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Vol.II. to ITALY. 223
Course is to be Rill taking, and not trouble their
Heads with other Matters.
Martin the Fisth having * bless’d the Altar, be- *Oftober 16.
fore St. Charles Borromeo consecrated the Church, 1648. above
the f Statue of that Pope was erected in the Quire. IOOO°o
He is represented without a Beard, and with the
Face of a young Man, tho’ he was Fifty Years/,e,//£4-
old when he was advanc’d to the Papal Chair. ™>nyand
many Persons
were flissed in the Crowd. Morigi. t This Statue -was made by one Jaco-
binus, who, in the Infcription under it ,is [aid to exceed Praxiteles.
Prazstantis Imaginis Author,
De Tradate fuit Jacobinus in arte profundus,
Non Praxitele minor sed major farier ausim.
The lasi Verse limps. Near this Statue is that os Pius IV.
Behind the Quire, the Catalogue of the Relicks
in this Church is engrav’d on two Tables of
Marble, among which I observ’d a piece os
H Mofes’s Rod. The .'. Nail of the Crucifixion of || This Rod or
which they say Conftantine made a Bit for a Bridle, Wand is [aid
is the most reslected Relick in Milan. ’Tis fa- M
sten’d to the Roof above the great Altar, and Lateral L-
sarrounded with five Lights, which burn night fides this Piece,
and day. In the Year 1^76. Cardinal Borromeo,there is ano-
call'd St. Charles, carried it in a solemn Procession fj0}
to stop the Plague; lie walk’d bare-foot, with a intimated be-
great Rope about his Neck, tho’ he was also/««; ^Ba-
cloath’d with the usual Ornaments of a Cardinal, tonms relates,
aster Glaber,
that there was a third sound nt Sens, Anno 1008. Rabbi Abarbinel, after
a long Dissertation, and many trissing Conjectures concerning this Wand, con-
cludes, that Moses carried <t to the Mountain where he dy'd, and that it was
asterwards plac'd in his Tomb. But, aster all, it was never known what became
either os this, or os the -4rk. .’. Tis the Opinion os same Mat hors , That
Theodosius rhe Great gave this Nail to St. Ambrose ; others say, that Saint
went to look for it in the Shop os a certain Ironmonger at Rome, call'd Pau-
lino, where he was warn'd in a Dream that he jbotild find it.
The * Pavement of this Church is finer and ’ This Pave-
more solid, than that of St. Teters at Rome, where ment ts vot
„ yet finiflo'd.
Tlx Charge of it will amount to 661^0 Crowns, ' wjlhout reckoning that os the
Quire, which has already coss $250. Morigi. J the
Course is to be Rill taking, and not trouble their
Heads with other Matters.
Martin the Fisth having * bless’d the Altar, be- *Oftober 16.
fore St. Charles Borromeo consecrated the Church, 1648. above
the f Statue of that Pope was erected in the Quire. IOOO°o
He is represented without a Beard, and with the
Face of a young Man, tho’ he was Fifty Years/,e,//£4-
old when he was advanc’d to the Papal Chair. ™>nyand
many Persons
were flissed in the Crowd. Morigi. t This Statue -was made by one Jaco-
binus, who, in the Infcription under it ,is [aid to exceed Praxiteles.
Prazstantis Imaginis Author,
De Tradate fuit Jacobinus in arte profundus,
Non Praxitele minor sed major farier ausim.
The lasi Verse limps. Near this Statue is that os Pius IV.
Behind the Quire, the Catalogue of the Relicks
in this Church is engrav’d on two Tables of
Marble, among which I observ’d a piece os
H Mofes’s Rod. The .'. Nail of the Crucifixion of || This Rod or
which they say Conftantine made a Bit for a Bridle, Wand is [aid
is the most reslected Relick in Milan. ’Tis fa- M
sten’d to the Roof above the great Altar, and Lateral L-
sarrounded with five Lights, which burn night fides this Piece,
and day. In the Year 1^76. Cardinal Borromeo,there is ano-
call'd St. Charles, carried it in a solemn Procession fj0}
to stop the Plague; lie walk’d bare-foot, with a intimated be-
great Rope about his Neck, tho’ he was also/««; ^Ba-
cloath’d with the usual Ornaments of a Cardinal, tonms relates,
aster Glaber,
that there was a third sound nt Sens, Anno 1008. Rabbi Abarbinel, after
a long Dissertation, and many trissing Conjectures concerning this Wand, con-
cludes, that Moses carried <t to the Mountain where he dy'd, and that it was
asterwards plac'd in his Tomb. But, aster all, it was never known what became
either os this, or os the -4rk. .’. Tis the Opinion os same Mat hors , That
Theodosius rhe Great gave this Nail to St. Ambrose ; others say, that Saint
went to look for it in the Shop os a certain Ironmonger at Rome, call'd Pau-
lino, where he was warn'd in a Dream that he jbotild find it.
The * Pavement of this Church is finer and ’ This Pave-
more solid, than that of St. Teters at Rome, where ment ts vot
„ yet finiflo'd.
Tlx Charge of it will amount to 661^0 Crowns, ' wjlhout reckoning that os the
Quire, which has already coss $250. Morigi. J the