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of Jihlava (Iglau). The abbot took Lord Albert forthwith to the castle of Hluboka, for in Budweis also people had begun to die.[1]
On the morrow, Monday, we travelled four long miles to Jindrichow Hradetz (Henry’s castle): and here they told us, that His Royal Majesty was going to Brno (Brünn), in Moravia.
On the morrow, Tuesday, we travelled four miles to Jihlava (Iglau), and here we already heard, how one person was not expected to live, another was dead, another was ill.
On the morrow, Wednesday, Lord Albert went in the carriage with only three others to His Royal Majesty at Brünn, and sent his suite home to Litomysl. That day we only drove four miles to Meziritze in Moravia.
On the morrow, Thursday, we drove four
- ↑ i. e, of the plague.
