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A  Young  man  about  twenty  fout  years  old  hapen'd
to  be  in  a  corner  of  the  great  Market  place  atNa-
plesj.a  fpriteful  man,  and  pleafant,  of  a  middle  ftature,
black-ey'd,  rather  lean  then  fat,  having  a  fmall  tuff  of
haire;  he  wore  linnen  (lops,  a  bhw  waftcoat,  and
w«nt  barefoot,  with  a  Mariaerscap,  but  he  was  of  x
good  countenance,  ftout  and  lively  as  could  be,  as  the
effevfts  will  fhew.  His  profeiTton  was  to  angle  for  little
fifh  with  2  cane,  hook  and  line,  as  alfo  to  buy  fifh,  and
to  carry  and  retail  them  to  fome  tltat  dwelt  in  his  quarter;
and  fuch  men  are  called  in  Naples  Tefclvotddi.  His
Viimtyii^Tomafo  ylnellooi  Amalfi,  but  vulgarly  call'd
Mafarjiello  by  contraction.  This  man  dwelt  in  the  Mar-?
ket  place,  and  under  the  window  of  his  houfe  there  wefe
the  Arms  and  name  of  ^A^r/^/  the  fifth,  very  antient^
towards  the  left  fide  of  a  fountain  hard  by,  which  might

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je  attributed  to  a  m jfterious  prefage  that  he  fliouW  re=*
new,  and  fet  afoot,  as  he  himfelf  wold  fay  often  very.
