tied at the childs back, to keep him in awe. Its garded by a Garrison of five hundred natural Spaniards, with a special Governour of its own, independant of the Governour of Milan. It looks more like a Town, than a Castle; being a mile and a half about, and furnished with all conveniences a Souldier can require. The large Streets in it; The stately Houses and Palaces for the chief Commanders; the neat Piazzas; the number of well furnished Shops in all kinds, even Goldsmiths too; the five Fountains, or Wells, not to be dryed up; the Mill; the Hospital; the Church; with eight or ten Chaplains in it, and a Curate; the fair place of Arms, capable of six thousand men; two hundred great pieces of Canon upon the walls; the six Royal Bastions, the regular Fortifications or Outworks; the underground way from one Bastion to another; the infinite heaps of Canon bullets, some whereof weigh 800 pound weight; the three large and deep Ditches round about the Castle; the statelyEntrance,
