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FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO LONDON
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six or seven villages and many scatteringe dwellings, all
made of wood, where was neither bread nor wyne, nor any
thinge els to bee had but att very dear rates.
The \ $tk. June, 1620. From the afore mentioned place1,
for eight miles the way reasonable plaine, but from thence
to the Cittie of Bosna Sarae, seven miles farther2, very
mountainous and rocky3. This Cittie lyeth among the
Hills4, upon one of which neere the same stands a Castle5.
The howses heere in generall have theire walls of Clay, the
rooffs of Timber, the people very bigg and tall, Att this
tyme very discourteous to Francks by reason of a Con-
troversie the Marchants of this Cittie have with the
Venetians, too longe to bee here inserted0; whereupon my
Lord forbadd anie to stirr out of doores, haveing taken
a howse till wee gott other horses, the former being dis-
charged, for whome wee paid aspers7 200 each from
1 Apparently from the end of the plain in which were the villages
and " scatteringe dwellings."
2 Bosna Serai, the modern Sarajevo. This place, the ancient
Tiberiopolis, derives its name from the Seraglio or palace built by
Muhammad II. In a map of 1720 (B.M. 44250. 4) it is called Saraio,
Sarayevo, Bosna Saraie, Bosna Argentina or Bistue Nova. See
Blount's remarks on the place in Appendix A, and Mundy's comments
thereon.
Sarajevo is 122 miles south-west of Belgrade. Pindar and his
train accomplished the distance in seven days, an average of 175 miles
per day, as against the 21 miles per day from Constantinople to
Belgrade. See note 1 on p. 72.
3 The hills round Sarajevo rise to a height of 5250 feet.
4 Sarajevo is 1770 feet above the sea.
5 The castle, now a ruin, was built by the Hungarian general,
Cotroman, in 1263. See Blount's remarks in Appendix A.
6 The dispute between the Bosnians and the Venetians was owing
to the piracies of the Uscocs, a people of Dalmatia. The Pasha of
Bosnia accused the Venetians of complicity in the outrages of 1613.
For some years, relations between the Porte and Venice continued
to be strained and war was only averted with difficulty. For a full
account of the Uscocs and the protection given to them by Austria,
see Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Monte7ieg7-o, vol. ii. pp. 352, 384 ff.
and 429.
7 See note 2 on p. 27. Compare Thevenot, Ti-avcls into the
Levant, Part i. p. 67, " The Aspers are little pieces of Silver that
have no other stamp but the Grand Signior's Name, and are worth
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six or seven villages and many scatteringe dwellings, all
made of wood, where was neither bread nor wyne, nor any
thinge els to bee had but att very dear rates.
The \ $tk. June, 1620. From the afore mentioned place1,
for eight miles the way reasonable plaine, but from thence
to the Cittie of Bosna Sarae, seven miles farther2, very
mountainous and rocky3. This Cittie lyeth among the
Hills4, upon one of which neere the same stands a Castle5.
The howses heere in generall have theire walls of Clay, the
rooffs of Timber, the people very bigg and tall, Att this
tyme very discourteous to Francks by reason of a Con-
troversie the Marchants of this Cittie have with the
Venetians, too longe to bee here inserted0; whereupon my
Lord forbadd anie to stirr out of doores, haveing taken
a howse till wee gott other horses, the former being dis-
charged, for whome wee paid aspers7 200 each from
1 Apparently from the end of the plain in which were the villages
and " scatteringe dwellings."
2 Bosna Serai, the modern Sarajevo. This place, the ancient
Tiberiopolis, derives its name from the Seraglio or palace built by
Muhammad II. In a map of 1720 (B.M. 44250. 4) it is called Saraio,
Sarayevo, Bosna Saraie, Bosna Argentina or Bistue Nova. See
Blount's remarks on the place in Appendix A, and Mundy's comments
thereon.
Sarajevo is 122 miles south-west of Belgrade. Pindar and his
train accomplished the distance in seven days, an average of 175 miles
per day, as against the 21 miles per day from Constantinople to
Belgrade. See note 1 on p. 72.
3 The hills round Sarajevo rise to a height of 5250 feet.
4 Sarajevo is 1770 feet above the sea.
5 The castle, now a ruin, was built by the Hungarian general,
Cotroman, in 1263. See Blount's remarks in Appendix A.
6 The dispute between the Bosnians and the Venetians was owing
to the piracies of the Uscocs, a people of Dalmatia. The Pasha of
Bosnia accused the Venetians of complicity in the outrages of 1613.
For some years, relations between the Porte and Venice continued
to be strained and war was only averted with difficulty. For a full
account of the Uscocs and the protection given to them by Austria,
see Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Monte7ieg7-o, vol. ii. pp. 352, 384 ff.
and 429.
7 See note 2 on p. 27. Compare Thevenot, Ti-avcls into the
Levant, Part i. p. 67, " The Aspers are little pieces of Silver that
have no other stamp but the Grand Signior's Name, and are worth