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It is certainly a mofl beautiful flatue, and is judg’d, 
by all connoilfeurs, to be one of the beft in the world. 
I mufl own, I never faw fo much life exprefsd in 
any figure I have feen. Not far from it, at the bot- 
tom of the palace flair -cafe, is fixed another beautiful 
flatue of the emperor Vitellius, very perfedl and in- 
tire: another flatue of Nero, with a thunderbolt 
in his hand : another of Vefpafian : one of Clau- 
dius: one of Germanicus : two other beautiful 
flatues, fitting ; but I could not learn whom they 
reprefented. There are many others, fome of mar- 
ble, fome of bronze, all bigger than life j and even 
fome gigantic, or coloffal : many without heads, 
or arms, and others fo deflroy’d, as never to be re- 
pair’d. Of buflo’s there are feveral ; fome very 
beautiful, as that of Jupiter Ammon, Neptune, Mer- 
cury, Juno, Ceres, Fallas, &c. In the apartments 
of the palace are a vafl number of little flatues, ma- 
ny of which are extremely beautiful: alfo a great 
number of little idols, tripods, lachrymatories, and 
many vafes curioufly wrought. Among thefe is a 
whole loaf of bread burnt to a coal : they will not 
fuffer any one to touch it. It is cover’d with a glafs 
bell, thro’ which I perceived letters on the loaf, 
which poflibly were the baker’s mark j and, examin- 
ing them with attention, they flood thus ; 
S | ILIGO. C RANII 
E CISER 
The man, who fhew’d the curiofities, told us, that 
feveral had attempted to explain this mark, but could 
not 
