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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70100	Voyages and travels over all Europe Containing all that is most curious in that part of the world. In eight tomes. Done out of French.	Fer, Nicolas de, 1646-1720.	1693 (1693)	Wing F726; ESTC R216771	137,558	320

Confluence of the Rivers Arno and the Main but that the Fertility of the Soil gave it afterwards the Name of Florentia The ordinary Residence of the Grand Signior's Court contributes not a little to the Magnificence of it For assuredly the Grand Duke's Palace deserves to be the Mansion of an Emperour It is adorn'd with Statues of Marble and Brass much more noble then are to be found in any other place The Painting Sculpture and Guilding appear to be the Effects of Profusion And therefore not to engage in an exact description of this Palace I shall only take notice of some Pieces the most Magnificent There is to be seen a Candlestick or Luster all of Amber a Domo of Mother of Pearl and Gold Enamell'd with red a Table where you see the City and Harbour of Leghorn represented by several Stones of Jasper Marble Lapis Lazuli Topazes and Emraulds most artificially enchas'd another Table of Calcedon Enamell'd with Flowers Empal'd with Agates Lapis Lazuli and Emraulds supported with Enamel'd Pillars a Cabinet of Jet Inlay'd with several Gold Plates with Seven Doors where as many Organs play and withinside the Passion of our Saviour figur'd in Marble A Loadstone that sustains about Sixty pound weight of Iron but it has lost much of the Vertue of it since the last Fire that happen'd in the Palace A Nail half Iron half Gold which was thought to be an effect of Chimical Operation but some years since it was found out that the two Metals were only soder'd together but so imperceptibly that it was not possible to be discern'd An Agate Table a Statue of Lewis XIII on Horseback of Massie Gold an entire Service of Massie Gold Plate and a prodigious quantity of Silver Enamel'd Plate In short all the Apartments of the Palace and the Equipage of the Grand Duke are proportionable to this Immense Treasure Nor are these the only Rarities which this Palace encloses the only Objects worthy a Travellers Curiosity The Gallery wherein are the Portraitures of the Family of the Medicis and of all the Famous Men of this Age as well for Learning as for Arms delightfully allures a Travellers Eye for some Hours The Great Captains are plac'd upon the Right Hand among whom is Hannibal the Terrour of Rome Scipio who took Carthage and vanquish'd Hannibal Pyrrhus who rejoyc'd Rome by declaring War against it Scanderbeg the Scourge of the Turks Alexander Farneze who never lost a Battel Cortesius who discover'd the Streight of Magellan Andrew Doria who recover'd Genoa from the French Gaston de Foix whose Memory is still Terrible to the Spaniard Duke d' Alva who though Bloody and Cruel perform'd many great Exploits and who lamented at his Death not the Mischiefs he had committed but that he had never fought against the Turks Custruccio of whom no Body ever spoke ill Eccellino of whom no body ever spoke any thing that was good and Madam de Momorancy who was well contented to die in a Battel against the Religionaries of France In an Armory adjoyning are to be seen several curious Arms A Harquebuse the Barrel of which is Gold and which carries much farther then a Barrel of Iron A Pistol which is call'd the Good Night that discharges five times with once pulling the Trigger Also another with Ten Barrels that discharges as many times at once In one of the Cabinets stands a Mirrour into which if a Man looks he seems to be a Woman and if a Woman looks into it she seems to be a Man I forgot to tell ye that among the Grand Duke's Jewels there is a Diamond as thick as a Man's Finger that weighs a Hundred thirty eight Carrats and is lookt upon to be one of the fairest in Europe being valued at 150000 Crowns The Church of St. Mary of the Flowre is the Cathedral of Florence It is lin'd without-side with great square Panes of Marble White Red and Black intermix'd The Inside is answerable to the Outside and the Steeple is of Marble though of a prodigious heigth St. Laurence's also is a very Beautiful Church but that which renders it more remarkable is the Chappel wherein the Dukes of Florence lie Buried This Chappel is built all of Marble lin'd with Jasper Alablaster and other rare Stones so well polish'd and wrought that the Workmanship is more esteem'd then the Materials The Vault is lin'd with Lapis Lazuli of Persia which is a Pretious Stone of a Blue Colour interlac'd with Veins of Gold and which perfectly resembles the Colour of the Skie in a clear and serene Season Round about this Chappel are plac'd the Statues of all the Dukes of Florence all of Copper guilded in their Ducal Habits and between two Tombs one of the Cities of the State of Florence which takes up the whole void space In a word the Magnificence of that Mausoleum is so great that 't is enough to make those who are wrapt up with the Pride and Vanity of this World wish for Death if they might be assur'd of such Glorious Monuments after their Decease Having thus view'd the Magnificence of the Palace and Mausoleums of the Great Duke we come to the Curiosities of the City where there are to be seen upon the Bridge that leads to the Grand Piazza four Statues of White Marble representing the four Seasons and in the Piazza stands a Brass Statue upon a Pedestal of the same Metal representing Como de Medicis the first Duke of Florence together with his most remarkable Exploits in Relief This Piazza lies before the old Palace on both sides of which are to be seen the Statues of David and Hercules To this Palace belongs a Tower which is a Hundred and Fifty Fathom high without any other Foundations then those of the Palace it self which gave an occasion to the saying of the Florentines that they have one Tower in the Air another in the Water meaning the Pharo of Livorn and another in the Earth which is the Steeple of Florence Near the River is to be seen a large Column upon which is plac'd the Statue of Justice in Porphyrie upon which the Criticks have made two Burlesque Remarks the one is that Justice is plac'd so high that the poor cannot reach it the other is that she turns her Back to those places where Justice is usually administer'd It would be a great oversight not to visit the Houses of pleasure belonging to the Grand Duke of which the most considerable are Poggio Imperiale Pratolino aad Lampeggio where the Arbours the Alleys the Labyrinths Grotto's Waterworks and whatever can make any place delightful are in their highest perfection Strangers are often trickt near Cupid's Grotto in the Garden of Pratolino For before they come at it they are led a great way about so that coming to the Seats that are not far off they are willing to sit down and rest themselves But no sooner are they sate down but the pillars of the Seat giving way to the weight of their

is counted one of the richest Cities in the World in regard it was never yet taken or plunder'd by her Enemies which makes it a common Saying That 't is as impossible that Money should be wanting in the Treasury of St. Mark as Soldiers in France The City of Venice is the Metropolis of the whole State and I have already said that she is very potent and I may add That if she had but plenty of Fresh Water she would want nothing But that defect proceeds from her being built upon Seventy two Fenny Islands Most Authors agree that Venice was Founded in the year 421. of Christ to which others more precisely add That the Building was begun upon the 25th of March which day is principally observ'd for that it was the day when the World was Created and of the Incarnation of Christ The Inhabitants of Padua were they who Founded this City at what time Attila King of the Hunns after he had laid Aquileia in Ashes undertook to subdue and ruine all Italy His Cruelties enforc'd the Paduans and other People that inhabited between the Alps and the Golph now call'd The Golph of Venice to shelter themselves in certain unwholsome Fenns And in the year 421. they began to build some Houses in the Island of Rialto which was proclaim'd to be the Place of Sancturay and Refuge and so in process of time those Buildings multiply'd in such a manner that Venice now takes in Seventy two Islands joyn'd together with 450 Bridges and because the Soil would not admit of any solid Foundations they built upon Piles as they do at Amsterdam in Holland The Bridge of Rialto over the Great Canal is the most beautiful in Venice and indeed in all Europe It has but one Arch all of Marble built upon 6328 Piles and border'd with two rows of Shops The situation of the City in this manner is the reason that there is no use of Coaches in Venice so that when they goe from one place to another they take Water in Shallops or Boats call'd Gondola's with which the Canals are cover'd The Canals and the Bridges are Lin'd with a White shining Stone and in regard the Women are handsome and the Gown-men very severe this has occasion'd a Proverb which admonishes Travellers to have a care of the Women the White Stones and the Men of the long Robe At first the Government of Venice was Democratical under Consuls and Tribunes Every Island had their particular Consuls that assum'd to themselves a Petty Sovereignty But the Jealousies that arose among 'em were the occasion that in the year 709. the Tribunes of the Twelve Principal Islands resolv'd to set up a Republick and to elect a Chieftain to Command 'em and first of all they cast their Eyes upon Paolo Lucio Anafesto to whom they gave the Title of Duke or Doge This First Duke and his Successors Rul'd with Absolute Authority till the year 1172. because that in their Life time they caus'd their Sons or their Brothers to be chosen to succeed 'em and went about in that manner to perpetuate the Ducal Dignity in their Families But the Principal Citizens abolish'd the Election which was made till then by the People and set up an Independent and Sovereign Council out of which they elected their Duke This Tribunal was compos'd of 240 Citizens indifferently chosen out of the Nobility the Burgesses and Artificers and at the same time they created Twelve Tribunes who were to oppose the Decrees of the Prince if they appear'd to be unjust This Form of Government lasted till the year 1289. at what time Duke Peter Gradenigo chang'd it into a Real Aristocracy such as it is at this day all the Authority being devolv'd into the hands of a certain number of Families writ down in a Golden Book which is the Register of the Venetian Nobility There are four different Councils in Venice the first which is called the Grand Council compos'd of 2000 Noblemen out of which they choose all the Magistrates Podesta's Generals of their Armies Proveditors Ambassadors c. and they make all the Laws which are deem'd necessary for the Welfare of the State The second is call'd the Council of Pregati which determines all things that relate to Peace or War Alliances or Leagues and this is that which we call the Senate of Venice The third is the Council call'd the Colledge compos'd of 26 Noblemen that gives Audience to Ambassadors and carries their Demands to the Senate The fourth is the Council of Ten which judges all Crimes against the State and is the most redoubted Council in Europe This Council is renew'd every Year This Council every Month chooses three Inquisitors of State who are always taken out of the Ten to the end that every one may serve in his Turn and the Authority of this Triumvirate is such that they have as much Power over the Duke's Life as over the Life of the meanest Subject without acquainting the Senate This Council has cavs'd several Heads of Marble to be plac'd against the Walls of the Palace with gaping Mouths upon which these words are to be read Secret Denunciations into which they who have any accusation against any Magistrate or other person holding Criminal Correspondence throw in little Notes And upon these Accusations it is and sometimes upon the least suspicion that they put People to Death who are sometimes guilty of no other Crime then not to please their Enemies For such is the Policy of Venice rather to take away the Lives of the Innocent then to let the Guilty go unpunish'd We must not forget that all the Nobility when they betake themselves to the Church are excluded from all their Councils and from all Employments in the State to prevent the Court of Rome from having any knowledge of the Secrets of the State As to Spirituals Venice is govern'd by a Patriarch who by a particular Rubrick at the beginning of his Commands and Orders never sets any other Titles than N. divina misericordia Venetiarum Patriarcha without ever adding like the Prelates of the Roman Church Et Sanctae sedis Apostolicae gratia as if he were no Member of it He is Primate of Dalmatia and Metropolitan of the Archbishopricks of Candy and Corfu Venice has also another Patriarch within her Territories that is to say the Patriarch of Aquileia who resides at Vdena in Friuli And in regard the City of Aquileia now belongs to the Emperour he pretends to have a Right to appoint the Patriarch But the Venetians to the end the Patriarchate may never become vacant have empowr'd the Patriarch to nominate a Coadjutor and Successor so soon as he is advanc'd to that Dignity which the Senate presently confirms if they deem him worthy of it The Employment of Duke of Venice is for life and generally they choose to that Dignity an Old Man who has been Ambassador in the principal Courts of Europe and who is perfectly acquainted with Forreign Countries