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being asked what he thought of it, answered: if St. Mark had such a countenance as this, as its likely he had, a man might almost, for his lookes sake, believe all that he wrote: for, never did I see (said he) any man have more the lookes of a good man then this.
12. Going from hence we were presently at the Domo.The Domo. This, I believe, was the finest Church in Italy when it was built. It was anciently called S. Reparatas Church; but since it is called Santa Maria Florida, a fit name for the Cathedral of Florence. The foundations and architecture of it were contrived by Arrolfo di Lapo, a Dutchman, and a la maniera rustica, saith Vasari of it, in his lifes of Painters. Its one of the neatest Churches without that I ever beheld; being clad in white, red, and black marble, but its onely white plastered within, with pillars of a dark coloured freestone. What if the Architect of this Church were somewhat of Diogenes his minde? and as Diogenes thought the Worldwould
