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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35840	Polish manuscripts, or, The secret history of the reign of John Sobieski the III, of that name, K. of Poland containing a particular account of the siege of Vienna ... with the letters that passed on that occasion betwixt the Emperor, King of Poland, Pope, Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Lorrain, Republick of Venice ... : the whole intermix'd with an account of the author's travels thro' Germany, Poland, Hungary, &c. .../ translated from the French original, wrote by M. Dalerac ...; Anecdotes de Pologne. English	Dalairac, M. (François-Paulin)	1700 (1700)	Wing D127; ESTC R5247	177,325	306

this their Apparatus They feed very much upon Rice upon upon Wheat bak'd with their Meat and a great deal of Flesh cut out into small pieces like a Fricassée Their Kitchin-Ware consists only in Pots and their plate is the covers of those pots made of Tin deep and large which serve instead of Dishes for they have no other nor any piece of Plate such as Spoons Knives and Forks for these last are all of Horn or fine Wood set with small Pearls Even the Bassas Visiers and others are forbidden to eat in Plate That wherein the Tables of Persons of Quality appear more splendid than those of other men is the Number of Dishes for I saw fifty served up one after another in the Treat which the New Bassa made upon his Arrival in the Open field under his Tents The Table was a round piece of Tin with a small border placed upon an Iron frame about a foot high upon it were laid pieces of Bread with Spoons and the Guests sat so as not to look into one another's faces eating side-ways their Right-hands and sides turn'd toward the Table At the Bassa's Table is served up instead of a Napkin a great piece of Cotton stuff dy'd in blue or various Colours which is throw'n upon the knees of the Guests beginning with the Master This is all the distinction between his and other private Person 's Tables for they all alike eat very fast without much talking One dish does not stay long for another as soon as t is Empty the Master of the feast cries take away and fifty of 'em are by this means gon in less than a quarter of an hour Both Drink and side-board are much of a sort Persons of note indeed have their Leathern Bottles and turn'd Cups and the Bassa upon a Journey has a Man on purpose to carry his Carpet for Prayers with a Bottle full of Water and a piece of Bread There is not much more Ceremony used in waiting at Table the Slaves fetch the Dishes out of the Kitchin and lay them in the Antichamber where Grooms of the Chamber call'd Meter take them and one of 'em places them upon the Table I have elsewhere observed that the Turks wear no other Arms in times of Peace and at home but a Dagger tuck'd in at their Girdle on the right side and here I add that Quarrels are very rare among them Ralleries Love-Intrigues Gaming Wine Suits at Law Intrigues of Court Backbiting and the like which occasion quarrels in other Nations have no Influence over these People Every one lives in his own family without concerning himself with what is done abroad They have nothing they can call their own but their Houshold Goods their Money Horses and Slaves for all the Lands belong to the Grand Signior They never intrude into other People's business they carry on no Plots with another Man's Wife or Daughter for they may keep as many Women as they please and what cause then is there of falling out I never so much as saw any thing like it in all the fourteen Months of my stay at Newhausel The Merchants deal upon the square The Workmen are paid punctually and every thing is carry'd on among them without Trick or Fraud according to the genuine Law of Nature Their Justice is severe their Obedience blind their Religion reverenc'd and Robberies are scarce known among them by the care that is taken to root up the very seeds of such a Practice So that they lock up nothing their Chambers Coffers and Chests do all lye open And were it not for that sordid Avarice to which all the Turks are inclin'd and a propensity to a certain dreadfull piece of debauchery to which they are more addicted than the Italians and all other Nations of the World besides were it not I say for these things they would equal any other People in their Morals The Turks have two Lents in the Year call'd Ramasan each lasting a Month or a Moon according to their way of Reckoning The lesser is Discretionary and falls out towards the latter end of October or the beginning of November The Great Lent at the end of which is the Solemn Festival of Bairam look'd upon as our Easter which is likewise called Ramasan Bairam is indispensibly necessary to be observed among them In the Year 1684 it began August the 12th according to our Account which was the first day of the Moon The fast they keep at that time was very irksome by reason of the long days For they eat nothing till after Sun-set and the Lamps are lighted which are placed during all that time upon the top of the Towers of their Mosques These are lighted when the day is suppos'd to be at an end by the Course of the Sun which likewise puts a Period to the Fast for that day and then every body betake themselves to their Victuals breaking their fast first of all by large draughts of Water Besides this grand Repast they make another Meal almost as large as the first two hours before day So that it may be said that they Eat without sleeping all Night and Sleep without eating all the next day During the Ramasan their Prayers are double and the most indevout fail not of saying them every day of this Lent which is so much reverenc'd by all persons On the Morrow after the last day of Ramasan they celebrate the Bairam just as they did the first day of Lent by discharging all the Cannon by the sounding of Warlike Instruments beating of Drums and the Like After this by break of day they wait upon the Bassa with their Musick who after he had washed his feet a custom strictly observed by every body on the morning of this festival mounted his horse and marched in great State to the Mosque there to offer up his first Prayers Whilst this was doing the Cooks were serving up a great Treat in the middle of the Square before his Palace all in Earthen Dishes to the Number of three or four hundred Several Janizaries were posted at the four Corners to keep the People off till the Bassa and his Calvalcade return'd from the Mosque Then those Guards fell upon the Dishes and all the crowd at the same time take share of the Treat of which nothing remains a moment after besides the pieces of Dishes which are broken between them in the Squabble They told me at Newhausel that the Grand Signior himself celebrated the Bairam just after the same manner and that this Repast was call'd Corban The Turks have likewise another Moon which is that of March in which they perform several Nocturnal and private Devotions of which I saw nothing but the Processions of the Dervis made publickly in the passage between the two Gates of the Bassa's house The next confisted in lamentable Howlings and secret Superstitions of which I only heard the Noise which was very dreadful in my mind They attend at their Devotions at all times

The King lay at the first of these Places the fourth Day of his March Moravia is doubtless the Best of the Hereditary Provinces and the Richest Country of Germany It is fat fertil plentiful populous set off with Neat Cities and adorn'd with all that Nature can afford to make it Beautiful having variety of Plains Green Forests Vales and Meadows which represent very pleasing Prospects to the Eye On the one side it borders on the Kingdom of Hungary It is separated from Silesia by a Ridge of Mountains On the Front it has the Plains of Austria terminated by the Danube and on the Right the Kingdom of Bohemia whose Language is very like to the Moravian being both a Dialect deriv'd from the Sclavonian The Capital City of Moravia is Olmutz call'd in Latin Olomucium It is well built and set off with a large Square a great many Churches Stately Houses wide and clear Streets strong Walls which last are flanked with Turrets cover'd with a Mote and other Modern Works It is adorn'd without with Sumptuous Seats fine shady Walks and very advantagious for its Scituation being at the end of a Plain two Leagues long bounded on the Left with a Ridge of Hills of different Prospects such as Meadows Ponds Thickets and the like of which the City is the Point of Sight It is seated on a small Rising over-looking a spacious Meadow which surrounds three Sides of it with a River that runs in a winding Stream thro' the midst Olmutz is a Bishoprick whose Bishop is a Prince of the Empire and has a Right of Coyning Money and I have seen several fine Ducats of his Coyn. He has a new Palace suitable to his Dignity yet the Garrison and the Governor are plac'd by the Emperor in the City and their Discipline is Exact and Great The King leaving Hauff din'd at Sternberg and took up his Quarters at Olmutz the fifth Day of his March being August 26. From Sternberg to Olmutz two Leagues one Stage From Olmutz to Prostnitz two Leagues one Stage The Country between is very uneven wholy Champian and of an extraordinary Soil Prostnitz is scituated in a Plain and is less considerable than Olmutz but yet neat enough being built with Brick as are all the Towns of this Marquisate its Houses are lofty and its Streets large The King din'd here and the same Day encamp'd at Viska a Village upon the Road. From Prostnitz to Bitchau two Leagues one Stage It takes up in good Weather near four Hours Time to travel this Stage and in Winter 't is near a Day 's Journey by reason of the fat Mountains and dirty Soil The Fields are all open stretching out towards the Left and plow'd into large Furrows As for Bitchau it is one of the Best Cities of the Country and its Land is the Granary of all those Parts From Bitchau to Brinn four Leagues two Stages This last City is more considerable than the former not only for its Grandeur fine Houses and the Nobility with which 't is fill'd but also for its Citadel one of the Best I ever saw in those Parts It takes in the compass of the whole Platform of an high and inaccessible Mountain whose Extremity at the Top has a Mantling or Counterscarp much like that of Montmidy in Luxemburgh Besides this Brinn has its fortified Walls tho' irregular all cover'd with a sort of Bastions without any Outside or loose Works It is situated on a small Prominence at the foot of which round about it has some Houses in the Nature of Suburbs It s Governor is a Noble Lord very highly esteem'd by the Elector of Bavaria who came to refresh himself at his House after the Siege of Vienna was rais'd The King came thither in three Days time from Olmutz From Brinn to Pourlits four Leagues two Stages This is a Village in a very fat Soil and a Plain diversify'd with Meadows Plow'd Lands and Thickets where there are some others more considerable From Pourlits to Niklitsbourg the Germans pronounce it Niklitspourg two Leagues one Stage of three Hours Riding Moravia terminates at the end of one League at a certain Lake over which we pass'd on a sorry Wooden Bridge Beyond the Lake Austria begins and presents us a new kind of Prospect no less pleasant for its Variety than Rich and Plentiful in its vast Extent On the Left you see nothing but Vineyards like those about Lions on the Right boundless Plains garnish'd with Villages manur'd all over and of a fat and fertile Soil The Arch-Dutchy of AUSTRIA Austria from whence that Illustrious Family whose two Branches have sway'd the Imperial Scepter from the Year 1437. to this Time took its Name was formerly no more than a Marquisate which the Emperor rais'd first to a Dutchy and afterwards to an Arch-Dutchy The Danube runs cross it and it is separated from Hungary on the one Side by the River of Moravia and on the other by that of Raab both which throw themselves into the Danube by opposite currents Austria is bounded by Moravia Bohemia Bavaria Styria and Hungary It is full Cities considerable not only in themselves but also for the Epochas of History which will perpetuate their Names Among others we may reckon Passàw Lints and Vienna its Capital City This last is become the Metropolis of the whole Empire ever since Fourteen Emperors of the House of Austria have reign'd successively the last of which have Establish'd their Court there and have made a Splendid City of it Besides Austria is a Country abounding with variety of Plains Vineyards Hills and large Forests which afford ample Diversions to the Emperors by that prodigious quantity of Stags and other large Beasts with which they are stock'd 'T is certain that no Country abounds so much with the former as this Province does You may see them in whole Herds like so many Beeves round about Vienna and 't is to be wondred what a great number of them the Emperor takes every Year whereof with the weight of each an exact Register is kept This Register is lock'd up in the Archives of the Court and has been lodg'd there time out of Mind These Hunting-Matches are three Months in the Year The Emperor misses not one of 'em having stated and fix'd days for this Exercise as he has for Audiences His Courtiers make a Business of State of it and at the place of Rendez-vous take each of 'em a Nosegay of Greens provided by the Huntsmen who present the Emperor with a Crown and a kind of Sceptre made of the same The Scales are carry'd along with 'em to weigh each Beast they kill and the Register to take an exact Account thereof and the Emperor himself opens the Belly cross-ways with a large Knife before any dare touch it When the Hunting-Matches are over they cast up the Number and the Weight as set down in the Register and by comparing them to former Years and to other Emperors they pass a Judgment from