Chap. V. through Hungary, Thessaly^ Macedonia, 787 
learned and curious Antiquary, of which, we have a 
clear and pregnant Inftance in what he fays of the City 
of Padoa, which, for that Reafon, we fhall tranfcribe for 
the Reader’s Satisfaction and Entertainment, though 
otherwife much ftraitned for Room, and very impatient 
to take our Leave of Europe. “ The Landing-place 
“ of Padoa is handfomely fet off, with Scone Steps con- 
“ tinued for a long Space along the Side of the River, 
“ after the Manner of the Landing-place at Ghent, and 
“ fome other elegant Cities of the Low-Countries. The 
“ outward Wall is ftrong, being well fortified accord- 
“ ing to the modern Rules of Fortification, m the 
“ Time of Leonardo de Loredaro, Duke of Venice \ and 
“ to render it more ftrong, the Rivers of Brenta and 
“ Bacchiglione arc let into the Town-Ditch. The in- 
ward Wall is now moft confiderable for its Antiqui- 
“ ty, and for retaining the Name of its Founder, it 
being ftill call’d AntenorH Wall : It contains a far 
lefs Space of Ground than the former Padoa, being 
** built in this Refpecl like to the City of Aiic la Cha- 
“ felle, or Aken, having one Town within another. 
“ That PataVium or Padoa is one of the oldeft Ci- 
ties of Europe, built prefently after , the Lrojan 
“ War, IS confeffed by ancient Writers, and fo gene- 
“ rally believed of old, that Livy lays it down for the 
Ground-work of his Hiftory, beginning in this Man- 
“ ner, Tam primum omnium fatis conftat Troja capta, &c. 
In the firft Place it is fufficiently manifeft, that 
« Troy being taken, the Grecians executed the utmoll 
of their Rage upon the Trojans, j^neas, and Antenor 
only excepted, by Reafon of their ancient Friend- 
“ Ihip with the Greeks, and in Refped that they had 
“ always endeavoured to make Peace and reftore He- 
lena. After various Fortunes, Antenor brought a great 
Number of the Heneti, who, having loft their King 
“ Pylemon at the Wars of ^roy and being driven out 
of Paphlagonia by a Faction, were now feeking new 
“ Seats, and a Captain to lead them, and came along 
“ with them to the Bottom of the Adriatick Gulf, drove 
“ out the Eugenians, who inhabited between the Sea 
“ and Alpes, and eftablilhed the Trojans and Heneti in 
“ thofe Countries. 
“ Martial alfo Saluting Flaccus, a Padoan Poet, calls 
5' him. 
Flacce Antenorei fpes C? Alumine Laris. 
“ And that you may more firmly give Credit to it, 
•* you may further alfo have the Authority of a Goddefs 
for iti, for Venus is introduced expoftulating in thefe 
“ Terms with Jupiter in the Behalf of Mneas. 
“ ^em das finem Rex magne, malorum ? 
“ Antenor potuit, mediis elapfus Achivis 
lllyricos penetrare Jinus atque intima tutus : 
“ Regna Liburnorum et fontem fuperare Timavi, 
“ Unde per Ora navem vajto cum murmure month 
“ It mare proruptum et Pelago premit arva fonanti 
Hie tamen ille Urbem Patavi fedefque locavit 
“ Teucronum et genii nomen dedit armaque fixit. 
“ What Time, great King, (hall terminate our Woes ? 
“ Safe could Antenor break through all his Foes ; 
« Pierce to the Bottom of the Illyrian Bay, 
“ View Kingdoms where Lyhurnian Princes fway ; 
“ Pafs the nine Mouths of fierce Timavus Waves, 
Which roars upon the Hills, and o’er the Valleys 
“ raves. 
And there could fix, and on that Foreign Ground 
“ Great Padoa* s Tow’rs for After- Ages found. 
“ New name the Race, and free from all Alarms, 
“ Hang up in Peace his confecrated Arms. 
“ In thofe Days, when the Art of Navigation was 
but in its Infancy, and the Mariners very unwillingly 
parted with the Sight of Land, Antenor was forced 
to keep clofe, and creep along the Coaft of Pelepon- 
7 iejus and Epirus, and then fail by the Illyrian and 
** Lihurnian Shoars, which are very uneven and trouble- 
** feme to deal with, being full of Creeks, unfafe Bays 
II and Rocks, belides very many Hands of various 
“ Shapes | whereas if he had crofted over to the Italian 
“ Coaft, he had had a nearer Voyage, and fail’d with 
“ Pleafure all along an even, bold, brave Shoar. The 
“ People of Padoa are well pleafed with the Thoughts 
“ of their ancient Founders and Progenitors ; and they 
“ ftill preferve the Tomb of Antenor, near to which at 
“ Drefent ftands the Church of St, Lawrence, and in 
“ their publick Shows they will be ftill reprefenting 
“ fomeching of Troy and the old Trojans \ and in one 
“ Place I fiw a Florfe of Wood about twenty Foot 
“ high, in Imitation of the old Trojan Florfe, but I 
“ fuppofe nothing near fo big as the firft Original ; 
“ Yet when I confider, that above eleven hundred 
“ Years after the Deftrudion Troy, when Tov^^ns 
“ and Buildings were very much amplified and impro- 
“ ved, Pompey coming in Triumph could not enter 
“ even the great Triumphal Gates of Rome itklf in a 
“ Chariot drawn by Elephants, an Animal that feldom 
“ or never comes to be fo high as this Horfe, it may 
“ well be fuppofed that they could not have received 
“ even this poor Model of the firft great one into the 
“ old Town of Troy, without pulling down their Walls. 
“ The City of Padoa was always a Friend to the Ro- 
“ mans, and did them great Service in their Wars 
“ againfl: the Galli Senones, the Umbrians, Boians, In- 
“ fibres, Cmbrians and Carthaginians, and ftuck clofe 
“ to their Intcreft till the Time of the Declination of 
“ the Roman Empire. 
“ When Attila the powerful King of the Huns, with 
“ Fire and Sword deftroy’d it ; and when after divers 
“ Years it was rebuilt by the Favour of Narfes the Eunuch, 
“ General to the Emperor JuHinian, it was again la- 
‘‘ mentabiy ruined by the Longobardian Princes, who, by 
“ fliooting Arrows with Firebrands fixed to them, fee 
“ the City on Fire, and took it. But under the Em- 
“ pire of Charles the Great and his Succeftfors, it arofe 
“ out of its Alhes again, and flourifhed for a long 
“ Time, being governed firft by Confuls, and then by 
“ a Podefta, until the Time of their dreadful Tyrant 
“ Ezzelin, who harralTed, banifhed, tormented and 
“ maftTacred the Inhabitants, cramming their own Weils 
“ within the City, full with mangled Bodies, and, 
“ amongfl; other Severities, upon an angry Diftafte 
“ againft them, flew ten thoufand of them in one Day 
“ at Verona. But notwithftanding thefe Cruelties, they 
“ recover’d their Liberty again after the Death of Ez- 
“ zelin, and by Degrees became very powerful, having 
“ under their Jurifdi( 5 lion Vicenza, Verona, Trent, Tre- 
“ vifo, Feltre, Belluno, Ceneda, Seravalla, Chofa, Bajfano, 
“ with its Territories ; all the Polefme or Peninfula, and 
“ the greateft Part of Friuli, with other important 
“ Places, when in the End Marfilio de Carrara made 
“ himfelf Captain or Governor of the City. 
“ This noble Family of the Carrarefi, very powerful 
“ in thefe Parts, came from their Caftle of Bofano, and 
“ lived in Padoa, where they became very confiderable, 
“ and fiding with the Pope againft the Emperor Fre- 
“ derick the Second, they were driven out by Ezzelin ; 
“ but when, upon the fuccefsful Attempts of the Ro-, 
“ man Legate Angedin, a Commander under Ezzelin, 
“ was overthrown, they were again rc^ftored, dignified, 
“ and eftablilhed in the Government of Padoa, which 
“ they polfelTed with fome Variety of Fortune frorn 
“ one to another, in their own Family, for about an 
“ hundred Years, in the Conclufion of which they were 
“ feized on by the Venetians, who thought fit to put 
“ Francifeo Novello and his Sons to Death in the Year 
“ 1405. And after this Manner, by having totally 
“ extinguifhed the noble Family of the Carrarefi, w.kh- 
“ out Fear of any further Claim or Difpute, they pof- 
felTed themfelves of the City of Padoa, and hold ic 
“ in their Hands to this Day. 
“ The Buildings at Padoa, both publick and private, 
“ are very confiderable ; for moft of the City is bulk 
“ upon Arches, making handfome Portico’s or Cloyfters 
“ on each Side of the Street, after the Manner of the 
“ Houles in the Piazza of Covent-Garden, which at all 
“ Times afford a good Defence againft the Sun and 
“ Rains and many of the Hpufes are painted on the 
“ Oatftde with very good Fliftory Painting in Frefco i 
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