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Bolognia [[Bologna]]
a Roman charity - by [[Papinelli]].
a fine Hall with Tapistry
from ye [the] Goblins at [[Paris]] -
Next to this is -
A grand room - with an exquisite
Cieling in Fresco by [[Francesceno]]
containing in ye [the] Middle a beautifull
fortune - in the appearance of a
Venus led on by a blind Cupid, -
wh'ch [which] opportunity with hairy foretop, like a Venus, leads on in Chains
This is a most beautifull Figure of a woman [naked?] by D- [Ditto]
The Walls are covered with [[brussells]]
Tapistery - with beautif'll [beautiful] Designs
wh'ch [which] were drawn by -
by [[Reubens]] -
The good Samiratan - by [[Spagniolet]]
Story of Renaldo leaving Armida
led away by fortune
who faints away - taken from
[[Tasso]] -
} by [[Grassian]]
NB (A most curious cabinet of drawers
with 6 pieces of mirror so placed in
panels partly facing one another as
to multiply the Image of the Specta
-tor abt [about] 20 times -
St. Jerome by [[Guido]] - dead painting
not finished -
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