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284 A New Voyage Vol. I.
They have in the Church of St. Benedict, a
famous Image of our Lady by St. Luke, which
resilled the Fire at the Sacking of Privernum, and
is the grand Object of the Devotion of Piperm,
together with St. Sebafiian, St. Thomas Aquinas,
and the Illustrious Camilla,
’Tis said, that Lilies and Dasfodils grow na-
turally on the Hill of Piperm, called Colle Rojjb.
There is a certain fine Earth found there, call’d
Bnccaro, excellent for making Potter’s Ware.
From the top of this Hill you discover the little
* Maenza, City of * Maenca ; near which there is a Lake,
Roccagorga, the Waters of which, by the Report of P. Paolo
Rocca Secca, genvenut; rjse considerably on a Hidden two Days
Prossedi.Son- before Kain.
nino, and Jome
ether little Towns in the Neighbourhood, are as it were so many Colonies sorm'd
out os the Ruins os Privernum.
Leaving Piperm, we passed over some sandy
Hillocks, full of those various sorts of Shrubs
which are Green in all Seasons. In the Wood
which we enter’d afterwards, there are a great
number of Cork-Trees. This Tree extreamly
resembles the Ever-green Oak ; and I be-
lieve we may very well call it a kind of Oak,
since it bears Acorns. The Nature of this Tree
is admirably w^ll accommodated to the use
which Men make of it. When you strip other
Trees of their Bark, you at the same time take
away their Sap and Life ; but on the contrary,
when you take away the Bark from this Tree, it
grows stronger, and presently produces a new
Coat, as Sheep after Shearing bear a new Fleece.
After we had past the Wood of Piperm, we
went out of the Way two or three hundred Paces,
* to ^ee die Abby of Folia Fluova. The Monks who
Tm UO v A. J
This .Mey is sated on the Ruihtes os the Forum. Appii; os which Benvenuti
essuses us, that there are sume Footjleps remaining.
car-
They have in the Church of St. Benedict, a
famous Image of our Lady by St. Luke, which
resilled the Fire at the Sacking of Privernum, and
is the grand Object of the Devotion of Piperm,
together with St. Sebafiian, St. Thomas Aquinas,
and the Illustrious Camilla,
’Tis said, that Lilies and Dasfodils grow na-
turally on the Hill of Piperm, called Colle Rojjb.
There is a certain fine Earth found there, call’d
Bnccaro, excellent for making Potter’s Ware.
From the top of this Hill you discover the little
* Maenza, City of * Maenca ; near which there is a Lake,
Roccagorga, the Waters of which, by the Report of P. Paolo
Rocca Secca, genvenut; rjse considerably on a Hidden two Days
Prossedi.Son- before Kain.
nino, and Jome
ether little Towns in the Neighbourhood, are as it were so many Colonies sorm'd
out os the Ruins os Privernum.
Leaving Piperm, we passed over some sandy
Hillocks, full of those various sorts of Shrubs
which are Green in all Seasons. In the Wood
which we enter’d afterwards, there are a great
number of Cork-Trees. This Tree extreamly
resembles the Ever-green Oak ; and I be-
lieve we may very well call it a kind of Oak,
since it bears Acorns. The Nature of this Tree
is admirably w^ll accommodated to the use
which Men make of it. When you strip other
Trees of their Bark, you at the same time take
away their Sap and Life ; but on the contrary,
when you take away the Bark from this Tree, it
grows stronger, and presently produces a new
Coat, as Sheep after Shearing bear a new Fleece.
After we had past the Wood of Piperm, we
went out of the Way two or three hundred Paces,
* to ^ee die Abby of Folia Fluova. The Monks who
Tm UO v A. J
This .Mey is sated on the Ruihtes os the Forum. Appii; os which Benvenuti
essuses us, that there are sume Footjleps remaining.
car-