beautiful it is at one of the ends of the Town Montferrat at the foot of the Alps is of his dependancies whereof Cazal is the Capital it 's a very large Fortress its Cavalry are esteemed throughout all Italy Part of Montferrat was yielded to the Duke of Savoy by the Treaty of Peace at Quiras The Duke of Mantua possesses Cazal The Country is very fertile but very small they are there courteous and officious particularly to the French in remembrance of the assistance they afforded them in time of need The two famous Poets Virgil and Tasso were of Mantua The Cathedral-Church called St. Andrews is remarkable for its Pictures and Tombs Under the Quire is a vast Chappel where is preserved the Bloud of the Son of God gathered by St. Longis on Mount Calvary Some little Soveraignties have been dismembred from the Dutchy of Mantua to make Portions of Lands for younger Brothers Bozola Mirandula Sabioneta Novalara Gustala and others are of the number The Dutchy yields its Prince a million yearly The Body of the Jews there living is composed of above two thousand who are rich by reason of their great Trade the Duke gets a great Tribute from them Strangers that go to Mantua if they are curious should not return without visiting Marmirol a Country-house of Pleasure belonging to the Duke This place is charming for its Marble for its Grotto's for its Conduits for its Gardens for its Fountains and Jet d'eaus for its Paintings Sculptures and Figures This State is said to be 35 miles from North to South and 50 from East to West The Po the Seiche the Ogli and the Mince are its most considerable Rivers A Relation of the 23th of August 1679. tells us that a Gentleman was cured at Mantua of a Tertian Ague by an extraordinary Remedy in the strongest time of the Fit He was covered with pieces of Ice in his bed and this freezing Remedy cured him at the first application but he remained so weak that he had much ado to set himself right again The Physicians of the East-Indies on the Coast of Coromandel even at Surat take near the same course with those that have Agues The Spaniards drink with Ice at the strongest time of the Fit. The Duke of Modena Alphonsus d'Est the third of the name Duke of Modena Besides this Quality he takes that of Duke of Regio of Prince of Carpi and of Corregio of Marquess d'Est and of Rovigni Cath. His Arms are Azure an Eagle Argent crowned billed and membred Or. Modena is the Capital of the Dutchy of this name and the ordinary place of residence of its Duke Its Bulwarks are made of the ancient fashion If this State be small it is good Renaud Cardinal d'Est Bishop of Regio was Protector of some Crowns at the Court of Rome The Dukal Dignity began in the House of Modena An. 1452. under the Emperour Frederick the Third The ancient Houses of Brunswick in Germany and of Modena in Italy are of the same Stock and make good their Descent almost from the year 800. The Duke of Parma and of Placentia Rainutio Farnesis Duke of Parma and of Placentia Cath. His Arms are Or with six Flower-de-luces Azure Petro Luigi Farnesis was the first Duke of Parma Alexander Farnesis youngest Son of Pedro Luigi was one of the greatest Captains of his Age. Pope Paul the Sixth born at Farnesis began the Council of Trent Parma is the Capital of the Dutchy and the ordinary place of residence of the Duke The Dukes Palace is beautiful the Citadel is not amiss the Soil is good it contains in many places excellent Fields and sat Pastures for feeding all sorts of Cattel and particularly Cows It s great Parmesan-Cheeses are very famous they are sent in so great a number into all parts of Europe that this sole Merchandize is able to inrich the Inhabitants The Country is so fertile that all things necessary and commodious for the life of man are there found The Po the Trebeia and the Taro water it This State has not much above 25 leagues in length and 20 in breadth The Bishop of Trent THe Bishop and Prince of Trent is called Alberti he was made Bishop Anno 1677. The Cathedral Church is dedicated to St. Vigil it is built of great Free-stone even to its high Steeple its Canons are all of Noble extraction and have the right of chusing their Bishop The Town of Trent besides its Antiquity is famous throughout the World for its General and Oecumenical Council held under three Popes It began under Paul the Third Anno 1545. continued under Julius the Third and ended under Pius the Fourth 1563. It continued a long time because it was interrupted on the occasion of Troubles and Wars betwixt Christian Princes All Church-men ought to read continually this Council Trentin is a Province near the Alps. It s Capital City is on the River Adige This Principality is under the protection of the House of Austria as the Principality of Mourgue or Monacho is under that of France The Figure of Italy and its Length ITaly has the figure of a Cavalier's Boot and is 300 common leagues of France in length from Chamberry to Regio which is at the farthest part of Calabria As for its wideness it is small and unequal in some places it is 30 in others 50 and elsewhere 100 French leagues wide The Alps divide it from France and Germany Lombardy is included in Italy The States of Savoy Piemont Milain Genoa and Montferrat are in Vpper Lombardy The States of Venice Mantua Parma Modena Trent c. are of Lower Lombardy Before we proceed farther I have thought it proper to give here the following little Itinerary for distinguishing the different Leagues of divers States as serving for Topical History An Itinerary THe Italians make their leagues of 1000 paces they count by the mile The common league of France is of 3000 paces and in places about Paris of 1500. In Gascoigne they equal those of Germany those of Limosin and Berne exceed them The ordinary leagues of Germany and Poland are of 4000 paces and in Hungary of 6000 and in Switzerland of 5000. In Spain and in Portugal they contain 3000 paces and are of a different length as in France In England they comprize 1250. In Sweden and in Norway 8000. These are the longest of all in some places they are of 6000 paces In Muscovy they include 800 Geometrical paces two ordinary paces make the Geometrical The Russians and Muscovites call leagues Verstes The Jews count by furlongs their league is composed of 15 furlongs each furlong contains 125 paces whereof each is five foot Stadium according to its Etymology signifies station or rest The Greek furlong is likewise of 25 Geometrical paces The Egyptians measure their leagues by Schoenes or furlongs The Moguls by Cosses which are of 1500 paces The Persians by Parasanga's which are 30 furlongs Authors differ about the measure of Parasanga's The Chinese
Dame du Mount Carmel and of St. Lazarus of Hierusalem great Post-master and Superintendant of the Posts and Stages of France c. has given an infinite number of manifest proofs of his Consummated skill in Military Discipline It seems as though he had exercised himself in it all his life-time this shews that great men are capable of all things his name is known throughout the whole Earth the Hollanders Spaniards and others when the War was at the highest declared that he went like Lightning when the Service of his King and Country called upon him He possesses the eminent qualities of his Father the Chancellour of France Poitou la Marche Lionnois Dauphine Catalognia and Roussillon Pignerol Lorrain Alsatia the places Conquered and yeilded the Fortifications of these Generalities the War the Taxes raised for the support of the Souldiery and the Artillery are things belonging to his Charge M. Colbert MEssire John Baptist Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Seignelay Baron of Moneteau Beaumont Cheni Ormois Sceaux and other places Counsellor in ordinary to the King in his Councils and of the Royal Council General Controuler of the Kings Revenue Superintendant of the Navy Arts and Manufactures of France Minister and Secretary of State. He has acted vigorously for the subsistance of the Armies of the French Monarchy in finding means to raise such Moneys as were necessary which are the Nerves of War. He has the prudence of the Serpent as it is express'd in his Arms. Cardinal Mazarine considering his Desert before he died wisht the King to make use of him as his Minister for his fidelity and for his service His admirable Conduct daily manifests it self both in general and in particular even to the education of his Children and of his Illustrious Relations Messire Charles Edoüard Colbert Marquess of Seignelay is the eldest of the House he makes himself daily admir'd in the diversity of his Employs and Affairs wherewith he is taken up in his Majesties service he is Secretary of State Superintendant of the Maritine affairs both in the East and West I saw Anno 1677. Messire Julius Armandus Colbert Lord of Ormais at the age of fourteen years defend publick and general Theses of Philosophy in the University of Paris under the Presidency of his Brother the Abbot Messire Jacques Nicolas then Prior of Sorbonne to the admiration of all that there is of Great and Learned in the Kingdom I cannot hold from saying of this noble Defender in his Orient what was said of St. John Baptist at his birth Quis putas puer iste erit It 's a rare thing to see a Brother perform that Office under a Brother and with so wonderful a presence of understanding These are Prodigies and Marks of their great Genius It may well be said on this occasion Fortes creantur fortibus and with the Oracle Corona senum filii filiorum gloria filiorum patres eorum I shall not be more large lest I offend the modesty of the Father and of his Children I shall onely say that this wise Manager of the Kings Revenue has in his division Paris the Isle of France and the Country of Soissons as far as Noyon Orleanois Blezois the Kings House the Clergy what regards the Sea Trade and Manufactures As I write this Article the admirable and elegant Sermon which the Illustrious Abbot his Brother made one day on the Feast of St. John Baptist comes into my mind Paris rendered it self that day at Sceaux to hear it This Sermon was followed with many others in the Capital City of the Kingdom and always with excellent success This Abbot is Doctor of the House and Society of Sorbonne and Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Roüen since the second of Feb. 1680. M. Colbert Croissi MEssire Charles Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Croissi Minister and Secretary of State President of the Parliament of Paris formerly Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice has acquired the Political and Geographical knowledge of all the States of the World that of Ancient and Modern History and of all the Interests of the Princes and Potentates of Christendom in his Ordinary and Extraordinary Embassies at Rome in England Spain at Aix la Chappel and in quality of Embassadour and Plenipotentiary at Nimigen for the general Peace of Europe and at Bavaria for the Marriage of Monseigneur le Dauphin with the Electoral Princess and in other important Negotiations Holland shewed him the joy they received after the Peace concluded to see him in their Country and he manifested his by his profuse liberality of his Gold and Silver to the People in some Towns. This Minister having seen so many Countries and Nations and all Courts it may be said of him what Homer said of Vlysses in the beginning of his Odysses according to the translation from the Greek into Latine Multorum autem hominum vidit urbes mores novit Champagne and Brie Provence Britany Berry Limosin Angoumois Xaintonge Bearn Bigorre the three Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun the Principality of Sedan and the Forreign Countries which are also in his division have all a veneration for his Conduct and Generosity He succeeded to Messire Simon Arnaud Chevalier Lord of Pomponne in his Charge of Secretary and Minister of State which he demised in the Month of December An. 1679. The Councels THe Councels are composed of the Chancellour Keeper of the Seals of France of the Marshal Duke de Villeroy Chief of the Royal Council for the Kings Revenue of Twelve ordinary Councellours of State Three Councellors of the Church and Three of the Sword Twelve attending every six Months The King regulating the Councel An. 1673. added the Controuler General of his Revenues and the two Intendants of them to have place in the Councels des Parties as they have in those of the Revenue The Councellours of State are chosen by his Majesty being such as have past the greatest part of all the Offices of the Robe having been Intendants of Justice or Ambassadors or first Presidents of the Parliaments these are at present the best and most sought-for Offices of the Kingdom and which come nearest the King who gives such persons daily the best employs and Commissions of greatest importance for the service of himself and the State. To these Councels the Masters of Request have access which are to the number of Eighty whereof Twenty serve each Quarter after having been honoured with many Commissions and Intendancies they are preferred by his Majesty to Employs of the highest nature where he designs them The two Intendants of the Revenue are Messire Vicount Hotman and Messire Nicholas des Marests Colbert The first has been Councellor in the grand Councel Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice in Guyen and in Tourain Proctor-General of the Chamber of Justice and afterwards honoured by the King with a place in his Councels and with the Commission of Intendant of the Kings Revenue and of Justice in the generality of Paris
all these great Employs are marks of his singular Merit which he has signalized in all occurrences Messire Nicolas des Marests has been Counsellour to the Parliament of Paris and is at present Master of Requests and Intendant of the Kings Revenues There is no man but knows that he has always done things with skill and integrity his Ability his Candour and the care that he takes appear in his Conduct as three great lights which make him known to those that will be enlightned When the waves are troubled the Vessel has most need of skilful Pilots the perfect knowledge that these two Intendants have of the Interests of the Provinces has served them as a Watch-tower to keep them from erring and the zeal they have for the advantage of his Majesties Revenue is another means for them to behave themselves well betwixt the Soveraign and his Subjects in a word to the end that the King may receive as much aid as his people comfort The Illustrious Controller General of the Kings Revenues of whom I have spoken before may rely on the fidelity of these two Intendants The Four Secretaries of the Kings Revenues are the Sieur Bechameil Berrier Ranchin and Coquille The Four Clerks of the Councel des Parties are the Sieurs Aguillaumie Pecot le Foüyn and Brunet The Keeper of the Royal Treasury in waiting enters into the Councel of the Kings Revenues and also the Treasurer of the casual Revenues in waiting when they are upon the Rolls of the casual Revenues this person stands behind the Chancellours Chair Besides the Councel of the Finances and the Councel des Parties the King has also a Councel of Dispatches a Councel of War and others according to different affairs the Councel of Dispatches is held in the Kings Chamber where attend the Duke of Orleans the Chancellour the Marshal de Villeroy the Four Secretaries of State and those that are received for that Office upon Survivorship His Majesty presides in the Councel of War the Princes the Marshals of France and other Lords skilful in the Military Art are ordinarily called to it France the Mountain of the Muses IF France be the field of Mars it is also the Mountain of the Muses and the refuge of Arts. Philosophy has left Egypt and Greece to make its residence in this Kingdom The Spaniards confess this truth by this Proverb used in the University of Salamanca Dat Lutetia Aristotelum Salamanca Deum It 's at Paris particularly where we find new Plato's and Aristotles in subtilty and solidness Consummated Divines Orators like Cicero and Quintilian Cujas's and Bartholus's for the Canon and Civil Laws second Galen's Hippocrates's and Esculapius's in Physick Astrology gives us in the House of the Observatory its Ptolomy's it s Alphonsus's and its Tico-Brahe's the Mathematicks Cluverius's Poesie it s Virgil's its Ovids its Martials and its Homers Painting its Apelles and Carvers its Phidias It 's in France where Forreigners come and suck the Ambrosia and drink large draughts of the Nectar of the Gods. The ordinary places of Residence of their most Christian Majesties PAris Saint Germains in Laye Versailles Vincennes Fontainbleau Chambort Blois Compeinne These dwelling-places are truly Royal the Louvre the Chasteau des Tuilleries that of Fontainbleau and Versailles are a Miracle of Nature and a Prodigy of Art in all things and in a word the Centre of the Rarities and beautiful things of the world The Louvre PHILLIP August ended the Building of the Louvre An. 1214. This Palace being the first of the Kingdom and as a Master-piece some Authors think that this Monarch called it le Louvre as though he would say l'Oeuvre the Work by Excellency others think it so called from a street called Lupura or Lupara in which it is thought to be built Loüis the Fourteenth putting the last hand to it has so enlarged it that it is capable of receiving three Kings A Learned and excellent Wit of our time has made this Inscription for the Louvre which comprehends and expresses the greatness of the Building the greatness of the person and of the Name of King Loüis le Grand and the explication of his Devise or Motto Nec pluribus Impar in these terms Haec licet ampla domus longè tamen amplior hospes Ludovico magno nec totus sufficit orbis Sufficeret solus multis nec pluribus Impar The same Inscription in English This House though great the Person whose Command It owns is greater much Loüis le Grand Does find the world too scant for he alone Would serve for many fit for more than One. It 's in the Louvre where Learning has been stript of the gross Bark of the School it 's there where the Muses are habited a-la-mode and where they are given the fine turn of Politeness by the means of the French Academy instituted by Cardinal Richlieu An. 1635. for the pureness and perfection of the French Tongue Of late some Towns of this Kingdom have erected Academies for this purpose as Arles Suissons and others We shall here observe that in France in the time of the said Cardinal the Gazette which according to the term de Gaza signifies a heap of divers things began An. 1631. and that the first Gazettier called Theophrast Renaudot Physician of the faculty of Montpellier dedicated it to Loüis the Thirteenth I saw it in the Library of Colledge Mazarin it succeeded the French Mercury its dates and Chronologies were in the Margin The Tuilleries THe Tuilleries are call'd by this name because in this place formerly there was a Tuillerie or place to make Tiles Queen Catherine de Medices caused this building to be began in the Month of May of the year 1564. Loüis the Fourteenth has compleated it and rendred it August this Prince has planted in the Garden Sycomers and Indian Maroniers and other beautiful Trees he has made Knots and Beds with all sorts of Flowers large Allies little Wildernesses great Cesterns with their Jet d'Eaux and Terrasses and has placed excellent Statues in it that of Time which devours its Children is very remarkable We see Diana of Ephesus in one of the four Chambers of the ancient Pieces of the Louvre Fontainbleau THe number of excellent Fountains and great streams of water have given to this place the name it bears The Inhabitants think that the name Fontainbleau comes from a Fountain of fair water that is to be seen there at this day In the Palace we find four of them and as many Gardens its Chambers are very rich and its Galeries very beautiful in one of them are represented in excellent Painting the Fights and Victories of some Kings of France We see in another the Antiquities the Garden-Knots the Grotto's the Water-falls the fine Walks the great Mail the Meadows and the Groves that render this place famous we see the Hermitage of St. Loüis on a little knap in the midst of the way of the Forest which is very large and very
persons think that it was in order to make some Sea-fights alledging that Nismes did not want water for its ordinary use The first Bridge contains six Arches the second eleven the third thirty six The first is a hundred and fifty paces in length the second two hundred seventy five and the third three hundred They say that that person has not seen Pont du Gard who has not seen the Hare because the figure of it is seen there in Relief on the second Bridge against the top of the Pillar of the third Arch. Louis the Thirteenth and Loüis the Fourteenth Kings of France went to see this curious Piece of Roman Antiquity when they were in Languedoc This Bridge was call'd Pont du Gard because it is scituated on the River Gardon and retains its name even to this present time The Marquess of S. Privat Baron of Fournez and Lord of other places has a Castle by the side of the Bridge and resides there ordinarily when he is in his dominions Cardinal de Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin have lodged there This ancient House has always been well allyed and with the chief of Daulphiné These great Springs of Water that boil forth the Fountain of Vigan and of Sauve in Sevenes and that of Nan in Roüergue which equal Rivers deserve to be mentioned with that of Nismes at the foot of Tournemagne adorn'd with a great Cestern and which drives six or seven Mills The Fountain of Vaucleuse is likewise famous If that of Nismes be considerable for the opening of a Rock whence issues a great Spring of very clear water the bottom of which is not to be perceiv'd Its Amphitheater there is remarkable for its great and large Stones A modern Author has committed on this subject a great Anacronism or a supposition of a time far distant from another when he said that these Stones clove asunder at the death of Jesus Christ not considering that the Amphitheater was not then in being and that it was not built till a long time afterwards It is thought that it was begun under the Emperour Adrian and ended under Antonius Pius Native of Nismes a long time after the Ascension of the Son of God. The same Author did not also observe that the Goths Enemies of the Works of the Romans put fire to this Amphitheater which has caus'd the cleaving and blackness You may see what is writ thereon by the ancient Counsellor Guiran of Nismes he is the last who has spoken of it The square House which serv'd for the Proetorium or the place where Justice was administred and the Temple of Diana are moreover ancient Monuments of this Town formerly a Colony of the Romans Arles and Xaintes have also Amphitheaters where many sports were celebrated and where men were made to fight with wild Beasts If the Fountains of which I spake even now are publickly known those of Main and Monfrin in bas Languedoc of Vic in Auvergne at the foot of a Mountain of Vals in Vivarez and at Fonsanche half a league above Sauve are extreamly frequented for their Medicinal and Purgative vertue they are as good as those of the Spaw and of Ems in Germany The goodness of the Fountain of Vic was discover'd by a Cow which being the leanest of the Herd became the fairest and fattest because she alone drank of that water Amongst the Medicinal Fountains of Vals we see four that issue from the same Rock and pass through divers Minerals producing different effects That of Fonsanche ebbs and flows men drink at one place there and bathe at another the Mud of this Fountain is good against sore Eyes The Waters of Camarez in Roüergne are also esteemed A value also is set on the Waters of Sainte Reine in Burgundy and on those of Forges The Baths of Baleruc four leagues from Mont pellier those of Bagnols in Givodan those of Moulins Alchambaut in Bourbonnois and of Barege at the Pyreneans are singular they strengthen comfort and cure many infirm persons There is seen in the season a great concourse of people In the year of the World 2218. Ana the Son of Sebeon Prince of Seir found first of all Springs of hot Water he is the Inventor of Hot Baths according as Torniel and the greatest part of the Interpreters of Scripture affirm A Catalogue of the Archbishopricks of France and the Suffragan Bishopricks containing the number and the name of the first and last Bishop of each Diocess to the year 1680. The Archbishoprick of Rheims RHeims has had ninety four Bishops and Archbishops from S. Sixtus to Messire Charles-Maurice le Tellier first Ecclesiastical Duke and Peer of France Legat of course to the Holy See and Primate of the Belgick Gauls Doctor of the House and Society of Sorbon and Great Master of the Kings Chappel of Musick He succeeds Cardinal Antony Barbarin whose Epitaph which denotes a profound Humility is coucht in these terms by the order of his late Eminency Hic jacet pulvis cinis nihil The Archbishop of Rheims at the Royal Consecration and Coronation Anoints and Crowns the King. It s Suffragans are eight Amiens Beauvais Boulogne Châlons on Marne Laon Noyon Senlis and Soissons Cambray and Tournay belong'd formerly to the Archbishoprick of Rheims wherefore the Archbishops of Rheims signified their Protestation against the erection of the Archbishoprick of Cambray Messire Charles le Tellier caus'd his to be signified to Messire Christopher de Brias An. 1679. in the month of June the King gave in his Council to the Archbishop Duke of Rheims a place of Counsellor of State in Ordinary who seats himself as first Duke and Peer above the Dean of the Council immediately after the Chancellor of France Amiens has had seventy six Bishops from St. Firmin to Messire Francois Faure he was Preacher in Ordinary to the late Queen Mother Ann of Austria Beauvais eighty nine from St. Lucien to Messire Toussaint Fourbin de Janson Count and Peer of France and Vidame of Gerbroi This Prelate carries the Mantle Royal at the Kings Consecration and Coronation He was Bishop of Dignes and afterward of Marseilles and a long time Embassadour in Poland I speak of it in the Tract of the Sarmathians he was propos'd by the Pope in his Consistory for the Bishoprick of Beauvais though he had not been precogniz'd because a Precognization is not necessary when his Holiness proposes a Subject The Cardinals with a common voice gave him gratis a half of the Bulls The 27th of November 1679. he was received in the Grand Chamber of the Parliament with the usual Ceremonies and took there his place betwixt the Bishop Duke of Langres and the Bishop Count de Noyon in the presence of the Duke d Enguien of the Prince of Conti of the Prince de la Roche-sur-You and of seventeen Dukes and Peers whereof three were Ecclesiasticks He gave afterward a Dinner to the Princes of the Bloud and to the Dukes and Peers Boulogne has had
Episcopal See. Toul eighty six from Mansuet to Messire Jacques de Fieux Prince of the Empire Verdun ninety four or ninety five from St. Sanctin to Messire N. de Bethune Bishop and Count of Verdun and Prince of the Empire He succeeds Messire Armand de Monchi d' Hoquincourt The Rank and Seats of the Prelates THe Archbishops and Bishops have Rank and Seat in the General Assemblies of the Clergy according to the antiquity of their Consecration The Prelates which are Dukes and Peers of France have the precedency above the others at the Ceremony of the Consecration of the Kings and in the Seats of Parliament and enter with their Coaches into the Court of the Louvre Agents General of the Clergie of France THe Clergy has two Agents General at Court to mind Eccesiastical affairs the Archbishops and Suffragan Bishops name them alternatively They hold their Charge five years because at each General Assembly of the Clergy two are created who are deputed each by the Province which names at his turn Messieurs the Abbots of Maretz Colbert and of Bezons Doctors of Sorbonne were created Agents An. 1680. having been nominated the one by the Archbishop of Rheims and the other by him of Narbonne Bourges and Vienne gave Agents An. 1675. It is observ'd that there is no Prelate who has been Agent-General of the Clergy but that he understands affairs for as men do business so business makes men The Clergy has also its Treasurer call'd otherwise Receiver-General Those that would know the continuation and succession of all the Archbishops and Bishops of France must read a Book of a great labour in four Volumes in Folio compos'd by the Sieurs de Sainte-Marthe entituled Gallia Christiana there are seen there a great number of Popes Bulls the day of the creation of the Prelates their Qualities their Arms the names and the number of Abbeys This Work was printed An. 1656. and is worth a thousand other Impressions There is to be seen also another Book on this subject which has for Title Series Episcoporum Pierre Frison has given the publick Gallia Purpurata Since some time the King seldom gives Archbishopricks to Ecclesiastical persons if they are not actually Bishops These Archbishopricks contain many Suffragans under them our Conquests increase the number The sole Province of Languedoc has had to this time twenty two Bishops and as many Barons entring yearly into the Estates The Duke of Verneüil is Governour of this Province the Marquess de Cauvisson the Comte de Roure and the Marquess de Montanegue are Lieutenants General for the King and Messire Henry d'Aguessau Master of Requests and President of the Grand Council is there Intendant of Justice Polity and Finances He succeeds Messire Claude de Bezons Counsellor of State in Ordinary who liv'd there a long time and who manag'd well the Kings affairs We shall remark in favour of this Province that the Law of Aubeine or Escheatage has no place here by priviledge and exemption of the King nor in the Vicounty of Turenne Laurence Bouchet Advocate in the Court of Parliament of Paris is formal in the point in his Book entituled La Bibliotheque ou Tresor du droit des Francois in which are treated civil criminal and beneficial matters govern'd as well by the Ordinances and Customs of France as decided by Decrees of Soveraign Courts summarily extracted from the most famous French Lawyers and Practitioners and compar'd in many places with the Laws and Customs of Foreign Nations This book was printed at Paris An. 1629. There may be seen also thereon the book of the Province which contains its Priviledges The ordinary List of the Parliaments of France and the time of their erection PAris Tolose Grenoble Bordeaux Dijon Roüen Aix Rennes Pau and Metz. There are added Tornai and Dole its Parliament was plac'd at Bezancon An. 1674. Perpignan has a soveraign Council which judges without appeal as also Pignerol Brisac and other places That which the French call Parliament that is to say conference and debate concerning things belonging to Justice the Spaniards name Soveraign Council and the Savoyards the Senate The Parliament of Paris was made of constant Session on the place by Philippes le Bel An. 1302. and according to Chorier An. 1288. It was before liable to be remov'd from place ro place The 19th of May 1678. Loüis the Fourteenth nominated Messire Nicolas Potier Chevalier Lord of Novion and of Vilbon President of the Cap to the place of first President of this Parliament This place has been long due to his Merit to his Integrity to his great Lights and to that long experience of the Parliament-house which he has acquir'd with an indefatigable and wholly wonderful Assiduity He has rendred himself considerable on all occasions and particularly on those great days which he held at Clermont in Auvergne 1665. Tolose was instituted by the same Philippe le Bel and in the same year as Paris An. 1302. and made fixt An. 1443. and according to Chorier An. 1320. Its first President is at this day Messire Gaspart de Fieubet Grenoble by the Dolphin Loüis Son and Successor of Charles le Bel who confirm'd Anno 1453. by his Letters-Patents that which the Dolphin had done Its first President at this day is call'd Denis le Goux de la Berchere Bourdeaux by Loüis the Eleventh An. 1462. Bourdeaux and Grenoble sit by turns That of Bourdeaux was transferred some years since to Condom and afterward to Marmande from Marmande to la Reole This Parliament has at present for its first President N. d Olide by the voluntary demission of Messire Arnaud de Pontac Dijon by the same King Loüis the Eleventh An. 1476. Messire Loüis Laisne Chevalier Lord de la Margrie after having been many years Counsellor to the Grand Council Master of Requests and having exercis'd divers Intendances of Justice Polity and Finances in Guienne Normandy Burgundy and had many important Commissions in Languedoc for the Kings service and in his Armies was created for his merit first President of the Parliament of Dijon An. 1653. and has kept the place with all the Splendour Honesty Honour and Understanding imaginable so far that his Majesty judg'd him necessary in his Council where he has been one of the most employed in the Affairs of State and of the Finances Messire Nicolas Brulard has been some years first President of this Parliament Roüen was establisht by Loüis the Twelfth An. 1499. The Author of the book entituled L'Etat de la France sets this Parliament after that of Tolose he speaks in these terms The Soveraign Court of Normandy regulated under the name of Echiquier by Philippe le Bel An. 1302. was made perpetual by Loüis the Twelfth An. 1499. though it did not bear the name of Parliament but under Francis the First An. 1515. Messire Claude Pellot is here President since his Intendances of Justice Aix An. 1501. by Loüis the Twelfth Late Messire Geofrey Camus
the Citadel the twelfth Julius Caesar caus'd this great Town to be built whilst he was at Terouanne and the Emperour Charles the Fifth was born and baptiz'd there An. 1500. his Cradle is yet shewn there His Statue is seen in a Market-place on a Pedestal The Episcopal Church is call'd S. Bavon the Bishoprick is worth 30000 Crowns and the Prebendries 2 or 3000 Livres Father Boussingout relates that the Organ of the Church of Saint Michael has three thousand Pipes in a Book entituled The Guide of the Low Countries The most Christian King gave the Government of this place to Comte de Montbron It was restor'd to his Catholick Majesty by the Treaty of Peace concluded at Nimegen betwixt France and Spain In this Town a Cathedral-Church was built and detacht from Tornai An. 1559. by Pope Paul the Fourth at the request of Philip the Second King of Spain The 16th of March 1678. the King judg'd it convenient for the good of his affairs to withdraw his Troops from Messina which he had a long time kept there for the service of those of Messina who had implor'd his assistance The Duke de la Fueillade who succeeded the Duke of Vivonne permitted above four thousand Inhabitants of the Town to embarque themselves they being desirous to come into France to avoid the rigorous consequences of the Spanish Policy The third of May the Town of Ypres surrendred it self to the King it has the title of a Vicounty His Majesty gave the Government to the Marquess de la Trousse Lieutenant-General of his Armies Captain-Lieutenant of the Company of M. le Dauphin The third of May the Town and Fort of Lewe in Brabant were taken from the Spaniards by the Valour and Dexterity of the Sieurs Calvo and de la Breteche this person executed the Enterprize This place is incompass'd with a Marsh a great Trench and a Fore-trench full of water twelve foot deep The fifty Swimmers under the conduct of the Sieur de Cremeau Captain in the Regiment of Piemont did a bold action in passing courageously the waters with their Swords betwixt their teeth being assisted by two hundred Musketeers who openly advancing themselves fired continually on the Enemies to favourize the passage The 31th of the same month the Marshal Duke de Navaille took Puicerda Capital of Cerdaigne The King lessen'd six millions of Livres of the Tailles of the year 1678. and reduc'd them from forty millions to thirty four to be distributed or divided in all the Generalities and Countries Taillables His most Christian Majesty lessen'd them yet more by two millions An. 1679. The Tailles began under St. Loüis to maintain the charge of War against the Infidels in the twelfth age and the Gabelle or Impost on the Salt under Philip called the Long in the thirteenth age of the Incarnation Ancus Martius introduc'd it a long time before at Rome he has been blam'd by some and approv'd by others particularly the Emperour Justinian who assur'd that without the Gabelle it was impossible to make the Republick subsist because the Quiet of the People is preserv'd by Arms Arms by Pay Pay by Imposts Tributes and Tolls The Emperour Nero would have abolish'd the Gabelle but the Senate opposs'd it alleaging that to diminish the publick Revenue was to ruine the Empire In the month of July of the same year 1678. an ill Accident happen'd in America to the French Squadron commanded by the Count d'Estrées six or seven Men of War and five Fly-boats were lost near the Isle of Birds about ten leagues from Curassow being cast by the rapidness of the Currents on Rocks which are there high Many persons in them were drown'd Seven Vessels were sav'd viz. the Duke the Thunder the Star the Lyon the Vigilant the Merillon the Tempest three Fireships and two Flutes Of the Peace betwixt France Holland Spain the Emperour the Elector of Brandenburg and Denmark THe Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Holland was sign'd at Nimegen at the house of the Marshal d'Estrades An. 1678. the tenth of August about midnight The French and the Dutch embrac'd each other with tenderness and shew'd a great Joy to see their ancient Friendship perfectly reestablisht The Marshal d'Estrades Son of the Marshal of this name arriv'd the 15th of the same month from Nimegen at Saint Germains in Laye where he presented his most Christian Majesty the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and the States General of the Vnited Provinces The Ratifications were exchang'd the 20th of September and the 29th following the Peace was publisht at Paris with the accustomed Ceremonies The 5th of October the Marshal d Estrades Embassadour of the most Christian King and the Sieur Beverning Embassadour of the Estates General caus'd publick Rejoycings to be made at Nimegen for the Peace betwixt France and Holland In the same year the 17th of September the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Spain was sign'd at Nimegen about eleven of the clock at night in the house of the Holland-Embassadours The Ratification followed some time after as also the publication An. 1679. the 5th of Febrnary the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and the Emperour was sign'd in the Chamber of Sir Leoline Jenkins Embassadour of England by the Marshal d'Estrades and the Sieur Colbert Marquess of Croissi Embassadours Plenipotentiaries for the most Christian King and by the Bishop and Prince de Gurk Count Kinski and the Sieur Stracman Embassadours Plenipotentiaries for the Emperour Signor Bevilaqua the Popes Nuncio has the reputation of having much contributed to this Peace The Treaty of Peace betwixt the Emperour and the King of Sweden was sign'd the same day by the Plenipotentiaries of the Emperour and by Count Oxenstern and Sieur Oliwenkans Embassadours Plenipotentiaries of Sweden The 19th of April the Ratification of the Emperour was exchang'd with that of the most Christian King. The 26th this Peace was publisht at Paris with the ordinary Ceremonies The 29th of June the Sieur Pomponne Minister and Secretary of State and the Sieur Minders Envoy Extraordinary of the Elector of Brandenburg sign'd the Treaty of Peace betwixt his most Christian Majesty and the Elector of Brandenburg Some time after the Peace was likewise sign'd betwixt France Sweden Denmark and the Duke of Holstein Gottorp The Marriage of the Princess Mary-Loüise of Orleans with the King of Spain ANno 1679. the second of July after the suit which the Marquess de los Balbazez made of Mademoiselle in the name for the King of Spain the Chancellor of France the Marshal Duke de Villeroy the Sieurs Colbert and de Pomponne Ministers and Secretaries of State were nominated by the King for drawing the Articles of the Contract of Marriage which was sign'd the ninth by the Commissaries nominated and the Marquess de los Balbazez Embassadour Extraordinary of Spain The 26th of August the Contract of Marriage of the King of Spain was sign'd in the King of France's Closet by all the Royal House and by
A MODERN VIEW Of such PARTS of EUROPE That hath lately been and still are the places of great Transactions Viz. ITALY with all its Principalities FRANCE with all its Provinces and Bishopricks GERMANY with the Dukedome of Lorrain and all the Electorates and Lordships of the Empire SPAIN With all its Dominions c. Wherein is shewed the Present State of all those Countries with Curious Remarks of Antiquity Interwoven LONDON Printed and Sold by J. Bird at the Sun near the Kings-Bench in Westminster-Hall 1689. TO THE Candid Reader THis Treatise exposeth to your view the most eminent Things and Transactions of this World concerning Ecclesiastical States Monarchies Republicks the varieties of Sects and Religions the Origine of Arts and Sciences several unparallel'd Accidents variety of Recherches in Antiquity and Memoires containing the Combats Battels Sieges surprizal or taking of Towns and the most signaliz'd and memorable Actions that have happened in this Modern Age. If any curious Reader shall oppose the Digressions of this Tract I must desire him to consider that they are both useful and necessary and so far from exposing him to Fatigue and Trouble that they will prove a grand Satisfaction and Diversion I must confess I have in this Composition discovered several gross Errours in some Authors whom I have forborn to recite because I scorn to shame them but if any Criticks desire a more regugular Method than herein is chalked out which is a thing of more than ordinary difficulty in a Business of this nature and in so great variety of Matter I desire them to take into their consideration that this Natural way of Writing will be by all Persons of Ingenuity preferr'd before any Scholastick Dissertation or Disputation whatsoever I have no more to say but this You will herein find Variety the Comfort and Satisfaction of Mankind that Gravity which will please the Serious that Diversion which will gratifie the Curious that Variety which can displease none but such as are void and destitute both of Sense and Reason And therefore I shall detain you no longer from the perusal of this Treatise onely give me leave to acquaint you that there is herein contain'd nothing but what is grounded upon Truth and gathered from the most Authentick Writers and present State of this Modern Age. Yours Gidion Pontier A TABLE OF THE Contents of this Book Of ITALY THe Papacy pag. 1 The Etymology of the Name Cardinal his Institution and his Habits 10 The Continuation of the Actions of Pope Innocent the Eleventh 13 The Singularities and curious remarkable Actions of some Popes 15 Observations on the reducement of Jubiles under what Popes and in what times 22 The opening of the Jubile 25 The splendid Ceremonies and the Honour of Rome 29 St. Austin's three Desires ibid. The Dominion of the Pope 30 Places of Pleasure ibid. Ornaments of Rome 32 The chief Towns of Italy with their Epithets and Elogies 33 The chief Rivers of Italy 35 Popes by birth French-men and Passages of their Lives 36 The future Popes how conformable to the Prophecies 54 The chief Princes of Italy after the Popes are five First the Duke of Savoy 55 Secondly the Great Duke of Tuscany 62 Thirdly the Duke of Mantua 67 Fourthly the Duke of Modena 69 Fifthly the Bishop of Trent 71 The Figure of Italy and its length ibid. An Itinerary 72 Of FRANCE 75 THe Dolphin of France and his Marriage 79 The Duke of Orleans 81 The Prince of Condé and the Duke d'Enguien 83 Prince Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne 84 The ancient Marshals of France living An. 1680. 86 The Ministers and Secretaries of State ibid. The Chancellor 87 M. de la Villiere 89 M. de Louvois 90 M. Colbert 91 M. Colbert Croissi 93 The Councils 94 France the Mountain of the Muses 97 King of France his places of Residence 98 The Louvre ibid. The Tuilleries 100 Fontainbleau ibid. Versailles 101 Paris 103 Colledge Mazarin its Institution Library and Academy 109 The House of President Perrot 112 Houses of Pleasure about Paris 116 Houses and Places of Devotion near Paris 118 The Treasury of St. Dennis 120 The Tombs of the Kings of France 124 Other famous places of Devotion and Pilgrimages greatly frequented in the Kingdom 125 The twelve ancient general Governments of the Provinces called together at Paris under Loüis the Thirteenth according to their rank and place in the States General 129 The Governours of the Provinces 130 Conquered Countries 133 The Fertility of France 134 The Channel of Languedoc 135 The chief Towns of France 138 The most considerable Maritime Towns ibid. The great Rivers 142 The Epithites of the great Rivers 144 The principal small Rivers 145 Pont du Gard 150 A Catalogue of the Archbish and Bishops of France containing the number and name of the first and last Bishop of each Diocess to An. 1680. 153 The Archbishoprick of Rheims ibid. The Archbishoprick of Narbonne 156 The Archbishoprick of Bourges 159 The Archbishoprick of Vienne 160 The Archbishoprick of Tolose 162 The Archbishoprick of Roüen 163 The Archbishoprick of Sens 164 The Bishops of Bethlem 165 The Archbishoprick of Lyons 167 The Archbishoprick of Bourdeaux 169 The Archbishoprick of Arles 170 The Archbishoprick of Ambrun 172 The Archbishoprick of Tours 174 The Archbishoprick of Aix 176 The Archbishoprick of Paris 177 The Archbishoprick of Albi 179 The Archbishoprick of Cambray 181 The Archbishoprick of Bezancon 183 The Rank and Seats of the Prelates 184 Agents General of the Clergie of France 185 The ordinary List of the Parliaments of France and the time of their erection 187 The Countries of State 193 Remarkable things of these times happening from the year 1672 to the beginning of 1680. 193 Of the Peace betwixt France Holland Spain the Emperour the Elector of Brandenburg and Denmark 203 The Marriage of the Princess Mary Loüise of Orleans with the King of Spain 205 A Continuation of Affairs to this time 206 Of LORAIN 208 THe chief Towns in Lorain 210 Those of the Dutchy of Bar ibid. Mausoleums of the Dukes of Lorain ibid. The Marriage of Prince Charles of Lorain 213 Of GERMANY 214 OF the City of Vienna 215 221 The chief Houses of Pleasure in the Country 215 The Coronation of the Emperour with the signification of the three Crowns 216 The Golden Bull 217 Prerogatives of the Emperour 219 Fourteen Emperours of the House of Austria ibid. The chief Towns of Germany 220 The Cities of Prague and Presburg 222 Of Aix-la-Chappelle and Ratisbonne 223 Of Erfort Munic and Strasburg 224 The Tower Clock Bridge and famous Trees of Strasburg 225 The Ceremonies of Electing the Bishop of Strasburg 226 The number and Residence of the Canons of Strasburg 227 The ancient Entrance of the Bishop of Strasburg and the number of Bishops it hath had 228 Of the Cities of Hamburg and Munster 229 The Cities of Magdeburg Nuremburg and Ausbourg 231 The Cities of Francsort Passau Visbourg Brunswick
Daughter of late Gaston of France Duke of Orleans and of the deceased Marguerite of Lorain Cardinal Bonzi performed the Ceremony in the Chappel of the Louvre From this Marriage are issued two Princes and a Princess Anno 1531. Florence changed its Popular Government into a Monarchical under the authority of the Emperour Charles the Fifth and had for Prince Alexander de Medices Nephew to Pope Clement the Seventh And Anno 1569 Pope Pius the Fifth gave to Cosmus Successor of Alexander the Title of Great Duke of Tuscany for having sent into France bands of Souldiers against those of the pretented Religion the Authors of the first Wars of Religion and made him see his Bulls executed Florence is the Capital of the whole State on the River Arne and the place of abode of the Great Dukes This Town has two strong Castles and a Citadel The Duke lives in the Palace on the Model of which that of Luxemburg at Paris was built Its Galleries are very curious and very rich there are seen in a Hall Chairs of silver a Service of massie gold two Spheres the one of the Heavens and the other of the Earth both of cast Brass artistically made the barrel of a Gun and its battery of Gold made by one of its Dukes great Candlesticks with feet of Amber a great Loadstone And in another Hall a great many of the Works of Titian of Michael Angelo and of Raphael Vrbin and an infinite number of other Wonders The Garden contains many excellent Figures those of Adam and Eve are accomplisht Pieces it has large and beautiful Walks excellent Knots large Trees pleasant Fountains great Cisterns and fine Flowers The Chappel of St. Laurence is the Mausoleum of the Dukes it is very large and of a round figure in the inside they have not spared Jasper Porphire Alabaster Pearls c. the outside is of the fairest Marble that could be got Under the Chappel is the Vault where are many Tombs In the Chappel is placed a Tabernacle made of Saphirs Diamonds Emeralds and Rubies which was formerly kept in a Cabinet in one of the Great Dukes Galleries and dazeled the eyes of the Spectators The Palace of Strosses is famous for its structure The Great Dukes Houses of Pleasure about Florence are Pratolino Prato Petraria Baroncelli Carregio Poggio Imperiale and Poggio Cajano Florence has the Title of Archbishoprick Cardinal Nerli heretofore Nuncio in France is seated in it The Cordeliers keep there in their Church the Robe of St. Francis. Sienna and Pisa are also Archiepiscopal Seats The Academy of Florence has given the Publick a Dictionary which rectifies the Italian Tongue A certain person said once pleasantly on this subject That as the Searce separates the Flour from the Bran this Academy has purified by its Dictionary the Tongue of the Country separating the good terms from those that are not so He that would know the origine of the word Academy may consider that it is on the occasion of a place near Athens which Academus gave to Plato to teach Philosophy in that the name of Academy is since given by way of excellency to illustrious Assemblies where Sciences are cultivated You must observe that this name is general Plato had his Academy Aristotle his Lyceum Zeno his Porticus Epicurus his Gardens divers Sciences were there taught The principal Towns near Florence are Sienna Pisa Legorn a strong place and a Sea-port Pistoya Volaterra Fiorenzola Radicofanis and Portferraya another Sea-port By reason of the liberty of Conscience that is at Legorn there are several sorts of Nations Jews Greeks Turks Armenians and Christians walk all together there in the great Piazza Four Popes have issued from the House of Medecis Steven the Tenth Leo the Tenth Clement the Seventh and Leo the Eleventh two Empresses and two Princesses who have been Queens of France to wit Katherine de Medecis married to Henry the Second Mother of three Kings Mary de Medecis Spouse of Henry the Fourth called the Great This Princess will never die in the memory of the people She gave excellent Fountains throughout all Paris caused the Queens Court to be planted with a great number of Trees which have been augmented by Loüis the Great and caused that august Palace of Luxembourg to be built which is visited and frequented not onely by Parisians but likewise by Strangers who admire the Structure and Symmetry with the rest It is inhabited by two great Princesses of the Royal Bloud Mademoiselle de Montpensier Soveraign of Dombes and Madam de Guise Dutchess of Alencon Tuscany has afforded many Popes the sole Town of Sienna has given Alexander the Third of the Family of Bandinellis Pius the Second and Pius the Third of the House of Picolominy Alexander the Seventh of that of Chisi Clement the Ninth was Native of Pistoya A Historiographer of Brandenburg relates that Pope Pius the Fourth having an intention to give the quality of King to a Duke of Florence the Emperour being advertised of it by an Embassadour answered Italia non habet Regem nisi Caesarem Others believe that this Answer was given by Charles the Fifth when he was spoken to concerning the restitution of the Town of Milain to Duke Ludovick Sforce who had deposited it in his hands Some think that the Italian Tongue is more pure at Sienna than in the rest of Italy Many think that those persons talk much after the same rate as those who say that better French is spoken at Blois and at Saumur than at Paris which seems a Paradox for there where the Court is the French Academy the greatest Preachers of the Kingdom and a most renowned Bar the Language ought to be most pure and polite This may be a little Problematical because the diversity of Nations that are at Paris cause the corruption of the Language You must observe that Sienna has a flourishing Academy and that almost all the Towns of Italy have Academies we see them mentioned in a book of the Academy of the Abbot Bourdelot containing divers Researches It is to be had at Thomas Moettes in Harp-street at the signe of St. Alexis The Duke of Mantua Charles the Third of the House of Gonzaga Duke of Mantua Cath. His Arms are Argent a Cross Pattee Gules between four Eagles Sable on the whole an Escutcheon quarterly first gives a Lion Rampant Or and 3 Bars Sable He resides at Mantua a very large strong and pleasant City which was built by Manto the Prophetess Daughter of Tiresias It is esteemed more ancient than Rome by 670 years It is scituated on the Lake Benar which has ten leagues circumference This Town has some Bridges on which a man may walk guarded from the Rain in some places that of St. George is five hundred paces in length Mantua was made a Marquisate An. 1433. by the Emperour Sigismond and a Dutchy Anno 1530. by the Emperour Charles the Fifth in favour of Frederick de Gonzaga The Dukes Palace is very
Marks of its Devotion Nostre-Dame d Orient in the Diocess of Vabres These two places of Devotion are in Roüergne Nostre-Dame du Calvaire of Betharan in Bearn in the Diocess of Lascar Messire Pierre de Marca has said wonderful things of it in a Book entituled Traité des Merveilles Operées en la Chappelle Nostre-Dame du Calvaire en Betharan It was printed An. 1646. and An. 1648. the word Betharan signifies according to the Language of the Country a fine Branch and according to the Hebrew Tongue the House of the Soveraign and of the most High or the House of Greatness and Eminency In the Territory of the Tribe of Gad there was a Valley of this name which appears by the Book of Joshua The Mountain Betharan has the figure of that of the true Calvary of Jerusalem Many Miracles have been there wrought If Miracles were wrought in the Temples of the Protestants as in these holy places they would make them serve as Seals to their Doctrine and would make them sound forth with a high voice that the Saviour of the World gives the power to them as a most powerful and pressing means to cause the truth of their Faith to be embrac'd and because they have no Miracles they laugh at them To which I oppose that the Jews and Pagans rejected those of Jesus Christ and of the Apostles and with St. Austin that Miracles have been the motives of innumerable conversions to Christianity that Miracles are the Chains that hold us in the Catholick Church Our strayed Brethren chuse rather to suffer themselves to be bound by their own Imagination and by the consequences they draw from the Scripture according to their private spirits and without having either of our most dear Chains neither the antiquity nor the number nor the succession of Chairs nor the Miracles c. which have continued in the Roman Church from Age to Age since the time of the Apostles Let us return to our subject The Church of Nostre-Dame of Ardilliers which is one of the chief suburbs of the Town of Saumur is serv'd by the Oratorian Fathers Saint Maximin and Saint Baume by the Dominicans as also Nostre-Dame de Bonnes Nouvelles at Rennes Nostre-Dame de Rochefort by the Religious Benedictines Saint Reine by the Cordeliers Nostre-Dame d'Orient by the Capucins Nostre-Dame de Consolation de Bezieres by the Religious of St. Francis of Paul vulgarly called les Bons hommes The others by Canons and Secular Priests The twelve ancient General Governments of the Provinces were called together at Paris under Loüis the Thirteenth according to their rank and place in the States General 1614. THe Isle of France Burgundy Normandy Guienne Britany Champagne Languedoc Picardy Daulphine Provence Lyonnois and Orleanois Of these twelve great Governments many others are made Lyonnois comprehended formerly higher and lower Auvergne and also la Marche the higher and lower Bourbounois Beaujolois and the Country of Forrests Orleanois contain'd Poitou Aniou Touraine Loudunois the Town and Government of Rochelle Angoumois le Maine Berry Pais Chartrain le Perche Nivernois and Vandosmois Xaintonge was of the Government of Guienne The Governours of the Provinces An. 1679. are these THe Town Provostship and Vicounty of Paris has for Governour the Duke of Crequy Peer of France Commander of the Kings Orders and first Gentleman of the Chamber to his Majesty He was made choice of by the King to go to Bavaria to carry the Marriage-Presents to Madam the Dolphiness Anno 1680. The Duke d'Estrèes Peer of France is Governour of the Isle of France Soissonnois Laonnois Beauvoisis c. The Prince of Condé Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold has the government of Burgundy and of la Bresse the Duke d'Enguien has the survivourship of his Father The Duke de Montauzier Peer of France and Commander of the Kings Orders has Normandy he was Governour of Monseigneur the Dolphin The Duke de Roquelaure Guienne The Duke de Chaune Britany Marshal Duke de Vivonne of Montmart Champagne and Brie The Duke of Verneuil Languedoc he succeeds Arnand de Bourbon Prince of Conti whose Piety is crown'd in the Coelestial Court he died at Pezenas An. 1666. the 21 day of February and his body was carried into the house of the Carthusians of Villeneufe in Avignon This Prince compos'd two Books one is entituled Devoirs des Grands and the other Memoires du Prince de Conti the former contains very excellent Instructions The Duke d'Elbeuf is Governour of Picardy The Duke les Diguieres of Dauphiné The Duke de Vandôme of Provence Marshal de Grignan is sole Lieutenant-General of this Province he has also been Lieutenant-General of Languedoc The Duke de Villeroy Son of the Marshall of this name is Governour of Lyonnois Forests and Beaujolois The Marquess d' Alluye of Orleannois Blesois Dunois and the Country of Sologne Chartrain and Vandômois Auvergne has for Governour the Duke de Boüillon high Chamberlain Higher and lower la Marche the Marquess de S. Germain Beaupré Limosin the Count d' Auvergne Bourbonnois the Marquess de la Valiere Berry the Prince of Marsillac Francois de la Rochefoucaud Duke of Rocheguion Groom of the Stole and Chief Master of the Game of France Son of the Prince of Marsillac and Grand-child of the Duke of Rochefoucaut married An. 1679. in the Church of S. Roch of Paris Madeleine la Tellier Daughter of the Marquess de Lionnois Minister and Secretary of State and Grand-child of Messire Michel le Tellier Chancellour of France Anjou has for Governour Count d' Armagnac the Kings Master of the Horse Touraine the Marquess de Dangeau Le Maine Laval and le Perche the Marquess de Fervaques Poitou the upper and lower the Duke of Vieville Xaintonge and Angoumois the Duke de Crussol The Country of Aunis and Broüage the Duke de Navailles Nivernois the Duke of Nevers The Country of Foix the Marquess de Mirepoix Navarre and Bearn Duke Anthony-Charles de Grammont Soveraign of Bidache his Father Duke and Earl Marshal of France Knight of the Kings Orders died at Bayonne the 83 year of his age the 12th of July 1678. Conquer'd Countries THe upper and lower Alsatia have for Governours the Duke de Mazarin Duke of Mielleraye and Mayenne Peer of France and particular Governour of the Towns Citadels and Castles of Brisac la Fere Vitre Vincennes Port-Loüis and other places Lorrain the Marshal de Crequy The Town and Citadel of Metz and Vic the Marshal Duke de la Ferte-Seneterre Toul the Count de Pas de Feuquieres The Duke de Noailles Peer of France Captain of the first Company of the Life guard is Governour of Roussillon and Lieutenant-General in upper Auvergne The Duke and Marshal de Duras Knight of the Order of the Holy Ghost has the Government of Franche Comté Marshal d Humicres is Governour and Lieutenant-General of Flanders and particular Governour of Lille Count de Montbron Governour of Arras and Lieutenant-General in