publicum iter in medio, mirum et religioni proximum, belli quoque
immolatum temporibus, sic vero populi vox est, et nullis unquam
latrociniis attentatum, patet: Criptam Neapolitanam dicunt, cujus
et in epistolis ad Lucilium Seneca mentionem fecit. Sub finem fusci
tramitis, ubi primo videri coelum incipit, in aggere edito, ipsius
Virgilii busta visuntur, pervetusti operis, unde haec forsan ab
illo perforati montis fluxit opinio." ITINERARIUM SYRIACUM,--OPP.
p. 560, ed. Bas.

<117> From thence to Venice, Padua, and the rest,
In one of which a sumptuous temple stands, &c.] So the
later 4tos.--2to 1604 "In MIDST of which," &c.--THE HISTORY
OF DR. FAUSTUS shews WHAT "sumptuous temple" is meant: "From
thence he came to Venice. ...He wondred not a little at the
fairenesse of S. Marks Place, and the sumptuous church standing
thereon, called S. Marke, how all the pavement was set with
coloured stones, and all the rood or loft of the church double
gilded over." Sig. E 2, ed. 1648.

<118> Just through the midst, &c.] This and the next line are
not in 4to 1604. I have inserted them from the later 4tos, as
being absolutely necessary for the sense.

<119> Ponte] All the 4tos "Ponto."

<120> of] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<121> Then charm me, that I, &c.] A corrupted passage.--Compare
THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, Sig. E 3, ed. 1648; where, however,
the Cardinal, whom the Pope entertains, is called the Cardinal