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A27210	The present state of the universe, or, An account of I. The rise, births, names, matches, children, and near allies of all the present chief princes of the world, II. Their coats of arms, motto's, devises, liveries, religions, and languages, III. The names of their chief towns, with some computation of the houses and inhabitants ... IV. Their revenues to which are added some other curious remarks, as also an account of common-wealths, relating to the foregoing heads.	Beaumont, John, d. 1731.	1694 (1694)	Wing B1623; ESTC R13456	71,782	106

present Elector after the Decease of Charles Elector Palatine which happened ann 1685 became possessed of the Electorate by virtue of the Instrument of Peace at Osnabrug but since was thrown out by the French King anno 1688 and tho he had recovered many places in it ann 1689 by the assistance of the Confederates yet he continued at Neuburg Of the Family of Brunswick and Lunenburg from which the new made Elector of Hanover is descended THE Family of Brunswick and Lunenburg for its great Antiquity seems to bear the Bell in a manner from all the rest It owes its original to the ancient Welffs of whom see in Spencer's Sylloge Genealogica Henry the Lion descended from these Duke of Bavaria and Saxony and Successor to his Father ann 1139 may be properly looked upon as the common Father of all the Dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg tho falling into disgrace with the Emperor Barbarossa he was proscribed and so lost all his Dominions except the Districts of Brunswick and Lunenburg he married Maud Daughter of Henry the Second King of England and had by her three Sons and two Daughters Otho their youngest Son born ann 1204 the other Brothers dying without Issue-male was created the first Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg by the Emperor Frederick the Second From him the present Dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg are descended for Ernestus the Seventh Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg who died anno 1546 left among other Children two Sons Augustus and William of whom the first was Author of the new Line of Brunswick Wolfembuttel whose Sons Rudolphus Augustus and Antonius Ulricus now live together in joint Authority and the other viz. William being Author of the Line of Brunswick-Lunenburg-Hanover whose Grandson Ernestus-Augustus Bishop of Osenburg is now Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg-Hanover He was born Novemb 10. 1629 and ann 1658 he married the Lady Sophia Daughter to Frederick the Fifth Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia born Oct. 13. 1630. This Duke is lately made a new Elector of the Empire There Children are I. Georgius-Ludovicus Prince Hereditary born May 28. 1660 and on Nov. 21. 1682 he married his Cousin German Sophia Dorothea only Daughter of his late Uncle George-William Duke of Zell she was born Sept. 15. 1666. He has Issue by her 1. Georgius-Augustus born Oct. 30. 1683. 2. Gulielmus-Ernestus born 1685. 2. Fredericus-Augustus born Octob. 3. 1661 who died in Hungary 1689. 3. Maximilianus-Gulielmus born Dec. 14. 1666. He died in the Morea 4. Sophia Charlotta born Octob. 20. 1668 and married to Frederick the Third the present Elector of Brandenburg Oct. 6. 1684 by whom she has one Prince alive named Fredericus Gulielmus born Aug. 4. 1688. 5. Carolus-Philippus born Oct. 13. or 23. 1669. he died in Hungary ann 1690. 6. Christianus born Sept. 29. 1671. 7 Ernestus Augustus born Sept. 17. 1674. There are other Princes in Germany of the Houses of Hesse Meckleburg Wirtenburg Baden Anhalt Saxon-Lawenburg c but I give an account only of the Electoral Houses omitting the rest FRANCE 1. HUGH the Great Duke of France Burgundy and Aquitain Marquess of Orleans and Earl of Paris died in the year 956. His eldest Son Hugh Capet upon the Death of Lewis the Slothful last King of France of the Race of Charlemagne was by the unanimous consent of the Peers of France inaugurated King of that Kingdom ann 987 from whom is descended Lewis the Fourteenth the present King of that Kingdom born at St. Germains Sept. 5. new style 1638. Of the several Branches of the Line of Hugh Capet he is descended in a direct Line from Robert Count of Clermont and Lord of Bourbon youngest Son of Lewis the Ninth who died of the Plague at the Siege of Tunis ann 1270. The Surname of Bourbon is derived to the present French King from the said Robert King Henry the Fourth his Grandfather being the first King of France of the said Surname who having first professed himself of the Roman Religion whereas before he had been a Protestant was crown'd King of France ann 1594. The present King succeeded his Father ann 1642 or 3 and Sept. 7. 1651. he was declared Major for by a Sanction put forth by King Charles the Fifth surnamed the Wise who came to the Crown of France ann 1364 the eldest Sons of France were for the future to be declared of Age at fourteen years old and fit to be crown'd and govern he was crown'd at Rheims by the Archbishop of that See Jun. 7. 1654 and Jun. 9. 1660 he was married at St. John de Luz to Maria-Teresa Daughter to Philip the Fourth King of Spain by his first Wife the Princess Elizabeth Daughter to Henry the Fourth King of France She died July 30. 1683 by whom the King has only one Son now living namely Lewis the Fifteenth surnam'd the Hardy the present Dolphin born Nov. 1. 1661 and March 7. 1680 was married to the Electoral Princess of Bavaria Maria-Anna Victoria-Christina Daughter to Ferdinandus-Maria the late Elector of Bavaria The Contract was signed at Munic Dec. 30. 1679. She since died ann 1690. The Dolphin has Issue by her three Sons viz. 1. Lewis Duke of Burgundy born at Versailles Aug. 6. at twenty minutes past ten of the Clock in the Evening ann 1682. 2. Philip Duke of Anjou born Nov. 9. 1683. 3. Gaston Duke of Berry born Aug. 31. 1686. Concerning the Dolphin note that he is so called because Humbert the Second Earl of Dolphiné descended of the Blood Royal of France seeing himself destitute of Issue made over the Province of Dolphiné an 1358 to Philip de Valois the then King of France for forty thousand Florins and on condition that for the future the eldest Son of France should still be styl'd The Dolphin And Charles the Fifth above-mentioned surnamed The Wise who came to the Crown of France ann 1364 was the First who in his Father's Life-time was styled The Dolphin Now besides the Dolphin the present King of France has several natural Children viz. 1. Maria Anna de Bourbon born ann 1666 and married anno 1680 to Lewis de Bourbon Prince de Conti. 2. Lewis de Bourbon Duke of Vermandois born ann 1667 supreme Intendant of the Marine He died ann 1683. These two were born him by Aolisia-Frances de la Beaume la Blanche de la Valiere Duchess of Vaujour and Peeress of France Daughter to Lawrence de la Valiere She is now a Carmelite Nun by the name of Sister Aloisia de Misericordiâ 3. Ludovicus-Augustus de Bourbon Duke of Maine born ann 1670 and made legitimate three years after viz. 1673. 4. Ludovicus-Caesar de Bourbon Count of Vexin born ann 1672. He died 1683. 5. Aloisia-Frances de Bourbon Mademoiselle de Nantes born An. 1673. and married An. 1685. to Lewis Duke of Bourbon 6. Aloisia-Maria-Anna deceased An. 1681. 7. Ludovicus Alexander de Bourbon Count of Toulouse born An. 1678. Legitimated An. 1681 Intendant of the Marine 8. Frances-Maria de Bourbon Mademoiselle

de Blois born An. 1681. These six were born him by Frances Athanasia de Roche Chovart Gabriel Prince de Mortemars Daughter and Wife to Henry-Lewis Paidallan Marquess of Montespan The French King has only one Brother viz. Philip Duke of Orleans born Sept. 1. An. 1640. He espoused for his first Wife the Princess Henrietta-Maria youngest Daughter to our late King Charles the First She was born at Exeter Jun. 16. 1644 and died An. 1670. He had by her four Children viz. 1. Maria-Aloisia born March 27. 1662. and married Nov. 17. 1679. to Charles the Second King of Spain She died without Issue by him An. 1689. 2. Philip who died an Infant 3. Another Daughter not named 4. Anna-Maria born Aug. 27. 1669. and Apr. 9. 1684. married to Victor Amadeus the Second the present Duke of Savoy The next year after the forementioned Duchess of Orleans died An. 1671. The Duke married Elizabeth Charlotta Daughter to Charles-Lewis Elector Palatine who was born in May 1652. The Espousals were celebrated at Metz Nov. 26. of the said year he has Issue by her 1. Philip Duke of Chartres born Aug. 2. 1671. 2. Elizabetha-Charlotta Mademoiselle de Chartres born Sept. 13. 1676. The Princes of the Blood BEing to name the Princes of the Blood I shall shew withal how they are descended and allied to the King of France Robert the Fifth Count of Clermont and Lord of Bourbon youngest Son to King Lewis the Ninth as mentioned before was the person in whom the Line of Hugh Capet is continued in the Crown of France Charles Duke of Vendôme lineally descended from him was born An. 1489. And left among other Children two Sons viz. Anthony the eldest who was Duke of Vendôme and King of Navarr Great Grandfather to the present King of France 2. Lewis Prince of Conde Great Grandfather to the present Prince of Conde Henry-Julius de Bourbon born Jul. 29. 1643. formerly stiled Duke D'Enghien and now since his Fathers death Prince of Conde He was married Dec. 11. 1667. to the Princess Anne Daughter to Edward Prince Palatine of the Rhine who was born July 23. 1647. and is since deceased but he has by her the following Issue 1. Maria-Teresa Mademoiselle de Bourbon born 1666. 2. Lewis de Bourbon Duke D'Enghien born 1668. and married 1685. to Aloisia-Frances Natural Daughter to the King of France by Madam de Montespan who was born 1673. 3. Maria-Anna Mademoiselle de Monmorency born 1675. 4. Anna-Maria Victoria Mademoiselle D'Enghien born 1676. 5. Aloisia-Benedicta Mademoiselle de Conde born 1678. The Prince of Conde had also a Brother viz. Armand Prince de Conti born 1629. married to Anna-Maria de Monmorency Cardinal Mazarines Neice by the Sister 1659. Deceased 1666 leaving behind him two Sons viz. 1. Lewis de Bourbon Prince of Conti born 1661. and in 1680 he married Anna-Maria de Bourbon the Kings Natural Daughter by Madam de la Valiere who was made Legitimate He died without Issue An. 1685. 2. Francis-Lewis de Bourbon the now Prince of Conti born 1664 or 8. Besides these Princes of the Blood the King has also three Cousin Germans living Daughters to his Uncle Gaston-John-Baptist late Duke of Orleans 1. Anna-Maria Duchess of Montpensier born An. 1627. unmarried 2. Margarita-Aloisia born An. 1645. and married An. 1661. to Cosmus the Third Great Duke of Tuscany 3. Isabella born An. 1649 and married An. 1667. to Joseph-Lewis Duke of Guise She is now a Widow Note That tho this King of France be but the twenty sixth King inclusively of the Line of Hugh Capet yet he is the sixty first King of France for there preeceded twenty one Kings of the Race of Merovius and thirteen Kings of the Race of Charlemagne before the Line of Hugh Capet came in II. For Arms he bears Azure three Flower de Luces Or two in Chief and one in Base the Escutcheon is environed with the Collars of the Orders of S. Michael and the Holy Ghost It has for Crest an Helmet Or entirely open thereon a Crown Clos'd after the manner of an Imperial Crown with eight Inarched Rayes topt with a double Flower de Luce. The Supporters are two Angels habited as Levites the whole under a Pavilion Royal semè of France lin'd Ermines with these words Ex omnibus floribus elegi mihi Lilium Lilia neque laborant neque nent These words The Lilies do not Spin as a late French Writer tells us import that the Flower de Luces which represent the Crown of France never fall to the Distaff and that the Female Sex cannot inherit according to the Salique Law The same Custom having prevailed among the Chaldeans Egyptians Persians Chineses Turks Tartars and Parthians tho the Daughters have sometimes succeeded in England Spain Sicily Sueden c. The King of France pretending likewise a right to Navarre bears also for that Kingdom Gules a Carbuncle noued Or which having a resemblance to Chains of Gold is Blazon'd by some Chains of Gold Interlac'd parted into Orbes Pales Fesses Counterbands or Saltiers The King of France's Device is Consiliis Armisque Potens or also this Nec pluribus Impar Note That the Arms of France in the days of Pharamond and his three Successors were Gules three Crowns Or. Clovis the Great altered them to Azure semè of Flower de Luces Or and Charles the Sixth who came to the Crown An. 1380 reduc'd the Lilies in his Coat of Arms to three The Kings Livery is of a blew colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the French Language III. Paris is the Capital City of France which has the pleasant River Seine running thro the midst of it I shall speak concerning the extent and number of the Houses and Inhabitants of this and other Cities when I come to speak of London wherefore I shall pass by these things at present As for his chief Seats of pleasure the chief is that noble Seat at Versailles four Leagues South of Paris of which there being a full and clear description extant in English as also of the Seat of Monsieur at S. Clou and of the Treasury of S. Denis I shall say nothing here of them He has also the noble Seats of Fontainbleau and S. Germains beside the Louvre at Paris celebrated by that famous Distich Non Orbis Gentem non Urbem Gens habet ullam Urbsve domum Dominum nec habet ulla parem 4. The Revenues of the King of France are said to amount to eleven millions of Pounds Sterling being above the fifth part of the Revenues of that Kingdom and the French averr France to contain fifty thousand Parishes The House of England I. WIlliam Duke of Normandy surnamed the Conqueror under the pretence that King Edward the Confessor his Cousin who died without Issue An. 1065. Son of King Ethelred by his Queen Emma had by his last Will and Testament transferred the Kingdom to him made a Descent into England An. 1067. and having slain King Harold in Battle the then

with eight Diadems which terminate in a Mond Or. The Motto to his Devise on the Reverse of his Medals is Pietas Justitia coronant His Livery is of a Red Colour He professes the Protestant Religion according to the Doctrine of Luther and uses the Danish Language which is a Dialect of the High-Dutch III. Haffen or Hafnia by the Dutch called Copenhagen or the Haven of Merchants seated near the Sea in Seland the greatest Island of the Baltick lying near the main Land of Scaudia is the chief City of Denmark and one of the best Ports and most frequented of the Northern Seas It s of an orbicular form the Houses for the most part built of Clay and Timber tho there are many beautiful Edifices among them it s commended for a spacious Market-place and has in it a Palace-Royal built of Free-stone in form of a Quadrangle but of no great Beauty or Magnificence Some say it to be near as large as Amsterdam but not so full of Inhabitants Near Elsenore a Village much frequented by Seamen as their Ships pass by the Sound is seated the strong and magnificent Castle of Cronenburg built with incredible Charge and Pains by King Frederick the Second the Foundation of it being laid on huge Stones sunk into the Sea and so fastened together that no Storm or Tempest how violent soever is able to shake it well fortified as well as founded and mix'd of a Palace and a Fort being since the first building of it the most constant Residence of the Kings of Denmark who from hence may easily discern each Ship which sails through the Sound By the Commodity of this and the opposite Castle the King secures his Customs and greatly strengthens his Estate the Castles being so near and the Streight so narrow that by the addition of some few Ships he may keep the greatest Navy that is from passing by him A little South of the Castle of Cronenburg is an Island called Ween a Dutch mile in length but not quite so broad it was given by King Frederick the Second to the famous Astronomer Tycho-Brahe that living retired from all but his own Family he might with more conveniency attend his Books There is in this Island the Castle Uranopolis or Urenburg where the greatest part of his Mathematical Instruments are preserved in safety The said King Frederick the Second built also for a place of Pleasure Fredericksburg among Woods of Beech trees where the King has a fine House and a little Park In this Kingdom are the Knights of St. Mary or of the Order of the Elephant instituted by King Frederick the Second As in England the Knights of the Garter in France the Knights of the Holy Ghost in Spain the Knights of the Golden Fleece in Portugal the Knights of the Sancta Crusada in Tuscany those of St. Stephen in Poland the Knights of the White Eagle c. This King has a Throne made all of Sea-Unicorns Horns Dronthein seated on the River Nider is the chief Town of the Kingdom of Norway The Cathedral Church there is the largest of any in those Northern Countries The Viceroy of Norway ordinarily resides at Bergen The Revenues of the King consists in Imposts laid on Ships which pass through the Sound of which he is said to take one per Cent. on the Merchandises Sometimes there pass three hundred Vessels in a day from several Ports through this Streight which makes the Tribute considerable He has also a Revenue of Crown-Lands and a great yearly Toll made of the Cattle which pass into Germany as also of the Fish transported into other Countries yet it s conceived that the Treasures of this King are not very great partly because there is no other important Commodity but Fish to draw Merchants thither and partly that there is not any one Town of any great Traffick in all his Realms for the entertaining of Commerce The House of Sweden ABout the beginning of the last Century the Nobility of Sweden growing weary of the Tyranny of Christian the Second King of Denmark elected Gustavus Son of Eric of Wasa à Grypsholm first Governour then Duke and last of all ann 1523 King of Sweden Gothland the Vandals Nordland Finland c. and from him is descended Charles the Eleventh of the House Palatine of the Deux ponts the present King born Dec. 24. 1655 whose Father dying while he was but five years of Age the Government of his Person and Kingdom were committed to ihe Queen his Mother and five great Senators of Sweden viz. to Count de Brahe who was Grand Bailieffe Couut Wrangel who was Constable Count de Stembock who was Admiral Count de la Gardie a French Man by Birth who was Chancellor and the Baron de Bond who was Treasurer He was declared Major Dec. 24. 1673. The Contract of Marriage of this King and of the Princess Ulrica-Eleanora-Sabina youngest Sister to the present King of Denmark was signed at Copenhagen May 7. 1680 and on the sixteenth of the same Month it was consummated at Schutturup On the fourth of December following the Queen made her publick and solemn Entrance at Stockholm where she was crowned Queen the next day She was born anno 1656 and has Issue living by the King 1. Hedewig-Sophia born Jun. 26. 1681. 2. Charles the Hereditary Prince born Jun. 17. 1682. 3. Ulrica-Eleanora born Jan. 21. 1688. The present King of Sweden has one natural Brother Count Gustavus Carlson II. He bears quarterly In the first and fourth Azure three Crowns Or two in Chief and one in Base for Sweden In the second and third Barry Argent and Azure a Lion Or crowned Gules for Finland On the whole quarterly in the first and fourth Sable a Lion Or crown'd arm'd and langued Gules for the Palatinate of the Rhine In the second and third Fuzele in Bend Argent and Azure of twenty one pieces for Bavaria The Crest is a Royal Crown garnished with eight small Flowers and closed by as many demy Circles terminating in a Mond Or which is the Crest of Sweden The Supporters are two Lions Or crown'd with the same His Livery is of a blue Colour He professes the Protestant Religion according to the Doctrine of Luther and has many Calvinists in his Dominions He uses the Swedish Language which is a Dialect of the High-Dutch III. Stockholm is the Capital City of Sweden and the usual place of the King's Residence it s a noted and well traded Port and very strong being situate in Marshes and built on Piles like Venice most of the Houses are covered with Copper The Castle of this City is conceived to be one of the strongest Holds in the World fortified with four hundred Brass Pieces many of which are double Cannon The Artillery of Sweden is so great that it s said they have above eight thousand Brass Pieces of Cannon Heylin counts in all the Kingdom of Sweden but one thousand four hundred and seventeen Parishes but many of

they assemble separately the Catholicks take for the place of their Congress Lucern and the Protestants Arau on the River Aur. All the Cantons are as many Republicks which are Govern'd by their Burgomasters or Avoiers their Government being Democratical The Cantons which have no Towns call their Magistrates Landanes instead of Burgomasters The Switzers have several Towns and States confederate with them viz. The Abbot and Town of S. Gal. Four Bishops viz. of Sion Basil Constance and Croired The Towns of Neuchatel Valengen Nuenberg Biel Geneva Mulhausen in Alsatia Rotwel in Suabia beyond the Danube They have also many Prefectures that is such little Parcels and Additaments as have accrued to their State and are subject to their Authority either by Gift Purchase or Chance of War The Principal Prefecture is the Town of Baden taking its name from the Baths there and is the place of meeting for the Councel of State of all the Confederates The Grizons also are Confederate with the Switzers and of those there are three Divisions I. The Grey League so call'd because the Inhabitants wear a Grey Scarf 2. The League of the House of God so call'd because it was the proper Patrimony of the Bishop and Church of Chur. 3. The League of the Ten Commonalties All these Confederates are able on occasion readily to set forth an Army of sixty thousand Men. The Republick of Geneva I. THIS Republick professes Calvinism An. 1679. Mass was said in the City of Geneva with leave at the House of Sieur Chauvigny the French Kings Resident there which had not been done since the year 1535. That Calvinism was there Establisht by a Decree of the Senate II. Geneva gives for Arms Party Or and Gules the fi●st has a demy Eagle display'd Sable the second a Key Argent with this devise Post Tenebras Lux. The Romanists say the words are misplac'd and that it ought to be Post Lucem tenebra III. The City of Geneva is situate on the Lake Lemanus the River Rhone passing thro the lower part of it The buildings are fair and of Freestone the Compass of the whole City being about two Miles in which there are suppos'd to be about 16 or 17000 souls Munster calls it Mirae voluptatis Urbem It s allied with the Protestant Cantons of Switzerland and in two or three hours it advertises all the Canton of Bern to come to its succour with 50 or 60000 Men who may come on the Lake a day after the Signal which consists in lighted Torches set from Tower to Tower It s Govern'd by twenty five Senators who follow the written Law Beside this Councel of twenty five they have one of sixty and another of two hundred POLAND I. POland from the year 694 that Lochus of Croatia was the first Duke has been Govern'd by Dukes Palatines Kings and Dukes again till the year 1295 that Primislaus surnam'd Posthumus Duke of Posna again assum'd the name of King which continued ever since to his Successors of the same Family till the year 1574. Henry Duke of Anjou Son to Henry the Second King of France was chosen on the death of Sigismund-Augustus who was the first Stranger to the Blood John the Third of the Illustrious Family of Sobieski is the present King of Poland c. Elected King March 20. 1674. being before Senator Grand Marshal and Generalissimo of the Armies of the Crown he made his solemn entrance at Cracow Jan. 3. 1676. and was crown'd there on the second of February following by the Bishop of that place call'd Olzaski He married before his coming to the Crown a French Lady nam'd Maria Casimire de la Grange Daughter to Henry de la Grange Knight Marquess of Arquien Lord of Beaumont Master of the Camp of a Regiment of Cavalry and Captain Colonel of the hundred Switzers of the Guard of the late Monsieur Duke of Orleans This Princess was crown'd on the same day with her Husband and has brought him many Children 1. Prince James born An. _____ and An. 1691. he married Hedewig-Elizabetha-Amalia youngest Daughter save one to Philip-William Duke of Neuburg and Elector Palatine 2. Prince Alexander born about the year 70. 3. John born An. _____ 4. Casimire born An. _____ 5. Leopold born An. _____ 6. The Princess Louise Adelaia born Oct. 3. 1677. held at the Font of Baptism by the Palatine of Russia for his late Majesty Charles the Second King of Great Britain c. This Princess was Baptised with the Water of the River Jordan whereof the King her Father just before her birth had been presented with a Pot full as also with many other rarities from Asia II. As King of Poland he bears Quarterly In the First and Fourth Gules an Eagle Argent crown'd membred and becked Or for Poland In the Second and Third Gules a Cavalier arm'd Argent holding a Sword with the Right Hand of the same and a Shied Azure in the Left charg'd with a Cross Or with double Cross-Barrs his Horse barded Azure and nail'd Or for Lithuania On the whole Azure a Buckler Or for Sobieski For a Crest a Crown rais'd with eight small Flowers and clos'd with eight Semicircles terminating in a Mond Or which is the Crest of Poland The Shield environ'd with the Orders of France The general Motto of the Kings of Poland is Habent sua sydera Reges His Livery is of a Blew Colour He professes the Roman Religion but Greeks Protestants and other Sects are there tolerated He uses the Poland Longuage wich is a Dialect of the Sclavonian III. Warsaw seated on the River Vistula is most frequented best traded and the Capital City of the Kingdom honour'd for the most part with the Kings Court the holding of all Publick business of Peace and War Cracow seated on the same River is little inferiour to the former the Buildings here being fairer than elsewhere in Poland of Freestone and four Stories high but for the most part cover'd with Shingles or Tiles of Wood. IV. The Revenues of this King are computed to be 600000 Crowns per annum drawn chiefly out of Salt-works near Cracow and from Mines of Copper Lead Tin and Silver from the fishing Trade in Prussia and the Tribute of the Jews His Daughters are provided for at the Publick Charge and for the most part the expence of his Houshold defray'd In time of War he is inabled by the Diets to lay Impositions and Taxes on the people In Poland it s an affront to call a Man Cossack as in Italy Calabrian in Germany Switzer in Spain Galician in Sueden Finlander in France Norman in England Welchman c. Russia or Moscovy I. THE first Great Duke of Moscovy who shook off the Tartarian bondage was nam'd John who Reign'd about the year 1500. Since him the Government has gone partly by Election and partly by Succession The last Elected was Michael Fredrowitz Son of Theodore the Patriarch of Mosco and Grandfather to the present Czars He was Elected An.

Temples Monasteries and gilded Towers appear so rich and beautiful that they surpass all may be imagin'd of most stately JAPAN I. POntier tells us the Emperour of Japan's name is Xogun or Taico Mallet says its Quane II. According to the Relation of the Ambassadors of the Dutch East-India Company sent to this Emperour his Arms are Or with six Stars Argent in an Oval Shield and bordered with little Points of Gold Mallet says he bears Sable with three Trefoils Argent He is a Pagan III. Meaco was formerly the Capital City of Japan while the Emperours there resided but since he has left it it is not so considerable tho it contains still above one hundred thousand Houses the most part built of Carpenters Work as being less subject to be shaken with Earthquakes which are there very frequent In this City is a most magnificent Palace in which the Dairy or Chief Priest resides Yedo is now the Capital City the Emperour there residing The Houses are generally built of Clay and cover'd with Wood that the moisture might not prove offensive The great Mens Palaces are numerous and of a magnificent Structure There is one Street in the Town near four Leagues in length The Emperours Palace there is one of the most beautiful of Japan The Temple of Amida in Yedo is very stately IV. This Country is very Fertile in Corn Beasts Wild-Fowl Pearls Mines of Gold and Silver and others Rice alone as it s said brings this Emperour yearly two Millions of Crowns TONQUIN I. THE present King of Tonquin is about fifty five years of Age. II. He is a Pagan and when a King is there newly elected the number of Beasts sent to be Sacrifis'd in the Temples of their false Gods is said to be one hundred thousand III. The Capital City is Checo Tonquin is judg'd almost in equal extent with France The Tonquineses say that the whole Kingdom contains above twenty thousand Cities and Towns and many more there would be but that many of the people choose rather to live on the Water than on the Land so that the greatest part of their Rivers is cover'd with Boats which serve them instead of Houses IV. The chief Riches of Tonquin which yield a great Revenue to the King consists in the great quantities of Silks which are there worn by Rich and Poor and in their Musk and Lignum Aloes of which there is some worth one thousand Crowns the pound according to its goodness and oiliness tho there is some not worth above 3 l. it being dry The Names and Ages of some other East-India Princes THE old Sultan of Bantam nam'd Abdul Fete if now living is about sixty years of Age. His Son Sultan Annum-Cassar Abdull-Massar is aged thirty seven years Sasnum Emperour of Java vulgarly call'd the Mandarin is aged about forty years Sultan Annum-Abdull-Negara King of Jambee is aged about forty five years Sultan Rutterro King of Cherriboam aged about thirty nine years Sultan Adisbull-Abdull-Isphew King of Macasser aged about forty four years Raja Pallacca King of the Buggesses the High Land of Macasser aged about fifty seven years The King of Ceilon now about eighty six years of Age. MOROCCO and FEZ I. NOT to go farther for the Rise of the Emperors of Fez and Morocco a Family of them called the Marine Family begun in Jacob Ben-Joseph ann 1270 who held their Residence at Fez as the first Seat of their Empire Morocco being then governed by an Under-King and the rest of the Provinces of the Kingdom cantoned into several States Now it happened about the year 1508 that Mahomet Ben Amet a Native of Dora in the farther Numidia pretending a Descent from their Prophet Mahomet caused himself to be called Xeriffe a Name by which the Kindred and Successors of that Impostor used to call themselves and being a poor Hermite only which sort of pretended Saints have often imposed on this People plotted to make his Sons the chief Princes of Mauritania To this end he sent them to Meccha whence they returned with such an opinion of Sanctity that Mahomet the then King of Fez made Amet the elder of them Governor of the famous College of Amadorach and the youngest called Mahomet Tutor to his Children In those days the Portuguese greatly infested the Provinces of the Realm of Morocco to repress whose Insolences Mahomet and Amet obtained Commissions tho much opposed therein by Muley the King's Brother who told him that under colour of Religion they might quickly raise themselves to a power and how unsafe it was to trust an arm'd Hypocrisie But this Counsel was rejected and they being furnished with an Army defeated Lopez Barriga Commander of the Portugal Forces under King Emanuel and compelled that King to abandon all his Footing there and they subdued Duccata Sus and Hea three Provinces of the Realm of Morocco entered that City poisoned the Tributary King and salute Amet King thereof by the name of Xeriffe of Morocco investing Mahomet the other Brother in the Kingdom of Sus. During these Successes the King of Fez died and his Successor named Amet an improvident young Prince confirms his quondam Tutors in their new Estates conditionally they should hold of him in Chief and pay him the accustomed Tributes Amet denied both Tribute and Superiority to the King of Fez whom he overthrew in a set Field and was himself afterwards vanquished and dispossessed of his Kingdom upon some quarrel breaking out by his Brother Mahomet King of Sus who having got the Kingdom of Morocco united Fez unto it also by the vanquishment of Amet the King thereof who at last was slain by the Turks of his Guard From this Mahomet is descended Ismael Muley or Muler her Brother to the late King of Taffilette by the Mother-side present Emperor of Barbary and Morocco King of Fez Susa and Taffilette being about forty years of Age. II. He bears for Arms three Wheels Argent He professes the Mahometan Religion and styles himself Xeriffe of the Race of Mahomet Xeriffe signifying an illustrious and sacred person The Language spoken at present in most of the Maritime Towns of Barbary except those of Fez and Morocco is the Arabick In those two Kingdoms and most part of the Country Villages the Punick or Old African the ancient Languages of the Country is spoken The Punick in all places where anciently the Carthaginians were of any power the African whatsoever it was in the parts of Mauritania not subject to them III. The two Capital Cities are Fez and Morocco the latter was reckoned once amongst the greatest Cities of the World at what time it was said to contain one hundred thousand Families but by the Depredations of the Barbarians and the removal of the Seat Royal to Fez it s hardly a third part so big as formerly The Castle there is very large and strong on a Tower whereof stand three Globes made of pure Gold prized at six hundred thousand Livres There is no City