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At Vespers I heard the same story sung in an oratorio, set by the Abate Feroce, in which Signor Fibbietti, the tenor, had a capital part, to which he did great jus- tice; during this performance, the whole town was illuminated in an elegant man- ner, and there were very ingenious fire- works played off in the great square; and, in justice to the pacific disposition of the Tuscans, I must observe, that though there were at least 20,000 people assem- bled together on this occasion, without guards, yet not the least accident or dis- turbance happened. This may perhaps be owing, in some measure, to the pecu- liar sobriety of the Italians, as I do not remember to have seen one drunken person during the whole time I was in Italy.
It being impossible to procure a bed, if I would have paid eight or ten sequins for it, and the night being very fine, I set out at eleven o'clock for Florence,
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