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Re: VMs: sliding queen

At 18:19 22/04/2003 +0200, Rafal wrote: 
And now the most interesting (partial) finding, which really
struck me. In one of the books I looked at in Prague there
was a reference on Kelley's house in Prague to Moryson's
_Itinerarium_ (1617). I had no time to check the Czech edition
of the part on Bohemia (and hopefully there are enlightening
footnotes there) but on coming back I had a look at the English
edition in the library here - and next to the piece on Kelley's
house, I find this:

   In Old Prage towards the South, and upon the East
   side of Molda, there is an old Pallace, where they
   shew a trap-doore, by which the Queene was wont to slide
   downe into a Bath, where shee used to satisfie her
   unlawful lust.

"An itinerary vvritten by Fynes Moryson Gent. first in the Latine tongue, and then translated by him into English: containing his ten yeeres travell throvgh the tvvelve domjnions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Jtaly, Turky, France, England, Scotland, and Ireland." Imprint London : John Beale, 1617.

The Warburg and the BL have copies of the 1617 edition, with the BL having a number of other copies (do an author search for Moryson, Fynes) - I'll try to have a look at it myself... :-) 


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