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A47975	The history of learning, or, An abstract of several books lately published, as well abroad, as at home by one of the two authors of the Universal and historical bibliotheque.	Lacroze, Jean Cornand de, d. ca. 1705.	1691 (1691)	Wing L137; ESTC P2191	57,220	74

there is neither Table of the Chapters nor of the Matters nor any Titles upon the Chapters nor is the design of the Author to be apprehended either in the Preface or Introduction So that a man must have read the Book which the Author refutes and know what it treats of if he intends to make any advantage by the reading of this That want of order might offend the Reader and hinder the selling of the Book and yet neither Dr. Maurice nor his Bookseller have any reason to complain But this Book is otherwise so well written and contains so many learned Observations that 't is great pity it should not be as well known as it deserves And therefore we shall in a few words give you an account of what it treats Mr. Clarkson was a Non-Conformist of the number of those who are call'd Independants or Congregational Men because they believe that every Congregation is a Church apart or a Society of Men by themselves over which no other has any thing to do so that the Minister they have made choice of is very near as Soveraign as the Pope of Rome or to make use of a Phrase which less offends those Gentlemen as a Bishop in his Diocess To prove that this opinion is not so new as it seems at first Mr. Clarkson wrote a Book entituled Primitive Episcopacy which was not Published till after his decease The principal thing which he drives at is to prove that during the three first Ages no Bishop had above one Flock under his charge that is to say so many Christians as the Place could contain wherein they assembled To make this out he endeavours to shew 1. That in the first Age there were none but Jews and Proselytes that embrac'd the Christian Religion and those but few in number 2. That the Pagans that were converted in the second and third Age were inconsiderable in respect of the Jews and other Pagans 3. That there was a Bishop almost in every Village 4. That the greatest part of the Cities were no bigger than the Villages and Borough Towns of England 5. That such as were bigger were but thinly peopled at least that it is certain there were but very few Christians in ' em 6. That it ought to be considered that the Christians were divided into several Sects which had every one their particular Bishops or Pastors Dr. Maurice refutes these objections with a great deal more pains and Learning than they deserve in the six Chapters of which the whole Treatise consists But these answers would engage us in a too long discussion besides that we are convinc'd that the greatest part of those that will read this Journal are almost able to discover the weakness of Mr. Clarkson's Arguments VIII An Accurate Description of the Vnited Netherlands and of the most considerable Parts of Germany Swedeland and Denmark containing a succinct accompt of what is most remarkable in these Countries and necessary Instructions for Travellers together with an exact relation of the Entertainment of his most Sacred Majesty K. WILLIAM at the Hague Written by an English Gentleman 8o. London for Tim. Child 1691. p. 192. TRavels are always full of divertisement provided they be well written but they are not always equally beneficial for that they who do no more than slip into a Country or make but a short stay therein can never thoroughly inform themselves of the manners and customs of the people or of the form of their Government which is the principal thing to be inquir'd into Therefore the Remarks of Sir William Temple are admir'd for so much as they give an account of such things The Author of this description seems to have judgment enough to have been able to do the same especially having liv'd sixteen years in the Countries of which he speaks But it seems that he has avoided tracing the Footsteps of that learned Polititian and that he has only applied himself to make remarks more profitable for Travellers only and more proper for the common sort of People Therefore it is that you shall here find the descriptions of the most famous Cities of Holland Germany Sweeden and Denmark of their scituation their Building the Charges of travelling thither and living there besides several Remarks upon their Trade their Riches the Inclinations of the Inhabitants and which way to converse with 'em and win their Friendship In the Observations which he makes upon these things he seems still to have had in view the good of his Nation and to incline those that sit at the Helm to reform certain abuses which if remov'd the Nation would be in a more flourishing condition You shall there find one example in the extract of a Letter of a Merchant who preferr'd living at Amsterdam before living in London for reasons very requisite to be read (a) p. 11● 113 in the Author himself To render his admonitions grateful to his fellow Countrymen he ends with a discourse very curious and much to their advantage He gives you a Catalogue of the 18 Cities of Holland that have voices in the States of that Province of 53 the most famous Cities of Germany and the Low-Countries of 22 of France of 14 in Italy besides some others in the Territories of the Duke of Savoy and the Cantons of Switzerland He sets down the number of their Houses which he says he had out of the publick Registers and comparing them afterwards with the Houses in London which he demonstrates to be above 100000 he makes it out by that Calculation that all the Cities of the Province of Holland joyned together do not contain so many Houses as London and the Suburds not having above 88909. That the 53 Cities of Germany do not exceed the Capital City of England above a little more than two thirds and that the 22 Cities of France have not once as many The Relation of the King of England's first Voyage into Holland is worth reading especially for persons of Wit who will there meet with very ingenious Devises and Inscriptions IX The new Method of Fortification as practised by Monsieur Vauban Engineer General of France 8o. London for Abel Swalle 1691. p. 183. THo' this Book has been published by the Chevalier de Cambray one of Mr. Vauban's Pupils it is certainly the work of that great Engineer who composed it for the benefit of certain young Noblemen and Cadets residing in divers Cities within the Dominions of the French King To the end that they might be able to avoid the pains and trouble of reading over so many Voluminous Books that are written in the German and other Languages on this Subject the Author of this Tract hath taken care to epitomize all that he judged to be necessary for the attaining to perfection in this Art And indeed besides a large Treatise of practical Geometry prefixed at the beginning the several Methods of almost all the Eminent Engineers that have hither to appear'd in the World are

how reconciled to the Church of Rome Blasphemies of the French Panegyrists Pag. 1. II. A New Bibliotheque of Ecclesiastical Authors An History of the Author and his Book Canonical Scriptures Ancient Liturgies whether St. Denis was ever in France What Honour is due to the Saints No Bishop of Bishops Doctrine of the Three first Centuries Of the Power of Councils Invocation of Saints Worship of Images and Celibacy Pag. 2. III. Horatius Rodellii Whether Mecoenas was descended from the Kings of Etrury Deus esse Oculo irretorto Descendere Vinum Pag. 14. IV. The Comedies of Terentius by Madam D'Acier Character of Plautus and Terentius and their Comedies Contaminare New Explication of a perplex'd Passage in the Andria Pag. 19. V. Cornelius Nepos Nic. Courtin Pag. 23. VI. Juvenalis Persius Lud. Pratei Passage of Persius explain'd Pag. 3. VII A Defence of Diocesan Episcopacy Opinions of the Independents Pag. 25. VIII Description of the United Netherlands c. Vsefulness of Travels London bigger than all the Cities of Holland together Pag. 27. IX Vauban's New Method of Fortification Character and Contents of this Book Original of Fortification Situation of Places to be fortified Orillon Flank retired Bastion c. Pag. 28. X. Haver's Osteologia Nova An Idea of the Formation of the Foetus of the Periosteum the Bones and the Teeth Of Growth and Nourishment Of the Marrow Of the Mucilage and Mucilaginous Kernels Of the Cartilages Pag. 33. 2. Ruyschius Observationes Anatomico-Chirurgicae Wonderful Cure of an Aneurisma Of the Membrant Hymen Pag. 46. XI Leonardi Plukenetii Phytographia Pag. 42. XII Praxis Mayerniana .. Whether the Smoak of Tabacco can reach the Brain Pag. 47. XIII Richerius De Potestate Ecclesiae Votes of the Third Estate in France against the Pope's Power The Doctrine and Practice of the Gallican Church prov'd agreeable with them Rules to examine whether a Doctrine be orthodox or no Whether it be lawful for the People to depose Princes Of Ecclesiastical Power and Excommication Sentiments of Marsilius of Padua Blasphemy of Pope Gregory VII against Royal Dignity Pag. 48. XIV An Universal Analysis of Equations Pag. 53. XV. Leybourn's Cursus Mathematicus How to know the Length of the Way which a Vessel makes XVI Some Observations made in the great Congregation of Waters communicated by the Honourable R. Boyle That Sta-water is colder on the deep below than by the Surface Pag. 58. XVII Inscriptionum Antiquarum Sylloge Whether the Daughter of the first Christian Emperour builded a Church to S. Agnes Whether the Idolatry of the Heathens be excusable Pag. 59. XVIII The Falshood of Humane Vertues Whether Subjects may rebel against their Kings Pag. 62. THE HISTORY OF LEARNING I. HISTOIRE DU ROY LOUYS LE GRAND par les Medailles Emblemes Devises c. History of Lewis the Great Taken from the Medals Emblems Devices Inscriptions Armories and other Publick Monuments Collected and Explained by Father CLAUDIUS FRANCIS MENESTRIER Jesuit A new Edition augmented with five Plates Fol. Paris 1691. F. 64. IF the Contents of this Work were answerable to its Title and if the Author had given us an exact and continued History of the Exploits of his Hero and had proved the most remarkable Actions that were performed under his Reign by the Medals that were coined and other publick Monuments that were erected on that occasion it would without doubt have been a very useful Book but nothing of all this is to be found therein for the Medals are confusedly placed the order of time which is the most principal matter in a History is not well observ'd and instead of a Commentary there is only a licentious Interpretation of the Latin Inscriptions or some other trivial Circumstances and that too but very rarely insomuch that it can neither be esteemed as an History nor a Panegyrick but a gross and imperfect Collection of whatsoever could be invented by Flattery to aggrandize the Idea of a Prince that delights in Vain-Glory and is perhaps too much addicted to the love of popular applause And indeed what can be devised more vain than the Medal (a) 25.5 wherein he is represented in the midst of the Cities of Genoua and Luxemburg turning the Globe of the World on the point of his Sword with this Motto Quod libet licet I do whatsoever I think fit Altho' the Character of a Jesuit and a Panegyrist doth not well agree with that of a sincere Writer never heless we are induc'd to believe that Father Menêtrier hath found it to be a very difficult task to produce these Medals as undoubted proofs of the Historical matters and facts related by him as being conscious to himself that the greatest part of them were founded only on Hyperbolical exaggerations or on the false reports of hired News mongers As for example it is well known to all the World that in the War that happen'd between England and Holland in the Year 1666 France amused this Commonwealth with feigned Succours that those few French Vessels that joyned with de Ruyter served only to molest and perplex him by breaking all his measures or giving an account thereof to the Enemies and that the Forces that were sent thither by Land marched only to espie out the Country and to contrive intrigues and plots against them as it afterwards appeared by the design which was discovered in the Year 1672. Therefore we may very well turn the reverse of the Medal and instead of (a) f. 13.2 Batavis terrâ marique desensis Religio foederum put Batavis terrâ marique proditis Derisio foederum There are others likewise that are absolutely repugnant to evident matters of fact particularly that which is consecrated to Lewis the Great for granting peace (b) p. 26.3 to the Hollanders whom he had Conquer'd to the Germans whom he had every where Vanquished and almost to all Europe that had combined together against him For without reckoning Switzerland Italy and the most part of the Princes of Germany Poland and Moscovy who were not engag'd in this quarrel France was assisted by England Sweeden and the Bishop of Colen and Munster through whose Territories they attacked the Hollanders at unawares Moreover in the beginning of the War all Europe seemed unanimously to concur in promoting the ruine of the United Provinces since Spain opened a passage to their Enemies and the Emperour for a long time stood still as it were a Spectator to which if we add the Intelligence that the French obtain'd within the Country and the Cowardise of some of those that had the Command of the Principal Posts it may well be concluded from thence that these Conquests are not so Glorious as they would have them to be believed But on the contrary there accrues to King William Everlasting Glory which cannot be eclipsed by the most inveterate Envy for rescuing by his Valour and Prudence at the Age of about 22 Years four Great Provinces out of the Hands of so Haughty and