526 M I s s o N J travels through the Book II. 
Church. They tell you^ that the Earth will not admit of 
any other dead Corps j for Inftance of which, they fhew 
the Tomb of a Daughter of a certain Duke of Brabant^ 
who being inter r*d there, raised up herfelf, and re- 
maining thus in the Air, they were forc’d to put her 
in this Tomb, fix’d upon Iron Supporters, two or three 
Foot from the Ground, againft one of the Pillars of the 
Church. In a great. Chapel on one Side of the fame 
Church, you fee the Bones of thefe Saints hung up in 
as decent a Manner as you fee the Swords and Piftols 
ranged in the Guard-chamber of St. James, or in any 
other Armoury *, thefe Bones have no Ornaments except 
the Heads, fome of which are kept in Cafes of Silver, 
others are cover’d with Stuffs of Gold, and fome have Bon- 
nets or Caps of Cloth of Gold, Velvet, rich Silks, Cfc. 
Hence it is that the City of Cologne challenges the Title 
of Cologne the holy ; and its Arms are, Argent eleven 
Flames Gules, with a Chef of the Second, charged with 
three Crowns Or % the eleven Flames intimating the 
eleven thoufand Virgins, and the three Crowns the 
three Kings. But this idle Story, which was grounded 
on the ignorant Miftake of the- following Infcription, 
SSMRSULA et UNDECIMILLJ, K M which 
means no more than the Saints Urfula and Undecimilla 
Virgins and Martyrs for Sandta Urfula Cf undecim millia 
Virginum Martyrum, that is, St. Urfula and eleven thou- 
fand Virgins and Martyrs •, has been fo fully refuted by 
Archbilhop Ufher, and other learned Men, that no 
body now pays any Regard to it. 
In the Church of the Maccabees is a Crucifix, with an 
everlafting and miraculous Perriwig on its Head ; for 
though the Hungarian Pilgrims, at their coming to Co- 
logne, each cut a Lock of Hair off, yet has it not been 
diminifh’d hitherto, by all this Polling. 
At the Entrance of the Church of the ‘Twelve Apojiles, 
is to be feen a Pidiire, which is remarkable chiefly for 
the Story it reprefents : They relate, that a Burgher- 
mafter’s Wife of this City, being, in 1571, buried in 
this Church, with a Ring of great Value on her Hand, 
the Sexton made bold to vifit the Grave afterwards for 
the Ring’s Sake, but was not a little amaz’d, when he 
found the fuppofed dead Lady grafp him by the Hand, 
which made him retreat very fpeedily. However, the 
Lady having made hard fhift to get out of the Sepulchre, 
went to her own Houfe, where knocking at the Door, 
Ihe call’d to a Servant, and related unto him the whole 
Adventure ; but the Servant taking her for a Ghofl, ran 
in a Fright to recount unto his Mafler what had hap- 
pened •, who told him, that he would as foon believe 
his Horfes in the Garret : He had no fooner faid thefe 
Words, but a great Noife being heard in the Garret, 
the Servant went up, and, to his great Amazement, 
found fix Coach-horfes there : By this Time the Wo- 
man had made Shift to get in, and by the Care of her 
Servants was fo well recovered, that there was no great 
Likelihood of her returning to the Grave for that 
Time j and the Horfes were the next Day let down out 
of the Garret by certain Machines. They fhew you to 
this Day, in the fame Garret, feveral wooden Horfes, 
faid to be covered with the Skins of thofe that were 
feen there ; and in the Church of the Twelve Apojiles, 
there is a great Piece of Linnen-cloth, which, they fay, 
was of this Woman’s fpinning after her Releafement 
from the Grave, which fhe furvived feven Years. We 
find fome authentick Teftimonies of the Truth of this 
memorable Story, but in them the Epifode of the 
Horfes is entirely left out, as being an evident and very 
abfurd Fi6lion. 
There are fome Families now in Cologne, who deduce 
their Genealogies from the Roman Race, that fettled a 
Colony here the firft Time. 
7. The Roads betwixt Cologne and Mentz being ex- 
tremely bad, we chofe to embark upon the Rhine : The 
firft Town we came to was Bonn, a fmall inconfider- 
able Place, the Fortifications whereof lie negletfted, and 
^ the Electoral Palace of Cologne made but a very in- 
different Appearance. 
As we came nearer to Andernach, at which, as well 
as at Keyferwaert, they receive a Toll a Burgher-ma- 
fter of that Place told us, that- there were certain Gen- 
tlemen belonging to that City^ who have the Title of 
Free Knights, and enjoy peculiar Privileges. 
Coming to Coblentz, we obferved its Situation upon 
a Neck of Land made by the Mofelle, where it joins 
its Current with the Rhine, by which it is render’d very 
agreeable. We were told, that it is very well fortified 
on the Land- fide, but near the Water- fide we faw only 
a Angle Wall. The Caftle of Ebrenhreit§iein, i. e. the 
Rock of Honour, built juft over againft it, upon a rifing 
Ground on the other Side of the River, is very ftrong 
both by Art and Nature, its Foundations being laid 
upon the Ruins of the old Fort of Hermanftein, the Re- 
mains whereof are feen on one Corner only of the Rock 
on which the Windmill ftands. It is always well pro- 
vided with a good Garrifon, and Ammunition in Pro- 
portion. The Palace (where the Ele6lor of Cologne 
commonly refides) is at the Foot of the Hill, upon the 
very Bank of the Rhine, juft under the Caftle. 
About half a League on this Side of Baccharach,divtd:- 
ly overagainft C«?z^^,(a Town under the Jurifdiftion of the 
Eledor Palatine) ftands an old Caftle in the Middle of 
the Rhine, called Pfaltz, whence fome, but improperly, 
have derived the Titles of the Pfaltz Graves, or Counts 
Palatines. 
Baccharach is a fmall City belonging to the Eledor 
Palatine, built on the Side of a Hill, chiefly famous 
for its excellent Wines that grow thereabouts. We 
dined with one of the Minifters of the Place, who 
would needs frame the Etymology of Baccharach from 
Bachi ara, or the Altar oj Bacchus ; and for a Confir- 
mation of his Opinion, told us, that in the fame Neigh- 
bourhood there were four other ancientTowns which ow’d 
their Name to Bacchus, viz. Steeghach, which lying on 
a Hillock, fignifles as much as Scala Bacchi, or the Lad- 
der of Bacchus •, THahach, i. e. Digitus Bacchi, or the 
Finger of Bacchus ; Handhach, or Mannersbach, i. e, 
Manus Bacchi, the Hand of Bacchus ; and Lorch, i. e, 
Laurea Bacchi, or the Bays of Bacchus. 
Soon after we were pafs’d Baccharach, a furious Tem- 
peft obliged us to feek Shelter a-fhore, a little on this 
Side Rudefheim. In our Way we pafs’d by an old ruin’d 
Caftle or fquare Tower, known by the Name of the 
Tower of Rats, whither, they fay, a certain Archbilhop 
of Mentz retreated fits Situation being on a little Ifle 
in the Rhine) to avoid the Rats, that devour’d him at 
laft. Some look upon it as a Fable, becaufe the old 
Chronicles of the Country mention different Names 
and Times when this Accident happened ; but others, 
who confider it as a Truth, (as it is generally taken 
for fuch hereabouts) alledge in Behalf of their Opi- 
nion, feveral Hiftories of this Nature related by Authors 
of iinqueftionable Authority. 
From Bonn, as far as Binghen, three Leagues on this 
Side Mentz, the Rhine carries its Current through the 
Mountains, at the Foot of which you fee all the Coun- 
try on both Sides cover’d with Vineyards, interfpers’d 
with a great Number of fmall Cities, good large Vil- 
ages and Caftles, of the laft of which I counted forty 
fince I parted from Cologne, built, for the moft Parr, 
upon the Alcents of the Mountains, and fome on the 
very Points of the Rocks. The Country People, in 
thefe Parts, but elpecially the Women, appear in a 
very odd Drefs ; on their Heads they wear little Caps 
of fome colour’d Stuff, border’d with an Edging of 
a different Colour, their Hair hanging in Trefles quite 
down their Backs. Their Waftes appear very Ihort, 
half a Foot below which they gird themfelves with a 
broad Leather Girdle, and underneath it is a thick 
Roll, which bears up their Petticoats almoft as high as 
their Knees. 
From Binghen to Mentz the Rhine is very broad : 
Here you go over a Bridge of Boats, and as foon 
as you enter the City, the Electoral Palace pre- 
fents itfelf to View, a Fabrick of a reddifh Stone, em- 
belifh’d with divers Ornaments, wanting neither Regu- 
larity nor Magnificence, though built after the old 
German Fafhion. They told us, that in the Middle of 
the Citadel was to be feen the Ruins of a Tower cal- 
led commonly the Tomb of Drufus : ’Tis true, Drufus 
Germanicus, the Brother of Tiberius, died in Germany, 
