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A Description of the seventeen provinces and of the province of Haynault in particular, in which is the city of Mons.
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Seller, John, fl. 1658-1698.
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1691
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A Description of the Seventeen Provinces And of the Province of HAYNAVLT in particular in which is the City of MONS THE Seventeen Provinces are Brabant Lembourg Luxembourg Guâ—lders which are Dutchies Flanders Artois Haynault Holland Zealand Namur and Zutphen which are Earldoms the Marquesate of the Holy Empire Friesland Malines Vtrecht Overyssel and Groningen are Signiories The circuit of the Countrey is about a thousand English Miles or thirty-four Flemish Leagues Those that formerly belonged to the King of Spain which are now the Seven United Provinces in these are contained 208 Walled Towns 6300 Villages with Parish-Churches besides a great number of other Villages and Hamlets The Beeves of Friesland and Holland are very great and weigh some of them sixteen hundred pound weight of that Countrey The Ewes in Holland Friesland and part of Flanders bring forth three or four Lambs at a time and the Kine sometimes two Calves The Countrey brings forth much Mather wherewith a part of Europe is furnished Wood and Hemp and Flax in great abundance Five principal Rivers are in these Countreys the Rhine the Meuse the Scheld the Haa the Eemes County of HAINAULT The Meuse affords abundance of Sturgeons so big that some of them weigh 400 and some 420 pounds weight and are twelve foot long of Antwerp measure It yieldeth also great store of Salmons and Salmon-Trouts Lampreys Shads Congers Mullets and divers other sort of Fishes which coming into fresh Waters become fat and excellent good The Scheld hath divers sorts of Fishes that come out of the Sea as Sturgeon Salmon-Trouts Lampreys Turbots Congers Shads Mullets Soles c. and an infinite number of other Fish that multitudes of people are relieved therewith Besides these Rivers divers Channels are cut out and made Navigable by Man's hand the principal whereof are at Bruxells Ghent Bruges and Middlebourg The Countreys have many Meers Pools Lakes and Marshes which fortifie the Countrey and furnish it with Fish Herrings come out of the Northern Seas in incredible multitudes into our Seas in August September October until the midst of November the sooner the cold begins the sooner they come They compass our Island of Great Britain and so pass into the Northern Ocean They have in these Countreys divers Forests and Woods well stored with Red and Fallow-Deer Goats Wild Boars Hares Coneys Badgers Wolves Foxes c. which yield good Furs The Fowl in this Countrey are Partridges Pheasants Turtle-doves Quails Blackbirds and all other sorts of Fowl The People are Valiant and very skilful Seamen they excel in making Woollen-cloth Tapestry Fustians Silks Velvets The Women govern all both within doors and without and make all bargains which makes them too imperious and troublesome The eldest Daughter is of the greatest Reputation yet hath no larger Portion than the â—â—st They marry Noble with Ignoble Young with Old Master and Servant The Air of these Countreys is somewhat gross and moist yet nevertheless wholsome and fit for digestion and very good for breeding all kind of Cattel The Summer is fair pleasant and delightsome because the Sun is not over hot the Winter is commonly long cold and sharp The welfare of the Netherlands consists principally in their Navigation and Fishery which as two inexhaustible Mines keep and preserve them in a continual Trading Riches and Prosperity employing 300 fishing Ships and Vessels which doth employ near 9000 other Ships and Vessels and 150000 people that are employed on Sea and Land in the management of that Trade and do build yearly 1000 Ships tho they have not one Timber-stick growing in their own Country A Description of the Province of Haynault in particular it being the present Seat of Action in the Investing of Mons by the French King's Forces in the year 1691. HAYNAVLT is so named of the River Hayne which runs through it It is bordered on the North with Brabant and Flanders on the South with Champaign and Piccardy on the East with the County of Namur and on the West with the Scheld and part of Flanders Gallican It is 20 Leagues long and 16 broad The Air is wholsome and the Soil good by reason that the Countrey is watered with many Rivers as the Scheld the Sambre the Tender and many other small Rivulets there are also in it many Lakes Marshes Ponds Pools Fountains goodly Woods and pleasant Forests It aboundeth with fragrant and fair Pastures and Meadows for all kind of Cattel with good Fruits and profitable Trees and is replenished with great plenty of good Corn. In some part of it are Iron Mines Lead and Quarries of Stone for all kind of Buildings with great store of White-lime and Cole In this Countrey are 24 Walled Towns namely Mons Valenciennes Bouchain Quesnoy Conat Landressy Amesnes Chimay Mariembourg Segny Brain le Compte Eughien Halle Lesme Cheure At h St. Guisline and Leaze There are also 950 Villages with many Castles and Signiories Many of these Villages are great and fair and have Titles of Honour annexed to them as Pequicourt Fontayn Laling Montigny Antonig Barlamon Barbanson Aimeries and many others A Description of the City of MONS THE City of MONS or Berghen receives its Name from its scituation which latter in their Language signifies a Mountain or Hill but the rise of the Earth is so gentle as it cannot be said to be Mountainous It is a Noble City for Scituation Inhabitants and Buildings It is a very strong place by Nature and Art and may be environed with Water at pleasure The City-wall is very strong and is fortified with three large and deep Ditches and with an ancient Castle The place is great and fair and beautified with sumptuous Buildings both publick and private with rich Fountains and with rich Citizens and Artists Here is great concourse of People for Commerce The King of Spain's Councel used to sit here which administrated Justice to all the Countrey All which Prerogatives gave it the Precedency over all other Cities in the Province of Haynault It commands large and spacious Fields round about it This City is stronger by its Natural Scituation than by Manual Industry It is cut through on the lower-side with a little Rivulet called Truita which 〈◊〉 soon as it goes out of it falls into another somewhat bigger than Haen To this City the French Forces being hastned from their Quarters upon notice of the ROYAL CONGRESS at the Hague and the Powerful Army agreed on amongst the Confederate Princes in conjunction with His most Serene Majesty of Great Britain who are jointly agreed to pull down the aspiring Pride of France the French King resolved to attempt something early that he might look big with Pride once more before his fall And on the fifteenth of March 1690 1. New Stile their Cavalry began to invest it in a formal manner using all diligence to streighten the passages and soon after the arrival of the Infantry the Enemy formed the Siege with a considerable Body of Men and proceeded hastily to break ground and work on their Lines of Circumvallation and Contravallation to push on the Siege before the Confederate Armies can be embodied But it is well hoped that by reason of the City's being sufficiently Garisoned with Old Soldiers amounting to Six Thousand Foot and Seven Hundred Horse well disciplin'd under experienced Commanders of which there are six Dutch Regiments and two of Brandenburgers the rest being Spaniards and Walloons Commanded by the Valiant Prince of Burgue an experienced Soldier the City being plentifully furnished with all manner of Stores Provisions and Ammunition the French King may lose his aim in endeavouring by this hasty attempt to undermine all the Councels of the Congress at the Hague But let him call to mind and look back to the year 1678. where our present KING then Prince of Aurange with the Assistance of the Duke of Monmouth and other Noble Heroes of the English Nation raised the Siege of Mons against all the Power of the French King in that year and relieved the City And who knows but God by his good Providence may do the same again by the Prudent Conduct of our Auspicious King WILLIAM whom God long preserve and let all the good People of England say Amen Victoriae Anglicanae Being an historical Collection of all the memorable and stupendious Victories obtained by the English against the French hoth by Sea and Land since the Norman Conquest Viz. The Battle I. between King Henry II. and Robert of Normandy II at Morleis III. at the Rescue of Calice IV. at Poicters V. at Cressy VI. at Agincourt VII at the mouth of the River Seine VIII at Vernoil IX at Cravant X. at the Relief of Orleance with the great Actions of the Lord Salisbury and Talbot XI of Spurrs Dedicated to all the Commission'd Officers of the Maritime and Land Forces Sold by Ric. Baldwin Published by John Seller and Sold by Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms-Inn in Warwick-Lane London and by the Author at the Hermitage in Wappin M.DC.XCI