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able, both in point of language and information, to mix with the natives. But at Rome and Naples I met with so many English, and found them all so ready to countenance and assist me in my enquiries, that I had no occasion, or, indeed, time, to deliver several letters, with which I was furnished, to eminent persons, in the literary and musical world, at those two capitals.
However, among the Romans I must distinguish il Cavalier Piranesi, who gave me several drawings, and pointed out proper objects for others, of such ancient instruments as still subsist entire, among the best remains of antiquity; the A- bate Orsini, a great collector of musical compositions and tracts, who, among other useful materials for my intended work, furnished me with a sight and ca- talogue of all the musical dramas that have been performed at Rome, from the beginning of the last century to the pre- sent time; Counsellor Reiffenstein, who,
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