Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

zz ‘Pavia, Milan, &c.
said there are Eleven Thousand Statues
about the Church, but they reckon in-
to the Account every particular Figure
in the History-pieces, and several little
Images which make up the Equipage of
those that are larger. There are indeed a
great Multitude of such as are bigger
than the Life: I reckoned above Two
Hundred and Fifty on the Outside of
the Church, tho’ I only told Three Sides
of it; and these are not half so thick
setasthey intend them. The Statues are
all of Marble, and generally well cut; but
the mod valuable one they have is a
St. Bartholomew, new-ssead, with his Skin
hanging over his Shoulders: It is esteemed
worth its weight in Gold: They have
inscribed this Verse on the Pedestal, to
show the Value they have for the Work-
man.
Non me Praxiteles fed Marcus sinxit Jgrati.
Lest at the Sculptor doubtfully you guess,
’Tis Marc Jjgrati, not Praxiteles.
There is, just before the Entrance of
the Quire, a little Subterraneous Chap-
pel, Dedicated to St. Charles Borromee,
where 1 saw his Body, in Episcopal
Robes, lying upon the Altar in a Shrine