died in 1604. left by his Wife Magdalen Daughter to William Duke of Cleves and Juliers who brought along with her the Reversion of her Father's Estates Four Sons viz. Lewis-William who died in 1581. John II. Frederick-Casimir who Married in 1614. Amelia Daughter of William Prince of Orange and John-Casimir who in 1615. Married Catherine Daughter to Charles X. King of Sweden by which he had Charles-Gustavus King of Sweden and Adolph-John and two Daughters John II. Duke of Deux-Ponts took the Title of Duke of Cleves and Juliers c. and died in 1635. leaving behind him by his second Wife Louise-Julienne Daughter to Frederick IV. Elector Palatine several Daughters and one Son called Frederick who enjoyed his Fathers Estates by the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. and died in 1661. without Issue His Nephew Frederick-Lewis Son to Frederick-Casimir and Amelia Countess of Orange and Nassau succeeded him This Frederick-Lewis was Married to his Cousin Julienne-Magdalen Daughter to John II. by which he had Lewis-William Born in 1648. to whom belongs the Dutchy of Deux-Ponts Yet upon the Pretence of the King of Sweden's Right to it the French made themselves Masters of the Town and Castle of Deux-Ponts in Jan. 1676. which they have kept since tho' for the most part Ruin'd VI. Birkenfeld Birkenfeld Lat. Birchofeldia is a small Town with the Title of Principality and Dukedom in the Palatinate of the Rhine belonging to the Palatinate of Bavaria but now Subject to the French It stands in the small Country of Hunsruk near the Nab 24 Miles almost E. of Triers and 45 almost W. of Mentz Long. 26 d. 36 m. Lat. 49 d. 45 m. VII Mont-Royal Mont-Royal is a very strong new little Town Built by the French and subject to the Same in the Palatinate of the Rhine in the Limits of the Archbishoprick of Triers upon the left side of the River Moselle It stands 23 Miles N. E. of Triers and 31 S. W. of Coblentz Long. 26 d. 30 m. Lat. 50 d. Article III. The Archbishoprick and Electorate of Mayence or Mentz THE Archbishoprick and Electorate of Mentz Borders Veteraw on the North Bounds the Electorate of Triers on the West the Lower Palatinate on the South and Franconia on the East It is so strangely scattered and intermixed with other Provinces Extent that the Dimensions of it cannot well be given It s Archbishop is Arch-Chancellor of the Empire History and the first of the Electoral College in all publick Conventions he sits at the Right Hand of the Emperor This Dignity is Elective and depends upon the Chapter which consists of 24 Canons that have Voice commonly called Capitularies There are other Canons which have neither Voice nor Revenue tho' they have made the usual proofs of Nobility for none but Gentlemen are admitted into this Chapter but they may fill the Vacancies of the 24. This Elector has a Mareschal and a Chancellor under him the first for Military Affairs and the other for the Administration of Justice His Dominions consist of Five and twenty Bailywicks which in good Times yield the Archbishop about 1800000 Livres per Ann. The greatest part of this Revenue is raised in Mentz by the Toll which all the Boats that go through it are obliged to pay The Chief River Rivers which waters this Electorate besides the Rhine is the Main which falls into that near Mentz The Electorate and Archbishoprick of Mentz is scattered in several Provinces The Places of Note are Mentz Archb. Cap. about the Rhine Bingen about the Rhine Weisbaden about the Rhine Elfelt about the Rhine Rudisheim about the Rhine Fredberg Imp. in Hesse Fritzlar in Hesse Aschaffemburg in Franconia Biscoffsheim in Franconia Lor County in Franconia Reineck County in Franconia Erfort in Thuringia Heiligenstat in Thuringia Duderstat in Thuringia I shall give you here a Description of those Places only which are about the Rhine the rest being altogether Foreign to our Design I. Mentz Mentz Gall. Mayence Lat. Moguntia or Maguntia and Moguntiacum is situated upon the left Bank of the Rhine it deriveth its Name from the River Mein which falls into the Rhine over against it and is the Ancientest City in that part of Germany as having been certainly Built before the Birth of our Saviour and Famous in the Times of Drusus General of Augustus In 745. it was made an Archbishops See instead of Worms to which it was Suffragan before It was very severely treated by Frederick Aenobarbus the Emperor in 1158. but rebuilt and restored by Otho IV. In 1462. it was taken by Adolphus of Nassau its Archbishop It s University was opened in 1461. Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden entered it in Triumph in 1631. It was retaken from the Swedes in 1635. but they took it again the next Year after and kept it till the Peace of Munster This is a very strong Place adorned with Churches Monasteries and other fair Buildings but the narrowness of its Streets and many old Houses take away from its Beauty It is most extended towards the River and that part excels the other towards the Land as being more populous and better Built This City is famous by the Invention of Printing about 1430. or rather by the Skill of one John Guttemberg who first taught the use of it in Europe which he had learnt in China where 't is said they have had it for above 2000 Years Mentz received a French Garrison in 1688. but being Besieged by the Confederate Forces under the Duke of Lorrain it was surrendred September 11. 1689. after six or seven Weeks Resistance It stands 21 Miles almost W. of Francfort 28 Miles almost N. of Worms 48 N. W. of Heidelberg and 66 E. of Triers Long. 27 d. 43 m. Lat. 49 d. 57 m. II. Bingen Bingen is a fine little Town and Castle upon the Mouth of the little River Nabe or Nave on the Rhine Ammianus Marcellinus and the Itinerary of Antoninus make mention of it It was once Imperial but is now Subject to the Archbishoprick of Mayence and stands 16 Miles W. of that City Near it is an Island in the Rhine with a Castle called Mauszthurn wherein it 's said that Hatto second Archbishop of Mayence was eaten alive by Rats It is now almost wholly ruined Article IV. The Archbishoprick and Electorate of Treves or Triers THE Electorate of Triers lies betwixt Weteraw and the Palatinate on the East Bounds Lorrain on the South Luxemburg on the West Lifal the Archbishoprick of Cologne and Westrowalt on the North. It s of great extent Extent from East to West but narrow from North to South It is Watered both by the Rhine and the Moselle Rivers Quality and yields most plentifully all things necessary for the life of Man The Chapter of Treves has the Privilege of chusing their Archbishops and receive no Princes nor scarcely any Counts in their Prebends or Canonicals the Gentlemen reserve them for People of their own rank
to the French It stands 24 Miles nigh S. of Coblentz and 33 W. of Mentz Long. 26 d. 52 m. Lat. 49 d. 59 m. XI Ingelheim Ingelheim Lat. Ingelhemium and Ingelenhemium is a small Town on the Rhine once Free and Imperial but now belonging to the Elector Palatine and Subject to the French The Emperor Charlemaign was Born there in 742. and afterwards repaired it Lewis the Debonair died there in 840. It stands Eight Miles W. of Mentz and as many E. of Bingen Places adjoining to Palatinate I. Spire SPire or Spires Lat. Spira or Augusta Nemetum or Noviomagus is a great rich populous City near the Rhine with a Bishoprick under the Arbishoprick of Mentz It is an Imperial and Free City but under the protection of the Elector Palatine The Cathedral was Built in 1411. by Conrade the Emperor in which are the Sepulchres of the Emperors Henry IV. Philip V. Rudolph I. Adolphus of Nassau and Albert I. The Imperial Chamber which was first Instituted at Francfort in 1495. by Maximilian I. and in the Year 1530. removed to this City by Charles V. Consists of two Presidents whereof the one is a Protestant the other a Romanist and of 15 Counsellors whereof Seven are Protestants and Eight Romanists The Government of the City was all Lutheran but the Cathedral was in the Hands of the Bishop a Roman Catholick There were several Convents of both Sexes and a College of Jesuits The Calvinists had also a Church here but their number was not considerable Tho' the Town subsisted chiefly by the Imperial Chamber yet there was an endless Dispute between them and the Chamber concerning their Priviledges For the Government of the Town pretended that the Judges of the Chamber as they were private Men and out of the Court of Judicature were subject to them and in the Year 1685. they put one of them in Prison and on the other hand the Judges said their Persons were sacred In the last War in 1672. between the French and the Emperor this City enjoyed a Neutrality on the Account of this Chamber but in the Year 1638. was taken and Garrison'd by the French and in 1689. a War ensuing for the Recovery of the Countries Ravish'd from the Empire by the French they with the utmost Inhumanity burned and destroy'd this Ancient and Venerable City Hereupon the Imperial Chamber was by the Diet with the Consent of the Emperor removed to Weslar a City of Hassia The Ruins of Spire stand 13 Miles S. W. of Heidelberg and 22 S. of Worms Long. 28 d. 12 m. Lat. 49 d. 11 m. II. Worms Worms Lat. Vormacia or Barbetomagus or Barbitomagus Vangionum is a Great Famous Imperial Free City upon the Rhine with a Bishoprick Suffragant of Mentz The Bishop is Lord thereof as well as of the little Country whereof it is Capital Attila destroyed it in the Fifth Century and Clovis repair'd it again It was often taken in the last Wars of Germany The Town was honoured a considerable time with an Archbishops See whereof it was deprived about 750. by Pope Zachary who removed that Dignity to Mentz leaving only the Title of Bishoprick to Worms in Punishment of Gervillon the last Archbishop his Treachery who kill'd an an Officer whom he had invited to come to confer with him out of his Enemies the Saxons Camp Here have been several Councils held as in 764 770. 1078 c. A Famous Diet was also held here in 1521. in which Luther defended his Doctrine before the States of the Empire Worms was burnt by the French in 1689. and stands 23 Miles N. E. of Heidelberg and Spire and 33 S. of Francfort Long. 28 d. Lat. 49 d. 32 m. III. Philipsburg Philipsburg is a very important Fortress near the Rhine called formerly Vdenheim it took its Modern Name from Philip Christopher de Saleren Bishop of Spire and Archbishop of Trier This Prelate caused it to be Built and Fortified with seven Bastions where the Bishops Castle and the Village of Vdenheim stood almost upon the Brink of the Rhine in a Plain surrounded with Marish Ground This Place was Consigned to the Bishop of Spire but still under the Protection of the Emperor the Bishop has ever had his Residence in the Castle which is a Noble Pile It fell into the hands of the Imperialists in _____ through the Cowardliness of the Governour The Swedes drove them thence Jan. 15. 1634. and gave it to Lewis XIII but as the Fortification of it could not be finish'd because of the rigour of the Winter The Imperialists surpriz'd it by Night Jan. 23. 1635. Afterwards the Duke of Anguien having defeated the Bavarians at Friburg retook Spire and Philipsburg Sept. 1644. The French King caused it to be regularly Fortified and made it a very important Place The Germans and their Allies who had blocked it up for a long time Besieged it May 16. 1676. and it was surrendred to them upon Articles Sept. the 17th following In 1688. Sept. the 27th It was invested by the French The 6th of October the Dauphin of France came thither and here made his first Campaign the first of November it was surrendred when it might have holden out much longer However this Siege gave liberty to the Prince of Orange now our King to come over into England Philipsburg stands seven Miles S. of Spire and 18 S. W. of Heidelberg Long. 28 d. 10 m. Lat. 49 d. 4 m. IV. Darmstat Darmstat Lat. Darmstadium with the Title of Landgraviate is about Two Leagues from the Rhine It belongs to a Prince of the Family of Hesse and has a well Fortified Castle The Castles of Mariemburg on the Rhine and Russelheim on the Main belong also to that Prince Darmstat stands on the River of the same Name 14 Miles S. of Francfort 23 S. E. of Mentz 17 N. E. of Worms and 30 N. of Heidelberg Long. 28 d. 16 m. Lat. 49 d. 41 m. V. Deux-Ponts Deux-Ponts Lat. Bipontium Germ Zweibruck is a Town on the River Scwolbe with a strong Castle and the Title of Dukedom It stands 44 Miles almost W. of Worms and about 50 from Strasburg Mentz and Triers Long. 26 d. 54 m. Lat. 49 d. 19 m. This Town gives its Name to a very Ancient and Noble Family which is a Branch of that of Bavaria in this manner Stephen Duke of Sicmeren second Son to the Emperor Robert the Little had two Sons by his Wife Anne of Veldens viz. Frederick and Lewis the Black Lewis dying in 1489. left Alexander Sirnamed The Halt Duke of Deux-Ponts who died in 1514. and was succeeded by Lewis II. who embraced the Protestant Religion and died in 1532. His Son Wolfgand was his Successor he added to his Fathers Dominions the Principality of Newburg and died in France in 1569. where he had led Succours out of Palatinate to the Protestants of that Kingdom he left Five Sons viz. Philip Lewis John Frederick and Charles and two Daughters John was his Successor who
Chronological Succession of the Forty Counts or Dukes of Savoy and Piedmont Earls 24.  Begun in Reigned Y. 1. Beroldus I. Count of Savoy 1000 22 or 23 2. Humbert I. White-hands 1023 25 3. Ame I.   4. Odo 1048 12 5. Ame or Amedaeus II. 1061 34 6. Humbert II. the Strong 1095 8 7. Amedaeus III. 1103 46 8. Humbert III. the Saint 1149 39 9. Thomas I. made Vicar-general of the Empire in Lombardy and Piedmont 1188 35 10. Amedaeus IV. 1233 5 11. Boniface Roland 1238 25 12. Peter the Little Charlemaign 1263 5 13. Philip I. 1268 17 Interruption The Four following had but Piedmont only 14. Philip II. 1282 23 15. James 1326 38 16. Ame 1366 36 17. Lewis 1402 16 18. Thomas II. 1285 10 19. Thomas III. 1295 15 20. Amedaeus V. the Great made Prince of the Empire 1310 13 21. Edward the Liberal 1323 6 22. Aimon the Pacifick 1329 14 23. Amedaeus VI. the Green 1342 40 24. Amedaeus VII the Red 1383 9 16 Dukes  Begun in Reigned Y. 25. Amedaeus VIII made Duke of Savoy in 1416. and Pope afterwards 1392 43 26. Lewis I. 1434 31 27. Lewis II. King of Cyprus having Married Charlotte Daughter of John King of Cyprus 1465 17 28. Amedaeus IX the Fortunate 1482 7 29. Philibert the Hunter   30. Charles I. the Warriour   31. Charles-John-Amedaeus 1489 7 32. Philip 1496 1 33. Gilbert the Fair 1497 7 34. Charles II. the Good 1504 49 35. Emanuel Philibert Iron-pate 1553 27 36. Charles Emanuel I. 1580 50 37. Victor Amedaeus 1630 7 38. Francis Hyacinth 1637 1 39. Charles Emanuel II. 1638 37 40. Victor Amedaeus-Francis the present Duke of Savoy since 1675  Emanuel Philibert Married Margaret Daughter to Francis I. King of France and died in 1580. leaving only one Son Charles Emanuel I. who waged War with France unsuccessfully he Married Katherine Daughter of Philip II. King of Spain and died in 1630. leaving several Sons and Daughters He was succeeded by Victor Amedaeus who was a great Lover of Peace but a War breaking out between the French and Spaniards he sided with the former and died of a Fever in 1637. leaving by his Wife Christina Daughter to Henry IV. of France Aloisia-Maria-Christina Married to his Unkle Maurice Prince of Oneglia Francis who died in 1632. Charles-Emanuel Margaret Married to Rainutius Duke of Parma Adelais Married to Ferdinand Elector of Bavaria And Katharine who died in 1637. Charles Emanuel II. succeeded his Father In 1663. he Married Magdalen Daughter to the Duke of Orleans and after her Death his Kinswoman Mary Daughter to the Duke of Nemours by whom he had the present Duke of Savoy Victor Amedaeus-Franciscus Born in 1666. who Married in 1684. Anna Maria Daughter to the Duke of Orleans by whom he has two Daughters Mary and From Thomas Son to Charles Emanuel I. and Brother to Victor-Amedaeus are descended by Mary of Bourbon Daughter to the Count of Soissons Aloise Married to the Marquiss of Baden Emanuel Philibert who Married Mary Catherine of Est Eugenius Mauritius who Married Olympia Niece to Cardinal Mazarin by whom he had Lewis Thomas Count of Soissons who Married Vrania Daughter to the Lord of Beauvois Philip Born in 1659. and Franciscus Eugenius so much talk'd of in the present Wars Born in 1665. The present Duke of Savoy declared War against France and fell in with the Confederates Jan. 4. 1690. because of the unreasonableness of the French King's Demands who sought no less than to Garrison Turin his Capital City and had prevail'd with him to Persecute his Innocent Protestant Subjects the Vaudois The French King being before that time possest of great part of Savoy has seized the whole since so that the Duke is now confined to Piedmont But in Summer 1692. he Marched with 3000 Men into Dauphine took Ambrun Gap c. spoil'd the Country at pleasure and would have made further progress had he not been taken with the Small-Pox which obliged him to return to Turin Savoy is generally divided into Six Parts viz. On the South 1. Savoy properly so called Chambery Cap. 2. The Valley and County of Maurienne Maurienne Bish 3. The Valley of Tarentaise Monstiers Archb. On the North 4. The Barony of Fossigni Bonneville 5. The Dukedom of Chablais Thonon 6. The Dukedom or Territory of Geneva Geneva Free Annecy Savoy Proper THE places of Note here Chambery Cap. Montmeillan Beaufort Aix Rumilly Les Eschelles Vigne Constans Aiguebele Miolans Chatelar La Rochete I. Chambery Chambery Lat. Cameriacum or Camberiacum or Camberium is the Capital of Savoy the ancient Residence of the Duke and the Seat of a Chamber of Accounts of an Office of Finances of a Bailywick and of a Parliament which they called a Senate because it consisted of Senators and four Presidents This Town is scituated on the confluence of the small Rivers Laisse and Albane or Orbanne in a plain environ'd with several little Hills It is great and well built with a Castle that commands the Town There is in the Duke's Palace the Holy Chappel which has Canons belonging to it and depending on the Bishop of Grenoble in France The chief Church is that of the Parish of St. Leger but there are several others which together with the Jesuits College are a great Ornament to it It is also imbelish'd with many fine Fountains which have their source in the Hill St. Martin and distribute their Water into the several parts of the Town besides this there are several small Channels of the River Orbanne The Houses in many places toward the Street are built on Pillars which form a Gallery and are good Places to walk in in Rainy Weather Chambery to the East has the Suburb of Monmeillan to the West that of Machee Vernay and on both sides very pleasant Walks amongst which the Mail is the most resorted and pleasant This Town is in the Hands of the French since 1690. It stands 27 Miles N. E. of Grenoble 44 S. of Geneva 55 W. of Lyons 100 N. W. of Turin and 270 S. E. of Paris Long. 25 d. 24 m. Lat. 45 d. 4 m. II. Monmeillan Monmeillan Lat. Monmelianus is a little Town upon the Iser 18 Miles S. E. of Chambery It has a vast strong Castle on the top of a steep Rock which commands the narrow passage betwixt the Mountains There is a Well cut in the Rock which supplies the Garrison and Inhabitants with Water The French besieged it 1691. and took it after it had made a very vigorous resistance III. Aix Aix which is Dignified with the Title of Marquisate at the foot of the Mountains between Chambery and Anneci and Rumilly is an ancient Town but small and ill-built However it is famous for the hot Baths of Allom and Sulphur adjoining to it which are very much frequented The County of Maurienne THE County or Valley of Maurienne reaches from the Alps to the River Isere on the one side and on
N. E. of Bruges and 14 S. W. of Middleburg Long. 22 d. 34 m. Lat. 51 d. 24 m. II. Sas-Van-Ghent Sas-Van-Ghent is a small place but so strong by reason of its situation and fortifications that it is accounted impregnable Yet the Hollanders took it in 1644. It stands 11 miles N. of Ghent Long. 23 d. Lat. 51 d. 20 m. III. Ardenburgh Ardenburgh is also a small place but very strong in Flanders subject to the Hollanders It stands 20 miles N. W. of Ghent Long. 22 d. 36 m. Lat. 51 d. 22 m. Article II. Of the Dukedom of Brabant Lat. Brabantia THIS Dutchy is in a manner an Island encompassed with Rivers having the Meuse on the East and the Nort the Demer on the South which runs through part of this Province and the Schelde on the West with the Ocean on the side of Breda and Bergin-Op-Zoom So that it borders part of the Country of Gelderland Bounds and the Bishoprick of Liege on the East The Country of Hainault and the Country of Namur on the South Flanders and part of Zealand on the West and Holland and another part of Gelderland on the North. Its Extent Extent South and North is about 70 miles and about 60 West and East Quality The Air is generally good and wholesom the Soil is very Fertile except some of the Northern parts which are somewhat sandy and barren The Cities are very fine whereof there are 26 Walled and Strong Towns not mentioning others of less importance and about 100 Villages Villages History The Brabanders are descended from a Colony of Saxons brought from beyond the Elbe by Charlemaign and planted in this Country in 806. Divers Authors say that Anchises or Anchisices Father to Pepin of Haristol was Lord of Brabant Charlemaign and his Children were Masters of this Country until such time as Otho Son to Prince Charles of France Duke of Lower Lorraine being dead in 1004. without being Married Brabant became the Portion of Gerbege second Daughter to the same Charles of France and his first Wife Bonne of Ardenne Married to Lambert II. Earl of Monts and Louvain the Founder of the Branch of the Duke of Brabant and Lothier at first they took only the Title of Earls but 1235 Henry I. took the Title of Duke of Brabant and Lorrain Philip III. called the Good recollected the succession of the Duke of Brabant which he left to Charles the Rash his Son Father to Mary of Burgundy who carried it into the House of Austria by her Marriage to Maximilian afterwards Emperor This Country has been fruitful in illustrious Men and Learned Writers The Rivers Rivers here besides the Meuse and the Scheld are Demer Dommel Senne Aa Dyle Gias Jeckes Nephte both great and small and Mert there is also a great number of small Lakes and Ponds Brabant comprehends the Marquisate of the Holy Empire whose Capital is Antwerp the Lordship of Mechlin the Dutchy of Arschot the Marquisate of Bergues the County of Hooghstraet the state of Maestricht formerly that of Liege and 19 Baronies Louvain was in time past Capital of this Province but now Brussels Brabant is divided into four parts 1. Dutch-rBrabant in which the most remarkable Places are Boisleduc Bish Cap. Breda Bergen-Op-Zoom Grave Ravestein Helmont Eyndenhove Maestricht Lillo 2. Spanish-Brabant properly so called which comprebends Brussels Cap. Louvain Leuwe Arschot Duke Nivelle Tillemont or Tienen Judoigne Gemblour Lire Diest Vilvoerde Herentals Hannuye 3. The Marquisate of the Holy Empire Antwerp Bish 4. The Lordship of Malines which has Malines or Mechlin Arch. To keep to my General division I shall give you here the Description of the Dutch and Spanish Brabant and reserve that of the Mâ—rquisate and Lordship of Malines for the two following Articles Chiefs Towns belonging to the Hollanders in Brabant I. Boisleduc BOisleduc Bolduc or Bosleduc Lat. Boscum-Ducis Sylva-Ducis Bolducum and in Dutch Hertogenbosch the Capital of the Dutch-Brabant with a Bishoprick Suffragant of Malines is situated upon the River Domel which there receives the Aade and afterward the Diese and discharges it self about two Leagues from thence into the Meuse at the place where it formeth the Isle of Bommel Boisleduc is built in a plain where there was a Hunting Forrest belonging to the Dukes of Brabant But Duke Henry going to oppose the incursions which those of Guelder-land made into his Country caused this Wood to be cut down in 1172. where the Foundations of this City were laid which Duke Jeffery finished in 1184. Pope Paul IV. erected it into a Bishoprick in 1559. and Francis Sonnius was its first Prelate The Bishops now are but Titular and make their residence at Goldorp since Boisleduc is fallen into the hands of the Hollanders This City is naturally strong as well by its situation as by its fortifications It is environ'd with Rivers and Meadows covered with Water so that the Avenues to the Town are upon artificial Causeys made turning and winding and commanded by one or other of the six Forts built at some distance without the Town Its Ditches are filled with the Waters of the said Rivers which enter into the City by divers Channels very commodious to the Inhabitants They are almost all Soldiers tho' they do not neglect Trade which occasioneth this saying That the Inhabitants of Boisleduc are Warlike Merchants The City is large fair well built and very populous The Cathedral Church of St. John is one of the most sumptuous of the Netherlands with a very fine Clock The Market-place is environed with fine Buildings where 10 of the greatest Streets do end The Hollanders became at last Masters of it in 1629. by the Valour and Conduct of Frederick Henry Prince of Orange This City stands 43 miles N. E. of Antwesp and 50 almost S. of Amsterdam Long. 24 d. 30 m. Lat. 51 d. 42 m. II. Breda Breda is seated on the River Mereck with the Title of Barony which comprehends now about Seventeen Villages but it had more formerly and Berg-Op-Zoom did then depend upon it Breda had anciently particular Lords of its own and was sometimes in Possession of the Dukes of Brabant but John III. Duke of Brabant sold it again in 1350. to John Polon Lord of Lieck who left an only Daughter Johanna Married in 1404. to Engelbert of Nassau Henry of Nassau begun the Castle of Breda where the Tomb of Renatus of Nassau is to be seen in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter founded about 1303. This City suffered very much during the War between the States and the Spaniards The Prince of Parma took it from the Vnited Provinces July 18. 1581. Maurice of Nassau became Master of it against in 1590. by a Boat loaden with Turf under which he hid 60 Souldiers who rendered themselves Masters of the Castle and he afterwards took the City by Capitulation They tell a very remarkable thing of one of these Soldiers that was hidden under the Turf viz.
once a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Patras It was anciently accounted a Colony of the Thebans called Pedasus by the Poets Epea by Pausanias and Corone by Strabo and Pliny The Figure of this City is an irregular Triangle At one of the Angles there is a great Tower built in 1463. by the Venetians for a Magazine the two other sides that are not washed by the Gulph that bears its Name leave a space wide enough to go round the Fortress which is environ'd with an old Wall of an unequal thickness flank'd with great Towers and a little way further towards the East there is a Suburb with 500 Houses This City has had several Masters Baudrand thinks that it was yielded to the Venetians by the Despotes Princes of Morea but Verdizzotti assures us that they never had it before the Division of the Eastern Empire In 1204. it was surprized by Leo Veteran a Genoese Pyrate but after he had been Executed at Corfu Coron returned to its Lawful Masters the Venetians from whom it was taken by the formidable Army of Bajazet II. in 1498. The Spaniards under General Doria took it from the Turks in 1533. and soon after were forced to leave it In 1685. General Francisco Morosini made himself Master of Coron notwithstanding the Vigorous Defence of the Besieged and the Succours that came to their Relief Several Men of Note lost their Lives during the Siege which lasted 49 days and among the others the Commandeur La Tour General of the Land Forces of Maltha the Prince of Brunswic the Prince of Savoy and Captain Ravagnin All the Turkish Garrison was put to the Sword This Town stands 15 Miles N. E. of Modon Long. 46 d. 20 m. 35 d. III. Calamata Calamata called by Baudrand Thelame Theramme Thuria and Abia is an unwalled Town of the left side of the River Spirnazza or Pamissus It is seated in an open Country of the Province of Belvedere is pretty well peopled and had a good strong Castle of a Regular Fabrick In 1659. General Morosini made himself Master of it by a Stratagem and abandon'd it after he had burn'd it and the Country round it The same General took this Castle again in 1685. and soon after caused it to be razed IV. Navarin Navarin or Zunchio Lat. Navarinum Nelea Pylus Messeniaca the Birth-place of the famous Nestor is called Javarin by the Turks It is divided into the new and old City The old is built upon a steep Rock which runs into the Sea and makes its situation very strong besides what Art has done to render it as it were impregnable On the left side thereof is the new City on the side of a Hill fortified with good Walls and a Cittadel with six Bastions built by the Turks in 1572. at the bottom whereof is a Haven the best and most capacious of all the Morea The entrance of this Harbour is commanded by the Cannon of the old Navarin In 1644. Sultan Ibrahim chose this Haven for the Rendezvouz of his Fleet consisting of 200 Sail design'd against Candia In 1498. the Turks after the Surrender of Modon took Navarin from the Venetians and kept it till 1686. when General Morosini appearing before old Navarin with 200 Sail Commanded by General Coningsmark forced the Garrison to a Surrender But the New Town made a stout Defence in hopes of being Relieved by the Serasquier of Morea then upon his March General Coningsmark leaving the Management of the Siege to Chevalier Alcenago fought and defeated the Serasquier upon which the Town Surrendred It stands 13 Miles N. of Modon and 28 almost W. of Coron Article III. Zaconia or Braccio Di Maina THIS Province is the largest of the four into which Morea is divided Bounds It Borders Chiarenza on the North Saccania on the East the Sea of Sapienza or of Candia on the South and Belvedere on the West It was formerly called Lelegia Aebalia Name Argia and Laconia There are many huge Rocks Caves and Precipices which render this Country subject to frequent Earthquakes The Principal Capes Capes here are 1. Cape Matapan of which we shall make a particular Description 2. Cape Onugato 3. Cape Maleo or Ale di san Michiel The Places of Note in this Province are Malvasia Archb. Cap. Misitra Zarnata Chielefa Passava Maina I. Malvasia Malvasia or Napoli di Malvasia anciently called Epidaurus or Epidaurus Limera and sometimes Monembusia is seated near the farthest South-Eastern Cape called Cape Maleo with an Archbishoprick under the Patriarch of Constantinople Is is built upon a Rock whence it has a pleasant Prospect both into the Sea and the adjacent Country It is also surrounded with the Sea and joined to the Continent by a Timber-bridge yet it has Springs of good fresh Water sufficient both to serve the City and their Gardens This City is of a very great strength being only approachable on the South side and there it is defended by a good Tripple Wall Next to this Wall there is a Suburb with a good number of Houses walled about with a strong Rampart There is also a very convenient Harbour defended by the Fortress It s Soil is very fruitful in Grapes of which is made the most exquisite Wine in all Greece and so much fam'd through all the World It yields also as much Corn as serves to maintain 60 Persons which considering the natural strength of the Place are enough for a Garrison This City owes its Foundation to a Colony of Argos and was anciently famous and much frequented on account of Aesculapius's Temple Tho' this place seem impregnable yet it was taken in 1204. from the Emperor of the East by the French and Venetians under the Command of Baldwin Count of Flanders the same that was Crowned Emperor of Constantinople and retaken again from William a French Baron to whom it was given by Baldwin Whereupon he resigned his Right to the Venetians who attacked it with a powerful Fleet and kept it till 1537. that they Surrendred it to Soliman to Purchase a Peace In the Candian War they took it again by Storm plundered burnt it put most of the Inhabitants ro the Sword carried away the Cannon and then left it The Turks afterwards rebuilded it In 1689. the Venetians Besieged it again under the Command of the Doge Morosini who being called home by the Senate on Septemb. 14. left it block'd up by three Forts and a Squadron of light Frigats On the 10th of August 1690. it was Surrendred to the Venetians being the last Town in the Morea that withstood them It stands 50 Miles almost E. of Misitra and 100 S. of Setines Long. 48 d. 5 m. Lat. 35 d. 40 m. II. Misitra This City was first called Sparta then Lacedaemon and now Misitra It is one of the Antientest of the World and the most famous of Greece Authors vary much about its Foundation some ascribe it to Spartus Son to King Amicla others to Sparta Wife to a