Copy of a Certificate given to the Author by the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, at Jerusalem, as a testimonial of his Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, &c.-The Original bears the Seal of St. Salvador, together with the Signature, of the President, and of the Secretary.
F. PRUDENTIUS FRASCHETTI DE FLORENTIA. Ordinis Minorum Seraphisi Sancti Patris nostri Francisci Almæ Observantis Provinciæ Tusciae Lector, Prædicator, et Aggregatus, Sacra Congregationi de Prapaganda Fide Responsalis, Missionum Egypti, et Cypri Præfectus, in Partibus Orientis Commissarius Apostolicus, Sacri Montis Sion, et sanctissimi Sepulchri Domini nostri Jesu Christi Præses, Custos et visitator totius Terræe Sanctæ, et humilis in Domino Servus ;-
"Noveritis, qualiter illustrissimus Dominus EDWARDUS DANIEL CLARKE, AT- miger, Artium Magister, Collegii Jesu Cantabrigiensis Socius, devotionis gratia suscepit peregrinationem ad Sancta Loca, anno 1801, et die 9 mensis Julii, Ierosolymam appulit: inde subsequentibus diebus, præcipua Sanctuaria, in quibus Mundi Salvator sum populum dilectum, imo et totius humani genetis massam dammatam, a miserabili Dæmonum protestate misericorditur salvavit; utpote Calvarium, ubi cruci affixus devicta morte, cœli januas nobis aperuit; Sepulchrum, ubi sacrosanctum ejus corpus reconditum triduo ante suam gloriosissimam resurrectionem quievit; Montem Sion ubi cum Discipulis ultimam fecit cœnam; Hortum Getsemani; Montem Oliveti, ubi videntibus Discipulis, ad cœlos ascendit Dominus, suorum pedum vestigia in æternam reliquens memoriam; cæteraque alia in et extra Ierosolymam constituta. Item et Bethlehem, ubi idem Salvator Mundi de Virgine Maria nasci non est sane dedignatus ; et quæ circa Bethlehem, et in via Bethlehemitica conspiciuntur. Insuper et quæ In Galilæa similitur continentur; nimirum domum Nazareth, ubi beata Virgo ab Angelo salutata meruit Filium Dei concipere incarnatum; Mare Tiberiadis, cujus mentio sæpe fit in Sacris Evangelii paginis, propter assiduam Christi Domini con- yuetudinem; civitatem Cana Galilea, ubi primum miraculum fecit Dominus; aliaque
omnia loca, quæ in universa Judæa et Galilaa continentur, gressibus Domini, ac beatissime ejus Matris consecrata, et a peregrinis visitari solita, visitavit; in quorum omnium, et singulorum fidem, has manu nostra subscriptas, et Sigillo majori Officii nostri munitas expediri mandavimus. Datum ex hoc nostro Conventu Sancti Salva- toris Civitatis Jerusalem, die 12 Mens. Julii, An. 1801.
"FRO. PRUDENTIUS FRASCHETTI, DE FLORENTIA,
PRESES ET CUSTOS TOTIUS TERRE SANCTE.
"DE MANDATO PRUDENTIE SUE REVERENDISIME
F. DARIUS, DE GRECIO, Secretarius Terræ Sanctæ,
Temperature of the Atmosphere, according to Diurnal Observation; with a corresponding statement of temperature in England during the same period, as extracted from the Re- gister kept in the apartments of the Royal Society of London, by order of the President and Council.
N. B. The Observatious during the Journey, were always made at noon; those of the Royal Society, at 2 P. M. and both on the scale of Fahrenheit.
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