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Vol. I. M IT ALY. 65
os Germany, its Neighbours preserve it while they
defeat! themselves. Should the Emperor be Ma-
tter of Nuremberg, as he is of his hereditary
Countries it would not be very advantageous to
him : For, after all, as free as these little
States are, they are nevertheless Slaves to the Em-
peror, being, at the same time, Fiefs of the Em-
pire, they are made to contribute Men, Arms,
and Money, upon occasion: And there wou’d be
a Thousand ways found to torment them, if they
shou’d refuse to perform what is requir’d of
them.
Nuremberg is a very fair City, though the Stru-
cture of its Buildings is somewhat Gothic, and notl! 6
at all agreeable to the true Rules of Architecture.
TheHouses are generally large, handsome, and streets, n
strongly built. Some of ’em are painted pMick Foun-
on the out-side, and almost all the rest are of
very fine Free-Stone. There are Fountains of Gualdo'
Brass in several places of the City : We saw a ve-
ry magnificent one, which is yet at the Artisicer’s
House, on which there are Figures of Brass, to
the Value of Seventy Thousand Crowns, besides
other Ornaments. The Streets are broad, clean,
and well paved, but ’tis pity they are not more
straight. The Tradition of the Country will have
Nuremberg to be built by Nero, and there is one of
the Towers of the Castle which is call’d the Tower
os Nero ; but this is but a poor Argument. I ra-
ther think that Noriberga, called also in Latin
Mons Noricorum, was derived from Noricam, the
old Name of the Country, and the word Berg,
which in High-Dutch lignifies a Mountain.
The Castle is on a high Rock, though the rest EmPiror
of the City is ssat. The Figure of the Castle is ‘^he
wholly irregular, because they have been forced has occafion to
to make it agreeable to the Mass of the milhapen M this
and unequal Rock. They asfur’d us, that ths C/W
F Well
os Germany, its Neighbours preserve it while they
defeat! themselves. Should the Emperor be Ma-
tter of Nuremberg, as he is of his hereditary
Countries it would not be very advantageous to
him : For, after all, as free as these little
States are, they are nevertheless Slaves to the Em-
peror, being, at the same time, Fiefs of the Em-
pire, they are made to contribute Men, Arms,
and Money, upon occasion: And there wou’d be
a Thousand ways found to torment them, if they
shou’d refuse to perform what is requir’d of
them.
Nuremberg is a very fair City, though the Stru-
cture of its Buildings is somewhat Gothic, and notl! 6
at all agreeable to the true Rules of Architecture.
TheHouses are generally large, handsome, and streets, n
strongly built. Some of ’em are painted pMick Foun-
on the out-side, and almost all the rest are of
very fine Free-Stone. There are Fountains of Gualdo'
Brass in several places of the City : We saw a ve-
ry magnificent one, which is yet at the Artisicer’s
House, on which there are Figures of Brass, to
the Value of Seventy Thousand Crowns, besides
other Ornaments. The Streets are broad, clean,
and well paved, but ’tis pity they are not more
straight. The Tradition of the Country will have
Nuremberg to be built by Nero, and there is one of
the Towers of the Castle which is call’d the Tower
os Nero ; but this is but a poor Argument. I ra-
ther think that Noriberga, called also in Latin
Mons Noricorum, was derived from Noricam, the
old Name of the Country, and the word Berg,
which in High-Dutch lignifies a Mountain.
The Castle is on a high Rock, though the rest EmPiror
of the City is ssat. The Figure of the Castle is ‘^he
wholly irregular, because they have been forced has occafion to
to make it agreeable to the Mass of the milhapen M this
and unequal Rock. They asfur’d us, that ths C/W
F Well