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The IJle of Caprea.
Now Piles of Aihes, spreading all a-
round,
In undistinguiih’d Heaps deform the
Ground,
The Gods themfelves the ruin’d Seats
bemoan,
And blame the Mischiefs that themfelves
have done.
This View must still have been more
pleasant, when the whole Bay was en-
compass’d with so long a Range of Build-
ings, that it appear’d to those, who
look’d on it at a distance, but as one
continu’d City. On both the Shores of
that fruitful Bottom, which I have be-
fore mention’d, are still to be feen the
Marks df ancient Edifices: Particularly
on that which looks towards the South
there is a little kind of Mole, which
seems to have been the Foundation of a
Palace ; unless we may supposc that the
Pharos of Caprea ssood there, which
Statius takes notice of in his Poem that
invites his Wife to Naples^ and is, »I
think, the most natural among the
Silva..
PPec desunt varia clrcuni ohleStamina vita^
Sive Z7"aporlseraS) blandisima littora Ba-
jas
Now Piles of Aihes, spreading all a-
round,
In undistinguiih’d Heaps deform the
Ground,
The Gods themfelves the ruin’d Seats
bemoan,
And blame the Mischiefs that themfelves
have done.
This View must still have been more
pleasant, when the whole Bay was en-
compass’d with so long a Range of Build-
ings, that it appear’d to those, who
look’d on it at a distance, but as one
continu’d City. On both the Shores of
that fruitful Bottom, which I have be-
fore mention’d, are still to be feen the
Marks df ancient Edifices: Particularly
on that which looks towards the South
there is a little kind of Mole, which
seems to have been the Foundation of a
Palace ; unless we may supposc that the
Pharos of Caprea ssood there, which
Statius takes notice of in his Poem that
invites his Wife to Naples^ and is, »I
think, the most natural among the
Silva..
PPec desunt varia clrcuni ohleStamina vita^
Sive Z7"aporlseraS) blandisima littora Ba-
jas