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)

A Journey from to Colen Vienna.


use of that advantage, which, though it abates the gains of the Mer-
chant, brings considerable profit to themselves.
Bing. Bing, or Bingium, was an old Roman Fortress upon the Rhine, where
the River Navus or Naw enters into it; over which latter there is a
handsome Stone-bridge : In this Town were many of the Duke of Lor-
rains Army Tick and wounded, who three weeks before had maintain-
ed a fight against the Forces of the Elector Palatine, near this place.
From Bingvit continued our Journey to Mentz: at Rudefteim in Rhine-
gaw, a place noted for good Wine, they shewed us a Boy, whose hair
was thick and woolly, like to the African Moors, but of a fine white
colour, which being somewhat an odd sight, 1 took away some of his
hair with me.
Ment^. Mentz, Moguntia, Moguntiacum, and by the French Mayence, is seated
over against the Conssuence of rhe River Main, with the Rhine, or ra-
ther a little below it; in a fertile Country, abounding in all Provisions
and good Wine ; it lies at length, and is moil extended towards the
River; and that part excels the other towards the Land, which is
not so populous or well-built: It is a ssrong place, and well guarded ;
it hath many Churches and Monasteries, and some fair Buildings, espe-
cially those of publick concern, as the Palace of the EleCtor, and others:
But the narrowness of the Streets, and many old Houses, take away
much from the beauty of the City. It is an University, begun about
the year i486, or as others will have it 1461. This place also chal-
lenges the Invention of Printing, or at least the firsl: promotion or
perfection thereof: And the Territory about it is famous for the de-
struCtion of the Roman Legions under Varus, by the Germans. Gujla-
<vus Adolphus, King of Sweden, was wondersully pleased upon the tak-
ing of this City, 1631. entring into it in State upon the 14^ of De-
cember, it being his Birth-day, which began the 38^ year of his life,
and kept his Court and Chriftmas here ; where at one time there were
with him six chief Princes of the Empire, twelve Ambassadors of Kings,
States, Electors, and Princes; besides Dukes and Lords, and the Mar-
tial men of his own Army. At the taking of the Town, they found
greatTlore of Ordnance and Powder; and the City redeemed it self
from Pillage by giving the King a Ransom of Eighty thousand Dollars',
and the Clergy and Jews gave Two and twenty thousand more ; of
which the Jews paid Eighteen thousand ; Archbilhop Wambold Paving
himself upon the Rhine, and retiring to Colen. The King caused also
two great Bridges to be made, one over the Main, founded upon sifteen
great ssat bottom’d Boats, the rest being built upon great Piles of Wood:
Another over the Rhine supported by sixty one great flat Boats, each
lying the distance of an Arch from one another ; and many Families of
people living sometimes in the Boats under the Bridge. The Bridge
over the Main is taken away; but that over the Rhine is flill continu-
ed : Upon which I saw the present EleCtor palling in his Coach ; a Per-
son of great Gravity, of a middle Stature, having long grey Hair, and
was very Princely attended ; his Name is Joannes Philippics of the No-
ble Family of Schoenburg, EleCtor and Archbilhop of Mentz, Biihop of
Wurtzburg, and Biihop of Worms, Arch-Chancellor of the Empire for
all Germany ; the first of the Electoral College ; in all publick Con-
ventions he sits at the right hand of the Emperor, and is a Successor of
the famous Boniface, an Englifh man, Biihop of Mentz, who very much
promoted