Family that of the Palatinate of the Rhine that of Bavaria and that of Cologne which has been for about an Age in this House The Elector of Saxony JOhn Georges the Third of the name Duke of Saxony Landtgrave of Thuringia Marquess of Misnia Great Marshal or Great Gentleman of the Horse of the Empire Prince and Elector Luth. Quarterly 1. upper Saxony 2. Thuringia 3. Misnia 4. lower Saxony Over all the Electorate which is barrely Or and Sable upon that a Crown Verte placed Bendways Dresde on the River Elbe is at present the ordinary place of Residence of this Elector His Revenue both ordinary and extraordinary may amount to about eight millions of Livres Magdebourg is the greatest Town of all the Country The Elector of Brandenburg possesses it by vertue of the Treaty of Munster according to which the Empire has consented that he hold in Soveraignty the Archbishoprick of Magdebourg and the two Bishopricks of Albestad and Minden to indemnifie him for Pomeranâ—a Vlterior possess'd by the Swedes Besides that his Electoral Highness of Brandenburg keeps a great Garison at Magdebourg he spares nothing in fortifying it The present Archbishop who is Lutheran is also Bishop of All. He enjoys a great Revenue This Prelate or Governour is of the House of Saxony He is married and has Children well grown in years Amongst his Titles he takes that of Primate of Germany the Electoral Archbishops contest this Primacy with him The House of Saxony is esteem'd one of the most antient of Europe Wittemberg was formerly the Seat of the Duke This Town is known throughout the Earth for having first followed the Heresiarch Luther Native of Islebe in the County of Mansfel who having liv'd some time in the Order of the Fryers Hermites of S. Austin left them An. 1517. The publication of a Plenary Indulgence throughout all Christendom in favour of a Croisade against the Turks serv'd him as a Stumbling-block because Cardinal Albert of Brandenbourg Archbishop of Mayence and Commissary of the holy See permitted Father John Tetzellius a Dominican to publish this great Indulgence Martin Luther who at that time was a Religious man and Professor in Divinity took so great a pique at it through a motive of Jealousie and sell into such a fury being assisted by John Stuaupire Vicar-general of his Order that he began to preach against the Pope and against his Indulgences maintaining that they were diabolical Inventions that the Roman Church must be left and a Sect made apart that there needs no Fasting that Ecclesiasticks Religious men ad women ought to marry and an infinite store of the like Errours The sensuality of his Doctrine joyn'd with the Revenues of the Church being employ'd in Pomps in Vanities other worse things drew to him a great many Followers and even persons of power John Frederick Elector of Saxony and Sichingi a great German Captain upheld Luther He chang'd the name of Ludder which signifies a Mocker and Thief into that of Luther which signifies Pure and dyed An. 1646. sixty three years and some months old He made his own Epitaph in these words Pestis eram vivus moriens ero mors tua Papa This Butterflye threaten'd an Elephant the Plague is ceast and the Popes live without interruption in glory Melancthon speaks of this Epitaph in his Funeral-Oration Vpper Saxony belongs to the Elector the lower to the House of Brunswick for the greatest part of it and to that of Saxony Lavenburg on the Elbe which is the Head of the Illustrious House of Anhalt comprizing the Towns of Hambourg Breme and the County of Oldenburg The Town of Brunswick in the middle of Saxony is very much enlarg'd it is at present under the government of the Duke of Wolfem-buttel Head of his Family These three Brothers the Duke of Zell of Hanover and the Bishop of Osnaburg are of the same House The Elector of Brandenburg FRederick William Marquess of Brandenburg Great Chamberlain of the Empire and Elector Duke of Prussia Magdeburg Juliers Cleves Monts Stetin Pomerania Cassubia Windalia or Wenden of Crossen and of Jagendorff Bourgrave of Nuremberg Prince of Alberstad and of Minde Earl of la Mark and Ravenspurg Lord of Ruvestein and other places These are the Titles which I saw in a Brief which his Electoral Highness gave to a person of my acquaintance This Prince was born the sixth of Feb. 1620. he does not enjoy Crossen and Jagendorff but the Emperour This Elector Frederick William married in his first marriage Loüise Henrietta Princess of Orange An. 1646. who dyed the eighth of June 1667. and in his second marriage Dorothy Daughter of Philip of Holstein Gluxbourg Dowager of Christian Loüis Duke of Brunswick the 14th of June 1668. He has many Children by both He is a Calvinist He bears divers Quarterings containing several Alliances and Principalities over all Azure a Scepter in pale Or which belongs to the Electorate a triple Helm and triple Crest The Livery of this Elector is of a blue colour Brandenburg is the capital City of the Marquisate to which it gives the name it is seated on the River Havel It is seen at a great distance by reason of its two great Towers This Town has the title of Bishoprick Luther receiv'd there the Order of Priesthood Berlin Spandau and Posdam are the ordinary places of Residence of his Electoral Highness Berlin is the greatest Town of the Marquisate here nam'd the River Suevus waters it It s Soil is the most fertile and pleasant of the Marcha of Brandenburg Berlin is as big as Montpellier or Beziers They count there three Towns to wit Coln otherwise Cologne on Suevus where is the Palace of the Elector the ancient Town of Berlin and the new which is call'd Fridericverde This Elector next the Emperour has more Land and Souldiery than any of the other Princes of Germany He has ordinarily twenty five or thirty thousand men on foot and good Souldiers His Revenue ordinary and extraordinary is eleven or twelve Millions some say fourteen His Court is Royal and is the best of the Empire next that of his Imperial Majesty He has three Provinces which go by the name of la Marcha to wit the Old the New and the Mean Three Bishopricks Brandenburg le Buz and Havelsberg Frederick Burgrave of Nuremburg bought An. 1417. the March of Brandenburg of the Emperour Sigismond for four hundred thousand Florins after having first sold his Burgraviate for two hundred and forty thousand Florins The Estates of this Elector contain in length above two hundred German leagues from Hussen near Arnhen to Memel in Prussia they are not large This Prince goes on his Lands from the Low Countries as far as Poland and Curland The Oder the Elbe and the Havel water these Estates This Prince is descended from the House of the Earls of Zolleren in Suabia in the Diocess of Constance whereof the Head of the Family is Catholick This Elector has done memorable things
Revenue of Twelve ordinary Councellours of State Three Councellors of the Church and Three of the Sword Twelve attending every six Months The King regulating the Councel An. 1673. added the Controuler General of his Revenues and the two Intendants of them to have place in the Councels des Parties as they have in those of the Revenue The Councellours of State are chosen by his Majesty being such as have past the greatest part of all the Offices of the Robe having been Intendants of Justice or Ambassadors or first Presidents of the Parliaments these are at present the best and most sought-for Offices of the Kingdom and which come nearest the King who gives such persons daily the best employs and Commissions of greatest importance for the service of himself and the State To these Councels the Masters of Request have access which are to the number of Eighty whereof Twenty serve each Quarter after having been honoured with many Commissions and Intendancies they are preferred by his Majesty to Employs of the highest nature where he designs them The two Intendants of the Revenue are Messire Vicount Hotman and Messire Nicholas des Marests Colbert The first has been Councellor in the grand Councel Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice in Guyen and in Tourain Proctor-General of the Chamber of Justice and afterwards honoured by the King with a place in his Councels and with the Commission of Intendant of the Kings Revenue and of Justice in the generality of Paris all these great Employs are marks of his singular Merit which he has signalized in all occurrences Messire Nicolas des Marests has been Counsellour to the Parliament of Paris and is at present Master of Requests and Intendant of the Kings Revenues There is no man but knows that he has always done things with skill and integrity his Ability his Candour and the care that he takes appear in his Conduct as three great lights which make him known to those that will be enlightned When the waves are troubled the Vessel has most need of skilful Pilots the perfect knowledge that these two Intendants have of the Interests of the Provinces has served them as a Watch-tower to keep them from erring and the zeal they have for the advantage of his Majesties Revenue is another means for them to behave themselves well betwixt the Soveraign and his Subjects in a word to the end that the King may receive as much aid as his people comfort The Illustrious Controller General of the Kings Revenues of whom I have spoken before may rely on the fidelity of these two Intendants The Four Secretaries of the Kings Revenues are the Sieur Bechameil Berrier Ranchin and Coquille The Four Clerks of the Councel des Parties are the Sieurs Aguillaumie Pecot le Foüyn and Brunet The Keeper of the Royal Treasury in waiting enters into the Councel of the Kings Revenues and also the Treasurer of the casual Revenues in waiting when they are upon the Rolls of the casual Revenues this person stands behind the Chancellours Chair Besides the Councel of the Finances and the Councel des Parties the King has also a Councel of Dispatches a Councel of War and others according to different affairs the Councel of Dispatches is held in the Kings Chamber where attend the Duke of Orleans the Chancellour the Marshal de Villeroy the Four Secretaries of State and those that are received for that Office upon Survivorship His Majesty presides in the Councel of War the Princes the Marshals of France and other Lords skilful in the Military Art are ordinarily called to it France the Mountain of the Muses IF France be the field of Mars it is also the Mountain of the Muses and the refuge of Arts. Philosophy has left Egypt and Greece to make its residence in this Kingdom The Spaniards confess this truth by this Proverb used in the University of Salamanca Dat Lutetia Aristotelum Salamanca Deum It 's at Paris particularly where we find new Plato's and Aristotles in subtilty and solidness Consummated Divines Orators like Cicero and Quintilian Cujas's and Bartholus's for the Canon and Civil Laws second Galen's Hippocrates's and Esculapius's in Physick Astrology gives us in the House of the Observatory its Ptolomy's it s Alphonsus's and its Tico-Brahe's the Mathematicks Cluverius's Poesie it s Virgil's its Ovids its Martials and its Homers Painting its Apelles and Carvers its Phidias It 's in France where Forreigners come and suck the Ambrosia and drink large draughts of the Nectar of the Gods The ordinary places of Residence of their most Christian Majesties PAris Saint Germains in Laye Versailles Vincennes Fontainbleau Chambort Blois Compeinne These dwelling-places are truly Royal the Louvre the Chasteau des Tuilleries that of Fontainbleau and Versailles are a Miracle of Nature and a Prodigy of Art in all things and in a word the Centre of the Rarities and beautiful things of the world The Louvre PHILLIP August ended the Building of the Louvre An. 1214. This Palace being the first of the Kingdom and as a Master-piece some Authors think that this Monarch called it le Louvre as though he would say l'Oeuvre the Work by Excellency others think it so called from a street called Lupura or Lupara in which it is thought to be built Loüis the Fourteenth putting the last hand to it has so enlarged it that it is capable of receiving three Kings A Learned and excellent Wit of our time has made this Inscription for the Louvre which comprehends and expresses the greatness of the Building the greatness of the person and of the Name of King Loüis le Grand and the explication of his Devise or Motto Nec pluribus Impar in these terms Haec licet ampla domus longè tamen amplior hospes Ludovico magno nec totus sufficit orbis Sufficeret solus multis nec pluribus Impar The same Inscription in English This House though great the Person whose Command It owns is greater much Loüis le Grand Does find the world too scant for he alone Would serve for many fit for more than One. It 's in the Louvre where Learning has been stript of the gross Bark of the School it 's there where the Muses are habited a-la-mode and where they are given the fine turn of Politeness by the means of the French Academy instituted by Cardinal Richlieu An. 1635. for the pureness and perfection of the French Tongue Of late some Towns of this Kingdom have erected Academies for this purpose as Arles Suissons and others We shall here observe that in France in the time of the said Cardinal the Gazette which according to the term de Gaza signifies a heap of divers things began An. 1631. and that the first Gazettier called Theophrast Renaudot Physician of the faculty of Montpellier dedicated it to Loüis the Thirteenth I saw it in the Library of Colledge Mazarin it succeeded the French Mercury its dates and Chronologies were in the Margin The Tuilleries THe Tuilleries
Beziers and Nostre-Dame de Gignac in the same Diocess Nostre-Dame de Liviniere in the Diocess of S. Pons of Tomiers Nostre-Dame de Lorme and Nostre-Dame d' Alen in the Diocess of Montauban Nostre-Dame de Ladreiche a league from Alby The Hermitage of Nostre-Dame de Moinier in the Territory of Pompignan on the top of a high Mountain in the Diocess of Nismes St. Sernin at Tolose where are the entire Relicks of many of the Apostles Nostre-Dame d' Alet and Nostre-Dame de Roqueville three leagues off Nostre-Dame de Garaizon in the Diocess of Ausche Nostre-Dame de Verdelez at Cadiliac near Bourdeaux Nostre-Dame de Nazareth in Britany three leagues from Dinan and Nostre-Dame de bonnes Nouvelles at Rennes Nostre-Dame d' Ardilliers in the Diocess of Anger 's in Anjou Nostre-Dame de Mibonnet a league from Moulins in the Diocess of Authun in Bourbonnois Nostre-Dame de Clery near Orleans on the Loire Nostre-Dame du Puy Nostre-Dame de Fridieire and Nostre-Dame de Pitie in Auvergne This is without the Town of Chaude-Agues on a sharp Rock Abbot Cholmerl is the Founder Nostre-Dame de Banelle and Nostre-Dame de Sabar are in the County of Foix in the Diocess of Comminges Nostre Dame de Quezac in Givodan near St. Maur the Abbey of St. Bennet in the Diocess of Mande Nostre-Dame de Roquemadou and Nostre-Dame de Liaurou in Quercy in the Diocess of Cahors Nostre-Dame de Cignac in the Diocess of Rhodes The House of Arpajou has given it great Marks of its Devotion Nostre-Dame d Orient in the Diocess of Vabres These two places of Devotion are in Roüergne Nostre-Dame du Calvaire of Betharan in Bearn in the Diocess of Lascar Messire Pierre de Marca has said wonderful things of it in a Book entituled Traité des Merveilles Operées en la Chappelle Nostre-Dame du Calvaire en Betharan It was printed An. 1646. and An. 1648. the word Betharan signifies according to the Language of the Country a fine Branch and according to the Hebrew Tongue the House of the Soveraign and of the most High or the House of Greatness and Eminency In the Territory of the Tribe of Gad there was a Valley of this name which appears by the Book of Joshua The Mountain Betharan has the figure of that of the true Calvary of Jerusalem Many Miracles have been there wrought If Miracles were wrought in the Temples of the Protestants as in these holy places they would make them serve as Seals to their Doctrine and would make them sound forth with a high voice that the Saviour of the World gives the power to them as a most powerful and pressing means to cause the truth of their Faith to be embrac'd and because they have no Miracles they laugh at them To which I oppose that the Jews and Pagans rejected those of Jesus Christ and of the Apostles and with St. Austin that Miracles have been the motives of innumerable conversions to Christianity that Miracles are the Chains that hold us in the Catholick Church Our strayed Brethren chuse rather to suffer themselves to be bound by their own Imagination and by the consequences they draw from the Scripture according to their private spirits and without having either of our most dear Chains neither the antiquity nor the number nor the succession of Chairs nor the Miracles c. which have continued in the Roman Church from Age to Age since the time of the Apostles Let us return to our subject The Church of Nostre-Dame of Ardilliers which is one of the chief suburbs of the Town of Saumur is serv'd by the Oratorian Fathers Saint Maximin and Saint Baume by the Dominicans as also Nostre-Dame de Bonnes Nouvelles at Rennes Nostre-Dame de Rochefort by the Religious Benedictines Saint Reine by the Cordeliers Nostre-Dame d'Orient by the Capucins Nostre-Dame de Consolation de Bezieres by the Religious of St. Francis of Paul vulgarly called les Bons hommes The others by Canons and Secular Priests The twelve ancient General Governments of the Provinces were called together at Paris under Loüis the Thirteenth according to their rank and place in the States General 1614. THe Isle of France Burgundy Normandy Guienne Britany Champagne Languedoc Picardy Daulphine Provence Lyonnois and Orleanois Of these twelve great Governments many others are made Lyonnois comprehended formerly higher and lower Auvergne and also la Marche the higher and lower Bourbonnois Beaujolois and the Country of Forrests Orleanois contain'd Poitou Aniou Touraine Loudunois the Town and Government of Rochelle Angoumois le Maine Berry Pais Chartrain le Perche Nivernois and Vandosinois Xaintonge was of the Government of Guienne The Governours of the Provinces An. 1679. are these THe Town Provostship and Vicounty of Paris has for Governour the Duke of Crequy Peer of France Commander of the Kings Orders and first Gentleman of the Chamber to his Majesty He was made choice of by the King to go to Bavaria to carry the Marriage-Presents to Madam the Dolphiness Anno 1680. The Duke d' Estrées Peer of France is Governour of the Isle of France Soissonnois Laonnois Beauvoisis c. The Prince of Condé Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold has the government of Burgundy and of la Bresse the Duke d'Enguien has the survivourship of his Father The Duke de Montauzier Peer of France and Commander of the Kings Orders has Normandy he was Governour of Monseigneur the Dolphin The Duke de Roquelaure Guienne The Duke de Chaune Britany Marshal Duke de Vivonne of Montmart Champagne and Brie The Duke of Verneuil Languedoc he succeeds Arnand de Bourbon Prince of Conti whose Piety is crown'd in the Coelestial Court he died at Pezenas An. 1666. the 21 day of February and his body was carried into the house of the Carthusians of Villeneufe in Avignon This Prince compos'd two Books one is entituled Devoirs des Grands and the other Memoires du Prince de Conti the former contains very excellent Instructions The Duke d' Elbeuf is Governour of Picardy The Duke les Diguieres of Dauphiné The Duke de Vandôme of Provence Marshal de Grignan is sole Lieutenant-General of this Province he has also been Lieutenant-General of Languedoc The Duke de Villeroy Son of the Marshal of this name is Governour of Lyonnois Forests and Beaujolois The Marquess d' Alluye of Orleannois Blesois Dunois and the Country of Sologne Chartrain and Vandômois Auvergne has for Governour the Duke de Boüillon high Chamberlain Higher and lower la Marche the Marquess de S. Germain Beâ—upré Limosin the Count d' Auvergne Bourbonnois the Marquess de la Valiere Berry the Prince of Marsillac Francois de la Rochefoucaud Duke of Rocheguion Groom of the Stole and Chief Master of the Game of France Son of the Prince of Marsillac and Grandchild of the Duke of Rochefoucaut married An. 1679. in the Church of S. Roch of Paris Madeleine la Tellier Daughter of the Marquess de Lionnois Minister and Secretary of State and
subject Auchs joyn'd with the Country of Eusan ninety six Prelates from Ceratius to Messire Henry de la Motthe Houdancourt Commander of the Kings Orders and Purveyor of Navarre formerly Bishop of Rennes and Almoner of the deceas'd Queen-Mother He is esteem'd one of the most learn'd Prelates in Antiquity and in the Science of the Canon-Law absolutely necessary for the government of the Church It 's what is requir'd at Rome The Suffragans are ten Aire Acqs or Dax Bayonne Couserans Comminges Leitoure Lescar Oleron Tarbes Bazas Aire fifty one from Marcel to Messire Jean-Loüis de Fromentieres Preacher in Ordinary to the King Acqs fifty seven from S. Vincent Martyr to Messire Philippes de Chaumont Bayonne twenty nine from Leon to Messire Henry de Garsias the Prelate that occupies it at present is call'd Messire Jean Dolce Couserans sixty three from S. Valere to Messire Gabriel de S. Etienne vulgarly Esteve Comminges forty seven from Suavis to Messire Loüis de Rechignevoisin de Guron Leitoure forty five from Heutherius to Messire Hugues de Bar. Lescar forty five from S. Julien to Messire Jean de Haut de Sallies President of the Estates of Bearn first Counsellor to the Parliament of Pau and first Baron of Province Oleron forty four from Gratus to Messire Arnaud-Francois Maitié Tarbes forty nine from Antomerius to Messire Francois de Poudens Bazas fifty from Sextilius to Messire Guillaume de la Boissonade of Ortie formerly Chanter of the Church of Agen he succeeds Samuel Martineau Elne joyn'd with Perpignan a hundred and five from Apel who was nominated Successor of N. Marguerit This Diocess has been Suffragan sometimes of Tarragone sometimes of Narbonne Elne is three leagues from Perpignan The Archbishoprick of Lyons LYons a hundred twenty two Bishops or Archbishops from Potin to Messire Camille de Neufville de Villeroy Archbishop and Count of Lyons Primate of the Gauls and Commander of the Kings Orders and Lieutenant General for his Majesty of Lyonnois Forez and Beaujolois The Suffragans are Authun Chalons or Saone Langres and Mascon Authun a hundred eighty four from S. Amant to Messire Gabriel de Roquette Successor of Loüis d'Attichi He is President of course of the Estates of Burgundy Administrator Spiritual and Temporal of the Archbishoprick of Lyons during the vacancy of the See Pope Innocent the Eleventh granted this Prelate the Pallium the third of October in the year 1678. Though the Church of Authun enjoy'd this priviledge from the Pontificate of St. Gregory the Great its Bishops have not been able to obtain it for many Ages whatever instances they have made Messire Gabriel de Roquette received it from the hands of the Archbishop of Lyons Messire Camille de Neufville of Villeroy with the ordinary Ceremonies in the Church of the Carmelites of the faux-bourg S. Jacques of Paris the 21 of May 1679. It is to be observ'd that it 's said to the Pope the day of the Ceremony of his Consecration when he puts on the Pallium Accipe Pallium sanctum plenitudinem Pontificalis Officii Chalons seventy six from Donatien to Messire Henry-Felix de Tassis Dean of the holy Chappel of Vincennes Langres ninety three from Senator to Messire Loüis de Simianes de Gordes Duke and Peer of France Count of S. Jean de Lyon and first Almoner of the Queen The Bishop of Langres carries the Scepter at the Ceremony of the Consecration and Coronation of the King The Duke of Burgundy bears the Crown and puts the Sword by the Kings side The Peers appear with a Circle of Gold on their heads in the form of a Crown There are Princes and Lords chosen to represent the Peers whose Peerages have been reunited to the Crown Mascon seventy seven from S. Placide to Messire Michel de Tilladet The Archbishoprick of Bourdeaux BOurdeaux seventy two Prelates from S. Gilbert to Messire Loüis de Bourlemont Auditor of the Rota The Suffragans are Agen Condom Angoulesme Lusson Rochelle Perigeux Poitiers Xaintes Sarlat Agen sixty one Bishops from S. Caprasi to Messire Jules Mascaron Preacher in Ordinary to the King He was Bishop of Tulles The Pope propos'd him in his Consistory for the Church of Agen. Condom twenty three from Raymond Goulard to Messire Jacques de Mattignon who succeeds Messire Jacques Benigne Bousset Tutor to M. le Dauphin and at present first Almoner of Madam the Dauphiness and Author of a Book entituled The Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholick Church on matters of Controversie Angoulesme sixty seven from S. Auson to Messire Francois de Pericard Lusson thirty from Pierre de la Voirie to Messire Henry de Barillion Rochelle joyn'd with Maillezais twenty four The Episcopal See was remov'd from Maillezais to Rochelle An. 1648 by a Bull of Pope Innocent the Tenth and with Letters Patents of Loüis the Fourteenth The first Bishop of Maillezais was call'd Gaufrid Pauvrelle and the two first of Rochelle were Jacques Raoul and Messire Henry de la Valle de Boisdauphin de Sable Perigueux seventy from S. Fronto to Messire Claude le Boux Preacher in Ordinary to his Majesty Poitiers a hundred and five from Liberius to Messire Hardoüin Fortin de la Hoguette formerly Bishop of S. Brieux He was Agent-General of the Clergy of France Xaintes sixty six from S. Eutrope to Messire Guillaume de la Brunetiere du Plessis Geté formerly Archdeacon and Canon of the Church of Paris and grand Vicar of the two last Archbishops This Prelate at his coming to the Pontificate having found in the Field of his Church the Darnel whereof it is spoken in the Gospel that the man enemy had sown there during the darkness of the night tore it up without unrooting the good seed by his skill and dexterity Sarlat thirty one from Raymond de Roquecor to Messire Loüis de Salagnac The Archbishoprick of Arles ARles eighty seven Prelates from S. Trophime to Messire Francois Adheimar de Monteil de Grignan Primate Prince of Salon and of Montdragon Commander of the Kings Orders Messire Jean Baptiste Adheimar de Monteil de Grignan was nominated his Coadjutor an 1666. and consecrated at Vzes an 1677. He preacht in Advents before their Majesties and has made fine Speeches to the King as deputed by the general Assemblies of the Clergy The first Archbishop of Arles was called S. Cezaire The Town glories in having given birth to eleven of its Bishops and Archbishops which are St. Honorat S. Aurelien Pierre Ainard Imbert de Guieres Michel de Morieres Hugues Bouardi Bertrand de S. Maleferrat Bertrand Almaric and Gaspart du Laurens I remit those who would have an ample relation on this subject to a Book newly compos'd by the Abbot de Port Native of Arles which contains excellent Remarks he has entitul'd it The Ecclesiastical and Secular History of Arles it 's the third Book wherewith he has gratified the Publick The first is a fine Book of Prayer the second a fine Rhetorick The
Consistory did not think it convenient finding him necessary in the Conclaves and it mist but little in one but he had been rais'd to the Soveraign Pontificate He died the third Cardinal of his House his Hat was of the nomination of France The third Messire Pierre de Marca he was Councellor and afterward President of the Parliament of Pau Intendant of Justice and Visitor-General in Catalonia and Roussillon Bishop of Couserans Archbishop of Tolose and then afterward Minister of State and Archbishop of Paris He receiv'd the Bulls some days before his death and did not occupy the See This Great Person is buried under the Archiepiscopal Chair His Book in folio De Concordia Sacredotii Imperii has been read by the Learned and examined at Rome The fourth Messire Hardoüin de Beaumont of Perefixe a great defender of the Priviledges of his Church formerly Tutor to Loüis the Great and Bishop of Rhodez He writ the History of Henry the Fourth and has been very liberal in giving Alms he gave at one time ten thousand Livres towards a Building for the Priests of the Congregation and Mission of St. Lazarus at Paris and during his Archiepiscopacy assisted poor Gentlemen and others with his Revenue This Prelate re-united the jurisdiction of all the faux-bourg S. Germain des Prez and other places to the Archbishoprick of Paris with an extraordinary vigour by solemn Decrees The fifth Messire Francois de Harlai de Chanvalon Commander of the Kings Orders Duke and Peer of France and Purveyor of Sorbonne He was honoured with the Archbishoprick of Paris An. 1671. and created Duke and Peer of France An. 1674. It 's the first of this See who has born the Title of Duke and Peer which will pass from him to his Successors He was before Archbishop of Roüen and President in ordinary of the Assemblies of the Clergy of France He never permits any Priest to speak to him with his Hat off but himself is likewise uncover'd though he be a great Lord. The Suffragans of Paris are Chartres Orleans Meaux Chartres has had a hundred and five Bishops from S. Avent or Aventin some say Potentien to Messire Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy Counsellor of State in Ordinary formerly Bishop of S. Malo He was born at Rome under the Embassie of his deceased Father who caus'd the Statua of Henry the Great to be erected there This great Prelate is descended from great Ministers who have been cherisht by our Kings and who have govern'd the State with so much wisdom and prudence He has always had near him persons of eminent Learning Orleans a hundred and seventeen from S. Altin to Messire Pierre Cambout de Coaslin the Kings first Almoner Meaux a hundred and four from S. Sanctin to Messire Dominique de Ligni Successor of his Uncle Dominique Seguier The Archbishoprick of Albi. ALbi has had sixty eight Bishops from St. Clair to Gaspard de Daillon du Lude This Bishoprick very famous for its Revenue was made an Archbishoprick under Pope Innocent the Eleventh at the request of Loüis the Fourteenth in favour of Messire Hyacynthe de Serroni some time Bishop of Orange and afterward Lord Bishop of Mande Count of Givodan and first Almoner of the late Queen-Mother Anne of Austria whose Funeral-Oration he made at Paris in the head of the Clergy of France and of all that is most Illustrious in the Kingdom with the applause and admiration of all his Auditors His rare Piety his profound Learning the long and important Services which he has rendred the Church and State have rais'd him to this high Dignity His devise is Sidus flos lapis There has been counted to the year 1680. sixty eight Bishops of Albi the Abbot de Cam who dayly penetrates Antiquity has discover'd eight or ten more by reading the Councels and the Register and Documents of the Metropolitan Church of Albi whereof he has compos'd the History His merit oblig'd the first Archbishop of this See a lover of Learning and learned Persons to make him his great Vicar and to send him on his behalf to assist in the Estates of Languedoc of the year 1680. The Suffragans of Albi are the nearest to it Vabres Rhodes Castres Cahors and Mande Vabres has had twenty two Bishops from Pierre d'Olargue to Messire Loüis de Barrada The two first Bishops of this Diocess were of the ancient House of Olargue Rhodes fifty three from St. Amant to Messire Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmi Castres twenty nine from Deodat to Messire Michel Tuboeuf Cahors sixty four from Genulphe to Messire N. le Jay Mande sixty two from S. Severian to Messire Francois Placide de Baudri de Piencour He confirms those that are in the good way and recalls those that are astray Five Bishops of this Diocess enlarge the Catalogue of Saints The Archbishoprick of Cambray CAmbray has had nine or ten Archbishops from Maximilian de Berghes to Messire Christophle de Brias he succeeds Gaspar Nemius Many Bishops preceded them for some time those of Cambray were Bishops of Arras they were afterward separated The Archbishop of Cambray stiles himself Archbishop and Duke of Cambray Count du Cambresis and Prince of the Empire This Archbishoprick before the Wars was worth a hundred thousand Livres of Rent The Archiepiscopal Church has a very fair Body adorn'd with a high Steeple some persons think that its Bell call'd Mary-Fontenoise resembles in greatness to George d' Amboise of Roüen or to Cardaillac of Tolose or to that of Mande when it was in being whereof the Clapper is yet to be seen Charles the Fifth caus'd the famous Citadel to be built which is very strong by Scituation and by Art though the King of France took it in a little time and receiv'd the Oath of Fidelity from the Archbishop An. 1677. The Governour of this place being askt at Brussels by the Duke de Villa-Hermosa why he had yielded it so soon answered him in these very terms The King of France was before it in person and I believe if he besieg'd Hell he would fetch all the Devils out in case Hell could be besieg'd and taken by Mortals The Suffragans of this Archbishoprick are Arras Tornai Saint Omer Arras has had fifty three Bishops from Lambert to Messire Guidon de Seve de Roche Chouard Tornai forty eight from S. Plato to Messire Philiberg de Choiseul du Plessis Pralin formerly Bishop of Comminges He preacht the Funeral Sermon on the late Prince of Conti. The Canons of his Cathedral-Church are cloath'd in violet The Town of Gand depended formerly for the spiritual on the Bishops of Tornay as we shall see elsewhere Saint Omer ten from Gerard de Hamericourt to Messire Annes Tristan de la Baume Suse His Majesty chose him for a Diocess and a People newly conquered by reason of his particular merit and of his extream sweetness accompaâ—â—â—d with a like Address for governing them He was created before Bishop
he receiv'd in his hand at Tolhus a place where the Rhine divides it self and where is built the famous Fort of Schenk The 23 of the same month and of the same year the King put in possession of the Seals Messire Etienne Deligre and rais'd him the month of January An. 1674. to the place and dignity of Chancellor of the Kingdom for his merit and long services rendred to the State He was Son of a Master his Father having been Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals Anno 1673. the War was declar'd betwixt France and Spain At the beginning of the year 1675. the King chose for his Confessor Father de la Chaize who has been Professor of Divinity in his Society Rector and Provincial of the Province of Lyons He is consummated in all sorts of Knowledge and particularly in the Moral Positive and Scholastick learning in the Mathematicks and in Medals whereof he has written a Book It 's a Chair of Truth and Piety whence issue Oracles to instruct and Examples to edifie it 's wherefore Loüis the Great by the high Lights which Heaven has communicated to him knowing his merit the solidity of his Understanding committed to him his Conscience and his Soul entirely He possesses in an eminent degree the excellent and great Qualities of those that have preceded him in the Office of Counsellor Confessor of our Kings the first was Aymon Auger the following Coton Arnoux Siguerand Suffren Malliand Gourdon a Scot Caussin Sirmond Dinet Paulin Annat and Ferrier Henry the Third was the first King of France who had a Jesuit for his Confessor the other Kings Successors of this Prince make use of them since and the greatest part of other Monarchs and Potentates The 28th of April 1675. the Senators and Sheriffs of the famous Town of Messina specially impower'd in the name of all the Inhabitants took on their knees the Oath of Fidelity to the Invincible Loüis the Fourteenth King of France and of Navarre from the hands of Loüis Victor de Roche-Choüard Prince of Tonnai-Charente Duke of Vivone and Lieutenant-General for his Majesty in the Town here mentioned and in the other places of the Isle of Sicily since Mareschal of France At this Ceremony and other important actions assisted Francois-Auguste de Valavoir Marquess of Vaux Melchior de Thomai Lord of Chateauneuf and others The French soon got possession of lands by the taking of Scaleta Augusta Taormina Merilli and other places In the same year 1675. the 19th day of the month of July the Shrine of Saint Genevieve was carried processionally about the Town of Paris for fair weather which was obtain'd as soon as recourse was made to her Prayers before the obstinate Rains laid waste the Country and the Corn for above two months the hopes of the Labourer and Vineyard-keeper were fallen It was twenty three years that the Relicks of this Saint had not been carried An. 1676. the 22th of April happen'd the great Naval-fight in Sicily as far as Augusta and Messina betwixt the French Fleet and those of Holland and Spain The French gain'd a great Victory Michel-Adrien Ruiter was so dangerously wounded that he died some days after The Sieur du Quesne signaliz'd himself there and shew'd the braveness of the French who since some years are become firm Sea-men The King of France declar'd War against the King of Denmark the 28th of August of the same year because contrary to the Treaty of Peace at Copenhagen An. 1660. betwixt Sweden and Denmark for the performance of which his most Christian Majesty gave his Guarentie his Danish Majesty did not cease from making War on the King of Sweden who had not contraven'd to this Treaty of Peace An. 1677. on Ash-wednesday there was a defeat of a Squadron of fourteen Dutch Vessels in the Port of Tobago by the Comte d'Estrées Vice-Admiral of France This Island Tobago which is one of the Isles Antilles in America gave the name to Tobacco or has taken that This simple was formerly call'd the Herb Nicotian because the Physician Nicot brought it into Europe Some call it the Herb of the Queen for having been first presented to the Queen of Spain It is extreamly in use in moist Countries because it dries and sometimes too much After Meals Pipes and Tobacco are set upon the Table the men and women think they are not able to live without it because the Tobacco evacuates as they say the evil humours of the brain Joüin de Rochefort relates that in the Town of Worcester he was askt whether in France the Scholars when they go to School carry Tobacco as those of England He tell us that when the Children go to School they carry in their little Bag with their Food a Pipe fill'd with Tobacco and that at the hour of taking it every one lays down his Book to kindle his Pipe and that the Master takes with them and teaches them to hold their Pipe and to smoak All sorts of persons are seen to smoak in Flanders even to the religious men and women The Bull of Jubilé of the holy year which is celebrated from twenty five to twenty five years was publisht at Paris at the beginning of the month of March in the year 1677. At the same time also was publisht the Jubilé of the Exaltation of our holy Father Innocent the Eleventh The first Jubilé lasted two months the other a fortnight whereof we have spoken in the Tract of Italy At the beginning of April Cambray and St. Omer were reduc'd to the Obedience of his most Christian Majesty St. Omer the second Town of the County of Artois is seated on the River Aa The 11th of April Philip of France got the Battel of Cassel The 14th of July the King receiv'd a Courier from the Marshal de Navaille who commanded the Army in Catalonia bringing news of a great advantage gain'd by the Kings Army over the Spanish Troops commanded by Comte de Monteri Vice-Roy in Catalonia In the same year the Town of Arles which was once the Capital of the Kingdom of Arles and of Burgundy rais'd for the glory of the King in the middle of the Place a stately Obelisque which was found buried in the Gardens of Madam de l'Hote scituate in the Trenches of the Town The Sieur Roubin Member of the French Academy of this Town presented the Draught to his Majesty The Obelisque is fifty two foot high without comprizing the Pedestal which is seven foot diameter all of a piece The 25th of October of the same year 1677. Messire Etienne Daligre Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France died at Versailles in the house of Chancery aged eighty five years and a half The 27th the King created Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France Messire Michel le Tellier who took the Oath presented him by his Majesty the 29th following The indefatigable Marshal de Crequi who has gloried in exposing himself for a long time in the dangers of
of Plenipotentiary in a place which ought to be a Sanctuary oblig'd his most Christian Majesty considering the Laws of Nations violated to recal his Nimegen was since made choice on for renewing the Conferences of the general Peace The Duke de Vitry the Sieur Colbert Marquess of Croissi and the Sieur de Mesmes Count of Avaux were appointed Plenipotentiaries of France Anno 1675. Marshal d' Estrade succeeded the Duke de Vitry The 11th of August 1677. the Bishop and Prince of Gurc chief of the Embassie of Germany for the Conferences of the Peace arrived at Nimegen accompanied with Count Kinski and with Sieur Straman his Colleagues who went before him All the other Plenipotentiaries repair'd thither The Estates of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries appointed for their Plenipotentiaries the Sieur Hieromy Beverning Lord of Teylingen Curator of the University of Leiden the Sieur William of Nassau Lord of Odik Cortegene c. and the Sieur William Haren Grietman du Bildt The Treaties of Peace and of Commerce Navigation and Maritime affairs betwixt France and the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries were concluded at Nimegen the 10th of August 1678. In the same year the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Spain was sign'd and the year following 1679. that of France and of the Emperour whereof we have spoken elsewhere The Elector and King of Bohemia THe King of Bohemia one of the seven Electors formerly the Emperours great Cup-bearer is at present the Emperour himself Cath. His Arms are a Lion Argent arm'd and crown'd Or with a double tail noüed and pass'd in Saltier in a Field Gules Prague is the capital City its Dukes the Kings and Emperours have kept there a long time their Court it is divided into three the Small the Ancient and the New Praga ad Moldaviam fluvium the Molde waters it Its Inhabitants were govern'd by Dukes till Vratislaus was created the first King who was followed by many others till the Royal Line being extinct the House of Austria put themselves in possession of this Kingdom which has been made hereditary in the House of Austria by the Treaty of Peace of Munster The Ancients called Bohemia Bojemia or Bojohemia that is to say in the German Tongue the House or Residency of the Boyes a People of the Gauls who retir'd thither Some have said that this Elector was the last before that he was King His Chair at the Elections is of Sattin pursled with Gold and that of his Colleagues of Crimson Velvet onely Some would seem to say that he has onely a casting Voice and Suffrage when the other Electors do not accord for the Election of the Emperour but it is certain that he is effectively an Elector as the others and that his Royal quality gives him the first Seat amongst the Lay Electors Bohemia with the Provinces of Moravia and Silesia may be worth yearly twelve or thirteen Millions to its Prince The Emperour Frederic surnamed Barberossa made it a Kingdom it is he who said to Pope Alexander the Third Non tibi sed Petro. The Bohemians in the Ceremonies of the Mass sing the Epistle and Gospel in their Tongue and communicate under both kinds it has been permitted them as a thing which does not alter the essence of Faith The Town of Egra otherwise Eger belongs to this Crown the Gazettes often mention it There are pretious Stones found in the Mountains of Pinch whence is come the Proverb that men throw sometimes a Stone at a Cow which is worth more than the Cow The Inhabitants of Bohemia are call'd Bohemians with an Aspiration and the vagabond Egyptian Fortunetellers Boemians they appear'd in Europe An. 1417. They came from Hungary and Valachia Frontiers of Turky The Clocks of Bohemia are alter the Italian fashion they tell the hours there from one Sun-setting to the next twenty four hours consecutively Olmus is the capital Town of Moravia and Breslau of Silesia The Emperour Leopold declar'd Count Staremberg Chancellor of the Empire and Counsellor of his Privy-Council the 24th of January 1678. The Elector of Bavaria MAximilian Marie Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Prince and Elector of the Empire Great Steward of the Imperial House came into the World An. 1662. is Cath. His Arms are three Shields together the first Sable a Lyon crowned Or which belongs to the Palatinate the second is fusile in bend of 21 pieces Argent and Azure which belongs to Bavaria the third Gules an Imperial Globe Or which belongs to the Electorate Saltzburg has fâ—rmerly been the Capital of this Country at present it 's Munic a very strong place some call it in Latin Monachum others Monachium The Germans Munchen on the River Iser This Elector resides at Munic his Palace is one of the stateliest of Germany The great Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden having taken the Town and the Dukes Palace which he did not demolish by reason of its beauty possess'd himself of the Dukes sine Library where were rare Manuscripts which he caâ—ried into Sweden Queen Christian his Daughter gave liberally of them to some learned persons amongst others to the Sieur Vossius Canon of Windsor in England to the Sieur des Cartes and others The Castle of Schelesheim two leagues from Munic is a Country-house of Pleasure where his Electoral Highness goes ordinarily to take the diversion of Hunting His Buccâ—ntaurus passes amongst the curious for a Wonder of this Age. It is on the Lake of Staremberg which is a league over and six leagues in length It is held to be as beautiful and as large as that of Venice whereof I speak in its place This Elector raises eighteen or twenty thousand men and sometimes more his Revenue is considerable His Dukedom which is in upper Germany is divided into upper and lower Bavaria Munic Ingolstat and Freisingen are in the upper Freisingen has the title of Bishoprick and Ingolstat of University Ratisbone in the German Tongue Regensburg Passau Landshut Straubingen and many others are of the lower Bavaria The great Church of Munic is the Burial-place of its Dukes The Electorate the upper Palatinate and the County of Chamb were granted to the House of Bavaria and its Successors as long as the Male-line should hold accoâ—â—ing to the tenth Article of the Treaty of Munster In the last War between France and Germany the Elector Ferdinand Marie stood Neuter He dyed suddenly at Schelesheim at forty three years of Age. Pope Innocent the Eleventh celebrated Mass for the Soul of this deceased person and the Emperour caus'd the Funeral-Obsequies to be solemniz'd at Vienna in the Church of the discalceated Augustins The Empire has been divers times in the House of Bavaria Its Princes have married eight Daughters of Emperours and eleven Daughters of Kings and among the Daughters of this House six have married Emperours three have been married to Kings and two to Dolphins of France Three Electors are of the same