Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 3): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

Ch. II.

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statues, that announce the work-shop of a sta-
tuary. In another, the word Salve, engraved in
large characters on the threshold in Mosaic, in-
dicate, it may be supposed, the readiness of a
publican to welcome his guests. In one, the
amphorae, which contained wine, still remain;
and on the marble slab that served as a shop-
board are the marks of cups or glasses. The gate
has one large central and two less openings on
the side, with parapets of the same breadth as
the street; without, but close to it, are semi-
circular recesses with stone seats, and beyond a
tomb and a palumbarium or receptacle of ci-
nerary urns.
The most perfect and most curious object that
has been yet discovered is a villa at a little dis-
tance from the town. It consists of three courts;
in the first and largest is a pond, and in the
centre an edicula or little temple; there are nu-
merous apartments of every description paved in
Mosaic, colored and adorned with various paint-
ings on the walls, all in a very beautiful style.
The baths in this villa seem to have been the
principal object of luxurious indulgence, and are
laid out with a refinement of art and contrivance
that can receive few or no improvements from all
our modern inventions. In the cellars under the
portico of the great court, were discovered se-
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