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[Sienna) and in two Days got thether. This Citty is 6 miles in Compass, yo streets very faire, and the howses high. The Madona, or Chiefe Chorch, is, for yo pauem vnder foote, y rarest I ever beheld. Its y Story of ye Old testam in figures of Marble, all Complexions laid in in naturall stone. The Library in Large booke of parchm & figaers in gold & other rich Cullers painted verry rare on yo parchm. Nothinge elce Memorable but ye Chappell of S. Katherine, yo virgin saint.
18 December 1669. We tooke horsse for Roome, And in the way Lodged at Monte friscone [Montefiascone), y place wheere yo Muskadine grape is (yo wyne verry pleasant and good), Next to a lyne Cittuated towne Celd veeta herba (Viterbo] in a plaine, for 3 miles round well Cultured for grapes, Ollives And all other garden herbs.
20 December 1669. We got Roome & Lodged at y ffortune in the Peacha dispannia [Piazzs di Spagna), Jeronemo Martelle, patroon. In Roome we see St Peeters, The Pallas of Prince Deburgueze [Palazzo Borgheze] And ye Queene Sweedens pallas, The Pallasses of seðall Embassadors & Cardenalls, but none Exceeding thin Roome or wthout prince Deburgueze his pallas wbout y. Oitty. Its but litle, but yo walls about it 8 English miles, and brane gardens, wildernesses & walks wthin it & fountaines, none Exceeding it about Roome & in the bowse many rarities, as Statues of Purphre & scuerall great vrns and Pillers. Most of yoEminent Churches and Colledges & theire fests we weere at to see theire Riches & beare theire Musique. We also rid round ye Walls Roome, we are judged by vs to be 10 English miles, But the buildings wthin fills not a quarter of the Ground. We alsoe vewed yo ruins of Neroes pallas, part of of woh y English Jesiuts haue for garden to recreate themselues, lately given to tbem.
March ye 16, 1669 [1670]. We left Roome and returned to Legorne On nome errand y surprized vs. I continewed in Legorne to ye 13 April 1670 and then tooke a feluke (folucca] for Genoa wheero I arrived thirsday morninge the 17th by 9 Clock in the morninge at yhowse of Zachery Humphreys, An Engl man, & y only howse for entertainment as an Osterrea (osteria] in Genoa, & hath lived in it 88 yeares. Its 40 lengues bet vixt Legorne & Genoa, & wtb a faire winde they Gennally make it One Day & night & noe more, but the winde was iust a head & we put to lodge a shore every night; its by land 120 Engl miles, but few travellers goe it for feare of yo Bandereetoes (banditti] and the bad accommodation in ye way.
In Genoa is yo largest artifitiall mold [Molo Vecchio] in Chrissendome, One for shipps one for Galleys, One for Barks or Settees. The new wall about yo Citty is faire & about 15 miles in Compasse; yo Citty q" (contains] 50 parrishes & devided into 4 quarters, One cald St Lawrence (San Lorenzo), One St George (San Giorgio], One St Barnardo, 4th St John baptista (San Gianbattista). Jn yo Citty are hundreds of Princeley pallasses Richly furnished wth rarities. Indeed its & Citty of Pallasses & gardens for Beauty & rich farnitare, as Cabbinets, Pictures & Looking Glasses, of woh I saw one in a Gentlem howse Cost 30000 Soowdey (scodi] or Crownes, Marble tables, most Rich & beautifull of all Call!. Its a Republique Consistinge of a Dake cald prince Royall or imperiall who is Crowned Kinge of Corseka, 24 Senator, The greate & little Counsell, 400 Gentlemen, out of woh is chosen yo Duke or prince who is Chiefe Only for 2 yeares & then a new One is Chosen out of yo 400. They are all traders & theire Riches is in moneys. Tbeire Chief Commodities made wthin theire Contrey is wrought silks of all sorts, wch they make in vast quantities & farnish most pts of endome. Marble good & verry plentifull for Cullers naturall do weh they improve by art. They haue for other things all almost lik London,
Monday90 Aprill 1670. In discorse wth Mr Zachery Hampbrey And Capt. Archer in Relation to yo Citty, My Zachery Humphrey, who hath lived in Genoa 38 years, told vs y in ano 1658 yo plague began in Genoa & ended in Angust ano 1658 and many days theire
