I
Likewise Visited The Libreria Casanatense, Belonging To The
Convent Of The Church Called S. Maria Sopra Minerva.
I had a
recommendation to the principal librarian, a Dominican friar, who
received me very politely, and regaled me with a sight of several
curious MSS.
Of the classics.
Having satisfied my curiosity at Rome, I prepared for my
departure, and as the road between Radicofani and Montefiascone
is very stony and disagreeable, I asked the banker Barazzi, if
there was not a better way of returning to Florence, expressing a
desire at the same time to see the cascade of Terni. He assured
me that the road by Terni was forty miles shorter than the other,
much more safe and easy, and accommodated with exceeding good
auberges. Had I taken the trouble to cast my eyes upon the map, I
must have seen, that the road by Terni, instead of being forty
miles shorter, was much longer than the other: but this was not
the only mistake of Signiore Barazzi. Great part of this way lies
over steep mountains, or along the side of precipices, which
render travelling in a carriage exceeding tedious, dreadful, and
dangerous; and as for the public houses, they are in all respects
the most execrable that ever I entered. I will venture to say
that a common prisoner in the Marshalsea or King's-Bench is more
cleanly and commodiously lodged than we were in many places on
this road. The houses are abominably nasty, and generally
destitute of provision:
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