Adventures of Baron Wenceslas Wratislaw of Mitrowitz

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Adventures of Baron Wenceslas Wratislaw of Mitrowitz (1862)
by Václav Vratislav z Mitrovic, translated by Albert Henry Wratislaw

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Account of Austrian Embassy to Turkey in 16th century, their imprisonment, life in Turkish galleys and prisons, and the final release to freedom.

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ADVENTURES OF BARON WENCESLAS
WRATISLAW.

ADVENTURES OF

BARON WENCESLAS WRATISLAW

OF MITROWITZ.
WHAT HE SAW IN THE TURKISH METROPOLIS, CONSTANTINOPLE;
EXPERIENCED IN HIS CAPTIVITY; AND AFTER HIS
HAPPY RETURN TO HIS COUNTRY,
COMMITTED TO WRITING IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD 1599.

LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL BOHEMIAN

BY A. H. WRATISLAW, M.A.
HEAD-MASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, BURY ST. EDMUNDS,
AND FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF CHRIST’S
COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

LONDON:
BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET.
1862.

CONTENTS.
	Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	vii
BOOK I.
	Wherein is contained the Journey of the Imperial Embassy from Vienna to Constantinople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
BOOK II.
	Of the Residence of the Imperial Embassy at Constantinople . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	53
BOOK III.
	Of the Arrest and Imprisonment of our whole Embassy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	109
BOOK IV.
	Of our Release from Prison and Return to our own Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	179

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