Avontuurlijke reys-togten van Johan Smith, in verscheyde gedeelten des werelds, begonnen in het jaar 1593 ...

1593

Passes several cities.

Comes to an Irish Jesuit.

Enters into service.

Traveling through that marvelous city of Florence, the cities and regions of Bologna, Ferrara, Mantua, Padua, and Venice, whose gulf I crossed from Malamoco, and the Adriatic Sea to Ragusa, I spent some time observing that desolate and broken region of Albania and Dalmatia, up to the Cape of Istria, traveling through the best of poor Slavonia to Lubbiano, until I came to Graz original: "Grates" in Styria, the seat of Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, at that time Roman Emperor. There I met an Englishman and an Irish Jesuit, with whom I, along with many noblemen of standing, associated, and particularly with Mr. Ebersbaught, to whom I made known the undertakings I had proposed for myself. He, therefore, introduced me to Baron Kisell, General of the Artillery, and he in turn to the illustrious Colonel, Count of Meldritch, with whom I went to Vienna in Austria, serving under his regiment. What service I performed, and how I spent my time, will be told in the following narrative.

IV. CHAPTER.

Olumpagh besieged by the Turks.

After the loss of Caniza, the Turks, with 20,000 men, besieged the strong city of Olumpagh, having enclosed it so that they were cut off from all communication and hope of relief. But I made Baron Kisell...