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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61982	A supplement to Dr. Burnet's letters relating to his travels through Switzerland, Italy, Germany, &c. In the years 1685, and 1686. Being further remarks on Switzerland, and Italy, &c. Written by a nobleman of Italy, and communicated to the author. Which he has since thought fit to publish in vindication of some passages in the letters.		1687 (1687)	Wing S6184; ESTC R219141	9,094	22

not live so well as in the Grisons Country for that the Natives are more slothful and lazy and here again there are abundance of poor People as you will find in all parts of Italy Of the Bailiage of LUGANE THere are on the other side of the Mountains four Bailiages which where formerly part of the Dutehy of Milan Lewis XII when he lost that Dutchy gave these Bailiages to some of the Switz Cantons These Bailiages are called Lugane Lucarno Mendris and Belinston I shall only take notice of the Bailiage of Lugane which contains ninety nine Villages The Territories of this Bailiage and of the others are not near so good as that of Milan to which it ●…oyns yet the Villages of this Bailiage are very ●…opulous the Lands is very fruitful because it is ●…ll cultivated and all the Inhabitants live contented and well there are no Beggars amongst them nor hardly any Object of Misery and Want their Houses are all good well built and kept in good repair The Territory of Milan is certainly one of the best in all Italy it produceth Wine Corn and Oyl in abundance very great quantity of Silk and generally speaking all sorts of Fruits there is also excellent Pasture for Cat●le and yet the Peasants there do not live so well by much as in the Bailiage of Lugane for there is a great deal of Land that lies unmanur'd and the Country is not near so populous as in Lugane There can be no other Reason given for this Difference but that Milan is under the Dominion of Spain That the People are loaden with Imposts Subsidies and Taxes which makes them very poor whereas the People of Lugane are under the Government of Switzerland who put no Taxes or Subsidies upon them Remarks upon the LAKES I Do not know that in the Kingdom of France as it was thirty years since there were any Lakes except perhaps in the Mountains of Dauphine From the Lake of Jour to the Lake of Garde which is at Desenesan between Bresse and Veronne In the Territories of Venice there are a great number of Lakes one of the most considerable is that of Geneva then there is the Lake of Newchattel the Lake d'Yverdun the Lake of Morat the Lake of Bienne the Lake of Quinti the Lake of Lucerne the Lake of Constance the Lake of Valestat and many others in the Mountains of Switzerland There is on the other side the Mountains a great and considerable Lake called Come also the Lake of Lugane the Lake Maj r which is above 60 miles long and likewise the Lake de Garde All these Lakes are replenish'd with most excellent Fish and particularly Trouts but in the Lake de Garde there is found an admirable Fish called Carpion which is far more delicate than either Trout or Salmon but they are not so great for those of the largest size do not weigh above fifteen pounds I do not think that in any part of Europe there are so many fine Lakes to be found in so narrow a Compass as these which I have here mentioned Concerning the Dutchy of FERRARA THe Duke of Ferrara hath always been but a little Prince because his Dominions are not very great yet there have been several of the said Dukes for above 150. years ago and since that have made a handsome Figure and held a considerable Rank amongst the Princes of Italy The Country was formerly very populous and the Lands being fertil and well cultivated the Revenue of the Prince were considerable and he kept a good Court. But since that Dutchy is devolved upon the See of Rome by the Death of the last Duke who dyed without Issue Male the Country is almost depopulated the most part of the Lands are desolate and for several Years last past the Dutchy is infected with Diseases purely for want of Inhabitants There were formly in the time of the Dukes of Ferrara more than one hundred thousand People and at present there are not 15000. The Grass grows in the Streets and most of the Houses are void Polesino is one of the best parts of Italy and that part of it which is possessed by the Venetians is very well cultivated and populous and 't is one of the best of their small Princes As soon as you pass the great Arm of the River Po which is called the Lagoscouro which separates that part of the Polisino which belongs to the Venetians from that which belongs to the Pope although the Land and Country is the very fame yet the most part of those Lands of the Polesino which belongs to the Ecclesiastical State are desolate and wast the Grass lies withered and rotten upon the ground because there is no body takes care to mow it and in passing through great Villages you 'll find all the Houses abandon'd and not one Inhabitant to be found It is not easily to be imagined how it is possible that a Country so populous and flourishing should in less than 80. years be so entirely ruined and dispeopled by this it is very apparent that no Subjects are so unhappy as those that live under the Domination of the Clergy Concerning the Estates of BOLOGNIA IF the Popes had been able to have made themselves Masters of Bolognia as they have done of Ferrara they would thereby have reduced it to the same miserable condition but Bolognia hath always preserved their Priviledges and the Civil Government by means of the Gonfalonniers under whom they are governed They have the Right of sending Embassadors to the Pope who enjoy the same Prerogatives as do the Embassadors of the other free Princes and States The Pope cannot confiscate the Goods of any Subject of Bolognia for any Crime whatsoever The great Mischiefs which too frequently happen here more than in other parts are Assassinations and Murthers those that commit them fly for shelter to some of the Churches as to an inviolable Asylum from whence the Legats themselves cannot bring them to be Punished or perhaps they retire into the Country into some Strong hold or into the Territories of a Neighbouring Prince where they are certainly secure and there remain until the Legation of the then Cardinal be finished and afterwards make an agreement with the Successor who for Money pardons them having Power so to do all the Crimes and Murthers they have committed In other respects the People of Bolognia are very happy and live in great plenty for that the Country is mighty fruitful and they pay no Taxes to the Prince Remarks upon the Country of the Great Duke of TUSCANY THere are in this Great Dukedome three considerable Cities Florence Pisa and Sienna All those who have read the History of Italy do know that Pisa was formerly a very powerful Common-wealth that it flourished in Trade and Commerce and that there were a great many wealthy Citizens belonging to it There needs no other proof of this than what we read that upon a certain occasion a hundred of the Citizens