Dr. B R o w N e’j Travels 
their Churches are fair, and divers well adorned. 
The Domo or Carhedral Church is large, feared near 
“ the Middle of the City, endowed and mightily en- 
“ riched by the Emperor Henry the Fourth, whofe Em- 
“ prefs Berta lies buried here. The Revenues of this 
Church, at prefent, are reckoned to amount to a 
‘‘ hundred thouiand Crowns a Year j and befides the 
“ Monuments of many eminent Perfons, they preferve 
here the Body of St. Daniel, of Cardinal Pileo de 
“ Prat to i and of Cardinal Francefco Zaharella. 
The Church of St. Antonio is vifited by Perfons far 
‘‘ and near, and the exquifite Defign, artificial Carving 
in Marble, the handfome Choir and rich Ornaments 
make it worth the®feeing. The Top, of the Church 
“ is made up of fix Cupola’s cover’d with Lead. The 
“ Chapel of St. Antonio is nobly fet out with twelve 
“ Marble Pillars, and a rich Roof. Between the Pil- 
lars are carved the Miracles of this Saint, who lies 
“ interred under the Altar, upon which ftand feven 
“ Figures made by Pitian Afpetti, a good Statuary of 
Padoa j and behind the Altar there is a moft: excel- 
“ lent Bajfo relievo done by Sanfovinus, Tullius, Lombur- 
“ dtis, and Campagna Veronenjis. Over againft the Cha-- 
pel of Sr. Antonio Hands the Chapel of St. Felix, and 
“ his Tomb, nobly wrought with colour’d Marble, and 
the whole fplendidly adorned with the Paintings of 
the highly celebrated Giotto. The chief Relicks in this 
Church are the Tongue and Chin of St. Antonio, 2i.C\oih. 
“ dipped in the Blood of our Saviour, three Thorns of 
his Crown* and a Piece of the Wood of his Crofs, 
fome of the Hair and Milk of the blefiTed Virgin, 
“ and fome of the Blood of the Marks of St. Francis^ 
“ Before the Front of the Church, there is a handfome 
‘‘ Brafs Statue on Horfeback, reprefenting the .great 
Venetian General Gattamela. St. Antonio lived fix and 
“ thirty Years, died upon the thirteenth of June, 1231* 
and Vv?as canonized by Pope Gregory the IXth, in the 
City of Spdeta, 1237. 
“ The Convent of the black Monks of St. Benedidl 
may compare with moft in Paly, and their Church 
“ dedicated to Santa Giuftina, built by Palladio, is one 
“ of the fa if eft in Europe. St., Giuftina was a Virgin 
“ and Martyr, Daughter to Vitaliano of this City ; fhe 
“ fufi'ered Martyrdom in the Time of Maximianus the 
Emperor. In this Church there are ftill preferved, as 
“ they fay, the Body of St. Ltike the Evangelifl, of St. 
Matthias the Apoftle, of two of the innocent Chil- 
“ dren, of Prredochimus , of the Converter of thefe Coun- 
tries to the Chriftian Faith, and firft Bilhop of Padoa \ 
of Maximus their fecond Bifliop, and of Santa GiuJ- 
“ tina. The Front of this Church looks into a fpacious 
Place, called Praia della Valee, where the Gentlemen 
meet in their Coaches in the Evening for their Plea- 
“ fure. In a handfome Room or Burying-place on the 
South-fide of this Church, is a round old red Mar- 
“ ble Sione, upon which the Heads of many Martyrs 
were cut off, and near to it, a fine white Marble 
"Well, call’d, Pozzo di Martiro, or the Martyr’s 
Well, a Place of great Devotion. 
“ Where the Temple of Juno flood in old Time, 
there is now built a handfome Church dedicated to St. 
“ Augiiftin, wherein are divers Monuments of the Fa- 
miiy of Carrara, the Tomb of Charlotta, Daughter 
to James King of Cyprus, and of Petrus Aponenfis, a 
great Philofopher. II Ponte Melino, where there are 
“ thirty Water Mills together, and the Caftello della 
Munitioni, both built by Ezzelin, are worth the fee- 
ing. La Corte del Capitanio is fplendid, and was 
“ the Palace of the Carrareji. The Palazzo della Ra- 
“ gione, where the Courts of Juftice are held, is very 
large, beautiful, and 'highly confiderable, both with- 
“ out and within, being built of Marble, with Rows of 
Pillars without and within ; there are Heads and In- 
feriptions for divers eminent Perfons of this City ; ,the 
“ Length thereof is two hundred fifty fix Foot, and 
the Breadth eighty fix, without any Pillar or Support 
in the Middle. 
i he Univerfity of Padoa was founded in the 
Ye.ar 1220, by tne Emperor Frederick the Ild, and 
« the Schools are fair and large, containing one Qua- 
drangle, with Rows of Pillars above and below, and 
befides handfome Schools on every Side, there is a 
‘‘ very convenient anatomical Theatre. The Phyfick- 
Garden is large, of a round Figure, walled about,- 
‘‘ and well ftored with Plants. The Prefers hereof 
“ have been Men of Note, as, Aloyfius Mundella, Aloy- 
‘‘ fius, Anguillard, Melchior Guilandinus, jacobus Antonins^ 
‘‘ Cortufius, Profper Alpinus, andi Joannes Veftingius. 
“ The Arena, or old Amphitheatre at Padoa, is an 
“ Antiquity very remarkable, and the Remains of fome 
“ of the Arches are to be feen ftill in the Gardens 
“ backwards, but the Arena itfelf, and the whole Po- 
“ dium are preferved intire and free, and empty.. And 
‘‘ at one End thereof is built a handfome Palace, the 
“ Front of which looks direcffly into the open AmphR 
“ theatre, and is a Portion of an oval Figure, and the 
“ vfoole Area or Arena of the Amphitheatre ferves 
“ for the Court to it, in fuch Manner, that the En-* 
“ trance being now at the End, direfilly oppofite to 
“ the Houfe, the handfome Profpedt of it, and the 
“ clear Avenue to it is extraordinarily furprifing, and 
“ extreamly noble ; and I could not imagine that any 
“ Gentlemen would ever defire to have a fairer Court* 
“ yard to his Houfe, than the fpacious Plain Arena 
“ of an old Roman AmphithtatvQ, nor a better Wail 
“ than a high, intire handfome Podium, the like to 
“ which perhaps is not at, this Day any where elfe to 
“ be feen. And I muft freely confefs, that of theRe- 
“ mains and Ruins of twelve old Amphitheatres which 
“ I have feen myfelf, I have not met with any one 
“ that comes near it ; for in the Amphitheatre at 
“ Doue in Poictou, which is cut out of a Rock, and 
“ being of a fmaller Dimenfion, and Part of the Bot* 
“ tom being fill’d up, there is no vifible Beauty of the 
“ Podium j the like rnay be faid alfo of that at Nizza^ 
“ near the River Varus, and that at Pozzuolo. 
“ That at Nifmes is filled up with Dwelling-houfes 
“ in fuch Manner, that the upper Seats only are di- 
“ ffinftly vifible. The Amphitheatres of Bourdeaux, 
“ Xainlies, Arles, GarigUano, that at Rome, near the 
“ Church of Santa Croce in Gierufalemme, and others 
“ are at prefent fo much ruined, that nothing of this 
“ Nature diftinguifiiable is to be expeded, nay even 
“ about the Arena at Verona, and the great Collifeo of 
“ Domitianus's^ Amphitheatre at Rome, the Ground is 
“ now rifen fo high, that the Podium is at prefent 
“ either buried or disfigured. But as the Arena at Pa- 
“ doa, is clear and evident in this Part, fo it is wantint*' 
“ in all the reft, and he that defires at this Day td 
“ view all the Parts of an Amphitheatre, muft not fee 
“ one but many ; and by joining them together in 
“ his Thoughts, he may colled the Figure, Proportion 
“ and Dimenfions of this fumptuous Sort of Buildings 
“ of the old Romans. 
“ From the Walls of Padoa there is a pleafant Prof- 
“ ped of a plain Country to North-Eaft and ^ South, 
“ and of the Euganean Hills to the Weft, which fup- 
“ ply the Town with Variety of Plants, and great 
“ Numbers of Vipers. At a few Miles Diftande are 
“ the hot Baths of Abano, and the Mineral drinking 
“ Waters of Monte Ortone, as alfo Marchefe ObizzBs 
“ Country-Houfe, which we faw with great Delight, 
“ it being well defign’d and accommodated with a 
“ good Armory, a Theatre, for Comedies,' handfome 
“ Stables, and a Tennis-Court, and nobly painted both 
“ within and without by that Mafter Paulo Veronefe?’^ 
This large Extrad fhows his Manner of treating An- 
tiquities, and may ferve as a. ufeful Memorial to voting 
Travellers who are defirous of knowing how to'digefl: 
their Thoughts, and to unite the Knowledge they have 
brought from the Univerfities, with what they colled; 
from vifiting the World. It is really a very difficult 
Thing to give our Author his due Praifes \ for the more 
we confider what is written, the more Reafon we ffiali 
fee for commending him 5 and which is not a little ex- 
traordinary, the more we confider what he has omitted, 
the greater Reafon we ffiali have to admire his Pru- 
dence. There are however fome Paffages in his Wri- 
tings, which perhaps may be a little obfeure, not from 
any Want of Knowledge in the Author, but rather 
from 
