usurping King there after King Edwards death was by the unanimous consent of the Peerage of England Crowned King Now when King William the Conqueror's youngest Son Henry upon the death of his elder Brother William the Second who had succeeded his Father in the Kingdom came to the Crown which was An 1087. He married Matilda or Maud Daughter of Malcolm the Third King of Scotland by Margaret the Sister of Edgar Atheling right Heir of Edward the Confessor as being descended from King Edmund Ironside half Brother to King Edward the Confessor by their common Father King Ethelred and Grandfather to the abovenamed Edgar Atheling and Margaret And the said King Henry the First had by his Wife Matilda or Maud a Son who was cast away at Sea and a Daughter named Maud also the only Legitimate Issue that survived him born An. 1104. She was married first to the Emperour Henry the Fourth who had no Issue by her and after his death to Geoffry Plantagenet Earl of Anjou by whom she had a Son nam'd Henry the Second Now King Henry the First his Son being dead seeing this Daughter his only Legitimate Issue call'd a Parliament An. 1133. in which all the Lords of the Land took an Oath to be true to his Daughter Maud the Empress and her Heirs and acknowledge them as right Inheritors of the Crown And tho Stephen Earl of Bologne and Montagne Son of Stephen Earl of Blois by Adela third Daughter of the Conquerour was set up to the Crown by the working of Henry his Brother Bishop of Winchester after the death of King Henry the First against the undoubted right of the said Empress yet at length seeing his Children dead before him he secur'd the Succession to her Son Henry the Second who was Crown'd An. 1155. And from this Henry the Second in whom the Saxon Line was restored is Descended James the Second of the Royal House of the Stuarts late King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. who was born Oct. 14. 1633. His Majesty Espoused for his first Wife the Lady Ann Daughter to the late Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord Chancellor of England c. She died before he came to the Crown and brought him Issue four Sons and four Daughters but all dying young except two surviving Daughters The eldest is the Lady Mary born Apr. 30. 1662. and was married to William Henry Prince of Orange in London at S. James's Nov. 14. 1677. The said Prince being born on the 14. of the same month New Stile 1650 and restor'd to his Hereditary Dignity in the United Provinces An. 1672. concerning whom I shall say more beneath The second is the Lady Ann born Feb. 6 1664. And July 28. 1683. was Espoused to George Prince of Denmark only Brother to the present King of that Kingdom he was born An. 1653. or 1. he has had Issue by his Princess 1. William Duke of Gloucester born in July 1689. and three Children more viz. the Lady Mary the Lady Ann and another Princess who died in their Infancy His Majesty Nov. 21. 1673. took for his second Wife the Lady Mary-Eleanor-Beatrix D'Este late Queen of England still living who was born Sept. 25. 1658. being youngest Sister to Francisco D'Este the present Duke of Modena and Regio c. She was Crowned with his Majesty April 23. 1685. And his Majesty has had by her two Daughters and a Son who all died young before the year 1688. And as some say he has had a Son and a Daughter by her since still living Their Majesties reside at present at S. Germains in France and profess the Roman Religion His Majesty has Natural Issue by Madam Churchil two Sons and two Daughters all living in France The Sons go by the name of Fitz-James The eldest is Duke of Berwick the youngest is stiled Grand Prior of Ireland The eldest Daughter was married to the late Lord Waldegrave by whom he has Issue two Sons The other Daughter is unmarried Now as for William Henry of Nassaw Prince of Orange and now stiled William the Third King of Great Britain c. who married the Lady Mary eldest Daughter to King James as above They were Proclaim'd King and Queen of England France and Ireland the Executive Power in him Feb. 14. 1689. Proclaim'd King and Queen of Scotland April 11. of the same year His Majesty has as yet no Issue by his Queen Now as to the Rise of the House of Nassaw and Orange as it concerns King William I shall not seek to retrieve its Original but its certain it flourisht in the ninth Century and I shall only take notice that from Walram and Otto Sons of Henry surnam'd the Rich Earl of Nassau sprang two Capital Lines viz. that of Idstein afterwards call'd Sarepont from Walram and that of Dillenburg which now enjoys the Principality from Otto and therefore we shall confine ourselves singly to this Now John the Third who was the eighth of his Family Lineally descended from the said Otto inclusively had two Sons viz. Henry and William the Elder Henry was born An. 148â— and from him the Principality of Orange Descended to King William As for William the Elder Brother to Henry he had a Son call'd John who dwelt in the Castle of Dillenburg and had twenty five Children of whom I shall note only four viz. John George Ernestus-Casimire and John-Lewis for from them sprang the several Lines of Siegen Dillenburg Diezen and Hademar on each of which the Emperour Ferdinand the Third in the Diet of Ratisbone March 3. 1654. conferr'd the honour of having a Voice and Seat among the Princes of the Empire As for a farther Genealogical account of these Families it may be had elsewhere To the Royal Family of England I must add Donna Catharina Infanta of Portugal Queen Dowager of England born at Villa Vicosa in Portugal Nov. 14. Old Stile An. 1638. and Espoused at Portsmouth by his late Majesty King Charles the Second in the month of May An. 1662. She being only Sister to Don Pedro of the House of Braganza the present King of that Kingdom She resides at present at Lisbon in Portugal Her original Jointure some settled by King Charles was 40000 l. per annum to which considerable additions have been since made Their Majesties have two Uncles living in England viz. the Earls of Clarendon and Rochester The Princes and Princesses of the Blood Royal of England that are not excluded from the Succession of the Crown by the late Act of Parliament I. PRincess Ann of Denmark afore mention'd II. The Duke of Glocester of whom also see before III. Sophia Duchess of Hanover Daughter to Frederick the Fifth Elector and King of Bohemia Married to the Duke An. 1658. Her Children 1. George-Lewis born May 28. 1660. Who Nov. 1. 1682. Married Sophia-Dorothea only Daughter to the Duke of Zel by whom he has 1. George-Augustus born Oct. 30. 1683. 2. William-Ernestus born An. 1685. 2. Christian born Sept.
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 Their Chief Seats of Pleasure and other Remarkable things in their Dominions IV. Their Revenues To which Are added some other Curious Remarks as also an Account of Common-Wealths relating to the foregoing Heads Parvula sic totum pervisit pupula Mundum LONDON Printed and are to be Sold by Randall Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1694. Presented to R. Hooke by his Worthy Friend the Author July 4. 1694. To the HONOURABLE CHARLES COTTINGTON Esquire SIR HIstory being much the Study of a Gentleman I have presum'd a Dedication of these few Praeludia relating to it to your self Not but your own Reading Conversation and Travels may have already furnished you with far more and more accurate Particulars in this kind than my poor Essays may afford but what I have written is chiefly intended for your hopeful Offspring to whom I conceived a brief Idea of the World in this kind relating to those chief Potentates under whose Dominion God at present has put it might be of use for initiating their Understandings till being come to more mature years their own Studies and Observations in Travels may inure them to well digested Thoughts concerning the various Governments of the World whereby they may be rendered serviceable to the Nation in which they live It 's well known how Eminent for Parts and Services to this Nation the late Lord Cottington your Uncle was whose Family a few years since being reduced in the Male-Line only to your self you see Providence by vouchsafing you three flourishing Branches of Male-Issue has given you good Hopes and a fair Prospect of a long Continuance of it And as the many Favours I have received from you have highly engaged me to wish Prosperity to it so whenever any thing shall be suggested to my Understanding whereby I may be a Mean to promote it it shall most readily be put in Execution by Sir Your most Obliged Kinsman and most Humble Servant John Beaumont Jun. THE Present STATE OF THE UNIVERSE c. The House of Austria THE Illustrious House of Austria having the largest extent of Dominions among the European Princes I have thought fit to begin with that This House owes its Original to the Earls of Habsburg whom a late Writer derives from the Counts of Mount Aventine of the ancient Perleonian Family which was formerly of the greatest Repute and Authority of any in Rome and had its seat on Mount Aventine Albertus Dives Anicius Perleonius a person Descended of the said Family was driven out of Rome An. 1144. by the Arnaldistick Hereticks together with his Brother Rudolph in defence of the Roman See Whereupon he travelled into Switzerland and there married the Daughter of Wernerus last Earl of Habsburg of the Anician Perleonian Race This Albertus Dives Anicius was Great Grandfather to Rudolph the fourth Earl of Habsburg the first German Emperour of the Anician Perleonian Family This Rudolph the first was the Common Father of the Austrian Family born May 1. 1218. He was elected Emperour An. 1273. by the unanimous consent of the Princes of the Empire and crowned the same year at Aix la Chapelle and at a Diet held at Ausburg An. 1282. he had Austria settled on his eldest Son Albert who was first Duke of Austria and Schwaben on Rudolph his youngest Son Philip the first descended from Albert was born An. 1478. and An. 1496. he married the Princess Johanna eldest Daughter and Heiress to his Catholick Majesty Ferdinand of Spain in whose right he immediately became possest of the Kingdoms of Castile and Arragon He had for his Sons Charles the fifth and Ferdinand the first betwixt which two Princes there was a division made of the Provinces when the House of Austria became likewise divided into the Spanish and German Lines The Spanish Line I. THE Author of the Spanish Line was Charles the fifth born at Ghent in Flanders An. 1500. At fourteen years of Age he had the Government of the Netherlands given him At sixteen he was Crowned King of Spain At nineteen elected Emperour and Crowned the year following at Aix la Chappelle He annexed the Duchy of Milain to his House for ever He concluded a Peace with the Protestants at Passaw An. 1552 and three years after he Abdicated his Government leaving the Empire to his Brother Ferdinand and the Kingdom of Spain with the Low Countries and its other dependencies to his Son Philip Great Grandfather to the present King of Spain Charles the Second who was born Nov. 6. 1661 and on the 21. of December following was Christened Carolus-Joachimus-Josephus-Antonius-Leonardus He succeeded in the Kingdom at the death of his Father Philip the Fourth who died Sept. 17. 1665. and in the year 1675 being entred on the fifteenth year of his Age he took on him the Government of his Estates whereas during his minority the supream Government was under the Regency of the Queen his Mother named Mary-Anne Daughter of the Emperour Ferdinand the Fourth and is now Dowager of Spain She was born Oct 12. 1631. and married to Philip the Fourth King of Spain Nov. 7. 1649. This King Aug. 31. An. 1679. espoused the Princess Mary-Louise of Orleans eldest Daughter to Philip Duke of Orleans by the Princess Henrietta-Maria youngest Daughter to our late King Charles the First The Prince of Conde espoused her in the Chappel of the House of Fontainebleau in the name of the King of Spain and the Marriage was Consummated Nov. 19. of the said year 1679 near Burgos in Old Castile She was born March 7. 1662. And this Queen dying without Issue An. 1689. he the same year married Maria-Anna Daughter of Philip-William Duke of Newburg and Elector Palatine the present Queen born Oct. 28. 1667. II. For Arms he bears Quarterly the first Quarter Counter-Quartered in the first and fourth Gules a Castle triple towered Or each with three Battlements bordered Azure Purfled Sable for Castile In the second and third Argent a Lion Gules Crowned Langued and armed Or for Leon. In the second great Quarter Or four great Pallets Gules for Aragon Party Or four Pallets also Gules betwixt two Flanches Argent charg'd with as many Eagles Sable membred becked and crowned Azure for Arragon and Sicily These two great Quarters grafted in Base Argent a Pomegranate Verte stalked and leav'd of the same open and seeded Gules for Granada On the whole Argent five Escutcheons Azure placed crosswise each charg'd with five Besants Argent placed in Saltier for Portugal The Shield bordered Gules with seven Towers Or three in Chief two in Fesse and two toward the Base for Algarve In the third great Quarter Gules a Fesse Argent for Austria Coupé and supported
or Cities thence equally distant or to any one of twenty six Towns to Dinner and come home to Bed King Williams Pallace at Houstlardike built by Frederick-Henry of Nassau is esteem'd the most beautiful and stately of the seventeen Provinces IV. The Publick Revenues of the Netherlands coming all out of the Subjects Purses are computed to be seven millions of pounds Sterling In a Book Compos'd by a Dutchman Entituled The Depths of Spain the City of Amsterdam is said to have daily above fifty thousand Livers of Rent in Customs Assizes and Imposts The House of Denmark 1. THE Danes have had their peculiar Kings for many Ages past whom Historians generally distinguish by eight Periods The seventh of these Periods was that of the Suenonidae or English Danes so call'd from Sueno or Swaine Ethrick This Family ended An. 1448 upon the death of the last of them without Issue And the Danes elected Adolph Earl of Holstein for their King but he modestly declin'd it and earnestly recommended to their Choice Christian Count Oldenburg his Sisters Son who was thereupon elected and Crown'd King by the unanimous consent of all the Nobility As for the Original of the Family of Oldenburg it s too far buried in Antiquity for Historians to clear it however they say that toward the end of the tenth Century one Otho was Earl of Oldenburg who had a certain wonderful Horn given him by a Spirit or Apparition which is to be seen to this day in the Castle of Oldenburg Of this Family the present King of Denmark is descended tho the Monarchy continued Elective till the time of his Father Frederick the Third who was elected King of Denmark and Norway An. 1648. in whose Reign the Constitution of the Government was altered and the Monarchy was made Hereditary Christian the Fifth of the House of Oldenburg present King of Denmark Norway the Vandals Goths c. was born Apr. 18. 1646. Own'd Heir of the Crown of Denmark Jun. 12. 1650. ascended the Throne after the death of his Father which happened Feb. 19. 1670. Crown'd at Fredericksburg June 17. 1671. He espous'd May 18. 1667. Charlotta-Amalia Daughter to William the Sixth Landtgrave of Hesse she having been born Apr. 27. 1650. He has Issue by her living 1. Frederick born Oct. 21. 1671. 2. Christian born Oct. 18. or March 25. 1675. 3. Sophia-Hedewig born Aug. 28. 1677. 4. Christiana-Charlotta born Jan. 18. or 28. 1674. 5. Charles born Oct. 25. 1680. or 82. 6. William born 1684. The King of Denmark has but one Brother viz. Prince George of whom see in England His Sisters are as follows 1. Anna-Sophia married to the Elector of Saxony of whom see in Saxony 2. Frederica Amalia born 1648. and married An. 1667. to Christian-Albert Duke of Sleswick or Gottorp who was born Feb. 3. 1641. 3. Wilhelmina-Ernestina born 1650. the now Relict of Charles late Elector Palatine 4. Ulrica-Eleanora born 1656 and married to Charles the Eleventh the present King of Sueden May 16. 1680. Note That King Frederick the Third beside these Children left a Natural Son Ubrick-Frederick Count of Guldenlow the now Governour of Norway who by a certain Noble Lady is Father of Woldemar Baron of Lowenthal a Colonel in the Danish Forces Afterwards he took to Wife Antonia-Augusta Daughter to Anthony Count Oldenburg An. 1677. by whom he has many Children and among the rest Fredericus-Christianus The present King of Denmark has also several Natural Children by the Countess of Samsee To give an account of the chief Princes of the several Branches of the Royal House of Denmark you must note that they are divided into two Capital Lines viz. The Dukal Line of Holstein and the Dukal Line of Sleswick or Gottorp As for the Ducal Line of Holstein John Brother to Frederick the Second King of Denmark and Son to King Christian the Third who came to the Crown ann 1537 was the first Progenitor of it who being twice married became the Father of a numerous Issue which spread it self into the four Branches of Sunderburg Norburg Glucksburg and Ploen The present Duke of Holstein in Sunderburg is Christian Adolph born ann 1641 and now lives at Frantzhagen in Sax-Lawenburg which was his Wive's Portion together with his Son Prince Leopold Christian born 1678. There are of this Branch besides seventeen Princes alive The present Duke of Norburg is Christian-Augustus born 1639. The present Duke of Glucksburg is Christianus born 1627 who lives in the Castle of Glucksburg with his three Sons Philip-Ernestus born 1673. Joachim-Adolph born 1679 and Christian-Augustus born 1681. The present Duke of Ploen is Joannes Adolphus born 1634 and married ann 1674 to Dorothea Sophia eldest Daughter to Rudolphus-Augustus Duke of Wolfembuttel who was born Jan. 28. 1653. He has Issue by her two Sons living viz. Adolphus-Augustus born 1680 and Joannes-Ulricus born 1684. His youngest Brother Joachimus Ernestus born 1637 is General of the Spanish Horse in the Netherlands As for the Ducal Line of Sleswick or Gottorp the Author of it was Adolphus youngest Son to King Frederick the First born ann 1526. The present Duke is Christian-Albert born Feb. 3. 1641 and married 1667 to Frederica Amalia second Sister to the present King of Denmark who was born 1648 He has Issue by her 1. Sophia-Amalia born 1670. 2. Frederick born 1671. 3. Christianus-Augustus born 1673. 4. Maria-Elizabetha born 1678. II. The Shield of the Kings of Denmark is charged with many Marks of Possessions Pretensions and Alliances He bears party of three and Coupé of two which make twelve Quarters In the first Or Semé of Hearts Gules with three Lions passant-guardant placed one over the other Azure crowned langued and arm'd of the first which belongs to Denmark 2. Gules a Lion Rampant crowned and armed Or holding a Battle-Ax Argent hilted of the second for the Kingdom of Norway 3. Gules a Lion passant-guardant Or on nine Hearts of the same in Fesse for Gothland 4. Gules a Dragon crown'd Or for Schonen 5. Azure three Crowns Or for Sweden 6. Gules a Paschal Lamb Argent supporting a little Flag of the same marked with a Cross Gules for Gutland 7. Or two Lions passant-guardant Azure for Sleswick 8. Gules a Fish crown'd Argent for Iceland On these eight Quarters is a great Cross Argent which is the ancient Devise of the Kingdom since the Conversion of these People to the Faith of Christ On the Center of this Cross are placed the Arms of Dithmarsh which are Gules a Cavalier arm'd Argent In the ninth great Quarter Gules a Nettle Leaf spread at breadth and charged in the midst with a little Escutcheon the whole Argent for Holstein 10. Gules a Swan Argent gorged with a Crown Or for Stormaria 11. Gules two Fesses Or for Delmenhorst 12. Gules a Cross Pattee and Argent and Fitchee at the Foot for Oldenburg This Shield is environed with a Collar of the Order of the Elephant and bears for Crest a Crown flowered raised
present Count Palatine of the Upper Palatinate Duke of Bavaria Prince and Elector of the Empire Steward to the Imperial House and first of the Secular Electors born Jun. 11. 1662. he succeeded his Father May 16. 1679. and An. 1685 he married Anna-Maria-Josepha the only Daughter of Leopold the present Emperour by his first Empress the Princess Margarida-Maria-Teresa of Austria Daughter of Philip the Fourth King of Spain The Duchess was born Jan. 18. An. 1669. and had a Son by the Duke May 1. An. 1689. but he died the same year The Duke has a Brother named Josephus-Clementius-Cajetanus-Franciscus-Antoninus-Gasper-Melchior-Balthasar-Joannes-Baptista-Nicolaus the present Elector of Cologne beforementioned He has also a Sister named Violanta-Beatrix born Jan. 23. An. 1673. and married to Gaston eldest Son and Heir to the present Duke of Tuscany An. 1688. II. His Arms are three Escutcheons joyn'd together the first Sable a Lion Crown'd Or which belongs to the Palatinate The second Fusilè in Bend Argent and Azure in twenty one pieces which belongs to Bavaria The third Gules with an Imperial Globe Or which belongs to the Electorate His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the High Dutch Language III. Saltsburg was formerly the Capital City of this Country at present it is Munchen seated on the River Isar where the Elector Resides It s in a very sweet and delightful Soil among Ponds and Groves daintily interlac'd with pretty Rivulets and embellisht with many excellent Gardens that of the Elector being extraordinary Norinberg is the fairest City in the Upper Palatinate and perhaps of all Germany of figure it is Square environ'd with a tripple Wall of eight Miles in Circuit The Houses are most of Free-stone and six or seven Stories high and divers of them painted on the outside and adorn'd with gilded Balls on the top At Altorff near this Town in the Anatomy-School is the Skeleton of a Bear bigger than an Horse If the Bavarian Branch fails the Palatinate Family are to re-enter into the ancient Electorship and the other newly erected is to be abolished SAXONY ALbert the Third Elector of Saxony descended of the Family of Anhalt coming to an unexpected and accidental end being without issue ann 1422 Frederick the Warlike Marquess of Misnia and Landgrave of Thuringia Son to Frederick the Sttong was invested in the Electoral Dignity by the Emperor Sigismond ann 1425 from whom is descended I. Joannes-Georgius the Third the present Duke of Saxony Landgrave of Thuringia Marquess of Misnia Grand Marshal of the Empire Prince and Elector who was born June 20. 1647 and succeeded his Father Aug. 22. 1680. and in Sept. 1663 he espoused the Princess Anna Sophia eldest Sister to the present King of Denmark but the Marriage was not consummated till Octob. 9. 1666 she was born ann 1647 and he has had by her two Sons 1. Joannes-Georgius the Fourth Heir apparent born Octob. 17. ann 1668. 2. Frederick-Augustus born May 12. 1670. The Duke has no Brother nor Sister living but there are forty two Princes of the House of Saxony alive II. His Arms are quarterly In the first Upper Saxony In the second Thuringia In the third Misnia In the fourth Lower Saxony Over all the Electorate bears Barwise of six pieces Or and Sable a Bend verte His Livery is of a _____ Colour He professes the Protestant Religion according to the Doctrine of Luther and uses the High-Dutch Language III. Dresden seated on the fides of the River Albis by which it is divided into the Old Town and the New join'd into one by a Bridge eight hundred paces in length is the ordinary place of Residence of this Elector the Country round about it being very rich and pleasant When the first Stone was laid to build the Walls of this Town there was placed in the Earth a Silver Cup gilded a Book of the Laws and another of Coins and three Glasses filled with Wine Magdeburg is the greatest Town of the Country but possess'd by the Marquess of Brandenburgh by virtue of the Treaty at Munster The first Turnament in Germany opened at Magdeburg 635 by the Emperor Henry surnamed the Fowler These Pastimes were afterwards deposed upon the emulation they caused between the Princes and Nobility or haply on consideration that many brave Men lost their Lives in these Encounters for at Darmstadt an 1403 at the twenty third Turnament which was held in Germany the Gentlemen of Franconia and those of Hesse drew so much Blood of each other that there remain'd dead on the place seventeen of the former and nine of the latter Wittenberg seated on the Elb whose chief Beauty lies in one chief Street extending the whole length of the City in former times was the Seat of the Duke-Elector till the Electoral Dignity was conferred on the House of Meissen who liking better their own Country kept their Court at Dresden but so that Wittenberg is still acknowledg'd for the Head City of the Electorate IV. This Electors ordinary and extraordinary Revenues may amount to eight millions of Livers yearly It arises out of his Silver Mines Imposts laid upon Beer the Tenths of all sorts of Increase as of Corn Wine c. Salt-Houses and the like BRANDENBURG THAT the Family of Brandenburg is descended from the Counts of Zollern in Schawben is not to be doubted but from whence these Counts drew their Extraction does not so well appear Their opinion seems to be best which gives them the same original with the Guelphi yet so as not entirely to exclude the Colonnas a Family of an Italian Extraction also In the Catalogue of these Counts we find Conrade the First who flourished about the middle of the twelfth Century and married Anne of Vokburg sole Heiress of the last Burgrave of Nurenburg whereupon he obtained of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to be himself invested in that Burgraviate From him was descended Frederick the Sixth the first Elector of Brandenburg of the Family of Zollern This Frederick was born ann 1372 and served the Emperor Sigismond in his Wars by whom in regard of his great merit he was constituted Vicar or Warden of the Marc ann 1411. Afterwards at a Diet held at Constance ann 1415. he obtained the Electoral Dignity of the said Emperor with the general consent of the other Electors together with the Marquisate of Brandenburg paying down in consideration thereof four hundred thousand Hungarian Shillings The Investiture was afterward solemnly performed in Apr. ann 1417 c. From him is descended I. Frederick III. the present Marquess of Brandenburg great Chamberlain of the Empire and Elector Duke of Prussia c. born at Nine of the Clock in the Morning July 1. anno 1657 he succeeded his Father Apr. 29. 1688 Old Style and on the 23d of August ann 1679 he married Elizabetha Henrica Sister to the present Landtgrave of Hesse she died July 27. 1683 leaving one only Daughter nam'd Louisa-Dorothea-Sophia born Sept. 19.
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
present Elector after the Decease of Charles Elector Palatine which happened ann 1685 became possessed of the Electorate by virtue of the Instrument of Peace at Osnabrug but since was thrown out by the French King anno 1688 and tho he had recovered many places in it ann 1689 by the assistance of the Confederates yet he continued at Neuburg Of the Family of Brunswick and Lunenburg from which the new made Elector of Hanover is descended THE Family of Brunswick and Lunenburg for its great Antiquity seems to bear the Bell in a manner from all the rest It owes its original to the ancient Welffs of whom see in Spencer's Sylloge Genealogica Henry the Lion descended from these Duke of Bavaria and Saxony and Successor to his Father ann 1139 may be properly looked upon as the common Father of all the Dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg tho falling into disgrace with the Emperor Barbarossa he was proscribed and so lost all his Dominions except the Districts of Brunswick and Lunenburg he married Maud Daughter of Henry the Second King of England and had by her three Sons and two Daughters Otho their youngest Son born ann 1204 the other Brothers dying without Issue-male was created the first Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg by the Emperor Frederick the Second From him the present Dukes of Brunswick and Lunenburg are descended for Ernestus the Seventh Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg who died anno 1546 left among other Children two Sons Augustus and William of whom the first was Author of the new Line of Brunswick Wolfembuttel whose Sons Rudolphus Augustus and Antonius Ulricus now live together in joint Authority and the other viz. William being Author of the Line of Brunswick-Lunenburg-Hanover whose Grandson Ernestus-Augustus Bishop of Osenburg is now Duke of Brunswick Lunenburg-Hanover He was born Novemb 10. 1629 and ann 1658 he married the Lady Sophia Daughter to Frederick the Fifth Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia born Oct. 13. 1630. This Duke is lately made a new Elector of the Empire There Children are I. Georgius-Ludovicus Prince Hereditary born May 28. 1660 and on Nov. 21. 1682 he married his Cousin German Sophia Dorothea only Daughter of his late Uncle George-William Duke of Zell she was born Sept. 15. 1666. He has Issue by her 1. Georgius-Augustus born Oct. 30. 1683. 2. Gulielmus-Ernestus born 1685. 2. Fredericus-Augustus born Octob. 3. 1661 who died in Hungary 1689. 3. Maximilianus-Gulielmus born Dec. 14. 1666. He died in the Morea 4. Sophia Charlotta born Octob. 20. 1668 and married to Frederick the Third the present Elector of Brandenburg Oct. 6. 1684 by whom she has one Prince alive named Fredericus Gulielmus born Aug. 4. 1688. 5. Carolus-Philippus born Oct. 13. or 23. 1669. he died in Hungary ann 1690. 6. Christianus born Sept. 29. 1671. 7 Ernestus Augustus born Sept. 17. 1674. There are other Princes in Germany of the Houses of Hesse Meckleburg Wirtenburg Baden Anhalt Saxon-Lawenburg c but I give an account only of the Electoral Houses omitting the rest FRANCE 1. HUGH the Great Duke of France Burgundy and Aquitain Marquess of Orleans and Earl of Paris died in the year 956. His eldest Son Hugh Capet upon the Death of Lewis the Slothful last King of France of the Race of Charlemagne was by the unanimous consent of the Peers of France inaugurated King of that Kingdom ann 987 from whom is descended Lewis the Fourteenth the present King of that Kingdom born at St. Germains Sept. 5. new style 1638. Of the several Branches of the Line of Hugh Capet he is descended in a direct Line from Robert Count of Clermont and Lord of Bourbon youngest Son of Lewis the Ninth who died of the Plague at the Siege of Tunis ann 1270. The Surname of Bourbon is derived to the present French King from the said Robert King Henry the Fourth his Grandfather being the first King of France of the said Surname who having first professed himself of the Roman Religion whereas before he had been a Protestant was crown'd King of France ann 1594. The present King succeeded his Father ann 1642 or 3 and Sept. 7. 1651. he was declared Major for by a Sanction put forth by King Charles the Fifth surnamed the Wise who came to the Crown of France ann 1364 the eldest Sons of France were for the future to be declared of Age at fourteen years old and fit to be crown'd and govern he was crown'd at Rheims by the Archbishop of that See Jun. 7. 1654 and Jun. 9. 1660 he was married at St. John de Luz to Maria-Teresa Daughter to Philip the Fourth King of Spain by his first Wife the Princess Elizabeth Daughter to Henry the Fourth King of France She died July 30. 1683 by whom the King has only one Son now living namely Lewis the Fifteenth surnam'd the Hardy the present Dolphin born Nov. 1. 1661 and March 7. 1680 was married to the Electoral Princess of Bavaria Maria-Anna Victoria-Christina Daughter to Ferdinandus-Maria the late Elector of Bavaria The Contract was signed at Munic Dec. 30. 1679. She since died ann 1690. The Dolphin has Issue by her three Sons viz. 1. Lewis Duke of Burgundy born at Versailles Aug. 6. at twenty minutes past ten of the Clock in the Evening ann 1682. 2. Philip Duke of Anjou born Nov. 9. 1683. 3. Gaston Duke of Berry born Aug. 31. 1686. Concerning the Dolphin note that he is so called because Humbert the Second Earl of Dolphiné descended of the Blood Royal of France seeing himself destitute of Issue made over the Province of Dolphiné an 1358 to Philip de Valois the then King of France for forty thousand Florins and on condition that for the future the eldest Son of France should still be styl'd The Dolphin And Charles the Fifth above-mentioned surnamed The Wise who came to the Crown of France ann 1364 was the First who in his Father's Life-time was styled The Dolphin Now besides the Dolphin the present King of France has several natural Children viz. 1. Maria Anna de Bourbon born ann 1666 and married anno 1680 to Lewis de Bourbon Prince de Conti. 2. Lewis de Bourbon Duke of Vermandois born ann 1667 supreme Intendant of the Marine He died ann 1683. These two were born him by Aolisia-Frances de la Beaume la Blanche de la Valiere Duchess of Vaujour and Peeress of France Daughter to Lawrence de la Valiere She is now a Carmelite Nun by the name of Sister Aloisia de Misericordiâ 3. Ludovicus-Augustus de Bourbon Duke of Maine born ann 1670 and made legitimate three years after viz. 1673. 4. Ludovicus-Caesar de Bourbon Count of Vexin born ann 1672. He died 1683. 5. Aloisia-Frances de Bourbon Mademoiselle de Nantes born An. 1673. and married An. 1685. to Lewis Duke of Bourbon 6. Aloisia-Maria-Anna deceased An. 1681. 7. Ludovicus Alexander de Bourbon Count of Toulouse born An. 1678. Legitimated An. 1681 Intendant of the Marine 8. Frances-Maria de Bourbon Mademoiselle
de Blois born An. 1681. These six were born him by Frances Athanasia de Roche Chovart Gabriel Prince de Mortemars Daughter and Wife to Henry-Lewis Paidallan Marquess of Montespan The French King has only one Brother viz. Philip Duke of Orleans born Sept. 1. An. 1640. He espoused for his first Wife the Princess Henrietta-Maria youngest Daughter to our late King Charles the First She was born at Exeter Jun. 16. 1644 and died An. 1670. He had by her four Children viz. 1. Maria-Aloisia born March 27. 1662. and married Nov. 17. 1679. to Charles the Second King of Spain She died without Issue by him An. 1689. 2. Philip who died an Infant 3. Another Daughter not named 4. Anna-Maria born Aug. 27. 1669. and Apr. 9. 1684. married to Victor Amadeus the Second the present Duke of Savoy The next year after the forementioned Duchess of Orleans died An. 1671. The Duke married Elizabeth Charlotta Daughter to Charles-Lewis Elector Palatine who was born in May 1652. The Espousals were celebrated at Metz Nov. 26. of the said year he has Issue by her 1. Philip Duke of Chartres born Aug. 2. 1671. 2. Elizabetha-Charlotta Mademoiselle de Chartres born Sept. 13. 1676. The Princes of the Blood BEing to name the Princes of the Blood I shall shew withal how they are descended and allied to the King of France Robert the Fifth Count of Clermont and Lord of Bourbon youngest Son to King Lewis the Ninth as mentioned before was the person in whom the Line of Hugh Capet is continued in the Crown of France Charles Duke of Vendôme lineally descended from him was born An. 1489. And left among other Children two Sons viz. Anthony the eldest who was Duke of Vendôme and King of Navarr Great Grandfather to the present King of France 2. Lewis Prince of Conde Great Grandfather to the present Prince of Conde Henry-Julius de Bourbon born Jul. 29. 1643. formerly stiled Duke D'Enghien and now since his Fathers death Prince of Conde He was married Dec. 11. 1667. to the Princess Anne Daughter to Edward Prince Palatine of the Rhine who was born July 23. 1647. and is since deceased but he has by her the following Issue 1. Maria-Teresa Mademoiselle de Bourbon born 1666. 2. Lewis de Bourbon Duke D'Enghien born 1668. and married 1685. to Aloisia-Frances Natural Daughter to the King of France by Madam de Montespan who was born 1673. 3. Maria-Anna Mademoiselle de Monmorency born 1675. 4. Anna-Maria Victoria Mademoiselle D'Enghien born 1676. 5. Aloisia-Benedicta Mademoiselle de Conde born 1678. The Prince of Conde had also a Brother viz. Armand Prince de Conti born 1629. married to Anna-Maria de Monmorency Cardinal Mazarines Neice by the Sister 1659. Deceased 1666 leaving behind him two Sons viz. 1. Lewis de Bourbon Prince of Conti born 1661. and in 1680 he married Anna-Maria de Bourbon the Kings Natural Daughter by Madam de la Valiere who was made Legitimate He died without Issue An. 1685. 2. Francis-Lewis de Bourbon the now Prince of Conti born 1664 or 8. Besides these Princes of the Blood the King has also three Cousin Germans living Daughters to his Uncle Gaston-John-Baptist late Duke of Orleans 1. Anna-Maria Duchess of Montpensier born An. 1627. unmarried 2. Margarita-Aloisia born An. 1645. and married An. 1661. to Cosmus the Third Great Duke of Tuscany 3. Isabella born An. 1649 and married An. 1667. to Joseph-Lewis Duke of Guise She is now a Widow Note That tho this King of France be but the twenty sixth King inclusively of the Line of Hugh Capet yet he is the sixty first King of France for there preeceded twenty one Kings of the Race of Merovius and thirteen Kings of the Race of Charlemagne before the Line of Hugh Capet came in II. For Arms he bears Azure three Flower de Luces Or two in Chief and one in Base the Escutcheon is environed with the Collars of the Orders of S. Michael and the Holy Ghost It has for Crest an Helmet Or entirely open thereon a Crown Clos'd after the manner of an Imperial Crown with eight Inarched Rayes topt with a double Flower de Luce. The Supporters are two Angels habited as Levites the whole under a Pavilion Royal semè of France lin'd Ermines with these words Ex omnibus floribus elegi mihi Lilium Lilia neque laborant neque nent These words The Lilies do not Spin as a late French Writer tells us import that the Flower de Luces which represent the Crown of France never fall to the Distaff and that the Female Sex cannot inherit according to the Salique Law The same Custom having prevailed among the Chaldeans Egyptians Persians Chineses Turks Tartars and Parthians tho the Daughters have sometimes succeeded in England Spain Sicily Sueden c. The King of France pretending likewise a right to Navarre bears also for that Kingdom Gules a Carbuncle noued Or which having a resemblance to Chains of Gold is Blazon'd by some Chains of Gold Interlac'd parted into Orbes Pales Fesses Counterbands or Saltiers The King of France's Device is Consiliis Armisque Potens or also this Nec pluribus Impar Note That the Arms of France in the days of Pharamond and his three Successors were Gules three Crowns Or. Clovis the Great altered them to Azure semè of Flower de Luces Or and Charles the Sixth who came to the Crown An. 1380 reduc'd the Lilies in his Coat of Arms to three The Kings Livery is of a blew colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the French Language III. Paris is the Capital City of France which has the pleasant River Seine running thro the midst of it I shall speak concerning the extent and number of the Houses and Inhabitants of this and other Cities when I come to speak of London wherefore I shall pass by these things at present As for his chief Seats of pleasure the chief is that noble Seat at Versailles four Leagues South of Paris of which there being a full and clear description extant in English as also of the Seat of Monsieur at S. Clou and of the Treasury of S. Denis I shall say nothing here of them He has also the noble Seats of Fontainbleau and S. Germains beside the Louvre at Paris celebrated by that famous Distich Non Orbis Gentem non Urbem Gens habet ullam Urbsve domum Dominum nec habet ulla parem 4. The Revenues of the King of France are said to amount to eleven millions of Pounds Sterling being above the fifth part of the Revenues of that Kingdom and the French averr France to contain fifty thousand Parishes The House of England I. WIlliam Duke of Normandy surnamed the Conqueror under the pretence that King Edward the Confessor his Cousin who died without Issue An. 1065. Son of King Ethelred by his Queen Emma had by his last Will and Testament transferred the Kingdom to him made a Descent into England An. 1067. and having slain King Harold in Battle the then
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 Â Tholouse 90000 Â 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
them have a thousand or eight hundred Families the People being dispersed in Forests and other places where they have store of Timber to build them Houses and store of Pasturage for their Cattle which is the reason they have not so many great Towns nor so well inhabited as usual in far lesser Countries IV. The Revenues are very great they arising first from Church Lands taken to the Crown Secondly from Mines Thirdly from the Tenths of all Increase as Wheat Rye Barley Fish Oxen and the like Commodities Fourthly from Customs imposed on Merchandises paid in all Haven-Towns for all Commodities imported and exported He has also Contributions and Power of imposing Tax in time of War as occasion may require The House of Portugal I. TOward the latter end of the eleventh Century Alphonso the Sixth King of Castile had very frequent and bloody Wars with the Moors in which a certain Prince named Henry descended as some say from the House of Burgundy as others from that of Lorain was chiefly signalized for his Valour and good Services to the Crown King Alphonso in reward of this Merit gave him Portugal then lately recovered from the Moors under the Title of an Earldom together with his Daughter Teresa to Wife yet with this condition that he should continue a Vassal to Castile This Prince's Son was Alphonso the First who throwing off the Spanish Yoke and having subdued several petty Kings of the Moors caused himself to be proclaimed King of Portugal in the year 1139. His great Grandson Alphonso the Third King of Portugal had Algarve given him in Dowry with his Queen the Princess Beatrix Daughter of Alphonso the Tenth King of Castile whence the eldest Son of Portugal is always called Prince of Algarve Of this Family the present King of Portugal is descended Indeed Philip the Second King of Spain on some pretences made himself Master of the Kingdom of Portugal by Force of Arms ann 1580 but 't was again lost by his Grandson ann 1640 for the Portuguese actually rejecting the Spanish Yoke elected John Duke of Braganza descended as above to be their King in whose Line the Kingdom continues What particularly contributed to the Renunciation the Portuguese made to the King of Spain ann 1640 was the permission that King gave to others beside themselves to trade to the East Indies and the Tax he imposed of the fifth peny on all their Merchandizes and other Revenues It s remarkable that the Deliberation of shaking off the Spanish Yoak was kept private above a year betwixt two hundred persons Don Pedro of the House of Braganza King of Portugal and Algarve was born 1648. His elder Brother Don Alphonso the Sixth King of Portugal c. ann 1667 married the Lady Mary-Frances Elizabeth or Isabella Daughter to Charles Amadeus of Savoy Duke of Nemours She was born June the Twenty first 1648. and after sixteen months living with Don Alphonso she obtained a Declaration of Nullity of her Marriage with him retired to a Cloister And ann 1669 Don Alphonso was deposed as judged incapable either of a second Marriage or of the Government and sent the year following to the Tercera Island where he died in the year 1683. Now the present King upon his Brother Alphonso's being deposed was presently declared Prince Regent and after his death King of Portugal and by a Dipensation from the Pope married his Sister-in-Law abovementioned The Cardinal Deacon Louis de Vendôme in quality of universal Legat à Latere gave them the Dispensation under Pope Clement the Ninth Abbot Bon-Filz the Secretary to the Legation has set forth the particulars and the Conferences he had with his Holiness at the end of the Transaction The King had by this Queen a Daughter named Mary Elizabeth who was born ann 1669 and died ann 1690. And the Queen her self dying Dec. 27. 1683. the King ann 1687 took to Wife the Lady Mary-Sophia-Elizabeth Daughter of Philip-William Elector Palatine who was born Aug. 6. 1666 and Aug. 30. 1688 was brought to Bed of a young Prince who died Sept. 3. in the same year And in Octob. 1689 she was brought to Bed of another Prince named John Prince of Bresil The King of Portugal has but one Sister living viz. Donna-Catharina the Queen Dowager of England concerning whom see in the Head of England II. He bears Argent five Escutcheons Azure placed Cross-wise each charged with as many Besants of the first placed in Saltier and pointed Sable for Portugal The Shield bordered Gules charged with seven Towers Or three in Chief and two in each Flanch The Crest is a Crown Or which is the Crest of Portugal Under the two Flanches and the Base of the Shield appear the Ends of two Crosses the first Flower de luc'd Verte which is for the Order of Avis The second Pattee Gules which is for the Order of Christ The five Escutcheons were born in memory of five Kings whom Alphonso the first King slew at the Battel of Obrique ann 1139. The Border with the Towers or Castles were added by Alphonso the Third on his Investiture into the Kingdom of Algarve by Alphonso the Tenth of Castile ann 1257 whose Daughter Beatrix he then married and so conceived himself to have some Relation to the Arms of that Kingdom This King's Livery is of a Green Colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Portuguese Language which is a Dialect of the Spanish III. Lisbon seated on the River Tagus is the Capital City of the Kingdom and the place where his Majesty keeps his Court. It s seven miles in compass and contains above thirty Parishes and above thirty thousand Houses The Portuguese have this Proverb He that has not seen Lisbon has not seen a fine thing The Buildings are neat and elegant and there are seventy six Turrets or Towers on the City Wall and twenty two Gates towards the Sea shore c. It s the Staple for the Commodities for all the Kingdom and thought to be worth more than the whole Realm besides and doubtless the Revenues which accrue to the King from hence and from his Foreign Plantations are very considerable ITALY The Papacy I. INnocent the Twelfth the present Pope was born at Naples in March ann 1615 elected Pope July 12. ann 1671 he is Son to Prince Minerbino of the Family of Pignato the chief whereof is the Duke of Terra Nova a Grandee of Spain II. Having not the particular Arms of the present Popes Family by me I can here only say that the Popes for a Crest to their Gentilitial Arms are wont to put the Arms of the Popedom which are as follow The Papal Escutcheon is Gules and consists of a long Cap or Head-piece Or surmounted with a Cross pearled and garnished with three Royal Crowns with the two Keys of S. Peter placed in Saltier Boniface the Eighth was the first that wore the Tiara with a double Crown and Urban the Fifth made it in the Form of a Cap adorned with
a triple Circle of Gold for some Mystery contained in it It s called the Regnum because it denotes the Dignity and Power of Priest and Emperor The late Pope's Devise was Innocens manibus mundo corde The Popes Livery is of a Red Colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Language III. His ordinary place of Residence is the famous City of Rome seated on the River Tiber it being about eleven miles in compass tho much of the Ground is there taken up in Gardenage and the like As to the Computation of the People of Rome I have already given an account of them in the Head of England where I speak of London but for a farther satisfaction take the following exact account of them as it lately stood for ten years together given to a very ingenious English Gentleman at Rome by the Abbot Nazzari then Author of the Giornali de Litteroati and as I hear now Keeper of the Vatican In the year 1672 they numbered 121064 In 73 120945 In 74 121726 In 75 131912 In 76 128507 In 77 125701 In 78 116287 In 79 126128 In 80 121031 In 81 115722 Flavius Blondus in his Ninth Book of his Roma Triumphans has this great Expression of the ancient Roman Grandeur viz. There were at Rome in ancient times not only twenty thousand but many more of Citizens far surpassing all the Citizens of our present Towns in the Splendor Curiosity and Luxury of their Houses Furniture and all manner of Accommodations for their Families The Cupula of S. Peter's Church at Rome is the greatest of the World it being one hundred and fifty Foot Diameter That on the Cathedral of Florence is next to it in Greatness The Vatican Library also at Rome is counted the greatest and best furnished with Manuscripts of any in the World Before S. Peter's Church at Rome there is an Obelisk erected on a Basis and Pedestal twenty six Foot in height the Obelisk it self being eighty Foot high The Urn which held the Ashes of Julius Caesar was formerly raised on the point of it now it is a Cross The Obelisk consists of one entire Stone which by good Computation is said to weigh four hundred Tuns which perhaps is the greatest Weight in one Bulk raised by the Art of Man The ordinary Revenues of the Papacy arising out of Land-Rents Imposts on Commodities and Sale of Offices Boterus makes to be better than two millions of Crowns yearly but the extraordinary and spiritual to be far beyond SAVOY I. THO the Dukes of Savoy may not be improperly referred to Germany and contained in the Upper Circle of the Rhine yet because they are possessed of all Piemont in Italy as also of many places in France I think it more convenient to treat of them here Now this Family is justly to be numbered amongst those of greatest Antiquity since little that is certain can be spoke of its original by reason thereof This nevertheless is without dispute that Beraldus Marquess of Italy Earl of Savoy and Maurienne flourished in the beginning of the eleventh Century from whom is descended Victor-Amadeus-Francis the present Duke of Savoy born May 17. 1666 he succeeded his Father Jun. 12. 1675 and the Dutchess Regent his Mother deposed the Regency into his Hands ann 1680. And Apr. 9. 1684 he married Mademoiselle de Valois named Anna-Maria the second and youngest Daughter to Philip Duke of Orleans by the Princess Henrietta-Maria youngest Daughter to Charles the First King of England By whom he has Issue 1. Maria-Adelheid or Adelherd born Dec. 6. 1685. 2. Another Princess born Aug. 30. new Style 1688. The Princes of the Blood of Savoy I. CHarles Emanuel the fiest Duke of Savoy and King of Cyprus great Grandfather to the present Duke of Savoy was born Jan. 12. 1562 who marrying Catharine Michaelis of the House of Austria Daughter to Philip the Second King of Spain left Issue by her several Children but only two survived to propagate the Family viz. Victor-Amadeus the First Grandfather to the present Duke and his younger Brother Thomas-Francis Prince of Carignan who Jan. 22. 1624 married Mary of Bourbon Daughter to Charles Count of Soissons by whom he had Issue 1. Charlotta-Christina who died young 2. Aloisia-Christina born August 1. 1627 and married to Ferdinand Maximilian Marquess of Baden ann 1653. She is now a Widow without Issue living 3. Emanuel-Philibert-Amadeus of Savoy Prince of Carignan born Aug. 6. 1628 he was both deaf and dumb and so wholly unfit for Business of State yet ann 1648 he was married to Catharine d'Este Prince Borsus's Daughter by whom he has no Issue living Thomas-Francis had four Sons more but all dead without Issue except Eugenius-Maurice of Savoy Count of Soissons who was born May the third 1635 and died Jan. 7. 1673. On Feb. 20. 1657 he married Olympia Daughter of Michael-Laurence of by Cardinal Mazarine's Sister whom he left a Widow and by her the following Issue living 1. Lewis-Thomas Count of Soissons born Dec. 15. 1657 his Princess's name is Urania de la Cropte Daughter to the Noble Baron de Beauvois whom he married December 17. 1682. 2. Philip born 1659. 3. Francis-Eugenius born 1665. 4. Maria-Joanna-Baptista born Jan. 1666. 5. Aloisia-Philiberta born Nov. 22. 1667. The Duke of Savoy's Mother the Duchess Dowager of Savoy is still living Her name is Maria-Joanna-Baptista Daughter to Charles-Amadeus Duke of Nemours II. This Duke bears Gules a Cross Argent this Coat being given to Amadeus the Great by the Knights of Rhodes ann 1315 with these Letters in lieu of a Motto F. E. R. T. that is Fortitudo Ejus Rhodum Tenuit The occasion was that Amadeus the Fifth Surnamed the Great forc'd Mahomet the Second Emperour of the Turks to raise his Siege at that time from before the City of Rhodes The said Cross is the Cross of S. John of Hierusalem whose Knights at that time were Owners of Rhodes whereas before the Arms of the House of Savoy were Or an Eagle displayed with two Heads Sable arm'd Gules supporting in Fesse an Escutcheon of Saxony that is Barwise of six pieces Sable and Or a Bend flower'd Verte a Coat belonging to the Emperous of the House of Saxony from whom the first Earls of Savoy deriv'd it They bear also the Arms of the Kingdom of Cyprus which Crown gives the Title of Royal Highness His Livery is of a Red Colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Language III. Turin seated on the River Po in the Plain of Piemont is the chief City of his Principality he there usually keeping his Court his new Palace there being one of the faiest of Italy Adjoyning to it is a Park of the Dukes watered with the Duria Sture and Po six Miles in Circuit full of Woods Lakes and pleasant Fountains which make it one of the sweetest situations in Europe Chambery seated on the Banks of the River L' Arch is the principal City of
Maria-Eleanora-Beatrix born Sept. 25. 1658. and married to our late King James An. 1673. She now lives in France II. His Arms are Palewise of three pieces First Party per Fesse in a Chief Or an Eagle display'd Sable membred becked and crown'd Gules and in Base Azure three Flower de Luces Or within a Border indented Or and Gules Secondly Gules two Keys in Saltier one Or the other Argent charg'd in Fesse with an Escutcheon of Pretence Azure supporting an Eagle of the Third membred and crown'd of the Second Over all in Chief a Papal Crown Or garnisht with sundry Gems Azure and Purple The third as the first Counter plac'd His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Language III. Modena is the Capital City of the Duchy of that name and the ordinary place of Residence of its Duke IV. If this State be but small it is good but the particular Revenue is not known to me Parma and Placentia I. THE Dukes of Parma and Placentia owe their Original to the Ancient Line of the Farneses in Italy from whence Pope Paul the Third otherwise Alexander de Farnese was descended who An. 1545. Created his Natural Son Peter-Aloisius de Farnese Duke of Parma and Placentia from whom is descended Rainutius the Second present Duke of Parma and Placentia born _____ and April 29. 1660 he married Margaretha Joland Daughter to Victor Amadeus Duke of Savoy who died An. 1663. After which he took to Wife Isabella d' Este Sister to the present Duke of Modena who likewise is since dead He has but one Son viz. Odoardus the Third II. He bears Or six Flower de Luces Azure His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Language III. Parma seated on a River of the same name is the Capital City of the Duchy and the ordinary place of Residence of its Duke The Fields about this City are excellent Pasturage and yield great plenty of famous Cheese call'd Parmesan IV. His Revenue _____ VENICE I. LOuis-Contareni Knight and Procurator after having been employ'd in four Embassies was chosen Duke of Venice Aug. 29. 1676. and crown'd with the usual Solemnities The Dukes of Venice have a Custom of espousing the Ocean yearly the occasion of it being thus While Sebastiano Ziani was Duke there Pope Alexander the Third driven from the Pontifical Dignity by Frederick Barbarossa came to the Venetians for relief who sent Ambassadors to Frederick in his behalf Frederick receiving the Overtures of the Ambassadors concerning Pope Alexander with anger and threats unless he were deliver'd to him afterward sent his Son Otho with 75 Gallies against the Venetians which being met by Ziani's Fleet were routed forty eight being taken and among others the Royal Galley and two others sunk and Otho was brought Prisoner to Venice and divers other great Persons As soon as Ziani came on shore the Pope after he had Congratulated his Victory presented him a Gold Ring and said Take Ziani this Ring and give it the Sea obliging it thereby unto thee which both yourself and Successors shall for ever henceforth do yearly on this day that Posterity may know you have in times past by right of War purchac'd the entire Dominion over it making it subject unto you as a Woman is to her Husband And ever since after any new Duke is Chosen he is carried to the entrance of the Gulf in the Bucentaure a Vessel of State with the Senate and chief of the Town where after some Ceremonies perform'd by the Bishop he Espouses the Sea and casts a Gold Ring into it as a Pledge of Marriage The same Ceremony being also annually perform'd The Office of Duke holds during life This State is Aristocratical and is the sole Sovereign and Independent Republick of Italy the others owning the Pope or the Emperour II. The Arms of Venice are Azure a Lion winged Sejant Or holding under one of his Paws a Book cover'd Argent The Dukes Livery is of a _____ colour And the Republick professes the Roman Religion and uses the Italian Tongue It has a Patriarch residing at Venice the Signior Sagredo being chosen to it Nov. 29. 1678. This Patriarch has under him the four Bishops of the Duchy of Venice and all the Archbishops and Bishops of Dalmatia over whom he has the Authority but of Primate When the Pope writes to this Republick he uses this Superscription or Addresse Alla nostra Charissima Sorella la Serenissima Republica di Venetia III. The City of Venice stands at the end of the Adriatick Gulf on seventy two Islets joyn'd together by above one hundred and fifty Bridges all built of one Arch beside the Communication they have by an infinite number of Gondolo's or little Boats very neatly built and cover'd over with Cloth so that the Passengers may go unseen and without the molestation of Sun Wind or Rain The Compass of the whole aggregate body of Islets is said to be eight Miles it containing within it seventy two Parishes the Houses being built on Piles and the City stands invested to so great a distance with Lakes and Marshes that it s said to be impossible to be taken but by an Army that can stretch in compass one hundred and fifty Miles Venice has been Independant above 1200 years it having lasted longer under one form of Goverment than any Republick in the World The number of its Inhabitants has been computed by some to be above 200000 but a special account of them being taken by Authority about sixteen years since when the City abounded with such as return'd from Candia then surrendred to the Turks the number of souls was found to be but 134000. There are two vast Columns erected in the Market Place at Venice betwixt which are their publick Executions the occasion of their Erection I conceive to be this When the Venetians had beaten Barbarossa's Fleet and taken his Son Otho with others Prisoners Barbarossa was fain to come to Venice and cast himself at the Pope ' s Feet and beg his Pardon and it s said by some tho perhaps overstraining the matter that the Pope then set his Foot on his Neck and caused a Deacon of his to sing super Aspidem Basiliscum ambulabis c. Now its observable that it was in the same Sebastiano Ziani's time who beat Barbarossa's Fleet that those Pillars were erected for in his time there were brought out of Greece some say from Constantinople in Ships of burthen call'd Carracks three vast Columns one of which at unshipping brake the Cables and other Engines and fell into the Sea where it remains the other two are those erected having a space left betwixt them and on the top of one of them is set a guilded Lion with open Wings which is the badge of St. Mark their Patrone and on the other the Figure of S. Theodore the Martyr holding his Lance and Shield with a Dragon under
not any account thereof to rely on but it s generally agreed that the Houses for the most part are but of one Story and the Sreets being not pav'd so troublesom a dust is rais'd by the Wind in the Summer that it forces those who have not Portative Chairs to cover their Faces with a Linnen Cloth reaching to their Girdles thro which they may see without being seen and the Dirt makes the Streets altogether as offensive in the Winter In this City as they say the King has a Pallace of great Magnificence and Curiosity Nanking is the next chief City of China and not inferiour to the former only in the number of Inhabitants which by reason of the Kings Residence at Peking is there greater The Houses of the chief Merchants are very well built and of many Stories They compute in it a Million of Inhabitants without comprising a Garrison of forty thousand Men kept there by the Tartars under the Command of the Lieutenant General of the Southern Provinces who resides there There are several accounts of the vast numbers of Cities Towns Villages Houses and Inhabitants of China as also of their incredible numbers of Shipping concerning all which we want more perfect accounts to rely on IV. It s said that the Kings of China have ordinarily had an yearly Revenue of above one hundred and fifty Millions of Crowns His Revenues as C ham of Tartary may be what he lists himself he being the absolute Lord of all the Subject has without any thing he can call his own But that which ordinarily accrues to him is the Tenth of the Wooll Silk Hemp Corn and Cattle and he draws into his own Hands all the Gold and Silver which is brought into the Country and which he causes to be melted and preserv'd in his Treasury imposing on his people instead of mony in some places Cockleshells others a black Coin made of the Bark of Trees with his stamp on it and he keeps to himself the whole Trade of Pearl fishing which no Man upon pain of death dares fish for but by leave from him INDIA I. THE Emperour of India call'd the Great Mogul or King of Indostan is nam'd Aureng-Zebe which in the Indian Language signifies The Ornament of the Throne He is call'd the Mogul by reason of his descent from the Mongul Tartars one of the five great Tribes or Nations mention'd in the foregoing Head into which that people was divided deriv'd Originally from the Great Tamerlane The present Emperour began to Reign An. 1660 after the cruel Deaths which he made his own Father and Brothers to suffer he being the third of four Sons of that Prince He has many Children and his eldest Son is call'd Sultan Mahmond II. The Armorial Shield of India is Argent semè with Besants Or his Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Mahometan Religion which has been long Embrac'd by the Tartars from whom they were originally descended and he uses the Scythian or Tartarian Language from which the Turks a Scythian people differ but in Dialect and a sprinkling of the Persian intermixt with it III. The City where he keeps his Court is call'd Agra He formerly resided at Lahor Agra is esteem'd twice as great as Hispaan The Houses of the Persons of Quality are Magnificent tho they are but of one Story or two at most and are environ'd with very high Walls to keep their Wives from being seen IV. This King has an infinite Treasure in Gold and pretious Stones His yearly Revenue is said to be fifty Millions of Crowns and he is Heir to every Mans Estate that is worth an having the Persons and Purses of his Subjects being at his sole disposal so that he may amass what Treasures and raise what Forces for War he pleases Decan and Cambaia I. THE name of the King of Decan and Cambaia is Idalcansi or Idalschaa II. He bears Verte encompast with a Collar of large precious Stones His Livery is of a _____ colour He professes the Mahometan Religion and uses the _____ Language III. His chief Cities are Decan and Visapore tho he resides ordinarily at Danoger There is much talk of a great Canon he has in his Artillery He has in his Country an Hill encompast with an high Wall and kept by a strong Garrison because of the great store of Diamonds and other Precious Stones which are dug out of it An. 150◠the Portugueses took from a Prince of Decan the Island and Town of Goa which they have since made the Capital of their East India Conquests Golchonda and Orixa I. THE King of Golchonda and Orixa is call'd Cha John II. He professes the Mahometan Religion III. His Capital City is Golchonda which is very fair and strong All the Merchants Lodge in the Suburbs and the Kings Officers and persons of Quality in the Town IV. This Prince has in his Estates a very rich Mine of Diamonds CALICUT I. THE name of the King of Calicut is Zamorin II. He professes the Mahometan Religion III. His Capital City and the ordinary place of his Residence is Calicut It is in length extended upon the Sea shore three Miles and a Mile in breadth containing about six thousand Houses but mean and low built few of them exceeding the height of a Man on Horseback the Soil being so hollow and full of water that it is not capable of a Foundation for an heavier building and for that cause unwall'd so that Merchants Houses are here valued but at twenty Crowns those of the Common sort no more than ten yet it is of great Trading The Portuguese forc'd a Foundation on the shore there for a strong Castle but were so put to it by the King of Calicut that they were fain to demolish it and to quit their Posts The Priests or Bramans there were yellow clothing because they think this colour Consecrated to God by reason of its resemblance to the Sun and to Gold PEGU THE Kingdom of Pegu and the Town of its name are now almost ruin'd Siriangh is at present the most considerable Town of the Kingdom and the ordinary place of the Kings Residence Pegu was once the chief City and was very famous having round about it a Moat in which Crocodiles were kept to keep people from surprising the Town The people of Pegu have white Elephants in great Veneration and think they draw on them a Benediction and that their false Prophet Xaca was Metamorphoz'd into that Animal This King is a Pagan SIAM I. THE present King of Siam is about forty years of Age. II. He is a Pagan tho the people of Siam are generally Adiaphorists that is to say all Religions are indifferent to to them because they believe them all good wherefore they tolerate them all so they may consist with the Laws of their State III. The Capital City is Siam it s said to be one of the finest a Man can look on The buildings are of an admirable Structure and the
Temples Monasteries and gilded Towers appear so rich and beautiful that they surpass all may be imagin'd of most stately JAPAN I. POntier tells us the Emperour of Japan's name is Xogun or Taico Mallet says its Quane II. According to the Relation of the Ambassadors of the Dutch East-India Company sent to this Emperour his Arms are Or with six Stars Argent in an Oval Shield and bordered with little Points of Gold Mallet says he bears Sable with three Trefoils Argent He is a Pagan III. Meaco was formerly the Capital City of Japan while the Emperours there resided but since he has left it it is not so considerable tho it contains still above one hundred thousand Houses the most part built of Carpenters Work as being less subject to be shaken with Earthquakes which are there very frequent In this City is a most magnificent Palace in which the Dairy or Chief Priest resides Yedo is now the Capital City the Emperour there residing The Houses are generally built of Clay and cover'd with Wood that the moisture might not prove offensive The great Mens Palaces are numerous and of a magnificent Structure There is one Street in the Town near four Leagues in length The Emperours Palace there is one of the most beautiful of Japan The Temple of Amida in Yedo is very stately IV. This Country is very Fertile in Corn Beasts Wild-Fowl Pearls Mines of Gold and Silver and others Rice alone as it s said brings this Emperour yearly two Millions of Crowns TONQUIN I. THE present King of Tonquin is about fifty five years of Age. II. He is a Pagan and when a King is there newly elected the number of Beasts sent to be Sacrifis'd in the Temples of their false Gods is said to be one hundred thousand III. The Capital City is Checo Tonquin is judg'd almost in equal extent with France The Tonquineses say that the whole Kingdom contains above twenty thousand Cities and Towns and many more there would be but that many of the people choose rather to live on the Water than on the Land so that the greatest part of their Rivers is cover'd with Boats which serve them instead of Houses IV. The chief Riches of Tonquin which yield a great Revenue to the King consists in the great quantities of Silks which are there worn by Rich and Poor and in their Musk and Lignum Aloes of which there is some worth one thousand Crowns the pound according to its goodness and oiliness tho there is some not worth above 3 l. it being dry The Names and Ages of some other East-India Princes THE old Sultan of Bantam nam'd Abdul Fete if now living is about sixty years of Age. His Son Sultan Annum-Cassar Abdull-Massar is aged thirty seven years Sasnum Emperour of Java vulgarly call'd the Mandarin is aged about forty years Sultan Annum-Abdull-Negara King of Jambee is aged about forty five years Sultan Rutterro King of Cherriboam aged about thirty nine years Sultan Adisbull-Abdull-Isphew King of Macasser aged about forty four years Raja Pallacca King of the Buggesses the High Land of Macasser aged about fifty seven years The King of Ceilon now about eighty six years of Age. MOROCCO and FEZ I. NOT to go farther for the Rise of the Emperors of Fez and Morocco a Family of them called the Marine Family begun in Jacob Ben-Joseph ann 1270 who held their Residence at Fez as the first Seat of their Empire Morocco being then governed by an Under-King and the rest of the Provinces of the Kingdom cantoned into several States Now it happened about the year 1508 that Mahomet Ben Amet a Native of Dora in the farther Numidia pretending a Descent from their Prophet Mahomet caused himself to be called Xeriffe a Name by which the Kindred and Successors of that Impostor used to call themselves and being a poor Hermite only which sort of pretended Saints have often imposed on this People plotted to make his Sons the chief Princes of Mauritania To this end he sent them to Meccha whence they returned with such an opinion of Sanctity that Mahomet the then King of Fez made Amet the elder of them Governor of the famous College of Amadorach and the youngest called Mahomet Tutor to his Children In those days the Portuguese greatly infested the Provinces of the Realm of Morocco to repress whose Insolences Mahomet and Amet obtained Commissions tho much opposed therein by Muley the King's Brother who told him that under colour of Religion they might quickly raise themselves to a power and how unsafe it was to trust an arm'd Hypocrisie But this Counsel was rejected and they being furnished with an Army defeated Lopez Barriga Commander of the Portugal Forces under King Emanuel and compelled that King to abandon all his Footing there and they subdued Duccata Sus and Hea three Provinces of the Realm of Morocco entered that City poisoned the Tributary King and salute Amet King thereof by the name of Xeriffe of Morocco investing Mahomet the other Brother in the Kingdom of Sus. During these Successes the King of Fez died and his Successor named Amet an improvident young Prince confirms his quondam Tutors in their new Estates conditionally they should hold of him in Chief and pay him the accustomed Tributes Amet denied both Tribute and Superiority to the King of Fez whom he overthrew in a set Field and was himself afterwards vanquished and dispossessed of his Kingdom upon some quarrel breaking out by his Brother Mahomet King of Sus who having got the Kingdom of Morocco united Fez unto it also by the vanquishment of Amet the King thereof who at last was slain by the Turks of his Guard From this Mahomet is descended Ismael Muley or Muler her Brother to the late King of Taffilette by the Mother-side present Emperor of Barbary and Morocco King of Fez Susa and Taffilette being about forty years of Age. II. He bears for Arms three Wheels Argent He professes the Mahometan Religion and styles himself Xeriffe of the Race of Mahomet Xeriffe signifying an illustrious and sacred person The Language spoken at present in most of the Maritime Towns of Barbary except those of Fez and Morocco is the Arabick In those two Kingdoms and most part of the Country Villages the Punick or Old African the ancient Languages of the Country is spoken The Punick in all places where anciently the Carthaginians were of any power the African whatsoever it was in the parts of Mauritania not subject to them III. The two Capital Cities are Fez and Morocco the latter was reckoned once amongst the greatest Cities of the World at what time it was said to contain one hundred thousand Families but by the Depredations of the Barbarians and the removal of the Seat Royal to Fez it s hardly a third part so big as formerly The Castle there is very large and strong on a Tower whereof stand three Globes made of pure Gold prized at six hundred thousand Livres There is no City