Travels in Turkey and back to EnglandChishull, Edmund
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Travels in Turkey and back to England
Chishull, Edmund
Turkey -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Three Hungarian miles, thro a delicious and well tilled country, in
sight of _Presburg_ castle, we proceed to _Pruck_; just at the entrance
of which we cross the _Leyta_, and by that means pass out of _Hungary_
into _Austria_, of which _Pruck_ is the first town in this road. It is a
considerable compact place, neatly built with an appearing magnificence,
which they affect by building their houses high and uniform towards the
street. It has a castle and a strong wall, tho not sufficient against
the present art of war. In the market place is a pillar, that bears a
profane image of the _Trinity_, the _Father_ in the figure of an old man,
the _Son_ standing at his right hand, and the _Holy Ghost_ in the shape
of a _dove_ hovering betwixt their heads. Here is an handsome convent of
Augustin friars, and in the market place a new church not yet finished,
which promises something both beautiful and magnificent.
June xxi.
This day, being Sunday, we continue at _Pruck_, when I took an occasion
of walking by the banks of the _Leyta_, in pleasant and delightful
meadows.
June xxii.
Four German miles from hence bring us to _Schweka_, a neat village
near _Eberstorff_; where is a palace of the Emperor, and a large park,
enclosed by the _Danube_ and the _Schweka_.
June xxiii.
By three in the afternoon his Excellency moves from hence, and in an
hour and a half, at the distance of two German miles, happily arrives at
_Vienna_; where he is lodged in the suburbs, betwixt the _Caristhian_
gate and the _Favorita_, in a palace of Count _Sterembergh_. After the
repose of a day or two his Excellency had a separate audience of the
Emperor, and Empress, the Archduke _Carlo_, and the four Archdutchesses.
And being visited by most of the nobility, courtiers, and ministers of
the place, he afterwards took occasion of returning their respective
visits.
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