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Browne, Edward
A Brief Account Of Some Travels In divers Parts of Europe, Viz. [Sp.1:] Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, [Sp.2:] Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli: Through a great part of Germany, And The Low-Countries ... ; With some Observations on the Gold, Silver ... in those Parts ; As also, The Description of many Antiquities, Habits, Fortifications and Remarkable Places — London: Tooke, 1685

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A Journey from Norwich to Colen.
The Hague, Haga Comitis, the ancient place of Residence of the^fff-
Counts of Holland, and now of the States general; is about an hours
going dillant from Delft; in which palTage, at soinedistance, we had
a sight of two of the Prince of Orange’s houses. This place is well
built ; the Princes Court handsome ; The Piazza by it full of green. . .
Trees; many fair Houses. The Course where the Coaches meet, the
Pall-mall, the Wood, the Park, do much beautifie it, and the way srom
hence to Scheveling, from whence his late Majesty King Charles the
Second returned into England, is very remarkable, it being a sireight
way cut through the Sand-hills, and paved with Brick sor three-miles,
having on each hand four or five rows of Trees, and Scheveling Steeple
at the end of it.
The Hague and Madrid in Spain arc accounted the greatest Villa¬
ges, or open unwalled places, in Europe, and the Hollanders have
thought it more honour to be Mailers of the greatell Village, than of
a place which, if it were willed, would come short of many Cities ;
but this may prove a dangerous resolution, for formerly upon this ad-
vantage, Martin van Rosfem, Captain to the Duke of Gueldres, backed
the Hague; and it was lately in the like danger when the French
Forces lay at Utrecht and Worden^ if they had forced a palTage into
that part of Holland.
Leyden is three hours or three Dutch miles from the Hague, at pre- Left™,
sent one of the neatesl Towns in Europe ; Well built, hath divers large
Streets, beautified with rows of Trees, and the water palling through
the middle of them, and also well fortisied after the modern way ; I
took notice of that Antiquity called Hengift Cadle, or the Berg, sa id
to be built by Hengifi the Saxon, and went up to the top thereof: Up-
on the top there is now an Arbour, and a Maze or Labyrinth round it,
and a Well, out of which, they told us, they took a Fish alive when
the Town was aimoil famished during the Siege, which waa shewed to
the Enemy over the Wall, endeavouring to make their condition to-
appear better than it was, and to dilhearten the besiegers. There are
now handsome slairs from the top to the bottom, and a good houfe
built by it, where they have their publick sales and entertainments.
But a nobler Antiq. ity lies under the Sea, than any above ground ;
not far srom hence near Catwyck is a square fortress called Britan-
nica, built by Caligula ; in the declining of the Roman Empire ruined
in part by the Normans, and afterwards negledted, and overwhelmed
by the Sea. But in feme years, and great retire of the Sea, the ruines
have been diseovered, and many noble Antiquities brought from it,
some having this inseription Ex. Ger. Inf. ex Germania Inperiori. The
Stadthuife hath a fair front towards the Street. In the Anatomy
Schools are a very great number of Skeletons. Two legs of an Ele-
phant. The Skeleton of a young Whale, of a Horfe, Deer, Cow, Cat,-
Fox, and many other Animals; divers Skeletons of Men and Women,
some bodies preserved with their Muscles, and one intire, the Belli, skin
and all parts’defended from corruption. I saw also here what Mon-
sieur de Bils pretended towards the preservation of Bodies, but more
accurately asterwards at Dr. Ruifch his house at Arnfterdam. The Phy-
Tick-garden, although but small, is well filled with Plants, where are
also many other both natural, and artificial Curiosities to be seen, and
many sorts oiOptick-glaftes. Near the garden are the Schools built of
Brick
 
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