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Chap. V. through Hungary, Thessaly, Macedonia, Wc 
fical Inftru merits are made, as well in thofe Parts as in 
Carinthia, and the Archbiflioprick of Sdtzhurg^ where 
they make Treiichers and Tables of it, and fell them at 
a cheap Rate 5 I brought fome of the fair broad Leaves 
from thence. 
Leaving Goritia, I pafs’d the River Soncius or Lizonfo^ 
which rifing near the Hills, empties itfelf into the Adri- 
atick Sea, famous for the Death of Odoacer^ who was 
flain near it in a Battle by TheodorickY^mg of ihtGoths^ 
and the Inroad of the Turks made hereabouts, in 1477, 
under the Reign of Mahomet the Great j after which, 
travelling through the Meadows, we came unto the 
ftrong City of Palma Nova, built fince by the Venetians 
to prevent the like Incurfions. All this long Circuit, till 
within a Mile of Palma Nova, we travelled through the 
Emperor’s Dominions, which are much larger than ge- 
nerally apprehended ; and as I have fooner or later feen 
the greateft Part of them, I can’t but think him a great 
and powerful Prince, he being in Pofieffion of all Aujiria, 
Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Part of Croatia ; Ifiria and 
Friuli, Part of Alfatia j Tyrol, Bohemia, Moravia, Sile- 
fia. Part of Lufatia j and a confiderable Part of Hun- 
gary. 
10. Palma Nova in Friuli, is the largeft regular For- 
tification I ever met with in my Travels, having nine 
Baftions, bearing the Names of as many noble Venetians', 
on each Courtain there are two Cavaliers, the Rampart 
is much higher than the Wall, and the Ditch thirty Pa- 
ces broad, and twelve deep •, being kept dry to render 
the Town more healthful, but may be fill’d in Cafe of 
Neceflity. It has three Gates ; viz. Porta Maritima, 
Porta di Cividal, and Porta di Udine. The three Bafti- 
ons Fofcarini, Savorgnan, and Grimani, lie betwixt the 
Porta Maritima and the Porta di Udine ; thofe three cal- 
led Barbara, Dona and Monte, betwixt the Porta di 
Udine and Porta di Cividal^ as thofe of Garzoni, Cotita- 
rini and Villa Chiara are betwixt the Porta di Cividal and 
the Porta Maritima. Each of thefe Gates were then 
covering with a very far Half-Moon. In the Middle of 
the City is a Sexangular Piazza, from whence there is a 
fair Profpeift: to the three Gates, and fix Streets quite 
through the Town^ In the Centre of it is fix’d a Stan- 
dard over a triple Well ; the Front of the Cathedral 
facing the Piazza, which is alfo beautified with divers 
Statues ; and a finely gilt Obelisk. There is in the 
Middle of the Bridge an artificial Drawbridge, fo 
contriv’d, that upon the Approach of any Force, 
the Centinel, by touching only an Iron Spring, can 
draw it up. 
1 have in my Travels made Obfervation of fevefal 
Kinds of well-contriv’d Drawbridges, amonglt all 
which none pleafed me better than thofe of Amfierdam, 
which part in the Middle, fo that the Maft-head or 
Break-water of the Ship bearing againft it, opens it, and 
affords a free Paflage to the Vdfel without any other 
Help. The Venetians have made a Channel from Palma 
Nova to the Sea, capable of Veffels of good Burthen, 
This Fortification, which was begun by the Venetians 
in 1594, is efteem’d here one of the ftrongeft in Eu- 
rope, having been contriv’d by the Advice of the befl 
Engineers. 
11. From Palma nova I went to Maran St. Vito, a 
Port Town of the Venetians in Friuli, fo named from 
St. Vito, who is faid to have been buried in this Place. 
At this Town we took a Felucca, and failing by the 
Shore of Friuli or P atria, we palfed by Porto di Tai- 
amento, and came to Cahorle. In this Ifland there is a 
Church dedicated to the bleffed Virgin, feated upon the 
Sea-fhore nigh the Waves, yet faid never to be over- 
flowed by the Sea, being as it were, the Halcyon Neft: of 
its Patronefs, and a Place of remarkable Devotion. 
On this Shear we refrefhed ourfelves, and were diverted 
while at Sea, in feeing them take Shell-fifh •, and then 
paffing by Livenza, where the Sea came formerly up as 
high as Opitergium, and afterwards hy Porto di Piave, 
I arrived at Venice, entering by the Porto de Cafielli, 
paffing by the Carthujians Qoment, and landed at the 
Piazza of St. Mark. Here I found the whole City highly 
concerned for the hazardous State of Candia, which was 
loft foon after ; Dominico Contarini, the prefent Duke was 
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fedulous in that Affair. The Voyage of Ghiron Fran- 
cijco Marchefe Villa, General of the Infantry of Candiai 
with a Journal of a Siege, had been lately publiflieds 
and was in many Hands. There was a Supply ot Auxi- 
liaries in good Readinefs. It was at that Time a more 
than ordinary hot Seafon, and fome of our EngtiJB 
Sea-Captains and Matters told me, that they had fel~ 
dom met with fuch hot Weather even between the 
Tropicks. Having formerly had a View of Rome, Na- 
ples, Florence, and the great Cities of Paly, and paffed 
fome Time at Padoa a few Years before, I made but a 
fliorc Stay about Venice j and having reviewed what v-as 
moft confiderable, and renewed my Acquaintance with 
fome worthy courteous Friends at Venice< and Padoa, 
Mr, Hales the Conful, Mr. Hobfon, Dr. Cadined, and 
others, I diTpofed miy Affairs for my Return to Vienna 
the ordinary Way. 
12, In order thereto, I took Boat at Venice, and 
landed at Mejire a pretty Town, and the bett Place for 
Accommodation for fuch as travel into Germany by Ty- 
rol, or into Aujiria by Friuli ; from hence I travelled 
ten Miles through a pleafant plain Country, till I came 
to Trevifo, w'hich gives its Name unto the Country, 
about La Marca Travigiana, a handfome City adorned 
with good Houles, Churches, Towers and Fountains, 
The clear River Sile or Silo runs through it, and after- 
wards into the Sea between Mejire and Murano ; it 
abounds in good Wines and Fruits, and was a chief 
Seat of the Lombards in thefe Parts. This old City, af- 
ter having run various Eortunes, and bCng under the 
Subjection of the Huns, and other conquering Nations,^ 
and fometimes obeyed the Signiora della Scala, and the 
Carrarefi, was united to the State of Venice in the Year 
1388. It was converted to the Chrittian Faith, by 
Profdochimus, a Follower of St. Peter. Eight Miles 
from hence ttood the ancient City Altinum, founded by 
Antenor, and deftroyed by Attila.^ From thence I came 
to Lovadina, and croffed the great River Piave, Plavls., 
or Anajfus, which arifing in the Mountains, pafles by 
the Cities of Belluna and Feltre, then to Concian or Co- 
niglian, and next to Sacille or Sacillum, formerly' a Bi- 
fhop’s See, under the Patriach of Aquileia, a pleafant 
and well built Place, efteemed the Garden of the Re- 
publick, and feated by the River Livenza, or Liquentia.} 
which paffing by Motta, runs into the Gulf of Venice; 
Here I took a Guide to conduft me through the Plains 
and Meadows, and came to Spilimbergo, where I again, 
took a Guide to crofs the fwift River Taiarnenta, or Ti- 
liaventum \ this is efteemed the greateft P^iver in Friuli; 
arifing above in the Julian Aipes, and running down 
into the Adriatick Sea, and often overflowing a great 
Part of the plain Country. This fwift River put a Stop! 
to the Incurfion of the Turks, when Scander, Baffa of 
Lllyria, broke into Friuli with twelve thouland Horfe,' 
and deftroyed all before him, in the Reign of Sultan 
Bajazet the Ild. Not ftir from Spilimbergo, I paffed 
a neat River or notable Cut, call’d. La Brent ella, fix- 
teen Miles long, made by the Venetians, for the better 
bringing down of Wood from the Mountains, to be 
ufed in the making of Glaffes at Murano : It is all paved 
with a good Stone Bottom and Sides; the Bottom is round,- 
fo that it is fomewhat like a Tube opened or fpiit in 
two. Then I paffed by St. Daniel, feated upon a Hill 
hy Hofpitaletto, and came to Venfone, a Town feated -at 
the Beginning of the Hills, and formerly the Limit of 
the Venetian Dominions •, thence by Rejuta to la Chiufa^ 
a Place remarkable for the ftraighc Paffage of the Alps, 
where the Venetians keep a Guard, and ffiut up the 
Paffage every Night. From’ thence I came to Ponteha 
or Ponte Fella, upon the River Fella, the exa6l Con- 
fines between the Venetian and Imperial Dominions % 
and furely a Man can feldom pafs more clearly and di- 
ftindly, from one Country into another, than in this 
Town. On one Side of the Bridge live Italians, Sub- 
jects unto the State of Venice % on the other Side, Ger- 
mans, Subjects unto the Emperor. Upon the one Side, 
their Buildings, their Manner of living, their empty- 
Rooms, large Windows, Iron Bedfteads, fliew them to 
be Italians : On the other Side immediately, their Stoves, 
higher BedfteadSj Feather Beds one over another, fquare 
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