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70 A JOURNEY OVERLAND
The 26th. Ditto. About seven miles from Nice, wee
overtook the Chiaush with his twenty Jannissaries, whoe
formerly left us1, And at Roshneah2 wee lodged in a good
Cane3, the way beinge faire and plaine, although desert
and full of woods.
The 2jth. May, Anno 1620. Wee past by Paracheeno
(6 miles)4, a small village, and from thence four miles
further to a bigg river5 without a Bridge, soe that wee
spent four howres att least in passinge our selves and
necessaries8, and soe came to Yagola (10 miles)7, where is
another Palanca, or wooden fence: heere wee pitched for
this night.
almost all the Way till we came to Nissa; yea, and beyond the Town,
upon the Bank thereof were there some Remains of an old Roman
Way....As for the Town of Nissa, for that Country, it is a decent
one, and full of inhabitants."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i.
p. 164, "Nous continuames de suivre nostre route par des marecages,
quantite d'arbres, quelques petits villages par Nissa petite ville,
laquelle donne son nom a Nissava petite riviere, et par les ddtours du
fond d'une seconde montagne."
See also Blount's account of " Nisse" quoted in Appendix A.
1 See p. 66.
2 The modern Rashan or Razan. Des Hayes calls the place
Razena. See Appefidix F. A map of 1830 (B.M. 43625. 1) has
Raschnia.
3 Khan. See note 1 on p. 46 and note 5 on p. 52.
4 The modern Paratjin or Parachin Palanka, and the Paraquin of
Des Hayes {vide Appendix F). Poullet, in his map, has Pachin
palankassi.
6 The Morava.
0 Compare Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i. p. 164,
" Nous arrivames apres deux jours et demy de chemin sur le bord
d'une grosse riviere nommee la Morava...nous fusmes tout un jour
a traverser ce fieuve sur des batteaux." Des Hayes had a similar
experience (vide Appendix F).
7 i.e. Yagodin or Jagodina. Des Hayes says that this town con-
tained more Turks than Christians in 1621.
Compare Busbequius, Travels into Turkey, p. 20, "After we had
past the River called Morava, we came to a Town of the Servians,
named Jagodna."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i.
p. 164, "Nous passasmes au travers de quantity de bois fort epais,
d'une montagne...qui fait en cet endroit un defile' de peu de longueur,
et qui s'dlargit en une plaine vers sa fin ; au commencement de
laquelle paroist Yagodena, gros bourg."
The 26th. Ditto. About seven miles from Nice, wee
overtook the Chiaush with his twenty Jannissaries, whoe
formerly left us1, And at Roshneah2 wee lodged in a good
Cane3, the way beinge faire and plaine, although desert
and full of woods.
The 2jth. May, Anno 1620. Wee past by Paracheeno
(6 miles)4, a small village, and from thence four miles
further to a bigg river5 without a Bridge, soe that wee
spent four howres att least in passinge our selves and
necessaries8, and soe came to Yagola (10 miles)7, where is
another Palanca, or wooden fence: heere wee pitched for
this night.
almost all the Way till we came to Nissa; yea, and beyond the Town,
upon the Bank thereof were there some Remains of an old Roman
Way....As for the Town of Nissa, for that Country, it is a decent
one, and full of inhabitants."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i.
p. 164, "Nous continuames de suivre nostre route par des marecages,
quantite d'arbres, quelques petits villages par Nissa petite ville,
laquelle donne son nom a Nissava petite riviere, et par les ddtours du
fond d'une seconde montagne."
See also Blount's account of " Nisse" quoted in Appendix A.
1 See p. 66.
2 The modern Rashan or Razan. Des Hayes calls the place
Razena. See Appefidix F. A map of 1830 (B.M. 43625. 1) has
Raschnia.
3 Khan. See note 1 on p. 46 and note 5 on p. 52.
4 The modern Paratjin or Parachin Palanka, and the Paraquin of
Des Hayes {vide Appendix F). Poullet, in his map, has Pachin
palankassi.
6 The Morava.
0 Compare Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i. p. 164,
" Nous arrivames apres deux jours et demy de chemin sur le bord
d'une grosse riviere nommee la Morava...nous fusmes tout un jour
a traverser ce fieuve sur des batteaux." Des Hayes had a similar
experience (vide Appendix F).
7 i.e. Yagodin or Jagodina. Des Hayes says that this town con-
tained more Turks than Christians in 1621.
Compare Busbequius, Travels into Turkey, p. 20, "After we had
past the River called Morava, we came to a Town of the Servians,
named Jagodna."
Compare also Poullet, Nouvelles Relations du Levant, vol. i.
p. 164, "Nous passasmes au travers de quantity de bois fort epais,
d'une montagne...qui fait en cet endroit un defile' de peu de longueur,
et qui s'dlargit en une plaine vers sa fin ; au commencement de
laquelle paroist Yagodena, gros bourg."