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[[Venice]]
lighted up, & having many of them bands
of Music on board, w'ch [which] afforded an agree-
able Prospect -
Sunday July 28. Saw some Churches
this morning as well as in the afternoon
& Monasteries - the Architect're [Architecture] of w'ch [which] was good -
but the good Pictures not very numerous
we dined with [[Mr. Martens]] ye [the] danish Consul,
marry'd [married] to an english Lady, & himself speaks
english - we had a Letter of Introduct'n [Introduction]
from his Son who was our Compagnion
from Rome to Naples & back to Rome +
In the evening saw went to the
Hospital d'incurabili [[Ospedale degli Incurabili]], to hear the girls
Sing - both the instrumental & vocal
music time, but to our regret heard that
the celebrated [[Reg. Rossi]] sung there no more
having been marry'd [married] & left the Hospital
7 or 8 Months ago -
Monday July 29th: Went to view
the Library of St. Marks [[Biblioteca Marciana]]-- the Church & the
Palace of the Doge, with the Courts of Justice
in w'ch [which] we saw some Paintings by [[Paul Veronese]]
[[Tintoret]] & [[Titian]], but nothing else extraordinary -
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