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the Abbot could easily raise in his Ter-
ritories. But the Protestant Subjects of
the Abby, who they say make up a good
Third of its People, would probably, in
case of a War, abandon the Cause of
their Prince for that of their Religion.
The Town of St. Gaul has an Arsenal,
Library, Town-Houses, and Churches
proportionable to the Bigness of the
State. It is well enough fortify’d to re-
sill any sudden Attack, and to give the
Cantons time to come to their Assi-
stance. The Abby is by no means so
Magnificent as one would expert from
its Endowments. The Church is one
huge Nef with a double Aisse to it. At
each End is a large Quire. The one of
them is supported by vast Pillars of
Stone, cas’d over with a Composition
that looks the moll like Marble of any
thing one can imagine. On the Cieling
and Walls of the Church are Lists of
Saints, Martyrs, Popes, Cardinals, Arch-
Bishops, Kings and Queens that have
been of the Benedictine Order. There
are several Pictures os such as have been
distinguilh’d by their Birth, Sanftity, or
Miracles, with Inscriptions that let you
into the Name and History of the Per-
sons represented. I have often wiih’d
that some Traveller would take the Pains
to
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about hi
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Prccinft
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the bell
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tit
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Jltizen$d
Monks^
^•dooni
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[e Abbott,
IocKsupi:
s his Doi
je&tofe
omniafe
foraWss|‘
to, w
carrel, cM.
id appear'd
) a Fined
Switzerland. 379
the Abbot could easily raise in his Ter-
ritories. But the Protestant Subjects of
the Abby, who they say make up a good
Third of its People, would probably, in
case of a War, abandon the Cause of
their Prince for that of their Religion.
The Town of St. Gaul has an Arsenal,
Library, Town-Houses, and Churches
proportionable to the Bigness of the
State. It is well enough fortify’d to re-
sill any sudden Attack, and to give the
Cantons time to come to their Assi-
stance. The Abby is by no means so
Magnificent as one would expert from
its Endowments. The Church is one
huge Nef with a double Aisse to it. At
each End is a large Quire. The one of
them is supported by vast Pillars of
Stone, cas’d over with a Composition
that looks the moll like Marble of any
thing one can imagine. On the Cieling
and Walls of the Church are Lists of
Saints, Martyrs, Popes, Cardinals, Arch-
Bishops, Kings and Queens that have
been of the Benedictine Order. There
are several Pictures os such as have been
distinguilh’d by their Birth, Sanftity, or
Miracles, with Inscriptions that let you
into the Name and History of the Per-
sons represented. I have often wiih’d
that some Traveller would take the Pains
to