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Price bound 6 d. for the Pocket A New Survey OF THE STATE of the WORLD ITALY The PAPACY INnocent the Eleventh Vicar of Jesus Christ on the Earth and Bishop of Rome formerly Benedict Odescalchi was born in the year 1613. at Como in the Country of Millain was created Cardinal under the Title of St. Onuphrius in the year 1645. by Innocent the Tenth whose name he bears by way of acknowledgment He was elected Pope Anno 1676. the 21 of September being the day and Feast of St. Matthew was exalted the 4th of October following Cardinal Maldachin first Deacon of the Sacred Colledge performed the Ceremony of the Proclamation The 8th of November this Prelate went from St. Peter's Church to St. John Laterans where he receiv'd at entrance the two Keys the one of Gold the other of Silver from the hands of Cardinal Chisi who is Archpriest after having first kiss'd the Cross which his Eminency presented him There were carried in this Cavalcade according to custom the vacant Hats which were at that time to the number of six There was vacant a twenty third place in the Sacred Colledge by the death of Cardinal Bernardino Rocci which happened at the end of the month November 1680. The Arms of his Holiness's House are in a Field Argent six Salvers Gules three in chief two in flank or in fess and one in point or in base These surmounted by three Bars of the same debrused with an Escutcheon Argent charg'd with a Lion Passant Gardant Gules Lastly a Chief Or thereon a single Eagle display'd Sable His Prophetick Motto was Bellua insatiabilis because this Pope has in his Arms the Eagle and the Lion insatiable Animals with Salvers or else because he has continually with him in his principal actions Cardinal Cibo which signifies Food who follows him in his Chappel in the Church in the Consistory and elsewhere See the Allusion Wherefore after that Innocent had declared his Eminency his first Minister and Secretary of State some person writ Verè bellua in satiabilis quia sine Cibo nunquam vivere potest We may and ought better to understand insatiable of the salvation of Souls and in a word of his Zeal for the House of God conformably to the Motto of the Royal Prophet Zelus domus tuae Comedit me and to see the glory of God the onely thing that can satisfie as the same King and Prophet says Satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua The Prophetick Motto of Pope Vrban the Third called before his Exaltation Lambert Cribelli was Sus in Cribo because his Arms were a Sow in a Sieve and that he was of Millain where its Founders lighted on a Sow covered the one half with Wooll and the other with Hair whence is come the word Mediolana de Medio-lanum The Prophetick device of Eugenius the Fourth was Lupa Coelestina the Wolf Coelestine because he had for Arms a Wolf and had been a religious man of the Coelestins The four Evangelists are mystically represented under the Figures of four Animals St. Matthew has for Emblem a Man St. Mark the Lion St. Luke the Ox and St. John the Eagle These are the four Animals that the Prophet Ezekiah saw in a Vision which carried the Throne of God Jesus Christ is called the Lion of the Tribe of Juda Vicit Leo de Tribu Juda. The
Bourdeaux whereof he performed the Function even till they had brought him the Decree of his Election with the Letters of the whole Colledge He took solemnly possession of the Apostolical Chair at Bourdeaux in the Cathedral-Church of St. Andrews caused himself to be crowned at Lyons the greatest part of the Cardinals rendered themselves there pursuant to his Orders the Kings of France of England and of Arragon assisted at this Ceremony The Italian Cardinals thinking to lead him to Rome he transferred the Holy Sea to Avignon where it continued seventy years or seventy two from Clement to Gregory the Eleventh who re-established it at Rome Anno 1375. At his first promotion of Cardinals he created ten all French-men In the third he made Cardinal William de Maudagout Archbishop of Embrun who was-born at Sevenes above the Town Vigan The Castle of Maudagout is at present Protestant and encompassed with Chesnut-trees His Arms are yet to be seen over the great Gate Clement built the Castles of Villandrault Budos and la Brede He governed the Church eight years ten months and some days died Anno 1314. in the Castle of Roguemaure scituated on the Rhone in the Diocess of Avignon and not of Nismes as some persons have said His Body reposes in Guyenne in the Church of the Canons of Vzste whereof this Prelate was the Founder See here a remarkable thing related by Andrew de Chesne in the Life of the Popes Clement whilst he was yet Archbishop of Bourdeaux having deposed Gautier de Bruge Cordelier Bishop of Poitiers Gautier in the bitterness of spirit appeal'd to the future Council and caused a promise to be made him that at the Article of his death his Appeal should be put into his hands which was executed his Body was carryed into the Cordeliers Church where some Miracles have since been wrought Clement coming to Poitiers and knowing that Gautier had carried his Appeal with him caused his Tomb to be opened to take it away for this intent he made an Archdeacon enter into it at Midnight who found the Appeal in the hands of the defunct which he could not possibly take from him till he had first sworn to restore it him with the consent of him that had Deposed him This being done Gautier open'd his hands and the Archdeacon taking the Appeal gave it the Pope but endeavouring to go forth of the Sepulchre he found he could not stir and said there was somewhat which withheld him till he had returned the Appeal into the hands of the Bishop deceas'd then he came forth with ease and the Pope conceiving a respect for the dead honoured from thenceforwards his memory and enricht his Tomb. Gautier was depos'd because he was more inclined for the Archbishop of Bourges than for him of Bourdeaux who contested for the Primacy of Aquitain Clement revok'd two Decrees of Boniface passed against France under him there rise a great disturbance betwixt the Vatican the Louvre Boniface was so animated against the Gibelins and those of their Party that he shew'd it openly in the person of the Archbishop of Genoa on an Ashwednesday Under the said Clement the Fifth the Errours of the Beguines and Begards or Begands of Germany were condemned and it is from thence that the word Bigot comes these Hereticks under the Mask of Religion with a serious and hypocritical countenance play the good companions Clement the Fifth removing the Holy Sea to Avignon transported thither the the Vatican Library and Martin the Fifth caused it to be carried back to the Vatican where it has continued since John the Twenty first or Twenty second of the Town of Cahors in Quercy Son of Arnaud d'Eusa or Dossa a Cobler was call'd James The Prophesie was De sutore Osseo Du Chesne says that the Holy Sea having been vacant two years and some days and that the Cardinals not agreeing in the Creation of a Pope they all consented to accept and receive him whom James d'Eusa Cardinal Bishop of Port should nominate which James seeing he nam'd himself and the Nomination was approved and confirmed by the Cardinals fearing lest they might have another that would less please them Father Gautruche says this is a Fable and that the Cardinals did not remit themselves to his judgement to choose whom he thought fit and that he did not name himself It 's a thing well known that by the way of Scrutiny and of Access it is descended under pain of Nullity of Election to choose a Mans self The way of Scrutiny and of Access both together is the most practised that of Inspiration and of Compromise are but rare and little us'd we call the way of Inspiration when all the Cardinals freely concur to acknowledge and proclaim unanimously one person for Pope The way of Compromise is when the Cardinals either at entrance into the Conclave or tir'd with the length of it refer themselves to one or to many amongst them to whom they give the power in the name of all to give a common Father to Christianity None of the Compromisaries can give his voice for himself but his Election will be void These three ways of Election contain many circumstances and conditions John was Bishop of Frejus and some time afterwards Archbishop of Avignon Pope Clement the Fifth made him Cardinal He made many good Foundations in the place of his Birth amongst others he founded the Vniversity the House of Carthusians and built a Bridge with a lofty Tower at one end of it on the River Lot on the side of the Capuchins It is he that introduced into the Church the custom of ringing thrice each day the Angelical Salutation He believ'd for some time that the Souls of the dead did not enjoy the Vision of God till after the General Judgment He made no Decree and retracted this Errour Loüis de Bavieres going to make himself Emperour against the forms and in contempt of the Holy Sea raised him an Antipope an Apostate of his Order call'd Peter de Corbare A Prelate has styled him the stinking Crow which had no place in the Ark. The Emperour after having received from his hands the Imperial Crown being constrained to quit Italy and to retire himself into Germany left this Ghost of a Pope to the mercy of the Guelphs who carryed him to Avignon where he ended his days in Prison Pope John the Twenty second rais'd in France and elsewhere Abbeys and Bishopricks into Archbishopricks He divided the Diocese of Tolouse into six that of Poitiers into three viz. that of Poitiers of Mailezais and of Lucon The Sea of Mailezais is at present at Rochelle since its reddition According to du Chesne this Prelate held the Government of the Church eighteen years three months and twenty days and according to Father Gautruche ten years and a half he dyed the third of December An. 1334. being 90 years of age He left after his decease 25 Millions to make War against the Iufidels in
of the name caus'd it to be built and to be covered with silver This Prince Founder of the Abbey died the 19th of Jan. of the year 648. There is seen in the Treasury a Missal written by the hand above 800 years since and a Manuscript above eleven hundred years old which contains the four Gospels written in Characters of gold and silver on Velam of a purple colour A Book of Velam covered with silver containing the Works of St. Denis the Areopagite Another Book written by hand which contains the Epistles and Gospels of the great Feasts Gold pretious Stones and great Pearls cover it Moreover another Book concerning the Ceremonies and Prayers of the Kings Coronation In a rich Cross-case a foot and a halfs length of the true Cross One of the Nails with which the Son of God was fastened to the Cross a Thorn of the Crown and some of the Spunge with which they presented him Gall. Some of the Myrrh which the Magicians presented him one of the Pitchers in which he chang'd Wine into Water at the Wedding of Cana in Galilee and a great many Shrines wherein Relicks are kept A great Cross of massie Gold cover'd with pretious Stones and set round with oriental Pearls A little Crucisix made of the wood of the true Cross The Heads of St. Denis St. Hilary and St. Bennet are extreamly rich The Miter of the first is of Gold and all cover'd with pretious Stones and oriental Pearls those of the others are also of a great price The Head of St. Loüis King of France is at Paris in the holy Chappel of the Palace Jean d' Eureux Queen of France took it from the Treasury of St. Denis and put in its place parcels of all the Relicks that are in the said holy Chappel There is seen in the same Treasury of St. Denis a Cup of Tamarisk-wood in which St. Loüis drank to keep himself from the Spleen A Vessel of an oriental Agate esteem'd one of the most pretious pieces of the Treasury for its largeness antiquity and work It 's believed that Ptolomy Philadelphus caused it to be made and that it was working with the point of a Diamond for thirty years Another Vessel of Gold in the form of a Salver adorn'd with Granats Jacinths and with a great white Saphire in the midst on which is seen the Effigies of King Solomon seated in his Throne It is judg'd that it appertained to this Monarch as also a great Vessel of Rock-Christal by reason of some Inscriptions in Samaritan Characters A Gamahoea in an Agat-stone expressing the Image of the Queen of Saba Many Crowns of Gold and Silver that of Charlemain St. Loüis Henry the Fourth Loüis the Thirteenth and Loüis the Fourteenth Each of these Kings has given to the Treasury two Crowns one of Gold the other of Silver gilt That of Charlemain which is carried to Rheims to serve at the Coronation of our Kings with the other Royal Ornaments is all of Gold adorn'd with great Rubies Saphirs and Emeralds The Crown of St. Loüis is likewise of massie Gold adorn'd with very beautiful pretious Stones amongst others with a Ruby valued at a hundred thousand crowns in which is inchast by the Kings order a Thorn of the Crown of the Son of God There is seen the Image of the same St. Loüis gravd on a Ring with these two letters S and L that is to say Sigillum Ludovici because he made use of it to seal his Letters All the Kings have shewn themselves liberal to this Treasury some Abbots of the Order have also given to it particularly Abbot Suger His two little Pots are not common the one is of Rock-Christal the other of Beril cut with the point of a Diamond His Chalice is made of a very fair oriental Agate In this Treasury are kept a great many Swords that of Charlemain that which St. Loüis brought with him at his first Voyage from the Holy Land that of the Pucelle of Orleans Joanne d' Arc and also the Sword of Turpin who having been made Archbishop of Rheims afterwards bore Arms against the Infidels There are seen there many other Pieces of Antiquity So much for a Sample of this Treasury He that desires to see more may go to St. Denis where a Religious man shews it every day at two of the clock in the afternoon Those that cannot come to see it may read a little Book in 12º entitul'd Inventaire du Tresor de S. Denis where all the Pieces are briefly describ'd according to the Order of the eight Presses where they are shewn This little Book is printed at Paris by Pierre de Bost Rue S. Jacques at the signe of St. Francis near St. Severin The Tombs of the Kings of France DAgobert the First eleventh King of France and St. Loüis the forty fourth have their Tombs in the Quire of the Church and many other Kings and Queens In the common Vault of Rites repose Henry the Fourth Mary de Medicis his Wife Loüis the Thirteenth Anne of Austria his Spouse The Duke of Orleans the Kings Uncle Madam de Montpensier his first Wife Henriette-Marie Queen of England Henriette-Anne her Daughter the first Wife of Monsieur the Kings Brother and others The Monument of Francis the First is out of the Quire on the side of the Cloister in a rais'd Monument They count five Kings out of the Quire on the Gospel-side Marshal de Turenne is in a Chappel near the high Altar Loüis the 14th has caus'd a Monument to be rais'd in his memory and in acknowledgment of the great Services he did to France After his death many Services and Funeral Prayers were said for him in the principal Churches of Paris Bertrand du Quesclin Sancerre a Gentleman of Britany Constable of France has his Tomb for his Fidelity and Valour amongst those of the Kings by the order of Charles the Fifth called the Wise Clouis the first of the name the fifth King of France and Clotilde his Spouse have their Mausolea at Paris in the Abbey of St. Genevieve in the Quire Other famous places of Devotion and Pilgrimages greatly frequented in the Kingdom and favour'd with the kindest Aspect of Heaven THe Church of Nostre-Dame at Paris in the Isle of France that of the Abbey of St. Genevieve and the Chappel of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost Nostre-dame de Grace near Gallion in the Diocess of Roüen Nostre-Dame de Chartres in Beausse Nostre-Dame de L' Epine near Chalons in Champagne Nostre-Dame de Liesse in Picardy Nostre-Dame de Bologne on the Sea Nostre-Dame de la Deliverance and Mount S. Michel in Normandy Sainte-Reine in Burgundy Nostre-Dame d' Alizor near Lyons Nostre-Dame de Loisiere and la Chartreuse of Grenoble in Daulphine St. Maximin Saint Baume and St. Martha in Provence Nostre-Dame de Rochefort in Languedoc les Avignon Nostre-Dame de Grau called la Grenoüillade at half a league from Agde Nostre-Dame de Consolation half a league from
War whereof he carries many honourable marks on his body for the service of our Monarch has perform'd according to his wont Military actions worthy of his Courage and Valour and particularly in the Campagne of 1677. against the Imperialists The taking of the Town and Citadel of Fribourg in Brisgaw by this Marshal deserves to be particulariz'd This important place opens the Hereditary Countries takes from the Emperour a part of his Dominion Fribourg has belong'd to the Dukes of Zeüringuen and afterward to Comte Egon of Fustemberg for having married Agnes their Heiress his Descendants were Masters of it to the year 1386. The Inhabitants of the Town gave up themselves to the Duke of Austria Marshal Horn and the Duke of Weimar besieg'd and took this place three times for the Swedes An. 1632 1634 1638. Marshal d'Humieres reduc'd to the Kings Obedience the Town of Saint Guillain by his Valour and Forecast the tenth of December of the same year 1677. This place is about two leagues from Mons its Abbot is Lord Spiritual and Temporal and the Abbey is the chief of Hainalt The 12th the Count d'Estrées having taken the Forts which the Hollanders held in the Isle of Gorea at Cape-Vert made himself Master after a long Navigation of the Isle of Tobago and of many Duch Men of War An. 1678. the first day of March the Town of Gand Capital of the Country of Flanders was invested by the Marshal d'Humieres and taken by his most Christian Majesty on composition the ninth of the same month and the Citadel the twelfth Julius Caesar caus'd this great Town to be built whilst he was at Teroüanne and the Emperour Charles the Fifth was born and baptiz'd there An. 1500. his Cradle is yet shewn there His Statue is seen in a Market-place on a Pedestal The Episcopal Church is call'd S. Bavon the Bishoprick is worth 30000 Crowns and the Prebendries 2 or 3000 Livres Father Boussingout relates that the Organ of the Church of Saint Michael has three thousand Pipes in a Book entituled The Guide of the Low Countries The most Christian King gave the Government of this place to Comte de Montbron It was restor'd to his Catholick Majesty by the Treaty of Peace concluded at Nimegen betwixt France and Spain In this Town a Cathedral-Church was built and detacht from Tornai An. 1559. by Pope Paul the Fourth at the request of Philip the Second King of Spain The 16th of March 1678. the King judg'd it convenient for the good of his affairs to withdraw his Troops from Messina which he had a long time kept there for the service of those of Messina who had implor'd his assistance The Duke de la Fueillade who succeeded the Duke of Vivonne permitted above four thousand Inhabitants of the Town to embarque themselves they being desirous to come into France to avoid the rigorous consequences of the Spanish Policy The third of May the Town of Ypres surrendred it self to the King it has the title of a Vicounty His Majesty gave the Government to the Marquess de la Trousse Lieutenant-General of his Armies Captain-Lieutenant of the Company of M. le Dauphin The third of May the Town and Fort of Lewe in Brabant were taken from the Spaniards by the Valour and Dexterity of the Sieurs Calvo and de la Breteche this person executed the Enterprize This place is incompass'd with a Marsh a great Trench and a Fore-trench full of water twelve foot deep The fifty Swimmers under the conduct of the Sieur de Cremeau Captain in the Regiment of Piemont did a bold action in passing courageously the waters with their Swords betwixt their teeth being assisted by two hundred Musketeers who openly advancing themselves fired continually on the Enemies to favourize the passage The 31th of the same month the Marshal Duke de Navaille took Puicerda Capital of Cerdaigne The King lessen'd six millions of Livres of the Tailles of the year 1678. and reduc'd them from forty millions to thirty four to be distributed or divided in all the Generalities and Countries Taillables His most Christian Majesty lessen'd them yet more by two millions An. 1679. The Tailles began under St. Loüis to maintain the charge of War against the Infidels in the twelfth age and the Gabelle or Impost on the Salt under Philip called the Long in the thirteenth age of the Incarnation Ancus Martius introduc'd it a long time before at Rome he has been blam'd by some and approv'd by others particularly the Emperour Justinian who assur'd that without the Gabelle it was impossible to make the Republick subsist because the Quiet of the People is preserv'd by Arms Arms by Pay Pay by Imposts Tributes and Tolls The Emperour Nero would have abolish'd the Gabelle but the Senate opposs'd it alleaging that to diminish the publick Revenue was to ruine the Empire In the month of July of the same year 1678. an ill Accident happen'd in America to the French Squadron commanded by the Count d'Estrées six or seven Men of War and five Flyboats were lost near the Isle of Birds about ten leagues from Curassow being cast by the rapidness of the Currents on Rocks which are there high Many persons in them were drown'd Seven Vessels were sav'd viz. the Duke the Thunder the Star the Lyon the Vigilant the Merillon the Tempest three Fireships and two Flutes Of the Peace betwixt France Holland Spain the Emperour the Elector of Brandenburg and Denmark THe Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Holland was sign'd at Nimegen at the house of the Marshal d'Estrades An. 1678. the tenth of August about midnight The French and the Dutch embrac'd each other with tenderness and shew'd a great Joy to see their ancient Friendship perfectly reestablisht The Marshal d'Estrades Son of the Marshal of this name arriv'd the 15th of the same month from Nimegen at Saint Germains in Laye where he presented his most Christian Majesty the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and the States General of the Vnited Provinces The Ratifications were exchang'd the 20th of September and the 29th following the Peace was publisht at Paris with the accustomed Ceremonies The 5th of October the Marshal d Estrades Embassadour of the most Christian King and the Sieur Beverning Embassadour of the Estates General caus'd publick Rejoycings to be made at Nimegen for the Peace betwixt France and Holland In the same year the 17th of September the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Spain was sign'd at Nimegen about eleven of the clock at night in the house of the Holland-Embassadours The Ratification followed some time after as also the publication An. 1679. the 5th of February the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and the Emperour was sign'd in the Chamber of Sir Leoline Jenkins Embassadour of England by the Marshal d'Estrades and the Sieur Colbert Marquess of Croissi Embassadours Plenipotentiaries for the most Christian King and by the Bishop and Prince de Gurk Count Kinski and the Sieur Stracman Embassadours
An. 1360. Bartholomew le Noir was at Venice to cast Cannon to the end that the Venetians should make use of them to recover from the Genoeses Fossa Claudia about the year 1378. according to Sabellicus Blondus and others The use was receiv'd in France Anno 1425. at the time that an English Earl call'd Thomas of Montigni besieg'd the Town of Mans. Petrarch falsely believ'd that the famous Archimedes of the Town of Syracuse was the Inventer of Cannon because he conveyed great Rocks by Mathematical Springs into the near Vessels of the Enemies and burnt them with Burning-glasses The Chineses boast that a Demon shew'd the Invention to their first King above a thousand years before the Nativity of the Son of God SPAIN CHarles the Second of the House of Austria King of Spain was born the sixth of November An. 1661. He is Catholick and even so call'd It 's a Title given by Pope Alexander the Sixth to Ferdinand the Fifth and in his person to his Successors for having destroy'd in Spain the Moors and Sarasins He bears quarterly the Arms of Castille which are Gules a Castle triple tower'd Or and those of Leon which are Argent a Lion Gules and within an Escotcheon the Arms of his principal Realms which we should call in France Provinces The Kings Livery is of a yellow colour The ordinary Devise of some Kings of Spain is this Omnes contra me ego contra omnes Since Philip the Second the Town of Madrid scituated in new Castille is the ordinary place of Residency of this Court. There is a great Bridge and a little River under it call'd Manzanarez on the occasion of which an Embassadour said to the Emperour Charles the Fifth Less Bridge or more Water The Kings Palace is call'd Pallasso del Rey otherwise Palasso Real The eldest Sons of the King of Spain are called Princes of Austria as in France Dolphins in England Princes of Wales in Portugal Princes of Algarves and in Savoy Princes of Piedmont A relation whereof I could quote the Author tells us that a man must be clad in black to speak to his Catholick Majesty I know the contrary by Spaniards who have had the honour to speak to him in grey Clothes I may believe that a man must appear before him in black Clothes when he is in Mourning and be in a decent habit The Coach-men sit on one of the horses which go at the Draught-tree since the time that the Coach-man of Count Alvarez who sate before the Coach reveal'd a Secret of his Master which he had overheard The same thing is practis'd in Germany The chief Houses of Pleasure belonging to the King and out of Madrid are IL Campo il Retiro Aranjues le Pardo the Escurial and Jarzuela The Spaniards make of this last save one the eighth Wonder of the World Philip the Second laid out twenty Millions in building it he caus'd the Escurial to be built both in memory of the Victory which he gain'd over the French An. 1557. at S. Quentin in Picardy on the Somme the tenth of August being S. Laurence's day and for having caus'd the Church of S. Laurence of S. Quentin to be beaten down whereupon he made a Promise to God to cause a finer to be built in Spain in the honour of the same Saint and a Monastery where the Monks of S. Hierome are magnificently seated The King has a Seat in the Refectuary and a great Palace without the Convent After the Library of the Vatican which is the first of the World that of these Monks has been greatly valued There is seen at il Campo a great Park for the divertisement of Hunting great Ponds and Gardens At il Retiro otherwise call'd Buen Retiro there is seen Philip the Fourth on a Horse of cast Copper The King passes there the greatest heats of the Summer by reason of its Waters and fine Grotto's of different kinds The fine Walks are there as green in the Summer as in the Spring-time There is a strange Figure there standing in the midst of a great Cistern casting forth water from all the parts of its body which is made use of for watering in a moment a Garden of the Palace full of all sorts of Flowers There is also seen there Gardens full of Fruit-trees At il Pardo are the Pictures of all the Kings of Spain The ancient Palace of one of the Kings of the Moors call'd Halambra is remarkable for being flankt with thirty Towers it is on one of the little Hills of the Town of Grenada The chief places of Devotion IN Madrid the Church of our Lady Almudena and that of Athoca are very famous Our Lady of Athoca call'd according to the Language of the Country Nostra Senora d' Athoca is at Madrid as the Church of our Lady at Paris for Piety and the concourse of People It 's there where the Te Deum is sung Saint James of Compostella in Galicia is a very famous place of Pilgrimage the French Pilgrims that go thither pass over the Trembling Bridge It is thought that this Bridge is so call'd by reason of the flowing of the Sea which coming to press against it makes it tremble It 's a roguish Bridge of wood a little River passes under it The Apostle S. James the Greater is the Patron of all Spain His Relicks are under the great Altar of the Metropolitan Church of Compostella his Figure representing half his body is over it his Pilgrims Staff is on the side of the Quire and his Head at Toulouse in the Church of S. Sernin It 's there where the Pilgrims begin their Pilgrimage S. James has been seen to fight for the Spaniards against the Sarasins holding in his hand a white Standart with a red Cross in it in the time of King Ramires who being assisted with his Apostle charg'd so briskly the Enemies that he cut in pieces 60000 on the place Charlemagne King of France was at Compostella to honour St. James and caus'd his Church to be built Since the Kings of Spain have been Catholicks they have always honour'd him I have read a Relation of divers Voyages in which the Author says that St. James suffered Martyrdom at Compostella It 's a roguish Memoire which has been given him I remit him to the Books of the Acts of the Apostles to the Ecclesiastical History and to the holy Martyrology and he will find that it was at Hierusalem that Herod caus'd him to be beheaded This Apostle having continued some time in Spain return'd to Judaea his Disciples after his death carried him from the Port of Joppe presently to Fa where they embarkt for Spain and after having sail'd all along the Mediterranean Sea and pass'd the Straight of Gibralter they took on the Ocean the course of Galicia where they landed and disembarkt the body of the Saint in the Town of Irisflavia where he continued hidden and unknown till it was miraculously discover'd by a Star which appear'd there
Piemont Milain Genoa and Montferrat are in Vpper Lombardy The States of Venice Mantua Parma Modena Trent c. are of Lower Lombardy Before we proceed farther I have thought it proper to give here the following little Itinerary for distinguishing the different Leagues of divers States as serving for Topical History An Itinerary THe Italians make their leagues of 1000 paces they count by the mile The common league of France is of 3000 paces and in places about Paris of 1500. In Gascoigne they equal those of Germany those of Limosin and Berne exceed them The ordinary leagues of Germany and Poland are of 4000 paces and in Hungary of 6000 and in Switzerland of 5000. In Spain and in Portugal they contain 3000 paces and are of a different length as in France In England they comprize 1250. In Sweden and in Norway 8000. These are the longest of all in some places they are of 6000 paces In Muscovy they include 800 Geometrical paces two ordinary paces make the Geometrical The Russians and Muscovites call leagues Verstes The Jews count by furlongs their league is composed of 15 furlongs each furlong contains 125 paces whereof each is five foot Stadium according to its Etymology signifies station or rest The Greek furlong is likewise of 25 Geometrical paces The Egyptians measure their leagues by Schoenes or furlongs The Moguls by Cosses which are of 1500 paces The Persians by Parasanga's which are 30 furlongs Authors differ about the measure of Parasanga's The Chinese league is of 2500 paces Antonius Andrew Resendius Gretserus Merula Rabbi Benjamin Count de Brinne Peter de la Vallée a Roman Gentleman John Baptista de Rocole and others have made Itineraries Some Astrologers speaking of Leagues have taken occasion to say that the Sun goes in an hour 290921 leagues of the greatest of France According to this computation he must go as quick or swifter than an Arrow out of a Bow or as a Bullet shot out of a Musket by reason of the greatness of the way he passes day and night On this ground it has been asserted that in case a Carrier could go post from the Earth to Heaven he would not reach to the Starry Heaven in 1300 years if he went not more than 16 or 17 German leagues each day Hesiod says in his Theogonia that it would require nine days and nine nights for an Anvil of Iron to fall from the Heaven of the Moon to the Earth and that it would arrive on it the tenth Let us leave the consideration of these matters to Astrologers FRANCE LOVIS the Fourteenth King of France and Navarre surnamed the Great came into the World the Fifth of September An. 1638. was declared of Age the Seventh of September 1651. Crowned at Rheims the Seventh of June 1654. was Married at St. Johns de Luz An. 1660. the Ninth of June to Mary Theresa of Austrich Infanta of Spain Daughter of Philip the Fourth and of Elizabeth of France This great Princess is a Mirrour of Piety and the Mother of the People Those that have the honour to behold her Countenance have the happiness to find there all the Graces which have taken pleasure to seat themselves in it The Twenty fourth of August of the same year their Majesties made their Royal Entry into Paris accompanyed with Princes Ambassadors and Forreign Ministers with all the Pomp and Magnificence imaginable Heaven has blest this Marriage by the Birth of Monseigneur le Dauphin Loüis is the Most Christian King and the Eldest Son of the Church He has for Motto Consiliis armisque potens And also this Nec pluribus Impar He bears Azure Three Flower-de-luces Or which formerly were Semè or without number and reduced to Three by Charles the Sixth The Scutcheon is Environed with the Collars of The Orders of S. Michael and of the Holy Ghost Ensigned with a Helmet Or entirely open thereon a Crown closed after the manner of an Imperial Crown with eight in arched Rayes topt with a double Flower-de-luce and this is the Crest for Supporters two Angels habited as Levites the whole under a Pavilion Royal Semè of France Lined Ermines with these words Ex omnibus sloribus elegi mihi Lilium Lilia non laborant neque nent These terms The Lillies do not spin import That the Flower-de-luces which represent the Crown of France never fall to the Distaff that the Female Sex cannot inherit according to the Salick Law as it is amongst the Chaldeans Egyptians Persians Chineses Turks Tartars and Parthians Women have sometimes succeeded in Spain England Sicily and in Sweden but never in France The Arms of Navarre are Gules Chains of Gold interlaced parted into Orles Pales Fesses Counterbands or Saltiers The Livery of the most Christian King is of a Blew colour This Monarch has a Physiognomy more Divine than Humane which moves a most profound respect and we perceive in his Countenance a sweetness which tempers his Majesty he is gifted with the Sublime Science of Governing he is another Solomon in rendring the Oracles of his Judgments Mounting on Horseback he puts himself in the head of his Armies which he conducts as another David or as another Alexander the Great whose presence imports more than Millions of Captains and an entire Army He takes whole Provinces in all seasons and in a day Four Towns together there is little difference with him betwixt the Design and the Execution what has he not done before these important places Lille Mastrich Valenciennes Cambray Gaunt Ipres and others for their reducement He has performed the Office of a General and of a Captain and has toyled as a simple Souldier He has been all at once King General of an Army Marshal of the Camp Sergeant of the Battel Captain Souldier Engineer and Cannoneer He holds all his Enemies play and the more he has the more he puts to the Rout. He has gotten so many Palms and Laurels that the fires of joy and publick rejoycings have shewn themselves throughout the whole Kingdom His Adventures are a Concatenation of Victories Triumphs and Prodigies He is worthy the Empire of the whole Earth the great Armies which he keeps on foot and his yearly Revenue above one hundred Millions render him formidable to the opposers of his glory We are sheltered under his Royal Mantle seme de lis which is so long and large that it is capable of giving shelter and security not only to his own State but also to Forreigners If the Kings of Spain glory in the Title of Catholick the Kings of France merited it before them Philip de Valois was honoured with it An. 1329. for having upheld the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Its Loüis the Great particularly who extends Christianity even into the new world by his care in maintaining Evangelical Labourers where they cry Vive le Roy de France We shall observe here that this custom of crying Vive le Roy comes from the Hebrews when Solomon was proclaimed King by the
manner as I place them If I have not well followed the order there will be no contest betwixt them for precedency each of them knowing very well his right and duty they teaching them to others M. de la Vrilliere MEssire Loüis Phelipeaux Chevalier Lord of Vrilliere Marquess of Chasteaux-Neuf on Loire and of Tanlai Count de S. Florentin Baron de Hervi and the ancientest Secretary of State was Sworn to his Office An. 1629. He has a great zeal for the welfare of the Church the general affairs of the pretended Reformed Religion are committed to him and many others Languedoc the County of Foix Guienne Rovergne and Quercy Broüage and the Country of Aunis Touraine Anjou le Main and le Perche Normandy Burgundy and Brest and all that is under his charge gives testimony of his Vertue and Merit He has a Son who possesses the See of the Patriarchal Archiepiscopal and private Church of Bourges Messire Pierre Balthazar Phelipeaux de la Vrilliere Marquess of Chasteau-Neuf who has the Reversion of the place of Secretary of State and of the Kings Orders treads in the glorious footsteps of his Father the marks which he daily gives are proofs of what he will be hereafter M. de Louvois MEssire Francois Michel de Tellier Chevalier Marquess of Louvois and of Courtanvau Councellor in ordinary to the King in his Councels Chancellour of his Orders Minister and Secretary of State and of his Majesties commands Vicar-General of the Order of Nostre Dame du Mount Carmel and of St. Lazarus of Hierusalem great Post-master and Superintendant of the Posts and Stages of France c. has given an infinite number of manifest proofs of his Consummated skill in Military Discipline It seems as though he had exercised himself in it all his life-time this shews that great men are capable of all things his name is known throughout the whole Earth the Hollanders Spaniards and others when the War was at the highest declared that he went like Lightning when the Service of his King and Country called upon him He possesses the eminent qualities of his Father the Chancellour of France Poitou la Marche Lionnois Dauphine Catalognia and Roussillon Pignerol Lorrain Alsatia the places Conquered and yeilded the Fortifications of these Generalities the War the Taxes raised for the support of the Souldiery and the Artillery are things belonging to his Charge M. Colbert MEssire John Baptist Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Seignelay Baron of Moneteau Beaumont Cheni Ormois Sceaux and other places Counsellor in ordinary to the King in his Councils and of the Royal Council General Controuler of the Kings Revenue Superintendant of the Navy Arts and Manufactures of France Minister and Secretary of State He has acted vigorously for the subsistance of the Armies of the French Monarchy in finding means to raise such Moneys as were necessary which are the Nerves of War He has the prudence of the Serpent as it is express'd in his Arms. Cardinal Mazarine considering his Desert before he died wisht the King to make use of him as his Minister for his fidelity and for his service His admirable Conduct daily manifests it self both in general and in particular even to the education of his Children and of his Illustrious Relations Messire Charles Edoüard Colbert Marquess of Seignelay is the eldest of the House he makes himself daily admir'd in the diversity of his Employs and Affairs wherewith he is taken up in his Majesties service he is Secretary of State Superintendant of the Maritine affairs both in the East and West I saw Anno 1677. Messire Julius Armandus Colbert Lord of Ormais at the age of fourteen years defend publick and general Theses of Philosophy in the University of Paris under the Presidency of his Brother the Abbot Messire Jacque Nicolas then Prior of Sorbonne to the admiration of all that there is of Great and Learned in the Kingdom I cannot hold from saying 〈◊〉 this noble Defender in his Orient what was said of St. John Baptist at his birth Quis puta◠puer iste erit It 's a rare thing to see a Brother perform that Office under a Brother and with so wonderful a presence of understanding These are Prodigies and Marks of their grea◠Genius It may well be said on this occasion Fortes creantur fortibus and with the Oracle Corona senum filii filiorum gloria filiorum patres eorum I shall not be more large lest I offend the modesty of the Father and of his Children I shall onely say that this wise Manager of the Kings Revenue has in his division Paris the Isle of France and the Country of Soissons as far as Noyon Orleanois Blezois the Kings House the Clergy what regards the Sea Trade and Manufactures As I write this Article the admirable and elegant Sermon which the Illustrious Abbot his Brother made one day on the Feast of St. John Baptist comes into my mind Paris rendered it self that day at Sceaux to hear it This Sermon was followed with many others in the Capital City of the Kingdom and always with excellent success This Abbot is Doctor of the House and Society of Sorbonne and Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Roüen since the second of Feb. 1680. M. Colbert Croissi MEssire Charles Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Croissi Minister and Secretary of State President of the Parliament of Paris formerly Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice has acquired the Political and Geographical knowledge of all the States of the World that of Ancient and Modern History and of all the Interests of the Princes and Potentates of Christendom in his Ordinary and Extraordinary Embassies at Rome in England Spain at Aix la Chappel and in quality of Embassadour and Plenipotentiary at Nimigen for the general Peace of Europe and at Bavaria for the Marriage of Monseigneur le Dauphin with the Electoral Princess and in other important Negotiations Holland shewed him the joy they received after the Peace concluded to see him in their Country and he manifested his by his profuse liberality of his Gold and Silver to the People in some Towns This Minister having seen so many Countries and Nations and all Courts it may be said of him what Homer said of Vlysses in the beginning of his Odysses according to the translation from the Greek into Latine Multorum autem hominum vidit urbes mores novit Champagne and Brie Provence Britany Berry Limosin Angoumois Xaintonge Bearn Bigorre the three Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun the Principality of Sedan and the Forreign Countries which are also in his division have all a veneration for his Conduct and Generosity He succeeded to Messire Simon Arnaud Chevalier Lord of Pomponne in his Charge of Secretary and Minister of State which he demised in the Month of December An. 1679. The Councels THe Councels are composed of the Chancellour Keeper of the Seals of France of the Marshal Duke de Villeroy Chief of the Royal Council for the Kings
he receiv'd in his hand at Tolhus a place where the Rhine divides it self and where is built the famous Fort of Schenk The 23 of the same month and of the same year the King put in possession of the Seals Messire Etienne Deligre and rais'd him the month of January An. 1674. to the place and dignity of Chancellor of the Kingdom for his merit and long services rendred to the State He was Son of a Master his Father having been Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals Anno 1673. the War was declar'd betwixt France and Spain At the beginning of the year 1675. the King chose for his Confessor Father de la Chaize who has been Professor of Divinity in his Society Rector and Provincial of the Province of Lyons He is consummated in all sorts of Knowledge and particularly in the Moral Positive and Scholastick learning in the Mathematicks and in Medals whereof he has written a Book It 's a Chair of Truth and Piety whence issue Oracles to instruct and Examples to edifie it 's wherefore Loüis the Great by the high Lights which Heaven has communicated to him knowing his merit the solidity of his Understanding committed to him his Conscience and his Soul entirely He possesses in an eminent degree the excellent and great Qualities of those that have preceded him in the Office of Counsellor Confessor of our Kings the first was Aymon Auger the following Coton Arnoux Siguerand Suffren Malliand Gourdon a Scot Caussin Sirmond Dinet Paulin Annat and Ferrier Henry the Third was the first King of France who had a Jesuit for his Confessor the other Kings Successors of this Prince make use of them since and the greatest part of other Monarchs and Potentates The 28th of April 1675. the Senators and Sheriffs of the famous Town of Messina specially impower'd in the name of all the Inhabitants took on their knees the Oath of Fidelity to the Invincible Loüis the Fourteenth King of France and of Navarre from the hands of Loüis Victor de Roche-Choüard Prince of Tonnai-Charente Duke of Vivone and Lieutenant-General for his Majesty in the Town here mentioned and in the other places of the Isle of Sicily since Mareschal of France At this Ceremony and other important actions assisted Francois-Auguste de Valavoir Marquess of Vaux Melchior de Thomai Lord of Chateauneuf and others The French soon got possession of lands by the taking of Scaleta Augusta Taormina Merilli and other places In the same year 1675. the 19th day of the month of July the Shrine of Saint Genevieve was carried processionally about the Town of Paris for fair weather which was obtain'd as soon as recourse was made to her Prayers before the obstinate Rains laid waste the Country and the Corn for above two months the hopes of the Labourer and Vineyard-keeper were fallen It was twenty three years that the Relicks of this Saint had not been carried An. 1676. the 22th of April happen'd the great Naval-fight in Sicily as far as Augusta and Messina betwixt the French Fleet and those of Holland and Spain The French gain'd a great Victory Michel-Adrien Ruiter was so dangerously wounded that he died some days after The Sieur du Quesne signaliz'd himself there and shew'd the braveness of the French who since some years are become firm Sea-men The King of France declar'd War against the King of Denmark the 28th of August of the same year because contrary to the Treaty of Peace at Copenhagen An. 1660. betwixt Sweden and Denmark for the performance of which his most Christian Majesty gave his Guarentie his Danish Majesty did not cease from making War on the King of Sweden who had not contraven'd to this Treaty of Peace An. 1677. on Ash-wednesday there was a defeat of a Squadron of fourteen Dutch Vessels in the Port of Tobago by the Comte d'Estrées Vice-Admiral of France This Island Tobago which is one of the Isles Antilles in America gave the name to Tobacco or has taken that This simple was formerly call'd the Herb Nicotian because the Physician Nicot brought it into Europe Some call it the Herb of the Queen for having been first presented to the Queen of Spain It is extreamly in use in moist Countries because it dries and sometimes too much After Meals Pipes and Tobacco are set upon the Table the men and women think they are not able to live without it because the Tobacco evacuates as they say the evil humours of the brain Joüin de Rochefort relates that in the Town of Worcester he was askt whether in France the Scholars when they go to School carry Tobacco as those of England He tell us that when the Children go to School they carry in their little Bag with their Food a Pipe fill'd with Tobacco and that at the hour of taking it every one lays down his Book to kindle his Pipe and that the Master takes with them and teaches them to hold their Pipe and to smoak All sorts of persons are seen to smoak in Flanders even to the religious men and women The Bull of Jubilé of the holy year which is celebrated from twenty five to twenty five years was publisht at Paris at the beginning of the month of March in the year 1677. At the same time also was publisht the Jubilé of the Exaltation of our holy Father Innocent the Eleventh The first Jubilé lasted two months the other a fortnight whereof we have spoken in the Tract of Italy At the beginning of April Cambray and St. Omer were reduc'd to the Obedience of his most Christian Majesty St. Omer the second Town of the County of Artois is seated on the River Aa The 11th of April Philip of France got the Battel of Cassel The 14th of July the King receiv'd a Courier from the Marshal de Navaille who commanded the Army in Catalonia bringing news of a great advantage gain'd by the Kings Army over the Spanish Troops commanded by Comte de Monteri Vice-Roy in Catalonia In the same year the Town of Arles which was once the Capital of the Kingdom of Arles and of Burgundy rais'd for the glory of the King in the middle of the Place a stately Obelisque which was found buried in the Gardens of Madam de l'Hote scituate in the Trenches of the Town The Sieur Roubin Member of the French Academy of this Town presented the Draught to his Majesty The Obelisque is fifty two foot high without comprizing the Pedestal which is seven foot diameter all of a piece The 25th of October of the same year 1677. Messire Etienne Daligre Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France died at Versailles in the house of Chancery aged eighty five years and a half The 27th the King created Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France Messire Michel le Tellier who took the Oath presented him by his Majesty the 29th following The indefatigable Marshal de Crequi who has gloried in exposing himself for a long time in the dangers of
Plenipotentiaries for the Emperour Signor Bevilaqua the Popes Nuncio has the reputation of having much contributed to this Peace The Treaty of Peace betwixt the Emperour and the King of Sweden was sign'd the same day by the Plenipotentiaries of the Emperour and by Count Oxenstern and Sieur Oliwenkans Embassadours Plenipotentiaries of Sweden The 19th of April the Ratification of the Emperour was exchang'd with that of the most Christian King The 26th this Peace was publisht at Paris with the ordinary Ceremonies The 29th of June the Sieur Pomponne Minister and Secretary of State and the Sieur Minders Envoy Extraordinary of the Elector of Brandenburg sign'd the Treaty of Peace betwixt his most Christian Majesty and the Elector of Brandenburg Some time after the Peace was likewise sign'd betwixt France Sweden Denmark and the Duke of Holstein Gottorp The Marriage of the Princess Mary-Loüise of Orleans with the King of Spain ANno 1679. the second of July after the suit which the Marquess de los Balbazez made of Mademoiselle in the name for the King of Spain the Chancellor of France the Marshal Duke de Villeroy the Sieurs Colbert and de Pomponne Ministers and Secretaries of State were nominated by the King for drawing the Articles of the Contract of Marriage which was sign'd the ninth by the Commissaries nominated and the Marquess de los Balbazez Embassadour Extraordinary of Spain The 26th of August the Contract of Marriage of the King of Spain was sign'd in the King of France's Closet by all the Royal House and by the Marquess de los Balbazez and afterward the Affiances were made by Cardinal Boüillon great Almoner of France The Ceremony of the Marriage was perform'd in the Chappel of the House of Fontainebleau The 20th of September the Queen of Spain parted from Fontainebleau for Spain she went into a Coach with the King the Queen M. le Dauphin Monsieur and Madame they went together two leagues on the way and parted from each other after having bid an Adieu very tenderly Her Catholick Majesty accompanied with Monsieur and Madam went on her way the Marquess and Marchioness de los Balbazez went the Journey with her The 30th of December of the year before-mentioned 1679. was sign'd at Munic the Contract of Marriage of M. le Dauphin with the Electoral Princess of Bavaria Mary An-Christian Victoir A Continuation of Affairs of this time THe King re-establisht by an Edict of 1679. the study of the Civil Law which had not been taught since the Ordinance of Blois of the year 1579. Messieurs Boucherat and de Bezons Counsellors of State who were nominated Commissioners for determining the difficulties which might hinder the execution of the Edict were present at the Harang which the Sieur Deloy Professor made the 17th of December in the Schools of Law to thank his Majesty for the favour granted Some time after the King to render more flourishing the study of the Civil Law of Paris made a Society of twelve Doctors who took the Oath tendred them by the same two Counsellors of State nominated Commissaries for this effect the Sieurs Boccager and le Gendre are of the number of the associated Doctors for their particular merit His most Christian Majesty appointed 200000 Livres to be distributed in the Diocesses of Narbonne Beziers Agde and S. Pons by reason of the Damages that they had suffered by the drought of the same year An. 1680. on the 15th of January the Contract of Marriage of Loüis Armand de Bourbon Prince of Conti with Mademoiselle de Blois Ann Mary de Bourbon was sign'd in the Kings Chamber the next day after Cardinal Boüillon perform'd the Ceremony of Marriage in the Chappel of the House of S. Germain in Laye The King nominated Abbot Hervaux to the Office of Auditor of the Rota possess'd before by Messire Charles de Bourlemont LORAIN LOrain Lotharingia took its name from Lotharius Grandchild of the Emperour Charlemagne The Ducal and Soveraign House of Lorain contains many Escotcheons over all a Bend Gules charg'd with three Alerions Argent in memory of Godefroy de Boüillon who at one sole shoot of an Arrow broacht three little Birds on it Its Princes bear also in their Arms the Cross of Hierusalem by reason of their pretences to the two Sicilies whereof the Kings were also Kings of Hierusalem Lorain has for capital City Nancy two Duchies that of Lorain and that of Bar. They count there three Bailiwicks or Seats of Judicature to wit that of Nancy that of Germany Lorain and that of Vauge These Bailiwicks comprize a great many Lands and Lordships as the County of Vaudemont the Marquisat Nomeni the Marquisat Hatonchatel the Lordships of Epinal on the Moselle Marsal Blamont Salverdin Boulai c. Charles the Fourth Duke of Lorain Uncle of Charles the Fifth Son of Francis Count of Vaudemont was depriv'd of his Estates for some years and restor'd to them upon the general Peace by special Articles the 3d of March 1661. The King of France and the King of Spain have been Masters the one of the Estates of this Prince and the other of his Person Henry the Second King of France conquer'd Metz Toul and Verdun these three Towns were straitly united to the Crown of France by the Treaty of Munster and by that of the Pyreneans Loüis the Thirteenth conquer'd the Town Bar le Duc and all the Country of Barrois and also the strong places Moyenvic Stenai Dun Jametz and the County of Clermont which ought to continue incorporated to France according to the Treaty of Peace made in the Isle of Faisans 1659. Loüis the Fourteenth on consideration of this Peace restor'd Prince Charles to the possession of the Dutchy of Lorain after having caus'd his Fortifications of Nancy to be demolish'd on condition that the Duke should leave off all Leagues Intelligences Associations and Practices with any Prince whatsoever which having not perform'd his Majesty dispossess'd him Since this Treaty of Peace Duke Charles has yielded up to the most Christian King the Property and Soveraignty of his Duchy of Lorain and Bar. The most learned Genealogists draw the Origine of the House of Lorain from above 2000 years It descends from Echinoal Maire of the Palace under Clovis the Second King of France 648. It 's the same Family with that of Austria at present Its Princes repair not to the Diets of the Empire fearing lest they should not have that place allow'd them which they pretend to conformable to their Birth The Dutchy of Bar is a Fief holding of the Crown of France The chief Towns of Lorain are NAncy Mireout Luneville Spinal Remiremont Diuze Valdegrange Rosieres Neufchatel c. Those of the Dutchy of Bar BAr le Duc S. Mihiel Pont-Amousson Stenay Estein Vizelise Moyenvic Commerci Pont-Amousson has the title of University its principal Founder was Prince Charles the Third The Country Messin contains a great many Towns Burroughs Villages Hamlets Castles c. At Luneville near Rosieres