tion, with a confiderable revenue. Several o f the kings
and queens o f Aragon are buried in the church with
ftately monuments, as well as fome o f the dukes of Medina,
celi, and Cardona: on viewing thefe tombs the
emotions are only to be felt by an Engliihman, that oc-
■ cur when he perceives in an obfcure corner, on an humble
itone, the name of an Englifh Peer, Philip duke of
Wharton an unhappy nobleman ; at the pinnacle of glory
in the dawn o f life, but alas! whofe evening was clouded
with mifery and fcorn. After leaving his native
country, he meanly crouched to the pretender, aifumed
the infignia of the order of the garter, bore arms againil
his country : abandoned and defpifed by all, he was
kindly received in the laft moments of his wretchednefs,
and was interred by the hofpitable abbot o f Poblet. Thus
ended Wharton, an exile and an outcail, ihewing how
little availed the higheft dignities, fortune and talents,
without virtue and love for his country. His line is ex-
tincfl, and the faint infcription on his tomb, at prefent
nearly effaced, will foon be totally obliterated, while the
energetic lines of Pope, fo defcriptive of his chara&er,
willhand down his failings as an example to poflerity (a),
(a) The infcription on his tomb in the church oi Poblet is as follows, and iaid to be o f the
duke’ s compoGtion.
Hie jacet Exs. Dom Philipus War ton, Angliis, Dux, Marchio et Comes de War ton. Marchio
Marburfia et Garlogh Comes Rathcafrem, vicetomes de Winchejter Baro de Tramlon
Eques S'’- Georgii alias de la G'erateta, obiti in fid e Ecclejìa Catholica Romana Povuleti, die 3 1.
Mail, 1 73 T.
It is a tedious journey from Reus to Tortofa, on the
banks o f the Ebro, where there is a bridge o f boats that
is crofied in palling to Valencia. I ihall now refume the
itinerary in going from Valencia towards Cafti le; the
ground continues to rife gradually as far as the chain o f
hills that divide that kingdom from La Mancha, with
a very fteep afcent at the Puerto de Bunol. Near Utiel the
country is covered with dwarf furze called Erizo by the
Spaniards, from its fimilitude to the prickles o f a hedgehog
: it is a beautiful plant, and at the proper feafon o f
the year is covered with blue flowers, which give it the
appearance of a prodigious amethyft, forming a cup o f
three feet diameter, fo clofe and firm withal, that a man
might ftand upon it. Clufius was the Aril who defcribed
and gave a plate of it. It is the Anthyllis erinacea o f
Linnaeus.
The afcent ftill continues to Villagorda, through a
rugged country, broke up every where by gullies occa-
iioned by torrents that gufh from the mountains. On
the higheft o f them there is a quarry o f grey marble,
veined with red; the river Cabral runs at its foot. At
its fummit there is a briny fpring, where they make fait
with a boiling heat. It is a conftant defcent from thefe
hills to the village o f Mingranilla : half a league from
the village, there is a diftriift o f limy foil, with fome hil-
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