_Mondragone_ stands upon an Eminence, and fronts the City. ’Tis a large Building, after the Model of the Palace of _Monte-cavallo_. The Apartments are spacious, but very sorrily furnish’d. The House at the Vineyard _Pinciano_ is only magnificent on Account of the rare Sculptures with which ’tis adorn’d. ’Tis almost intirely cover’d on the Outside with stately Basso-relievos, of antique Marble, among which, ’tis a Pleasure to see _Curtius_ on Horseback, throwing himself and Horse headlong into the Gulph, to deliver his Country from the Pestilence. The Statue of _Belisarius_, in the Attitude of a poor Man begging Alms, is so well made, that it raises Compassion. The Apartments, tho’ very ill furnish’d, are adorn’d with fine Pictures and Statues: Among the latter, you wou’d admire _David_ holding his Sling, cut in Marble by Signior _Bernini_; the Groupe representing _Daphne_ beginning to be metamorphos’d into a Laurel, at the Nick of Time when the God of Day is going to embrace her; the ancient Statue of _Seneca_ expiring in the Bath, which is of antique black Marble, representing the Philosopher up to the Middle of his Legs in a Cistern, or Vessel of _African_ Stone, of modern Workmanship; the famous Statue of the _Gladiator_ in a fighting Posture, the Work of _Agasias_ the _Ephesian_, as the _Greek_ Inscription denotes, which is at the Foot of the Statue; and in fine, the fair Hermaphrodite lying on a Matrass, all of Marble, of curious Workmanship. ’Tis said that this Statue was discover’d under the Foundations of the Front of the Church of Our Lady of _Victoria_, at the Time that Cardinal _Scipio Borghese_ caus’d it to be erected; and really ’tis so curious a Piece, that it wou’d have been pity it had not been found, and brought again to Light. Were I to tell you of all the other Statues of the Prince _Borghese_, I shou’d never have done; for no King in the World has so many, or so fine; and he may boast of being the Owner of a Treasure that is inestimable.