Butnow,myFaustus,thatthoumaystperceiveWhatRomecontainsfortodelightthineeyes,KnowthatthiscitystandsuponsevenhillsThatunderpropthegroundworkofthesame:
JustthroughthemidstrunsflowingTiber’sstream,Withwindingbanksthatcutitintwoparts;
Overthewhichtwostatelybridgeslean,ThatmakesafepassagetoeachpartofRome:
Uponthebridgecall’dPonteAngeloErectedisacastlepassingstrong,Wherethoushaltseesuchstoreofordnance,Asthatthedoublecannons,forg’dofbrass,Domatchthenumberofthedayscontain’dWithinthecompassofonecompleteyear;
Besidethegates,andhighpyramides,ThatJuliusCaesarbroughtfromAfrica。