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A19674	Crowne, William.	A true relation of all the remarkable places and passages observed in the travels of the right honourable Thomas Lord Hovvard, Earle of Arundell and Surrey, Primer Earle, and Earle Marshall of England, ambassadour extraordinary to his sacred Majesty Ferdinando the second, emperour of Germanie, anno Domini 1636. By Wiliam Crowne Gentleman	1637		.xml	application/xml	20313	301	31	Then came we into Wijrtzburg-land , and descended downe another steep hill and there crossed over a little River call'd Tauber , and through Keichelsheim , to Neubruim a poore Village where wee dined , after dinner passing by the side of the Maine , and through Woods and Plaines , untill we came to Wijrtzburg , a faire City passing over a bridge first , standing over the Maine into the Towne , seated on the left side of the River , and a faire Castle opposite to the Towne on the other side , in which the Towne put all their riches when they heard the king of Sweden was comming , thinking there it would not be gain'd , but they hearing of it , surprised and pillaged it in 3. daies , and it was 3. or 4. moneths before the Emperors forces could regaine it , the next day earely departed , being the 10. of May , and entered Marggrafen-land , and to Kiteingen to diner , after diner , thence through Ipza a City , and so to Marckbibrach , where we lay all night on the plancher , for the Village was pillaged but the day before , earely the next morning wee went away and passed through Neustadt , which hath beene a faire City , though now pillaged and burnt miserably , heere we saw poore children sitting at their doores almost strav'd to death , to whom his Excellency gave order for to relieve them with meat and money to their Parents , from hence we went to Eilfkirchen a poore Village where wee dined , with some reserv'd meat of our owne , for there was not any thing to be found , after diner , thence we passed by many Villages pillag'd and burnt down , and so into Nurnberger-land , passing through the place where the King of Swedens Leaguer lay , when the King of Bohemia was with him and my Lord Craven , and in sight of the place the Emperors Army had intrenched themselves by the side of a great wood , here the King of Sweden set upon poles alive three of his souldiers , for killing 2. of their Commanders , and flying presently to his Enemy , and at the end of a Battaile that was then fought , he tooke them prisoners , and so executed them , then drawing neere Nurnburg a great City seated in a Plaine , which the King of Sweden relieved at that time against the Emperor , being not above two English miles off , heere we passed by some of their workes before the Towne , and then entered the Gate into the City being very stately built , and one of the strongest in Germany , and so to his Excellencies lodging , the next day the Lords of the City came and visited his Excellency ; here we staid II daies untill his Excellency had word for certain where the Emperor was , the most part of our time was spent in seeing of the rare things in the Towne , as a very brave Magazine wherein all their munition lieth , which the Governours of the towne shewed his Excellency , at our first entrance wee passed through a large Court where there lay on our left hand 4. great Cannons by the walles side , which were 6. paces long , and 2. foote broad , and worke-houses there likewise , then entered we into a long roome where there hung on both sides armour for foot and horse , and then into the place it selfe , where there were 6. partitions each 28. And on Saturday the 26. day of November , wee departed from hence , and rowed downe the Mayne ; the first night to Flersheym , which was three miles , against which wee cast anchor and lay aboard ; The next morning launched forth , and past downe to Mentz , and there his Excellence went on shore , to see if it were any way inriched since our being there , but alas , wee found it as miserable as before , with divers poore people lying on Dunghils almost starved , being scarce able to crawle for to receive his Excellencies almes , and presently returning to our Boate to dinner , wee afterwards releeved many poore hungry soules with the fragments ; Thence after dinner downe the Rhyne to Rudeshem , which was five Dutch miles , and there cast anchor , and lay on the boards likewise .	cache/A19674.xml	txt/A19674.txt
