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•Vol.IL to ITALY. 185
themselves. The fewenth is adorn’d with Vesfels
of Porcelain. And the five following are full
of an amazing Number and Variety of Curiosi-
ties. They contain also great Store of Arms of all
Fashions, and of all Countries, among which we
took notice of a Musket with a Golden Barrel.
Here is also the great Magnet, which us’d former-
ly to lift up Fifty Pounds of Iron, but at present
its Vigour is much diminilh’d : And the * Hcrfe-* This Horfe ,
tall, which is twenty Foot long, may be justly
reckon’d among these Curiosities. Great Duke
The most precious and valuable Rarities are by late
kept in the OCtogonal Room, call’d the f Tribune, Charles
which is twenty Foot in diameter, and is cover'd Ba°”Ln’
with an arch’d Dome. The Floor is pav’d with Buontalenti.
several sorts of Marble artificially laid together ;
the Walls are hung with Crimson Velvet, beauti-
fied with an infinite number of rare Ornaments;
the Windows are of Crystal; and the inside of
the Dome is overlaid with Mother of Pearl. No-
thing is admitted into this Place, but what is os
great Value and exquisite Beauty. You have
doubtless read, in Tavernier <■> Travels, the Descrip-
tion os that lovely * Diamond which justly claims "Thid Diamtmif
the first Rank among the Jewels of this Cabinet.
Among other Rarities, these deserve to be men-^h
tion d : an antique Head of julius Csejar, of one rats and a
entire Turquoise, as big as an Egg ; a Cupboard hals, 'dispity
full of Vessels of Agat, Lapis Laz,uli, Cornelian,-^’/' Faver-
and Chrystal of the Rock, the whole garni/h’d l?”
with Gold and fine Jewels; a large Table sire os it
Cabinet of inlaid Work, wholly compos’d ofpy^" to »
Oriental Jasper, Chalcedony, Rubies, Topazes,
and other Precious Stones , admirably well
wrought; a Collection ci very rare Medals; a
prodigious number of antique Pieces of carv’d
and engrav’d Work, very entire, and extremely
well kept; seleCt Pidturss, or, to (peak more pro-
perly,
themselves. The fewenth is adorn’d with Vesfels
of Porcelain. And the five following are full
of an amazing Number and Variety of Curiosi-
ties. They contain also great Store of Arms of all
Fashions, and of all Countries, among which we
took notice of a Musket with a Golden Barrel.
Here is also the great Magnet, which us’d former-
ly to lift up Fifty Pounds of Iron, but at present
its Vigour is much diminilh’d : And the * Hcrfe-* This Horfe ,
tall, which is twenty Foot long, may be justly
reckon’d among these Curiosities. Great Duke
The most precious and valuable Rarities are by late
kept in the OCtogonal Room, call’d the f Tribune, Charles
which is twenty Foot in diameter, and is cover'd Ba°”Ln’
with an arch’d Dome. The Floor is pav’d with Buontalenti.
several sorts of Marble artificially laid together ;
the Walls are hung with Crimson Velvet, beauti-
fied with an infinite number of rare Ornaments;
the Windows are of Crystal; and the inside of
the Dome is overlaid with Mother of Pearl. No-
thing is admitted into this Place, but what is os
great Value and exquisite Beauty. You have
doubtless read, in Tavernier <■> Travels, the Descrip-
tion os that lovely * Diamond which justly claims "Thid Diamtmif
the first Rank among the Jewels of this Cabinet.
Among other Rarities, these deserve to be men-^h
tion d : an antique Head of julius Csejar, of one rats and a
entire Turquoise, as big as an Egg ; a Cupboard hals, 'dispity
full of Vessels of Agat, Lapis Laz,uli, Cornelian,-^’/' Faver-
and Chrystal of the Rock, the whole garni/h’d l?”
with Gold and fine Jewels; a large Table sire os it
Cabinet of inlaid Work, wholly compos’d ofpy^" to »
Oriental Jasper, Chalcedony, Rubies, Topazes,
and other Precious Stones , admirably well
wrought; a Collection ci very rare Medals; a
prodigious number of antique Pieces of carv’d
and engrav’d Work, very entire, and extremely
well kept; seleCt Pidturss, or, to (peak more pro-
perly,