710 ' 7 he 'Tfavels of an E 
King Philip IV. on Florfeback, finely done in Brafs, 
placed on a Marble Pedeftal. On the Canals are Plea- 
fure-Eoat%, and fome Suramer-houfes for the' Muficians 
to divert the King, whilft he takes his Pleafure in thefe 
Boats upon the Canals. At the Entrance of the outer 
Court are the King’s Stables, that for the Saddle-horfes 
had at that Time about fixty, chofen out of all Nati- 
ons j in thofe for the Coach- horfes were three Setts of 
Black, as many of light Grey^ all of Flanders Breed, 
one of dark Grey, and two Setts of very fine Duns, be- 
fides fix Setts of Mules, Adjoining to thefe is the Ar- 
moury, a fpacious handfome Room, fill’d with many cu- 
rious Suits of Armour, belonging formerly to their Kings,: 
Here they fhew you divers Suits, once ufed by the great 
Charles V. with a Sword prefen ted him by the Pope ; his 
Armour is eafily diftinguifhed from others by our Lady’s 
Image he always wore engraved on his Breall-piece ; a 
large polifh’d Steel Plate the fa id Emperor tiled inftead of 
a Looking-glafs when he put on his Armour, and an 
eafy Chair, in which he flept, eat, drank, and difpatch’d 
Bufinefs when in the Camp ; feveral other Suits of Philip 
II, Philip in. Philip IV. and among the reft, one for the 
late King Charles II. though it is certain he never wore 
any ; it is double gilt, and fet with precious Stones : 
Flere you fee alfo the Armour of that warlike Cardi- 
nal lldefonfo^ and feveral Trophies and Colours taken 
from the Furks. 
The outward Court of the Palace is a large Square, 
with Cloyfters on both Sides, the Stables and Armory 
fronting the Palace itfelf j it confifts ,of two Quadran- 
gles, with Cloyfters both above and below ; one of thefe 
Quadrangles is allotted for the King, the other for the 
Queen’s Lodgings, but are not to be feen unlefs when 
the Court happens not to be there. 
I pafled through three or four indifferent Rooms (as 
far as they would let me go) to fee the King at Din- 
ner •, the Dining Room was large, but indifferently fur- 
nifh’d, the Room before it was lefs, but crufted over 
on the Walls with fine Jafper and Marble. The King 
has always twelve Difhes at Dinner, and eight at Sup- 
per, ferv’d up in as many Silver Plates, and attended 
bv as many Halberdiers, v.'ho make every one uncover 
as the Meat paffes by. There is a glorious Appearance 
> at Court every Day, as well of Coaches as a great Num- 
ber of People, the Reafon is, becaufe all the chief Courts 
of Juftice, belonging to the feveral Provinces under the 
Spanijh Dominion are kept in the Palace. 
Many of the Streets of Madrid have Fountains, but 
fuch as' have nothing extraordinary in them. The 
placa Major^ where they keep their Bull-feahfs^ is a 
noble Square, The Prado of S, Hierenomo is fprinkled 
every Evening with Water out of the imany Fountains 
placed there for the Conveniency of the Coaches that 
take the Four- a-la- mode there. Crofs the Water the 
King has another Houfe, call’d Cafa del Campo, where 
he refrefhes himfclf fometimes in the Heat of the Sum- 
mer under the cool fhady Walks, the chief Conveni- 
ency of this Seat. 
1 3 . From Madrid I took a T urn to Alcola de Henares^ 
or Gompojiella, in Latin Complutum, the greateft Uni- 
verfity fnext to Salamanca) in Spain^ founded by Car- 
dinal Ximenes. The Buildings of the City itfelf are 
none of the beft : The Univerjity-College, where all pub- 
lick Exercifes are kept, acknowledges the great Cardi- 
nal Ildefonfo for its Founder; the other Colleges are, 
that of Madre di Dios, of Malca, ■ the Frilingue, the 
King’s College, that of Mena, of Manrique, of S. Cle- 
ment, of Lugo, that, of Arragon, oh Verdes, of S. Am- 
hrofe, of S. Catharine, of S. Dennis, that of the Ruff,ans, 
and S, George's College, built and well endow’d by a 
Portuguefe Count, for the Ufe of thirty Irtjh Students ; 
but the Count dying before it was quite brought to Per- 
fection, the King feiz’d on the greateft part of the Re- 
venues, leaving only a (lender Allowance for the Main- 
tenance of eight Students, who are obliged by Oath, 
after feven Years Stay in the College, to preach the 
Gofpel in fome of the Northern Parts. There are be- 
fides thefe the Colleges of ,S. Peter and S, Paul, and 
that of the Grammarians. 
• Their Convents of Monks are, thofe of the Order of 
^. /IgfCn, of S. FhomaSi S. Bafil, S, Bernard, and that 
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for the Complutenfes, the Carmelites, the Oratory, the 
Jefuites, two of the Frinitafians, the Difcalceats, two of 
the Mercenaries, the Minims, the Agonifants, the Aujiin 
Friars Difehkeats ; the Convent of the Angels of S. 
Diago, S. John de Dios, and that of Leon, befides ten 
Nunneries. I heard one of their Difputations, , and it 
feem’d very odd to me, that the Refpondent, after hav- 
ing repeated the Opponent’s Syllogifm, did not anfwer 
in iMin, but in his native Tongue. Juft before the 
high Altar in the Chapel of the Univerfity College ftands 
a white Marble Tomb, containing the Body of the 
beforemention’d Cardinal Ildefonfo, his Effigies in a 
cum bent Pofture, all excellently done, and encqmpaf- 
fed with Brafs Grates ; Mahomet's Lamp, and fome 
Furkijh Colours taken by him from the Turks, are hung 
up in the fame Chapel. 
The Cathedral here is a fpacious and noble Fabrick, 
in which (among others) I took Notice of a white 
Marble Tomb with a Latin infeription, ereded to the 
Memory of Dr. J. Gonzales. 
This City ftood formerly on the other Bank of the 
River, at the Foot of an high Hill, but being laid de- 
folate by the Moors, it was afterwards rebuilt in the 
Place where it itow ftands. 
Over the Water, on an high Hill, in a little Chapel, 
they preferve a red Crofs, which (they fay) was fent down 
from Heaven and put into the Hand of one of their 
Kings, as he lay encamped againft the Moors, who 
were entirely routed. In the CatkctKal they fhew you a 
miraculous Stone, which formerly ajiorded fuch Abun- 
dance of Oil, that they fupplied ai! the Lamps of the 
Church with it ; but thofe who look’d after it making a 
Gain of it, by felling it for other Ufes,the Miracle ceafed. 
14. During my Stay at Madrid, I made another Excur- 
fion to take a View of the Efeurial, that Wonder of the 
World, built by King Philip If, purfuant to a Vow he 
made before the Battle at St. Ffuintin againft the French, 
and having obtain’d the Vidory, he dedicated the Con- 
vent adjoining to the Palace to S. Lawrence, (it being 
his D.ty when the Battle was fought) and placed in it 
two hundred Friars of the Order of S. Jerome, under 
a Prior nominated by the King, and a College or Nur- 
fery for young Students. It is feated about feven Leagues 
from Madrid, among the Mountains in the Kingdom 
of Toledo, having to the Eaft and Weft very delightful 
Plains watered with many Rivulets and Springs. Its 
Form is a large Square, each Side whereof is 2630 Foot 
long, with a fine Tower on each Corner ; the Materials 
are a Sort of very hard Stone, fpotted with grey ; the 
greateft Part of the Architedure is of the Dorick Order, 
Vv^ith fome of the lonick, Corinthian, Compofite and Fuf- 
can: The whole Fabrick is fubdivided into four lefler 
Squares, which have fixteen Gates ; the chief Entrance 
is on the Weft Side, through three Gates, over which 
ftand the Statues of S, Lawrence, the Patron of this Fa- 
brick, and in the Middle the Arms of Spain. 
The firft Quadrangle is two hundred and thirty foot 
long, and a hundred and twenty fix broad : The Front 
of this inner Court is adorn’d with fix Pillars of thQ Do- 
rick Order fixty eight foot high, upon which are pla- 
ced fix Pedeftals, and upon them as many Statues of the 
Kings of the old Teftament, viz. David, Solomon, Jofias, 
. Ezekias, JehoJhaphat and Manaffes, with Crowns of 
Brafs on their Heads weighing a hundred Pound each, 
and the Scepters (of the fame Metal) fifty Pound each ; 
David's Harp, likewife of Brafs, weighs no lefs than 
three hundred feventy five Pounds. Under each of 
thefe Kings are 
the following 
inferiptions : 
David 
Solomon 
Ezechias 
Operis 
Femplum 
Mundata 
Exemplar 
Domino 
Domo 
A Domino 
jEdiJicatum 
Phafe, 
Recepit. 
Dedicavit 
Celehravit. 
Jofias 
Jehofaphat 
Manaftes 
Volumen 
Lucis 
Contri 
Legis 
Ablatis 
tus 
Domini 
Legem 
Alt are 
Invenit. 
Fropagavit. 
D. InJiau 
ravit. 
