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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

29. 1671. 3. Ernestus-Augustus born Sept. 17. 1674. 4. Sophia-Charlotta born Octob. 20. 1668. and married to Frederick the Third the present Elector of Brandenburg Octob. 16. 1684. by whom he has had two Princes but only one living viz. Frederick-William born Aug. 4. 1688. The other Princes and Princesses that are Roman Catholicks I. ANna Maria the present Duchess of Savoy Daughter to the Duke of Orleans by Henrietta-Maria youngest Daughter of Charles I. born Aug. 27. 1669. Her Children 1. Maria-Adelheid or Adetherd born Dec. 6. 1685. 2. Another Princess born Aug. 30. 1688. II. ELizabeth-Charlotta the present Duchess of Orleans Daughter to Charles-Lewis Elector Palatine Her Children 1. Philip Duke of Chartres born Aug. 2. 1631. 2. Elizabeth Charlotte Mademoiselle de Chartres born Sept. 13. 1676. III. ANN the present Princess of Conde Daughter to Edward Prince Palatine of the Rhine and Grandchild to the King of Bohemia born July 23. 1647. Her Children 1. Maria-Teresa de Bourbon born 1666. 2. Lewis de Bourbon Duke D'Enghien born 1668. 3. Maria Anna de Monmorency born 1675. 4. Anna Maria-Victoria D'Enghien born 1676. 5. Aloisia Benedicta de Conde born 1678. IV. TWO Daughters of Benedicta-Henrietta-Philippina Duchess of Hanover Daughter to Edward Count Palatine and Grandchild to the King of Bohemia 1. Charlotta-Felicitas born March 8. 1671. 2. Welhelmina-Amalia born Apr. 26. 1673 The Princes of the House of Nassau are to be found in the Genealogies of the Princes of the Empire II. The Sovereign Ensigns Armorial of the King of England are as follows In the first place he bears Azure three Flower de Luces Or for the Regal Arms of France quartered with the Imperial Ensigns of England which are Gules three Lions Passant Guardant in Pale Or. In the second place within a double Tressure Counter-flowred-de-Lys Or a Lion Rampant Gules for the Regal Arms of Scotland In the third place Azure an Irish Harp Or stringed Argent for the Royal Ensigns of Ireland In the fourth place as in the first all within the Garter the chief Ensign of that most honourable Order on which is written this Motto Honi soit qui mal y pense Above the same an Helmet answering to his Majesties Sovereign Jurisdiction upon the same a rich Mantle of Cloth of Gold doubled Ermine adorn'd with an Imperial Crown and Surmounted for a Crest by a Lion Passant Guardant Crown'd with the Like supported by a Lion Guardant Or Crown'd as the former and an Unicorn Argent Gorg'd with a Crown thereto a Chain affixt passing betwixt his forelegs and reflexed over his Back Or both standing on a Compartment plac'd underneath and in the Table of the Compartment is his Majesties Royal Motto Dieu mon Droit King William as Earl of Nassau bears Quarterly 1. Azure a Lion Or armed Gules 2. Or a Lion Leopard Gules armed and crown'd Azure 3. Gules a Fesse Argent 4. Gules two Leopards Or armed and membred as the first As Prince of Orange he bears Quarterly 1. Gules a Bend Or. 2. An Hunters Horn Azure stringed Gules The third as c. over all an Escutcheon of Pretence Checquy Or and Azure More briefly thus quarterly Chalons and Aurange under an Escutcheon of Geneva His Motto is Je maintiendray His Majesties Livery is a Red Colour before his coming to the Crown it was blew He Professes the Protestant Religion according to the Church of England and uses now the English Language Note that as Charles the Fifth who came to the Crown of France An. 1364. was the first who in his Fathers life time was stiled the Dolphin So Edward the Second Son of Edward the First King of England was the first Prince of Wales so created An. 1300 to gratifie the Welchmen his Father Edward the First having slain in Battel Leoline the last of the Welsh Princes and united Wales to the Crown of England And perhaps it was in imitation of this that the Donor of Dolphine would have the eldest Son of France stiled the Dolphin The Title of Prince of Wales in the eldest Son of England having preceeded the other for many years The particular Cognizance of a Prince of Wales is a Plumb of Feathers with this Motto Ich-Dien that is I serve III. London seated on the famous navigable River Thames is the Capital City of England and the undoubted most famous Emporium and for ought appears the greatest and most considerable City of the Universe For as to Pequin in China the only City to be brought in competition which by some is imagined to be greater we have no account of it fit to reason upon The late ingenious Sir William Petty having critically examined the capaciousness and populosity of London and its other advantages and compared them with the other chief Cities of Europe according to what accounts could be gotten of them has accurately made out the following particulars viz. that there are contained in London 696000 Inhabitants and 105315 Houses Paris 488000 and 23223 Houses Amsterdam 187000 Venice 134000 Rome 125000 Dublin 69000 and 6400 Houses Bristol 48000 and 5307 Houses Rouen 66000 and about a third bigger than Bristol Lyons 100000   Tholouse 90000   From the foregoing particulars he makes the following Observations 1. That the people of Paris Rome and Rouen make but 679000 or 19000 less than the 696000 of London alone 2. That the people of the two English Emporiums viz. London and Bristol make 744000 or more than Paris Amsterdam and Rouen these being in all but 741000. 3. That the same two English Cities seem equivalent to Paris Rouen Lyons Thoulose these making in all but 744000. 4. That the King of Englands three Cities viz. London Dublin and Bristol containing 813000 people exceed Paris Amsterdam and Venice containg 809000 people 5. That of the four great Emporiums London Amsterdam Venice and Rouen London alone is near double to the other three viz. above 7 to 4. for the other three make but 387000 London 696000. Sir William Petty farther makes out that the people of London are as many as those of Holland in their twenty eight walled Cities and Towns and in their Dorps and Villages or at least above two thirds of the same He compares London with Paris in several particulars in all which he shews London to exceed the other viz. 1. In the goodness of the Hospitals 2. In the cleanly and more convenient way of living 3. In the richness of the People the number of the Servants and greatness of Equipage 4. In the preference of the River Thames to the River Seine both in pleasantness and navigableness the wholesomness of its water and the Bridge of London being the most considerable of all Europe 5. In the shipping and Foreign Trade London therein incomparably exceeding both Paris and Rouen the City of Bristol appearing by good estimate of its Trade and Customs as considerable as Rouen 6. In the richness of the Lawyers Chambers those of Londen being worth 140000 l. Sterling

by Ancient Burgundy which is bendy of six pieces Or and Azure bordered Gules In the fourth great Quarter Azure semé of Flower de Luces Or with a border Compone Argent and Gules for Modern Burgundy Coupe Or. supported Sable a Lion Or for Brabant These two great Quarters charged with an Escutcheon Or and a Lion Sable arm'd and langued Gules for Flanders Party Or an Eagle Sable for Anvers the Capital City of the Holy Empire For Crest a Crown trefoiled Or rais'd with eight Diadems or Semicircles terminating in a Mond Or which is the Crest of Spain The Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece encompasses the Shield and on the sides of it stand the two Pillars of Hercules viz. on each side one with this Motto Plus ultra The foresaid Order was refus'd by Lewis the Eleventh King of France as having been founded by a Duke who was Vassal to the Crown of France viz. Philip surnamed the Good Duke of Burgundy who Instituted it at Bruges An. 1429. It may be worth notice that the Arms of Castile and Leon are the first which have been born Quartered The Ordinary Device of some Kings of Spain has been this Omnes Contra nos nos Contra Omnes The Title of the Most Catholick King was given by Pope Alexander the Sixth to Ferdinand the Fifth and his Successors for having rooted out of Spain the Moors and Sarracens You may also note that the eldest Sons of the Kings of Spain are called Princes of the Asturias as those of the German Emperors Arch Dukes of Austria Those of the Kings of England Princes of Wales Those of the Kings of Portugal Princes of Algarves Those of the Dukes of Savoy Princes of Piemont c. The King of Spain's Livery is of a Yellow colour His Majesty Professes the Roman Religion and uses the Spanish Language III. Madrid situate in New Castile having been the place of Residence of the Kings of Spain since the time of Philip the Second is become from a Village to be the most populous Town of all Spain The Houses are built of Brick and the greatest part four Stories high all having Iron Balcones All the upper Rooms in the Town belong to the King who is allowed for them There are in it several Publick Edifices very beautiful among others the famous Square for the Bull Feast This Town is about the bigness of Bristol and is kept very nastily the filth and excrements lying in the Streets tho on this account excusable because the Inhabitants who drink Well Water there are fearful to sink necessary Conveniencies left the Waters should be tainted thereby About seven Miles North from Madrid is seated the Escurial or Monastery of S. Lawrence built by King Philip the Second It s a Structure so splendid magnificent and sumptuous that some think no Building in times past or at present comparable to it The front towards the West is adorned with three stately Gates the middlemost whereof leads into a most magnificent Temple and a Monastery in which are one hundred and fifty Monks of the Order of S. Hierom and a College That on the right Hand opens into divers Offices belonging to the Monastery That on the left into Schools and Out-houses belonging to the College At the four Corners there are four Turrets of excellent Workmanship and for hight Majestical Towards the North is the Kings Palace On the South parts divers beautiful and sumptuous Galleries and on the East part sundry Walks and Gardens very pleasing and delightful It contains in all thirty seven Court and Cloisters Eleven thousand Windows Eight hundred Pillars and is indeed a most noble Structure There are in it Seven Communities seven Priors and a Grand Prior. The Revenue is above Thirty thousand Crowns per annum and there is a Library in it containing above Eighteen thousand Books and among them a great many Arabick Manuscripts Toledo is the Capital City of New Castile being situate near the midst of Spain on the River Tagus It s about Four Miles in compass and is well fortified and beautified with a good number of stately Edifices and by reason of its situation in the midst of Spain it s well inhabited both by Nobility Merchants and Scholars beside such Soldiers and their Officers who are continually garrison'd in it It s also honored with the See of an Archbishop who is the Metropolitan of Spain and President for the most part of the Inquisition having a Revenue of Three hundred thousand Crowns per annum and Seventeen other Towns under his Jurisdiction both in Spirituals and Temporals Granada is the Capital City of the Kingdom call'd by that name whose whole Circuit is said to be Seven Miles it having contain'd in the time of the Moors Two hundred thousand Souls and where the Houses of the best sort are for the most part built of Free stone with delicate and artificial Masonry shewing their Magnificence Sevil the Capital City of Andalusia in the Kingdom of Corduba is look'd upon by some to be the fairest City of all Spain It is in compass six Miles divided into two parts by the River Baetis on which its seated but joined together by a strong and beautiful Bridge the whole environed with beautiful Walls and adorned with many magnificent and stately Buildings as Palaces Churches and Monasteries It has a flourishing University adorned with a goodly Library furnished by Diego the Son of Christopher Columbus the first Founder of it with Twelve thousand Volumes in several Languages gathered together with extraordinary Care and Charge and endowed with a fair Revenue for the Maintenance and Enlargement of it It s also a Town particularly famous for Traffick here being the publick Emporeum of Spain for Wines Oils and Commodities brought from the Indies and other Foreign Parts So much concerning the Towns of greatest Note in Spain The King of Spain has likewise in Italy the City of Milain being the fairest and biggest City of all Lombardy containing Seven Miles in compass and Two hundred thousand People It s seated betwixt the Rivers Ticinus and Addua which run hard by it to the great Conveniency of the Inhabitants both for having things brought to them at cheap Rates and for vending and dispersing their Manufactures which are of great esteem in most parts of the World It flourishes in all Riches and in the Beauty of its Edifices both publick and private but three especially commended for their Magnificence the Castle the Hospital and the Cathedral It s fortified with Walls Ramparts and deep Trenches and the Castle in it is so strong that it s judg'd impregnable The Trade is so great that private Shops there equal publick Store-houses of other Places and the People are so rich that the Wife of every Mechanick goes in her Silks and Taffaties The King of Spain has also in Italy the City of Naples which is the Capital of that Kingdom and contains Seven Miles in compass It 's honoured

other Five hundred thousand from the Coronet Lands The Imperial or Hans Towns I. THE Free or Hans Towns are to the number of about sixty They are called Imperial because they owe homage to the Emperour They are called Hans Towns haply because the Assembly which is held among them for deliberating together in the old German Language is called Hansa Their Body has two Voices at the Diets II. They have for Arms an Eagle III. The Capital Hans Towns are Lubec Collein Brunswick and Dantzick The Archives of all the Confederate Towns are at Lubec which is the Capital of all the Hans League and has the right of assembling all the others with the advice of the five next neighbouring Towns of the Association There is not a City in the northern parts of Germany which can equalise this for the beauty and uniformity of the Houses which are all built of Brick the pleasant Gardens fair Streets delightful Walks without the Walls c. The whole is in Compass about six Miles The Empire contains above Three hundred Principalities and Lordships It s divided into Ten Circles Austria Bavaria Suabia Alsatia or the Upper Rhine the Electorate or the Lower Rhine Westphalia Upper Saxony Lower Saxony Franconia and Burgundy Alsatia and Burgundy are now in the French Possession These Circles Compose the General Diets of the Empire where all affairs are determined The first body is that of the Electors The second is that of the other Princes be they Seculars or Ecclesiastical The third is that of the Free Franc or Imperial Towns Among the many Sovereign Princes of Germany who are Feudatory to the Empire the principal are the eight Electors who have power to choose by their Suffrages the Emperours of Germany and their younger Sons take place in Germany of the other Princes Three of these Electors are Church-men viz. The Arch-Bishops of Mentz Triers and Collin Five are Layicks viz. The King of Bohemia the Duke of Bavaria the Duke of Saxony the Marquess of Brandenburg the Count Palatine of the Rhine The Elector of Mentz I. ANselmus-Franciscus-Fredericus of Ingelheim Arch-Bishop of Mentz Prince and Elector of the Empire great Chancellour of Germany and Legate of course to the See of Rome was elected Nov. 17. 1679. being then forty five years of Age. Before his Election he was Arch-Priest of Mentz and Governour of Erfort He is the seventy first Arch-Bishop of Mentz forty Bishops having preceded them II. The Arms of his Electorship are a Wheel Or in a Field Gules and over it an Electoral Cap. The Wheel is born in Remembrance of the first Elector of this Church who being the Son of a Car-man kept always through humility a Wheel in his Chamber to mind him of his Extraction His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the High Dutch Language III. Mentz seated on the River Maenus or the Maine and Aschaffenburg are the ordinary places of his Residence and he has thirteen Suffragans Gustavus Adolphus after he took Mentz had there with him at one time six chief Princes of the Empire twelve Ambassadors of Kings States Electors and Princes besides Dukes and Lords and the Martial men of his own Army In this City Maud Daughter of our King Henry the First was married to the Emperour Henry the Fourth and Crowned Empress Here also the Art of Printing was invented or perfected at least and made fit for use An. 745. Boniface an Arch Bishop of Mentz believing that there were no Antipodes accus'd of Heresie before Pope Zacchary whose Legate he was Vigilius Bishop of Saltsburgh because he had publickly taught and writ the contrary and he caus'd Vigilius to be condemned alledging that S. Austin S. John Chrysostom and others of the Fathers of the Church never believed it Zacchary writ on this occasion two Letters to Boniface which are inserted in the General sum of the Councels IV. This Arch-Bishoprick brings ordinarily to its Arch-Bishop 6 or 700000 Crowns of annual Rent Treves or Triers I. John-Hugo de Dorsbec Arch-Bishop of Treves and Bishop of Spire Prince and Elector of the Empire Governour of Prumb and Provost of Weifenberg was chosen Arch-Bishop and Elector An. _____ he Stiles himself Great Chancellour of the Gaules and of the Kingdom of Arles belonging to the Empire and is the 101 Prelate of Treves II. He bears for Arms His Livery is of a _____ colour he professes the Roman Religion and uses the High Dutch Language III. He resides at Wilich tho Treves be his principal City and is seated in an Air so cloudy and subject to Rains that it s called Cloaca Planetarum This City is said to be the most ancient of Europe and built one hundred and fifty years before Rome IV. It s said that the Revenue of this Arch-Bishoprick may amount yearly to 11 or 1200000 Livres Cologne I. PRince Clement of Bavaria Arch Bishop and Elector of Cologne Bishop of Ratisbone and Freising Prince and Elector of the Empire Great Chancellour for the Empire throughout Italy and Legate by his place to the See of Rome was born Dec. 5. An. 1671. and Elected Arch-Bishop and Elector July 14. 1688 being the 81. Prelate of this See II. His Arms are those of the House of Bavaria which I shall set down beneath The Arms of the Archbishoprick are a Cross Sable in a Field Argent His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the High Dutch Language III. Bona on the Rhine is the ordinary place of his Residence Cologne being about five Miles in Compass is a considerable Town and the Germans say Qui non vidit Coloniam non vidit Germaniam Its Arms are three Crowns Or with this Motto Colonia fidelis Romanae Ecclesiae filia When the Arch-Bishop comes there he cannot stay above three days together without leave of the Burgomasters this being a Confederate Town and the number of the persons which he brings with him is limited This Town is one of the largest in Germany and the whole Town is so full of Convents Churches Churchmen and Reliques that it s not undeservedly stiled the Rome of Germany The Arch-Bishops Palace at Bona is said to be one of the fairest in all Germany IV. The Revenues of this Arch-Bishoprick are about 6 or 700000 Crowns per annum Bavaria HEnricus Leo Duke of Bavaria and Saxony being proscribed and outed of his Territories by the Emperour Frederick Barbarossa Otho Earl of Wittelsbach and Schyre was created Duke of Bavaria by the said Emperour An. 1180. and had both the Bavarias as well Upper as Lower granted him for ever Otho the Second Grand-Son to the former married Agnes sole Daughter and Heiress to Henry the Younger Prince Palatine of the Rhine and by reason thereof obtained of the Emperour Frederick the Second the Investiture of that Palatinate together with the Electoral Dignity An. 1227. I. From him is Descended Maximilianus-Maria-Emanuel-Cajetanus-Ludovicus-Franciscus-Ignatius-Antonina-Faelix-Nicolaus-Pius the

1680. Since the Decease of this Electress in the following year viz. 1684. Oct. 6. he married the Princess Sophia-Charlotta Daughter to Ernestus-Augustus the present Bishop of Osenburg and Duke of Brunswick and Hanover She was born Oct. 20. 1668 the Duke has had by her two Sons but only one living viz. Frederick-William born at two of the clock in the Afternoon Aug. 4. 1688. This Elector has four Brothers and two Sisters living but his Father's Issue by a second Ventre viz. 1. Philip-William born in May 1669. 2. Maria Amalia born Nov. 16. 1670 and first married ann 1687 to Charles eldest Son and Heir apparent to the present Duke of Meckleburg-Gustrow and after his Decease which happened March 15. 1688 to Maurice-William Duke of Saxony and Administrator of Naumburg June 26. 1689. 3. Albert-Frederick born Jan. 14. 1672. 4. Charles-Philip born Dec. 26. 1672. 5. Elizabeth-Sophia born March 26. 1674. 6. Charles or Christian-Lewis born at four of the clock in the Afternoon May 14. or 17. 1677. Note that there are fourteen Princes of the House of Brandenburg alive II. The Duke bears divers Quarterings containing several Alliances and Principalities over all Azure a Scepter in Pale Or which belongs to the Electorship a triple Helm and a triple Crest he has moreover in his Arms a Lion an Eagle crown'd and a Griffin the Shield is componé and contonué His Livery is of a blue Colour He professes the Protestant Religion according to the Doctrine of Calvin and uses the High Dutch Language III. Brandenburg seated on the River Havel is the Capital City of the Marquisate to which it gives the Name His Electoral Highness resides ordinarily at Berlin Spandaw Posdam Berlin is the greatest Town of the Marquisate being seated on the River Suevus it s as big as Montpellier or Beziers in France Magdeburg belonging to this Elector was formerly the Metropolitan City of Germany but scarce half built again since it was sack'd by Tilly and 36000 persons put to the Sword and destroyed IV. His ordinary and extraordinary Revenues are computed to be eleven or twelve and some say fourteen millions of Livers His Territories and Forces are the greatest in Germany next the Emperors and his Court is Royal and the second fairest This Prince may go on his own Land from the Low Countries so far as into Poland and Curland The Elector Palatine THE Palatine and Bavarian Families are known to have had one Rise viz. from Otho Earl of Wittlesbach and Schyre as it s said before in Bavaria who was created Duke of Bavaria by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ann 1180 and had both the Bavarias as well Upper as Lower granted him for ever His Grandson Otho the Second as 't is said before married Agnes sole Daughter and Heiress to Henry the younger Prince Palatine of the Rhine and by reason thereof obtained of the Emperor Frederick the Second the Investiture of that Palatinate together with the Electoral Dignity ann 1227. his eldest Son was Lewis the Severe born Apr. 13. 1229 who left two Sons viz. Rudolph an 1274 who succeeded his Father Lewis in the Palatinate and Electoral Dignity and was Author of the Rudolphine Line of the Palatinate Family 2. Lewis who was Author of the Bavarian Line of the said Family From the forementioned Rudolph is descended Joannes-Gulielmus-Josephus the present Elector Palatine and Duke of Newburg grand Treasurer of the Imperial House who was born at Dusseldorp Apr. 19. 1650 and married at Newstadt in Austria Octob. 25 new style 1678 the Princess Maria-Anna-Josepha Daughter to the Emperor Ferdinand the Fourth by Eleanor Gonzaga Daughter of Charles Duke of Mantua his third Wife This Electress was born ann 1658. She was brought to bed of a Son but stillborn ann 1683 and ann 1686 she miscarried a second time and continuing indisposed died three years after at Vienna viz. Apr. 7. 1689. The Elector succeeded his Father ann 1690 and his first Wife being dead he married a Daughter of Cosmo the Third great Duke of Tuscany ann 1691. This Elector has six Brothers and six Sisters living born in this order 1. Eleonora-Magdalena-Teresa Empress of Germany born Jan. 6. 1655. 2. Ludovicus-Antonius Greast Master of the Teutonick Order born at Dusseldorp July 9. 1660. 3. Carolus-Philippus born Nov. 4. 1661 and married at Berlin July 24. 168 to Louise Charlotta de Ratzeville Lewis Marquess of Brandenburg's Widow 4. Alexander-Sigismundus Dean of Ausburg and President of the Chapter of Constance born at Neuburg Apr. 16. 1663. 5. Franciscus Ludovicus born at Neuburg July 24. 1664 and elected Bishop of Breslaw Jan. 30. 1683. 6. Fredericus Gulielmus born at Dusseldorp July 20. 1665. 7 Maria-Sophia-Elizabetha born Aug. 16. 1666 and married ann 1687 to Peter King of Portugal 8 Maria-Anna born at Dusseldorp Oct. 28. 1667 and affianc'd to Charles the Second King of Spain Aug. 28. 1689 whose Queen she now is 9. Philippus Gulielmus-Augustus born Nov. 18. 1688. 10. Dorothea-Sophia born July 12. 1670. 11 Hedewig-Elizabetha Amalia born July 18. 1673. 12 Leopoldina Eleanora-Sophia born May 27. 1679. II. The Arms of Charles Count Palatine of the Rhine this Elector's Predecessor in the Electorate who deceased May 16. 1685 were Quartelry In the first and fourth Sable a Lion Or crown'd arm'd and langued Gules In the second and third Lozengys Argent and Azure of one and twenty pieces with a Mond Or which belongs to the Electorate The Elector's Livery is of a _____ Colour and he professes the Roman Religion and uses the High Dutch Language III. Heidelberg is the Capital Town of the Electorate seated on the River Neccar On the Town House is a Clock with divers motions and when the Clock strikes an old Man puts off his Hat a Cock crows and shakes his Wings Soldiers fight with each other c. In a great Building there in the Elector Palatines Palace joining to the Cellars the great Vessel holding two hundred Tuns is famous Ann. 1661 as Dr. Brown has observed in the Account of his Travels about an hundred English came up the Rhine and by the permission of the Elector settled themselves a few miles from Heidelberg living all together Men Women and Children in one House and having a Community of many things they are of a peculiar Religion calling themselves Christian-Jews and one Mr. Poole formerly living in Norwich was their Head They cut not their Beards and observe many other Ceremonies and Duties which they either think themselves obliged to by some expressions in the Old Testament or from some new Exposition of their Teachers Manheim seated on the Confluence of the Rhine and Neccar is the Defence of all the Country there is in it a very fair Palace where the Elector Charles ordinarily resided IV. The Elector Charles beside his own Estates inherited five hundred thousand Livres of yearly Rent after the Death of the Palatine of Simmeren Uncle to Charles-Lewis his Father and formerly his Tutor Philip William Father to the

the Dukedom of Savoy where the Duke keeps his Court when he is on this side the Alps. The number of the people of the Principality of Piemont and Savoy computed together is thought to be 800000. IV. The Ordinary Revenues of this Dukedom taking in Piemont are said to be above a Million of Crowns per annum but his Extraordinary so Great that Duke Charles-Emanuel during the Wars with Henry the Fourth in a very few years drew out of Piemont only eleven Millions of Crowns beside the charge they were put to in Quartering the Soldiers TUSCANY I. COsmo de Medices a Citizen and whose Ancestors were Merchants was elected Prince by the Populace of Florence An. 1434. But Piero or Peter de Medices his Grandson having without the Senators knowledge entred into a League with the French King Charles the Eighth was ejected by the Florentines who enjoy'd their ancient Liberty till 1512. That Ferdinand the Catholick King restor'd the Medicean Family which nevertheless in the year 1529. was again expell'd by the Florentines and altho the Emperour Charles the Fifth seized on the City and made Alexander de Medices who had married his Natural Daughter Margaret their Governour yet he being slain the Populace made choice of his Kinsman Cosmo de Medices This Cosmo commonly call'd the First was declar'd King of Tuscany by Pope Paul the Fifth An. 1569. But upon the Emperor Maximilian the Second's much opposing it he laid by the Title of King and took that of Great Duke of Tuscany And this man was Great Great Grandfather to the present Cosmo the Third Great Duke of Tuscany born 1642. succeeded his Father 1670. and married by Proxy April 19. 1661 the Princess Louise-Margaret of Orleans Daughter to the late Gaston of France Duke of Orleans and of the deceased Margaret of Lorain by whom he has Issue 1. Prince Gaston born An. _____ and married An. 1688. to the Princess Violanta-Beatrix only Sister to the present Elector of Bavaria 2. The Princess _____ born _____ and married to the present Elector Palatine An. 1691. II. His Arms are Or five Roundles Gules two two and one and one in chief Azure charg'd with three Flower de Luces Or. His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Tuscan Language III. Florence is the Capital City of the whole State and the place of aboad of the Great Duke who resides there in a Palace on the Model of which Luxemburg at Paris was built This City is counted six Miles in compass and is said to have in it 90000 souls The City Piza belonging also to this Duke is five Miles in compass but has not a third part of the Inhabitants of the other His Revenues as a French Author says are conceiv'd to be a Million and an half of Ducats yearly of which 600000 Crowns are raised yearly out of the Dominion of the City of Florence 150000 more out of that of Sienna The Customs arising out of the Port of Legorn amount yearly to 130000 Ducats The Toll of the Mill-Stones only 160000. That of Salt Mines and Iron falls not short of the latter In all a Million and 20000 Ducats He has also his Stock going amongst the Bankers and Trades as much as any in the way of Merchandizing he uses also to buy up almost all the Corn which is brought into the Country out of other parts and to sell it again at his own price forbidding any to be sold till all his be vended The rest is made up by Excise upon all Commodities even unto Herbs and Sallets A late German Author says thus of him His power may be guest at by his yearly Revenues which are estimated at 1800000 shillings MANTUA I. THE Family of the Dukes of Mantua is deriv'd from one Hugo who married one of the Gonzagas a Family of a Noble Extraction in Lombardy which was the reason that his Son Gerhard who was invested in Mantua by his Cousin Adelbert An. 1009 as an immediate Feudatory of the Empire took on him the name of Gonzaga Aloisius or Lewis Gonzaga was the eleventh in descent from Gerhard and created Captain of Mantua by the Emperour Charles the Fourth An. 1329. which Title continued in the Family till John-Francis his Great Great Grandson was created the first Marquess of Mantua by the Emperour Sigismond An. 1433. whose Great Grandson Frederick the Second was created the first Duke of Mantua by the Emperour Charles the Fifth An. 1530. whose Great Great Grandson is Charles the Third present Duke of Mantua of the House of Gonzaga born _____ succeeded his Father An. 1637. and has married Isabella Clara Daughter to Leopold the Fifth Arch-Duke of Austria but has no Issue by her II. His Arms are Argent a Crosse Pattee Gules betwixt four Eagles Sable membred of the second under an Escutcheon in Fesse charg'd Quarterly with Gules a Lion Rampant Or and three Bars Sable His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Language III. His chief City and place of Residence is Mantua seated on the River Sarca being very large strong and pleasant It s said to have been built by Oenus the Son of Manto the Prophetess Daughter to Tyresias and is esteem'd more ancient than Rome by 670 years The Dukes to take their pleasure on the Lakes and Rivers near this City have a Barge call'd the Bucentaure five Stories high and capable of receiving two hundred persons whence it took the name furnisht very richly both for State and Pleasure The Dukes Palace in the City of Mantua is very fair and stately but far short for the pleasures and delights thereof of his Palace at Mirmirollo five Miles from the City which tho it be of a low Roof after the manner of ancient buildings yet it s very richly furnisht and adorn'd with very beautiful Gardens fit to lodge and gratifie any Prince whatsoever IV. His Revenues amount to about 500000 Ducats yearly The House of Modena I. A Late French Author says that the ancient House of Brunswick in Germany and of Modena are of the same Stock and justifie their descent for almost 800 years A late German Genealogist derives the Pedigree of Modena thus The Dukes of Modena are descended from the Ancient Marquesses d' Este whose common Father was Hugo Lord of Padua and Marquess of Este Among the Descendants of this Lord we find one Borsus who was created Duke of Modena by the Emperour Frederick the Third and of Ferrara by Pope Paul the Second He was succeeded by his Brother Hercules the First who died An. 1505. From him is descended Franscisco d' Este the present Duke of Modena and Regio Prince of Carpi and Corregio Marquess d' Este and Rovigni c. born An. 1656. and married a Princess out of the Family of the Barbarini He has a Brother living viz. Almericus Prince of Modena Cardinal d' Este born _____ He has also a Sister living viz.