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The General Deseription os Hungary,
lower Town, wherein are some ruines, and reliques of Magnisicent
Structures, rais’d by the Hungarian Kings, especially Matthias Corvi*
nus, whose Palace the Visier possesled. But much abating of its anci*
ent glory. There are also some fair Mofches, Caravanfara’s, and very
Magnificent Baths. There is also a high Hill called St. Gerard’s Mount,
which hath a Fort on the top, and over-looks the Town and Coum
try.
The natural Baths of Buda are efleemed the noblesl of Europe, not
only in respedt of the large and hot Springs, but the Magnificence of
their Buildings. For the Turks bathe very much, and though little cu-
rious in mosl of their private houses, yet are they very sumptuous in
their publick Buildings, as their Chars or Caravansards, Mofches,
Bridges, and Baths declare. ■ e.
There are eight Baths, whereos I had opportunity to take notice
during my slay at Buda, three toward the Eaji and South-East part of
the City, in the way leading towards Constantinople, and five towards
the Wed end of the Town, in the way towards old Offen, and Stri-
gpnium.
The firsl is a large open Bath at the foot of a high rocky HUI, cal°
led Purgatory, whereof the People have some odd and scrupulous Ap»
prehen lions.
The second is covered with a Cupola, and Hands nigh the same Hill,
but more into the Town, and near a place where they use Tanning.
The third is called the Bath os the green Pillars, though at present
they be of a red colour, it Hands over againh a Caravanfara. The
Water is hot but tolerable without the Addition of cold water, it is
impregnated with a petrefiing Juyce, which diseovers it sell on the sides
of the Bath, upon the Spouts, and other places, and makes a grey
Stone: The Exhalation from the Bath reverberated by the Cupola, by
the Irons extended from one Column to another, and by the Capitals
of the Pillars forms long Stones like Isicles, which hang to all these
places.
The Water is let out at night, when the Women have done bathing,
who often Hay late. The Bath is round, set about with large Pillars
supporting a Cupola, which hath openings to let out the Steam, and
yet the whole Room continues to be a hot Stove.
The Baths of the We/l end of the Town are firfl, TaStelli, or the
Bath of the Table, a small Bath covered: the Water white, and os a
Sulphureous smell; they drink of this as well as bathe in it; what they
drink they receive from a Spout, bringing the Water Into this place.
I delivered a five-Sols piece to a Turk, who was bathing in it, to gild for
me, which he did in half a Minute, by rubbing it between his singers,
while the hot Water fell from the Spout upon it.
The second is Barat Degrimene, or the Bath os the Powder-Mill, it
rises in an open Pond near the High-way, and mixes with the freih
Springs, which makes the Pond of a whitilh colour in one part, and
clear in the other; as also cold and hot in several parts. This convey-
ed cross the High-way into a Powder Mill, becomes useful in making
of Gun-powder.
The third is Cuzzoculege, the little Bath, or the Bath of the Saint,
for which name the Turks give a superHitious reason : It is kept by
Turkiff Monks, The Bath where the Springs arise, is so hot as scarce
to
The General Deseription os Hungary,
lower Town, wherein are some ruines, and reliques of Magnisicent
Structures, rais’d by the Hungarian Kings, especially Matthias Corvi*
nus, whose Palace the Visier possesled. But much abating of its anci*
ent glory. There are also some fair Mofches, Caravanfara’s, and very
Magnificent Baths. There is also a high Hill called St. Gerard’s Mount,
which hath a Fort on the top, and over-looks the Town and Coum
try.
The natural Baths of Buda are efleemed the noblesl of Europe, not
only in respedt of the large and hot Springs, but the Magnificence of
their Buildings. For the Turks bathe very much, and though little cu-
rious in mosl of their private houses, yet are they very sumptuous in
their publick Buildings, as their Chars or Caravansards, Mofches,
Bridges, and Baths declare. ■ e.
There are eight Baths, whereos I had opportunity to take notice
during my slay at Buda, three toward the Eaji and South-East part of
the City, in the way leading towards Constantinople, and five towards
the Wed end of the Town, in the way towards old Offen, and Stri-
gpnium.
The firsl is a large open Bath at the foot of a high rocky HUI, cal°
led Purgatory, whereof the People have some odd and scrupulous Ap»
prehen lions.
The second is covered with a Cupola, and Hands nigh the same Hill,
but more into the Town, and near a place where they use Tanning.
The third is called the Bath os the green Pillars, though at present
they be of a red colour, it Hands over againh a Caravanfara. The
Water is hot but tolerable without the Addition of cold water, it is
impregnated with a petrefiing Juyce, which diseovers it sell on the sides
of the Bath, upon the Spouts, and other places, and makes a grey
Stone: The Exhalation from the Bath reverberated by the Cupola, by
the Irons extended from one Column to another, and by the Capitals
of the Pillars forms long Stones like Isicles, which hang to all these
places.
The Water is let out at night, when the Women have done bathing,
who often Hay late. The Bath is round, set about with large Pillars
supporting a Cupola, which hath openings to let out the Steam, and
yet the whole Room continues to be a hot Stove.
The Baths of the We/l end of the Town are firfl, TaStelli, or the
Bath of the Table, a small Bath covered: the Water white, and os a
Sulphureous smell; they drink of this as well as bathe in it; what they
drink they receive from a Spout, bringing the Water Into this place.
I delivered a five-Sols piece to a Turk, who was bathing in it, to gild for
me, which he did in half a Minute, by rubbing it between his singers,
while the hot Water fell from the Spout upon it.
The second is Barat Degrimene, or the Bath os the Powder-Mill, it
rises in an open Pond near the High-way, and mixes with the freih
Springs, which makes the Pond of a whitilh colour in one part, and
clear in the other; as also cold and hot in several parts. This convey-
ed cross the High-way into a Powder Mill, becomes useful in making
of Gun-powder.
The third is Cuzzoculege, the little Bath, or the Bath of the Saint,
for which name the Turks give a superHitious reason : It is kept by
Turkiff Monks, The Bath where the Springs arise, is so hot as scarce
to