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A64345	An account of Poland containing a geographical description of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and the wars they have been engag'd in, the constitution of that government, particularly the manner of electing and crowning their king, his power and prerogatives : with a brief history of the Tartars / by Monsieur Hauteville ... ; to which is added, a chronology of the Polish kings, the abdication of King John Casimir, and the rise and progress of Socinianisme ; likewise a relation of the chief passages during the last interregnum ; and the election and coronation of the new King Frederic Augustus ; the whole comprehending whatsoever is curious and worthy of remark in the former and present state of Poland.; Relation historique de la Pologne. English	Tende, Gaspard de, 1618-1697.	1698 (1698)	Wing T678; ESTC R20715	178,491	319

with all the Officers of the Crown and Dutchy and all that are present at Court The Company 's of Tradesmen walk thither bare-foot in Procession each of them accompany'd with the representation of a Coffin cover'd with a Pall supported by two Men. Thus the whole Multitude goes to visit the Relicks of St. Stanislaus Bishop of Cracow who was kill'd in the Year 1079 by King Boleslaus as he was saying Mass After which they bring back the Body of the Deceased King to the Chapel of the Cathedral Church which is the Burying-place of His Predecessors The day after the Funeral is the Coronation-Day The Ceremony ought to be perform'd by the Archbishop of Gnesna as Primate of the Kingdom yet there are some Examples to the contrary For Stephen Battori was Crowned by the Bishop of Cracow because the Archbishop of Gnesna was of the Faction of Maximilian of Austria whom a Party of Polanders had Chosen and the late King John Sobieski was Crowned by the Bishop of Cracow because the Archbishop of Gnes●a died during the Diet of Election This day the King being Richly Cloathed is conducted in Solemn Procession to the Cathedral Church by the Senate and the Nobility Before he enters into the Church the Great Master of the Horse of the Kingdom brings the Crown Scepter Globe of Gold and the Naked Sword to the Archbishop who lays 'em upon the Altar after which the Bishop of Cracow and Cujavia having receiv'd the King and bolding Him between them present Him to the Archbishop to whom he makes a bow The King being in this condition the Archbishop and the Two Bishops put him in mind of his Duty and Obligation to the Republick after which he kisses the Archbishops hand and laying his own upon the Gospel he Swears to observe Inviolably all the Articles which he had before Sworn to keep in the Cathedral Church of St. John at VVarsaw The Oath runs thus VVe N. Chosen King of Poland and Great Duke of Lithuania Russia Massovia Prussia Samogitia Livonia Smolensko Volhinia Kiovia Siberia Podolia Podlassia and Czernikowia by all the Orders of both Estates of Poland and Lithuania and of all the Provinces which depend upon them and are Incorporated with them having been Elected freely and with the Vnanimous Consent of all Promise sincerely and Swear before Almighty God and upon the Holy Evangelists of Jesus Christ to Maintain Observe Keep and Fulfil in all their Circumstances Points and Articles all the Rights Liberties Immunities and Privileges both Publick and private that are not contrary to the common right and liberties of both these Nations or to any Law either Ecclesiastical or Temporal that have been justly and lawfully esiablish'd by our Predecessors Kings of Poland and Great Dukes of Lithuania or granted by all the Orders during the Interregnum to all the Roman Catholick Churches Lords Barons Gentlemen Citizens and Inhabitants of what rank or condition soever with the Pacta Conventa agreed upon betwixt our Ambassadors and the Orders of the Kingdom and Great Dutchy of Lithuania Moreover we promise to maintain whatsever was Fu●●ed or Agreed upon in the Diet of our Election or shall be Enacted or Agreed upon in that of our Coronation to execute the same and to cause to be restored to the Kingdom and to the Great Dutchy of Lithuania and united to their Lands and Revenues whatsoever has been in any in owner alinated or dismembred therefront by what way soever Not to contract the limits of the Kingdom and Great Dutchy of Lithuania but to defend and enlarge them to establish Courts of Justice in all places for all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom and the Dutchy of Lithuania and to render Justice to every one without delay or respect to persons And if it should happen which God forbid that we should violate Our Oath in any one point we consent that all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom and of all our Territories shall be discharg'd and exempted from the Obedience and Fidelity they owe us After the King has taken this Oath He kneels upon a Cushion of Red Taffeta while the Litany of the Saints is Read at the end of which they take off his Clothes and the Archbishop Anoints his Right hand and Arm up to the Elbow with Consecrated Oil and afterwards his Shoulders and Forehead and then they put on his Clothes again After this Ceremony the two Bishops Conduct him to the Chapel where they Cloath him with another Habit somewhat resembling that of a Bishop then the Marshals of the Crown and Dutchy with the Officers that are Senators place him upon a Throne erected in the Middle of the Church where He hears Mass and is afterwards brought back to the Altar where the Archbishop puts a Naked Sword into his Right-hand saying Receive this Sword with which you are powerfully to Protect and Defend the Holy Church and the Faithful After which the Great Standard-bearer of the Kingdom Girds it to his side The King having the Sword by His side draws it out of the Scabbard and beats the Air four times in form of a Cross towards the Four Parts of the World and having wip'd it upon his Left Arm he puts it up again into the Seabbard Then he kneels and the Archbishop puts the Crown upon His Head the Scepter into His Right hand and the Globe of Gold into His Left After which the King rises and His Sword is drawn and given to the Sword-bearer of the Kingdom to be carry'd before Him and then Marching between the Archbishop and the Two Bishops He is brought back to the same Throne All these Ceremonies being ended the Archbishop returns to the Altar and after Te Deum is Sung and that Prelate Seated the King comes to make His Confession to him after which he gives the Sacrament to His Majesty and then the Benediction to the People This done the Marshal of the Court Cries Vivat Rex and is Answer'd by all the People who Repeat the same words In the mean time the Treasurer of the Kingdom scatters Money among the People who are in the Church ' Twou'd be needless to describe the Feast that usually follows this Ceremony since I intend in a peculiar Chapter to give a particular Account of the Feasts and Entertainments of the Polanders Only it may be reasonably suppos'd that a Feast which a King makes after His Coronation is very Splendid and Magnificent The Day after the Coronation the King goes in Great Pomp being Cloathed in His Royal Robes to the Town-house where upon a Throne Erected before the House the Magistrates come to Assure him of their Fidelity and present him with the Keys of all the Gates in a Silver Dish the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor assures them reciprocally of the Affection and Clemency of the King and Reads with an Audible Voice the Oath of Fidelity which they take kneeling and holding up their hands Then they present His Majesty with a Purse full of Ducats after

and Rhenish Wines are brought by the Baltic-Sea to Dantzic They are not only naturally weaker than Hungary Wine but lose a great deal of their strength upon the Sea for 't is extreamly difficult to Transport the New Wines in November by reason of the Ice which makes the Sea impassable As for the Rhenish Wine it seldom goes farther than Dantzic except a little which is spent in Prussia and besides they never drink it without Sugar because it is too sharp Tho the Polish Brandy or Aquavitae is made of Corn 't is as good and strong as that which is made of Wine but 't is almost only us'd by the common People the rest only drinking it when the Weather is excessively Cold. When the Polanders make a Feast all the Guests who are Invited must bring a Knife Fork and Spoon along with them because it is not a Custom to lay any of these Utensils upon the Table they Sow a piece of Linnen round the Table-Cloath which serves for Napkins After all the Guests are come the Gates are shut and are not open'd till all the Company are risen from the Table and all the Plate is found for if they did not use this Precaution the Footmen would steal part of it and this is also the reason why they lay neither Knives Spoons Forks nor Napkins upon the Table Every Person of Quality has a Hall in his House which they call the Banquetting-Hall in which there is a place for a Side-Table surrounded with Ballisters This Side-Table from which the Cloath is never taken off till it be very dirty is cover'd with abundance of Plate and over it is a place for the Musick which is usually Compos'd of Violins and Organs Those who are Invited to the Feast bring their Footmen with them and as soon as they are seated at the Table every one of them cuts off one half of his Bread which he gives with a Plate full of Meat to his Servant who after he has shared it with his Comrade stands behind his Master and eats it If the Master calls twice for a Glass of Wine or other Liquor the Servant brings as much more and drinks in the same Glass with his Master without rinsing it Tho' there is a great deal of Meat brought to the Table there is nothing carry'd back to the Kitchen not even of the last Course for the Servants seize upon all the Meat and their Ladies make each of them carry a Napkin to bring away the Dry Sweet-meats or Fruits that are brought to the Table After they have done Eating they usually go to Dance These People at least the Genteeler sort eat very decently for they never touch the Meat with their hands and are so skilful in Carving that they hold a Partridge upon the end of their Fork and cut it in Six pieces But while they are at Table they think of nothing but Eating for the Gate is shut and is never open'd till after Dinner or Supper The King usually Eats only with the Queen or with some Great Lord But when he Hunts or Travels upon the Road he causes all the Gentlemen even those who serve in his Chamber to sit down at Table with him for if he shou'd use them otherwise or give 'em the least occasion to think that he slighted them he wou'd run the hazard of incurring the hatred of all the Nobility For an Instance of which I shall only observe that Sigismond of Luxemburg whom Lewis King of Poland and Hungary his Father-in-Law had Chosen for his Successor was Excluded from the Crown meerly because he slighted the Gentlemen of Poland and would not make them Eat with him CHAP. XXVIII Of the way of Travelling in Poland THERE are no Inns in Poland where one may Lodge conveniently and be Accommodated with a Bed The only Houses of Entertainment are places built of Wood which they call Karczma where Travellers are oblig'd to Lodge with the Horses Cows and Hogs in a long Stable made of Boards ill joyn'd and Thatch'd with Straw 'T is true there is a Chamber at the end of it with a Stove but 't is impossible for one to Lodge in it in the Summer because of the Flyes Fleas Bugs and the Noisome Smell of the place for they never open the Windows even in the hottest Weather so that Strangers chuse rather to lye in the Stables in the Summer than in the Chamber And besides the Gospodarz or Inn-keeper Lodges in that Room with his Children and whole Family and usually keeps a Hogshead of stinking Cabbage the smell of which is extreamly offensive to Strangers tho' the People of the Country who are accustom'd to such perfumes are not incommoded by it Those who have occasion to Travel in the Summer may avoid part of these Inconveniencies by Lying in a Barn upon fresh Straw for the Gospodarz gathers and Locks up every Morning the Straw which was given at Night to those who Lodged in the Stable or Chamber in order to reserve it for those who shaall come to Lodge after them When a Forreigner is oblig'd to Travel in Poland he ought to furnish himself with a Calash drawn by Two Horses a Bed made of a Thin Quilt a Small Feather-bed a Pair of Sheets a Bolster a Coverlet and an empty Straw-bed to wrap about the rest of the Clothes All this Baggage is put into a Sack or Bag of Serge which serves for a Seat to him that Travels in the Calash He must also provide a small Case of six or eight Bottles sill'd with Beer Wine or Brandy and a Basket for Bread Boiled Meat and Candles without forgetting Oates for the Horses and Grease for the Wheels of the Calash And besides he must remember to renew his Provisions in every City for there is little or nothing to be had in the Countrey Inns and the Cities are very remote from one another After one is thus fitted out the Expence of his Journey is very inconsiderable for his Lodging costs him nothing and I believe the Reason why the Inns are so poorly furnish'd is because the Gentlemen never pay for what they have 'T is no wonder then that the Gospodarz deny them every thing and usually Salute 'em with this Complement Niemazs that is There is none nevertheless they freely give what they have to Strangers But since there are few Travellers the Inn-keepers make no Provision for them So that they are oblig'd to go to the Dvour or the Lord of the Village's House for what they want The whole Countrey of Poland is Plain without Stones or Hills and consequently very convenient for Travelling in a Calash with Two Horses There are several Polanders who have no Coachman and drive their own Calashes so that they spend very little upon the Road especially in Summer because when they arrive at the Karczma they put their Horses to Grass and make the Gospodarz give them a little Hay which he is very unwilling to do because he is