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A77171	The martial-field of Europe being a geographical and historical description of those parts of Europe, which are most famous in this present war, viz. I. Flanders, II. The Rhine, III. Savoy, IV. Catalonia, V. Hungary, VI. Greece. With an account of the several revolutions of those places, either by conquest or treaties of peace, particularly from the treaty of Munster in 1648. to this present time. By A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3916; ESTC R203420	162,311	286

Long. 21 d. 37 m. Lat. 51 d. 2 m. VII Courtray Courtray or Cortrick Lat. Corteriacum and Cortracum is seated on the River Lys it is thought that in Caesar's time it was under the Jurisdiction of the Nervians and Tournisians Philip the Bald Built a Castle in it and others have added other Fortifications at different times The French by their too great precipitation lost a Battel here in 1302. and because they of Courtray kept an Anniversary to Celebrate the Memory of that happy Day it was Plunder'd and Burnt in 1382. Some time after it was Rebuilt again and is now pretty considerable for its Commerce good Citadel and great Territories The River Lys divides it in two The French took it in 1646. and the Spaniards retook it in the Year after Lewis XIV made himself master of it in 1667. and kept it by the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle in 1668. and Fortified it regularly but being afterwards given to the Spaniards by the Treaty of Nimeguen in 1678. and retaken again by the French they Dismantled it before they restor'd it to the Spaniards by the Truce of 1684. The French took it again in _____ It stands 12 Miles N. E. of Lille 14 N. W. of Tournay and 180 W. of Paris Long. 16. d. 45 m. Lat. 49 d. 9 m. VIII Douay Douay Lat. Duacum on the River Scharpe was the Chief Town of the Country of the Catagues mention'd in Caesar's Commentaries as 't is thought Pbilip II. King of Spain founded its University in 1563. which is a Seminary for the English Roman Catholicks It is of considerable strength and has a Magazine very well furnished It is likewise considerable for its extent ancient Buildings and September's Fair. The Fort stands about a Cannon shot below the Town upon the Scharpe and judged by its Situation among Marshes by means of its Sluces whereby it can drown all the Country about to be impregnable The Chief Trade of this Town consists in fine Woolen Camlets sent into many Parts The French are Masters of it since 1667. It stands 13 Miles almost N. of Cambray and 34 W. of Mons. Long. 22 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 24 m. IX Furnes Furnes which the Flemings call Wernen is a well Built and pleasant Town tho' but small The Canals support the Trade of the Town which consists in Linnen and other Manufactures The City is dignified with the Title of a Viscountship and the Jurisdiction of a Lord Castellain It was three times taken and now Fortified by the French and at length resign'd to that Crown by the Peace of Aix La Chapelle in 1668. It was taken by the English in 1692. and retaken by the French in 1693. It stands not far off Sea Five Miles S. W. of Newport and 12 nigh E. of Dunkirk Long. 21 d. 50 m. Lat. 51 d. 8 m. X. Dixmude Dixmude or Dixmuyde is situated on the Confluent of the River Ypre and another small Stream It is not very large but is reckoned a Place of importance and Famous for a great Fair in July It has often changed its Masters The English took it and new Fortified it in 1692. The French retook it the Year after It stands Nine Miles N. of Ypres and 20 E. of Dunkirk Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 51 d. 6 m. XI Cassel Cassel or Mont-Cassel Lat. Castellum and Castellum Morinorum is an ancient Town situated on a Mountain It is well Fortified and has a considerable Jurisdiction and two Famous Fairs one in January the other in August King Philip Augustus took it in 1213. and it was taken and retaken since upon several occasions The French are Masters of it since 1677. It stands by the River Fene 15 Miles S. of Dunkirk Long. 21 d. 39 m. Lat. 50 d. 57 m. XII Orchies Orchies is an ancient and considerable Town called by Ptolomy the Capital of the Atrebatii It stands between Tournay and Doway 10 Miles off each Long. 22 d. 26 m. Lat. 50 d. 34 m. XIII St. Amand. St. Amand Lat. Elno is seated on the River Scharpe and is Famous for the Abbey of St. Amand where died the Saint of that Name Abbatia Sancti Almandi Elnonensis The French have been in Possession of it ever since 1667. The Forest of St. Amand beginning on the Frontiers of Flanders and extending it self in the County of Hainault near to Valenciennes was cut down by Order of Lewis XIV in 1676. after his taking of Conde and Bouchain St. Amand before the French dismantled it was a Place of great strength the River Scharpe on which it stands falls a little lower into the Schelde the Lands that lye between the two Rivers are called the Isles of St. Amand. This Town lyes 16 Miles N. E. of Doway and 40 S. of Ghent Long. 22 d. 42 m. Lat. 50 d. 27 m. XIV Armentiers Armentiers Lat. Armentariae stands on the Lys and is considerable for its strength and Linnen Manufactory and Trade It has been often taken and retaken in this last Age. The Archduke Governour of the Low-Countries in 1647. took it from the French who not long after became Masters of it again and still are in Possession of it by the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle It lyes Seven Miles almost W. of Lille 32 S. E. of Dunkirk and 40 S. W. of Ghent Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 50 d. 45 m. Chief Towns in Flanders belonging to the Hollanders I. Sluys SLuys Lat. Slusa or Clusa is a Sea-port Town over against the little Island Cadsant or Guisant It formerly belonged to the Counts of Nemours descended from the Counts of Flanders and then fell into the Possession of the French Philip the Bold King of France kept a strong Garison here to curb those of Bruges and Charles VI. Built a Fleet here against England The Emperor Maximilian I. took it afterward in whose Family it remain'd some time During the Wars of the Netherlands the Prince of Parma took it for the King of Spain and the Dutch retook it in 1604. under the Conduct of Prince Maurice which they look'd upon as a sufficient Compensation for the loss of Ostend and thereupon Coin'd a Medal with this Motto Jehova plus dedit quam amisimus God gave us more than we lost The Defence of the Besieged was very memorable for they held it out for three Months till such time that they were out of all hopes of relief and had eat up all the Leather Mice Rats c. which they could find The Dutch Fortified the Haven and Town which they repeopled with the Inhabitants of Ostend who came thither after the Surrender of that Place But on a Treaty of Peace it was afterwards dismantled It is now very strong but thinly Inhabited and nothing near so Rich as formerly its Trade being removed first to Bruges and from thence to Antwerp It has still the largest Haven in all Flanders being capable of 500 good Ships This Town stands 22 Miles N. W. of Ghent 10

to the French It stands 24 Miles nigh S. of Coblentz and 33 W. of Mentz Long. 26 d. 52 m. Lat. 49 d. 59 m. XI Ingelheim Ingelheim Lat. Ingelhemium and Ingelenhemium is a small Town on the Rhine once Free and Imperial but now belonging to the Elector Palatine and Subject to the French The Emperor Charlemaign was Born there in 742. and afterwards repaired it Lewis the Debonair died there in 840. It stands Eight Miles W. of Mentz and as many E. of Bingen Places adjoining to Palatinate I. Spire SPire or Spires Lat. Spira or Augusta Nemetum or Noviomagus is a great rich populous City near the Rhine with a Bishoprick under the Arbishoprick of Mentz It is an Imperial and Free City but under the protection of the Elector Palatine The Cathedral was Built in 1411. by Conrade the Emperor in which are the Sepulchres of the Emperors Henry IV. Philip V. Rudolph I. Adolphus of Nassau and Albert I. The Imperial Chamber which was first Instituted at Francfort in 1495. by Maximilian I. and in the Year 1530. removed to this City by Charles V. Consists of two Presidents whereof the one is a Protestant the other a Romanist and of 15 Counsellors whereof Seven are Protestants and Eight Romanists The Government of the City was all Lutheran but the Cathedral was in the Hands of the Bishop a Roman Catholick There were several Convents of both Sexes and a College of Jesuits The Calvinists had also a Church here but their number was not considerable Tho' the Town subsisted chiefly by the Imperial Chamber yet there was an endless Dispute between them and the Chamber concerning their Priviledges For the Government of the Town pretended that the Judges of the Chamber as they were private Men and out of the Court of Judicature were subject to them and in the Year 1685. they put one of them in Prison and on the other hand the Judges said their Persons were sacred In the last War in 1672. between the French and the Emperor this City enjoyed a Neutrality on the Account of this Chamber but in the Year 1638. was taken and Garrison'd by the French and in 1689. a War ensuing for the Recovery of the Countries Ravish'd from the Empire by the French they with the utmost Inhumanity burned and destroy'd this Ancient and Venerable City Hereupon the Imperial Chamber was by the Diet with the Consent of the Emperor removed to Weslar a City of Hassia The Ruins of Spire stand 13 Miles S. W. of Heidelberg and 22 S. of Worms Long. 28 d. 12 m. Lat. 49 d. 11 m. II. Worms Worms Lat. Vormacia or Barbetomagus or Barbitomagus Vangionum is a Great Famous Imperial Free City upon the Rhine with a Bishoprick Suffragant of Mentz The Bishop is Lord thereof as well as of the little Country whereof it is Capital Attila destroyed it in the Fifth Century and Clovis repair'd it again It was often taken in the last Wars of Germany The Town was honoured a considerable time with an Archbishops See whereof it was deprived about 750. by Pope Zachary who removed that Dignity to Mentz leaving only the Title of Bishoprick to Worms in Punishment of Gervillon the last Archbishop his Treachery who kill'd an an Officer whom he had invited to come to confer with him out of his Enemies the Saxons Camp Here have been several Councils held as in 764 770. 1078 c. A Famous Diet was also held here in 1521. in which Luther defended his Doctrine before the States of the Empire Worms was burnt by the French in 1689. and stands 23 Miles N. E. of Heidelberg and Spire and 33 S. of Francfort Long. 28 d. Lat. 49 d. 32 m. III. Philipsburg Philipsburg is a very important Fortress near the Rhine called formerly Vdenheim it took its Modern Name from Philip Christopher de Saleren Bishop of Spire and Archbishop of Trier This Prelate caused it to be Built and Fortified with seven Bastions where the Bishops Castle and the Village of Vdenheim stood almost upon the Brink of the Rhine in a Plain surrounded with Marish Ground This Place was Consigned to the Bishop of Spire but still under the Protection of the Emperor the Bishop has ever had his Residence in the Castle which is a Noble Pile It fell into the hands of the Imperialists in _____ through the Cowardliness of the Governour The Swedes drove them thence Jan. 15. 1634. and gave it to Lewis XIII but as the Fortification of it could not be finish'd because of the rigour of the Winter The Imperialists surpriz'd it by Night Jan. 23. 1635. Afterwards the Duke of Anguien having defeated the Bavarians at Friburg retook Spire and Philipsburg Sept. 1644. The French King caused it to be regularly Fortified and made it a very important Place The Germans and their Allies who had blocked it up for a long time Besieged it May 16. 1676. and it was surrendred to them upon Articles Sept. the 17th following In 1688. Sept. the 27th It was invested by the French The 6th of October the Dauphin of France came thither and here made his first Campaign the first of November it was surrendred when it might have holden out much longer However this Siege gave liberty to the Prince of Orange now our King to come over into England Philipsburg stands seven Miles S. of Spire and 18 S. W. of Heidelberg Long. 28 d. 10 m. Lat. 49 d. 4 m. IV. Darmstat Darmstat Lat. Darmstadium with the Title of Landgraviate is about Two Leagues from the Rhine It belongs to a Prince of the Family of Hesse and has a well Fortified Castle The Castles of Mariemburg on the Rhine and Russelheim on the Main belong also to that Prince Darmstat stands on the River of the same Name 14 Miles S. of Francfort 23 S. E. of Mentz 17 N. E. of Worms and 30 N. of Heidelberg Long. 28 d. 16 m. Lat. 49 d. 41 m. V. Deux-Ponts Deux-Ponts Lat. Bipontium Germ Zweibruck is a Town on the River Scwolbe with a strong Castle and the Title of Dukedom It stands 44 Miles almost W. of Worms and about 50 from Strasburg Mentz and Triers Long. 26 d. 54 m. Lat. 49 d. 19 m. This Town gives its Name to a very Ancient and Noble Family which is a Branch of that of Bavaria in this manner Stephen Duke of Sicmeren second Son to the Emperor Robert the Little had two Sons by his Wife Anne of Veldens viz. Frederick and Lewis the Black Lewis dying in 1489. left Alexander Sirnamed The Halt Duke of Deux-Ponts who died in 1514. and was succeeded by Lewis II. who embraced the Protestant Religion and died in 1532. His Son Wolfgand was his Successor he added to his Fathers Dominions the Principality of Newburg and died in France in 1569. where he had led Succours out of Palatinate to the Protestants of that Kingdom he left Five Sons viz. Philip Lewis John Frederick and Charles and two Daughters John was his Successor who

spacious Port and was defended with good Towers after the Ancient way of Fortification It was here the Turks kept the Magazines which they gathered in the Neighbouring fruitful Provinces General Morosini resolv'd in 1683. to pass to Volo to possess himself of the Provisions the Turks had laid up there he Battered the Place and then Mounted the Assault The Bassa that Commanded in the Place retired to a Corner of the Town that was pretty well retrenched but at last quitted that Post and Surrendred to the Venetian General He found above Four Millions of Pounds weight of Bisket with other Provisions and 27 Pieces of Cannon which when he had Shipped he set Fire to the Magazines Houses and Mosques and before he parted beat down all the Walls to the Ground II. Pharsalus Pharsalus or Pharsalia is very famous in the Roman History for the Battel won by Julius Caesar against Pompey the Great in the Neighbouring Plains It has since been called Farsa being a Bishop's See under Larissa and afterwards an Archbishoprick under the Patriarch of Constantinople V. Scotusa Scotusa is a small City with a Bishoprick under the Archbishop of Larissa from which it stands about 18 Miles to the West VI. Voidenor Voidenor is another small Town seated upon the River Atrax 54 Miles W. of Larissa VII Demetriada Demetriada is a very Ancient tho' inconsiderable City upon the Gulf of Armiro or of Volo CHAP. V. Achaia or Livadia A Chaia formerly called Hellas and Graecia now Livadia Name Bounds and Rumelia is bounded on the North by Thessaly on the East by the Aegean Sea on the South by the Gulf of Engia the Isthmus of Corinth and the Gulf of Lepanto and on the West by the Jonian Sea and part of Epirus It had formerly Seven Provinces viz. Aetolia Baeotia Attica Locris Doris Phocis and Megaris Pliny says That the Wine of this Country made Women Miscarry History and Pausanias says That such as washed in one of its Rivers Slemnos forgot their Amours The Apostle St. Andrew is thought by many to have suffered in this Country Parnassus and Helicon two Mountains so famous among the Poets Mountains are in this Country Achaia is sometimes taken for a small part of the Peloponnesus or Morea now called Romania Alta. and Ducatus Clarentiae and sometimes for the whole Peleponnesus The Principal Places in Achaia or Livadia are Setines or Athens Archb. Cap. Stives or Thebes Archb. Aulis Marathon Livadia Megara Delphos Lepanto Archb. The Dardanells of Lepanto I. Setines or Athens Setines anciently called Athens was one of the most famous and flourishing Cities in the World the Capital of Attica formerly a Kingdom and the chief seat of Learning and Valour taking its rise An. Mun. 2496. and continuing 487 years under 17 Kings the first whereof was Cecrops and the last Codrus Son of Melanthus After that they were govern'd by 10 Archontes or Rulers during life than by Archontes for 10 years and at last by annual Praetors Draco first gave 'em Laws which were too severe then Solon instituted Milder introducing Democratical Government 594 years before our Saviour Athens sustained many great Wars against the Persians Lacedaemonians Thebans Rhodians and Macedonians It suffered much under Alexander the Great and after his Death yet more under Antipater Craterus and Cassander Demetrius made it free again but being refus'd shelter there after his defeat in Phrygia he invested and made himself Master of the Town after a years Siege Sometime after it shook off the Macedonian yoke and put it self under the Protection of Rome until Ariston making himself Tyrant thereof irritated the Romans who took and plunder'd it under Sylla 87 years before Christ After this Pompey the Great permitted it the use of its Laws for which kindness it declared for him against Caesar who after the Battel of Pharsale when he had power to punish his Enemies said Truly the Athenians deserve to be chastis'd yet in consideration of the merit of the Dead I pardon the Living All was Magnificent in Athens and worth the admiration of Posterity The Areopage the Lycaeum the Academy Portique Temple and other fine Buildings are well described in the Works of ancient Authors St. Paul Preached here and several Persons of Note embraced Christianism as Dionysius the Areopagite and a Noble Lady called Damaris After that the Church of Athens became very considerable for in the II. Century a great number of the Athenians suffered Martyrdom animated by the Example of their Bishop Publius This happen'd in 123. under Adrian who came to Athens in 126. This City was afterwards erected into an Archbishoprick It is defended by a Cittadel called Acropolis inaccessible on every side save the West seated in the Middle between two Hills the one call'd Musaeum within Cannon Shot the other Anchesmus which has no place to Mount Great Guns on being Spired like a Sugar-Loaf and having no more compass on the top save that in which St. George's Chappel is built the place where formerly the Statue of Jupiter was Worshiped The City is North of the Cittadel and so covered by it that it can hardly be seen on that side next the Sea well situated and wealthy tho' in a hot Climate which is tempered by the North Winds The Inhabitants are about 10000 Greeks and Turks the latter have four Mosques in the City and one in the Castle The Citizens are reckoned Treacherous and Cunning whence comes the Proverb From a Jew of Salonica a Greek of Athens and a Turk of Negropont Good Lord Deliver us They speak Greek and Turkish promiscuously and differ only in Habit which the Greeks wear closer on their Bodies Their Women seldom stir abroad when they do they cover their Heads with a Veil of Calico and throw over 'em a large Crimson Velvet or Violet colour'd Mantle with their Silver Clasps The Maids never go abroad till their Wedding-Day being courted by Proxies Upon their Nuptials they wear a large Crown of Filigram and Pearls and are led from Church to the Bridegrooms House with Hautboys Drums and other Musical Instruments playing before them The Archbishoprick of Athens is not worth above 4000 Crowns a year wherefore most of the Jesuits are retired to Negropont But the Consuls of France and England keep each of 'em a Chappel here The Soil about this City is fruitful in Wine and Olives especially those called Colymbades reserved for the Grand Signior's own eating being large and well-tasted The Castle stands on the North on a descent from the City in which is a magnificent large white Marble Temple supported with beautiful Pillars of black Marble and Porphyry On the Frontispiece are the Figures of Horse-men as big as the life prepared for Combat Round about it are to be seen the noble Atchievements of the ancient Greeks in Basso Relievo every Figure almost two Foot and a half high Close by this Temple is a beautiful White Marble Palace much decay'd At the Foot