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ADescription 0/Vienna.
ser, wherein the Emperor lodges. At the Entrance over the Gate, ar
set in Capitals Letters the five Vowels, A, E, Z, 0, V ; whereof the
Phancies of men make various interpretations. That which was told
me, was this, Au/trice est imperare Orli Wni-verso; or, Alles Erdreich
Ist Ofterreich Z> nt er th an; i. e. All the World is lubjedt to Au/iria. AL
though I could hardly believe this was the first intended meaning. Be-
sides these two Courts is another small one, where seme of the Pages
lodge. I took notice of a large rough JaJpis slone lying upon the
ground, little regarded or observed : it is about nine foot Diameter ; it
was presented unto the Emperor by the Archbishop cf Saltzlur&whofe
Country ’affords notable Quarries, and Hones of many sorts; a little
piece of it polissied, affords fine yellow, red, black, and white Veins.
The Palace of the Count de Draun, and that which Count ZWWhath
lately built and nobly furnished, are very considerable; with many
others.
There are also many fair Churches, rich Convents, and Conventual
Churches ; as that of the Carmelites, of the Francifcans, of the Bene-
dict ines, of St. Nicholas ; In this Church I could not but take notice
of the late Sepulchral Monuments of Count Strozzi and Cardinal Hot
rach. The Dominican Convent is very fair. The Augujlines have a
large Church, in the middle whereof they have built a Chappel after
the manner of the Holy House at Loretto ; upon the top os which
hang the Colours taken from the Turks and Tartars, many of which
Ensigns are not square like ours, but made Escucheon-wise, some filled
with Circles, wherein are expresied half Moons. The Jefuites Colleges
are large, who seldom fail of noble Convents, especially in places where
they have so good footing as in this. The Front of one of their Colleges
opens into a fair Piazza, in the middle whereof Hands a large and
high composite Column of Copper upon a Pedestal of white slone, with
four Angels with Escucheons, and on the top the blesled Virgin ; In-
scriptions also, in which the Emperor dedicates Austria unto her Patro-
nage and Tuition.
In
ADescription 0/Vienna.
ser, wherein the Emperor lodges. At the Entrance over the Gate, ar
set in Capitals Letters the five Vowels, A, E, Z, 0, V ; whereof the
Phancies of men make various interpretations. That which was told
me, was this, Au/trice est imperare Orli Wni-verso; or, Alles Erdreich
Ist Ofterreich Z> nt er th an; i. e. All the World is lubjedt to Au/iria. AL
though I could hardly believe this was the first intended meaning. Be-
sides these two Courts is another small one, where seme of the Pages
lodge. I took notice of a large rough JaJpis slone lying upon the
ground, little regarded or observed : it is about nine foot Diameter ; it
was presented unto the Emperor by the Archbishop cf Saltzlur&whofe
Country ’affords notable Quarries, and Hones of many sorts; a little
piece of it polissied, affords fine yellow, red, black, and white Veins.
The Palace of the Count de Draun, and that which Count ZWWhath
lately built and nobly furnished, are very considerable; with many
others.
There are also many fair Churches, rich Convents, and Conventual
Churches ; as that of the Carmelites, of the Francifcans, of the Bene-
dict ines, of St. Nicholas ; In this Church I could not but take notice
of the late Sepulchral Monuments of Count Strozzi and Cardinal Hot
rach. The Dominican Convent is very fair. The Augujlines have a
large Church, in the middle whereof they have built a Chappel after
the manner of the Holy House at Loretto ; upon the top os which
hang the Colours taken from the Turks and Tartars, many of which
Ensigns are not square like ours, but made Escucheon-wise, some filled
with Circles, wherein are expresied half Moons. The Jefuites Colleges
are large, who seldom fail of noble Convents, especially in places where
they have so good footing as in this. The Front of one of their Colleges
opens into a fair Piazza, in the middle whereof Hands a large and
high composite Column of Copper upon a Pedestal of white slone, with
four Angels with Escucheons, and on the top the blesled Virgin ; In-
scriptions also, in which the Emperor dedicates Austria unto her Patro-
nage and Tuition.
In