, the chief of 
which is on St. Bartholomew's, Day, where prodigious 
Quantities of Cattle are fold, to the no fmall Difguft 
of fome of the neighbouring Princes, whofe Cuftoms 
are confiderably impair’d thereby. At this Fair they 
keep a general Mufter of all their Forces. From this 
Suburb up to the City are two Afeents, the one pretty 
eafy, and winding about to the furthermoft Gate, by 
which Coaches may upon an Occafion get up ; the 
other leading to the nearer Gate being very fteep. The 
City is wall’d on one Side, the other lying at the Brow 
of a Precipice, being defended by three Towers in a 
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