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A61210	A description of France in its several governments together with the most considerable cities, sea-ports, and rivers of that kingdom; as also the distances, with the longitudes, and latitudes of each place, &c. with many other remarks, necessary to the knowledge of that kingdom. By J.S. Gent. Illustrated with a map.	J. S.; Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, engraver.	1692 (1692)	Wing S51; ESTC R212956	41,764	137

A DESCRIPTION OF FRANCE IN ITS Several Governments TOGETHER With the most considerable Cities Sea-Ports and Rivers of that Kingdom as also the Distances with the Longitudes and Latitudes of each Place c. With many other Remarks necessary to the Knowledge of that Kingdom By J. S. Gent. Illustrated with a Map LONDON Printed for Tho. Minors in the Inner-Temple-Lane 1692. Licensed July the 18th 1692. R. M. To the Illustrious Mainard Duke of Leinster May it please your Grace THE following Treatise would not be so familiar as to presume upon so high a Patronage were not your Grace so immemediately interessed and concerned therein Neither was it without some serious Reslexion and Debate that I could resolve to make this Present to your Grace For though Dedications are lately grown so Epidemical that no Person of Quality either sooner or later can avoid the Infection yet methought your Grace was as much above the common disturbances that attend your Quality as you are exalted above the common Level of it But my Lord you are now going General of an Expedition in whose very Name encounter an admirable Policy and a certain Glory for the Service of which was principally intended this ensuing Description This it is which made me conclude I should have done a great Injustice had I put this Tract under any other Protection than yours And indeed at whose Feet can a Subject of this Nature be so fitly placed as at your Grace's You being so experienc'd a Commander and about to perform such vast important Actions My Lord it would but argue me of the meanest Impertinence to pretend here an Harangue of those Encomiums you deserve For he who acquaints the World whose Son you are has said enough to those who do not know you Your Grace being the best Panegyrick upon your self The Son of the Great the Immortal Schomberg whose stupendious Actions and invincible Courage together with his unspotted Zeal for the most rational Religion of the World at a time when the Thorns of Persecution forced him from his Estate and Dignities have rendred him even above the Turennee's the Montecuculli's and the Condees that is to say the Caesars of our Age. Go on my Lord and prosper And whilst your glorious Father's Blood inheres in you where 's the considering Man that questions Victory ordares dispute Success Methinks I hear the Men of Gaul declare amazed upon the Notice of your Landing He comes 't is Schomberg's Son why do we defer to yield We read in English History of the prodigious Actions of the Mighty Talbot whose very Name at last was of sufficient force to defeat whole Armies The Case being parallel to the great Exploits of your Renowned Father of whom your Grace is a compleat Resemblance how can it be that we should fear a Victory The Present that I make bold to send your Grace is a Geographical Description of France considered in its several Provinces the most considerable Cities and Sea Ports their Distances one from another their Longitudes and Latitudes what they are most remarkable for together with many other observable things that necessarily occur in a Treatise of this Nature But lest I prove tedious I will conclude this Epistle with assuring you that not only this Book but the Author of it are both Dedicated to your Grace's Service with hearty Prayers for the Success of your Expedition by him who in all imaginable Humility subscribes himself My Lord Your Grace's Most Obedient Servant J. S. ERRATA PAge 25. line 19. after Besanson read and Cambray p. 27. l. 15 for Boulonis r. Boulonois p. 35. l. 4. r. Vexin Normand p. 37. l. 23. before King r. the and l. 26. for Government r. Governour p. 47. l. 8. for Rhetelor r. Rhetelois p. 52. for Bree r. La Brie p. 57. l. 10. for more r. most p. 58. l. 19. r. Families p. 61. l. 10. r. Poitou p. 65. l. 11. r. Bretagne p. 66. l. 1. r. covered with Slat p. 83. l. 14. r. Charente and l. 26. after Guyenne r. is p. 90. l. 3. after Modern r. Authors p. 93. l. 2. r. advancing p. 101. l. 14. r. It should not be p. 108. l. 5. r. in one part p. 109. l. 18 after Ven●issin r. which encircles p. 112. l. 1 r. most p. 115. l. 9. r. Roman AN INTRODUCTION TO THE Geographical Description OF FRANCE THE Romans gave the Name of Gaul to that extent of Land which is between the Alpes and the Pyrenaeans the Mediterranean-Sea the Ocean and the Rhine At present with an exception of the Low-Countries and some other Parts which do as it were depend upon the Empire of Germany it is called France from the Name of the French who made it subject to their Power Julius Caesar had finished his Conquest of it about Forty Eight Years before the Nativity of Jesus Christ insomuch that when the French had absolutely established themselves therein it had been near Five Ages under the Laws of that Empire Now without reckoning the Country which the Gauls had subdued beyond the Alps from these Mountains as far as the little River of Rubicon and which was named Cisalpine Gaul in respect of the Romans It was first divided by Augustus into Four Parts Narbonoise Gaul which they called Province because they had subdued it first and reduced it into a Province Aquitanick Gaul Gaul Celtick and Gaul Belgick To these three last they gave the Name of Gaul Cheveliie and when Gaul was absolutely spoken Celtick was understood Then by Succession of time and under divers Emperors it was divided again into Seventeen Provinces to wit Five Viennoises in which number were computed the First and Second Narbonoise Three Aquitains Five Lyonnoises comprehending the Sequanoise Four Belgick Two of which were called German because some People of Germany had long since inhabited those parts and Two Belgick properly so called Each of these Provinces had its Metropolis to wit the Five Viennoise Vienna Narbonne Aix Tarentaise and Embrun the Three Aquitains Bourges Bourdeaux and Eaulse the Five Lyonnoises Lyon Rouën Tours Sens Besancon The Two German Mentz and Cologne the Two Belgick Triers and Rheims Under these Seventeen Metropolitans there was above a Hundred Cities or Towns Heads of People in which the Church has since constituted Episcopal Sees Under these Cities there was a much greater number of other Towns which they called Oppida When the Romans conquered Gaul there was no less computed than Twelve Hundred with Walls but they pulled down the Enclosures of the greatest part or let them fall to ruin As to the Governments of these Seventeen Provinces Six of them were Consular and Eleven under Presidents commissioned by the Emperor Constantine the Great put Counts into the Cities and Dukes into some of the Frontier Towns Judiciary matters were performed according to the Roman Law but some Municipal Customs it 's probable were kept up They were not much disturbed by the Soldiery because the Legions lived with sufficient