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 circumference of the rare Castle; and the whole Country round about for twenty miles on every side: a sight so pleasant, that I would wish my Traveller, not only to mount up to the top of this Steeple, but (for this Steeples sake) to make it his constant practise (as I did) to mount up the chief Steeple of all great Towns.

13. The great Hospital built in a quadrangle upon arches and round pillars is a most magnificent thing. Really if sickness were not a little unwholesome and troublesome, a man would almost wish to be a little sick here, where a King, though in health, might lodge handsomely. The place where the sick people are kept, is built cross-wise, and in the middle of that cross, stands an open Altar where all the sick people from their several quarters and from their very beds, may hear the Divine service at once. Four thousand men are entertained daily in this Hospital, and therefore it hath great Revenues. S. Charles was a great Benefactor to