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A77171	The martial-field of Europe being a geographical and historical description of those parts of Europe, which are most famous in this present war, viz. I. Flanders, II. The Rhine, III. Savoy, IV. Catalonia, V. Hungary, VI. Greece. With an account of the several revolutions of those places, either by conquest or treaties of peace, particularly from the treaty of Munster in 1648. to this present time. By A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3916; ESTC R203420	162,311	286

had a good Cittadel but William Duke of Cleves and Juliers was obliged to demolish it by one of the Articles of the Treaty made with the Emperor Charles V. It belongs now by Right to the Duke of Newbourg but the Hollanders are in Possession of it THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE SECT III. The Duke of Savoy's Dominions THE Territories by Right belonging to the Duke of Savoy Bounds are bounded on the East chiefly by the Dukedom of Milan on the South by the Sea and part of the Commonwealth of Genoa on the West by Provence Dauphine and Bresse in France and on the North by the Lake of Geneva and Switzerland It is a very irregular oblong Figure being in length from Geneva in the North parts of Savoy to the most South Eastern parts of Montferrat about 190 Miles Extent and in breadth from the most Western parts of the County of Nice to the most Eastern parts of Montferrat about 120 Miles The Principal Rivers Rivers in these parts are 1. Po called Eridanus by the Poets which here washes Salusses Carignan Turin Verua and Casal and so goes into Milan 2. Tanare which here washes Ceve Quieras Alba and Asti and runs into the Po in Milan 3. Doere or Doria which washes Aoust and Ivrea and falls into the Po a little above Verua 4. Iser which washes Moustiers runs by Montmelian and goes into France Here are two Lakes Lakes besides that of Geneva viz. 1. That of Bourget and 2. That of Anneci Here are also the Alps and the Appennine the most famous Mountains Mountains in Europe This Country towards the North is generally barren Quality because of the Mountains but towards the South it is exceeding fruitful in all things necessary as Corn Wine Oyl Fruits Venison Cattel Cheese Chesnuts Hemp Flax Minerals and several Quarries of Marble Here is considerable Trading Trade in many good Commodities as Paper Fustians Raw-silks Hides Cloaths Linnen Thread Iron-work Fir-Trees for Masts of Ships c. yet Money is pretty scarce in most Places The ordinary Revenue Revenue of the Duke is said to amount to 1800000 Crowns yearly yet upon extraordinary Occasions he can raise much larger Sums Strength The number of Souldiers which he may conveniently raise is reckoned about 30000. The Religion Religion generally allowed of here is the Roman Catholick yet the Protestants called Vaudois have the free exercise of their Belief in some Valleys of Piedmont The Language Languge here spoken is most commonly the French or at least a Dialect of it the Italian is also very much used In this Country are two Archbishopricks Archbishopricks viz. Turin and Moustiers and thirteen Bishopricks Bishopricks viz. Fossano Ivrea Mondovi and Salusses under Turin Anneci Aoust and Maurienne under Moustiers Acqui Alba Asti Casal and Vercelli under the Archbishop of Milan and Nice under that of Ambrun in France Division The Duke of Savoy's Dominions are commonly divided into four parts viz. 1. Dukedom of Savoy Chambery 2. Principality of Piedmont Turin 3. County of Nice Nice 4. Dukedom of Montferrat Casal Of these the French have Nice part of Montferrat and the greatest part of Savoy the Duke of Mantua has about half of Montferrat the Prince of Massarano has a little part of Piedmont the Prince of Spigno a little of Montferrat so that the Duke of Savoy has but the greatest part of Piedmont and about one half of Montferrat CHAP. I. Savoy Lat. Sabaudia SAvoy Lat. Sabaudia or Sapaudia is one of the finest Sovereign Dutchies in Europe Bounds It Borders the Lake of Geneva Swisserland and the County of Burgundy on the North the Province of Dauphine in France on the West part of Dauphine and of Piedmont on the South and Piedmont and Vallais on the East It s Extent Extent from the South-East to the North-West is about 110 Miles and from the East to the West about 80. The Air is here Cold because of the Mountains always covered with Snow Quality and the Country generally barren however the Valleys yield Corn and Wine the Mountains good Pastures and all manner of Game and the Lakes and Rivers store of good Fish there are also a great many Walnuts and Chesnut-Trees and Forests of other Trees The principal Rivers Rivers here are the Isere Arche and Arve and the Lakes Lakes are two viz. that of Bourget and that of Anneci The Savoyards are generally good-natured laborious and hardy Manners but the Wit of the generality is none of the quickest The Religion publickly allowed is the Roman Catholick This Province was of old possessed by the Alltrobroges Centrones Brannovices History Antuates or Nantuates Latobrigi and Sabaudi It was part of Gallia Narbonensis and of Celtica or Lugdunensis and obeyed to the Romans Upon the declining of the Roman Empire under Honorius Savoy was left as a prey to several Barbarous Nations since that it made part of the Kingdom of Burgundy from whence it came under the Dominion of the Princes that at present are possest of it who derive their Pedigree from one Bertoldus or Beroldus who in the Beginning of the XIth Century was the Rise of this Family The Learned are very much at difference about the Birth of this Prince and his Extraction some derive it from Ancharius Marquiss of Yvree others from Hugo King of Italy and Duke of Provence others say that he was Nephew of Hugo Capet King of France and others make him a Descendant of the Counts of Macon Above fourscore Historians of several Nations follow Guichenon who derives his Genealogy from Wittekindus the Great Duke of Saxony and Angria Father of Witibert Duke of Angria who had two Sons Bruno and Walpert this last was Duke of Angria and Count of Ringelbert and left Immed Duke of Engern who by Huine Countess of Chiren had Hugo Marquiss of Italy who was Father of this Beroldus Earl of Savoy and Maurienne and had for his Successor Hambert Sirnamed White-hands But some French Authors of late viz. Chorier and Du Bouchet have endeavoured to make out that there was never any such Man as Beroldus of Saxony and have found or rather fancied that this Humbert was Grandchild of the Emperor Lewis the Son of Boson the Son of Benvil Count of Ardenna descended from Pharamond or as others will have it from Charlemaign Beroldus and some of his Successors were but Counts of Savoy and Maurienne several Territories were afterwards added to their Dominions And the Emperor Sigismund dignified them with the Title of Dukes in 1417. They now call themselves Dukes of Savoy Chablais Aost and the Canton of Geneva Princes of Piedmont Marquisses of Salusses Counts of Geneve Romont Nice Aste and Tende Barons of Fauligni Lords of Verceilles Marquisses of Italy Kings of Cyprus since Lewis of Savoy who Married Charlotte Daughter to John King of Cyprus and Vicars of the Empire since Thomas the First

Chronological Succession of the Forty Counts or Dukes of Savoy and Piedmont Earls 24.   Begun in Reigned Y. 1. Beroldus I. Count of Savoy 1000 22 or 23 2. Humbert I. White-hands 1023 25 3. Ame I.     4. Odo 1048 12 5. Ame or Amedaeus II. 1061 34 6. Humbert II. the Strong 1095 8 7. Amedaeus III. 1103 46 8. Humbert III. the Saint 1149 39 9. Thomas I. made Vicar-general of the Empire in Lombardy and Piedmont 1188 35 10. Amedaeus IV. 1233 5 11. Boniface Roland 1238 25 12. Peter the Little Charlemaign 1263 5 13. Philip I. 1268 17 Interruption The Four following had but Piedmont only 14. Philip II. 1282 23 15. James 1326 38 16. Ame 1366 36 17. Lewis 1402 16 18. Thomas II. 1285 10 19. Thomas III. 1295 15 20. Amedaeus V. the Great made Prince of the Empire 1310 13 21. Edward the Liberal 1323 6 22. Aimon the Pacifick 1329 14 23. Amedaeus VI. the Green 1342 40 24. Amedaeus VII the Red 1383 9 16 Dukes   Begun in Reigned Y. 25. Amedaeus VIII made Duke of Savoy in 1416. and Pope afterwards 1392 43 26. Lewis I. 1434 31 27. Lewis II. King of Cyprus having Married Charlotte Daughter of John King of Cyprus 1465 17 28. Amedaeus IX the Fortunate 1482 7 29. Philibert the Hunter     30. Charles I. the Warriour     31. Charles-John-Amedaeus 1489 7 32. Philip 1496 1 33. Gilbert the Fair 1497 7 34. Charles II. the Good 1504 49 35. Emanuel Philibert Iron-pate 1553 27 36. Charles Emanuel I. 1580 50 37. Victor Amedaeus 1630 7 38. Francis Hyacinth 1637 1 39. Charles Emanuel II. 1638 37 40. Victor Amedaeus-Francis the present Duke of Savoy since 1675   Emanuel Philibert Married Margaret Daughter to Francis I. King of France and died in 1580. leaving only one Son Charles Emanuel I. who waged War with France unsuccessfully he Married Katherine Daughter of Philip II. King of Spain and died in 1630. leaving several Sons and Daughters He was succeeded by Victor Amedaeus who was a great Lover of Peace but a War breaking out between the French and Spaniards he sided with the former and died of a Fever in 1637. leaving by his Wife Christina Daughter to Henry IV. of France Aloisia-Maria-Christina Married to his Unkle Maurice Prince of Oneglia Francis who died in 1632. Charles-Emanuel Margaret Married to Rainutius Duke of Parma Adelais Married to Ferdinand Elector of Bavaria And Katharine who died in 1637. Charles Emanuel II. succeeded his Father In 1663. he Married Magdalen Daughter to the Duke of Orleans and after her Death his Kinswoman Mary Daughter to the Duke of Nemours by whom he had the present Duke of Savoy Victor Amedaeus-Franciscus Born in 1666. who Married in 1684. Anna Maria Daughter to the Duke of Orleans by whom he has two Daughters Mary and From Thomas Son to Charles Emanuel I. and Brother to Victor-Amedaeus are descended by Mary of Bourbon Daughter to the Count of Soissons Aloise Married to the Marquiss of Baden Emanuel Philibert who Married Mary Catherine of Est Eugenius Mauritius who Married Olympia Niece to Cardinal Mazarin by whom he had Lewis Thomas Count of Soissons who Married Vrania Daughter to the Lord of Beauvois Philip Born in 1659. and Franciscus Eugenius so much talk'd of in the present Wars Born in 1665. The present Duke of Savoy declared War against France and fell in with the Confederates Jan. 4. 1690. because of the unreasonableness of the French King's Demands who sought no less than to Garrison Turin his Capital City and had prevail'd with him to Persecute his Innocent Protestant Subjects the Vaudois The French King being before that time possest of great part of Savoy has seized the whole since so that the Duke is now confined to Piedmont But in Summer 1692. he Marched with 3000 Men into Dauphine took Ambrun Gap c. spoil'd the Country at pleasure and would have made further progress had he not been taken with the Small-Pox which obliged him to return to Turin Savoy is generally divided into Six Parts viz. On the South 1. Savoy properly so called Chambery Cap. 2. The Valley and County of Maurienne Maurienne Bish 3. The Valley of Tarentaise Monstiers Archb. On the North 4. The Barony of Fossigni Bonneville 5. The Dukedom of Chablais Thonon 6. The Dukedom or Territory of Geneva Geneva Free Annecy Savoy Proper THE places of Note here Chambery Cap. Montmeillan Beaufort Aix Rumilly Les Eschelles Vigne Constans Aiguebele Miolans Chatelar La Rochete I. Chambery Chambery Lat. Cameriacum or Camberiacum or Camberium is the Capital of Savoy the ancient Residence of the Duke and the Seat of a Chamber of Accounts of an Office of Finances of a Bailywick and of a Parliament which they called a Senate because it consisted of Senators and four Presidents This Town is scituated on the confluence of the small Rivers Laisse and Albane or Orbanne in a plain environ'd with several little Hills It is great and well built with a Castle that commands the Town There is in the Duke's Palace the Holy Chappel which has Canons belonging to it and depending on the Bishop of Grenoble in France The chief Church is that of the Parish of St. Leger but there are several others which together with the Jesuits College are a great Ornament to it It is also imbelish'd with many fine Fountains which have their source in the Hill St. Martin and distribute their Water into the several parts of the Town besides this there are several small Channels of the River Orbanne The Houses in many places toward the Street are built on Pillars which form a Gallery and are good Places to walk in in Rainy Weather Chambery to the East has the Suburb of Monmeillan to the West that of Machee Vernay and on both sides very pleasant Walks amongst which the Mail is the most resorted and pleasant This Town is in the Hands of the French since 1690. It stands 27 Miles N. E. of Grenoble 44 S. of Geneva 55 W. of Lyons 100 N. W. of Turin and 270 S. E. of Paris Long. 25 d. 24 m. Lat. 45 d. 4 m. II. Monmeillan Monmeillan Lat. Monmelianus is a little Town upon the Iser 18 Miles S. E. of Chambery It has a vast strong Castle on the top of a steep Rock which commands the narrow passage betwixt the Mountains There is a Well cut in the Rock which supplies the Garrison and Inhabitants with Water The French besieged it 1691. and took it after it had made a very vigorous resistance III. Aix Aix which is Dignified with the Title of Marquisate at the foot of the Mountains between Chambery and Anneci and Rumilly is an ancient Town but small and ill-built However it is famous for the hot Baths of Allom and Sulphur adjoining to it which are very much frequented The County of Maurienne THE County or Valley of Maurienne reaches from the Alps to the River Isere on the one side and on

foot whereof is watered by the River Chier It stands 32 Miles almost W. of Luxemburg VII Stenay Stenay Lat. Stenaeum or Stenacum is a strong City upon the Meuse on the Borders of Champagne and Lorrain The French took it in 1654. and annexed it to the Dukedom of Bar in Lorrain It stands Eight Miles W. of Montmedy VIII Damvilliers Damvilliers is a strong little Town in the Dukedom of Luxemburg but annexed to the Dukedom of Lorrain It was taken by the French in 1659 given them since by the Treaty of the Pyrenees and dismantled by the same in 1673. It stands 31 Miles W. of Thionville IX Maisiers Maisiers is a little Town on the Moselle about 25 Miles S. of Luxemburg X. Durbuy Durbuy is another small Town with the Title of a County on the River Ourt nigh the Bishoprick of Liege subject to the French ever since 1681. It stands 20 Miles almost S. of Liege and 26 almost E. of Namur and Dinant XI Bastoigne Bastoigne or Bastonach Lat. Bactonia and Bactonacum near the Forest of Ardenne is so well Built and of so great Trading that the People of the Country call it Paris in Ardenne It stands 25 Miles N. W. of Luxemburg XII Vianden Vianden is a considerable Town with the Title of a County on the little River Vra and about 21 Miles N. of Luxemburg XIII Arlon Arlon Lat. Arlunum is a strong little Town on the Borders of Lorrain dignified with the Title of a Marquisate in 1103. and seated upon a Hill where the Ancient Inhabitants were wont to adore the Moon about 14 Miles W. of Luxemburg Article X. Of the County of Hainault Lat. Hannonia THIS Province is bounded on the North with Brabant and Flanders Bounds on the West with the Scheld which parts it from Artois and part of the French Flanders on the South with Cambresis Chumpagne and Picardy and on the East with part of Brabant and the County of Namur Extent It s Extent North and South is about 60 Miles and about 70 West and East It bears the Title of Earldom Name anciently called Saltus Carbonarius from the abundance of Char-coal made in the Woods and Forests of it and now Hainault from the River Haine that runs through it The Air is here temperate and the Soil very fruitful Quality the Country being well watered by Rivers Lakes c. which do much enrich it so that the Country abounds in most places with fresh Meadows and sweet Pastures good Fruit and profitable Trees but especially with great plenty of Corn. There are also Lead and Iron Mines and Quarries of excellent Marble The Principal Rivers here are Rivers 1. Sambre which here washes Landrecy Armiers Maubeuge and runs into Namur 2. Scheld which washes Bouchain and Valenciennes and runs into Flanders 3. Haine which washes Binch and Mons and falls into the Scheld near Conde 4. Dender which here washes Leuse Aeth and Lessines and runs into Flanders This Province is said to contain 24 Walled Towns Towns c. and 950 Villages among which there are reckoned One Principality 10 Counties 12 Peerages 22 Baronies 26 Abbies with One Earl-Marshal a Seneschal a Great Huntsman a Chamberlain and divers other Officers whose Places are Hereditary Rainier I. Sirnamed Long-neck is accounted the first Earl of Hainault History he had 21 Successors to Charles V. King of Spain and Emperor of Germany in the Possession of whose Successors to the Crown of Spain Hainault continued till the French got the greatest part of it by force of Arms. The most Remarkable Places in Hainault are To the French Mons. Cap. Binch Conde Valenciennes Bouchain Soignes Roccles Quesnoy Bavay Maubeuge Beaumont Landrecy Avesnes Chimay Marienburg Philippeville To the Spaniards Lessines Aeth Enghien Halle Braine-le-Comte Fountain or l'Evesque Places of Hainault Subject to the French I. Mons. MONS named Berghen by the Natives Lat. Montes or Montes Hannoniae is situated on a Hill near the River Trulle It is large and well fortified with good Bulwarks and three Ditches with Sluces that may drown all the Country round about except the Eastern side where the Ground is somewhat higher and where they have raised good Bastions This Town has fine Buildings and an old Castle and is famous for its Trade good Workmen and the Abbey of Canonesses of St. Waltrude They are Virgins of Quality who are present at the Morning Service in Canonical Habit but wear Secular Cloaths the rest of the day and are permitted to Marry The Ancient Earls of Hainault took the Title of Earls of Mons. This Town is in the Possession of the French who carried it after a vigorous Siege and Gallant Defence of the Town in 1691. It stands 27 Miles S. W. of Brussels 37 W. of Namur 39 S. of Ghent and 48 almost E. of Arras Long. 23 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 28 m. II. Binch Binch or Bins Lat. Binchium is situated upon a Branch of the River Haine within 10 Miles E. of Mons. It is an ancient and pleasant City in a fertile Country abounding in all manner of Game and the Air is very good for which reason Mary Queen of Hungary Sister to the Emperor Charles V. Built in it a very fine House which the French ruined in 1554. after the taking of Marienburg and Dinant It has been sincere-built and called Marimont The French are Master of it since 1668. it being yielded unto them by the second Article of the Peace of Aix la Chapelle since which they have repaired it and added some Fortifications to it III. Conde Conde Lat. Condatum or Condate is situated on the Banks of the Scheld with the Title of Principality The French took it in 1676. and rendred it a very Important Place It has given its Name to many of the Royal House of Bourbon since Francis of Bourbon Count of Vendome Married Mary of Luxemburg Eldest Daughter and Chief Heiress of Peter of Luxemburg second of the Name Count of St. Paul Conversion Soissons Viscount of Meaux Lord of Enghien Conde c. This Town stands 13 Miles W. of Mons. IV. Valenciennes Valenciennes Lat. Valentianae or Valentincanae is a very ancient pleasant and strong Town upon the Scheld It 's thought our Ladies Church there was Built by King Pepin There are several other considerable Churches and Colleges a fine Town-house The Inhabitants are noted for Commerce and Riches This Place was Besieg'd in 1656. by the Mareschals of Turenne and La Ferte Senneterre but Don John of Austria back'd by the Valour of the Prince of Conde raised the Siege and took Mureschal La Ferte Prisoner Lewis XIV having laid Siege to it in 1677. carried it by Assault by the favour of one of the Gates which was half open and to save it from Plunder forc'd the Inhabitants to be at the Charge of Building a Cittadel It stands 17 Miles almost W. of Mons 41 S. W. of Brussels and 43 S. of Ghent