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rious Cabinet, or two, of Ivory cups brought out of Germany by Prince Matthias. In the same Cabinet I saw the picture of Cardinal Bembo in a neat Mosaick work; and an other piece of divers Birds in Mosaick also, rarely done by Marcellus Provincialis. I saw also there divers little old Pagan Idols in Iron and Brass, a design of Raphaels own hand; and some good Pictures.
In the second Cabinet I saw two great Globes, which were made in this roome, being too great ever to be carryed out, or brought into it by the doore.The 2. Cabinet. I saw also here a curious Table of polished stones representing a Town in Bohemia, with divers pictures of Men, Horses, and Landskips: where there is a Tree represented most naturally, because it is represented by the very wood of a tree Petrifyed into stone, and looking like wood as it was; and shining like polish'd stone, as it now is. The statues, or busto's of three or four of the Great Dukes, in Porphyry. A curious looking glass over the inside of the door, whichplaced