HENRY AUSTELL ad. 



1585. 



The 9. in the morning betimes we landed at Ragusa, Ragusa, 

 and there stayed three daies, where we found many 

 friendly gentlemen. 



The II. being provided of a Janizarie we departed 

 from Ragusa in the company of halfe a dosen Mar- 

 chants of that towne : and within 6. miles we entred 

 into the countrey of Servia. So traveiling in barren Servia. 

 and craggie mountaines for the space of foure dayes, [II. i. 196.] 

 wee came by a small Towne of the Turkes called 

 Chiernisa, being the 14. of the moneth ; and there Chiemisa, 

 wee parted from the Marchants. 



The 16. we dined in a Cavarsara in a Towne called 

 Focea, being then greatly infected with the plague. Or, * Fochia. 



The 17. we lay by a Towne called Taslizea. 



The 20. we came to Novibazar. Nombazar. 



The 21. we parted from thence, travailing stil in a 

 countrey very ill inhabited, & lying in ye fields. 



The 22. we passed within sight of Nicea. Or, Nissa. 



The 23. we passed in sight of another towne called 

 Circui : and about those places wee began to leave the 

 mountaines, and to enter into a very faire and fertile 

 countrey, but as evill inhabited as the other, or worse. 



The 27. we came to Sophia, where wee stayed three So/>^ia. 

 dayes, being our Janizaries home : and by good 

 chance we lay in a Marchants house of Ragusa, that 

 came in company with us from Novibazar ; and also 

 wee had in company, ever since wee came from Focea, 

 a Turke which was a very good fellow, and he kept 

 company with us till we came very neere Constantinople. 



The first of September we came to Philippopoli, PhUippopolu 

 which seemeth to be an ancient towne, and standeth 

 upon the river of Stanuch. 



The 4. we came to Andrinopoli, a very great and Andrimpolh. 

 ancient towne, which standeth in a very large and 

 champion countrey, and there the great Turks mother 

 doth lye, being a place, where the Emperours of the 

 Turkes were wont to lye very much. 



The 5. we lay in one of the great Cavarzaras, that 



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