Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	abbey_n	bishop_n	liege_n	21	3	10.8284	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50651	A geographical description of the world with a brief account of the several empires, dominions, and parts thereof : as also the natures of the people, the customs, manners, and commodities of the several countreys : with a description of the principal cities in each dominion : together with a short direction for travellers.	Meriton, George, 1634-1711.	1671 (1671)	Wing M1790; ESTC R32424	97,458	377

seem to be of great antiquity 2. Alexandria 3. Cremona The form of this City is like unto a Cardinal's Hat with broad brims seated in a plain Within this City is a Tower built of Brick which requires 492 stairs in the Ascent 4. Millain This City is of a round form and hath 9 Gates the Building shews antiquity and the Houses are of Brick and low built excepting some stately Palaces The Streets are broad and the Pavement of Brick raised in the midst with broad stones In this City is thought to be inhabited 200000 souls of the best Artizans in Italy The Dukedom of Mantua THe Dukedom of Mantua hath on the East Romagna West Millain North Trevigiana and South Parma and Placentia The chief Cities are 1. Mirabella 2. Modena 3. Lucera and 4. Mantua a very strong Town being invironed on three sides with a Water being a quarter of a mile broad The form of this City is round save that the foresaid Lake on the North and East-sides enters into the City in form of a half Moon The Buildings are partly of Brick and partly of free-stone and the Streets are large and clean In the midst of this City is a large Market-place wherein the Jewes have there and sell all manner of Wares for all traffick is in their hands growing rich by the poverty of the Citizens It is unlawfull to wear a sword without licence of the Magistrate either at Millain Cremona or Mantua or almost in any other City of Italy only at Venice and Padua and the Cities of that State strangers may wear swords and only the wearing of Pistols or short Guns is forbidden The Dukedom of Vrbin THe Dukedom of Vrbin lyeth in the midst of the Papal Territories having on the North the Adriatick on the South the Apenine on the West Romagna on the East Marca Aconitana The length of it is 60 the breadth 35 miles Here are in this Dukedom 200 Castles and 7 Towns the chief of the seven being Vrbin seated on the bottom of the Apenine and built in the fashion of a Miter 2. Pisauro a good Haven 3. Belforto seated in the Mid-land The chief of the Castles are the Rock of St. Leo and Marivola The Principality of Parma THis Principate hath on the North Mantua and on the South the Apenine on the West Millain and on the East the Countrey of Modena The City of Parma is seated on the River Pirnia Placentia is seated on the Po. To this Principate belongeth Mirandula with her territories The State of Genoa THe State of Genoa was once very great but now they have nothing left but Liguria and Corsica Liguria hath on the East the River Varus West the River Magra by which it is parted from Tuscany North the Apenine and South the Ligurian or Tyrhene Seas The chief Towns are 1. Noli 2. Sarazena 3. Savona And 4. Genoa This City is seated upon the sides of Mountains declining from the highest Mountain on the West-side toward the East and to the Sea-side On the South side is the outward Haven in form of an half Moon upon the horn thereof towards the East lyes the Sea-bank called Lamola about 600 paces long which keepeth off the waves of the Sea that beat upon the City On the East-side and in the midst of this Bank is a Fort built to defend the Navy The whole circuit of this City is said to be 8 miles The streets are narrow but the Palaces are stately built of Marble and the Houses of free-stone 5 or 6 stories high and the Windows are glazed which is rare in Italy the streets are paved with flint and the Houses of the suburbs are almost as fair as within the City The State of Lucca THe State of Lucca is situate in Tuscany and comprehendeth the Territory and Town of Lucca This Town is seated in a plain and strongly fortified and compassed with Mountains on all sides but some what distant and only lyes open on the Sea-side towards Pistoia being 3 miles in compass The streets are narrow and paved with broad free-stone most easie to be walked on The Palaces of the chief Gentlemen are built of free-stone but with a low roof after the Italian fashion and they have many pleasant Gardens within the Walls Within this City no Man may wear any weapon no not a Knife except the point be blunt Thus much of Italy Netherland ON the North-west of Italy lyeth Germany which is divided into the higher and the lower this latter is called Netherland It is bounded on the East with Ems and part of Germany on the West with the German Sea on the North with East Friezeland and on the South with the Some Champaigne and Lorrain The situation The Air of this Countrey is very intemperate the winter-cold being excessive and the summers-heat far exceeding the ordinary heat of that Clime Natures of the people The Men for the most part are well proportioned much given to our English Beer being excessive in their drinking so that you shall hardly find a Dutch-man sober in an afternoon The Women generally are of a good complexion well proportioned especially in their leg and foot honourers of virtue active and familiar both within doors and without they govern all Diet. In their Diet Butter is the first and last dish at the table whereof they make all sauces as well your Men as Women passing from City to City to trade carry with them Cheese and Boxes of Butter for their food They use no Spits here but see the little pieces of flesh with Roots and Gobbets of fat mingled without any curiosity or else bake them in earthen Pipkins Fertility They have abundance of Butter Cheese and Roots for Corn they have not sufficient for their own use yet by traffick at Dantzick they furnish themselves and many other Nations therewith They have little plenty of River fish but Sea fishes salted and dryed they make great traffick therewith There is great abundance of Sea-fowl and they want not Land-fowl Commodity The Commodities in which they most abound are Tapistries Sayes Searges Worsteds Frigadoes and divers sorts of linnen Cloth with abundance of other small trifles This Countrey is divided into seventeen Provinces viz. Into 4 Dukedoms 1. Limburg 2. Luxenburg 3. Gelderland 4. Brabant 1 Marquisate Of the Holy Empire 7 Earldoms 1. Flanders 2. Artoys 3. Hainault 4. Namurre 5. Zutphen 6. Holland 7. Zealand 5 Baronies 1. West-Friezl 2. Vtretch 3. Overysell 4. Machlyn 5. Groyning Limburg THe Dukedom of Limburg hath Mastrich for the chief City and the Bishoprick of Leige pertains to it wherein the City of Leige is the Bishops Seat This City is seated on the Meuse The Buildings of this Town are very fair especially the Monasteries and Abbeys This Bishoprick comprehends in it 24 walled Towns and 1800 Villages Also the Eastern part which is properly call'd the Dukedom of Limburg contains in it 5 Towns and 23 Villages The chief