'A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.' [‎425] (478/562)

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wc got at fix in the evening fafe to the city of Trent, The feveral poft
towns we pafled through between Verona and this place were as follows.
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Aid — — — —
Roverido — — —
Trent — — —
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This city, though not very large, is well built. It is fituated in a plea- Trent.
fant plain, and the river Adige runs by it, over which is thrown a wooden
bridge of eight arches. While our carriages were fitting at Trent with an
additional pair of wheels, I took a coach and vifited St. Simon's tomb, who
lies buried in a church dedicated to him. I faw the reputed faint's
corpfe embalmed, lying on its back in a glafs cabinet, that is lodged
within the tomb. The room in which the remains are depofited, is hung
with pidures, badly painted, reprefenting the murder of the faint and his
two fons*.
In another church, which we afterwards vifited, we were fhewn a very
handfome altar-piece of four fpiral marble pillars; the fquare they form is
open at the top, and within it the altar is ere£ted. We were told, that this
altar-piece is done in imitation of one in St. Peter\ at Rome, which is in
high eftimation. We now repaired to a third church, much talked of in
thele parts for the excellency of its organ. 1 he prieft, at the time we
entered the church, was faying mafs; and yet by virtue of a ducat feafon-
ably prefented to the organift, we were highly entertained by fome mirth-
ful tunes which he did not fcruple to play at our requeft. The organ, is
a very good one, and moft elegantly ornamented with five well finifhed,
gilded, pilafters, which ftand projeding out of a handfome gallery, the
front of which is embellilhed with fome marble figures in Bajfo Relievo*
done by Vincent Vincenti. In this church we were fhewn a picture, repre
fenting the magiftrates of Trent fitting in council j this pi6lure they highly
• This Simon (who is here made a faint of) was, I apprehend, a fovereign prince of the
Jewsy and greatly diftinguifhed himfelf in freeing his country from a foreign yoke. He and
his two fons, Judas and Meutathias, were at laft barbaroufly murthered by Ptolemy the ion ot
Ahubusy who having married one of Simon's daughters, and being appointed governor of Jertcha
under him, invited him to a caftle he had built in the neighbourhood, to partake ot an
€ntertainment he had there provided. Simon and his fons fufpedhng no evil from lo nea.
a relation, accepted of the invitation, and went thither; but the perfidious wretch hav
ing laid a defign for the ufurping of the government q ( Judeciy hid men in the caftle where
the entertainment was made, and when his guefts had well drunk, he brought forth theic
murderers upon them, and affafiinated all three as they were fitting at the banquet.
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