Series 2 > Household book of Lady Grisell Baillie

OF LADY GRISELL BAILLIE
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You are caryd over Mount Senis in chairs by men, for
which you give a Pistol a piece, and your chaises and bagage
by mulls for which you must make the best bargen you can,
there will be fifty people tearing you to pieces to be em-
ployd.
Turin
The first toun you come to worth notice here you may
see all in two or three days. Some houses of the King’s
a little way out of town worth seeing, a noble prospect
from them. If there is a British Minister there go to him.
Milan
Here you may stop three or four days. There is many
things worth seeing, the great Church St. Paolo and others,
the Hospital, the Pest house, the house where the Ecco
repeats above fifty times 1 etc., the Boromean Islands
near Milan, which are fine, if you go will take up 3 days to
go and return. In the way to Milan see the Chartereax
at Pavia.
At Piacenza stop a day to see the Dukes Palace and the
Theater.
At Parma—a day to see the galery of pictures and the
famous Theater.
At Regio there is nothing, but within two mills out of
the road there is a new house of the Prince of Modena’s
in the French tast worth seeing, to see how inferior it is
to the Italian Palaces, etc.
At Modena—a day or two to see the Duke’s Palace, etc.
Bologna
This will take up a week. Inquire for Mr. Magnoni a
banker in our name. He will be of great use to you when
he knows who you are, and is an honest man, ask also for
Sigre. Barnachi2 the famous singer and Sigre. Sandoni3
the husband of the Cuzone, they will be pleasd to be of
service to any of our family. See the Institute—the
Churches—Palazo Sanpieri, Palazo Tavi—Pal. Bonfiglioli
1 This is the ‘ Ecco 5 Lady Grisell paid 3s. 5d. ‘for seeing.’
a See p. xlix. 3 See p. xlix.