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120 Ferrara, Ravenna, Rimini.

an Inscription in Gothic Characters, that
has nothing in it remarkable; the o-
ther is a square Piece of Marble, that
by the Inscription appears ancient,
and by the Ornaments about it shows
it self to have been a little Pagan Mo-
nument of Two Persons that were
Shipwreck'd, perhaps in the Place
where now their Monument stands.
The first Line and a half, that tells
their Names and Families in Prose, is
not legible; the rest runs thus,

--Raniae domus hos produxit alumnos,
Libertatis opus contulit una Dies.
Naufragamors pariter rapuit quos junxe-
[rat ante,
Et duplices luctus mors per iniqua
[dedit.

Both with the same Indulgent Master
bless'd,
On the same Day their Liberty pos-
sess'd:

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