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there feems to be a neceffity of 

 women going into convents. 



THE hofpital, as I have before menticn-r 

 eel, makes a part of the convent. It con- 

 fifts of two large halls, and fome rooms 

 near the apothecary's (hop. In the halls 

 are two rows of beds on each fide, within 

 each other. The beds next to the wall are 

 furnimed with curtains, the outward ones 

 are without them. In each bed are fine 

 bed-clothes, with clean double (heets. As 

 foon as a fick perfon has left his bed, it is 

 made again, in order to keep the hofpital 

 in cleanlinefs, and order. The beds are 

 two or three yards diftant, and near each 

 is a fmall table. There are good iron 

 ftoves, and fine windows in this hall. The 

 nuns attend the lick people, and bring them 

 meat, and other neceffaries. Befides them 

 there are fome men who attend, and a 

 forgeon. The royal phyfician is likewife 

 obliged to come hither, once or twice every 

 day, look after every thing, and give pre- 

 fcriptions. They commonly receive fick 

 foldiers into this hofpita), who are very 

 numerous in "July and Auguft, when the 

 king's (hips arrive, and in time of war. 

 t'ut at other times, when no great number 

 gf foldiers are fick, other poor people can 



