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fiiiHj^’''‘''neous church situated beneath this choir. At the 
V),”®'' extremity of the crypt, on the east side, is the spot 
tradition reports the Virgin to have brought forth the 
*tier of mankind. This spot is marked by a white 
tf ®' incrusted with jaspat, and surrounded by a circle 
i«fg ''er, having rays resembling tliose with which the sun 
Presented. Around it arc inscribed these words : 
HIC DE VIRGINE MARIA 
A. JESUS CHRISTUS NATOS EST. 
^ I the distance of seven paces towards the south, after 
[lie ^ passed the foot of one of the staircases leading to 
I'bv church, you find the Manger. You go down to 
t\vo steps, for it is not upon a level with the rest of 
It is a low recess, hewn out of the rock. A 
t ''^Ihte marble, raised about a foot above the floor, 
tvl^^^oilowed in the form of a manger, indicates the spot 
•p ® our Saviour was laid upon straw, 
tltjf 0 paces farther, opposite to the manger, stands an 
occupies the place where Mary sat when she 
^a3*^od the Child of Sorrow to the adoration of the 
tit;'°'hing can be more pleasitig, or better calculated to ex- 
it ’"intents of devotion, than tiiis subtemanettus church. 
with pictures <tf the Italian and Spanish 
These pictures rcpre.scnt the mysteries ot the 
\ ’’lie Virgin and Child, after Raphael, liie Annuncia- 
Adoration of the Wise .Men, the Coming ot the 
mid all those miracles of mingled grandeur and 
\ The usual ornaments of the manger are of 
embroideit'd with silver. Incense is continully 
I 'J(j'”§^before the cradle of the Saviour. 
l^tolto of the Nativity leads to the subterraneous 
’ '^’here tradition places the sepulchre of the luno- 
V(..‘ “ Herod sent forth and slew all the children that 
l*8rs *'.®®’lilehem, and in all ih.e coasts thereof, from two 
’Pol; and under. Then was fulfilled that, which was 
*fe a M Jeremiah the prophet, saydng : In Rama was 
"ebee heard," &c. 
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of Nazareth is situated in a long valley, sur- 
oy lofty hills, between which a road leads to the 
