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Vol. II. to ITALY. 219
LETTER XXXI.
SIR,
TH O’ the City of Milan has been often wa- MILAN the
lied , and even * utterly destroy’d by the a Bi~
terrible Scourges of War and t'eflilence, it js so well
recover’d at present, that it may be justly rec- Frederic I.
kon’d among the belt and finest Cities in Europe, cull'd Barba-
its Figure is pretty round, its Walls are ten Miles rossa, it,
in compass, and I’m positively assur’d, that it sX£-
contains no lets than Three hundred thousand mly pome
Inhabitants: But I have reason to suspeit the Ex- churches.
adnest of this Computation. There are not ma-
ny InRances of so great a City built in the mid-
dle of the Land, without the conveniency of the
Sea, or of a s River. t?he Gentry
abounds with
pood Springs and Rivulets. Befides, the Canals brought the one srom the Tesin,
and the other srom the Adda, fill the Ditch os the inward Inclosure os the City
with running Water. The Fortifications, or outward Enclosure, were made
since the Desirusihm os the City by Barbarossa. Galeazzo Visconti, Father os
Azzo, attempted to make a navigable Canal between Milan and Pavia, but
the Execution os that De [fin was prevented by the Death os the Undertaker.
The Beginning os that Canal is sill to be seen near the Gate os Pavia.
I remember a certain Latin Author informs us,
That Mediolanum, or Mediolana, took its Name
* d Sue dimidid lanata, from a Sow half cover d * Circa an-
with Wool!, that wa§ found in the Place where num Mundi
the City was founded. . zt«7ciS'
conditur, lie di&a quod ibi apparuit Sus, qiwc pro media parte portabat
Lanam pro pilis. Wern. Roolwinck Er qua: lanigera de Sue nomen habet.
Sidon, dpoll. Lassels, who is, or at leas thinks himlels very happy in Etymo-
logic.;, imagine that Milano may be very well derivd srom Mirano , becaufe
'.fts an admirable City.
The
LETTER XXXI.
SIR,
TH O’ the City of Milan has been often wa- MILAN the
lied , and even * utterly destroy’d by the a Bi~
terrible Scourges of War and t'eflilence, it js so well
recover’d at present, that it may be justly rec- Frederic I.
kon’d among the belt and finest Cities in Europe, cull'd Barba-
its Figure is pretty round, its Walls are ten Miles rossa, it,
in compass, and I’m positively assur’d, that it sX£-
contains no lets than Three hundred thousand mly pome
Inhabitants: But I have reason to suspeit the Ex- churches.
adnest of this Computation. There are not ma-
ny InRances of so great a City built in the mid-
dle of the Land, without the conveniency of the
Sea, or of a s River. t?he Gentry
abounds with
pood Springs and Rivulets. Befides, the Canals brought the one srom the Tesin,
and the other srom the Adda, fill the Ditch os the inward Inclosure os the City
with running Water. The Fortifications, or outward Enclosure, were made
since the Desirusihm os the City by Barbarossa. Galeazzo Visconti, Father os
Azzo, attempted to make a navigable Canal between Milan and Pavia, but
the Execution os that De [fin was prevented by the Death os the Undertaker.
The Beginning os that Canal is sill to be seen near the Gate os Pavia.
I remember a certain Latin Author informs us,
That Mediolanum, or Mediolana, took its Name
* d Sue dimidid lanata, from a Sow half cover d * Circa an-
with Wool!, that wa§ found in the Place where num Mundi
the City was founded. . zt«7ciS'
conditur, lie di&a quod ibi apparuit Sus, qiwc pro media parte portabat
Lanam pro pilis. Wern. Roolwinck Er qua: lanigera de Sue nomen habet.
Sidon, dpoll. Lassels, who is, or at leas thinks himlels very happy in Etymo-
logic.;, imagine that Milano may be very well derivd srom Mirano , becaufe
'.fts an admirable City.
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