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scape away, his goods cannot be confiscated.
I staid six dayes here, in which time I saw these things.
The Dominicans Church.1. The Dominicans Church and Convent. In the Church, I saw the Tomb of S. Dominick, Founder of that Order. Its all of White Marble cut with curious Figures relating to his Life. In this Church is kept a Famous Manuscript, to wit, the Bible it self written in Parchment by Esdras himself, saith Leandro Alberto the Cambden of Italy, and a Fryar of this Convent. They shew you also here a curious Lamp sent to S. Dominicks Tomb by the new converted Indians. Its of a most rare workmanship. Behind the high Altar stands the Quire so famous for the Seats, which are of a rare Mosaick Work of Coloured Wood inlaid into Pictures representing the Old and New Testaments, and all wrought by one Lay Brother called Fra. Damiano di Bergamo. This kind of Mosaick Work in Wood was anciently (saith Vasari) called Tarsia, and in this kind of WorkBru
