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Vol.I. to ITALY. 281
’Tis the general Opinion here, and even the
Servants at the Inn inform’d us at our Arrival,
that the City of Velitri was honoured with the
Birth of Auguftus. One of our Company asked
who that Auguftus was, and was answer’d, that
he was the first Christian Emperour. I expected
that he ssrould call him St. Auguftus*, for I ob-
serve here, that the People easily canonize all the
Illustrious Men of old, 'Pagans as well as others.
’Tis plain that Auguftus was born at * Rome, as * Natus est
Suetonius positively affirms, tho ’tis true, that his Augustus M.
t Family was originally of Velitri, and that he J>ne & ^e'
was put to Nurse in the neighbourhood of that tonio Coss.*
City. The same Author relates, that in his time, regione Pa-
they spoke of the Chamber where that Prince latii ad caPi'
was Nursed, as they are wont to do at present |a
of the Holy Houfe of Loretto: Hue introire nisi necef- O&aviam
sario & caste religio eft. Temere adeuntibus, metus & Velitris pra-
horror objiciebatur. cipuam olim
In the midst of the publick Place at Velitri,
there is a very fine Statue of Brass of Pope Ur-
ban VIII. I observed, that the Statues of the
Popes always represent them sitting, which is
done , without doubt, to denote the Empire
which they have over all other Princes in the
World. They carried us to the Marquis Ginettis
House, the situation of which is very agreeable,
and the Apartments are adorn’d with a great num-
ber of Antiquities.
Coming down the Hill of Velitri, we observed xr
a great number of Caves or Cellars dug under the litri Ard Ser-
Rocks to preserve the Wines cool. After which monetta,
we entred into a Country poorly Inhabited, and tbe tw>
all open, for about fifteen Miles, to the foot of TeVph W'
the Mountain, on the top of which stands the Nympha.
little City of II Sermonetta. II Buik upon
the R.tiines os
the ancient Sora., Sermoneta, quasi Sorella della Citta di Sora, fays Th.
Valla.
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’Tis the general Opinion here, and even the
Servants at the Inn inform’d us at our Arrival,
that the City of Velitri was honoured with the
Birth of Auguftus. One of our Company asked
who that Auguftus was, and was answer’d, that
he was the first Christian Emperour. I expected
that he ssrould call him St. Auguftus*, for I ob-
serve here, that the People easily canonize all the
Illustrious Men of old, 'Pagans as well as others.
’Tis plain that Auguftus was born at * Rome, as * Natus est
Suetonius positively affirms, tho ’tis true, that his Augustus M.
t Family was originally of Velitri, and that he J>ne & ^e'
was put to Nurse in the neighbourhood of that tonio Coss.*
City. The same Author relates, that in his time, regione Pa-
they spoke of the Chamber where that Prince latii ad caPi'
was Nursed, as they are wont to do at present |a
of the Holy Houfe of Loretto: Hue introire nisi necef- O&aviam
sario & caste religio eft. Temere adeuntibus, metus & Velitris pra-
horror objiciebatur. cipuam olim
In the midst of the publick Place at Velitri,
there is a very fine Statue of Brass of Pope Ur-
ban VIII. I observed, that the Statues of the
Popes always represent them sitting, which is
done , without doubt, to denote the Empire
which they have over all other Princes in the
World. They carried us to the Marquis Ginettis
House, the situation of which is very agreeable,
and the Apartments are adorn’d with a great num-
ber of Antiquities.
Coming down the Hill of Velitri, we observed xr
a great number of Caves or Cellars dug under the litri Ard Ser-
Rocks to preserve the Wines cool. After which monetta,
we entred into a Country poorly Inhabited, and tbe tw>
all open, for about fifteen Miles, to the foot of TeVph W'
the Mountain, on the top of which stands the Nympha.
little City of II Sermonetta. II Buik upon
the R.tiines os
the ancient Sora., Sermoneta, quasi Sorella della Citta di Sora, fays Th.
Valla.
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