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a very magnificent Church is built_
in form of a latin Cross, so that the holy
House stands under the Dome_

The Paintings of this Church are not
remarkable, tho' [though] there is a piece of the
[assumption] Salutation of the Virgin by Barrachi_
there is also a fine bronze Baptistery by Bernini_
The Doors of the Church are brass with Scripture History, the face
of our Savr. [Saviour] bearing the Cross is almost effaced by continual kissing.

The Treasury_ is on one
side of this Church_ Before the Altar
are two Images of Massy Silver_ one of a
Queen, the other of some Hero at the holy land
as large as Life_ & of excellent workmanship_
our guide told us the Queen had been made
or obliged by the Madonna to present her
with this Statue or Portrait of herself_ The
other a voluntary offer of the Chevalier of the
Chevalier on some extraordinary_

The Jewels [illegible?] of this Treasury
are beyond Number, & of the most extraord
=inary Size & Value, in so much as
greatly to surpass the riches of the holy house
being Presents from a succession of Emperors
Kings Princes & Nobility thro' [through] ages deposited
in this place

There are abundance of Gold & Silr [silver]
Utensils very large as Candlesticks Vases &c [et cetera]_

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