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A69794	An accurate description of the United Netherlands, and of the most considerable parts of Germany, Sweden, & Denmark containing a succinct account of what is most remarkable in these countries, and necessary instructions for travellers : together with an exact relation of the entertainment of His Most Sacred Majesty King William at the Hague / written by an English gentleman.	English gentleman.; Carr, William, 17th cent.	1691 (1691)	Wing C631; Wing E3688; ESTC R20438	82,243	192

another All that the Elector could say to compose them was either not heard or not valued nor could any thing satisfie and reassure them till they saw the Actors come marching out of their Den. Had not many Persons of Quality and Travellers seen this Fat as well as my self who know that what I say of its incredible bigness to be true I should be afraid the Reader might think I imposed upon his Credulity From Heidleberg I went to see that impregnable Fort or Cittadel of Manheim allas Fredericksberg built by the Elector Frederick Brother to Prince Rupert a Prince of as good a Head as any Germany afforded who though some have too partially judged of him by his Misfortunes yet by the wisest of the Age was accounted the Cato of Germany The Wisest and best Men of the World have been unfortunate which makes some to be of the Opinion That God in his Wisdom thinks fit it should be so lest otherwise they might attribute their Prosperity rather to the wise direction of their own Conduct than his All-seeing Providence And indeed daily Experience seems to evince the Truth of this since we see Knaves and Fools advanced to Preferment and Riches when Men of Virtue and Parts die neglected and poor in the Eyes of the World though rich in the enjoyment of a contented Mind But this is a digression which the Honour I have for the memory of that great Man hath led me into and therefore I hope will be pardoned by the Reader In the Cittadel of Manheim I saw some of the Records of that Illustrious Family which without dispute is the most ancient of all the Secular Electors being Elder to that of Bavaria which sprung from one and the same Stock to wit two Emperors of Germany Many Writers derive them originally from Charlemain by the Line of Pepin King of France There have been several Emperors of that Race one King of Denmark and four Kings of Sueden one of which was King of Norway also besides many great Generals of Armies in Germany Hungary France and other Countrys Since I can remember there were five Protestant Princes Heirs to that Electoral Dignity alive which now by their Death is fallen to the Duke of Newbourg the present Prince Elector Palatine a Roman Catholick whose Daughter is Empress of Germany and another of his Daughters Married to the King of Portugal a third to the King of Spain and a fourth to Prince James of Poland BEing so near Strasbourg I had the curiosity to go see what figure that Famous City now made since it had changed its Master for I had been thrice there before when it flourished under the Emperors Protection with the liberty of a Hansiatick Town And indeed I found it so disfigured that had it not been for the stately Cathedral Church and fair Streets and Buildings I could scarcely have known it In the Streets and Exchange which formerly were thronged with sober rich and peaceable Merchants you meet with none hardly now but Men in Buff-Coats and Scarffs with rabbles of Soldiers their Attendants The Churches I confess are gayer but not so much frequented by the Inhabitants as heretofore seeing the Lutherans are thrust into the meanest Churches and most of the chief Merchants both Lutherans and Calvinists removed to Holland and Hambourg Within a few years I beleive it will be just such another City for Trade and Riches as Brisac is It was formerly a rich City and well stockt with Merchants and wealthy Inhabitants who lived under a gentle and easie Government but now the Magistrates have little else to do in the Government but only to take their Rules and Measures from a Cittadel and great Guns which are Edicts that Merchants least understand I confess Strasbourg is the less to be pittied that it so tamely became a Slave and put on its Chains without any strugling Those Magistrates who were Instruments in it are now sensible of their own Folly and bite their Nails for Anger finding themselves no better but rather worse hated than the other Magistrates who did what they could to hinder the Reception of their new Masters the French I quickly grew weary of being here meeting with nothing but complaints of Poverty and paying exorbitant Taxes I therefore soon returned to my Petty-London Francfort and from thence went to Cassel the chief Residence of the Landtgrave of Hesse This Prince is a Calvinist as most of his Subjects are very grave and zealous in his Religion He Married a Princess of Courland by whom he hath an hopeful Issue to wit three Sons and two Daughters King Charles II. was God-Father to one of his Sons 〈◊〉 was Christened by the Name of Charles Captain William Legg Brother to the Lord Dartmouth representing his Majesty as his Envoy The Court of this Prince does indeed resemble a well-governed College or Religious Cloister in regard of its Modesty and Regularity in all Things and especially in the Hours of Devotion He is Rich in Money and entertains about Nine Thousand Men in constant Pay under the Command of Count Vanderlip a brave and expert Soldier his Lieutenant General but can bring many more upon occasion into Field This Family hath been very happy both in its Progeny and Alliances many Wise Princes of both Sexes having sprung from it and the Mother of this present Landtgrave may be reckoned amongst the Illustrious Women of the present and past Ages After the Death of William V. Landtgrave of Hesse her Husband she not only supported but advanced the War wherein he was engaged did many signal Actions enlarged her Territories and at the conclusion of the Peace kept under her Pay 56 Cornets of Horse in five Regiments 166 Companies of Foot besides 13 Companies of Dragoons and 14 Independent Companies in all 249 Companies of Horse and Foot She was a Princess extreamly obliging to Strangers especially virtuous and learned Divines I had the Honour a good many years ago to kiss her Highnesses Hand at which time she was mighty Zealous in promoting an Accommodation amongst different Religions as the Roman Catholick Lutheran and Calvinist but especially betwixt the two latter and therefore entertained Doctor Duris at her Court in Cassels who wrote several pieces upon that Subject of Reconciliation and with some of his Friends had a Conference with a Learned Priest that came from Rome to forward the Project whereupon the Doctor Published his Book of the Harmony of Consent which is highly esteemed in Germany FRom this Princes Court I directed my Journey to Hanouer taking Lambspring in my way a place where there is a Convent of English Monks and there I met with a very aged worthy and harmless Gentleman Sir Thomas Gascoigne a Person of seeming great Integrity and Piety the Lord Abbot and several of the Monks I had seen there formerly This Monastery is very obliging to all Strangers that Travel that way as well as to their own Country-men and is highly respected by

to go into a Tap-house or Tavern for which at another time he would be counted a Wine-Bibber and the worst of Reprobates At this time while these Ministers and Elders go about the City on their Visitations the People take an occasion to give to the Poor And here I ought not to omit telling you of their great Charity to the distressed French Protestants who are here in great Numbers They maintain no less than 60 French Ministers and unto many Handicraft Tradesmen and makers of Stuffs and Cloth they lend Sums of Money without Interest to buy Working Tools and Materials for their Work but this is no other then they formerly did to the Poor distressed Protestants of Ireland and Piemont and their Charity was not a little that they gave to Geneva towards the Building their Fortifications and here give me leave to tell you what King Charles II. said of the Charity of Amsterdam when the Duke of Lotherdal hearing that the Prince of Orange's Army was not able to oppose the French from advancing so near to Amsterdam the Duke jearingly said That Oranges would be very scarce in Holland after Amsterdam should fall into the French Hands to plunder To which His Majesty said That he was of Opinion that God would preserve Amsterdam from being destroyed if it were only for the great Charity they have for the Poor the which put the Duke out of Countenance I will say no more of their Charity only this that they leave no Stone unturned to bring Monies into the Poors Stock they make the Stage-players pay 80000 Gilders a year to the Poor there is not a Rope-Dancer Poppet-Player or any of that sort of unnecessary Vermin which frequent Fairs but pay the third Penny to the Poor which is carefully looked after by placing an Alms-man at the Door of the Booths to see that they cheat not the Poor of their share I shall now in the next place say something of the Clergy I mean those called The States Clergy for the States are absolutely Head of their Church and when any Synod of Divines meet two of the States are always present to hear that they debate nothing relating or reflecting on the Government or Governors if they do presently the States cry Ho la mij● Heeren Predicanten and if their Ministers meddle with any thing relating to the Government in their Pulpits they send them a Brief which some call a pair of Shooes to quit the City and sometimes Imprison them to Boot but if they behave themselves quietly and well as they ought to do they then are respected by the People as Gods upon Earth They have a Form of Prayer sent them how they shall Pray for the States and Stadholder nor must they meddle with any other Religion in the Country because all sorts are Tollerated at least Connived at by the Magistrates All those called the Presbiterian Ministers or States Clergy are obliged under a Forfeiture to have done Preaching and Praying by Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon on Sundays because then the Scheepens go to the Stadthouse to Marry the Jews Papists and Lutherans and others that may not marry after the Calvinistical Form and the reason why the States thus marry them first according to Law is to render their Children Legitimate but they may marry again afterwards as they please themselves None may marry until they have made their appearance at the Stadthouse before the Lords where if the Parties be agreed the Preachers marry the Calvinists and the Scheepens marry all the rest who differ from the Religion established by Law When one dies the Friends dare not bury the Corps until it hath lain three days open in the Coffin that the Friends and Relations of the deceased may be satisfied that the Party hath not been murdered or reported to be dead when alive after three days the Corps must be brought to the Church before the Bell ceaseth tolling which is at two for if you keep the Body untill half three then the Church Doors are lock'd and for the first half hour must be paid 25 Gilders and for the second 50 and so until six then they may amerse you as much as they please There are many rich people who make that default on purpose that they may have solemn occasion of giving to the Poor as I knew once an English Merchant did The next thing I shall speak of is the method which the States observe in ordering their Maritime Affairs one of the greatest Mysteries in their Government The States General divide their Admiralty into Five Courts which they call Chambers The First is Rotterdam which is the Chamber call'd the Maese and hath the Admirals Flag Then Amsterdam which hath the Vice-Admiral's Flag and Zealand hath the Rear-Admiral's Flag the other Two Chambers are those in North-Holland and Fricsland Each of these Five Chambers have their Admirals Vice-Admirals and Rear-Admirals apart from the States-Generals Flags so that when the States have occasion to set out a Fleet of an Hundred Ships more or less every Chamber knows the number they must provide for their proportion though in regard of its Opulency Amsterdam frequently helps her Neighbours and adds two or more Ships than their share comes to These Chambers have lately built 36 Men of War and now are building of 7 more and all this is done without noise every one building their proportion And they have admirable methods in preserving their Ships when built and their Magazines are in good order every Ship having an Apartment to lay up all its Equipage in and at the top of their Magazines are vast Cisterns which are kept constantly full of Water having Pipes into every Apartment to let it down upon any accident of Fire And there is in their Magazines a Nursery Room where a Woman keeps an Office to feed at certain hours of the day a great number of Cats which afterward hunt among the Stores for Mice and Rats This great Magazine in Amsterdam was built in the time of Cromwell in the space of 9 months and 14 days in which time the Lords of the Admiralty gave the Workmen drinkgelt as they call it to incourage them to work more than at an ordinary rate At this time the biggest Man of War the States had was the Amelia in which the famous Admiral Trump was kill'd she was a Ship of no more than 56 Guns afterward made a Fire-ship But the States quickly discovered their want of great Ships and therefore built the same year 20 Men of War from 50 to 80 Guns But the great Ships built at Amsterdam had like to have proved of no use had not the ingenious Pensionary de Wit found out a device to carry them over the Pampus betwixt those they call Water Ships The Admiralty have an excellent method in setting out their Fleets they neither press Soldiers nor Seamen all go voluntary at the beating of a Drum each Captain providing Men and Provisions for his Ship