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drank out of one of them , when I was at the Vermlter of Hern-^ 
growndhxs houiti It wag gildfci over, and had a rich piece of 
Silver-ore, faftned in the liniddle of it, and this lafcription grav d 
on the outfide^ - ; : 
Bifenware Ich^ Hffer iin Jch^ 
Silier ira^ Ich^ Gold hedeckt mich. 
i, e. Copper I am, but Iron was of old^ 
Silver I carry, cover'd am with Gold. 
AH -AbefOMPT 
Concerning the Baths of Auftria and Hungary ; at alfo fome 
Stone-Quarrries, Talcum; rpcks; &c, Mthoje farts : Bj the 
fame hand. 
IN order to anfwer fome of the^jther jg^^mV/ i -I here prefent 
you with this ^ccompt concerning j54^/&j,and fome other fub- 
jeilSj contained therein, 
Baden is a lit le City ,in ^#/?r///, four German miles South- 
ward from Vienna^ feated on a plain, but nigh unto a ridge of 
hills, whichare the iejrcurfions ofMouritCfr/afy/;^k re- 
forted unto by reafon of theNatural Baths of ^hat{>lacej Vy herein 
the Springs are fo numerous, as to afford convenient Bathsi two 
within the Town^ five without the Wally and -2 beyond a rjvolcc ♦ 
called ; Mi y;i:^^':;^^'i^u^^-.I^iv'^:•; 
The Dukes-Bath is thelargeift, about 20 feec.jfquare,via thf 
tniddle of anhoufeof the fame figure^ . built over it. The^Va- 
pour paffes, through a tunnel of wood, at the top : and ti^e Wa- 
ter is conveyed into the bottom of the Bath , at one corner, 
through woodden pipes and trees, under the Town-wall, from 
the !; pring head, which rifeth at a little difta:nce Weft-ward. 
The Springs of the reft of the Baths rife under thcm,^ and are 
let in throUj^h holes of the Plancher, for all the Baths are wain- 
fcotcd, the feats, fides and bottoms being made of Firre. The 
Water for themoft part is clear and tranfparent, yet fomewhac 
blewifli, and maketh the skin appear pale in it, as doth the 
fmoak of Brimftonc. It coloreth Metals ("except Gold, whofe 
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