LETTER X.

Visit to the Escurial.--Imposing site of that regal convent.--Reception

by the Mystagogue of the place.--Magnificence

of the choir.--Charles the Fifth’s organ.--Crucifix

by Cellini.--Gorgeous ceiling painted by Lucca Giordano.--Extent

and intricacy of the stupendous edifice. 314

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