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VENETIAN INSCRIPTION.
203
of the good old times. Thus, knowing not either how
to plough his field, or to dig his vineyard himself, he
finds it easier to keep a shop in the city than to dwell
on his land in the country. I was assured by many
persons that this class of new residents at Megalo-
Kastron is numerous.
Near the old Jewish quarter of the city is seen a
Venetian fountain, which, however, has long ceased to
be supplied with water. The following Latin inscrip-
tion records the occasion of its erection, and the name
of the Venetian Proveditor by whose beneficence it was
built.
D. O. M.
BELLO STVANTE QVATVOR
ELAPSIS I AM LVSTRIS VRB1
OBSESS^E AQVIS EXHAVSTtE
LATICES E TERRiE LATE BRIS
EXTRA MOENIA SVRGENTES
MIRA SOLERTIA PROVIDA
CHARITATE AVXIT ANTONIVS
PRIOLVS IN DIFFICILLIMIS
REIPVBLICiE TEMPORIBVS
PROV. GENERALIS EXTRA
ORDINEM PIVS PRVDENS
OPTIME MERITVS NONDVM
CRETJi PERFVNCTO REGIMINE
AD CONSVLAREM VENETIARM
MOX PROCONSVLAREM DAL:
MATIiE ALBANIA Q. FASTIGIVM
SVMA ACCLAMATIONE EVECTVS
ANNO DNI MDCLXVI.
, 1
After my long and interesting conversation with
Ratib-effendi, mentioned in the latter part of the pre-
ceding chapter, I rode, attended only by Captain Manias,
past the village of Fortezza to " Cave-bridge1,1' near
which I noticed several caverns, and many ancient
VENETIAN INSCRIPTION.
203
of the good old times. Thus, knowing not either how
to plough his field, or to dig his vineyard himself, he
finds it easier to keep a shop in the city than to dwell
on his land in the country. I was assured by many
persons that this class of new residents at Megalo-
Kastron is numerous.
Near the old Jewish quarter of the city is seen a
Venetian fountain, which, however, has long ceased to
be supplied with water. The following Latin inscrip-
tion records the occasion of its erection, and the name
of the Venetian Proveditor by whose beneficence it was
built.
D. O. M.
BELLO STVANTE QVATVOR
ELAPSIS I AM LVSTRIS VRB1
OBSESS^E AQVIS EXHAVSTtE
LATICES E TERRiE LATE BRIS
EXTRA MOENIA SVRGENTES
MIRA SOLERTIA PROVIDA
CHARITATE AVXIT ANTONIVS
PRIOLVS IN DIFFICILLIMIS
REIPVBLICiE TEMPORIBVS
PROV. GENERALIS EXTRA
ORDINEM PIVS PRVDENS
OPTIME MERITVS NONDVM
CRETJi PERFVNCTO REGIMINE
AD CONSVLAREM VENETIARM
MOX PROCONSVLAREM DAL:
MATIiE ALBANIA Q. FASTIGIVM
SVMA ACCLAMATIONE EVECTVS
ANNO DNI MDCLXVI.
, 1
After my long and interesting conversation with
Ratib-effendi, mentioned in the latter part of the pre-
ceding chapter, I rode, attended only by Captain Manias,
past the village of Fortezza to " Cave-bridge1,1' near
which I noticed several caverns, and many ancient