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parts of his body , in feveral Streets of the City, and boyling Lead 

 pour'd into the raw wounds * after which he was broken alive upon 

 the wheel , at the publick place of Execution. 



Being upon my departure from RatUbonc ,' I met with Father Jofefh , 

 Refident there for the King of France , who knowingyue in Pari* 5 pro- 

 pos'd to me to go along with the Monfieur, the Abbot of chapes, Bro- 

 ther of the Marihal de <^Aumont , and Monfieur St.Liebau, who were 

 then intending for Confiantinop/e , and fo for Pa/ejline. I lik'd the propo- 

 rtion well, and immediately put my felf into the Society of thole two 

 Gentlemen, from whom I never leparated 'till they departed farSyrti 

 from Confiantinople. 



But before we left Germany , we refolv'd to fee the Court ..of Savony , 

 whither we got in a few days. By the way we pafs'd through Frey- 

 bergh , a fmall City , but well worth feeing , for the beauty of the 

 Electors Tombs , and moft fplendid and magnificent both for Materials 

 and Workmanfliip in all Europe. From thence we went and view'd 

 the (lately Caftle of ^Augufiburgh \ feated upon a high Mountain, where- 

 in among other things there is a great Hall, adorn'd from top to bot- 

 tom with nothing but Horns faften'd to the Wall - among the reft is 

 the Head of a Hare with two Horns, lent the Elector by the King of 

 Denmark {ox a great Rarity. In one of the Courts of the Palace (lands 

 a Tree Co large in Body , and fpreading out the Branches at fo wide a 

 diftance , that they will cover three hundred (ixty five Tables with 

 their fhade. And that which makes this Tree more wonderful is , that 

 it is only Birch, that rarely grows to that Immeniity. 



Drefde is the Refidence of the Elector, a little City, but a very neat 

 one, and well fortify 'd-, with a Stone Bridge over the Elbe, that parts 

 the Old and New Town. The Palace is one of the largeft and faired 

 in Germany. But it wants a Piazza before it, the principal Gate ftan- 

 ding jufl at the bottom of a narrow Lane. 



From Drefde we went to Prague , which was a third time that I faw 

 that great and fair City, or rather three Cities together, only fepara- 

 ted by the Molda,\\\2X throws it felf into the Elbe y Como, five or fix Leagues 

 below. 



Having traversed Bohemia, and touched upon the corner of Moravia, 

 we enter'd ^Auftria , and came to Vienna , refolving there to Embark 

 with all fpeed , becaufe the Winter came on. 



We day'd one day at Presburgh to fee the great Church , and 

 fome Relicks which they (hew'd us , and from thence fell down to 

 ^Altenburgh. 



^yiltenburgh is a City and Province belonging to the Count of 

 ^-Arach. It was the Childs part of one of the Queens of Hungary , 

 who upon her death-bed bequeathed it to one of the Lords of her 

 Court, upon condition that he and his SuccefTors (hould always keep 

 fuch a number of Peacocks; for defect whereof , the Territory (hould 

 revert to the Crown. 



Thence we came to Signet , from whence I took a little Boat and 

 haded to Raab , where I did my Devoirs to the Viceroy , who was glad 

 to fee me, and gave noble entertainment to the Meffeurs de chapes, and 

 de St. Liebatf. Here we ftay'd eight or ten days for the Bafba of 6wU'i 

 Anfwer, whether he would give liberty to two French Gentlemen , to 

 pafs with their Train through his Garrifon or no 5 which being return *d 



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