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Vol I. to ITALY.
Taking Boat to go to the Lake Lucrin, which
is two Miles from PuXMtli, we had time to consi-
■der the famous Arches, which, according'to the
vulgar Opinion, are the Remains of the Bridge
which Caligula caused to be built from Baya to
PuzmU : This is the common Opinion; and
those Arches are usually call’d Caligula’s Bridge, ne Bridge os
by the People of the Country ; They admire this Caligula.
Miracle, and entertain Strangers with it, as the
rarest, and most surprizing thing in the World :
And it must; be acknowledg’d, so bold a piece of
Work wou’d not only deserve to be consider’d
with Application, but might be rank’d among
the greatest Prodigies. But, by misfortune, this
pretended Bridge is a meer Chimara. Suetonius
has so positively related the History of Caligula’s
Bridge, which was a Bridge of Boats, and not of
Brick or Stones, that I cannot imagine the reason
why so many Persons Ihould be prepossest with
such false Notions. The Hillorian relates the
Matter of Fadi clearly : Bajarum, saith he, medium in the Lise of
intervallum, & Puteolanas moles trium millium, & Caligula,§. 19
sexcentorum fere passuum ponte conjunxit, contraclis un-
dique oner ar its navi bus, dr or dine duplici ad anchor a s^a^unc
collocates ; fuperjelloo/ue aggere terreno, ac diretio in °
Appire viaformam. Primo die phalerato e^uo-- avir, biduo
Poftridie cpuadragario habitu, &c. Continents.
The Reasons which the Author adds, for this
Humorous Prince’s undertaking such a Work,
signifie nothing to the present purpose. Observe,
I pray, the term of Puteolanas Moles ; he doth not
say Puteolcs, but Puteolanas Moles. This clearly
explains what those Arches were, which we see
at present. This was properly what we call a
Mole in our Language, a Rampart against the, There art n
violence of the Waves, that Velsels might ride in nrtbes.
safety in the Harbour. This is a thing commonly
pradtised in Sea-Ports. It is true, that this Mole
was
Taking Boat to go to the Lake Lucrin, which
is two Miles from PuXMtli, we had time to consi-
■der the famous Arches, which, according'to the
vulgar Opinion, are the Remains of the Bridge
which Caligula caused to be built from Baya to
PuzmU : This is the common Opinion; and
those Arches are usually call’d Caligula’s Bridge, ne Bridge os
by the People of the Country ; They admire this Caligula.
Miracle, and entertain Strangers with it, as the
rarest, and most surprizing thing in the World :
And it must; be acknowledg’d, so bold a piece of
Work wou’d not only deserve to be consider’d
with Application, but might be rank’d among
the greatest Prodigies. But, by misfortune, this
pretended Bridge is a meer Chimara. Suetonius
has so positively related the History of Caligula’s
Bridge, which was a Bridge of Boats, and not of
Brick or Stones, that I cannot imagine the reason
why so many Persons Ihould be prepossest with
such false Notions. The Hillorian relates the
Matter of Fadi clearly : Bajarum, saith he, medium in the Lise of
intervallum, & Puteolanas moles trium millium, & Caligula,§. 19
sexcentorum fere passuum ponte conjunxit, contraclis un-
dique oner ar its navi bus, dr or dine duplici ad anchor a s^a^unc
collocates ; fuperjelloo/ue aggere terreno, ac diretio in °
Appire viaformam. Primo die phalerato e^uo-- avir, biduo
Poftridie cpuadragario habitu, &c. Continents.
The Reasons which the Author adds, for this
Humorous Prince’s undertaking such a Work,
signifie nothing to the present purpose. Observe,
I pray, the term of Puteolanas Moles ; he doth not
say Puteolcs, but Puteolanas Moles. This clearly
explains what those Arches were, which we see
at present. This was properly what we call a
Mole in our Language, a Rampart against the, There art n
violence of the Waves, that Velsels might ride in nrtbes.
safety in the Harbour. This is a thing commonly
pradtised in Sea-Ports. It is true, that this Mole
was