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Ch. IV.
THROUGH ITALY.
185
our thoughts to the neighboring country, and
considered what objects it presented to our curio-
sity. The warm fountains and baths of Aponus,
now called Apono, lie about four miles from Padua.
They were frequented by the ancient Romans
under the Emperors, and have been celebrated
by Claudian, and by the Gothic king Theodoric,,
in long' and elaborate descriptions in verse and
prose *, These writers attribute to them many
strange and wonderful effects; however, making
all due allowances for poetical exaggeration, the
waters are in many cases of great advantage.
About seven miles southward of Padua, rises
the ridge of hills called the Colli Euganei, still
retailing the name of one of the earliest tribes
that peopled the Paduan territory. These mpun-
* The principal effects are described in the following
verses. Claudian addresses himself to the fountain :
Felices, proprium qui te meruere coloni.
Fas quibus est Aponon juris habere sui;
Non illis terrena lues, corruptanec Austri
Flamina, nec saevo Sirius igne nocet. ....
Quod si forte malus membris exuberat humor
Languida vel nimio viscera felle virent;
Non venas re-strant, nec vulnere vulnera sanantj
Pocula nec tristi gramme mista bibunt:
THROUGH ITALY.
185
our thoughts to the neighboring country, and
considered what objects it presented to our curio-
sity. The warm fountains and baths of Aponus,
now called Apono, lie about four miles from Padua.
They were frequented by the ancient Romans
under the Emperors, and have been celebrated
by Claudian, and by the Gothic king Theodoric,,
in long' and elaborate descriptions in verse and
prose *, These writers attribute to them many
strange and wonderful effects; however, making
all due allowances for poetical exaggeration, the
waters are in many cases of great advantage.
About seven miles southward of Padua, rises
the ridge of hills called the Colli Euganei, still
retailing the name of one of the earliest tribes
that peopled the Paduan territory. These mpun-
* The principal effects are described in the following
verses. Claudian addresses himself to the fountain :
Felices, proprium qui te meruere coloni.
Fas quibus est Aponon juris habere sui;
Non illis terrena lues, corruptanec Austri
Flamina, nec saevo Sirius igne nocet. ....
Quod si forte malus membris exuberat humor
Languida vel nimio viscera felle virent;
Non venas re-strant, nec vulnere vulnera sanantj
Pocula nec tristi gramme mista bibunt: