S3® Mis son’s Travels through the Book II. 
five Trumpets founded from the Top of the Steeple ; 
and fo the new-married Couple return’d in the fame 
Manner and to the fame Place from whence they 
came. The Bridegroom appear’d all in black, with a 
Cloak trim’d with Lace, a great Ruff, and a little 
"Crown of Gold Plate-Lace upon his Perriwig ; but 
the Bride’s Drefs is not fo eafy to be defcribed ; the 
befl Way to give you an Idea of it, is, to fancy a 
Head-tire compofed of Plate-Wire gilt, like a Bob- 
perriwig, half a Foot higher than the Forehead, and 
frizled out on the Sides j thefe Threads or Wires are fo 
clofe together, that there is no more Diftance between 
them than is juft fufficient fo faften to them an infinite 
Number of very fmall thin Plates of Gold, round, po- 
lifh’d and bright, which hanging both within and 
without, wave with the leaft Motion, and, in the Opi- 
nions of thefe People, are very ornamental. Her Ha- 
bit was a Kind of black Veft with long Skirts, re- 
fembling the Hongrelines ufed not long ago in France ; 
and the Body of this Cafibek, which was cut very 
Ihort, was cover’d with Gold Lace all over the Scams, 
as the Skirts were with little clofe Knots of black Satin 
Ribbon, and the ftreight Cuffs reach down below the 
Wrifts. Over this fhe wore a Neckband of very fine 
antique Lace, fhap’d before like a Man’s Band, but 
ending behind in a Point, which reach’d down to the 
Middle of her Back : About her Shoulders ftie had a 
Gold Chain like the Collar of fome Order ■, and fuch 
another Chain inftead of a Girdle. The Petticoat was 
pretty fliort, trimm’d towards the Bottom with Gold 
Fringe, and black Bone Lace. We faw this Bride 
dance at the Wedding with one of the Senators in a 
great Ruff ; and, to tell you the plain Truth, the 
Cuftoms I obferved at this Feaft were fo very different 
from ours, that I rather fancied myfelf in Chma than 
in Europe. It would be an endlefs Piece of Work, if 
I fhould deferibe to you all the other Habits I law 
here ; but I will only tell you, that as odd and fan- 
taftical as they appear at firft Sight, they are not un- 
becoming, as indeed what are on agreeable Perfons, 
Nurenbergh can boaft of better Artifans and greater 
Numbers than perhaps any City in Europe : Some have 
attributed to them the Invention of Fire-arms, and of 
Gunpowder, by Bertold Swartz a Monk j tho’ others 
■would have the fame to owe its Origin to the City of 
Chioggia m the Venetian State, and others to Denmark. 
But the curious Works of Nurenbergh ,of Wood, Ivory, 
Alabafter, nay, of Paper and Starch, are famous over 
ail Europe. Their Floufes are both fpacious and neat, 
and I never faw one Ceiling in all the City, but what 
had fome Underfetting of curious Joyners-work. They 
have here a peculiar Refpedl for Horns, for with them 
they adorn even their beft Apartments and Chambers. 
All the Way betwixt Heidelburgh and Nurenbergh we 
met with very poor Entertainment, but the Inns of Nu- 
renbergh made us an ample Amends for it, where, 
among other Things, we had every Day a Defert of late 
Fruit, and Plenty of very good Filh, at very reafonabk 
Rates, In the Church of St. Sebald you fee a wooden 
Crucifix, which is efteemed a great Mafter-pieccj but 
the Church of St. Lawrence exceeds all the reft in Big- 
nefs. They are both built after the Gothiek Manner, 
but the laft has eight Doors, The great Church-yard 
is v/orth the Obfervation of a Traveller, for it has 
above three thoufand Tombs with Epitaphs and Coats 
of Arms wrought in Brafs. T\iq Jews are reftrained 
to a Village near the City, from whence they may come 
daily into the Town for a fmall Piece of Money, but 
mull return before Night. The few Roman Catholicks 
■that inhabit here have the Privilege of performing their 
Religious Service in one of the Lutheran Churches, at 
certain Hours when their Service is over. The Calvi- 
nifts have their Church a League from the City, in the 
Marquifate of Ahfpach^ and baptize their Children in . 
tht Lutheran Chmehts^ ‘^iFranckfort. 
lo. From Nurenbergh' the Roads are very bad and 
woody till you come towards Ingolftad^ where you meet 
witli a well-cultivated champaign Country. Ingoljiad . 
(under the Jurifdicfion of the Elecftor of Bavaria) itands ■ 
upon the Dmube^ of an indifferent Bignefs and Strength, ■ 
with broad, ftreight, and well-pav*d Streets, and plea- 
fantly fituated, but poor and ill peopled ; the Floufes 
are on the Outfide, for the moft part, painted white. 
They told us Wonders of their Arfenal, but as they were 
very unwilling to ftiew it, I fuppofe its Fame furpaffed 
its Worth, it being generally obfervable, that Thino-s 
of this Nature are feldom kept from the Sight of 
Strangers, unlefs not worth their feeing. I took No- 
tice at Ingolhiad (as in many other Cities of Germany^ 
of certain Veffels of Wood or Brafs mounted upon four 
Wheels, near the Fountains, which are kept to carry 
Water when any Fire breaks out, and for that Purpoie 
are very convenient. 
From Ingoljiad we travel’d to Newburgh, a little 
without any Strength, feated on the right Bank of the 
Danube, ^ where this River begins to be pretty broad 
and rapid : We pafs’d it over a Bridge, which brought 
us into theGVj, where, at our fxrft Entry, we took a 
View of the Cafile, built on a Rock, the Apartments 
whereof, efpecially on the Ground-floor, are very hand-' 
fome and convenient, tho’ all the Furniture had been lately 
removed fiom thence to the Caftle of Heidelburgh, there 
remaining only a Cabinet full of rare Pidures and 
other Curiofities ; among the reft I obferved a round 
hard Stone, which weigh’d four Pounds, and was found 
in^ the Body of a Horfe. This, in my Judgment, 
might be called Bezoar. The Church of the Jefuits is 
the handfomeft in the City, tho’ that of St. Peter has 
of late Years render’d itfelf famous by a pretended Mi-* 
racle that happened to the Capuchin, Mark de Avilano, 
who made himfelf fo much talked of during Hun^ 
garian War. This Father coming fome Years ago to 
Newburgh, and perceiving an old Nolire datne of Wood 
in one Corner of the Church of St. Peter, that was all 
cover’d with Daft, the good Father proftrated himfelf 
before it, and whilft he was offering his fervent Pray- 
ers, he cried out on a fudden, A Miracle I protefting 
that the good Lady had lifted up her Eyes towards him : 
The Story, back’d by the Reputation of the Father, 
foon got fuch univerfal Credit among the Inhabitants, 
that they went in Proceffion to St. Peterh Church, 
whence they took the Statue, and having clean’d and 
drefs’d it in a fumptuous Habit, placed her on the 
high Altar, where fhe is vifited by a great Number of 
Pilgrims from all Parts, and is famous by the Title of 
Our Lady of Newburgh. 
The Country betwixt Newburgh and Augsburgh 'is 
very fruitful and pleafant, except that near the laft, 
the Grounds are boggy and barren ; notwithftand- 
ing which, the Augsburghers boaft their City to' be the 
faireft in all Germany, and that in Bignefs it exceeds 
Nurenbergh itfelf, tho’ they own it not fo well peopled % 
befides, tho’ their Streets are broader and ftreighter, 
their Houfes are not near fo handfome, few of them 
being built with hewn Stones, but for the moft Part 
plaifter’d only, and whiten’d without, and foraetimes 
adorn’d with Pidures j however, the Floors of their 
Apartments are for the moft Part paved with a Kind 
of yellowifti Marble, brought thither from Tyrol j and 
their Ceilings are either of curious Joyners-work divi- 
ded into Compartments, or of a certain Cement well 
polifh’d^ which is very durable : The worft of their 
Buildings is, that their Chambers have no regular Fi- 
girre, the Stairs which lead to them taking away all 
their Uniformity. 
Augsburgh is the Metropolis of Swabia : Augujius. feat 
thither a Colony, and gave it the -Name of Augujhi 
Vindelicorum, from the Vindelici, a People inhabiting 
about the Rivers Vindo and Licus, called at this Day the 
Werda and Leek, between which alfo the City of Augf- 
burgh is feated, to diftinguifti it from Augujia TrevF 
rorum, Taurimrum, &c. but this City having been fo 
often pillaged, (efpecially by Attild) there are fcqirce any 
Remainders of Antiquity to be found here. How- 
ever, not long fince there was dug out here a Pillar 
of five or fix Foot high, with the Figure of d Pine- 
apple on theiTop of it : They alfo found certain Me- 
dals of Augujius with fuch a Pillar on the Reverfe ; It 
is very probable that this Pillar was intended to mark 
gut, the Boundary of the Empire on that Side : Forjt 
being 
