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
I. O. M. ET DIIS
PENATIBVS
SCAVRIANVS
MINERVAE TIB.
JVLIVS NOVIA
NVS II ... LEG.
POSVIT
PRO SALVTE DO
MINI NOSTRI
SANCTISSIMI AN
TONINI PII AVGVS
TI NYMPHIS NOVIS[120]
SACRVM RVFRI
VS[121] SVLPICIA ...
LEG. XIII. G ...
ANIO
At midday we dined with Count _Seau_, and by two a clock taking leave of
the governor, we set forward in a calash for _Enyed_[122], two Hungarian
miles distant from hence, where we arrived before seven, the road lying
all the way near the banks of the _Maurusius_.
May xxii.
We take a calash this morning, and proceed about an hour from _Enyed_ to
meet his Excellency, at the place where he crossed the _Maurusius_ by
flat boats; which done, we wait on him back to _Enyed_, and there arrive
about one a clock. After diner I visited the school and college of this
place, which is reputed the most flourishing of those, that belong to
the reformed Calvinist church in Transylvania. It has three professors,
one of philosophy, _Stephanus Kolosvari_, who has traveled into England;
another of divinity, _Stephanus Engedi_, a learned man, who gave me a
popish book, concerning the Emperor’s treatment of the reformed churches
in Hungary; and a third of the Greek tongue, logic, and history, _Fr.
Pariz-Papa_, a physician, who presented me with some printed tracts of
his own, and a manuscript _Itinerary_ of Dr. _Basire_ prebendary of
Durham, left by him in _Alba Julia_, where he professed divinity during
the late usurpation in England.
May xxiii.
We proceed three Hungarian miles from _Enyed_ to _Therda_, where we
arrive about one a clock, and find it a dirty ill built town, but
remarkable for its salt pits. It has two Calvinist churches, with one
appropriated to the Unitarians. The town stands upon the _Aranyas_,
antiently the _Chrysolas_, in which the _Zingans_ find gold dust,
principally after rain.
May xxiv.
It being Whitsunday, his Excellency halted this day, and in his lodgings
had divine service and a sermon. After diner we visit the salt pits,
which altogether resemble those of _Visakna_, except that the salt seems
somewhat clearer and stronger. Returning we find the following Roman
inscription.
ISIDI
ET SERAPI
C. IVL. ANN
ISONVS ...
LEG. V. M. HO.
ET FL. APO
LINARIA ...
EIVS V. L. S
May xxv.
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