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a body of St. Demetrius, in one of the churches chap. 
II. 
of the Kremlin^. In this monastery, there is a ' 
good Library, and also a printing-press for print- 
ing rehgious books in the JValachian language. 
They pretend also to have a collection of 
manuscripts ; and we spared no pains to have 
this matter ascertained. The Archbishop, who 
is called the Metropolitan, in answer to our 
inquiries concerning the manuscripts, told us, 
that the affairs of the Library were so badly 
conducted, that the books were all in disorder ; 
and no one knew where to find any thing : that 
this mischief was mainly to be attributed to the 
Prince himself, who set the example ; and to 
tlie other Boyars, who, as often as they borrow 
hooks and manuscripts from the Library, neglect 
to return them. We saw some Latin manu- 
scripts of the Poets, but of no value; none of 
them being older than the latter end of the 
fifteenth century. But it is not to be inferred, 
from our want of observation, that there are 
not very curious manuscripts belonging to this 
Library, either in the houses of the Boyars, or 
conveyed by the Greek Princes to Constantinople, 
or at the Palace of the Hospodar, or in the 
(S) See Part I. of these Travels, Vol. I. end of Chap. VII. 
