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Nuremburg, situated in the middle of the river. It is under the dominion of the Muscovite.[1]
Russ, formerly called Ancient Russia, is an ancient little town under the government of Novogorod, from which it is twelve miles distant, and thirteen from lake Ilmen. It has an artificial river, which the townspeople have formed, in a large ditch like a lake, and from it each man has water brought down by channels to his own house, and prepares salt.
Ivanovogorod is a fort built of stone, on the bank of the river Nerva, by Ivan Vasilievich, from whom it took its name. Opposite to it, on the other bank, is a fort of the Livonians, named Nerva, from the said river. The river Nerva flows between these two forts, and divides the domain of the people of Novogorod from that of the Livonians. The river Nerva, moreover, which is navigable, rises in that lake which is called by the Russians Czutzko or Czudin, by the Latins Bicis or Pelas, and by the Germans Peiifues. After receiving two rivers into itself, namely, the Plescov and the Velikareca, which comes from the south, it passes by the town of Opotzka, leaving Plescov on the right. The navigation from Plescov to the Baltic would be easy, were it not obstructed by some rocks which lie near Ivanovogorod and Nerva.
The city of Plescow is situated on the lake from which the river of the same name emerges. This river flows through the middle of the city, and after a course of six miles falls into the lake which the Russians call Czutzko. Plescov is the only city in all the Muscovite's dominions which is surrounded by a wall. It is divided into four parts, each of which is surrounded with its own walls. This has led some into the error of saying that it was surrounded with a quadruple wall. The domain or principality of this city is called,
- ↑ Oreschak, or Orekhov, was the ancient name for Schlusselburg, situated at the point whore the Neva flows out of lake Ladoga.