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Hl A "New Voyage Vol.I.
ports have given us a very false Notion of that
House, which is low, and of a very indifferent
fee. The Bishop is a Temporal and Spiritual
Lord in his Diocess, which is of a large extent.
This Prince was formerly very rich ; but cannot
be said to be so now. By vertue of an Agree-
ment betwixt him and the Venetians, thole whom
he condemns to the Gallics, are sent aboard their
Vessels; and on the contrary he is permitted to
export a certain quantity of Oil out of their
Country, without paying Cullom. Some place
Trent in Itfiy, others make it part of Tirol: But
the latter are miltaken, if we may believe the Peo-
ple of the Country ; for they say Trent is in Italy,
tho’ the Bissop is a Prince of the Empire; and
the common Language of Trent is the Italian.
They ssew d us in a Chappel of the Cathedral,
the Crucifix, Sqb quo jurat a & promulgata suit Sy-
nodus: It is asTig as the Life, and, they say, it
bowed its Head , to testifie the Approbation
which it gave to the Decrees of that Assembly.
They add, That no Man ever cou d discover
what it is made of; so that many doubt, whe-
ther it was made with Hands. They are going
to take it from the dark Place in which we saw
it, and to set it in a magnificent Chappel, which
will ssortiy be finiff'd ; where they expect it will
do more Miracles than ever: It is call d, by way
os Eminency, The Holy Crucisix. From thence
we went to St. Mary Major, which, notwith-
standing its Title, is but a little Church. ’Tis
built of a kind of base Marble, and it was in
this place where the Council sate. The Organs
of this Church are extraordinarily large. They
played to us many new Ayres, and counterfeited
the Ci ics of a great many Animals; They imi-
tated the beating of a Drum, and ssow’d us se-
veral
ports have given us a very false Notion of that
House, which is low, and of a very indifferent
fee. The Bishop is a Temporal and Spiritual
Lord in his Diocess, which is of a large extent.
This Prince was formerly very rich ; but cannot
be said to be so now. By vertue of an Agree-
ment betwixt him and the Venetians, thole whom
he condemns to the Gallics, are sent aboard their
Vessels; and on the contrary he is permitted to
export a certain quantity of Oil out of their
Country, without paying Cullom. Some place
Trent in Itfiy, others make it part of Tirol: But
the latter are miltaken, if we may believe the Peo-
ple of the Country ; for they say Trent is in Italy,
tho’ the Bissop is a Prince of the Empire; and
the common Language of Trent is the Italian.
They ssew d us in a Chappel of the Cathedral,
the Crucifix, Sqb quo jurat a & promulgata suit Sy-
nodus: It is asTig as the Life, and, they say, it
bowed its Head , to testifie the Approbation
which it gave to the Decrees of that Assembly.
They add, That no Man ever cou d discover
what it is made of; so that many doubt, whe-
ther it was made with Hands. They are going
to take it from the dark Place in which we saw
it, and to set it in a magnificent Chappel, which
will ssortiy be finiff'd ; where they expect it will
do more Miracles than ever: It is call d, by way
os Eminency, The Holy Crucisix. From thence
we went to St. Mary Major, which, notwith-
standing its Title, is but a little Church. ’Tis
built of a kind of base Marble, and it was in
this place where the Council sate. The Organs
of this Church are extraordinarily large. They
played to us many new Ayres, and counterfeited
the Ci ics of a great many Animals; They imi-
tated the beating of a Drum, and ssow’d us se-
veral