Having taken Notice of every thing remarkable in the Churches, I believe my Reader will be impatient to come to the Caſtle itſelf, which, in ſpite of the Magnificence the Pride of modern Ages has adorned the Palaces of Princes with, exceeds not only every thing I have ſeen, but alſo read of, in Nobleneſs of Structure. Tho' now no more than a Garriſon for Soldiers, you cannot enter it without being ſtruck with a Veneration, which the moſt beautiful Buildings of later Years cannot inſpire you with; the Largeneſs and Loftiness of the Rooms, the vaſt Eccho reſounding thro' them, the many winding Galleries, the Proſpect of the Sea, and the Ships, which by reaſon of the Height of the Place, ſeem but like Buoys floating on the Waves, makes you fancy yourſelf in a ſuperior Orb to what the reſt of Mankind inhabit, and fills you with Contemplations the moſt refined and pure that the Soul is capable of conceiving.
The Situation, Strength, and Magnificence of this Edifice, inclines me very much to believe what the Natives ſay it
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