England as seen by foreigners in the days of Elizabeth & James the First Comprising translations of the journals of the two Dukes of Wirtemberg in 1592 and 1610; both illustrative of Shakespeare . rick, Duke of Wirtemberg, Count Mumppel-gart, Knight of the Garter, made a few years ago to the far-famedKingdom of England ; as it was noted down daily in the mostconcise manner possible at his Highnesss gracious command by hisprivate Secretary (Jacob Rathgeb), who accompanied him. Printed at Tubingen, by Erhardus Cellius, anno 1602. N the morning of the 7th of August, 1592,the wind being favorable,
England as seen by foreigners in the days of Elizabeth & James the First Comprising translations of the journals of the two Dukes of Wirtemberg in 1592 and 1610; both illustrative of Shakespeare . rick, Duke of Wirtemberg, Count Mumppel-gart, Knight of the Garter, made a few years ago to the far-famedKingdom of England ; as it was noted down daily in the mostconcise manner possible at his Highnesss gracious command by hisprivate Secretary (Jacob Rathgeb), who accompanied him. Printed at Tubingen, by Erhardus Cellius, anno 1602. N the morning of the 7th of August, 1592,the wind being favorable, the Master of thevessel, an honest, civil and experienced man,ordered the anchors to be hauled up on deck,and all the sails (seven in number) to beunfurled; by this means and the good breezewe made such progress, that in the afternoon we got out ofthe river [Ems] into the open sea. Not being accustomed tothe sea, we were seized with horrible vomitings, and most ofour party (with the exception of his Highness) became so dread-fully ill that they thought they were dying, and often wishedthemselves back again on We proceeded steadily under a Badenfahrt.—See Remarks in 4 England as seen by Foreigners. this fair wind all that night and the next day the 8th of August;but then the last night we had a very violent and terrific gale :a—the wind shifted and blew right on our side, by which we wereplaced in the greatest danger, especially as there were four-and-twenty horses coupled together standing below in the hold,for when the ship gave a lurch by a gust of wind, the horsesimmediately fell over each other in a heap, and consequentlynearly capsized the vessel: in short, many found it no laughingmatter, but thought that they should die ; nevertheless themerciful God graciously looked down with fatherly eyes uponus, so that on the morning of the 9th of August, towards mid-day, we arrived happily and well near Dover, which is an Englishsea-port, lying opposite
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