living, etc.; and the only real phoenix is possessed by the inhabi-
tants of this city. On the exterior are shown all the races of
creeping animals, serpents, dragons, and worms; the insects,
the flies, gnats, beetles, etc., in their different states, strength,
venoms, and uses, and a great deal more than you or I can think
of.

On the fifth interior they have all the larger animals of the
earth, as many in number as would astonish you. We indeed
know not the thousandth part of them, for on the exterior wall
also a great many of immense size are also portrayed. To be
sure, of horses alone, how great a number of breeds there is and
how beautiful are the forms there cleverly displayed!

On the sixth interior are painted all the mechanical arts, with
the several instruments for each and their manner of use among
different nations. Alongside, the dignity of such is placed, and
their several inventors are named. But on the exterior all the
inventors in science, in warfare, and in law are represented.
There I saw Moses, Osiris, Jupiter, Mercury, Lycurgus, Pom-
pilius, Pythagoras, Zamolxis, Solon, Charondas, Phoroneus,
with very many others. They even have Mahomet, whom
nevertheless they hate as a false and sordid legislator. In the
most dignified position I saw a representation of Jesus Christ
and of the twelve Apostles, whom they consider very worthy
and hold to be great. Of the representations of men, I per-
ceived Caesar, Alexander, Pyrrhus, and Hannibal in the high-
est place; and other very renowned heroes in peace and war,
especially Roman heroes, were painted in lower positions, under
the galleries. And when I asked with astonishment whence