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         Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
      
       
         
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             Taylor his trauels: from the citty of London in England, to the citty of Prague in Bohemia The manner of his abode there three weekes, his obseruations there, and his returne from thence: how he past 600 miles downe the riuer of Elue, through Bohemia, Saxony, Anhalt, the bishoprick of Madeberge, Brandenberge, Hamburgh, and so to England. With many relations worthy of note. By Iohn Taylor.
             Taylor, John, 1580-1653.
          
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           Taylor
           his
           Trauels
           :
           From
           the
           Citty
           of
           London
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           Citty
           of
           Prague
           in
           Bohemia
           .
        
         
           The
           manner
           of
           his
           abode
           there
           three
           weekes
           ,
           his
           obseruations
           there
           ,
           and
           his
           returne
           from
           thence
           :
        
         
           How
           he
           past
           600
           miles
           downe
           the
           riuer
           of
           Elue
           ,
           through
           
             Bohemia
             ,
             Saxony
             ,
             Anhalt
          
           ,
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           
             Madeberge
             ,
             Brandenberge
             ,
             Hamburgh
          
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           England
           .
        
         
           With
           many
           relations
           worthy
           of
           note
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Iohn
             Taylor
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           Printed
           by
           
             Nicholas
             Okes
          
           ,
           for
           
             Henry
             Gosson
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           by
           
             Edward
             Wright
          
           .
           1620.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             
               The
               Right
               Hon.
               ble
               Algernon
               Capell
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Essex
               ,
               Viscount
               Maldon
               ,
               &
               Baron
               Capell
               of
               Hadham
               .
               1701
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Reader
           take
           this
           in
           your
           way
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Pamphlet
             (
             Reader
             ,
             )
             from
             the
             presse
             is
             hurld
             ,
          
           
             That
             hath
             not
             many
             fellowes
             in
             the
             world
             :
          
           
             The
             maner's
             cōmon
             ,
             though
             the
             matter
             's
             shallow
             ,
          
           
             And
             't
             is
             all
             true
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             want
             a
             fellow
             .
          
        
         
           And
           because
           I
           would
           not
           haue
           you
           either
           guld
           of
           your
           mony
           ,
           or
           deceiued
           in
           expectation
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           take
           notice
           of
           my
           plaine
           dealing
           ;
           for
           I
           haue
           not
           giuen
           my
           booke
           aswelling
           bumbasted
           title
           ,
           of
           a
           promising
           inside
           of
           newes
           ;
           therefore
           if
           you
           looke
           for
           any
           such
           matter
           from
           hence
           ,
           take
           this
           warning
           ,
           hold
           fast
           your
           mony
           ,
           and
           lay
           the
           booke
           downe
           :
           yet
           if
           you
           do
           buy
           it
           (
           I
           dare
           presume
           )
           you
           shall
           find
           somewhat
           in
           it
           worth
           part
           of
           your
           mony
           ;
           the
           troth
           is
           that
           I
           did
           chiefely
           write
           it
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           of
           much
           acquaintance
           ,
           and
           cannot
           passe
           the
           streets
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           continually
           stayed
           by
           one
           or
           other
           ,
           to
           know
           what
           newes
           ,
           so
           that
           sometimes
           I
           am
           foure
           houres
           before
           I
           can
           go
           the
           length
           of
           too
           paire
           of
           butts
           ,
           where
           such
           non-sence
           or
           sencelesse
           
           questions
           are
           propounded
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           calles
           many
           seeming
           wise
           mens
           wisedoms
           in
           question
           ,
           drawing
           aside
           the
           curtaines
           of
           their
           vnderstandiug
           ,
           and
           laying
           their
           ignorance
           wide
           open
           .
           First
           
             Iohn
             Easie
          
           takes
           me
           ,
           and
           holds
           mee
           fast
           by
           the
           fist
           halfe
           an
           houre
           ,
           and
           will
           needes
           torture
           some
           newes
           out
           of
           me
           from
           Spinola
           ,
           whom
           I
           was
           neuer
           neere
           by
           500
           miles
           ;
           for
           hee
           is
           in
           the
           Pallatinate
           country
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           in
           Bohemia
           .
           I
           am
           no
           sooner
           eased
           of
           him
           ,
           but
           
             Gregory
             Gandergoose
          
           ,
           an
           Alderman
           of
           Gotham
           catches
           me
           by
           the
           goll
           ,
           demaunding
           if
           Bohemia
           bee
           a
           great
           towne
           ,
           and
           whether
           there
           be
           any
           meare
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           whether
           the
           last
           fleet
           of
           shipps
           be
           ariued
           there
           :
           his
           mouth
           being
           stop'd
           ,
           a
           third
           examines
           mee
           boldly
           ,
           what
           newes
           from
           Vienna
           ,
           where
           the
           Emperours
           army
           is
           ,
           what
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bauaria
           doth
           ,
           what
           is
           become
           of
           Count
           Buquoy
           ,
           how
           fares
           all
           the
           Englishmen
           ;
           Where
           lies
           the
           King
           of
           Bohemiaes
           forces
           ,
           what
           
             Bethlem
             Gabor
          
           doth
           ,
           what
           tydings
           of
           Dampeier
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           tempest
           of
           inquisition
           ,
           that
           it
           almost
           shakes
           my
           patience
           in
           pieces
           .
           To
           ease
           my selfe
           of
           all
           which
           ,
           I
           was
           inforced
           to
           set
           pen
           to
           paper
           ,
           &
           let
           this
           poore
           pamphlet
           (
           my
           harrald
           or
           nuntius
           )
           trauell
           &
           talke
           ,
           
           whilst
           I
           take
           my
           ease
           with
           silence
           .
           Thus
           much
           I
           dare
           affirme
           ,
           that
           whosoeuer
           hee
           or
           they
           bee
           ,
           that
           do
           scatter
           any
           scandalous
           speeches
           against
           the
           plenty
           in
           Bohemia
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           needfull
           things
           for
           the
           sustenance
           of
           man
           and
           beasts
           ,
           (
           of
           the
           which
           there
           is
           more
           aboundance
           then
           euer
           I
           saw
           in
           any
           place
           else
           )
           or
           whatsoeuer
           they
           bee
           that
           report
           any
           ill
           successe
           on
           the
           Kings
           party
           ,
           this
           little
           booke
           ,
           and
           I
           the
           Author
           doth
           proclaime
           and
           proue
           them
           false
           lyers
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           to
           be
           suspected
           ,
           for
           coyning
           such
           falshoods
           ,
           as
           no
           well-willers
           to
           the
           Bohemian
           prosperity
           .
           One
           thing
           I
           must
           entreate
           the
           Readers
           patience
           in
           reading
           one
           hundred
           lines
           ;
           wherein
           ,
           I
           haue
           kept
           a
           filthy
           stirre
           about
           a
           beastly
           fellow
           ,
           who
           was
           (
           at
           my
           going
           from
           England
           ,
           a
           piece
           of
           a
           Graues-end
           Constable
           )
           at
           which
           time
           hee
           did
           mee
           such
           wrong
           ,
           as
           might
           haue
           drawne
           my
           life
           in
           question
           ;
           for
           hee
           falsly
           sayd
           that
           I
           would
           haue
           fired
           their
           Towne
           .
           I
           did
           promise
           him
           a
           ierke
           or
           two
           of
           my
           penne
           at
           my
           returne
           ;
           which
           now
           I
           haue
           performed
           ,
           (
           not
           out
           of
           any
           mallice
           ,
           but
           because
           I
           would
           bee
           as
           good
           as
           my
           word
           with
           him
           .
           )
           Thus
           crauing
           you
           to
           reade
           if
           you
           
           like
           ,
           and
           like
           as
           you
           list
           .
           I
           leaue
           you
           a
           booke
           much
           like
           a
           pratling
           Gossip
           ,
           full
           of
           many
           words
           to
           small
           purpose
           .
        
         
           
             Yours
             ,
             as
             you
             are
             mine
             .
          
           
             Iohn
             Taylor
          
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           TAYLORS
           TRAVELS
           ,
           FROM
           THE
           CITTY
           of
           London
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           the
           Citty
           of
           Prague
           in
           Bohemia
           .
        
         
           
             I
             Come
             from
             Bohem
             ,
             yet
             no
             newes
             I
             bring
             ,
          
           
             Of
             busines
             'twixt
             the
             Keysar
             and
             the
             king
             :
          
           
             My
             Muse
             dares
             not
             ascend
             the
             lofty
             staires
          
           
             Of
             state
             ,
             or
             write
             of
             Princes
             great
             affaires
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             for
             newes
             of
             battells
             ,
             or
             of
             War
             ,
          
           
             Were
             England
             from
             Bohemia
             thrice
             as
             far
             :
          
           
             Yet
             we
             do
             know
             (
             or
             seeme
             to
             know
             )
             more
             heere
          
           
             Then
             was
             ,
             is
             ,
             or
             will
             euer
             be
             knowne
             there
             .
          
           
             At
             Ordinaries
             ,
             and
             at
             Barbers
             shopps
             ,
          
           
             There
             tydings
             vented
             are
             ,
             as
             thick
             as
             hopps
             ,
          
           
             How
             many
             thousands
             such
             a
             day
             were
             slaine
             ,
          
           
             What
             men
             of
             note
             were
             in
             the
             battell
             ta'ne
             ,
          
           
             When
             ,
             where
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             bloody
             fight
             begun
             ,
          
           
             And
             how
             such
             sconces
             ,
             and
             such
             townes
             were
             won
             ;
          
           
             How
             so
             and
             so
             the
             armies
             brauely
             met
             ,
          
           
             And
             which
             side
             glorious
             victory
             did
             get
             :
          
           
             The
             month
             ,
             the
             weeke
             ,
             the
             day
             ,
             the
             very
             houre
             ,
          
           
             And
             time
             ,
             they
             did
             oppose
             each
             others
             powre
             ,
          
           
             These
             things
             in
             England
             prating
             fooles
             do
             chatter
             ,
          
           
             When
             all
             Bohemia
             knowes
             of
             no
             such
             matter
             .
          
           
           
             For
             all
             this
             summer
             ,
             that
             is
             gone
             and
             past
             ,
          
           
             Vntill
             the
             first
             day
             of
             October
             last
             ,
          
           
             The
             armies
             neuer
             did
             together
             meete
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             scarce
             their
             eie
             sight
             did
             each
             other
             greet
             :
          
           
             The
             fault
             is
             neither
             in
             the
             foote
             or
             horse
             ,
          
           
             Of
             the
             right
             valiant
             braue
             Bohemian
             force
             ,
          
           
             From
             place
             to
             place
             they
             daily
             seeke
             the
             foe
             ,
          
           
             They
             march
             ,
             and
             remarch
             ,
             watch
             ,
             ward
             ,
             ride
             ,
             run
             ,
             goe
             ,
          
           
             And
             grieuing
             so
             to
             waste
             the
             time
             away
             ,
          
           
             Thirst
             for
             the
             hazard
             of
             a
             glorious
             day
             .
          
           
             But
             still
             the
             enemy
             doth
             play
             bopeepe
             ,
          
           
             And
             thinkes
             it
             best
             in
             a
             whole
             skin
             to
             sleepe
             ,
          
           
             For
             neither
             martiall
             pollicy
             ,
             or
             might
             ,
          
           
             Or
             any
             meanes
             can
             draw
             the
             foe
             to
             fight
             :
          
           
             And
             now
             and
             then
             they
             conquer
             ,
             spoile
             and
             pillage
             ,
          
           
             Some
             few
             thatcht
             houses
             ,
             or
             some
             pelting
             village
             ;
          
           
             And
             to
             their
             trenches
             run
             away
             againe
             ,
          
           
             Where
             they
             like
             foxes
             in
             their
             holes
             remaine
             ,
          
           
             Thinking
             by
             lingring
             out
             the
             warres
             in
             length
             ,
          
           
             To
             weaken
             and
             decay
             the
             Beamish
             strength
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             newes
             ,
             which
             now
             I
             meane
             to
             booke
             ,
          
           
             He
             that
             will
             needes
             haue
             more
             ,
             must
             needes
             go
             looke
             .
          
           
             Thus
             leauing
             warres
             ,
             and
             matters
             of
             high
             state
             ,
          
           
             To
             those
             that
             dare
             ,
             and
             knowes
             how
             to
             relate
             ,
          
           
             I
             'le
             onely
             write
             how
             I
             past
             heere
             and
             there
             ,
          
           
             And
             what
             I
             haue
             obserued
             euery
             where
             ,
          
           
             I
             'le
             truely
             write
             what
             I
             haue
             heard
             and
             eyed
             ,
          
           
             And
             those
             that
             will
             not
             so
             be
             satisfied
             ,
          
           
             I
             (
             as
             I
             meete
             them
             )
             will
             some
             tales
             deuise
             ,
          
           
             And
             fill
             their
             cares
             (
             by
             word
             of
             mouth
             )
             with
             lies
             :
          
           
           
             THe
             month
             that
             beares
             a
             mighty
             Emp'rours
             name
             ,
          
           
             (
             Augustus
             hight
             )
             I
             passed
             downe
             the
             streame
             ,
          
           
             Friday
             the
             fourth
             ,
             Iust
             sixteene
             hundred
             twenty
          
           
             Full
             moone
             ,
             the
             signe
             in
             Piscis
             ,
             that
             time
             went
             I
             ;
          
           
             The
             next
             day
             being
             saturday
             ,
             a
             day
             ,
          
           
             Which
             all
             greate
             Brittaine
             well
             remember
             may
             ,
          
           
             When
             all
             with
             thankes
             do
             annually
             combine
             ,
          
           
             Vnto
             th'
             Almighty
             maiesty
             diuine
             ,
          
           
             Because
             that
             day
             ,
             in
             a
             most
             happy
             season
             ,
          
           
             Our
             Soueragne
             was
             preseru'd
             from
             Gouries
             treason
             ;
          
           
             Therefore
             to
             Churches
             people
             do
             repaire
             ,
          
           
             And
             offer
             sacrifice
             of
             praise
             and
             praire
             ,
          
           
             With
             bells
             and
             bonfires
             ,
             euery
             towne
             addressing
             ,
          
           
             And
             to
             our
             gracious
             King
             their
             loues
             expressing
             ,
          
           
             On
             that
             day
             ,
             when
             in
             euery
             nooke
             and
             angle
             ,
          
           
             Fag
             gots
             and
             bauins
             smoak'd
             ,
             and
             bells
             did
             iangle
             :
          
           
             Onely
             at
             Graues-end
             ,
             (
             why
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             )
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             sparke
             of
             fire
             ,
             or
             sound
             of
             bell
             ,
          
           
             Their
             steeple
             ,
             (
             like
             an
             instrument
             vnstrung
             ,
             )
          
           
             Seem'd
             (
             as
             I
             wish
             all
             scolds
             )
             without
             a
             tong
             ,
          
           
             Their
             bonfires
             colder
             then
             the
             greatest
             frost
             ,
          
           
             Or
             chiller
             then
             their
             charities
             (
             almost
             )
          
           
             Which
             I
             perceiuing
             ,
             sayd
             I
             much
             did
             muse
             ,
          
           
             That
             Graues-end
             did
             forget
             the
             thankfull
             vse
             ,
          
           
             Which
             all
             the
             townes
             in
             England
             did
             obserue
             ;
          
           
             And
             cause
             I
             did
             the
             King
             of
             Brittaine
             serue
             ,
          
           
             I
             and
             my
             fellow
             ,
             for
             our
             Maisters
             sake
             ,
          
           
             Would
             (
             neere
             the
             waters
             side
             )
             a
             bonfire
             make
             ;
          
           
             With
             that
             a
             Scotch
             man
             ,
             Tompson
             by
             his
             name
             ,
          
           
             Bestowed
             foure
             faggots
             to
             increase
             the
             flame
             ,
          
           
             At
             which
             (
             to
             kindle
             all
             )
             a
             Graues-end
             Baker
             ,
          
           
           
             Bestowed
             his
             bauine
             ,
             and
             was
             our
             partaker
             :
          
           
             We
             18
             foote
             from
             any
             house
             retir'd
             ,
          
           
             Where
             we
             a
             iury
             of
             good
             faggots
             fir'd
             ;
          
           
             But
             ere
             the
             flame
             ,
             or
             scarce
             the
             smoake
             began
             ,
          
           
             There
             came
             the
             fearefull
             shaddow
             of
             a
             man
             ,
          
           
             The
             Ghost
             or
             Image
             of
             a
             Constable
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             frantick
             actions
             (
             downeright
             dunce-stable
             ,
             )
          
           
             Arm'd
             out
             of
             France
             and
             Spaine
             ,
             with
             Bacchus
             bounty
             :
          
           
             (
             Of
             which
             ther
             's
             plenty
             in
             the
             Kentish
             county
             ,
             )
          
           
             His
             adle
             coxcomb
             with
             tobaco
             puff'd`
          
           
             His
             guts
             with
             ale
             full
             bumbasted
             and
             stuff'd
             ,
          
           
             And
             though
             halfe
             blind
             ,
             yet
             in
             a
             looking
             glasse
             ,
          
           
             He
             could
             perceiue
             the
             figure
             of
             an
             asse
             ;
          
           
             And
             as
             his
             slauering
             chapps
             non-sense
             did
             stutter
             ,
          
           
             His
             breath
             (
             like
             to
             a
             iakes
             )
             a
             sent
             did
             vtter
             ,
          
           
             His
             leggs
             indenting
             scarcely
             could
             beare
             vp
             ,
          
           
             His
             drunken
             trunk
             (
             o're
             charg'd
             with
             many
             a
             cup.
             )
          
           
             This
             riff
             raff
             rubbish
             ,
             that
             could
             scarcely
             stand
             ,
          
           
             (
             Hauing
             a
             staffe
             of
             office
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             )
          
           
             Came
             to
             vs
             as
             our
             fire
             began
             to
             smother
             ,
          
           
             Throwing
             some
             faggots
             one
             way
             ,
             some
             another
             ,
          
           
             And
             in
             the
             Kings
             name
             did
             first
             breake
             the
             peace
             ,
          
           
             Commanding
             that
             our
             bonfire
             should
             succease
             .
          
           
             The
             Sotchman
             angry
             at
             this
             rudnes
             done
             ,
          
           
             The
             scattered
             faggots
             ,
             he
             againe
             layd
             on
             :
          
           
             Which
             made
             the
             demy
             Constable
             go
             to
             him
             ,
          
           
             And
             punch
             him
             on
             the
             brest
             ,
             and
             outrage
             do
             him
             ;
          
           
             At
             which
             a
             cuffe
             or
             twaine
             were
             giuen
             ,
             or
             lent
             ,
          
           
             About
             the
             eares
             ,
             (
             which
             neither
             did
             content
             .
             )
          
           
           
             But
             then
             to
             heare
             how
             fearefull
             the
             asse
             braid
             ,
          
           
             With
             what
             a
             hideous
             noyse
             he
             houl'd
             for
             aid
             ,
          
           
             That
             all
             the
             ale
             in
             Graues-end
             ,
             in
             one
             houre
             ,
          
           
             Turn'd
             either
             good
             ,
             bad
             ,
             strong
             ,
             small
             ,
             sweete
             ,
             or
             soure
             :
          
           
             And
             then
             a
             kennell
             of
             incarnate
             currs
             ,
          
           
             Hang'd
             one
             poore
             Thomson
             ,
             like
             so
             many
             burrs
             ;
          
           
             Haling
             him
             vp
             the
             dirty
             streetes
             ,
             all
             foule
             ,
          
           
             (
             Like
             diuells
             pulling
             a
             condemned
             soule
             .
             )
          
           
             The
             Iaylor
             (
             like
             the
             grand
             deu'll
             )
             gladly
             sees
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             an
             itching
             hope
             of
             fines
             and
             fees
             ,
          
           
             Thinking
             the
             Constable
             ,
             and
             his
             sweete
             selfe
             ,
          
           
             Might
             drinke
             and
             quaffe
             with
             that
             ill
             gotten
             pelfe
             ;
          
           
             For
             why
             such
             hounds
             as
             these
             ,
             may
             if
             they
             will
             ,
          
           
             Vnder
             the
             shew
             of
             good
             ,
             turne
             good
             to
             ill
             ;
          
           
             And
             with
             authority
             the
             peace
             first
             breake
             ,
          
           
             VVith
             Lordly
             domineering
             or'e
             the
             weake
             ,
          
           
             Committing
             (
             oft
             )
             they
             care
             not
             whom
             or
             why
             ,
          
           
             So
             they
             may
             exercise
             themselues
             thereby
             ,
          
           
             And
             with
             the
             iaylor
             share
             both
             fee
             and
             fine
             ,
          
           
             Drowning
             their
             damned
             gaine
             in
             smoake
             and
             wine
             :
          
           
             Thus
             hirelings
             Constables
             ,
             and
             iaylors
             may
             ,
          
           
             Abuse
             the
             kings
             leige
             people
             night
             and
             day
             ,
          
           
             I
             say
             they
             may
             ,
             I
             say
             not
             they
             do
             so
             ,
          
           
             And
             they
             know
             best
             if
             they
             do
             so
             or
             no.
          
           
             They
             hal'd
             poore
             Thomson
             all
             along
             the
             streete
             ,
          
           
             Tearing
             him
             that
             the
             ground
             scarce
             touch'd
             his
             feete
             ,
          
           
             Which
             he
             perceiuing
             ,
             did
             request
             them
             cease
          
           
             Their
             rudenes
             ,
             vowing
             he
             would
             go
             in
             peace
             ,
          
           
             He
             would
             with
             quietnesse
             go
             where
             they
             would
             ,
          
           
             And
             prayed
             them
             from
             his
             throate
             to
             loose
             their
             hold
             .
          
           
           
             Some
             of
             the
             townesmen
             did
             entreat
             them
             there
             ,
          
           
             That
             they
             their
             barbarous
             basenes
             would
             forbeare
             ,
          
           
             But
             all
             entreaty
             was
             like
             oyle
             to
             fire
             ,
          
           
             Not
             quenc'd
             ;
             but
             more
             enflam'd
             the
             scuruy
             squire
             .
          
           
             Then
             they
             afresh
             began
             to
             hale
             and
             teare
             ,
          
           
             (
             Like
             mungrell
             mastifes
             ,
             on
             a
             little
             Beare
             ,
             )
          
           
             Leauing
             kind
             Tompsom
             neither
             foote
             or
             fist
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             any
             limb
             or
             member
             to
             resist
             ,
          
           
             Who
             being
             thus
             opprest
             with
             ods
             and
             might
             ,
          
           
             Most
             valiant
             with
             his
             teeth
             ,
             began
             to
             bite
             ,
          
           
             Some
             by
             the
             fingers
             ,
             others
             by
             the
             thumbs
             ,
          
           
             He
             fang'd
             within
             the
             circuit
             of
             his
             gummes
             ;
          
           
             Great
             pitty'twas
             his
             chapps
             did
             neuer
             close
             ,
          
           
             On
             the
             halfe
             Constables
             ,
             cheekes
             ,
             eares
             ,
             or
             nose
             ;
          
           
             His
             seruice
             had
             deseru'd
             reward
             to
             haue
             ,
          
           
             If
             he
             had
             mark'd
             the
             peasant
             for
             a
             knaue
             :
          
           
             Yet
             all
             that
             labour
             had
             away
             bin
             throwne
             ,
          
           
             Through
             towne
             and
             country
             he
             's
             already
             knowne
             ;
          
           
             His
             prisoner
             ,
             he
             did
             beate
             ,
             and
             spurn'd
             and
             kick'd
             ,
          
           
             He
             search'd
             his
             pockets
             (
             I
             'le
             not
             say
             he
             pick'd
             )
          
           
             And
             finding
             (
             as
             he
             sayd
             )
             no
             mony
             there
             ,
          
           
             To
             heare
             how
             then
             the
             bellwether
             did
             sweare
             ,
          
           
             And
             almost
             tearing
             Tompson
             into
             quarters
             ,
          
           
             Bound
             both
             his
             hands
             behind
             him
             with
             his
             garters
             ,
          
           
             And
             after
             in
             their
             rude
             robustious
             rage
             ,
          
           
             Tide
             both
             his
             feete
             ,
             and
             cast
             him
             in
             the
             cage
             ,
          
           
             There
             all
             night
             he
             remained
             in
             lowsie
             litter
             ,
          
           
             Which
             for
             the
             Constable
             had
             bin
             much
             fitter
             ,
          
           
             Or
             for
             some
             vagabond
             (
             that
             's
             sprung
             from
             Caine
             ,
             )
          
           
             Some
             rogue
             or
             runagate
             ,
             should
             there
             haue
             laine
             ,
          
           
             And
             not
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             's
             well
             descended
             ,
          
           
             That
             did
             no
             hurt
             ,
             nor
             any
             harme
             intended
             :
          
           
           
             But
             for
             a
             bonfire
             in
             fit
             time
             and
             place
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             abus'd
             and
             vs'd
             thus
             beastty
             base
             .
          
           
             There
             did
             I
             leaue
             him
             till
             the
             morrow
             day
             ,
          
           
             And
             how
             he
             scap'd
             their
             hands
             I
             cannot
             say
             .
          
           
             This
             piece
             of
             officer
             ,
             this
             nasty
             patch
             ,
          
           
             (
             Whose
             vnderstanding
             sleepes
             out
             many
             a
             watch
             )
          
           
             Ran
             like
             a
             towne
             bull
             ,
             roring
             vp
             and
             downe
             ,
          
           
             Saying
             that
             we
             had
             meant
             to
             fire
             the
             towne
             ;
          
           
             And
             thus
             the
             diuell
             his
             maister
             did
             deuise
             ,
          
           
             To
             bolster
             out
             his
             late
             abuse
             with
             lies
             ;
          
           
             So
             all
             the
             streete
             downe
             as
             I
             past
             along
             ,
          
           
             The
             people
             all
             about
             me
             in
             a
             throng
             ,
          
           
             Calling
             me
             villaine
             ,
             traytor
             ,
             rogue
             ,
             and
             theife
             ,
          
           
             Saying
             that
             I
             to
             fire
             their
             towne
             was
             cheife
             .
          
           
             I
             bore
             the
             wrongs
             as
             patient
             as
             I
             might
             ,
          
           
             Vowing
             my
             pen
             should
             ease
             me
             when
             I
             write
             ;
          
           
             Like
             to
             a
             grumbling
             cur
             ,
             that
             sleepes
             on
             hay
             ,
          
           
             Eates
             none
             himselfe
             ,
             driues
             other
             beasts
             away
             ,
          
           
             So
             this
             base
             fellow
             would
             not
             once
             expresse
             ,
          
           
             Vnto
             his
             Prince
             ,
             a
             subiects
             ioyfulnesse
             ,
          
           
             But
             cause
             we
             did
             attempt
             it
             (
             as
             you
             see
             )
          
           
             H'imprison'd
             Thompson
             ,
             and
             thus
             slandered
             me
             .
          
           
             Thus
             hauing
             eas'd
             my
             much
             incensed
             muse
             ,
          
           
             I
             craue
             the
             reader
             this
             one
             fault
             excuse
             ,
          
           
             For
             hauing
             vrg'd
             his
             patience
             all
             this
             time
             ,
          
           
             With
             such
             a
             scuruy
             subiect
             ,
             and
             worse
             rime
             ;
          
           
             And
             thou
             Graues-endian
             officer
             take
             this
             ,
          
           
             And
             thanke
             thy selfe
             ,
             for
             all
             that
             written
             is
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             not
             against
             the
             towne
             this
             tale
             I
             tell
             ,
          
           
             (
             For
             sure
             there
             doth
             some
             honest
             people
             dwell
             ,
             )
          
           
           
             
             But
             against
             thee
             ,
             thou
             fiend
             in
             shape
             of
             man
             ,
          
           
             By
             whom
             this
             beastly
             outrage
             first
             began
             ,
          
           
             Which
             I
             could
             do
             no
             lesse
             ,
             but
             let
             thee
             know
             ,
          
           
             And
             pay
             thee
             truely
             what
             I
             long
             did
             owe
             ,
          
           
             And
             now
             all
             's
             euen
             betwixt
             thou
             and
             I
             ,
          
           
             Then
             farrewell
             and
             be
             hang'd
             ,
             that
             's
             twice
             God
             buy
             .
          
        
         
           Sunday
           the
           26
           of
           August
           we
           set
           sayle
           from
           Graues-end
           ,
           and
           with
           various
           windes
           ,
           some
           large
           and
           some
           scarce
           ,
           we
           happily
           past
           the
           seas
           ,
           and
           sayled
           vp
           the
           riuer
           of
           Maze
           ,
           by
           the
           Brill
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           wednesday
           following
           I
           ariued
           at
           Roterdam
           in
           Holland
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           the
           worthy
           regiment
           of
           the
           right
           honorable
           Colonell
           Sir
           
             Horace
             Veare
          
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           noble
           Earles
           ,
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           Oxford
           departed
           from
           thence
           in
           Martiall
           Equipage
           toward
           the
           Pallatinate
           Country
           ,
           whose
           Heroick
           and
           Magnanimous
           endeauors
           ,
           I
           beseech
           the
           Lord
           of
           hosts
           ,
           and
           God
           of
           battells
           to
           direct
           and
           blesse
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           day
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Hage
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           Leyden
           ,
           where
           I
           lodged
           all
           night
           ,
           and
           the
           morrow
           being
           thurseday
           the
           30
           of
           August
           ,
           I
           sayled
           from
           Leyden
           ,
           to
           Amsterdam
           ,
           where
           I
           saw
           many
           things
           worthy
           the
           noting
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           are
           so
           neere
           and
           frequent
           to
           many
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           I
           omit
           to
           relate
           them
           ,
           to
           auoid
           teadiousnes
           :
           but
           on
           the
           friday
           at
           night
           I
           got
           passage
           from
           thence
           towards
           Hambrogh
           ,
           in
           a
           small
           hoy
           ,
           in
           the
           which
           wee
           were
           weather-beaten
           at
           sea
           three
           dayes
           and
           nights
           before
           wee
           ariued
           there
           .
        
         
           Saterday
           the
           eight
           of
           September
           I
           left
           Hambrogh
           ,
           and
           being
           carried
           day
           and
           night
           in
           waggons
           ,
           on
           the
           munday
           night
           following
           I
           came
           to
           an
           ancient
           towne
           called
           
           Heldesheim
           ,
           it
           standeth
           in
           Brunswick
           land
           ,
           and
           yet
           it
           belongeth
           to
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Collin
           ,
           where
           I
           did
           obserue
           in
           their
           
             Doome
             Kirke
          
           ,
           or
           Cathedrall
           Church
           ,
           a
           crowne
           of
           siluer
           80
           foote
           in
           compasse
           ,
           hanged
           vp
           in
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           circuit
           of
           which
           crowne
           were
           placed
           160
           wax
           candles
           ,
           the
           which
           on
           festiuall
           dayes
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           celebration
           of
           some
           high
           ceremonies
           are
           lighted
           to
           lighten
           their
           darknesse
           ,
           or
           their
           ignorance
           ,
           chuse
           yee
           whether
           .
        
         
           Moreouer
           there
           I
           saw
           a
           siluer
           bell
           in
           their
           steeple
           ,
           of
           six
           hundred
           and
           30
           l.
           weight
           ,
           and
           the
           Leades
           of
           their
           steeple
           ,
           shining
           and
           sparkling
           with
           the
           Sun
           beames
           ,
           they
           did
           affirme
           to
           mee
           to
           bee
           gold
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           which
           I
           am
           doubtfull
           of
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           towne
           I
           stayed
           foure
           dayes
           ,
           and
           on
           friday
           the
           14
           of
           September
           ,
           I
           went
           six
           dutch
           miles
           to
           the
           strong
           towne
           of
           Brunswick
           ,
           where
           by
           reason
           of
           my
           short
           stay
           ,
           which
           was
           but
           two
           houres
           ,
           I
           obserued
           nothing
           worthy
           of
           memory
           ,
           but
           their
           triple
           walls
           ,
           and
           double
           ditches
           ,
           their
           artillery
           and
           fortifications
           ,
           which
           they
           thinke
           to
           be
           impregnable
           ;
           besides
           ,
           there
           I
           saw
           an
           old
           house
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Brunswicke
           ,
           with
           the
           statue
           of
           a
           golden
           lyon
           ,
           of
           a
           great
           bignesse
           ,
           standing
           aloft
           vpon
           a
           piller
           ,
           with
           the
           broken
           walls
           ,
           and
           houses
           ,
           which
           the
           Dukes
           Cannon
           hath
           left
           there
           six
           yeares
           since
           ,
           as
           tokens
           and
           badges
           of
           his
           fury
           ,
           and
           their
           rebellion
           .
        
         
           From
           thence
           on
           the
           morrow
           I
           went
           one
           dutch
           mile
           further
           ,
           to
           an
           ancient
           towne
           called
           Wolfunbuttle
           ,
           where
           the
           Duke
           of
           Brunswick
           keepes
           his
           Court
           ,
           in
           the
           which
           I
           and
           my
           fellow
           could
           get
           no
           further
           admittance
           ,
           then
           ouer
           a
           bridge
           into
           his
           outtermost
           ,
           or
           base
           court
           ;
           for
           his
           souldiers
           ,
           seeing
           vs
           with
           swords
           and
           pistolls
           ,
           were
           fearefull
           ,
           
           belike
           ,
           that
           wee
           would
           haue
           taken
           the
           fortresse
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           though
           wee
           were
           but
           two
           Englishmen
           ,
           yet
           they
           durst
           not
           let
           vs
           enter
           ;
           which
           made
           men
           call
           to
           remembrance
           the
           frequent
           ,
           and
           dayly
           Egresse
           and
           Regresse
           ,
           that
           all
           people
           and
           nations
           haue
           to
           his
           Maiesty
           royal
           Court
           of
           great
           Brittaine
           ,
           where
           none
           that
           are
           of
           any
           good
           fashion
           or
           aspect
           are
           debar'd
           entrance
           :
           when
           those
           inferiour
           Princes
           houses
           are
           garded
           with
           hungry
           Halberdiers
           ,
           and
           reuerend
           rufty
           bil-men
           ,
           with
           a
           brace
           or
           two
           of
           hot
           shots
           ,
           so
           that
           their
           pallaces
           are
           more
           like
           prisons
           ,
           then
           the
           free
           &
           noble
           courts
           of
           cōmanding
           potentates
           .
        
         
           After
           two
           dayes
           entertainment
           at
           Wolfunbuttle
           ,
           with
           an
           English
           Merchant
           residing
           there
           ,
           of
           good
           fame
           and
           credit
           ,
           named
           Maister
           
             Thomas
             Sackuille
          
           ,
           I
           wish
           my
           brother
           ,
           my
           fellow
           Tilbery
           ,
           and
           another
           man
           in
           my
           company
           departed
           from
           thence
           on
           foote
           ,
           onward
           on
           our
           iourny
           towards
           Bohemia
           ,
           in
           which
           trauell
           ,
           what
           occurrences
           hapned
           ,
           and
           what
           things
           of
           note
           I
           saw
           ,
           were
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           Passing
           with
           many
           weary
           steps
           ,
           through
           the
           townes
           of
           
             Rosondink
             ,
             Remling
             ,
             Soolem
             ,
             Hessen
             Darsam
             ,
          
           and
           Haluerstade
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           all
           in
           Brunswick
           land
           ,
           )
           But
           this
           towne
           of
           Haluerstade
           belongs
           to
           a
           Bishop
           so
           stiled
           ,
           who
           is
           Duke
           Christian
           brother
           to
           the
           now
           Duke
           of
           Brunswick
           ,
           a
           long
           dutch
           mile
           (
           or
           almost
           six
           English
           )
           is
           a
           small
           towne
           or
           a
           Bleck
           called
           Groning
           belonging
           to
           the
           Duke
           ,
           in
           the
           which
           place
           I
           obserued
           two
           things
           worthy
           of
           remembrance
           .
        
         
           First
           a
           most
           stately
           Pallace
           built
           with
           a
           beautiful
           Chappell
           ,
           so
           adorned
           with
           the
           images
           and
           formes
           of
           Angells
           ,
           and
           Cherubins
           ,
           with
           such
           exquisitenes
           of
           arts
           best
           industry
           of
           caruing
           ,
           grauing
           ,
           guilding
           ,
           painting
           ,
           glasing
           ,
           and
           
           pauing
           ,
           with
           such
           superexcellent
           workmanship
           of
           organes
           ,
           pulpit
           and
           font
           ,
           that
           for
           curiosity
           and
           admirable
           rarenesse
           ,
           all
           the
           buildings
           ,
           and
           fabricks
           that
           euer
           I
           beheld
           ,
           must
           giue
           it
           preheminence
           .
           I
           confesse
           that
           Henry
           the
           seuenths
           Chappell
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           Kings
           Colledge
           Chappell
           in
           Cambridge
           ,
           and
           Christs
           Church
           in
           Canterbury
           ,
           are
           beyond
           it
           in
           height
           and
           workmanship
           of
           stone
           :
           for
           indeed
           this
           Chappell
           is
           most
           of
           wood
           gipps
           ,
           and
           plaster
           of
           Parris
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           so
           guilded
           as
           if
           it
           had
           bin
           made
           in
           the
           golden
           age
           ,
           when
           gold
           was
           esteemed
           as
           drosse
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           had
           need
           to
           weare
           a
           vaile
           ouer
           his
           dazeling
           eyes
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           can
           hardly
           looke
           vpon
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           caruing
           and
           painting
           seeme
           to
           outgo
           the
           arts
           of
           
             Pigmalion
             ,
             Apelles
          
           ,
           or
           Praxiteles
           ;
           the
           pauing
           of
           chequered
           blacke
           and
           white
           marble
           ,
           and
           the
           windowes
           glassed
           with
           Christall
           :
           but
           all
           this
           great
           cost
           and
           shew
           is
           very
           little
           to
           the
           honor
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Ghospel
           ,
           the
           edification
           of
           the
           ignorant
           .
           For
           in
           this
           Chappell
           of
           ease
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           Seruice
           .
           If
           the
           painted
           pulpit
           could
           preach
           ,
           the
           dumbe
           images
           might
           (
           perhaps
           )
           haue
           a
           sermon
           now
           and
           then
           ;
           for
           scarce
           at
           any
           time
           there
           comes
           any
           body
           into
           the
           Chappell
           ,
           but
           a
           fellow
           that
           shewes
           the
           beauty
           of
           it
           for
           two
           pence
           or
           three
           pence
           a
           piece
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           same
           house
           ,
           in
           a
           place
           or
           celler
           built
           of
           purpose
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           tonne
           or
           vessell
           of
           wood
           ,
           that
           was
           7
           yeares
           in
           making
           ,
           and
           hath
           vsed
           to
           be
           filled
           with
           Rhenish
           wine
           :
           it
           is
           sayd
           to
           bee
           twice
           as
           bigge
           as
           the
           vessell
           at
           Heidelberg
           ,
           and
           the
           hoopes
           of
           it
           are
           twelue
           inches
           thick
           ,
           and
           the
           staues
           or
           bordes
           of
           it
           being
           as
           much
           :
           I
           went
           vp
           to
           the
           top
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           a
           ladder
           of
           18
           stepps
           ,
           hee
           that
           keepes
           it
           saith
           it
           will
           hold
           160
           tonnes
           .
           My
           fellow
           Tilbery
           did
           creepe
           in
           at
           
           the
           tap
           hole
           ;
           it
           is
           in
           length
           32
           foote
           ,
           and
           in
           breadth
           acrosse
           19
           ,
           and
           verily
           I
           thinke
           that
           bable
           cost
           more
           mony
           the
           making
           ,
           then
           would
           haue
           built
           a
           good
           ship
           ,
           or
           founded
           an
           almes
           house
           for
           6
           poore
           people
           .
        
         
           
             This
             is
             a
             Tub
             of
             Tubs
             ,
             Tub
             of
             Tubs
             Hall
             ,
          
           
             Who
             n'ere
             had
             fellow
             yet
             ,
             nor
             euer
             shall
             ;
          
           
             O
             had
             Diogenes
             but
             had
             this
             a
             Ton
             ,
          
           
             He
             would
             had
             thought
             that
             he
             more
             roome
             had
             won
             ,
          
           
             Then
             Alexanders
             conquests
             ,
             or
             the
             bounds
          
           
             Of
             the
             vast
             Occean
             ,
             and
             the
             solid
             grounds
             .
          
           
             Or
             had
             Cornelius
             but
             this
             tub
             ,
             to
             drench
          
           
             His
             clients
             that
             had
             practis'd
             too
             much
             French
             ,
          
           
             A
             thousand
             hogsheads
             then
             would
             haunt
             his
             firkin
             ,
          
           
             And
             Mistris
             Minks
             recouer
             her
             lost
             mirkin
             .
          
           
             This
             mighty
             cask
             great
             Bacchus
             vs'd
             too
             stride
             ,
          
           
             When
             he
             to
             drunkards
             hall
             did
             often
             ride
             ;
          
           
             And
             in
             this
             barrell
             he
             did
             keepe
             his
             court
             ,
          
           
             Bathing
             himselfe
             in
             Rhenish
             for
             disport
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             these
             8
             yeares
             it
             hath
             dry
             bin
             kept
             ;
          
           
             In
             it
             the
             wine-god
             hath
             nor
             pist
             or
             wept
             ;
          
           
             That
             now
             the
             Cappell
             ,
             and
             the
             cask
             combine
             ,
          
           
             One
             hath
             no
             preaching
             ,
             t'other
             hath
             no
             wine
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             the
             vse
             they
             put
             it
             to
             is
             this
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             shew'd
             for
             mony
             ,
             as
             the
             Chappell
             is
             .
          
        
         
           From
           Groning
           wee
           trauelled
           to
           a
           towne
           called
           
             Ashers
             Leauen
          
           ,
           to
           Ashleauen
           ,
           to
           Kinderne
           ,
           to
           Hall
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           Leipzig
           ,
           which
           is
           one
           of
           the
           chiefest
           townes
           in
           Saxony
           ,
           being
           famous
           for
           a
           yearely
           Mart
           that
           is
           yearely
           held
           there
           ,
           whereto
           Merchants
           and
           other
           people
           from
           the
           most
           part
           
           of
           Christendom
           haue
           annual
           concourse
           :
           in
           this
           towne
           we
           stayd
           two
           dayes
           ,
           and
           taking
           our
           leaue
           then
           of
           some
           English
           Merchants
           ,
           who
           vsed
           vs
           kindly
           ,
           we
           there
           would
           haue
           hired
           a
           coach
           or
           waggon
           to
           Prague
           ;
           but
           all
           the
           Saxon
           coach-men
           and
           carters
           were
           afraid
           to
           looke
           vpon
           any
           part
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           because
           their
           Duke
           is
           a
           profest
           enemy
           in
           armes
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Beame
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           hire
           a
           fellow
           with
           a
           wheelebarrow
           two
           dayes
           to
           carry
           our
           cloakes
           ,
           swords
           ,
           guns
           ,
           pistolls
           ,
           and
           other
           apparell
           and
           luggage
           which
           were
           our
           necessaries
           ,
           to
           a
           towne
           called
           Boorne
           ,
           to
           Froburge
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           another
           towne
           called
           Penigh
           ,
           where
           wee
           cashierd
           our
           one-wheel'd
           coach
           ,
           and
           hired
           a
           cart
           with
           two
           ,
           which
           carried
           both
           vs
           and
           our
           baggage
           to
           Chemnizt
           another
           towne
           in
           Saxony
           ,
           from
           whence
           to
           a
           place
           called
           Shop
           ,
           wee
           were
           faine
           to
           bee
           our
           owne
           sumpter
           horses
           ,
           walking
           on
           foote
           to
           the
           last
           towne
           in
           Saxony
           ,
           called
           Marienberg
           .
           From
           thence
           passing
           vp
           and
           downe
           inaccessable
           mountaines
           ,
           we
           came
           to
           a
           wood
           ,
           which
           parts
           Bohemia
           from
           Saxony
           on
           the
           west
           ,
           which
           wood
           is
           called
           by
           the
           people
           of
           those
           parts
           the
           
             Beamer
             Wolts
          
           or
           Wolt
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           breadth
           to
           English
           miles
           ,
           and
           in
           length
           further
           then
           I
           know
           how
           to
           describe
           truely
           :
           but
           this
           much
           of
           it
           I
           dare
           affirme
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           naturall
           impregnable
           wall
           to
           the
           kingdome
           of
           Bohem
           ,
           which
           kingdome
           is
           all
           incompast
           round
           with
           woods
           and
           mountaines
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           no
           passage
           on
           that
           side
           of
           it
           ,
           for
           any
           army
           to
           enter
           into
           it
           with
           munition
           and
           artillery
           ,
           all
           the
           wayes
           being
           vneuen
           ,
           and
           the
           mountaine
           tops
           all
           boggs
           ,
           mosses
           ,
           and
           quagmires
           ,
           that
           great
           ordnance
           or
           any
           heauy
           cariage
           either
           of
           horse
           ,
           cart
           or
           waggon
           ,
           will
           sinke
           and
           be
           lost
           .
           Besides
           ,
           there
           are
           numbers
           past
           numbring
           of
           Firre
           trees
           ,
           many
           
           standing
           ,
           and
           such
           store
           fallen
           of
           themselues
           ,
           that
           any
           passage
           might
           easily
           be
           stopped
           by
           laying
           them
           crosse
           the
           way
           .
           And
           of
           all
           my
           iourny
           ,
           the
           trauell
           through
           that
           dismall
           wood
           was
           the
           most
           heauy
           vnto
           mee
           ,
           for
           the
           trees
           grew
           so
           thicke
           ,
           and
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           the
           sunne
           was
           obscured
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           seemed
           night
           ;
           in
           some
           places
           ,
           the
           way
           paued
           with
           swimming
           trees
           2
           miles
           together
           on
           the
           tops
           of
           hills
           ,
           which
           now
           and
           then
           I
           slipping
           besides
           ,
           sunke
           to
           the
           middle
           in
           a
           quagmire
           .
        
         
           When
           wee
           had
           thus
           footed
           it
           ,
           and
           trauelled
           past
           the
           hills
           and
           woods
           ,
           (
           being
           at
           the
           least
           4
           houres
           toyle
           )
           and
           that
           wee
           might
           looke
           downe
           the
           mountaines
           into
           the
           fruitfull
           land
           of
           Bohem
           ,
           neuer
           did
           sight
           more
           reioyce
           vs
           ,
           the
           lower
           hills
           being
           all
           full
           of
           Vineyards
           ,
           and
           the
           vallies
           ,
           corne
           and
           pasture
           ;
           not
           an
           English
           mile
           distance
           ,
           but
           a
           village
           euery
           way
           ;
           and
           twenty
           ,
           thirty
           ,
           or
           forty
           reekes
           or
           stacks
           of
           corne
           which
           their
           barnes
           cannot
           hold
           ,
           in
           the
           space
           of
           euery
           houres
           iourny
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           euery
           thing
           that
           belonged
           to
           the
           vse
           and
           commodity
           of
           man
           was
           and
           is
           there
           ,
           and
           al
           the
           delightfull
           obiects
           to
           satisfie
           euery
           sence
           is
           there
           abundantly
           ,
           so
           that
           nature
           seemed
           to
           make
           that
           Country
           her
           storehouse
           or
           granary
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           except
           mens
           gratitude
           to
           God
           for
           such
           blessings
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           night
           we
           lodged
           there
           at
           a
           pretty
           towne
           called
           Comoda
           ,
           which
           towne
           by
           negligence
           and
           occasion
           of
           fire
           had
           fifty
           houses
           burnt
           two
           dayes
           before
           our
           comming
           thither
           ,
           it
           being
           eleuen
           dutch
           miles
           from
           Prague
           .
           There
           we
           hired
           a
           wagon
           7
           dutch
           miles
           to
           a
           towne
           called
           Slowne
           ,
           from
           whence
           we
           walked
           on
           foote
           a
           long
           16
           English
           miles
           to
           Prague
           ,
           which
           long
           looked
           for
           the
           Citty
           wee
           could
           not
           see
           vntill
           we
           came
           within
           an
           houres
           trauell
           of
           
           it
           :
           within
           halfe
           a
           dutch
           mile
           is
           a
           fearefull
           place
           ,
           being
           frequented
           with
           inhumaine
           and
           barbarous
           murderers
           ,
           that
           assault
           trauellers
           ,
           first
           shooting
           and
           murdring
           them
           ,
           and
           after
           searching
           their
           pockets
           ,
           where
           if
           they
           haue
           mony
           or
           not
           ,
           all
           is
           one
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           so
           many
           slaine
           :
           for
           these
           villaines
           haue
           a
           wood
           ,
           and
           a
           deepe
           valley
           to
           shelter
           themselues
           in
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           hardly
           taken
           afterwards
           ;
           but
           if
           they
           chance
           at
           any
           time
           to
           be
           but
           apprehended
           ,
           they
           are
           racked
           and
           tortured
           to
           make
           them
           confesse
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           their
           executions
           are
           very
           terrible
           .
           But
           (
           I
           thanke
           God
           )
           wee
           past
           that
           place
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           as
           dangerous
           as
           that
           ,
           where
           some
           were
           robbed
           and
           murdered
           (
           as
           report
           told
           vs
           )
           both
           before
           vs
           ,
           behind
           vs
           ,
           and
           on
           each
           side
           :
           and
           we
           saw
           in
           our
           iourny
           aboue
           seauen
           score
           gallowses
           and
           wheeles
           ,
           where
           thieues
           were
           hanged
           some
           fresh
           ,
           and
           some
           halfe
           rotten
           ,
           and
           the
           carkases
           of
           murtherers
           ,
           broken
           limb
           after
           limb
           on
           the
           wheeles
           ;
           and
           yet
           it
           was
           our
           happines
           onely
           to
           see
           the
           dead
           villaines
           ,
           and
           escape
           the
           liuing
           .
        
         
           I
           came
           into
           Prague
           on
           thurseday
           the
           seauenth
           of
           September
           ,
           whither
           if
           I
           had
           come
           but
           the
           friday
           before
           ,
           I
           had
           seene
           a
           most
           fearefull
           execution
           of
           two
           notorious
           offenders
           ;
           the
           manner
           how
           ,
           with
           their
           faults
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           truely
           related
           to
           me
           by
           English
           Gentlemen
           that
           saw
           it
           ,
           I
           thinke
           it
           not
           much
           impertinent
           to
           relate
           .
        
         
           The
           one
           of
           them
           being
           taken
           ,
           apprehended
           and
           racked
           ,
           for
           ripping
           vp
           aliue
           a
           woman
           with
           child
           ,
           and
           for
           taking
           the
           infant
           out
           of
           her
           body
           ,
           did
           sowe
           a
           liuing
           puppy
           into
           her
           belly
           ;
           all
           which
           hee
           confessed
           hee
           did
           to
           make
           properties
           for
           wichcraft
           :
           and
           beeing
           further
           tortured
           ,
           hee
           confessed
           when
           and
           where
           hee
           had
           committed
           35.
           murthers
           more
           :
           the
           other
           in
           respect
           of
           him
           was
           but
           a
           petty
           
           offender
           ,
           for
           he
           in
           all
           his
           life
           time
           had
           murthered
           but
           14.
           
           For
           the
           which
           execrable
           facts
           ,
           their
           deserued
           executions
           were
           as
           followeth
           :
           First
           ,
           they
           were
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Iayle
           naked
           from
           the
           girdle
           vpward
           ;
           and
           so
           being
           bound
           fast
           on
           high
           in
           a
           cart
           ,
           that
           the
           spectators
           might
           see
           them
           ;
           then
           the
           Hangman
           hauing
           a
           panne
           of
           coales
           neere
           him
           ,
           with
           red
           hot
           pincers
           nip'd
           off
           the
           nipple
           of
           one
           brest
           ;
           then
           he
           tooke
           a
           knife
           and
           giues
           him
           a
           slash
           or
           cut
           downe
           the
           backe
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           from
           the
           shoulder
           to
           the
           waste
           ;
           and
           presently
           gaue
           him
           such
           another
           slash
           ,
           three
           inches
           from
           the
           first
           ;
           then
           on
           the
           top
           he
           cut
           the
           slashes
           into
           one
           ;
           ,
           and
           presently
           taking
           pincers
           ,
           tooke
           hold
           of
           the
           crosse
           cut
           ,
           and
           tore
           him
           downe
           like
           a
           Girse
           below
           the
           middle
           ,
           letting
           it
           hang
           downe
           behind
           him
           like
           a
           belt
           :
           after
           which
           he
           tooke
           his
           burning
           pincers
           ,
           and
           pluck'd
           off
           the
           tops
           of
           his
           fingers
           of
           one
           hand
           :
           then
           passing
           to
           another
           place
           of
           the
           Towne
           ,
           his
           other
           nipple
           was
           plucked
           off
           ,
           the
           other
           side
           of
           his
           back
           so
           cut
           and
           mangled
           ,
           (
           which
           they
           call
           by
           the
           name
           of
           rimming
           ,
           (
           if
           it
           had
           beene
           riming
           ,
           I
           would
           neuer
           haue
           written
           but
           in
           prose
           )
           his
           other
           fingers
           nip'd
           off
           ;
           then
           passing
           further
           ,
           all
           his
           toes
           were
           nip'd
           off
           with
           the
           burning
           pincers
           :
           after
           which
           he
           was
           enforced
           to
           come
           out
           of
           the
           cart
           ,
           and
           goe
           on
           foote
           vp
           a
           steepe
           hill
           to
           the
           Gallowes
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           broken
           with
           a
           wheele
           ,
           aliue
           ,
           one
           bone
           after
           another
           ,
           beginning
           at
           his
           legs
           and
           ending
           with
           his
           neck
           ,
           and
           last
           of
           all
           quartered
           and
           layd
           on
           the
           wheele
           ,
           on
           a
           high
           post
           ,
           till
           Crowes
           ,
           Rauens
           ,
           or
           consuming
           time
           consume
           him
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           both
           their
           executions
           ,
           but
           I
           speake
           but
           of
           the
           greatest
           murtherer
           particularly
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           reported
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           torments
           neuer
           made
           him
           
           once
           to
           change
           countenance
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           any
           signe
           or
           action
           of
           griefe
           ,
           to
           call
           to
           God
           for
           mercy
           ,
           or
           to
           entreate
           the
           people
           to
           pray
           for
           him
           ;
           but
           as
           if
           he
           had
           beene
           a
           senselesse
           stocke
           or
           stone
           ,
           he
           did
           most
           scornefully
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           in
           disdaine
           abide
           it
           :
           whilst
           the
           other
           villaine
           did
           crye
           ,
           rore
           ,
           and
           make
           lamentation
           ,
           calling
           vpon
           God
           often
           ;
           the
           difference
           was
           not
           much
           in
           their
           liues
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           their
           deaths
           ,
           but
           I
           am
           perswaded
           the
           odds
           was
           great
           in
           their
           dying
           .
        
         
           The
           City
           of
           Prague
           is
           almost
           circular
           or
           round
           ,
           being
           diuided
           in
           the
           middle
           by
           the
           riuer
           of
           Moldoue
           ,
           ouer
           which
           is
           a
           faire
           stone
           Bridge
           ,
           of
           600.
           paces
           ouer
           ,
           and
           at
           each
           end
           a
           strong
           gate
           of
           stone
           :
           there
           is
           said
           to
           be
           in
           it
           of
           Churches
           and
           Chappels
           ,
           150.
           for
           there
           are
           great
           numbers
           of
           Catholiques
           ,
           who
           haue
           many
           Chappels
           dedicated
           to
           sundry
           Saints
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           there
           at
           foure
           seueral
           sorts
           of
           diuine
           exercises
           ;
           viz.
           at
           good
           sermons
           with
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           at
           Masse
           with
           the
           Papists
           ,
           at
           a
           Lutherans
           preaching
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Iewes
           Synagog
           ;
           three
           of
           which
           I
           saw
           and
           heard
           for
           curiosity
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           for
           edification
           .
        
         
           The
           Iewes
           in
           Prague
           are
           in
           such
           great
           numbers
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           men
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           ,
           betwixt
           50.
           or
           60000.
           who
           doe
           all
           liue
           by
           brocage
           and
           vsury
           vpon
           the
           Christians
           ,
           and
           are
           very
           rich
           in
           money
           and
           Iewels
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           may
           see
           tenne
           or
           twelue
           togither
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           are
           accounted
           worth
           20.
           30.
           or
           40000.
           l.
           apiece
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           slaues
           goe
           so
           miserably
           attired
           ,
           that
           15.
           of
           them
           are
           not
           worth
           the
           hanging
           for
           their
           whole
           wardrobes
           .
        
         
           The
           Castle
           where
           the
           King
           and
           Queene
           doe
           keepe
           their
           Court
           ,
           is
           magnificent
           and
           sumptuous
           in
           building
           ,
           
           strongly
           situated
           and
           fortified
           by
           nature
           and
           art
           ,
           being
           founded
           on
           a
           high
           hill
           ,
           so
           that
           at
           pleasure
           it
           keepes
           the
           towne
           in
           command
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           much
           more
           spacious
           in
           roomes
           for
           receipt
           in
           gardens
           and
           orchards
           ,
           then
           the
           Towre
           of
           London
           .
           I
           was
           in
           it
           dayly
           the
           space
           of
           20
           dayes
           ,
           and
           saw
           it
           royally
           graced
           with
           the
           presence
           of
           a
           gracious
           King
           &
           Queen
           ,
           who
           were
           honorably
           attēded
           by
           a
           gallant
           courtly
           traine
           of
           Lords
           and
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           Gentles
           ,
           of
           the
           high
           Dutch
           and
           Bohemians
           ,
           and
           where
           was
           free
           &
           bountiful
           entertainment
           to
           strangers
           in
           abundance
           :
           I
           must
           euer
           humbly
           and
           thankfully
           acknowledge
           the
           Queenes
           Maiesties
           goodnesse
           towards
           mee
           ,
           whose
           vndeserued
           fauours
           were
           helpful
           vnto
           me
           both
           there
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           tedious
           iorny
           home-ward
           .
           Moreouer
           there
           I
           saw
           (
           and
           had
           in
           mine
           armes
           )
           the
           King
           and
           Queenes
           yongest
           son
           ,
           Prince
           Robert
           ,
           who
           was
           borne
           there
           on
           the
           16
           of
           December
           last
           :
           a
           goodly
           child
           as
           euer
           I
           saw
           of
           that
           age
           ,
           whom
           with
           the
           rest
           I
           pray
           God
           to
           blesse
           ;
           to
           his
           glory
           and
           his
           Parents
           ioy
           and
           comfort
           .
        
         
           
             There
             (
             for
             a
             token
             )
             I
             did
             thinke
             it
             meete
             ,
          
           
             To
             take
             the
             shoes
             from
             off
             this
             Prince
             his
             feete
             :
          
           
             I
             doe
             not
             say
             I
             stole
             ,
             but
             I
             did
             take
             ,
          
           
             And
             whilst
             I
             liue
             I
             'le
             keepe
             them
             for
             his
             sake
             :
          
           
             Long
             may
             his
             Grace
             liue
             to
             be
             stylde
             a
             man
             ,
          
           
             And
             then
             I
             'le
             steale
             his
             bootes
             too
             ,
             if
             I
             can
             .
          
           
             The
             shoes
             were
             vpright
             shoes
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             he
          
           
             That
             wore
             them
             ,
             from
             all
             harme
             vpright
             and
             free
             :
          
           
             He
             vsde
             them
             for
             their
             vse
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             pride
             ,
          
           
             He
             neuer
             wrong'd
             them
             ,
             or
             ne're
             trod
             a
             side
             .
          
           
             Lambskin
             they
             were
             ,
             as
             white
             as
             Innocence
             ,
          
           
             (
             True
             patternes
             for
             the
             footsteps
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             )
          
           
           
             And
             time
             will
             come
             (
             as
             I
             do
             hope
             in
             God
             )
          
           
             He
             that
             in
             childhood
             with
             these
             shooes
             was
             shod
             ,
          
           
             Shall
             with
             his
             manly
             feete
             once
             trample
             downe
             ,
          
           
             All
             Antichristian
             foes
             to
             his
             renowne
             .
          
        
         
           The
           citty
           of
           Prague
           ,
           hath
           in
           it
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           wars
           )
           thrice
           the
           number
           of
           it's
           owne
           inhabitants
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           victuals
           is
           in
           such
           great
           plenty
           ,
           that
           6
           men
           cannot
           eate
           three
           halfe
           penny
           worth
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           buy
           in
           the
           market
           a
           fat
           goose
           well
           roast
           for
           the
           vallew
           of
           nine
           pence
           English
           ,
           and
           I
           and
           my
           brother
           haue
           dined
           there
           at
           a
           Cookes
           with
           good
           roasted
           meate
           ,
           bread
           and
           beere
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           haue
           bin
           satisfied
           and
           left
           ,
           for
           the
           vallew
           of
           fiue
           pence
           :
           a
           good
           turky
           there
           may
           bee
           bought
           for
           two
           shillings
           ,
           and
           for
           fresh
           fish
           I
           neuer
           saw
           such
           store
           ,
           for
           in
           one
           market
           day
           I
           haue
           knowne
           in
           Prague
           2000
           carps
           ,
           besides
           other
           fishes
           ,
           which
           carps
           in
           London
           are
           fiue
           shillings
           a
           piece
           ,
           and
           there
           they
           were
           for
           eight
           pence
           ,
           or
           ten
           pence
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           so
           that
           one
           of
           their
           fresh
           fish
           markets
           heere
           were
           worth
           at
           the
           least
           5
           or
           600
           pounds
           ,
           and
           as
           for
           all
           other
           manner
           of
           wild
           foule
           ,
           they
           are
           there
           in
           satiety
           ,
           besides
           their
           fruites
           are
           in
           such
           abundance
           that
           I
           boght
           a
           basket
           of
           grapes
           of
           the
           quantity
           of
           halfe
           a
           pecke
           for
           a
           penny
           &
           farthing
           ,
           &
           a
           hat-ful
           of
           faire
           peaches
           for
           as
           much
           ,
           pickled
           cowcumbers
           I
           haue
           bought
           a
           pecke
           for
           three
           pence
           ,
           and
           muskmellons
           ,
           there
           hath
           bin
           cast
           fiue
           or
           six
           carts
           load
           of
           them
           in
           one
           day
           to
           their
           hoggs
           .
        
         
           As
           concerning
           the
           dyet
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Kings
           armies
           ,
           I
           could
           neuer
           yet
           heare
           any
           man
           complaine
           of
           want
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           more
           plentifull
           then
           in
           the
           citty
           ,
           the
           greatest
           scarcity
           hath
           bin
           to
           some
           sicke
           souldiers
           ,
           who
           being
           not
           able
           to
           march
           with
           the
           leaguers
           (
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           weakenes
           )
           they
           haue
           bin
           left
           amongst
           the
           Boores
           ,
           or
           husbandmen
           
           in
           the
           next
           villages
           ,
           where
           their
           languages
           not
           vnderstood
           ,
           their
           succour
           hath
           bin
           but
           small
           ,
           but
           for
           all
           this
           in
           the
           campe
           hath
           euer
           bin
           a
           continuall
           cheapnes
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           the
           King
           most
           duely
           paying
           his
           souldiers
           at
           the
           end
           of
           euery
           month
           ,
           hauing
           in
           his
           great
           leguer
           ,
           vnder
           the
           conduct
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Hollock
           and
           Anhalt
           ,
           of
           foote
           and
           horse
           43000
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           least
           of
           carts
           and
           waggons
           to
           carry
           prouision
           ,
           and
           baggage
           for
           the
           army
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           18000.
           
           In
           his
           little
           leaguer
           vnder
           the
           leading
           of
           Count
           Mansfelt
           there
           are
           of
           foote
           and
           horse
           7000
           ,
           besides
           carrs
           and
           waggons
           for
           carriage
           ,
           and
           yet
           for
           these
           great
           numbers
           of
           men
           and
           beastes
           ,
           there
           is
           food
           in
           all
           abundance
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           campe
           with
           
             Graue
             Mansfelt
          
           is
           the
           Brittane
           regiment
           vnder
           their
           Colonel
           Sir
           
             Andrew
             Gray
          
           Knight
           ,
           and
           in
           Prague
           I
           met
           with
           many
           worthy
           Gentlemen
           and
           souldiers
           ,
           which
           were
           there
           sicke
           ,
           as
           the
           worthy
           Captaine
           Bushell
           ,
           Lieutenaut
           Grimes
           ,
           Lieuetenant
           Langworth
           ,
           Ancient
           Galbreath
           ,
           Ancient
           Vandenbrooke
           ,
           Maister
           Whitney
           ,
           Maister
           Blundell
           and
           others
           ,
           all
           which
           did
           most
           courteously
           entertaine
           me
           ,
           vnto
           whom
           I
           must
           euer
           rest
           thankful
           ,
           and
           they
           do
           affirme
           that
           now
           it
           hath
           pleased
           God
           to
           grant
           their
           souldiers
           recouery
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           hope
           euery
           Brittaine
           souldier
           doth
           retaine
           more
           good
           spirit
           ,
           then
           3
           enemies
           of
           what
           nation
           soeuer
           .
        
         
           Thus
           hauing
           shewed
           part
           of
           the
           best
           things
           in
           Bohemia
           ,
           the
           Court
           and
           Citty
           of
           Prague
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           amisse
           if
           I
           relate
           a
           little
           merily
           ,
           of
           some
           things
           there
           tolerable
           ,
           some
           intollerable
           ,
           some
           naught
           and
           some
           worse
           then
           naught
           ;
           for
           as
           euery
           rose
           hath
           a
           prickle
           ,
           and
           euery
           Bee
           a
           sting
           ,
           so
           no
           earthly
           kingdome
           hath
           such
           persection
           of
           goodnesse
           ,
           but
           it
           may
           be
           iustly
           taxed
           with
           imperfections
           .
        
         
           
           
             Prague
             is
             a
             famous
             ,
             ancient
             ,
             kingly
             seate
             ,
          
           
             In
             scituation
             and
             in
             state
             compleate
             ,
          
           
             Rich
             in
             aboundance
             of
             the
             earths
             best
             treasure
             ,
          
           
             Proud
             and
             high
             minded
             ,
             beyond
             bounds
             or
             measure
             ,
          
           
             In
             Architecture
             stately
             ;
             in
             Atire
             ,
          
           
             Bezonians
             and
             Pleibeians
             do
             aspire
             ,
          
           
             To
             be
             apparell'd
             with
             the
             stately
             port
          
           
             Of
             worship
             ,
             honor
             ,
             or
             the
             royall
             court
             ;
          
           
             There
             coaches
             ,
             and
             carroches
             are
             so
             rife
             ,
          
           
             They
             do
             attend
             on
             euery
             trades
             mans
             wife
             ,
          
           
             Whose
             husbands
             are
             but
             in
             a
             meane
             regard
             ,
          
           
             And
             get
             their
             liuing
             by
             the
             ell
             or
             yard
             ,
          
           
             How
             euer
             their
             estates
             may
             be
             defended
             ,
          
           
             Their
             wiues
             like
             demy
             ladies
             are
             attended
             :
          
           
             I
             there
             a
             Chimney
             sweepers
             wife
             haue
             seene
             ,
          
           
             Habillimented
             like
             the
             diamond
             Queene
             ,
          
           
             Most
             gaudy
             garish
             ,
             as
             a
             fine
             maid
             marrian
             ,
          
           
             With
             breath
             as
             sweete
             as
             any
             suger
             carrion
             ,
          
           
             With
             sattin
             cloake
             ,
             lin'd
             through
             with
             budg
             ,
             or
             sable
             ,
          
           
             Or
             cunny
             furre
             (
             or
             what
             her
             purse
             is
             able
             )
          
           
             With
             veluet
             hood
             ,
             with
             tiffanies
             ,
             and
             purles
             ,
          
           
             Rebatoes
             frizlings
             ,
             and
             with
             powdred
             curles
             ,
          
           
             And
             (
             lest
             her
             hue
             or
             sent
             should
             be
             attainted
             ,
          
           
             She
             's
             antidoted
             ,
             well
             persum'd
             and
             painted
             ,
          
           
             She
             's
             fur'd
             ,
             she
             's
             fring'd
             ,
             she
             's
             lac'd
             and
             at
             her
             wast
             ,
          
           
             She
             's
             with
             a
             massie
             chaine
             of
             siluer
             brac'd
             ,
          
           
             She
             's
             yellow
             starch'd
             ,
             she
             's
             ruff'd
             ,
             and
             cuff'd
             ,
             and
             muff'd
             ,
          
           
             She
             's
             ring'd
             ,
             she
             's
             braceleted
             ,
             she
             's
             richly
             tuff'd
             ,
          
           
             Her
             petticoale
             ,
             good
             silke
             as
             can
             be
             bought
             ,
          
           
             Her
             smocke
             ,
             about
             the
             taile
             lac'd
             round
             and
             wrought
             ,
          
           
             Her
             gadding
             legges
             are
             finely
             spanish
             booted
             ,
          
           
             The
             whilst
             her
             husband
             ,
             like
             a
             slaue
             all
             sooted
             ,
          
           
           
             Lookes
             like
             a
             courtier
             to
             infernall
             Pluto
             ,
          
           
             And
             knowes
             himselfe
             to
             be
             a
             base
             cornuto
             .
          
           
             Then
             since
             a
             man
             that
             liues
             by
             chimny
             sweepe
             ,
          
           
             His
             wife
             so
             gaudy
             richly
             clad
             doth
             keepe
             ,
          
           
             Thinke
             then
             but
             how
             a
             Merchants
             wife
             may
             go
             ,
          
           
             Or
             how
             a
             burgamaisters
             wife
             doth
             show
             ;
          
           
             There
             (
             by
             a
             kind
             of
             top
             sie
             turuy
             vse
             ,
             )
          
           
             The
             women
             weare
             the
             bootes
             ,
             the
             men
             the
             shooes
             ,
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             if
             't
             be
             profit
             ,
             or
             else
             pride
             ,
          
           
             But
             sure
             th'
             are
             oft'ner
             riden
             then
             they
             ride
             :
          
           
             These
             females
             seeme
             to
             be
             most
             valiant
             there
             ,
          
           
             Their
             painting
             shewes
             they
             do
             no
             colours
             feare
             ,
          
           
             Most
             art-like
             plastring
             natures
             imperfections
             ,
          
           
             With
             sublimated
             ,
             white
             and
             red
             complexions
             ;
          
           
             So
             much
             for
             pride
             I
             haue
             obserued
             there
             ,
          
           
             Theire
             other
             faults
             are
             almost
             euery
             where
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           hauing
           stayd
           in
           Prague
           almost
           3.
           weekes
           ,
           I
           returned
           from
           thence
           homeward
           ,
           on
           tuesday
           ,
           the
           26.
           of
           September
           ,
           hauing
           in
           my
           company
           three
           Gentlemen
           ,
           a
           widdow
           (
           and
           foure
           small
           children
           )
           whose
           husband
           and
           being
           an
           English
           man
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings
           Brewer
           for
           Beere
           ,
           deceased
           ,
           and
           was
           buried
           there
           in
           Prague
           whilst
           I
           was
           there
           :
           the
           good
           desolate
           woman
           hauing
           receiued
           reward
           after
           seuen
           yeares
           seruice
           there
           and
           at
           Heidelberg
           ,
           being
           desirous
           to
           retire
           to
           her
           countrey
           (
           England
           )
           came
           with
           vs
           ,
           with
           my
           brother
           ,
           and
           my
           fellow
           Tilbery
           .
           We
           tooke
           two
           Coaches
           at
           the
           Castle
           of
           Prague
           ,
           &
           in
           a
           day
           and
           halfe
           ,
           we
           were
           carried
           seuen
           Duch
           miles
           ,
           to
           a
           Towne
           in
           Bohemia
           (
           standing
           on
           the
           riuer
           of
           Elue
           )
           called
           Leutmeritz
           ,
           at
           which
           Towne
           we
           all
           layd
           our
           moneyes
           together
           ,
           and
           bought
           a
           boate
           of
           48.
           foote
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           not
           3.
           foote
           in
           bredth
           ,
           and
           because
           we
           did
           not
           know
           the
           riuer
           ,
           wee
           hired
           a
           Bohemian
           waterman
           to
           guide
           vs
           15.
           dutch
           miles
           ,
           to
           the
           Towne
           of
           
           Dreason
           in
           Saxony
           .
           But
           4.
           miles
           short
           of
           that
           Town
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           first
           Towne
           in
           the
           Saxon
           Countrey
           ,
           called
           Pirne
           ,
           where
           we
           were
           stayed
           5.
           houres
           without
           the
           gates
           ,
           til
           such
           time
           as
           the
           Burgamaster
           wold
           be
           pleased
           to
           examin
           vs
           :
           in
           the
           meane
           space
           our
           waterman
           (
           not
           daring
           to
           abide
           the
           terrible
           triall
           of
           examination
           ,
           because
           the
           Duke
           of
           Saxon
           was
           in
           Armes
           against
           the
           King
           of
           Beame
           )
           hee
           ran
           away
           ,
           and
           left
           vs
           to
           bring
           the
           boate
           downe
           the
           riuer
           ,
           600.
           
           English
           miles
           our selues
           to
           Hamburgh
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           close
           vp
           all
           ,
           I
           will
           relate
           what
           rare
           dyet
           ,
           excellent
           cookery
           ,
           and
           sweete
           lodging
           we
           had
           in
           ouriourney
           in
           Germany
           :
           first
           for
           our
           comfort
           ,
           after
           very
           hard
           getting
           of
           houseroome
           ,
           our
           lodgings
           was
           euery
           night
           in
           straw
           ,
           where
           lying
           together
           well
           littered
           ,
           we
           honestly
           alwayes
           left
           our
           sheetes
           behind
           vs
           :
           then
           at
           our
           suppers
           at
           a
           table
           square
           ,
           and
           so
           broad
           ,
           that
           two
           men
           can
           hardly
           shake
           hands
           ouer
           it
           ,
           we
           being
           some
           twelue
           about
           it
           .
           Our
           first
           dish
           being
           a
           raw
           cabbadge
           ,
           of
           the
           quantity
           of
           halfe
           a
           pecke
           ,
           cut
           and
           chopped
           small
           ,
           with
           the
           fat
           of
           resty
           bacon
           powred
           vpon
           it
           in
           stead
           of
           oyle
           ;
           which
           dish
           must
           be
           emptied
           before
           we
           could
           get
           any
           more
           :
           Our
           second
           dish
           perhaps
           ,
           a
           peck
           of
           boylde
           Apples
           and
           honey
           ,
           the
           Apples
           being
           boyled
           skins
           ,
           stalkes
           ,
           cores
           ,
           and
           all
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           100.
           
           Gudgeons
           ,
           newly
           taken
           perhaps
           ,
           yet
           as
           salt
           as
           if
           they
           had
           beene
           three
           yeares
           pickled
           ,
           or
           twice
           at
           the
           East
           Indies
           ,
           boyled
           with
           scales
           ,
           guts
           an
           all
           ,
           and
           buried
           in
           Ginger
           like
           sawdust
           :
           a
           fresh
           pike
           as
           salt
           as
           brine
           ,
           boyled
           in
           flat
           milke
           ,
           with
           a
           pound
           of
           Garlick
           .
           This
           was
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           most
           part
           of
           our
           dyet
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           did
           aske
           them
           why
           they
           did
           salt
           their
           meate
           so
           vnreasonably
           ,
           their
           answere
           was
           ,
           that
           their
           beer
           could
           not
           be
           consumed
           ,
           except
           their
           meat
           were
           salted
           extraordinarily
           .
        
         
         
           If
           a
           man
           doe
           finde
           fault
           or
           seeme
           distasted
           with
           their
           beastly
           dyet
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           thrust
           out
           of
           dores
           ,
           and
           take
           vp
           his
           lodging
           in
           the
           streetes
           :
           and
           in
           the
           conclusion
           when
           dinner
           or
           supper
           is
           ended
           ,
           then
           comes
           mine
           Host
           ,
           or
           his
           leather
           lip'd
           Froe
           ,
           with
           a
           sawcy
           reckoning
           of
           what
           they
           please
           ,
           which
           sounds
           in
           our
           eares
           like
           a
           harsh
           Epilogue
           ,
           after
           a
           bad
           playe
           ;
           for
           what
           they
           say
           wee
           must
           pay
           ,
           their
           words
           are
           irreuocable
           (
           like
           the
           ancient
           Kings
           of
           Persia
           )
           and
           we
           must
           not
           question
           or
           aske
           how
           and
           how
           it
           can
           bee
           so
           much
           ,
           but
           pay
           them
           their
           demand
           without
           grumbling
           to
           halfe
           a
           farthing
           .
        
         
           Which
           made
           me
           call
           to
           minde
           sixe
           seuerall
           principals
           ,
           that
           doe
           belong
           to
           a
           traueller
           ,
           as
           patience
           ,
           silence
           ,
           warinesse
           ,
           watchfulnesse
           ,
           a
           good
           stomacke
           ,
           and
           a
           purse
           wel
           moneyed
           ;
           for
           if
           he
           want
           any
           one
           of
           these
           ,
           (
           perhaps
           )
           the
           other
           fiue
           will
           neuer
           bring
           him
           to
           his
           iournies
           end
           .
           A
           mans
           patience
           must
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           (
           though
           he
           be
           a
           Barron
           )
           he
           must
           beare
           all
           abuses
           ,
           either
           in
           words
           ,
           lodging
           ,
           dyet
           ,
           or
           almost
           any
           thing
           ,
           though
           offered
           from
           or
           by
           a
           sowter
           ,
           a
           tinker
           ,
           or
           a
           Merchant
           of
           tripes
           &
           turneps
           ;
           his
           silence
           must
           be
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           heare
           &
           vnderstand
           himselfe
           wronged
           ,
           yet
           he
           must
           be
           as
           dumbe
           as
           a
           Gudgeon
           or
           a
           Whiting
           mop
           :
           and
           though
           his
           mouth
           be
           shut
           ,
           his
           warinesse
           must
           be
           such
           ,
           that
           his
           eares
           must
           be
           euer
           open
           ,
           to
           listen
           and
           ouer-heare
           all
           dangers
           that
           may
           bee
           complotted
           against
           him
           :
           his
           watchfulnesse
           must
           be
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           must
           seldome
           sleep
           with
           both
           his
           eyes
           at
           once
           ,
           lest
           his
           throat
           be
           cut
           before
           he
           wake
           againe
           .
           But
           for
           his
           stomacke
           ,
           hee
           must
           eate
           grasse
           with
           a
           horse
           ,
           aud
           draffe
           with
           the
           hogges
           ,
           for
           hee
           that
           cannot
           eate
           pickl'd
           herring
           broth
           ,
           and
           dirty
           puddings
           ,
           shall
           many
           times
           fast
           by
           authority
           ,
           and
           goe
           to
           bed
           withont
           his
           supper
           :
           and
           last
           of
           all
           ,
           he
           must
           haue
           Fortunatus
           
           or
           a
           Prince
           his
           purse
           ,
           that
           must
           bee
           (
           like
           a
           drunkards
           dagger
           )
           euer
           drawne
           ,
           to
           pay
           bountifully
           for
           such
           wash
           and
           graines
           ,
           as
           his
           valiant
           stomack
           hrth
           ouercome
           ,
           conquered
           and
           deuoured
           :
           but
           of
           this
           a
           little
           in
           verse
           :
        
         
           
             Sixe
             things
             vnto
             a
             Traueller
             belongs
             ,
          
           
             An
             Asses
             backe
             ,
             t'
             abide
             and
             beare
             all
             wrongs
             :
          
           
             A
             fishes
             tougue
             (
             mute
             )
             grudging
             speech
             forbearing
             ,
          
           
             A
             Harts
             quick
             eare
             ,
             all
             dangers
             ,
             ouerhearing
             .
          
           
             A
             dogs
             eyes
             ,
             that
             must
             wake
             as
             they
             doe
             sleepe
             ,
          
           
             And
             by
             such
             watch
             his
             corpes
             from
             perill
             keepe
             .
          
           
             A
             swines
             sweete
             homely
             taste
             ,
             that
             must
             digest
          
           
             Al
             Fish
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             Rootes
             ,
             Fowle
             ,
             foule
             and
             beastly
             drest
             ;
          
           
             And
             last
             ,
             he
             must
             haue
             euer
             at
             his
             call
          
           
             A
             purse
             well
             lynde
             with
             coyne
             to
             pay
             for
             all
             .
          
        
         
           With
           this
           kinde
           of
           lodging
           and
           dyet
           ,
           and
           with
           tedious
           labour
           sometimes
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           wee
           came
           in
           14.
           dayes
           607.
           miles
           from
           Prague
           in
           Bohemia
           ,
           to
           Hambrogh
           on
           the
           hither
           skirts
           of
           Germany
           ,
           the
           riuer
           hauing
           aboue
           1000.
           shelues
           and
           sands
           ,
           and
           800.
           
           Ilands
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           man
           cannot
           see
           on
           which
           side
           of
           them
           to
           goe
           ,
           there
           being
           240.
           mills
           chained
           in
           boates
           on
           the
           first
           streame
           ,
           and
           a
           number
           numberlesse
           of
           Oakes
           and
           other
           trees
           sunke
           with
           the
           violence
           of
           the
           Riuer
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           fogs
           and
           mists
           that
           we
           could
           not
           see
           a
           boates
           length
           from
           vs
           :
           besides
           great
           Rocks
           ,
           and
           stones
           that
           were
           fallen
           into
           the
           water
           ,
           that
           any
           or
           many
           of
           these
           impediments
           do
           often
           ouerthrow
           boats
           ,
           and
           drowne
           passengers
           ;
           yet
           I
           ,
           and
           my
           fellow
           Tilbery
           (
           wee
           being
           both
           his
           Maiesties
           watermen
           )
           did
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           safely
           escape
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           brought
           our selues
           ,
           as
           is
           afore-sayd
           ,
           to
           Hamborogh
           ,
           where
           being
           winde
           bound
           10.
           dayes
           ,
           I
           thanke
           the
           English
           Merchants
           ,
           I
           was
           well
           welcomed
           ,
           vntill
           at
           last
           it
           pleased
           God
           ,
           the
           winde
           came
           faire
           ,
           I
           
           tooke
           ship
           ,
           and
           after
           9.
           dayes
           and
           nights
           of
           various
           weather
           (
           I
           giue
           prayse
           to
           the
           Almighty
           )
           I
           safely
           came
           home
           to
           my
           house
           in
           London
           ,
           on
           saterday
           the
           28.
           of
           September
           .
           1620.
           
        
         
           
             You
             that
             haue
             bought
             this
             ,
             grieue
             not
             at
             the
             cost
             ,
          
           
             Ther
             's
             something
             worth
             your
             noting
             ,
             al
             's
             not
             lost
             ,
          
           
             First
             halfe
             a
             Constable
             is
             well
             bumbasted
             ,
          
           
             If
             there
             were
             nothing
             else
             ,
             your
             coynes
             not
             wasted
             ,
          
           
             Then
             I
             relate
             of
             hills
             ,
             and
             dales
             ,
             and
             downes
             ,
          
           
             Of
             Churches
             ,
             Chappels
             ,
             Pallaces
             and
             Townes
             ,
          
           
             And
             then
             to
             make
             amends
             (
             although
             but
             small
             )
          
           
             I
             tell
             a
             tale
             of
             a
             great
             Tub
             withall
             ,
          
           
             With
             many
             a
             gallowse
             ,
             Iibbit
             ,
             and
             a
             wheele
             ,
          
           
             Where
             murdrers
             bones
             are
             broke
             ,
             from
             head
             to
             heele
             ;
          
           
             How
             rich
             Bohemia
             is
             in
             wealth
             and
             food
             ,
          
           
             Of
             all
             things
             which
             for
             man
             or
             beast
             is
             good
             .
          
           
             How
             in
             the
             Court
             at
             Prague
             (
             a
             princely
             place
             )
          
           
             A
             gracious
             Queene
             vouchsafed
             me
             to
             grace
             ,
          
           
             How
             on
             the
             sixteenth
             day
             of
             August
             last
             ,
          
           
             King
             Frederick
             to
             his
             royall
             army
             past
             ,
          
           
             How
             fifty
             thousand
             were
             in
             armes
             araid
             ,
          
           
             Of
             the
             Kings
             force
             ,
             be
             side
             th'
             Hungarian
             ayde
             ,
          
           
             And
             how
             Bohemia
             strongly
             can
             oppose
             ,
          
           
             And
             cuffe
             and
             curry
             all
             their
             daring
             foes
             .
          
           
             Then
             though
             no
             newes
             of
             state
             ,
             may
             heere
             be
             had
             ,
          
           
             I
             know
             heer
             's
             something
             will
             make
             good
             men
             glad
             ,
          
           
             No
             bringer
             of
             strange
             tales
             I
             meane
             to
             be
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             I
             le
             beleeue
             none
             that
             are
             told
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A13508-e550
           
             ●he
             first
             let●ers
             of
             his
             ●ames
             are
             L●nd
             ●nd
             his
             full
             ●ame
             being
             ●nnagrama●●'d
             is
             
               A
               Tro●eler
            
             ,
             a
             trobe●er
             he
             was
             to
             ●e
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             ●eare
             he
             hath
             ●ene
             to
             my
             Reader
             .
          
        
      
    
  

