A brief account of some travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli, as also some observations on the gold, silver, copper, quick-silver mines, baths, and mineral waters in those parts. With the figures of some habits and remarkable places / By Edward Brown, M.D.

Edward Browne

Date:: 1673

Credit: A brief account of some travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli, as also some observations on the gold, silver, copper, quick-silver mines, baths, and mineral waters in those parts. With the figures of some habits and remarkable places / By Edward Brown, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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( I-19 ) whereof are arched and fupported with Pillars: there are four Gates, three whereof are to be feen from the Piazza.; St. Jacobs is the chiefeft Church which hath two Steeples in the Front. The Emperour hath a Pallace here of a fquare Building with four Towers , which are to be feen a great way off, as is alfo moft part of the Town , as lying in a Marrifh ground, and in a plain Country ; it is encom- paffed with a Ditch and two Walls, the one very low, the other feems not firong; yet as they told me at one time the Turk could not take it, but left it upon condition that they might take fomething out of the Town ; which being granted they took the Prongcr or WhippingPeft, and carri¬ ed it unto Conjlantimple. At this place Count Peter Serins and Frangipani were beheaded the laft year , as being chief Contrivers in the Hungarian Revolt. From hence through the Plains we came to Mount Sirne- ren pafiing by JVervkirckel, where there is a Chappel with a little red Pinnacle which they fay was built by an Eng- lijh King; I fuppofe-by King Richard the fir ft who was kept prifoner in Aujlria in his return from the Holy Land, whofeRanfom built the old Walls of Vienna* Mount Si* meren is a part of Mount Cetius upon the top whereof ly* ethanheapof Stones which make the boundarie between' Jujlria and Styria ; the afcent of the Hill is fteep and ffo* ny; fo that fome times it takes twenty Tour Horfes or Oxen to draw up a Cart or Coach. We lodged at Schotvoien or Schadtwien, a ft range Town feated between Rocks upon the paffage of the Hills, the Houfes upon the fides of the Rocks are inaccef- fible but from the top of the Hills , and looking of ver the Plains, ferve for Watch-Towers; this is a fall p]ace, and called by fome Cianjira ^Aujlria; having the Mountains on each hand , and fliut up with a Gate at each end, a Email current coaling down fiouuhe Hills, is admitted!

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