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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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