Vandals passed into Africk but in the mean time Vallia King of the Visigoths who fought for the Romans utterly extirpated the Silinges and reduced the Alains to that extremity that being unable to subsist any longer by themselves they went and submitted to Gunderic King of the Vandals The Sueves maintained themselves near Two Ages in Spain and at length their Kingdom was also extinguished by Leuvilgild King of the Visigoths in the Year 588. All these Barbarians were divided into several Bands or Parties who had each their Captain and made Incursions and Ravages without intermission So far they proceeded that there was seen at the same time People of the same Nation in Places far remote one from the other and in Interests directly opposite In the Year 408 Stilicon Honorius's Lieutenant who was accused for introducing them is massacred by the Order of Honorius the Emperor Alaric King of the Visigoths his good Friend to revenge his Death besieged the City of Rome Three times and the last takes it by Treason on the Twentieth Day of August in the Year 410. About the end of the same Year he died in Calabria as he was preparing to pass into Africk Ataulfe his Cousin succeeded him and espoused Placidia Sister of the Emperor Honorius whom he had taken in Rome In the Year 412 Ataulfe passed into Gaul Narbonnoise and makes himself Master of Narbonne He remained there but Three Years The Count Constantius who was since Emperor and married Placidia his Widow compelled him to go into Spain where he was killed by his own People in Barcelone towards the Month of September in the Year 415. They elected Sigerick in his Place and gave him the same entertainment on the Seventh Day Vallia his Successor was remanded into Gaul by Constantius who gave him the Second Aquitain with some Cities in the adjacent Provinces amongst others that of Toulouze where he established his Royal Seat in the Year 419. But he died in few Months after and Theodorick succeeded him Under this King and under Evaric or Eurick the Visigoths became Masters of all the Three Aquitaines and the Two Narbonnoises During the great Revolt of the Maritime People to wit those upon the Coasts of Flanders Picardy Normandy and Bretagne which happened in the Year 412 the French being joyned with them seized upon that part of Second Germany which was called Ripuaire and the people Ripuarians or Ribarols The Romans by Treaty or otherwise left them the free possession of it A little after which Faramond began to reign We find in the Historians of those times that the French had enjoyed several Kings before him as Genebaud and Alec in the Year 288 who came to Treves to sue for a Peace of Maximilian As also Ascaric and Radagaise in the Year 307 whom Constantine took Prisoners in War and exposed them to Wild Beasts in the Arena for having taken up Arms notwithstanding their Faith given to Constantius his Father In the Year 374 one Mellobaudes who being great Master of the Militia and Count of the Palace of the Emperor Gâ—ian killed and subdued Macrian King of the Germans and rendred many other Services to the Empire Towards the Year 378 one Richemer who had such another Charge near Gratian as Mellobaudes had In the Year 382 one Priam or Priarius whom some would have to be the Father or Grandfather of Faramond besides Marcomir and Sunnon Brethren in 397 the First of which Stilicon banished into Tâ—scany and made the other be Massacred by his own Creatures when he attempted to be â— motion to revenge the Exile of â— Brother And in the Year 414 or â— one Theodemer Son of Richemer whâ— had his Head cut off with his motheâ— Ascila for some Undertakings againâ— the Empire Notwithstanding the common Opâ—nion has always begun to reckon tâ— King 's of France by Faramond whether â— be because his Predecessors had not theâ— fixed residence in Gaul or that he estâ— blished Royalty amongst the Frencâ— In effect it seems that the Romans haâ— in some fashion subdued this Nation anâ— since the entertainment of Marcomirâ— Sunnon and Theodomer they would noâ— longer permit them to have their Kings Faramond began to reign in the Year 418 according to the common Opinion a Year very remarkable by a Great Eclipse of the Sun From whom to Lewis the Fourteenth the present King of France are computed no less than 65 Kings THE Geographical Description OF FRANCE FRANCE then Name which was heretofore called Gaul hath received its Name from that of the ancient People called Franks who came from a part of Germany to inhabit there in the time of its first Kings It is Scituated in the midst of the Temperate Zone Situation between the Forty Second and Fifty First Degree of Latitude extending it self from the Fifteenth Degree of Longitude to the Twenty Ninth insomuch that it may be computed to have 460 Miles English from South to North from the Pyreneans to Calais upon the Channel and 600 in its greatest extent from East to West Extent from the point of Conquet in Bretagne to Saralbe in Lorrain It is bounded in the North by the Channel and the Low-Countries Bounds in the East by Germany Suisserland Savoy and Piedmont from which it is separated by the Alps in the South by the Mediterrancan Sea and the Pyrenean Mountains which separate it from Spain and in the West by the Ocean The Air is recreative and wholsome Quality the Soil extraordinary Fertile in Corn Wines Fruits and Hemp. One meets there with Delicious Medows Pleasant Forests and most agreeable Plains in which one may observe a great number of Cattle and Wild Fowl as Horses Oxen Sheep and Goats Stags Wild-boars partridges Woodcocks Plovers Quails and other Volatils Several Authors as Strabo and Botero speak of its Mines of Gold and Silver If they are rare those of Iron Lead Coals and other Minerals are frequent enough There are Quarries of most Beautiful Stone and Slat exceeding proper for Buildings Towards the South there are several Fountains of Hot and Mineral Waters very relieving for many Distempers Upon the Coasts is made a great quantity of very good Salt Botero says that France produces Four Load-stones which have the vertue to attract the Gold and Silver of Strangers These Four Load-Stones are Corn Wine Salt and Hemp. In a Word there is all that can be desired in order to pass ones Life after a most agreeable manner Amongst the great Number of Râ—vers which fructify this Country Rivers Four are particularly observed to wit the Loire the Seine the Garomne and the Rhone all of them take their rise herein but the last which proceeds from the Mount St. Gothard in the Country of the Grisons and passes through the Lake of Geneva France is divided according to the Twelve great Governments which appeared to the General Assembly of the States held in 1614 Division after the majority of Lewis the
order and besides there was hardly any but in the Adjacent Provinces Yet as the Country was agreeable and fertile and the People extreamly subject they were imposed upon by all manner of Exactions insomuch that their Abundanceâ— encreased their Misery and their Obedience heigthned their Oppression In the Year 330 when Constantine the Great divided the Charge of Prefeâ—du Pretoire into Four Gaul enjoyed one who had under him Three Vicars one in Gaul it self one in Spain and one in Great Britain The First who had this Charge was the Father of St. Ambrose bearing the same Name as his Son This Praefect usually resided in the City of Triers which for this reason was the Capital of the Gauls till having been Four times sack'd by the Barbarians the Emperor Honorius would transfer this Prerogative to the City of Arles which was at length taken off from Vienna and made up the Eighteenth Metropolis From Augustus to Galien the Peace of these Provinces was disturbed by Two Revolts that of Sacrovir and Florus in the Twenty Third Year of Jesus Christ and that of Civilis Tutor Classicus which was much more dangerous in the Year 70. After the Death of the Emperor Decius the Barbarians began to torment them by frequent Incursions For the First Hundred Years there were none but French and Germans that were concerned in them on this side the Rhine but afterwards the Misfortune was redoubled by the horrible Devastations of Vandals Bourguignons Sueves Visigoths and Huns which did not end but with the ruin of the Empire in the West As to the Original of the French the common opinion is that they are natural Germans and that France is the name of a League which in their Language signified Free or as others say Fierce Insuperable 'T is certain that the Authors of the Third and Fourth Ages by the name of German almost always mean the French As for the time in which they began to appear it was exactly Two Years after the great Defeat of the Emperor Decius in Mesia which happened in the Year 254 by the Goths and other People of Seythia The Goths had begun to make themselves known but Twelve Years before they went out of their own Country which was European Scythia between the Euxin Sea and the River Tanais to ransack the Provinces of the Empire They were divided into Ostrogoths and Visigoths that is to say according to some Eastern Goths and Western Goths After this Defeat all the Fences of the Roman Empire being ruinated on that side there broke out Torrents of all sorts of Barbarians who had not been so much as heard of till then 'T is for this reason amongst others and because the French had also much of the Behaviors and Customs of the Scythians as to use Darts to exercise Hawking c. that one is apt to conjecture that they are originally Scythians But it is not poâ—ible and it would be super uous to say of what Place because all the Scythians were Vagabonds and that in a little time they were found Two and Three Hundred Leagues distance from the Country which they inhabited a little before The First time then that there is mention made of them is in the Year 256 under the Empire of Gallus and Volusian when they passed the Râ—ine near Mentz and when Aurelian who was yet but Tribune of a Legion killed Seven Hundred of them in an Encounter and made Three Hundred Prisoners who were sold at the publick Sale From this first Irruption to the time when they conquered or besought of the Romans the Possession of some Lands in Gaul to wit in the Countries of Cologne Leige and the Neighbouring parts there passed near 180 Years which was in the Year 416. There was lodged a Party in Brabant in the time of Julian the Apostate towards the Year 358 but it is not known whether they were permitted to establish themselves there During these Two Ages they continued their Incursions with divers Successes always retiring with their Booty into Germany They possessed there the most part of those Lands which are between the Mein and the Rhine the Weser and the Ocean sometimes more sometimes less extended according as they were weak or powerful and as theâ— were pressed by other Nations particularly by the Germans towards thâ— Mein and the Saxons towards thâ— Sea These last proceeding from a Counâ—try which we now call Holstein seiseâ— upon Friesland and the Marine partâ— on this side the River Elbe then aâ— the French established themselves iâ— Gaul they succeeded in the possession of the greatest part of those which they had enjoyed beyond the Rhine The French Nation was divided into several People (a) West-Friesland Great and (b) North-Holland Little Frisons (c) Zeland Salians (d) Bishoprick of Munster Brucheri (e) Bishoprick of Osnaburg Angrivarians (f) Bishoprick of Minden Chamaves (g) Dutchy of Westphaly Sicambres and (h) Hesse Catti And it had as I suppose divers others in its Alliance and others also under its Dominion Oftentimes the Romans went to assault them in their Woods and Marshes and thought to extirpate them Two or Three times particularly Constantine the Great but they repulsed them always They had several Captains or Commanders Kings Princes Dukes or Generals who had no absolute Authority but in War Sometimes they served as Stipendaries to the Romans sometimes became their Subjects but as soon as the time was changed and that they found an occasion to pillage they supposed themselves no longer obliged to entertainâ— Treaties for which Reason the Authors of those times accuse them of Inconstancy Lying and Perfidiousness So that we at this time need not give our selves the trouble of admiring at their Treacherous Practices and unmanly Attempts since they have them from their first Original and since they seem to be carried on thereto as it were by Natural Instinct deriving their Unworthy Qualities from their Predecessors The last Day of the Year 406 the Alains and Vandals seducing along with them the Bourguignons the Sueves and several other Barbarous People passed the Rhine and made an irruption into Gaul which was the most furious and severe that had been yet seen These Barbarians having ransacked all the First Germany and the Second Belgick transferr'd themselves into Aquitain In the Year 409 some Bands of Vandals and Sueves passed from thence into Spain Two Years after the others being consternated at the March of Ataulfe King of the Visigoths who came from Haly took the same Road and followed them There remained notwithstanding some of the Alains in Dauphine and upon the Banks of the Loire who enjoyed a Succession of Kings for above Sixty Years together but in the end they underwent the Dominion of the Visigoths and Bourguignons The Vandals and Sueves seized upon la Galice the Silinges la Betique and the Alains part of Lusit ania and the Province of Carthagene Sixteen Years after the
the Reign of Lewis the Twelfth That of Grenoble Grenoble was Instituted sedentary by the same Charles the Seventh in the Year 1453. That of Bourdeaux Bourdeaux was Instituted by Lewis the Eleventh 1462. That of Dijon was Instituted by the same King Dijon in 1476. That of Aix Aix by Lewis the Twelfth in the Year 1501. That of Rennes Rennes was Instituted by Henry the Second in 1553. That of Pau Pau. by Henry the First King of Navarre in 1519. That of Metz Metz. was Instituted by the late King Lewis the Thirteeenth in the Year 1633. That of Tournay Tournay which is called Sovereign Council was Instituted firxt by Lewis the Fourteenth the present King in 1669. That of Dole Dole was Instituted in the Year and rendred sedentary by Philip the Good Duke of Bourgogne in â—he Year 1422. It is at present transâ—erred to Besanson These Parliaments have in their Juâ—isdiction the Courts of Justice of those Cities which are in the Government where they are established That of Pau extends it self into Bearn the lower Navarre and the Country of Labourd And that of Tournay to all the Conquests of France in Flanders and Haynault The Roman Catholick Religion Religion is exactly followed in France yet the Reformed was Tolerated there not long since but with this Circumstance That all their Temples were situated without the Cities There are computed in France Eighteen Arch-Bishopricks 18 Arch-Bishopricks 106 Bishopricks since one may add those of Besansonâ— and 106 Bishopricks which shall be observed in their due Places 1. Of the Government of Pâ—CARDY THis Province heretofore made parâ— of the ancient Gaul Belgick Name anâ— there is not an Author that could certify to us from whence this Name 〈◊〉 Picardy proceeds which is notwithstanding new It extends it self 132 Miles from Eaâ— to West Extent from between la Capelle anâ— Rocroy to the Mouth of the River Brâ—sle which separates it from Normandâ— and 102 from South to North froâ— Beauvaisis to Calais It is bounded in the East by Champagne Bounds in the South by the Isle of France in the West by the British Sea and Normandy and in the North by the samâ— Sea and the Low-Countries It s Soil is very fertile in Corn Quality Pasturage and Fruits but it produces littlâ— or no Wine It s most considerable Rivers are the Oise Rivers which receives the Serre the Somme Authie and Canche The two first are towards the East and the other three run to the West where they discharge themselves into the Sea In this Government are comprehendâ—â— Picardy and Artois to which one â—ay at present add the Conquests of the King in Flanders Haynault Dutchy of â—uxembourg and Cambresis Picardy is divided into Seven little Provinces Division which keep the following Order in their Situation First la Tieâ—ache lyes about the Rivers Oise and â—erre le Vermandois Santerre l' Amieâ—ois which is Picardy properly speaking â—nd Ponthieu may be observed following the course of the River Somme Then â—e Boulonis to which is added the Paisâ—econquis with the Principality of Ardres which is more advanced towards the North between the Sea and Artois Amiens AMiens upon the Somme Capital is the Capital of all the Province 'T is a â—ery ancient fair and well fortified City â—t is also honoured with an Episcopal See under the Arch-Bishop of Rheims a Mint a Generality and a Presidial subject to the French King It stands in the Road from Paris to Calais about 70 Miles from each Lon. 21.26 Laâ— 49 44. Abbeville Abbeville is a Modern City divideâ— by the River Somme Capital 〈◊〉 the County of Ponthieu which derivâ— its Name from the great number 〈◊〉 Bridges which are to be seen full 〈◊〉 Water Lakes and Marshes which dâ—â— charge themselves into the Sea near Sâ—â— Valery which is a very ancient Monastery About 84. Miles from Pariâ— Lon. 21.00 Lat. 50.9 Boulogne BOulogne is a fair and large City dâ— vided in two parts the one is calâ—ed the Vpper City and the other 〈◊〉 Lower because 't is built in a Plain adâ— joyning to the Sea where there is â— Haven The Vpper is well Fortified and has a considerable Castle The enâ— trance of the port is a little dangerouâ— and there is more difficulty in bringing Ships in secure than in that of Calaisâ— The River Liane washes its Walls and then goes to discharge it self into the Sea near Dunefort It is a Bishoprick under the A. of Rheims about 17 Miles from Calais 40 from Abbeville and 125 from Paris Lon. 20.46 Lat. 50.47 Calais CAlais in the County of Oye is a City so important to the Kingdom of France that it is as it were the Key of France on the Sea-side It s Situation is in a curious Plain and the Ditches filled with the Sea The Port is very commodious and secure by reason of two Towers that defend it from all Opposers It stands on the Sea about 19 Mile off Dunkirk 96 off London and 140 off Paris Lon. 21.4 Lat. 51.2 Arras ARras upon the Searpe is the Capital of the Country of Artois It is a large fair and strong City an Episcopal See under the Arch-Bishop of Cambray subject to the French King â—bout 15 Miles off Doway 20 off Caâ—bray 92 off Paris Lon. 21.55 Laâ— 50.20 Saint-Omer SAint-Omer a Bishops See upon 〈◊〉 Aa and Aire upon the Velule boâ—â— in Artois were yielded to the King 〈◊〉 Spain by the Peace of 1659. But find the French are become Masters of theâ— by the Peace of Nimeguen Lon. 21 2â— Lat. 50.52 Tournay TOurnay upon the Scheld is an Epicopal City of Flanders which Lew is the Fourteenth has honoured with â— Sovereign Council under whose Juriâ—diction are all the Courts of Justice iâ— the Low-Countries depending upon France About 20 Miles off Doway and 32 off Mons. Lon. 22.36 Lat. 50 43â— Cambray CAmbray upon the Scheld is the Capital of Cambresis an Arch-Bishops See Fortisied with one of the best Citadels of all the Low-Countries which has a long time served as a Bulwork against the Spaniards Within 34 Miles of Mons 40 off Amiens and 94 off Paris Luxmbourgh Capital of its Province and Valencienne upon the Scheld are also very considerable Places Lon. 22.24 Lat. 50.51 Ypres is a strong City of the Low-Countries in the Earldom of Flanders a Bishoprick under the A. of Mechâ—â—n subject to the French It stands in a fruitful Plain within 18 Miles off Newport 23 off Dunkirk and 35 off Ghent Lon. 22.3 Lat. 50.57 Dunkirk is a strong Sea-Port Town and Castle in the Earldom of Flanders subject to the French about to Miles from Graveling 16 off Newport 19 off Calais and 24 off Ostend Lon. 21.30 Lat. 51.7 Mons or Bergen a very strong and rich City of the Low-Countries Capital of Haiuault subject to the French and taken in 1691 about 27 Miles from Brussels 37 from
Government of CHAMPAGNE THis Country was heretofore famous through the Grandeure of its ancient Earls who were Sovereign Princes and withal so powerful that they have sustained long and vigorous Wars against the Kings of France and Burgundy and so nobly esteemed of that those Kings have not disdained to seek their Alliance They bear the Title of Earl and Pear of France It s Name undoubtedly proceeds from the delightful and spacious Plains that are therein particularly about Rheims and Chaalons It extends it self above 138 Miles from West to South-East from Lagny in Brie to Bourbonnecls-Bains in Bassigny and 162 from South to North from Ravieres in Senonois to Rocroy in Rhetelo It is bounded on the North by the Duchy of Luxemburg and Haynault on the East by Lorrain on the South by Burgundy and on the West by the Isle of France The Soil is for the most part white and chalky bearing no other Corn but Rye yet it produces most excellent Wine There are but few Forests towards the South but in the Nothern part they are more frequent where also is to be found several Mines of Iron It s principal Rivers are the Seine which receives the Ionne and the Aube the Marne the Aisne and the Vesle This Government comprehends Champagne and Brie Champagne is divided into Upper and Lower The first comprises the Territories of Chaalons and Rheims Pershois Rethelois and the Principality of Sedan and Raucort with the Provostship of Donchery The other comprehends the Territory of Troyes Vallage and Bassigny together with Senonois The chief Cities are Troyes TRoyes upon the Seine is the Capital City of the whole Province It was the Habitation of the ancient Earls of Champagne whose Tombs it still preserves it doth now enclose many Jurisdictions being one of the best of the Kingdom very populous and rich upon the account of its Fairs inhabited by a great number of substantial Merchants Among other things they make here a vast Quantity of Paper It is adorned with an Episcopal See a Mint and a Presidial About 32 Miles from Sens 68 from Rheims and 80 from Paris Longitude 23.17 Latitude 48.7 Rheims AN Archbishops See who is the first Duke and Peer of France seated upon the River Vasle At this City the Kings of France are usually crowned that so they may enjoy the Unction of a sacred Oil preserved in the Cathedral Church here which they say came down from Heaven and never decreaseth the Truth of which I leave to the Reader 's Judgment to determine especially if he has read Gregory d' Tours who is so prodigal of his Miracles and yet doth not mention this The Arch-Bishop hereof has the Glory and Privilege of anointing the French Kings It is a Presidial See and an University of no small esteem wherein there is a College appointed for the Education of young English Fugitives The first Seminary for this purpose was erected at Doway in the year 1568. A second at Rome by Pope Gregory the Thirteenth a 3d. at Valladolid in Spain by King Philip II. a fourth in Lovain a Town of Brabant and a fifth here by the Dukes of Guise about 72 miles from Paris Longitude 23.18 Latitude 49.13 Sens. BEtween the Rivers Yonne and Seine stands the City of Sens Civitaâ— Senonum in Antoninus renowned for the ancient Senonois who made great Conquests in Italy and Greece The Cathedral Church has Ornaments of an immense value the Appurtenances of the Altar being of Massy Gold garnished with Pearls It has an Archbishop who styles himself Primate of the Gauls also a Bayliwick and a Presidial About 30 Miles from Troyes 28 from Auxerre 60 from Paris Long. 22.29 Lat. 48.2 Langres THe Capital of Bassigny seated very advantagiously near the River Marne and not far from the Head-Spring or Fountain of the River Seine One may see here Marks of a great Antiquity 't is very strong and has the Reputation of being never taken It s Bishop is a Duke and one of the twelve ancient Peers of France He is also a Marquis Earl and Baron It has also a Presidial See About 40 Miles from Dijon 56 from Troyes Long. 24.32 Lat. 47.44 Chaalons UPon the River Marne is famous for the great quantity of Woollen-Cloth it conveys to Paris by way of the Marne In the year 453. there was a memorable Battel fought in the Neighbouring Plains where Attila King of the Huns who qualified himself the Scourge of God was defeated by Merouee assisted by Theodoric King of the Visigoths who was slain and Aetius Lieutenant to the Emperor Valentinian the Third 180000 Men were left upon the place It is a Bishops See who is an Earl and Peer and has a Generality and Presidial About 24 Miles from Rheims 50 from Troyes Long. 23.38 Lat. 48.54 Rethel BEtween the Aisne and the Meuse lies Rethel which communicates its Name to the Dutchy of Rethelois and which is at present called Mazarin Few Cities have been so often taken as this has been in the last Wars There was an expectation in these Quarters of Seeing the Conjunction of the River Aisne with the Meuse by the means of the little River Barre and so to have the conveniences of Navigation by Rivers from Paris to Holland about 22 Miles from Rheims and 24 from Chaalons Long. 23.42 Lat. 49.29 Brie THis Province is situated between the Seine and the Marne and its Extent from East to West is about 30 or 36 Miles from North to South much the same distance It s Soil is not every where alike for near Champagne and towards Chateau-Thierry it produces tolerable Wine and towards the Isle of France as also about Meaux the Wine is much grosser There is every where good store of Corn delicious Fruits and good Pasturage The Country is very fine and very agreeable for the diversion of Hunting Meaux UPon the River Marne is the most considerable of the Cities of the Upper Brie It is very ancient honoured with a Bishoprick and a Bayliwick about 24 Miles from Paris Chateau-Thierry upon the same River bears the Title of Dutchy and passes for the Capital of the Upper Brie It is adorned with a Bayliwick and a Presidial See Provins upon the little River of Vouzie is received by some for the Metropolis of all Brie seated in the Lower and is sufficiently known for the excellent Conserve of Roses which is made there 5. Of the Government of BRETAGNE AFter that Maximus had usurped the Empire and that the Army which he commanded in England had proclaimed him Emperour Conan one of his most famous Captains who had been very assistant to him in that great undertaking soon obtained a Recompence for his Services The Emperor gave him the possession of Bretagne whereof Conan took the Quality of King in the year 300. His Successors quitted this noble Title in 878. under the Reign of Lewis le Begue King of France to take the Quality of Earls At length they were made Dukes and Peers in 1520.
the Loire is the chief The Indre the Cher and Vienne swell'd with the Waters of the Creuse come to discharge themselves here between Monsoreau and Langest iâ— Touraine The Mayne after having receiv'd the Loire joyned to the Sarte beâ—low Anger 's discharges it self also above this City The Charante takes its Rise in Angoumoy which it waters with a part of its Course after having passed in a corner of Poitou Here is observed 13 or 14 Countries or principal Provinces Division whereof Four one finds on this side the Loire seated in the following order going from West to East le Maine le Perch the upper Beausse or Country of Chartres and part of Gastinois Five upon the Loire in following its Course Nivernois Orleanois or Lower Beausse Blaisois Touraine and Anjou Fore beyond the same River viz. Berry Poitou with the Country of Aunis and Angoumois which is yet more advanced towards the South Orleans SItuated upon the River Loire is the chief City of this Government It is very Beautiful of great Trade and was heretofore the Metropolis of a Kingdom that bore its Name It used to be the Residence of Strangers who were drawn hither by the Magnetick Courtesie of the Inhabitants and the Politeness of the Language they speak here which is as highly esteemed as the Castilian is in Spain the Tuscan in Italy And as the Attick Tongue was formerly in Grecce It is a Bishops See who at his first Entrance has a Priviledge to examine and pardon Offenders Five National Councils have been held here It has a Bayliwick and a very ancient presidial See but its Generality is Modern It likewise has a famous University Three memorable Sieges which it happily sustained has made it renowned in History Under the Title of a Dutchy it is the Appennage of the Second Son of France About 68 Miles from Paris Lon. 20.42 Lat. 47.44 Nevers FOrmerly called Noviodunum Aduâ—rum the Capital of Nivernois is so commodiously Situated that Julius Caesar chose it to make a Garrison of and a Magazine It shews no less Antiquity in its Churches than in its Walls and although it has no Suburbs it contains notwithstanding Eleven Parishes It has a Noble Castle Ditches full of Water and a Stone Bridge composed of 20 Arches over the River Loire which receives the Nievre in this place They have in their Neighbourhood the conveniency of the Medicinal Waters of Pougues which is a Town where several Parsons go for the Advantage of their Healths and where the most substantial Men of the Province have built stately Houses for that purpose It has a Bishop and was erected into a Duchy by Francis the First About 30 Miles from Moulins 80 form Orleans and 125 from Paris Lon. 22.2 Lat. 40.44 Tours THe City of Tours heretofore Caesarodunum pleasantly seated upon the Loire the Capital of Tourane is without contradiction one of the first of France if one considers its Situation and its Prerogatives Under the Roman Emperors it was the Metropolitan of the third Lyonoise in Celtick Gaul Its Archbishop has for Suffragans the Bishop of Anger 's that of Mans and all those of Bresagne It has a Generality a Presidial and a Mint The Silk-Trade which they drive here is very advantagious to them About 48 Miles from Poitiers 60 from Orleans and 115 from Rennes and Paris Lon. 19.18 Lat. 47.23 Anger 's THe Capital City of Anjou seated upon the Mayenne between its Mouth in the Loire and its Confluence with the Sarte joyned to the Loire It has a considerable Castle and the Houses covered with which makes it be called the Black Ciâ— It is renowned for its University aâ— the fine Procession upon Christmas-day which every Year draws many Stranâ—ers to this City It has a Bishop undâ—â— the A. of Tours a Bayliwick a Presidial and a Mint About 60 Miles frâ—â— Tours and nigh 160 from Paris Lon. 17.48 Lat. 47.27 Poitiers THe Capital of Poitou upon the River Claiâ— is one of the largest 〈◊〉 the Kingdom for it yields to none bâ— Paris in bigness It contains a great many of the Roman Antiquities 25 Parishes and is adorned with an Episcopaâ— See under the A. of Bourdeax a Generality Mint and an University famous for the Civil Law The Batteâ— of Poitiers was very unlucky to thâ— French and the English were doublâ— Victorious by the taking of King John Charles the Seventh King of France transferr'd hither the Parliament of Paris which made its Residence here for the space of 18 Years during the English Wars About 48 Miles from Tours â—5 from Rochelle 94 from Orleans Lon. â—9 00 Lat. 46.34 Man 's THe Capital City of Maine is most agreeably seated upon the Sarte â—arge ancient and very populous with the Title of a Bishoprick under the A. of Tours It is observed from this City that the English laying Siege to it in the Year 1425. first put in use the great Artillery which had not as yet been seen in France About 48 Miles from Tours 52 from Anger 's and 78 from Orleans Lon. 18.42 Lat. 48.5 Nogent-le-Rotrou passes for the Capital of Perch and yet is but a Burrough-Town but one of the finest Burroughs of all France and very rich upon the account of its Manufacture of Serge Linnen c. About 37 Miles from Mans as many from Alenson and 30 from Vendôme Chartres UPon the Eure is the Capital of â—ausse and the Country of Chartrâ— It once had its particular Kings aâ— has now the Title of a Dutchy aâ— preserves the Ruins of a Temple buâ— before the Nativity of Jesus Chriâ— 'T is said the City was built before 〈◊〉 Deluge and 't was there the Druids 〈◊〉 ciently Assembled It s Cathedral Churcâ— which is a Bishops See passes for oâ— of the Ancientests of Christendom thâ— two Bells whereof are the finest and thâ— largest in France The Bishop has moâ— Parishes in his Jurisdiction than any 〈◊〉 ther of the Kingdom About 42 Milâ— from Paris and 43 from Orleans Lon. 20.23 Lat. 46.26 Bourges THis City is the Capital of Berry Caesar speaks of it as a very ancienâ— and powerful City under the Name oâ— Avaricum Biturigum seated upon thâ— River Eure. It has seven great Gateâ— as many Suburbs 17 Parishes and a â—reat number of other Churches It is â—onoured with an Archbishoprick an University a Generality a Bayliwick â— Presidial See and a Mint It s Archâ—ishop qualifies himself Patriach and â—rimat of Aquitain but that of Bourâ—eaux disputes this Title with him It 〈◊〉 about 35 Miles from Nevers 55 from â—rleans and 80 from Tours Lon. 21.14 Lat. 40.55 Rochelle THe Country of Aunis has nothing recommendable but Rochelle which is the Capital thereof It has an Episcopal See a Presidial and a Mint A City naturally strong by reason of the Marshes But it s noble Fortifications are absolutely resed It was often besieged taken and retaken by the English and French But the most memorable Siege that ever was laid
The Soil is not generally Fertile Quality by reason of the great Number of Mountains and Forests which are to be met with in some of its Provinces The Rhône the Saone the Loire Rivers and the Allier are the most celebrated Rivers that water the extent of this Government Lyonnois is one of the most agreeable Countries of France being diversified with Plains and delicious Hills which produce very good Corn excellent Wines and great store of different Fruits particularly Chesnuts which ar◠transported all over Europe Lyons ONE of the most ancient and celebrated Cities of Gaul is a Noble City since its Situation is exceeding pleasant its Climat very Healthful its Places and Edifices most Magnificent It is at present one of the Richest and most Populous Cities of the Kingdom in Merchants Trading in several Places by means of the Loire the Saone and the Rhône There are Banks and Correspondencies for Africa Asia and all the principal states of Europe all sorts of Manufactures and Impressions of Books It was formerly a Colony of the Romans It s Mayor and Sheriffs are ennobled and transmit their Honour to their Posterity The Canons of the Cathedral Church are to be Noble in the Fourth Race and bear the Title of Earls It has an Archbishop who qualifies himself Primat of the Gauls There is also a Generality a Mint and a Presidial See It is seated on the Confluence of the Rhône and the Saone about 16 Miles from Vienne 70 from Geneva 150 from Turin 200 from Orleans and 230 from Paris Lon. 24.8 Lat. 45.24 Beaujeu UPon the Ardiere is the Capital of Beaujolois There is nothing recommendable in this City but a very antient work of Embroidery which represents the Sacrifice of a Hog a Sheep and a Bull which is to be seen over the Portal of the Principal Church The Romans called these Sacrifices Suovetauralia It stands on the Brow of a Hill about 30 Miles from Lyons and 14 from Mascon Lon. 23.50 Lat. 45.50 Mont-Brison UPon the Vezise passes for the Capital of Forez It is famous for an Admirable Piece of Clock-work about 43 Miles from Lyons Lon. 23.10 Lat. 45.14 Clermont THis City is not only the Capital o◠Lower Auvergne but of the whole Province It is renowned in History for the holding of several Councils Under King Philip the First the Voyage of the Holy Land was here resolved on Here is said to be a Fountain which has the vertue to Petrify for with the single course of its Waters which seem to be thick and bituminous it has made a Wall 200 Yards long and 4 yards high with a Bridge which they are obliged to cut down sometimes to prevent its too great encrease King Charles the Ninth had the curiosity to go and see it in his Journy to Bayonne It is an Episcopal See and stands on a little Hill about 50 Miles from Moulins 90 from Lyons and 200 from Paris Lon. 22.00 Lat. 45.28 Saint Flour is the Capital of Upper Auvergne remarkable for its Bishops See about 45 Miles from Clermont Riom Capital of the Dutchy of Auvergne holds the Second Rank after Clermont It is adorned with a Generality a Mint Presidial and other Prerogatives about 7 Miles from Clermont Moulins THis City is the Capital of the Province of Bourbonnois accompanied with a Castle considerable for its strength and building It has likewise very sine and large Suburbs where is made the best sort of Knives and Scissars which are Transported from thence It has a Generality upon which depend the Elections of Montlucon Gannat and Esvaon and some others of Nivernois and the Upper Marche The Inhabitants have the reputation of being Civil and Officious It stands nigh the Center of all France on the River Allier about 28 Miles from Nevers 96 from Lyons and 90 from Dijon Lon. 22.14 Lat. 46.16 Gueret with its Royal Jurisdictions is the Capital of the Upper Marche it stands on the River Cruse about 32 Miles from Limoges Dorat is the Capital of the Lower Marche about 26 Miles from Limoges and 47 from Poitiers 9. Of the Government of GUYENNE THis Country was antiently called the Kingdom of Aquitain ab Aquis because of the great number of Springs and Fountains of Hot Water Eleanor Inheritrix of this Province and Wife of Loüis the Young King of France having been Divorced espoused Henry King of England to whom she brought for a Dowry this Guyenne which Loüis had rendred to her This was a Firebrand that kindled between the Two Crowns a War which lasted near 300 years and finished but in 1443. The Government of Guyenne is full as spacious as Orleanois Extent since it extends it self from East to West above 240 Miles from St. John de Breüil Frontier of Languedoc to the Sea and from South to North above 225 from the Port of Albe in Cominge to Niort in Poitou It is bounded in the North by Poitou Angoumois Bounds and la Marche in the East by Auvergne and Languedoc in the South by the Pyrenaean Mountains which separate it from Spain and in the West by the Ocean The Air is generally wholesom enough Quality the Soil fertile in Corn Wine and Fruits except in the Lands towards the Coasts and the Pyrenaeans where it produces nothing but Broom and Pasturage which feed a good number of Cattel Fountains of hot Water are generally to be found here It is watered with a great Number of Rivers Rivers amongst which is remarked the Garomne the Lot the Dordonne l'Adour and the Charnte The Confluence of the Garomne and the Dordonne which is made at the Mouth of Ambez is very dangerous It is to be observed that from the Mouth of Ambez to the Sea this River is called Gironde and not Garomne as Sanson has marked in all his Maps It is divided into two principal Parts whereof one that is towards the North retains the Name of Guyenne and the other which is towards the South is called in general Gascogne Guyenne distinguisht into Eight little Countries First of all one observes observes Guyenne properly so called and Bazadois about the Garomne Agenois Quercy and Roüergue which are to be found in order upon the Lot in ascending to its Rise on the Northern side Limosin is seated to the North of the Dordonne Perigord about the same River and Xaintogne about the Charente and upon the Coasts of the Ocean Gascogne is likewise divided into several little Countries First Armagna◠is distinguished in the midst which extends it self to the Pyrenaean Mountains and is subdivided into several little Jurisdictions as the Upper and Lower Armagnac the Countries of Riviere Verdun Lomagne c. towards the North Condommois and les Landes towards the West the same Lands and the Land of Labourd on the South one meets with in order along the Pyrenaeans the lower Navarre with the Vicounty of Soul Bearn and Bigorre after which one rejoyns the upper Armagnac and towards
Country and remarkable for the notable Resistance it made against the whole Forces of Lewis the Thirteenth in the last Civil Wars concerning Religion It is about 37 Miles from Arles 5â— from Orange and 60 from Narbon Lon. 22.52 Lat. 43.8 Le Puy IS accounted the greatest City of Languedoc after Toulouse The Bishop who stiles himself Earl of Vellay where of it is Capital depends immediately oâ— the Pope and is subordinate to 〈◊〉 Archbishop It stands on the River Loyre about 30 Miles from Mende 56 from Viviers and 68 from Lyons Lon. 22.58 Lat. 44.33 Mende and Viviers in the Province of les Cevennes are remarkable for nothing but their Episcopal Sees the Bishops whereof are stiled Earls 11. Of the Government of DAUPHINE THis Province which made part of the ancient Allobroges was afterwards comprised in the Kingdom of Burgundy which Charlemagne joyned to the other Members of France The Emperor Henry the Fourth being at Variance with Pope Gregory the Seventh was so persecuted by his own Children that divers Lords taking the Advantage of their Divorce and deriding him as a deprived King carried away each a Piece of this Kingdom Oâ—â—o Earl of Flanders had Franche-County Berald of Saxoâ—y possessed himself of Savoy Provence fell to Bâ—enger and Dauphiné to the Occupation of Guigue le Gras who gave to it this Name Name upon the account of Dauphin Earl of Viennois whose Daughter had espoused his Son It should be incongruous methinks Original of the Name of Dauphin to intimate here the original of the Name of Dauphin which has been the Title of the Eldest Son of France for above 300 Years Imbert or Humbert Earl Dauphin of Viennois having lost his Son in the faral Battel of Crecy and unhappily let his last Child fall out of a Window of which he dyed seeing himself insulted by Amedée Earl of Savoy his irreconcilable Foe and finding himself unable to resist him resolved to procure him a more powerful Neighbour For this effect he offered his Country to Philip of Valois King of France for him and his Successors upon condition that the Eldest Son of France should bear the Title of Dauphin and that his Armâ— should be quartered with those oâ— France Which Proposal was accepted of by the King to the great Displeasure of the Savoyard So Charles the Fifth the Grand-Son of Philip was the first that bore the Name of Dauphin in the Year 1350. Dauphiné extends it self from East to West Extent about 129 English Miles from Pignerol to Valence And 111 from North to South from Lanieu upon the Rhône in Bresse to le Buis in las-Baronnies It is bounded in the North by Bresse and Savoy Bounds In the East by Piémont In the South by Provence And in the West 't is separated by the Rhône from Languedoc and Lyonnois The Soil Quality although very Mountainous produces excellent Wine and very good Corn in some Places as in those Parts about Greenoble and Die and along the Rhône but in general it brings forth Rye Oats Barley and a little Wine There is one thing here particular enough in respect of a certain Holâ— which is in a great Rock near Nions There goes out a Wind which one is scarce sensible of when near it and even boisterous at 20 or 30 Paces distance It s greatest Rivers are the Isere Rivers which receives the Drac below Grenoble and the Durance which takes its Rise from hence and runs toward Provence Dauphine is divided into Upper and Lower The First Division which is towards the East comprehends Gresivaudan Diois lés-Baronies Gapensois Ambrunois and Briansonois The other which extends it self towards the West along the Rhône comprises Viennois Valentinois and Tricastin Grenoble UPon the River Isere in Gresivandan is the Capital City of the whole Country in Latin Gratianopolis the chief Seat heretofore of the Accusiani 'T is a very ancient populous and well-built City embellished by the Emperour Gratian who gave it its Name It is much resorted to by the Noblity upon the account of the Court of parliament erected here in the Year 1453. It has been an Episcopal See for above 1200 Years and has besides a Generality and a Mint Equally distant viz. abou 30 Miles from Vienné Die and Valence Lon. 25.4 Lat. 44.54 Ambrun THE Capital of Ambruncis an Arch-Bishops See seated upon a very high Rock in the midst of a pleasant Valley surrounded with Mountains under which runs the River Durance The Arch-Aishop here shares the Jurisdicton with the King insomuch that their Judges in the Bayliwick are alternative The hilly Country hereabouts is the highest of France About 48 Miles from Pignerol 46 from Susa c. Lon. 26.5 Lat. 44.10 Vienne SEated upon the Rhône is a famous and very ancient City as one may see by divers Monuments of Antiquity whose Vestigia are still in being It is honoured with an Archiepiscopal See and a Bayliwick It had a Bridge over the Rhône which is broken and whose Passage is very dangrrous for Boats It is situated in the lower Dauphiné and stands about 17 M. from Lyons 43 from Grenoble and 68 from Geneva Lon. 14.8 Lat. 45.7 Valence UPon the River Rhône is a handsome and populous City the Capital of Valentinois Its Bishoprick is united to that of Die The Bishop qualifies himself Bishop and Earl of Valence and Die and the Bayliwick is depending upon this Prelate It has given honorary Title to two Persons of more Fame than Honour The first of which was Caesar Borgia the Son of Pope Alexander the Sixth who was made Duke of Valentinois by Charles the Eighht The other Madam Diana the Mistress of Henry the Second who governed the Affairs of France under him and honoured with the Title of Dutchess hereof About 38 Miles from Vienne and 43 from Grenoble Lon. 27.12 Lat. 44.32 Brianson THE Capital of Briansonpis is seated upon a very high Mountain It is a Bishops See and a Bayliwick It stands about 22 Miles from Ambrun and 36 from Pignerol Lon. 26.22 Lat. 44.30 Saint-Pol-Trois-Châteaux is the Capital of Tricastin It is a flourishing City seated in the lower Dauphiné upon an advanced Cliff near the Rhône It is a Bishops See who stiles himself Earl under the Arch-Bishop of Arles It stands about 16 Miles from Orange and 72 from Grenoble Lon. 24.2 Lat. 43.53 Gap THe Capital of Gapensois is adorned with an Episcopal See and a Bayliwick It s Bishop is qualified Earl It has a very strong and noble Cittadel It stands about 18 Miles from Ambrun and 23 from Sisteron Lon. 25.40 Lat. 44.6 Die upon the Drome was an ancient Colony of the Romans heretofore the See of a particular Bishop but at present joyned to that of Valence It is seated in the lower Dauphiné and stands about 36 Miles from Grenoble Le Buis upon the Aurese is the Principal City of les Barronies and a Bayliwick 12. Of the Government of PROVENCE THis
Neither is there any Sububs or place of Entertainment hereabouts no Farmer daring to sell a Taste of Wine It is about 16 Miles from Orange 20 from Arles and 40 from Aix Lon. 23.54 Lat. 43.22 Orange WIth the Title of Principality is a very ancient City where was the Second Colony of the Romans It is an Episcopal See an University which would by right appertain to King William the Third but now to the French King It is famous for many rare Antiquities Marks of the Romany Grandeur but of most note in Church-History for a Council held here against the Semi-Pelagians in the Year 444 called Arausic anum It stands on the River Ligne about 47 Miles from Aix 55 from Mompelier and 105 from Lyons Lon. 24.3 Lat. 43.37 13. Of LORRAIN THis Province was the Southern part of the Kingdom of Austrasy whose Name it bore and which Lotharius Name Second Son of Lotharius the Emperor changed into that of Lother-Reich from whence comes the World Lorrain Charles his yougest Brother thinking that he had not justly dealt with him in the Division of his Territories cast himself into the Arms of the Emperor Otho who protected him against Lotharius and gave him the Investiture of Lorrain with the Title of Duchy upon condition notwithstanding that it should depend upon the Empire Thus Charles made himself German and renounced France against which he proceeded with so much Animosity that the States of this Kingdom looking upon him not only as a Stranger but as an odious Enemy excluded him from the Crown after the Death of Loüis called le Faineant his Nephew and elected in his place Hugh-Capet Mayor of the Palace and Earl of Paris the Chief of the Race of the Present Kings It extends it self from the 27th Degree 30 Minutes of Longitude to the 29th Extent and from the 47th 30 Min. of Latitude as far as the 49th 40 Min. insomuch that it may have from East to West about 120 Miles from beyond Biche to the River Aisne beyond Saint Menehou and near 180 from South to North from the Mount of Forks to beyond St. Vendel It is bounded on the North with Luxemburgh and the Diocess of Triers Bounds on the East with Alsatia and the Palatinate of the Rhine on the South with Franche-County and with Champagne on the West The Air is temperate enough the Soil sufficiently fruitful in Corn Wine Hemp Quality and Pasturage It affords also divers Metals as Silver Copper Tin Iron Lead and in some places Pearls Cattel and wild-Fowl are also very common here There are your Salt-Houses which bring a very considerable Revenue The Rivers abound with Fish especially with Trouts The Lake of Lindre is said to be 14 miles in compass which produces wonderful Carps some of them three Foot long of excellent taste and in so great qantity that it has been farmed at 20000 Livres per annum The Rivers of chief note are Rivers the Mosa Muse or Maes the Mosselle the Sare the Meurte and the Saone which takes its Original from hence This Seat is divided into two Duchies to wit that of Lorrain and that of Bar. The first is towards the East about the Mosselle the Sare and the Meurte the other is towards the West about the River Meuse The Duchy of Lorrain is subdivided into three Bayliwicks namely that of Nancy Vauge and Vaudrevange without comprehending the three Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun which don 't properly depend upon Lorrain but are still enclosed within it Nancy NEar the River Meurte is the Capital of the Province It is not very large but has a pleasant and convenient Situation It is divided into the Old and New City both one and t'other were very well fortified after the Modern way As soon as the King had rendred himself Master hereof he demolished its Fortifications but 't is said that he has repaired them since and put them in a much better condition than ever It used to be the Dukes Seat for the most part and famous for the Overthrow which Charles Duke of Burgundy here underwent with the loss of his life It has never a Bishop but here is a Primate who has the Privilege of wearing a Mitre It is about 15 Miles from Toul 27 from Metz and 41 from Verdun Lon. 25.40 Lat. 48.40 Metz BY Ptolemy called Divodurum is a very ancient City seated in a pleasant Plain at the Confluence of the Rivers Moselle and Seille well enough fortified and commanded by a good Cittadel It was in former times the Royal Seat of the Kings of Austrasy from hence called Kings of Metz It is a Bishop's See adorned with a Parliament and Bayliwick established by the late King Lewis the Thirteenth 1633. It was once an Imperial City but is now subject to the French King It is about 26 Miles from Luxembourg 34 from Toul and 78 from Philipsbourg Lon. 25.38 Lat. 49.15 Toul THE Tullum of Ptolemy the Civitas Leucorum of Antoninus so called from the Leuci the Inhabitants of it and the Tract about it It is pleasantly seated on the Moselle and anciently honoured with an Episcopal See It was formerly in the Number of the Imperial Cities of Germany whose Bishop is still subordinate to the Archbishop of Trier◠but is now French It is about 14 Miles from Nancy and 30 from Barle-Du◠Lon. 25.20 Lat. 25.20 Verdun SEated on the River Meuse an ancient Bishops See formerly an Imperial Town but now subject to the French The Bishop whereof as also those of Metz and Toul being the only ones of this Country of Lorrain acknowledge the Archbishop of Triers for their Metropolitan All of them heretofore Imperial Cities but taken by Henry the Second of France Ann. 1552. during the Contests between Charles the Fifth and the Protestant Princes of Germany under pretence of aiding them against the Emperor Since that they have been always under the subjection of France It stands about 30 Miles from Metz and 41 from Nancy Lon. 24.48 Lat. 49.11 Bar-le-Duc a neat and beautiful City Capital of the Duchy of Bar stands on the River Ornaon about 50 Miles from Metz. The late Duke of Lorrain died about three years since and lest a Son the present Duke 14. Of the FRANCHE-COUNTY THis Province is a part of the ancient Cisjurane Burgundy which entred in the dependances of the House of Austria by the means of Mary the Heiress of Burgundy and Wife to the Emperor Maximinian The present King of France who never wanted Pretensions to any thing when he found it consistent with his Ambition and Advantage has taken it twice even with Expedition He restored it once in favour of a Peace say the French Geographers but say they now he keeps it as his Right and Conquest And to demonstrate that it is with Justice pursue they the King of Spain resigned it to him by the Peace of Nimiguen in 1679. It is situated between the 46 and 48th Degree of Latitude and extends it self from the 26.20 Min. of Longitude to the 28.20 Min. insomuch that it may have from South to North about 120 Miles from Chavannes to St. Ann's Mount nigh the River Saone and near 90 from East to West from the River Doux near Franquemont in the Bishoprick of Basle to French-Fountain in Burgundy It is bounded in the North by Lorrain Bounds by Suisserland in the East in the South by Bresse and in the West by the Duchy of Burgundy with Champagne It is very populous and fertile in some places Quality where is produced most excellent Wine Corn and store of Cattle The Country in some parts very Mountainous but those Mountains yield excellent Vineyards and in lieu of a little Barrenness you have an intermixture of most delicious and fruitful Vallies There are here as well as in Lorrain some very considerable Salt-Houses from whence one City has taken its Name One finds herein several Quarries of black Marble Jasper of divers Colours and very fine Alablaster Amongst the great Number of its Rivers Rivers is remarked the Saone the Doux the Longnon and the Louve which are stored with incomparable Fish The Province is divided into Three Bayliwicks That of Vesoul is in the upper part that of Dole in the middle and that of Poligny is in the lower Dole UPon the River Doux is the Capital of the whole Province considerable too for its Riches Strength and Beauty It is very ancient and Charles the Fifth Emperor fortified it after he had rebuilt it almost entirely new Formerly it was an University for the Study of the Civil Laws but now it is devoured as it were by a College of Jesuits who have expresly forbid the People all Protestant Books and even to talk of God either in a good or bad sense So extreamly fearful are they left the Reformed Doctrin should creep in amongst them It was also a Parliament City and once a Baily wick It is about 30 Miles from Dijon 34 from Besancon and 66 from Geneva Longitude 24.44 Latitude 46.54 Besancon UPon the same River is also a ve◠ancient City called by Caesar Vesontio then the chief City of the Sequani as afterwards the Capital of the Province called Maxima Sequanorum and an Archbishops See who stiles himself Prince of the Empire The Fortifications which have been added to it make it very strong by Art and it Situation between two Mountains almost encompassed by the River Doux makes it so by Nature too The Parliament which was a Dole has lately been transferred hither About 51 Miles from Montbeliard 55 East of Dijon 65 from Geneva and 73 from Basil Lon. 25.28 Lat. 47.7 FINIS