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A Journey from Vienna to Larissit
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We went to see the place, where so noble a Prince lost his life, and dn
inconsiderate Battel lost the Crown of Hungary. This Battel was
fought the 29th day of Oldoler, in the Year 1526. Cotrifcus, who
was near the King's Persori when he was drowned, related the mariner
of it to the Hungarians, and shewed them the place where he sell in,
from whence the King’s Body was afterwards taken up entire, and
carried to Alba Regal is, where with great Solemnity it was buried
among the Sepulchres of the other Kings of Hungary, his Prede-
cessors.
Hereabouts we met with a Caravan of two or three hundred Per-
sons, some going to a place of Devotion , arid having 'Janizaries with
them, to guard them: others intending, by permission, to seat them-
* selves in other parts of Hungary- And in divers places I met with
numerous droves of Oxen, driven towards Vienna, upon the account
of the Eastern Company of that City, who furnish that place and
Country about,and are permitted to pass free by the Grand Seignior
day we left Quinque Ecdefice, and Zdgeth on the right hand, this last
is a strong place seated by the side of a Fenn, in which there is an
Issand, and beyond that a Castle. Count Sereni defended this Place
against the Turks, with unparalleled Bravery, and when he had lost
the Town, retired into the Issand, and last of all into the Castle, and
when there were but four and twenty of them left alive,they all Sallied
out together,choosing rather to die every man,than to give Solyman the
Magnificent, who besieged them, any pretence to the Town, by their
Surrender; and Solyman himself died Jikewise in the Camp and hath
a Sword hanging by his Tomb in Conftantinople, as a peculiar honour
to him, in regard that he did not only spend a great part of his lifey
but also died in War.
From hence by Bari nowar Darda or Dr aza unto EJfeck or OJJeck,
conceived to beoldMyftf, or not far from it. It is seated low, and
the Streets are planked with Trees. Upon one side of the Gate
is part os a Roman Inscription. M. /ELIAN, &c. on the other side, a
Maids head in a Stone; there is also a Dyal, which is not ordinary,
brought from Serinwar; and the greatest piece of Ordnance, which
I law in all those parts, not lying upon a Carriage, but upon Bodies of
Trees. But that w’hich is most remarkable here, is the well contrived
Bridge of Wood, made partly over the River Dravus, and partly over
the Fenns adjoyning, being five Miles long : being rayled, and having
Towers at every quarter of a Mile : that part over the River Dravus,
was burnt down by Count Nicolas Serini, in the last Wars, and ano-
ther built since. He that beholds this Bridge, the Towers of Wood
upon it, the strong rayles and ssoar, arid the numerous supporters of it,
cannot but wonder, how they should be supplied with Wood to build
it, or maintain it. But hereof I speak elsewhere, this is the greatest
Passage in Hungary, from Serbia, and the Turkifb Dominions. Had
this been well defended, when Solyman invaded Hungary, he had not
probably obtained so easie a March unto Buda. And to hinder the
Supply os the Grand Eifers Army from other parts of Turky, Count
S' rim burnei down that part, which was built over the Dravus ; and
in his return burnt Quinque Ecclefuc or the City of five Churches,
which lieth Westward from EjseckT'
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We went to see the place, where so noble a Prince lost his life, and dn
inconsiderate Battel lost the Crown of Hungary. This Battel was
fought the 29th day of Oldoler, in the Year 1526. Cotrifcus, who
was near the King's Persori when he was drowned, related the mariner
of it to the Hungarians, and shewed them the place where he sell in,
from whence the King’s Body was afterwards taken up entire, and
carried to Alba Regal is, where with great Solemnity it was buried
among the Sepulchres of the other Kings of Hungary, his Prede-
cessors.
Hereabouts we met with a Caravan of two or three hundred Per-
sons, some going to a place of Devotion , arid having 'Janizaries with
them, to guard them: others intending, by permission, to seat them-
* selves in other parts of Hungary- And in divers places I met with
numerous droves of Oxen, driven towards Vienna, upon the account
of the Eastern Company of that City, who furnish that place and
Country about,and are permitted to pass free by the Grand Seignior
day we left Quinque Ecdefice, and Zdgeth on the right hand, this last
is a strong place seated by the side of a Fenn, in which there is an
Issand, and beyond that a Castle. Count Sereni defended this Place
against the Turks, with unparalleled Bravery, and when he had lost
the Town, retired into the Issand, and last of all into the Castle, and
when there were but four and twenty of them left alive,they all Sallied
out together,choosing rather to die every man,than to give Solyman the
Magnificent, who besieged them, any pretence to the Town, by their
Surrender; and Solyman himself died Jikewise in the Camp and hath
a Sword hanging by his Tomb in Conftantinople, as a peculiar honour
to him, in regard that he did not only spend a great part of his lifey
but also died in War.
From hence by Bari nowar Darda or Dr aza unto EJfeck or OJJeck,
conceived to beoldMyftf, or not far from it. It is seated low, and
the Streets are planked with Trees. Upon one side of the Gate
is part os a Roman Inscription. M. /ELIAN, &c. on the other side, a
Maids head in a Stone; there is also a Dyal, which is not ordinary,
brought from Serinwar; and the greatest piece of Ordnance, which
I law in all those parts, not lying upon a Carriage, but upon Bodies of
Trees. But that w’hich is most remarkable here, is the well contrived
Bridge of Wood, made partly over the River Dravus, and partly over
the Fenns adjoyning, being five Miles long : being rayled, and having
Towers at every quarter of a Mile : that part over the River Dravus,
was burnt down by Count Nicolas Serini, in the last Wars, and ano-
ther built since. He that beholds this Bridge, the Towers of Wood
upon it, the strong rayles and ssoar, arid the numerous supporters of it,
cannot but wonder, how they should be supplied with Wood to build
it, or maintain it. But hereof I speak elsewhere, this is the greatest
Passage in Hungary, from Serbia, and the Turkifb Dominions. Had
this been well defended, when Solyman invaded Hungary, he had not
probably obtained so easie a March unto Buda. And to hinder the
Supply os the Grand Eifers Army from other parts of Turky, Count
S' rim burnei down that part, which was built over the Dravus ; and
in his return burnt Quinque Ecclefuc or the City of five Churches,
which lieth Westward from EjseckT'
E