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156 Descriftion os Vienna.
here as in other parts of Germany, where they lodge and eat in Stoves;
and great Persons have Stoves in the Church, or such as look into the
Church. . There are Stoves also in the publick Schools where Ledures
are read, u And this way of lying between two Feather-beds, with a
neat laced sheet spread over, is more convenient in a cold Country.,
than most others they make use of. For in the common Inns in Ger-
many they generally sleep upon Straw, and alsodn Hungary almod eve-
ry where ; and more Eaderly upon the ground, spreading a Carpet or
Saddle-cloth under them: and more Northerly they content them-
selves with the Skins of Beads, Bears, Elks, or the like; upon which
they deep in the night. Those that deep lowed are cooled in a Stove;
those that lie upon Tables, Benches, or higher, are more exposed to
the heat.TheCitizens of Vienna are well attired,and use Furs very much
The Women wear a high Velvet Bonnet, lined or faced therewith.
The Place seemed to be healthful; but they speak much of the Colic a
Auslriacays an Endemical and Local Disease,very hardly yielding unto
good Medicines. They speak good German at the Court and in the Ci-
ty ; but theCommon & Country people seemed to speak grumblingly,
.. and bessdes their accent, have divers words different from other parts..
They have a Cudom upon St.Nicholas-day to putsome small Gift into
the Childrens shooes; among other things they put in Medals and Dol-
lars made of paper and ssour,gilded and silvered over, yet scarce worth
a penny. They sell Trochies or Pallets in the markets, made of th®
pulp os the Fruit of Hip-briar, made iharp with Spirit of Sulphur,
very refreshing. Some carry about them a Eh under-si one as a defence
againd Thunder : and they rub their Childrens Gums with a PVolsk
tooth indead of Coral.
When I was at Venice, in the time of the Carnival, I obferved many
Recreations and Shews, as Rope-dancing, flying down the Rope, cur-
ing offBulls-necks with Swords,and many other. But zt Vienna anota-
ble trick which I saw there, pleased me much: Aman of a middle Sta-
ture laid down upon his back, and a heavy Anvil was placed upon his
Bread, as much as two men could well lift, then two other men
with great Hammers laid on, until they had given aimed an hum
dred blows, and cut in sunder a great Horshooe of iron, about half an
inch thick.
Here is no Chrissian Religion publickly permitted but the Ro-
man, and therefore those of the Protefian^, and Reformed Religions
fain to resort to Pref burg, Forty miles off for which they have some
convenience by the Danube , and a Coach which goes every day.
In the time of Maximilian the Second, they were permitted the Ex-
ercise os their Religion in the Church of the Holy Cross, in the Ci-
ty of Vienna. But afterwards were prohibited by Rodolphus the Se-
cond. The Emperor Matthias gave them permission to meet at Her-
nals, a little more than an Englijb mile from Vienna; and gave leave
to their Ministers to come into the City, and there to chrifien, mar-
ry,baptize,zn& visit the sick.From which time they encreased very much,
till Ferdinand the Second, returning from the Battel of Prague, ba-
nilhed their Mini si er from Vienna, and Arnolds,; sent the Freyherr
sorger, to whom the Cadle of Arnolds belonged, Priloner unto Lintz ;
and never gave over till he had taken away their Privileges and Free-
dom of meeting publickly in any part of lower Aufiria.
But
here as in other parts of Germany, where they lodge and eat in Stoves;
and great Persons have Stoves in the Church, or such as look into the
Church. . There are Stoves also in the publick Schools where Ledures
are read, u And this way of lying between two Feather-beds, with a
neat laced sheet spread over, is more convenient in a cold Country.,
than most others they make use of. For in the common Inns in Ger-
many they generally sleep upon Straw, and alsodn Hungary almod eve-
ry where ; and more Eaderly upon the ground, spreading a Carpet or
Saddle-cloth under them: and more Northerly they content them-
selves with the Skins of Beads, Bears, Elks, or the like; upon which
they deep in the night. Those that deep lowed are cooled in a Stove;
those that lie upon Tables, Benches, or higher, are more exposed to
the heat.TheCitizens of Vienna are well attired,and use Furs very much
The Women wear a high Velvet Bonnet, lined or faced therewith.
The Place seemed to be healthful; but they speak much of the Colic a
Auslriacays an Endemical and Local Disease,very hardly yielding unto
good Medicines. They speak good German at the Court and in the Ci-
ty ; but theCommon & Country people seemed to speak grumblingly,
.. and bessdes their accent, have divers words different from other parts..
They have a Cudom upon St.Nicholas-day to putsome small Gift into
the Childrens shooes; among other things they put in Medals and Dol-
lars made of paper and ssour,gilded and silvered over, yet scarce worth
a penny. They sell Trochies or Pallets in the markets, made of th®
pulp os the Fruit of Hip-briar, made iharp with Spirit of Sulphur,
very refreshing. Some carry about them a Eh under-si one as a defence
againd Thunder : and they rub their Childrens Gums with a PVolsk
tooth indead of Coral.
When I was at Venice, in the time of the Carnival, I obferved many
Recreations and Shews, as Rope-dancing, flying down the Rope, cur-
ing offBulls-necks with Swords,and many other. But zt Vienna anota-
ble trick which I saw there, pleased me much: Aman of a middle Sta-
ture laid down upon his back, and a heavy Anvil was placed upon his
Bread, as much as two men could well lift, then two other men
with great Hammers laid on, until they had given aimed an hum
dred blows, and cut in sunder a great Horshooe of iron, about half an
inch thick.
Here is no Chrissian Religion publickly permitted but the Ro-
man, and therefore those of the Protefian^, and Reformed Religions
fain to resort to Pref burg, Forty miles off for which they have some
convenience by the Danube , and a Coach which goes every day.
In the time of Maximilian the Second, they were permitted the Ex-
ercise os their Religion in the Church of the Holy Cross, in the Ci-
ty of Vienna. But afterwards were prohibited by Rodolphus the Se-
cond. The Emperor Matthias gave them permission to meet at Her-
nals, a little more than an Englijb mile from Vienna; and gave leave
to their Ministers to come into the City, and there to chrifien, mar-
ry,baptize,zn& visit the sick.From which time they encreased very much,
till Ferdinand the Second, returning from the Battel of Prague, ba-
nilhed their Mini si er from Vienna, and Arnolds,; sent the Freyherr
sorger, to whom the Cadle of Arnolds belonged, Priloner unto Lintz ;
and never gave over till he had taken away their Privileges and Free-
dom of meeting publickly in any part of lower Aufiria.
But