Chap. V. through Austria, Bohemia, Mora via, ^c. 753 
the I ith, A Golden Bafon, ufed at the Baptifm of the 
Aujirian Family. Divers Golden Sceptres, Sdmeters, 
Knives, and other Prefents from the Qttoman Court. 
Three rich Dog-collars, fent from England^ with this 
Mark qCjC. A great Piece of pure Gold, of the 
Bignefs of one’s Fill, as it came out of the Mine. Ano- 
ther Piece of Gold Ore, where you fee the pure Gold 
fliooting forth upon a white Stone ; befides divers other 
Bafons of Gold, and Velfels of Coral. In the I2thj 
Great Store of Veffds of Jafpis, Agate, Lapis Lazuli^ 
Oriental Granates, Cups of Onyx and Sardonyx, one very 
great one of an Amethyft, and divers very large ones of 
Lapis Nephriticus. In the 13th, Are divers Flowers 
made out of precious Stones. A large high Veffel of 
Bohemian Topaz. A Cup miade of an Hungarian Dia- 
mond. A Piece of Ambergreafe of the Bignefs of a 
Man’s Fift. A very fine Jafpis Stone. A large Agate 
Stone on the Outfide, and a Bed of large Amethyjis na- 
turally in it in the Middle, which is lookM upon as a 
great Rarity. In the 14th, Are many noble Chryfolytesj 
Jacinths, Oriental Granates, Beryls, and Aquamarines. 
A very rich Emerald, or a Cup of that Stone ; three 
great ones having been already taken out, valued at 
300000 Crowns. Great Numbers of Gold Veffels, and 
rare Figures in Coral ; Turkifh Knives, Gauntlets, lAc. 
fine Wax- works, large Bezoar-ftones -, a Golden Me- 
^dal of the Emperor’s Arms, worth 1000 /. Sterling, a 
Cup faid to be taken out of Solomon^ Temple ; a moft 
curious Bafon and Ewer of carved Ivory ; King Philip 
II. of Spain in Diamond Armour, fet in Gold *, a cu- 
rious Pidure of an old Man courting a young Woman, 
with this Motto : 
- ArSium Annulum ne ge Plato. 
'A very fine Crucifix of Pearl ; the Buff-coat of Gujia- 
*vus Adolphus King of Sweden, in which he was kill’d 
near Lutzen ; all the Gofpel written and painted ; the 
Head of King Charles I. King of England, in Marble.; 
Priefts Garments fet all over with Pearls ; an ineftima- 
ble Agate Difh, betwixt three and four Spans Diame- 
ter, in which you fee in natural Char-aders XRIS OS., 
Unto which may be fubjoin’d that moft magnificent 
Chain of Pearl taken from Count Teckky in the late 
Hungarian War, as I have been informed fince. 
One Day I had the Curiofity to v/alk up the Hill 
which lies two Englijh Miles from Vienna, from whence 
I had a full Profped of the City and Country, as far 
as to the Mountains of Styria, covered with Snow ; and 
in my Return took 'a View of the Emprefs Dowager’s 
Houfe without the Town, call’d la Favorita. 
18. Two Miles to the Eaft of Vienna are the 
Gardens of Rodolphus II. which are fomewhat ruinous 
now. They confift of an inward and outward Garden, 
the inward being about 200 Paces fquare, much of the 
fame Bignefs as the Place Royal at Paris. It has a 
Cloifter fupported by forty Pillars of white Stone on ■ 
each Side ; and is covered with Copper, as are alfo the 
Pavilions. In certain other Buildings they keep Lions, 
Tigers, and other wild Beafts, which breed here. Some 
fay that Solyman the Magnificent pitch’d his own Tent 
in this Place, when he befieged Vienna. 
At two or three Miles Diftance from thence, is a 
Place called Arnols, whither many Devotees go on Pil- 
grimage, efpecially in I.ent, with heavy CrofSs on their 
Shoulders. Here you fee a Houfe, the Model of which 
is taken after the Holy Sepulchre of Jerufalem, with a 
very curious Copy of the Pidure of our Saviour and 
the Virgin Mary, at full Length j the firft is exadly 
fix Foot high, the laft two or three Fingers Breadth, 
lower. They are done after the Original in St. John 
de Lateran at Rome. I faw one Day the Emperor and 
Emprefs go thither on Foot,' the Road being very dufty, 
and were followed by the greateft Part of the Court! 
Somewhat nearer to the City, is another Place call’d 
Itzing, likewife much celebrated for Devotion. In the 
Road from Vienna to it, the twelve Stations of the 
Crqfs are marked out in the fame Manner as is obferv- 
cd in the Via Dolorefa, near Jerufalem, in Memory of 
our Saviour’s going to the Mount Calvary. TheEm- 
V 0 L, II, N° 120. 
peror has a very fine Park juft by Vienna, with a HoufS 
of Pleafure in it ; I alfo took a View of Luxenhirg, a 
Houfe of Retreat alfo belonging to the Emperor ; it 
is an old Strudure, not very large ; there is alfo a Sum- 
mer-Houfe, built in the Middle of a Pond; and an 
Odagon in the Marfti, from whence they let frequently 
fly at the wild Beafts. Over the Emperor’s Palace 
Gate you fee a Rib and Jaw-bone of an extraordinary 
Size, which they told me were human Bones, but ap- 
pear’d to me more like the Bones of an Elephant. 
From this Place I took a Progrefs to Mannerfdorff, 
fituated near the River Leyta *, famous for the Bath, 
call’d the wild Bath, oVer the Spring of which is built 
a Church : The Water being only Luke-warm, they 
boil it, and fo bath in Tubs : That being judg’d beft; 
from what flicks to the Sides of the Copper when it is 
a Boiling; it feems to be impregnated with Sulphur, 
Saltpetre, and Chalk: The Water leaves a Turquois 
Colour upon the Stones, and the Vapours, which con- 
denfe and adhere to the Roof and Sides, give it a Tinc- 
ture of Gold. The Phyficians of Vienna have publifli’d- 
a Treatife in High-Dutch of this Bath. 
From hence I went to the Newfidlet-Sea, or Lake, 
which is three German Leagues broad, and feven long, 
abounding in Filh, and is encompafs’d with 
great Number of fmall Towns and Villages. It has 
got its Name from Newfiedle, a Town fituated on the 
North-fide of it, with a Caftle upon a Hill. Near 
this Place is a black Earth, of which they make Salt- 
petre. Afterwards I proceeded four Englijh Miles up 
the Danube, to the famous Quarry of Altenburg. The 
Beds or Rows of the Stones don’t lie horizontally; 
but elevated to the North, yet follow the Shape of the 
Hill in their Situation.-, I found here a Subftance be- 
tween a Clay and a Stone, call’d by them Liver (lone^ 
upon many of which you fee the Figures of Trees and 
Leaves, but not fo plain as in thofe of Florence. 
_ I pafs’d by Cloifter Newburg, a Town belonging to a 
rich Monaftery of the fame Name. Upon one ,of the 
Peaks of Calenbergh, before-mentioned, live certain 
Hermites, call’d Camaldulenfes, a very fevere Order liv- 
ing upon nothing but - Herbs and Roots. Near ’theif 
Cells they had paved the Ground with thofe figured 
Stones. It being now near December, the Branches of 
tht Danube were frozen over, and the Ground beina 
covered with Snow, afforded good Paftime for the La- 
dies, who at this Seafon take their Recreations in hand- 
fome Sledges in feveral Shapes, viz. Griffins, Tygers^ 
Swans, Dolphins, Scallop Shells, &c. In one of .thofe 
Machines the Lady is feated richly attired in Velvet; 
lined with rich Furs, adorned with Laces and Jewels 
and Velvet Caps lined with Sables. The Sledge is 
drawn by one Horfe, adorn’d with Plumes; Ribbonds; 
and Bells ; and as this Paftime is commonly perform- 
ed in the Night Time, the Footmen ride on Horfe- 
back with Torches, the Gentlemen fitting on the Sledo-e; 
behind the Lady, to guide the Horfe. ° 
ChriPtmas they celebrate here much after the fame 
Manner as in Italy. On Chriftmas-Day the Emperor 
dines in publick. Upon St. Stephen^ Day he went to 
the Cathedral, where he kneeled upon the Altar, and 
kifs’d the Plate whereon the Hoftia had lain. 
On Twelfth-day they celebrated at Court the old 
Cuftom of choofing King and Queen; and the Lot 
falling upon Count Lejlie to be King, the Emperor laid 
the Cloth, and the Emprefs fill’d out the Wine. Not 
Jong before Chriftmas I faw the Solemnity of the Mar- 
riage of Count Serau, with a natural Daughter of Phi- 
lip IV. King of Spain, where I could not but be furpri- 
zed at the Splendour in which the Ladies appear’d 
upon this Occafion. Not long after I faw alfo a very 
pompous Funeral, the Corps of Count Draiin, which 
was brought from Italy, being interr’d in the Dominican 
Church, and a very fumptuous Capirum Doloris was rai- 
led, fet round with a vaft Number of Wax Torches 
and Candles. 
During my Stay at Vienna, the Elecftion for a King 
of Poland being at Hand, after the voluntary Abdica- 
tion of King Cafmir, there paffed Meffengers daily- 
through Vienna. The Czar of Mufcovf% Son, the 
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