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A36373	Observations concerning the present state of religion in the Romish Church, with some reflections upon them made in a journey through some provinces of Germany, in the year 1698 : as also an account of what seemed most remarkable in those countries / by Theophilus Dorrington ...	Dorrington, Theophilus, d. 1715.	1699 (1699)	Wing D1944; ESTC R8762	234,976	442

is so very plentiful that in time of Peace it affords Provision for the greatest Concourse of People In the time of the Emperour Charles the Fifth 't is said there came together at once to this City 7 Crown'd Heads besides several other lesser Sovereign Princes and all of them were attended with a great Retinue They were reckon'd to bring together 18000 Horses yet there was no want of Provision for this great Company Between the two Walls of the City are the Court or Palace with the Park belonging to it the Palaces also of several of the Nobility of these Countries besides Gardens of the Citizens and some Meadows which make the City the more Healthy and Pleasant The River Senne which rises in the Province of Hainault on that side next to Brabant runs through the lower part of this City It divides it self into two Channels a little before it enters the City and then comes in almost at an equal distance on each side the Port of Anderlecht It makes several Islands in the City uniting and dividing its Streams several times It runs on in Brabant to Vilvorde a little Town upon the Canal and from thence falls into the Dyle below Mechlin This little River affords the Water which furnishes the great Canal This City is plentifully furnish'd beside with Springs of Water which feed some publick Fountains and serve also the private Houses and it is as good Water as is to be met with perhaps in any of the Countries of Europe Brussels has long been and still is the Seat of the Chancery of Brabant The Office of Chancellor is a great Dignity and of great Importance for he is reckon'd in effect the Governour of Brabant and a sort of Deputy to the Duke himself Other Courts also to which all this Province come upon several Occasions are held here There is in this City likewise an Ecclesiastical Court for the Diocess of Cambray to which all Causes Ecclesiastical come which do happen within that part of the Diocess that runs into Brabant Besides these things which occasion many People to come hither in these latter times Brussels has been the Seat and usual Residence of the Governour of the Belgick Provinces who has here kept his Court which has occasion'd a Concourse of the Principal Nobility and Gentry of these Countries and the building so many Houses for them as there are here It has Fifty two Colledges as they are call'd of Tradesmen which we in London call Companies and these are distributed into Nine Parts which are called here the Nations At Brussels the Art of making Tapestry now flourishes and some of the best in the World is made here some of the choice of which is seen in the Elector of Bavaria's Apartments in the Palace It is thought worthy to be the Furniture also of some of the finest Rooms in the Palaces of other Princes of Europe The present Governour of the Spanish Dominions in the Belgick Provinces under Charles the Second King of Spain is Maximilian Emmanuel Duke of both the Bavaria's and of the Palatinate Archdapifer of the Sacred Empire Elector Count Palatine of the Rhine Landtgrave of Leuchtenberg c. A Prince of great Renown tho' but in the prime of his Years glorious for Martial Conduct and Valour of which he has given many eminent Proofs He is a person of unwearied Activity and Vigour of a great Spirit has large Dominions and perhaps much larger Hopes He was absent when we were here at his laborious Pleasures of Hunting in which he takes great Delight so we could not see him The Palace stands in some of the highest part of the City It is built round a very large Court Behind it is a Descent of a great many Steps to the Gardens which lie in a little Valley between that and the Park There is an open Gallery of a good length on this side along which stands several Stone-Statues which represent some of the Ancient Dukes of Brabant From the Garden-Wall the Ground rises very steep and shows the Park above it to the lowest Rooms of the Palace The Park is planted with Lime-Trees in Rows and stock'd with Dear there are in it some wild Grotto's of Rock-work and all together affords a very pleasant short prospect to the Rooms on this side of the Palace We went out of the Park into a Garden where the Water-works are shown those we saw are in a long Stone-Building which stands in the Form of a Piazza the inside of which with the Pillars and Arches on the Front of it are cover'd with Mother of Pearl Sea-shels pieces of cragged Stones Sea-plants and the like The Water in one Division within sets on work several sorts of Handicrafts men as a Smith a Carpenter a Brace of Sawyers and others In another there is a pretty Cascade of Water in one there is an attempt of a perpetual Motion which cannot be describ'd so as to give a just Idea of it to one that has not seen it In short there are two men set at the two ends of a Ballance he at the left end as they are before us is heavier than he who is at the right end Therefore he descends and lifts the other up The other when lifted up holds a little Bucket to a small Spout of Water which falls into it and when that is full this man becomes heavier by vertue of his Water than the other and thereupon weighs the other up but in descending he spills his Water and the other immediately brings him up again While the Water is filling his Bucke● a small Wooden Ball slowly descends three rows of Wires falling from one to the other and at last drops into the Lap of the lower man by that time it is there the man with the Bucket descends with the weight of his Water and then this man rising carries up the Ball and throws it upon the uppermost row of Wires there are two Balls and the matter is so order'd that one or other of them is always in motion In another Division a Duck drinks but without lifting her Head I saw her empty several times a Shell of Mother of Pearl which the Servant held to her full of Water There is one Machine casts out the Water in the common Figure of a Start Other Water-works there are which we could not see by reason of the Absence of the person that must show them The Stables belonging to the Palace are very Magnificent and capable of holding above an hundred Horses Over them is a large Chamber which they call the Armoury Here are kept the Weapons and Armour used in former times but all that is here belong'd to Princes Some to the Dukes of Burgundy who were the Sovereigns of these Provinces before they fell to the House of Austria There is the Armour of several Emperours some very fine Armour of the Emperour Charles the Vth the Armour of some of the Princes who govern'd these Countries under the

and we went on board the Boat at Four a Clock in the Afternoon knowing that we could come to the Canal of Brussels with Light enough to see that end where we should enter upon it and so to see what it is for 't is all alike At going on Board this Boat we paid for each person eighteen Stivers and receiv'd a small Leaden Ticket mark'd with A for Antwerp and a Figure signifying the day of the Month. We had the Wind very fair but there was but little of it Our Course up the Schelde continued almost half the way to Dendermond We observ'd the Country on our right side as we went up the River which is Flanders to lie all flat and it afforded us no Prospect but of some rows of Trees at a distance In some places our sight on that side was confin'd by a high Dyke or Bank rais'd to defend the Country within from the Inundations of the River But on the other side which is the Province of Brabant we had a very pleasant Prospect For the Ground rises gradually and pretty high in some places and so shews it self to a great distance And it shows a rich enclos'd Country divided into Pastures Corn-fields Gardens and Orchards When we left the Schelde we turn'd Rupell R. on our left-side into another River call'd the Rupell over against a place in Flanders which from its being opposite to the Mouth of this River is call'd Rupelmonde The Rupell is a conjunction of three little Rivers of Brabant the Neethe the Dyle and the Demer The Dyle coming down from Louvain joins the Demer between Louvain and Mechlin They run together under the Name of the Dyle to a littile Village call'd Rumpst below Mechlin where they joyn the Neethe and from thence the whole Stream to the Schelde has the Name of the Rupell In this we sail'd upwards almost as far as it bears that Name to a Village called Willibroeck where the Canal of Brussels enters this River and where we were to leave this our Sailing-Vessel and to go into the Trech-Schuyt or Drawn-boat which passes upon that Canal About Sun-set we arriv'd at this place Canal of Br. went on Board the Trech-Schuyt and in less than a quarter of an Hour went on This is a very large and long Boat divided into several Rooms I believe we could not be less than an hundred Passengers in the several parts of it We thought it necessary to be under cover in the Night and did not care to be of the Company in the common part of the Boat and therefore we went into the Roof which is a clean convenient Room at the Stern end of the Boat where we sate among the cleanest of the Passengers But for this we paid at several times in the several Boats reckoning among them I think what we paid in the Sailing-Ship to Willibroeck for each person seven Stivers and a half We chang'd our Boat on the Canal four times for there are on it five Sluces One is at the entrance of it into the Rupell and the rest were in our way The Canal is planted with rows of Trees on the sides of it It runs always strait for a good way together We had sometimes a very considerable Ascent to mount at the Sluces we came to when we walk'd from one Schuyt to another The several parts of it run level but the Ascents are at the Sluces And there is so much Ascent in the whole that 't is reckon'd the Surface of the Water of the Canall at Brussels is forty Feet higher in a direct perpendicular than it is at Willibroeck The Sluces are not open'd for these Trech-Schuytes because they carry only Passengers who can convey themselves from one Schuyt to another But they are open'd for Ships loaden with Goods of which a great many come up through this Canal to Brussels We pass'd by and met several in our Passage The chief Author or at least the Promoter of this Magnificent and most useful Work is said to have been Johannes Locquenginius Locquenginii Berchemii quelbergiae Dominus The Judge for that time of the Civil Causes at Brussels The Design was form'd by his Ancestors in the time of Margaret of Austria the Aunt of Charles the Fifth whom that Emperour made Governess of these Countries But it was not set about till towards the time of Philip the Second King of Spain and was finish'd in the Year 1560. The Charge of it is reckon'd to amount to about Five hundred thousand Crowns We were five Hours on this Canal and the length of it is reckon'd to be so many Leagues We went the length of three Mile English in an Hour which is the common pace of the Trech-Schuyts and were drawn with two Horses When we came to Brussels we deliver'd our Tickets and were dismiss'd without farther payment We lay down in a House without the City till Morning because the Gates were shut and none could be admitted to go in BRUSSELS THis City by the Latins call'd Bruxella by the French Bruxelles and by the People of the Country Brussel is also very Ancient and the beginnings of it are obscure and unknown It pretends to have been a City from about the Year of our Lord 974 and to have had its utmost encrease and present extent from the Year 1369. It is situate part of it on the side of a little Hill which it runs up to the top of and part in a Valley The encrease of it from what it was at first is very evident by the Remainders of the old and first Wall which with some of its Ports is still standing and appears in several places of the City The outermost Wall was begun to be built in the Year 1357 and was finish'd in the Year 1369. The Compass of this Wall is said to be less than of that of Louvain by 200 Paces but this City within is more built than that and therefore is reckon'd to contain more People It seems indeed to be very full of People The newest Wall has seven Ports and on that side which is at the top of the Hill is a high round Brick Building which is a Watch-Tower from whence they can look over all the City and far about in the Country The Bombarding of the French in the Year 1695 fell most upon the Inner City though indeed it destroy'd the greatest part of that We according to our Design lodg'd not far from the Court near a large and good old Building which belongs to our King and is call'd the Palace of Nassau This is included in the Inner City but escap'd the Bombarding This City is situate in a rich and plentiful Country and stands very Airy and Healthy There is on one side of it a large Tract of Meadows but 't is chiefly encompass'd with Hills that rise gently up and have upon them wide open Fields of Plough'd Ground the Soil ' being very fit for Corn. The Country here