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106 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 206.
he was led to think (inbillade) that I had not a stiver about
me. The provinces of Novara and Tortona have become the
possession of the King of Sardinia.
April 9. I arrived at Milan, which is a large and populous
town. I was in the following places : 1. In the cathedral,
which is two hundred ells long to the choir and high in pro
portion ; it has five aisles with four rows of columns, all of
pure marble. It is covered with marble on the exterior, and
is decorated with many marble statues and ornaments ; even
the roof is of marble. They continue building from year to
year ; it will probably never be finished.* Among the marble
statues in the interior St. Bartholomew’s is considered
the most remarkable ; all the muscles are shown; but the
subject does not seem to me well represented. A great
number of silver lamps are continually burning. Under the
choir are the tombs of many saints, especially the tomb of
San Carlo, which abounds in silver ornaments on which the
miracles of the saint are represented ; an altar is erected in
his honour, on which money is laid. 2. I visited the great
hospital [Ospedate Maggiore], one of the finest and largest in
existence ; the portraits of all those who have contributed to
its funds, painted by the great masters, are in a hall. The
service in the hospital is performed entirely by bastards ; for
foundlings in great number are received in a drawer. The
sick are treated well ; every one in his bed, both women and
men. There are special halls for the wounded, for there is
a great number of them, on account of the many assassin
ations. I visited also the kitchen, the cellar, the building for
washing, which are all excellent. 3. There is a smaller hospital
for persons of quality, which is very well appointed, -all
the attendants are fathers of a convent. 4. I saw the palace
where the archbishop, who has recently been created a
cardinal, resides : his name is Stampa. 5. The governor’s palace
which is close by is also large. 6. They have an opera-house ;
the theatre is said to be the very largest; yet it is not so
large as it is reported ; it has five tiers and it accommodates
* When the editor visited Milan in 1874, they were still engaged in
repairing and finishing it.
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