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Injlruciions to a Traveller.
Besides the Things which I either describ’d or
mention’d in the Account of Antwerp, Travellers
may visit the Abby of S. Michael, and especially
the Refectory, and the Pictures in the Abbot’s
Apartment, the Churches of the Carmelites,
St.James, and the Dominicans, and the Magazines
of Tapestry.
I took notice of the following Passage in a
little Book of Travels in Flanders, written by an
anonymous Author. “ On the Day of the Firgin’s
lc Aff'umpswn, says he, there is a solemn Processi-
“ on, in which Semele and her Son Bacchus are
“ represented by a jolly fat young Man and p.
“ Lais of the same Size. They are mounted
sC upon a Hogfliead in a Chariot, and are perpe-
“tually emptying a Bottle. This is all the
Account our Author gives of ’em. You may en-
quire further about this piece of Mummery.
At Antwerp you may be well accommodated at
the Laboureurs, and in Bruffels at the Sieur Drouins,
at the Sign of the Golden Fountain, at the Looklng-
glafi, and in other Places.
At Ghent you may take a View of the great
Iron Cannon which lies in one of the Publick
Places; the Statue of Charles N. upon a Co-
lumn, &c.
I look upon Bruges as a very fine City, which,
in my opinion, is not so much taken notice of as
it deserves.
They who have not the Conveniency of a
Yacht for their Pasfage to England, need not scru-
ple to go by the Pacquet-boat, which, tho’ not so
honourable, is both as safe and as good a Sailer as
the other.
D. Antonio de Guevara Bishop of Mondonedo, and
Preacher to Charles the Fifth, relates, That the
application of a Bag of Sassron to the Region of
the Heart, is an effectual Remedy against the
Sickness