STUDY VII, 147 



hundred and thirty-four convents, among which 

 arife eleven wealthy abbeys ; thofe of a hundred 

 and fixty other churches, twenty of whirh are 

 richly endowed chapters : and, on the other p 'tr, 

 I would have pointed out the monuments of the 

 wretched ; fifty-feven colleges, fixteen courts of 

 juftice, fourteen barracks, thirty guard-houfes, 

 twenty- fix hofpitals, twelve prifons or houf^s of 

 correclion. I would have difplayed the magaiii- 

 cence of the gardens, of the courts, of the gr-ens, 

 of the inclofures, and of the dependencies,. of all 

 thefe vaft edifices, accumulated on a fpace of 

 ground lefs than a league and a half in diameter. 

 1 would have demanded, whether the ref^. of the 

 Kingdom is diftributcd in the fame proportion as 

 the Capital : where are the properties of thofe 

 who fupply it with food, with clothing, with the 

 means of lodging, of thofe who defend it ; and 

 v,'hat, at laft, is left for the multitude, to maintain 

 citizens, fathers of families, and happy men ? Oh ! 

 ye moral and political Powers, after having Ihewn 

 you the caufes and theeffedls of our evils, I would 

 have proftrated m.yfelf at your feet, and would 

 have expeded, as the reward of truth, the fam.e 

 recompenfe which the peafant of the Danube ex- 

 pelled from the infatiable powers of Rome "^. 



* As a fequel to this Study, may be read that which termi- 

 nates the fourth Volume of this Work. 



L 2 STUDY 



