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132 A Defcription os Vienna.
It is seated on the South-side of the Danube, on the ripa Romana,
that side nearest to Rome, and many Roman Colonies, according to the
usual position of Roman Stations, both upon this River and the Rhine,
as may be exemplified in Colen, Bonna, Andarnach, Coblentz, Menis,
Wormes, Spier, and Str asburg. And in like manner in the old Roman
Stations, on the South or Roman side of the Danube, which were in no
small number in or near the Auftrian stioar, as Carnuntum, or Petronel,
Vifchmund, or Aquinottium, Eberfdorss, or Ala Nova, Melck, or No-
male, Arlape, or Pechlarne, Lentia, or Lintz ; for hereby they better
secured their Conquests, and hindred the incursions of the Barbarians
before them.
It is not seated upon the main stream of the Danube,but by a branch
thereof; for the River running through a low Country ; it is divided
into several Streams, and makes many lslands. A small River named ■
Wien runs by the East part of this City, and enters the Danube, below
it, which upon ssoods doth often much hurt, yet somctimes low and
very fliallow, so as I have ftepped over it; some will have it to give
the Name unto this City : it divides part of the Suburbs from it, and
hath divers Bridges over it. For that we may have a distindt appre-
hension of Vienna, we mu st consider the City and Suburbs thereof;
the Suburbs are very great, and not without fair Houses, Gardens,
Walks, and all Accommodations at large.
The City it self is that walled and fortisied part, designed not only
for convenience of Habitation, but also to sustain a Siege, or any /At-
tack from the Turk, and is now separated from the Suburbs by a fair
Eftplanade, or open Ground, above a Musket fliot over. The Houses
near the wall were pulled down since the last Fortisication in the Turkijh
war, when they were in some fear that the Turkifh Forces about Gran
and Neiv-hufel, would move towards them. It is fortified a la moder-
na, with ten Bastions towards the Land, and a very deep Ditch, into
which they can let the Danube : and with two other Bastions towards
the water, on that part of the River which lies on the North-side of
the Town. These two latter are called the Works of Gonzaga. The
Bastions are large; upon one of them I saw Count Souches muster a
good part of the Militia of the City. The Ditch is large and very deep,
into which although they can let in the River, yet it is commonly kept
dry, lest they might incommode their deep Cellars. There are two
W’alls, the one old and inward, little considerable at present, built at
first with the ransom of our King Richard the First, who in his return
from the Holy War, was detained Prisoner by the Duke of Auftria
upon the zotb of December, 1192. The Aujlrians pretending they had
received somje affront from the King at Joppa, and that he had taken
down the Ensign and Banner of Duke Leopold in a contemptuous way.
The other outward of a great breadth, made of Earth, andTaced with
Brick, edged with Free-stone, so well built, as to render this City one
of the most considerable fortisied places in Europe. The Efplanade
■ gently descends from the Town for three hundred Paces; there are
very few Outworks.
. -It is very uncertain who was the first Builder of Vienna, and after it
had been long built it ran to decay again for Four hundred years toge-
ther, till Henry the First, Duke of Auftria, in the year 115-8. did much
repair it; and the ransom afterwards of King Richard beautified it.
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132 A Defcription os Vienna.
It is seated on the South-side of the Danube, on the ripa Romana,
that side nearest to Rome, and many Roman Colonies, according to the
usual position of Roman Stations, both upon this River and the Rhine,
as may be exemplified in Colen, Bonna, Andarnach, Coblentz, Menis,
Wormes, Spier, and Str asburg. And in like manner in the old Roman
Stations, on the South or Roman side of the Danube, which were in no
small number in or near the Auftrian stioar, as Carnuntum, or Petronel,
Vifchmund, or Aquinottium, Eberfdorss, or Ala Nova, Melck, or No-
male, Arlape, or Pechlarne, Lentia, or Lintz ; for hereby they better
secured their Conquests, and hindred the incursions of the Barbarians
before them.
It is not seated upon the main stream of the Danube,but by a branch
thereof; for the River running through a low Country ; it is divided
into several Streams, and makes many lslands. A small River named ■
Wien runs by the East part of this City, and enters the Danube, below
it, which upon ssoods doth often much hurt, yet somctimes low and
very fliallow, so as I have ftepped over it; some will have it to give
the Name unto this City : it divides part of the Suburbs from it, and
hath divers Bridges over it. For that we may have a distindt appre-
hension of Vienna, we mu st consider the City and Suburbs thereof;
the Suburbs are very great, and not without fair Houses, Gardens,
Walks, and all Accommodations at large.
The City it self is that walled and fortisied part, designed not only
for convenience of Habitation, but also to sustain a Siege, or any /At-
tack from the Turk, and is now separated from the Suburbs by a fair
Eftplanade, or open Ground, above a Musket fliot over. The Houses
near the wall were pulled down since the last Fortisication in the Turkijh
war, when they were in some fear that the Turkifh Forces about Gran
and Neiv-hufel, would move towards them. It is fortified a la moder-
na, with ten Bastions towards the Land, and a very deep Ditch, into
which they can let the Danube : and with two other Bastions towards
the water, on that part of the River which lies on the North-side of
the Town. These two latter are called the Works of Gonzaga. The
Bastions are large; upon one of them I saw Count Souches muster a
good part of the Militia of the City. The Ditch is large and very deep,
into which although they can let in the River, yet it is commonly kept
dry, lest they might incommode their deep Cellars. There are two
W’alls, the one old and inward, little considerable at present, built at
first with the ransom of our King Richard the First, who in his return
from the Holy War, was detained Prisoner by the Duke of Auftria
upon the zotb of December, 1192. The Aujlrians pretending they had
received somje affront from the King at Joppa, and that he had taken
down the Ensign and Banner of Duke Leopold in a contemptuous way.
The other outward of a great breadth, made of Earth, andTaced with
Brick, edged with Free-stone, so well built, as to render this City one
of the most considerable fortisied places in Europe. The Efplanade
■ gently descends from the Town for three hundred Paces; there are
very few Outworks.
. -It is very uncertain who was the first Builder of Vienna, and after it
had been long built it ran to decay again for Four hundred years toge-
ther, till Henry the First, Duke of Auftria, in the year 115-8. did much
repair it; and the ransom afterwards of King Richard beautified it.
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