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shore of the lake; and the grooms led the horses round the lake after us. Here we stayed, and rested our horses in Pregnitz Sunday and Monday. This is already in Ecz[1] (Tyrol).
On the morrow, Tuesday, we travelled five miles in the land of Prince Sigismund of Tyrol, to a fortified town in the mountains, named Plugentz (Pludenz).
On the morrow, Wednesday, we drove four miles, or rather we all went on foot rather than drove, through the enormous Carinthian mountains to a village named Pugnen.
On the morrow, Thursday, we travelled two long miles to the village of Landek, above which is a castle belonging to the Prince.
- ↑ Ecz is the Bohemian name of the river Adige, which rises in the Tyrol.
