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in the water; and all things that belong to fire, are so curiously painted in their several particular shapes and colours, that these four pieces are an abridgment of all Nature, and the admiration of all that behold them. There are some other good pieces here too; as the Magdalen fallen into an extasie: the rapt of the Sabins; and divers others.
The others Houses about the Town, as Millefleur belonging to the Duke; the Villa of the Princess Marie; with divers others which shew themselves upon the Hill side, are very stately, and worth seeing.
From Turin to Genua.Having thus seen Turin, we left the ordinary road, which leads to Milan (to wit, by the way of Vercelle and Novara, two strong Towns frontier to one another, through which I passed in another Voyage) and, to avoid two Armies which lay in the way, chose to steer towards Genua by the low way of Savona. And passing through a melancholy Country by Altare and other little Towns for the space of three days, we came at last to Savona,Savona
