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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33342	A new description of the world, or, A compendious treatise of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, countries, islands, cities, and towns of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America in their scituation, product, manufactures, and commodities, geographical and historical : with an account of the natures of the people in their habits, customes, warrs, religions, and policies &c. : as also of the rarities, wonders, and curiosities of fishes, beasts, birds, rivers, mountains, plants, &c., with several remarkable revolutions and delightful histories / faithfully collected from the best authors by S. Clark.	Clarke, Samuel, 1599-1682.	1689 (1689)	Wing C4554; ESTC R26606	137,166	242

Germans but the French possess most of the lower part and indeed they speak either Languages in most of the Villages and in manners participate of both Nations and bordering upon this Dukedom is the Famous Forrest of Ardena formerly accounted the greatest in Europe as being 500 Miles in compass consisting mostly of Chest-nut Trees but now burnt and otherways destroyed to the circumference of 90 Miles and near it are found the Spaw Baths so much frequented by divers Nations for the restoring them to Health by removing sundry Malladies and Diseases and in this Region are held to be 7 Earldoms and many other petty Governments The Soil is naturally Fruitful and Pleasant by Scituation Brabant BRabant has for its boundard on the South-East and North the River Meuse on the West the Schald or the Sclade in length it is accounted 70 Miles and in breadth 60 containing 26 walled Towns and 700 Villages the principal of the former being Lovaine a City 6 miles in compass inclosing beside the stately Building pleasant Hills Valleys Meadows Fragrant Gardens and is a noted University consisting of 20 stately Colledges The next of note is Bruxelles or Brussels the usual seat of the Governor for the King of Spain pleasantly seated and Inviorned with Gardens and little riseing Hills and near it is the City of Bergeaupzone a garrisoned place strongly fortified and here is found likewise the Town of Breda surprised by the Prince of Orange and taken from the Spaniards by a small number of Gentlemen who came upon it in the night time in a Boat covered with Turfs and desperately setting upon the Garrison possessed themselves of it and yet more famous for the Treaty between his Late Majesty of England and his Subjects whereupon ensued his happy Restauration and in this Province is contained the Marquesa●e of the Empire whose chief Town or City is Antwerp 7 Miles in compass once a famous Empori or the Scale of Europe by reason of its Scituation on the River having two Marts yearly and for the more safe Resort of Strangers qualified with extraordinary Priviledges and here the Portugals exposed their East India Goods to Sale and dispersed them through Europe but of late the Hollanders growing powerful at Sea and great Traffickers have removed the Scale for the most part to Amsterdam Flanders THIS Province which amongst the vulgar passes current for the 10 is divided into Galicam Imperialem and Tutonicam the latter being separated from the two first by the River Ley where is found the City of Gaunt the Birth Place of John Duke of Lancaster Son to Edward the Third of England from thence called John of Gaunt and is so large within the Walls that there is large Pastures and Corn Fields besides many Gardens and other pleasant places and is Commodiously seated upon the River Schald which devides it in many parts so that for the conveniency of the Inhabitants there are 98 Bridges The next to this are Brugis and Ypres walled and well fortified and within the Jurisdiction of the Province are the famous Sea Ports or Frontier Towns of Dunkirk taken from the Spainards by the Valour of the English and since delivered to the French Scluse which has a spacious Haven capable of containing 500 Sail of Ships and to these we must add Newport and Ostend Imperial Flanders so called for Distinctions sake is devided from Brabant by the River Dender and in it are found the Towns of Alost and Dendermond scituate very pleasantly upon the Banks of that River with Hulst a considerable Town indifferently fortified the Country is generaly fruitful and the people very thrifty and sparing c. Gallicam or Gallica Flanders taking its Denomination from its dependency on the French or the nearness to that Country has for its chief Town Lisle or Lile a Town of great Trade and much Resort where sundry Merchants have Ware-Houses and some petty Factories the next to it in Dignity is Doway much noted for its University and the great Resort of most Christian Nations thither to see the curious Library and other Rarities and here likewise stands Tornay taken from the French by King Henry the Eighth of England and ransomed by the Inhabitants at 100000 Ducats there are moreover 32 walled Towns of lesser note and 1178 Villages within the Jurisdiction of this Province adorned with stately Buildings and pleasant Gardens replenished with Fountains and pleasant Streams and is in all parts very Fruitful as lying low and not any where incumbred with Mountains from which indeed the Provinces are generally free c. Artois is a very pleasant Province and was once intirely French but now as the rest I have mentioned under the Government of the King of Spain quitted by Henry the Second of France to Philip the Second of Spain in the League of Chambray and is said to contain 854 Villages and 12 Towns of note the chief being Arras from whence our Cloath of Arras comes and Lilliers The Principal Frontier Towns that opposes Piccardie are Hedinfort Ayre Pernes and St. Omers most of them very strong and sencible Hainault is considerably spacious as being Sixty Miles in length and Fourty Eight in breadth in which are computed 950 Villages and 24 considerable Towns as Monts Famous for the overthrow of the French Army under the command of the Duke of Luxemburg by the Dutch and Germans under the command of the Prince of Orange c. routed near this Town 1676. Valenciens very commodiously seated so that it cannot be besieged but by a considerable Army divided into three parts Conde and Bavais Towns of considerable strength the latter supposed to be built upon the ruins of the antient Belgium the Province in general is very pleasant and fruitful Namurre is very commodiously scituate and yields the Inhabitants great Advantages from the Iron Mines and Marble Quars as also those of Free Stone and what is indeed a wonder in nature viz. The Stone Cole which is extinguished by Oyl but burns the brighter for having Water cast upon it and here are found the City Namurre giving name to the Province as also Charlemont Valen-court or Bornies with about 182 Villages accommodated with rich Pastures pleasant Gardens with store of Fruits and Cattle Machlyn though it is reckoned to be scituate within the circuit of the Province of Brabant yet has in it 9 Villages with several Castles and Places of strength as its dependences being a strong Town seated in the midst of the Waters of the River Dole so that upon drawing up the Sluces the Country about it may be drowned and was of such esteem before the Wars with Spain that it was the seat of a Parliament but now is somewhat impaired by a fire that happened some years since by the blowing up of a Magazine of 800 Barrils of Gun-powder These are those properly called the Spanish Provinces and Neitherlands which were formerly free Estates and most of them Independent governed by their proper Princes and