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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/ ( *21 ) votion on foot, although to perform the fame they muff travel above thirty Englijh miles. We ftayed at St. Veit, and had the divertifment of a La- tine Comedy at the Francifcan Convent, it was in May when the higher Hills were covered with fnow, but the lower were all green, full of Firre and Larch-trees, it thundred and lightned very much, and as foon as it began they rung their Bells. Many here have great throats, fome a&bigas their heads, many are. blind, divers dumb and fools withall; without the Town there is an Rofpital for fuch as have loft their voice, their wits, or are otherwife oppreffedby their great throats,many of them cover their throats, which otherwife are very ill complexioned in cold weather. Men and women have them, the better fort of people which live well drink wine and good beer,are leffe fubjeft to them. I faw bigger throats in thefe parts* then any I had obferved in the Alpine parts of Savoy* St. Veit whofe name this place beareth was a zealous Chriftian who laboured much in the Converfion of thefe parts,and was perfecuted under DioclefianMany Churches and Towns do carry his name in other parts of Europe,and the people have an opinion of Sr. Veit in the curing ofthat dancing difeafe called Chorea Santfi Vitu From hence we travelled to SW 5 or Solm, anciently a R<>/^#Co]onie,andfetdown in the Map of Wolfgangue Lazius by the name of Coloma Soluenjis ? a Field near un¬ to it , is called Ager Soluenfis or Zdfettt, a place very fruitful in Antiquities, many whereof have been carried into other parts: in! this Field I faw that much-fpokca of Antiquity of the Kings Chair; it is made of Stone fee together in the form of two Elbow-Chairs turned back to back. Upon three of the Stones there are Infcriptions, but furely more ancient then the Chair. At the inftalling of the Duke of Carinthia, whither he be King, Prince, or , R Emperour*

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