have nothing in them either to ſit or lie down on, others a ſmall Piece of Brickwork; ſome are lower and more dark than others, but all of them, in my Opinion, dreadful enough for almoſt any Crime Humanity is capable of being guilty of, tho' 'tis ſuppoſed they were built with different Degrees of Horror, that the Puniſhment might be proportionate to the Faults of thoſe Wretches who were to be confined in them. Theſe have never been made uſe of, ſince the Times of Popery: but that under the Bishop's Chappel is the common, and only Priſon for all Offences in the Spiritual Court; and to that the Delinquents are ſentenced. But the Soldiers of the Garriſon permit them to ſuffer their Confinement in the Caſtle, it being morally impoſſible for the ſtrongeſt Conſtitution to ſuſtain the Damps and Noiſomneſs of the Cavern even for a ſew Hours, much leſs for Months and Years, as is the Puniſhment ſometimes allotted. But I shall speak hereafter more fully of the Severity of the Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction.
'Tis certain that here have been very great Architects in this Iſland; for the
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