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 a little River on Horseback, we entred into the Milanese, and came at night to Tortona a strong frontier Town of the Milanese, where Charles the VIII of France, in his return from the Conquest of Naples, beat the Venetians and the Milanesi in a battel.

From Tortana we went the next day to Pavia, the second Town of the State of Milan, and once the Seat of twelve Kings of the Longobards. It stands upon the River Ticinum, and hence its also called in Latin Ticinum. Heres an University, either founded or furnished at first, with Readers, or by Readers of the University of Oxford. The chief Colledges are, that of Pius Quintus, and that of S. Charles Boromæus. The other remarkable things here, are. 1. The Domo, in which lieth buried the body of a holy Bishop of this Town, called Sauli, who was contemporary to S. Charles Borromæus and of the same Pastoral spirit and zeal. Near the great door of this Church (on the inside) they shew you a little Mast of a Boat which