for great Captains men of Brain and execution good for War and for Peace for Battles and for Treaties such as have not been like the Emperour Domitian who amus'd himself in running through slyes with a Golden Bodkin or Aropas King of Macedon who made Lanterns or Hartabus King of the Hircans who caught Moles or Biantes King of the Lydians who ran Frogs through It has in this Age Loüis de Bourbon Prince of Condé and the Duke d'Enguien Sons of Mars and Bellona to whom the number of Enemies does but add courage bloody occasions being their divertisements and for this reason they have done actions that might better be imagined than written Their Swords have painted them much more lively with the blood of the Spaniards and other Nations than they may be represented with a Quill The most intelligent know well that these are not chance-blows but ordinary effects of their dexterity and courage The famous and bloody Battle of Senef Crowns their Military Exploits They have joyned Learning with Arms and have an excellent Library where there are rare Greek and Latine Manuscripts The Father and the Son are living Libraries Prince Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne FRance has its Marshals and its Captains and an infinite number of valiant and flesht Souldiers the greatest part of them capable of commanding and he that has commanded them so long time and so gloriously Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne Marshal-General of the Kings Camps and Armies and Colonel-General of the French Cavalry is recommendable for his famous Exploits and for the important Victories that he has gained over the Enemies of the State and more in this happy day that renouncing the Errour in which he was born and in which he had lived he embraced with a sincere heart the Catholick Faith which leads to Eternal Salvation the Church Militant has not had less joy than the Triumphant Though Learning was familiar to this Prince and that he has been heard to say very convincing things for the proof and maintaining of Catholick Truths the Church is obliged to Cardinal de Boüillon his Nephew for having contributed to so illustrious a Conquest Italian Princes were heard to say to his Highness at his promotion to the Cardinalship La promotion di vestra Altezza al Cardinalato Colmo d'honore il Sacro Collegio I shall not omit that if the said Henry de la Tour left the Earth the Twenty first of July 1675. to rest from his labours being killed by a Cannon-shot near Satzbach as he went to take a view of a Post of the Imperial Army to the end to give it Battle after the loss of so great a Man the King to comfort himself made Nine Marshals of France the Count d'Estrade the Duke de Navailles the Count de Schomberg the Duke de Duras the Duke de Vivonne the Duke de la Feüillade the Duke de Luxembourg the Marquess de Rochefort and the Count de Lorge His Majesty honour'd them with the dignity of the Marshals staff the Thirtieth of July of the same year of Vicount Turenne's death The Ancientest Marshals of France living Anno 1680. are these THe Marshal Duke de Villeroy the Marshal Duke de la Ferte-Seneterre the Marshal de Crequi the Marshal de Bellefond and the Marshal d'Humieres these three last are of the penultimate Promotion The Marshal de Rochefort dyed An. 1676. he quitted the life Military for the glorious The Ministers and Secretaries of State IF the King be the Soul of the Monarchy his Ministers are the Organs by which he works His Majesty has carried the glory of France to so high a point that it may hope all things and its Enemies fear all Its Ministers and Secretaries of State are indefatigable in their pretious vigilancy and in the cares they take for the rest of the Kingdom They have all signalized themselves their spirit is filled with lights so shining that there is no cloud that they do not pierce nor no Forreign or Domestick Factions which they do not dissipate and subvert their experience is universal A very famous Preacher who is an Archbishop Preaching in Sorbon on the day of St Vrsula the Patroness Feast of that Colledge in the presence of Anne of Austriche Queen of France said that Cardinal Richlieu had the Spirit of the Prophet Elias and Cardinal Mazarine that of the Prophet Elizeas I believe that these have the Spirit of Elias and Elizeas Richlieu and Mazarine Nor is it to be wondred at all their lights being but necessary and favourable emanations of the great splendour of the Sun who animates and enlightens them The Chancellour MEssire Michael de Tellier Chevalier Chancellour and Keeper of the Seals of France Commander of the Kings Orders Lord of Chavilles Barbezieux and other places excels in Councel Understanding and Integrity he is consummated in the decision of affairs of greatest difficulty Italy has been the Theater of his great Actions as well as France For this reason Loüis the Thirteenth made him Secretary of State and Loüis the Fourteenth Created him Chancellour and Keeper of the Seals for the faithful and important Services that he has rendred his Majesty for above thirty six years in the functions of Minister and Secretary of State He has the esteem of all great persons and the applause of the people his Memory will be preserved eternally in the Chronicles of France The Arms of his House are Three Lizards which are friendly to Man That which renders particularly eminent the Office of Chancellour which this person possesses is that he is Chief Minister of the Kings Justice and of his Councel it is he who like another Legislatour Moses ascends into the Mountain he enters into the Cloud which environs the Throne of his Prince where the Rayes and Lightning of Royal Majesty display themselves and where he receives the Laws and Ordinances which he afterwards pronounces to all the people He never wears Mourning because in some sort he deposes his own person to represent for the future nought but Justice it being not decent for this vertue which is wholly Divine to shew a feeling of humane infirmities He has for exteriour mark of his high dignity on his Scutcheon a Cap of Honour of Cloth of Gold faced with Ermines topt with the figure of a Queen the Hieroglyphick of France with the Scepter in the right hand and the Seals of the Kingdom in the left behind the Scutcheon two great Maces of Silver gilt plac'd in Saltier with a Mantle like those of the Dukes and Peers of France adorned with rayes of Gold towards the top and lined with Ermins which encompass all the Scutcheon The door-keepers of the Chancery-Court carrying a Mace of Silver gilt on their Shoulders march before him and the other door-keepers in order In the Book entituled l'Estat de la France Printed An. 1678. pag. 199. I found these following Lords ranged in this following
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
Consistory did not think it convenient finding him necessary in the Conclaves and it mist but little in one but he had been rais'd to the Soveraign Pontificate He died the third Cardinal of his House his Hat was of the nomination of France The third Messire Pierre de Marca he was Councellor and afterward President of the Parliament of Pau Intendant of Justice and Visitor-General in Catalonia and Roussillon Bishop of Couserans Archbishop of Tolose and then afterward Minister of State and Archbishop of Paris He receiv'd the Bulls some days before his death and did not occupy the See This Great Person is buried under the Archiepiscopal Chair His Book in folio De Concordia Sacredotii Imperii has been read by the Learned and examined at Rome The fourth Messire Hardoüin de Beaumont of Perefixe a great defender of the Priviledges of his Church formerly Tutor to Loüis the Great and Bishop of Rhodez He writ the History of Henry the Fourth and has been very liberal in giving Alms he gave at one time ten thousand Livres towards a Building for the Priests of the Congregation and Mission of St. Lazarus at Paris and during his Archiepiscopacy assisted poor Gentlemen and others with his Revenue This Prelate re-united the jurisdiction of all the faux-bourg S. Germain des Prez and other places to the Archbishoprick of Paris with an extraordinary vigour by solemn Decrees The fifth Messire Francois de Harlai de Chanvalon Commander of the Kings Orders Duke and Peer of France and Purveyor of Sorbonne He was honoured with the Archbishoprick of Paris An. 1671. and created Duke and Peer of France An. 1674. It 's the first of this See who has born the Title of Duke and Peer which will pass from him to his Successors He was before Archbishop of Roüen and President in ordinary of the Assemblies of the Clergy of France He never permits any Priest to speak to him with his Hat off but himself is likewise uncover'd though he be a great Lord. The Suffragans of Paris are Chartres Orleans Meaux Chartres has had a hundred and five Bishops from S. Avent or Aventin some say Potentien to Messire Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy Counsellor of State in Ordinary formerly Bishop of S. Malo He was born at Rome under the Embassie of his deceased Father who caus'd the Statua of Henry the Great to be erected there This great Prelate is descended from great Ministers who have been cherisht by our Kings and who have govern'd the State with so much wisdom and prudence He has always had near him persons of eminent Learning Orleans a hundred and seventeen from S. Altin to Messire Pierre Cambout de Coaslin the Kings first Almoner Meaux a hundred and four from S. Sanctin to Messire Dominique de Ligni Successor of his Uncle Dominique Seguier The Archbishoprick of Albi. ALbi has had sixty eight Bishops from St. Clair to Gaspard de Daillon du Lude This Bishoprick very famous for its Revenue was made an Archbishoprick under Pope Innocent the Eleventh at the request of Loüis the Fourteenth in favour of Messire Hyacynthe de Serroni some time Bishop of Orange and afterward Lord Bishop of Mande Count of Givodan and first Almoner of the late Queen-Mother Anne of Austria whose Funeral-Oration he made at Paris in the head of the Clergy of France and of all that is most Illustrious in the Kingdom with the applause and admiration of all his Auditors His rare Piety his profound Learning the long and important Services which he has rendred the Church and State have rais'd him to this high Dignity His devise is Sidus flos lapis There has been counted to the year 1680. sixty eight Bishops of Albi the Abbot de Cam who dayly penetrates Antiquity has discover'd eight or ten more by reading the Councels and the Register and Documents of the Metropolitan Church of Albi whereof he has compos'd the History His merit oblig'd the first Archbishop of this See a lover of Learning and learned Persons to make him his great Vicar and to send him on his behalf to assist in the Estates of Languedoc of the year 1680. The Suffragans of Albi are the nearest to it Vabres Rhodes Castres Cahors and Mande Vabres has had twenty two Bishops from Pierre d'Olargue to Messire Loüis de Barrada The two first Bishops of this Diocess were of the ancient House of Olargue Rhodes fifty three from St. Amant to Messire Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmi Castres twenty nine from Deodat to Messire Michel Tuboeuf Cahors sixty four from Genulphe to Messire N. le Jay Mande sixty two from S. Severian to Messire Francois Placide de Baudri de Piencour He confirms those that are in the good way and recalls those that are astray Five Bishops of this Diocess enlarge the Catalogue of Saints The Archbishoprick of Cambray CAmbray has had nine or ten Archbishops from Maximilian de Berghes to Messire Christophle de Brias he succeeds Gaspar Nemius Many Bishops preceded them for some time those of Cambray were Bishops of Arras they were afterward separated The Archbishop of Cambray stiles himself Archbishop and Duke of Cambray Count du Cambresis and Prince of the Empire This Archbishoprick before the Wars was worth a hundred thousand Livres of Rent The Archiepiscopal Church has a very fair Body adorn'd with a high Steeple some persons think that its Bell call'd Mary-Fontenoise resembles in greatness to George d' Amboise of Roüen or to Cardaillac of Tolose or to that of Mande when it was in being whereof the Clapper is yet to be seen Charles the Fifth caus'd the famous Citadel to be built which is very strong by Scituation and by Art though the King of France took it in a little time and receiv'd the Oath of Fidelity from the Archbishop An. 1677. The Governour of this place being askt at Brussels by the Duke de Villa-Hermosa why he had yielded it so soon answered him in these very terms The King of France was before it in person and I believe if he besieg'd Hell he would fetch all the Devils out in case Hell could be besieg'd and taken by Mortals The Suffragans of this Archbishoprick are Arras Tornai Saint Omer Arras has had fifty three Bishops from Lambert to Messire Guidon de Seve de Roche Chouard Tornai forty eight from S. Plato to Messire Philiberg de Choiseul du Plessis Pralin formerly Bishop of Comminges He preacht the Funeral Sermon on the late Prince of Conti. The Canons of his Cathedral-Church are cloath'd in violet The Town of Gand depended formerly for the spiritual on the Bishops of Tornay as we shall see elsewhere Saint Omer ten from Gerard de Hamericourt to Messire Annes Tristan de la Baume Suse His Majesty chose him for a Diocess and a People newly conquered by reason of his particular merit and of his extream sweetness accompaâ—â—â—d with a like Address for governing them He was created before Bishop
Majesty signified to him that he judg'd it convenient to have him near him to assist him with his Counsel It is coucht in these terms according to an Extract taken from the London-Gazette of the fifth of Feb. 1677. The Copy of the Letter of the King of Spain writ to Don John of Austria DOn Juan of Austria my Brother of the Council of State Governour and Captain-General of the Spanish Low Countries and Commander General of all our Sea-Forces the Affairs of this Monarchy being at present in such a condition that I find my self oblig'd to seek all sorts of ways for setling them as they ought to be and having considered that you are therein so very much interessed and that I must impart to you the greatest part of my Resolutions I propos'd to my self to require you to repair hither without any delay to assist me in a juncture so important it 's what I promise my self from the zeal which I have always found in you for the good of the State God keep you in his protection as I wish From Madrid the 24th of Decem. 1676. EGO REX By the Command of our Lord the King D. Hierom de Eguia The Copy of the Letter of the Queen-Mother to Don John THe King my Son has resolv'd as you may understand by the Letter which he has written to you that you repair hither as soon as may be to assist him in the administration of the Affairs of the Monarchy and I may tell you that there is nothing which can please me more than to see you embrace the direction with all the diligence which the juncture of affairs requires In which I shall rely on your zeal and good intentions assuring you that for as much as shall be in my power I shall always use my endeavours for procuring you all satisfaction From Madrid the 27th of Decem. 1676. The Answer of Don Juan to the Queens Letter NOt doubting but your Majesty sees the Answer which I have made to the Letter of the King my Brother whom God preserve it would be to no purpose for me to repeat it to you assuring your Majesty that you never may have had nor never will have any person who wishes and wishes again to your Majesty with a more sincere intention that which I take God to witness to be most beneficial and advantageous for the service of your Majesty At whose feet I cast my self praying God to maintain your Majesty a long uninterrupted course of years in Posterity From Sarragossa the first of Jan. 1671. In the same year the Marquess de Villa Seria lost the Kings Favour His Catholick Majesty arriv'd at Sarragossa accompanied with Prince Don Juan the Duke Medina Coeli Great Chamberlain the Constable of Castille Great Steward of the Kings Household the Count de Talaras the Duke de Montery and with Count d Arcot The Queen was in her Government of Toledo Some time afterward the new Corrigidor of Madrid or the chief Governour of the Polity for remedying the inconveniencies which ordinarily happen in the night ordain'd the seventh of October conformably to what has been practis'd of late years at Paris and at Amsterdam for the publick good that for the future there should be expos'd throughout the whole Town of Madrid Lights in the Streets by the means of Lanterns and ordered that from five to five houses there should be a Light for which the five houses should contribute proportionally This Sentence has been put in execution At the beginning of the year 1678. the Council gave sentence in the case of Don Ferdinand of Valenzuela Marquess of Villa Seria who was condemn'd to a perpetual banishment and sent to the Philippine Islands Intelligence was given An. 1680. that the King of Spain call'd him back from banishment from the Islands where Don Juan had caus'd him to be banisht The 17th of September Don Juan of Austria natural Son of the late King Philip the Fourth died being fifty years of age His Body was carried to the Escurial This Prince died at the same hour the same day and the same month as the late King his Father 1666. He was a great Captain fearless in War a man of great Reservation a great Minister of State penetrating all things and neglecting nothing The Kings Marriage CHarles the Second King of Spain being given to understand that the King of France had granted him the Princess Mary Loüise of Orleans for Spouse made extraordinary Rejoycings at Madrid all the Town appear'd in fire for many days the People cryed with a loud voice That France had always giv'n them good Queens At their Arrival the Patriarch of the Judges gave their Catholick Majesties the second Benediction The 13th of January 1680. the Queen of Spain made her publick and solemn Entrance at Madrid FINIS
of Savoy with the Infanta of Portugal was at Lisbone the 18th of Aug. 1679. The 19th of September following the Sieur of the Red hat Deputy and first Syndick of the Town of Geneva accompanied with Sieur Pittet and others had Audience of Madam Royal to give her satisfaction concerning some subjects of complaint that she had made against that Town at the beginning of her Regency He gave her to understand in a fine discourse how sorry his Masters were for all that had happened that their intentions had never been to do any thing that was disagreeable to so great a Princess and that they humbly suppli'd her to forget all that was past by a motion of Generosity and to let them feel the effects of her good will towards them He addressed himself afterwards to his Royal Highness and gave him to understand the desire the Town of Geneva had to merit his good will and the part they took in the glory that the Prince acquired by his Marriage with the Infanta of Portugal Heiress of so great a Kingdom These Deputies were presented each before their departure with a Chain of Gold The Great Duke of Tuscany Cosmus the Third Great Duke of Tuscany of the House of Medices Cath. He bears Or with five Roundles Gules and one in cheif Azure charged with three Flower-de-luces Or. This Prince is Son of Ferdinand the Second of Victoria de la Roüere he married the 19th of April 1661. by Proxie the Princess Louïse Marguerite of Orleans 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 had the Title of Archibishoprick 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 Dembes 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 or the House of Picolominy Alexander the Seventh of that 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 Coesarem 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 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 â—â—orded them in time of need The two famous Poets Virgil and Tasso were of Mantua The Cathedral-Church called St. Andrew 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 Poâ—tions of Lands for younger Brothers Bozolâ— Mirandula Sabioneta Novalara Gustala and others are of the number The Dutchy yield 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 great Tribute from them Strangers that go to Mantua if they are curious should not return without visiting Maâ—mirol a Country-house of Pleasure belonging tâ— the Duke This place is charming for its Marble for its Grotto's for its Conduits for it 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 Mine 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 fat 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
sound of the Trumpet the people cry'd often Let the King live On this occasion the Romans cryed at the Proclamation of their Emperours The Gods protect and keep you for ever Froissard and Enguerand de Monstrelet cited by Peter de Romuald say that it is not yet 200 years since that in France instead of crying Vive le Roy they cryed Noël Noël that is as though they said Hosanna which signifies Salus Gloria Blessed be him that comes in the Name of the Lord. It 's to the Kings of France that Heaven sent the Holy Vial for their Consecration in the person of Clovis An ancient Poet made these Verses on this Subject Remigius sacris Regem dum lavit in undis Attulit è sacro Chrisma Columba polo. It is those who have the power and vertue of curing the Kings Evil by the touch of their Royal hands and making the sign of the Cross on the Patient and saying The King touches and God cures How redoubtable to Infidels has been the Royal Standart or Banner which some think to have been sent from Heaven to Clovis I shall say no more the splendour of the Majesty of Loüis the Great dazles me I have not the Eyes of an Eagle to look fixtly on the Sun I shall onely add something concerning the Education of Monsieur le Dauphin The Dolphin of France and his Marriage THis Prince came into the world the first day of November 1661. The King has enlightned the steps of his youth and has given him a meet Education and inspired into him that he must never be Absolute but in Reason and Justice These are the firm Pillars of a State His Majesty considering that it is to infect the head of a publick Fountain to corrupt the Soul of a Prince that may one day be seated on the Throne for this reason removes from his company Flatterers and Libertines who might render obscure the precious gifts and rare qualities which Heaven pours with full hands on this Royal Soul which rejoyces France which increases every day more and more by the noble cares by the high lights and by the incomparable Conduct of the Illustrious Persons who have governed and instructed him This Prince in his Orient is the admiration of the whole Court of Ambassadors and of Forreign Ministers and will be one day the Model of the greatest Heroes We see this Divine Plant to grow and rise it self every day to the admiration and glory of France and of the Church Anno 1668 Pope Clement the Ninth sent into France Prince Loüis Cardinal Deacon Duke of Vendôme Legat a Latere to Loüis the Fourteenth for the Solemnity and Ceremony of the Baptism of Monsieur le Dauphin His Holiness was Godfather and he was named Loüis August This Prince has Married the Electoral Princess of Bavaria Mary-Ann-Victoir-Christian People admire her Perfections the excellency of her Understanding her Majestick Air the evenness of her Humour and generally all the excellent qualities that she possesses which yet as eminent as they are are much beneath the Christian Vertues wherewith her fair Soul is endowed This great Princess will give her Spouse Heirs to the Crown and he in exchange will Crown her with Palms and Laurels The Church and the State will gather the fruits of Glory and of Benediction The 7th of March 1680 Cardinal Boüillon great Almoner of France gave them the second Benediction of Marriage at Chalons on Marn Lilia florebunt the Lillies will flourish and diffuse their agreeable odour over all the earth I have spoken of the August Electoral House of Bavaria in the Tract of the Princes Electors of the Empire The Duke of Orleans MOnsieur the only Brother of the King did not fail to signalize his Courage before Lisle and Mastrich when they were reduced and to take Towns on other occasions Before he reduced St. Omer to the Kings Obedience he surpast himself on the eleventh of April of the year 1677. at the Battle which he fought at Cassel being assisted by the Marshals d'Humieres and de Luxembourg where he gained a very great and very famous Victory o'er the Spanish and Dutch Troops commanded by the Prince of Orange The Chevalier de Lorain was always near his person in the Fight and his Brother the Chevalier d'Harcourt may be lookt upon as a second David after having killed at the Battle of Raab the Turkish Goliah who insolently insulted over the Christian Army Cassel is known in History to have been the field of Battle of three Sons of France all called Philip the first was overcome the other two were Conquerers This last and glorious day was remarkable for many singular actions the Cavalry contributed extreamly by their vigour to the gaining of this great Battle they had the advantage to give the beginning to the Victory overthrowing at first onset the left Wing of the Enemy We may say that the first Squadron composed of Scotch and English was not of those that signalized themselves least by the advantage it had to begin and almost to end this great day it was led by the Compt de Bröe more known by the name de la Guette His firmness was like to have cost him his life in the last Charge his sole Squadron which was well kept in order being attackt by five Squadrons of the Enemy This Count Captain-Lieutenant of the English Souldiery for his most Christian Majesty was very fortunate in that it cost him but his liberty ev'n his Enemies rendred Justice to his Merit by treating him with as much Civility as he could wish The Musketeers came very seasonably at the instant that the Victory hanged in doubt they made themselves Masters of the Barricado of Cassel The Commander de Fourbin whose Illustrious and Ancient House has furnisht great Captains and learned Politicians to the State whom our Kings have caressed and honoured with the greatest Employs of the Kingdom and so esteemed them that they have been pleased to have them for their safety as well as for their Councel near their Royal persons it 's the Elogy of their Family The Wise and Valiant Fourbins gave a testimony of both in this dangerous and important occasion and his Majesty shewed his generous acknowledgment by the reception he made him at his glorious return even to give him his Picture which he took from his arm and which the Sieur Commander Captain-Lieutenant of the first Company had more in his heart than all the Pictures that could be given him The Sieur de Hautfaye Lord of Jonvel Captain-Lieutenant of the second Company did his part well there The Chevalier de Lussan in this famous Battle lost one Arm by a Cannon-shot in the service of his King and Country The Count d'Avejan Captain of the Guards bestirred himself vigorously according to his wont The Prince of Condé and the Duke d'Enguien FRance has always been provided with great Men in all Ages and in all kinds It has not been at a loss
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-Yon 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 sixty six Bishops comprizing those of Teroüanne to Messire Nicolas Lavocat Billard sixth Bishop of Boulogne formerly Canon of the Church of Paris The first Prelate of Teroüanne was call'd Antimondus or Aumondus the first of Boulogne Antoine de Crequy Three Bishopricks have been made of that of Teroüanne that of Boulogne that of St. Omer and that of Ypres Châlons eighty nine from St. Mamet to Messire Loüis-Antoine de Noailles Count and Peer of France He carries the Ring at the Consecration and Coronation of his Majesty Laon seventy seven from St. Genebaud or Genebal to Cardinal Caesar d'Estrées Duke and Peer of France he carries the holy Vial at the Kings Consecration and Coronation This Eminency holds his Hat from the Crown of Portugal whereof he is Protector His most Christian Majesty gave him An. 1679. the Abbey of St. Claude in Franche-Comte vacant by the death of Dom John of Austria Noyon ninty two from Hilary to Messire Francois de Clairmont de Yonnere Count and Peer of France He carries the Wast-belt at the Kings Coronation Senlis eighty nine from St. Regulus to Messire Denis Sanguin Soissons eighty one from St. Sixtus to Messire Charles Bourlon The Archbishoprick of Narbonne NArbonne seventy one both Bishops and Archbishops from St. Paul the Proconsul to Cardinal Pierre de Bonzi the Queens Grand Almoner formerly Embassadour of France at Venice in Poland and in Spain He was Bishop of Beziers sometime afterward Archbishop of Tolose and for some great good is made Archbishop of Norbanne which of course constitutes him President of the Estates of Languedoc who look upon him as their Protector and the King considers him at the same time as a faithful Support of his Authority His promotion to the Cardinalship happen'd the 22d of February 1672. and his late great Uncle Jean de Bonzi who was grand Almoner of Queen Marie de Medicis was made Cardinal at the nomination of France and this by that of Poland His Embassies have gain'd him very great lights The Suffragans of Narbonne are Agde Aleth Beziers Carcassonne Lodeve Montpellier Nismes S. Pons de Tomires and Vzez Agde sixty five Bishops from Beticus to Messire Loüis Foucquet Lord and Count of the Town of Agde Heaven makes known to this Prelate by experience that the Felicities of the Earth are mixt with bitterness Aleth twenty one from St. Bartholmew to Messire Loüis Alphonse de Valbelle He succeeds Nicholas Pavilion who wisht that Superiours were infallible in their Sentiments impeccable in their Conduct and far from all surprize Beziers seventy two from St. Afrodisius to Messire Armand Jean de Rotondis de Biscara This Prelate pass'd from the Bishoprick of Dignes to that of Lodeve and from Lodeve to Beziers He is arrived from degree to degree to one of the most considerable of Languedoc by his merit and by the services which himself and his have rendred the State The Organs of his Cathedral-Church have the reputation of being the fairest of France Carassonne seventy three from St. Guimera to Messire Loüis de Bourlemon Auditor of the Rota Lodeve a hundred and seven from St. Florus vulgarly St. Flour to Messire Claude Antoine de Chambonas Montpellier sixty three to Messire Charles de Pradel comprizing those of Maguelone which was transferr'd to Montpellier under Pope Paul the Third An. 1536. The first Bishop of Maguelone was call'd Ether or Ethere and the first fixt at Montpellier was Pellicie the Seventh of the name Messire Charles de Pardel was nominated Anno 1675. Coadjutor of his Uncle whose great services rendred to the Church and State even to the exposal of his life once while he was Intendant of Justice helpt to recompence the science and desert of him who occupies the See at present Nismes ninty six from Crocus to Messire Jaques Seguier formerly Bishop of Lombez before Canon and Theologal of the Church of Paris The King considering that Heresie had laid very deep roots for a long time in the Diocess of Nismes and that it was a thing of importance to establish there a Pastor of an extraordinary Zeal nominated him to this Bishoprick an 1671. where this Prelate incessantly pursues the wild Beast which has spoil'd in divers places the Vineyard of the Lord. St. Tomieres nineteen from Raymond to Messire Pierre-Jean-Francois de Montgaillard Vzez sixty from Constance to Messire Michel Poncet de la Riviere Doctor of the House and Society of Sorbonne Bishop and Count of Vzez As soon as he entred into this Diocess infected with Heresie he began with the reformation of his Clergy and afterward cast the Apostolical Net and drew up into the Vessel of the Church many Fish I mean men according to the promise which the Son of God made to his Apostles that they should be fishers of men instead of fish Faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum The Town of St. Ambrose whereof he is Pryor and Lord knows it by experience where after having put the last hand to a very fair Church and having consecrated in an 1679. he gave in one day the Absolution of Heresie to forty seven persons The Archbishoprick of Bourges BOurges a hundred and two Prelates from St. Vrsin to Messire Phelipeaux de la Vrilliere St. Rodulphe forty fourth Bishop of Bourges was declared Archbishop Primate and Patriarch The ordinary Suffragans were eleven Albi Cahors Castres Clermont in Auvergne Limoges Mande le Puy Rhodez St. Flour Tulles and Vabres Since
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. Meâ—â—e Loüis Laisne Chevalier Lord de la Margâ—â—â—â— 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 Lord of Pont-carré Counsellor to the Parliament of Paris and Master of Requests was nominated after his Intendancies of Justice in Guienne Languedoc and Provence first President of the Parliament of Aix by Letters-Patents of King Henry the Fourth and call'd shortly after to the Council of his Majesty where he died Sub-dean and honourary Counsellor to the Parliament of Paris Late Messire Elie Laisné Chevalier Lord of Marguerie Father of Messire Loüis Laisné Lord of Marguerie Counsellor of State in Ordinary was also first President of the Parliament of Aix He has given the publick a Commentary on the Prophet Esay in folio which a great Pope honour'd with his esteem having said that it belong'd to a Counsellor of State to explain another Counsellor of State He has left a posthumous Work on Job Late Messire Jean de Mesgrigni Counsellor of State was the first President of this same Parliament Messire Arnoul Marin Lord of Chateneraye occupies at present this Tribunal Rennes by Henry the Second An. 1553. This Parliament was transferr'd to Vannes An. 1675. Messire Loüis Phelipeaux de Pont Chartran is at present its first President he succeeds Messire Francois d'Argouges now Counsellor of State Pau and Metz are the work of Loüis the Thirteenth Pau was created An. 1620. and Metz An. 1633. Messire Bernard de la Vie is in the head of the Parliament of Pau and Messire Thomas de Bragelone at that of Metz. Tornai by Loüis the Fourteenth An. 1675. The Order of the Session of Parliaments was regulated An. 1557. at the Estates General held at Paris under Henry the Second The first President of each Parliament wears on his Cap two Galloons of Gold and three Borders of Gold likewise on his Mantle lin'd with Hermines on the backside to distinguish him from other Presidents of the Cap who have but one on their Cap. The Presidents the Counsellors and their Atturneys and Sollicitors-general wear red with trimmings of black Velvet on the days of Ceremonies the Hoods are lin'd with Hermines The chief Register and the first Door-keeper wear also a red Robe this wears a Cap of Gold There are in France ten Courts or Chambers of Accounts The Towns where they are establisht are Paris Roüen Dijon Nantes Montpellier Grenoble Aix Pau Blois and Lille in Flanders That of Paris is very ancient its Presidents as also those of the Grand Council wear on the days of Ceremony a Robe of black Velvet A book entituled L'Etat de la France marks the Jurisdiction of all the Superiour Courts and after what manner the Officers are cloath'd on solemn days There are counted in the Kingdom twenty three Generalities about an hundred sixty four Elections There were counted three Chambers of Edict that of Grenoble that of Castelnaudari which was before at Castres and that of St. Machairus formerly at Bordeaux they were incorporated in their Parliaments An. 1679. These Chambers were instituted in favour of persons of the pretended reform'd Religion pursuant to the Edicts of Pacification made in the years 1576 1577 and 1578. This last is call'd the Edict of Nantes or of January These Courts or Chambers of Edict were called Miparties because they were compos'd of an equal number of Magistrates Catholick and of the pretended Religion The 22th of April 1666. the King set forth a Declaration which remov'd the affairs of persons converted to the Catholick Religion from the Chamber of Edict of Castres to that of Grenoble because many particular persons converted to the Roman Catholick Religion complain'd that they could not hope for any Justice in the Chamber of Edict of Castres The Archbishops and Bishops and other Ecclesiasticks deputed in the General Assembly of the Clergy carried their Complaints to his Majesty the 8th of September 1679. The Chambers of Edict of Paris and of Roüen were suppressed An. 1669. The Presidential Seats are in a very great number these are of a Jurisdiction of a vast extent the Castelet at Paris that of Tolose that of Lyons that of Poitiers that of Nismes and that of Rion in Auvergne The Sevenes Givodan and Vivarez plead at the Presidency of Nismes whereof the Marquess of Monfrin is Seneschal The Inhabitants of Velai have their Presidential Seat in the Town of Puy The Countries of State are BVrgundy Dolphine Provence Languedoc and Britany Remarkable things of these times happening from the year 1672. to the beginning of 1680. ANno 1672. the 7th of April there was publisht at Paris the Kings Proclamation by which his Majesty declar'd War against the States General of the Vnited Provinces both by Sea and Land His Majesty conquer'd in a little time on them above fifty or sixty places as well Towns as Forts and took a great number of Prisoners without speaking of the reducement of three Provinces By reason of these great Conquests it was deliberated in the Guild-hall of Amsterdam for carrying the Keys of their Town to the King of thirty six voices there were twenty seven An ancient Burgomaster assisted with eight persons of the contrary opinion reverst the Deliberation and caus'd the Sluces to be drawn up After that they were drawn up they would have sent this ancient Burgomaster into Spain with the Character of Embassadour he excused himself on the account of the weakness of his age M. le Prince drew very near Amsterdam and many persons think that he had entred it had it not been for the hurt
War whereof he carries many honourable marks on his body for the service of our Monarch has perform'd according to his wont Military actions worthy of his Courage and Valour and particularly in the Campagne of 1677. against the Imperialists The taking of the Town and Citadel of Fribourg in Brisgaw by this Marshal deserves to be particulariz'd This important place opens the Hereditary Countries takes from the Emperour a part of his Dominion Fribourg has belong'd to the Dukes of Zeüringuen and afterward to Comte Egon of Fustemberg for having married Agnes their Heiress his Descendants were Masters of it to the year 1386. The Inhabitants of the Town gave up themselves to the Duke of Austria Marshal Horn and the Duke of Weimar besieg'd and took this place three times for the Swedes An. 1632 1634 1638. Marshal d'Humieres reduc'd to the Kings Obedience the Town of Saint Guillain by his Valour and Forecast the tenth of December of the same year 1677. This place is about two leagues from Mons its Abbot is Lord Spiritual and Temporal and the Abbey is the chief of Hainalt The 12th the Count d'Estrées having taken the Forts which the Hollanders held in the Isle of Gorea at Cape-Vert made himself Master after a long Navigation of the Isle of Tobago and of many Duch Men of War An. 1678. the first day of March the Town of Gand Capital of the Country of Flanders was invested by the Marshal d'Humieres and taken by his most Christian Majesty on composition the ninth of the same month and the Citadel the twelfth Julius Caesar caus'd this great Town to be built whilst he was at Teroüanne 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 Flyboats 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 February 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 the Marquess de los Balbazez and afterward the Affiances were made by Cardinal Boüillon great Almoner of France The Ceremony of the Marriage was perform'd in the Chappel of the House of Fontainebleau The 20th of September the Queen of Spain parted from Fontainebleau for Spain she went into a Coach with the King the Queen M. le Dauphin Monsieur and Madame they went together two leagues on the way and parted from each other after having bid an Adieu very tenderly Her Catholick Majesty accompanied with Monsieur and Madam went on her way the Marquess and Marchioness de los Balbazez went the Journey with her The 30th of December of the year before-mentioned 1679. was sign'd at Munic the Contract of Marriage of M. le Dauphin with the Electoral Princess of Bavaria Mary An-Christian Victoir A Continuation of Affairs of this time THe King re-establisht by an Edict of 1679. the study of the Civil Law which had not been taught since the Ordinance of Blois of the year 1579. Messieurs Boucherat and de Bezons Counsellors of State who were nominated Commissioners for determining the difficulties which might hinder the execution of the Edict were present at the Harang which the Sieur Deloy Professor made the 17th of December in the Schools of Law to thank his Majesty for the favour granted Some time after the King to render more flourishing the study of the Civil Law of Paris made a Society of twelve Doctors who took the Oath tendred them by the same two Counsellors of State nominated Commissaries for this effect the Sieurs Boccager and le Gendre are of the number of the associated Doctors for their particular merit His most Christian Majesty appointed 200000 Livres to be distributed in the Diocesses of Narbonne Beziers Agde and S. Pons by reason of the Damages that they had suffered by the drought of the same year An. 1680. on the 15th of January the Contract of Marriage of Loüis Armand de Bourbon Prince of Conti with Mademoiselle de Blois Ann Mary de Bourbon was sign'd in the Kings Chamber the next day after Cardinal Boüillon perform'd the Ceremony of Marriage in the Chappel of the House of S. Germain in Laye The King nominated Abbot Hervaux to the Office of Auditor of the Rota possess'd before by Messire Charles de Bourlemont LORAIN LOrain Lotharingia took its name from Lotharius Grandchild of the Emperour Charlemagne The Ducal and Soveraign House of Lorain contains many Escotcheons over all a Bend Gules charg'd with three Alerions Argent in memory of Godefroy de Boüillon who at one sole shoot of an Arrow broacht three little Birds on it Its Princes bear also in their Arms the Cross of Hierusalem by reason of their pretences to the two Sicilies whereof the Kings were also Kings of Hierusalem Lorain has for capital City Nancy two Duchies that of Lorain and that of Bar. They count there three Bailiwicks or Seats of Judicature to wit that of Nancy that of Germany Lorain and that of Vauge These Bailiwicks comprize a great many Lands and Lordships as the County of Vaudemont the Marquisat Nomeni the Marquisat Hatonchatel the Lordships of Epinal on the Moselle Marsal Blamont Salverdin Boulai c. Charles the Fourth Duke of Lorain Uncle of Charles the Fifth Son of Francis Count of Vaudemont was depriv'd of his Estates for some years and restor'd to them upon the general Peace by special Articles the 3d of March 1661. The King of France and the King of Spain have been Masters the one of the Estates of this Prince and the other of his Person Henry the Second King of France conquer'd Metz Toul and Verdun these three Towns were straitly united to the Crown of France by the Treaty of Munster and by that of the Pyreneans Loüis the Thirteenth conquer'd the Town Bar le Duc and all the Country of Barrois and also the strong places Moyenvic Stenai Dun Jametz and the County of Clermont which ought to continue incorporated to France according to the Treaty of Peace made in the Isle of Faisans 1659. Loüis the Fourteenth on consideration of this Peace restor'd Prince Charles to the possession of the Dutchy of Lorain after having caus'd his Fortifications of Nancy to be demolish'd on condition that the Duke should leave off all Leagues Intelligences Associations and Practices with any Prince whatsoever which having not perform'd his Majesty dispossess'd him Since this Treaty of Peace Duke Charles has yielded up to the most Christian King the Property and Soveraignty of his Duchy of Lorain and Bar. The most learned Genealogists draw the Origine of the House of Lorain from above 2000 years It descends from Echinoal Maire of the Palace under Clovis the Second King of France 648. It 's the same Family with that of Austria at present Its Princes repair not to the Diets of the Empire fearing lest they should not have that place allow'd them which they pretend to conformable to their Birth The Dutchy of Bar is a Fief holding of the Crown of France The chief Towns of Lorain are NAncy Mireout Luneville Spinal Remiremont Diuze Valdegrange Rosieres Neufchatel c. Those of the Dutchy of Bar BAr le Duc S. Mihiel Pont-Amousson Stenay Estein Vizelise Moyenvic Commerci Pont-Amousson has the title of University its principal Founder was Prince Charles the Third The Country Messin contains a great many Towns Burroughs Villages Hamlets Castles c. At Luneville near Rosieres
of Plenipotentiary in a place which ought to be a Sanctuary oblig'd his most Christian Majesty considering the Laws of Nations violated to recal his Nimegen was since made choice on for renewing the Conferences of the general Peace The Duke de Vitry the Sieur Colbert Marquess of Croissi and the Sieur de Mesmes Count of Avaux were appointed Plenipotentiaries of France Anno 1675. Marshal d' Estrade succeeded the Duke de Vitry The 11th of August 1677. the Bishop and Prince of Gurc chief of the Embassie of Germany for the Conferences of the Peace arrived at Nimegen accompanied with Count Kinski and with Sieur Straman his Colleagues who went before him All the other Plenipotentiaries repair'd thither The Estates of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries appointed for their Plenipotentiaries the Sieur Hieromy Beverning Lord of Teylingen Curator of the University of Leiden the Sieur William of Nassau Lord of Odik Cortegene c. and the Sieur William Haren Grietman du Bildt The Treaties of Peace and of Commerce Navigation and Maritime affairs betwixt France and the States General of the Vnited Provinces of the Low Countries were concluded at Nimegen the 10th of August 1678. In the same year the Treaty of Peace betwixt France and Spain was sign'd and the year following 1679. that of France and of the Emperour whereof we have spoken elsewhere The Elector and King of Bohemia THe King of Bohemia one of the seven Electors formerly the Emperours great Cup-bearer is at present the Emperour himself Cath. His Arms are a Lion Argent arm'd and crown'd Or with a double tail noüed and pass'd in Saltier in a Field Gules Prague is the capital City its Dukes the Kings and Emperours have kept there a long time their Court it is divided into three the Small the Ancient and the New Praga ad Moldaviam fluvium the Molde waters it Its Inhabitants were govern'd by Dukes till Vratislaus was created the first King who was followed by many others till the Royal Line being extinct the House of Austria put themselves in possession of this Kingdom which has been made hereditary in the House of Austria by the Treaty of Peace of Munster The Ancients called Bohemia Bojemia or Bojohemia that is to say in the German Tongue the House or Residency of the Boyes a People of the Gauls who retir'd thither Some have said that this Elector was the last before that he was King His Chair at the Elections is of Sattin pursled with Gold and that of his Colleagues of Crimson Velvet onely Some would seem to say that he has onely a casting Voice and Suffrage when the other Electors do not accord for the Election of the Emperour but it is certain that he is effectively an Elector as the others and that his Royal quality gives him the first Seat amongst the Lay Electors Bohemia with the Provinces of Moravia and Silesia may be worth yearly twelve or thirteen Millions to its Prince The Emperour Frederic surnamed Barberossa made it a Kingdom it is he who said to Pope Alexander the Third Non tibi sed Petro. The Bohemians in the Ceremonies of the Mass sing the Epistle and Gospel in their Tongue and communicate under both kinds it has been permitted them as a thing which does not alter the essence of Faith The Town of Egra otherwise Eger belongs to this Crown the Gazettes often mention it There are pretious Stones found in the Mountains of Pinch whence is come the Proverb that men throw sometimes a Stone at a Cow which is worth more than the Cow The Inhabitants of Bohemia are call'd Bohemians with an Aspiration and the vagabond Egyptian Fortunetellers Boemians they appear'd in Europe An. 1417. They came from Hungary and Valachia Frontiers of Turky The Clocks of Bohemia are alter the Italian fashion they tell the hours there from one Sun-setting to the next twenty four hours consecutively Olmus is the capital Town of Moravia and Breslau of Silesia The Emperour Leopold declar'd Count Staremberg Chancellor of the Empire and Counsellor of his Privy-Council the 24th of January 1678. The Elector of Bavaria MAximilian Marie Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke of Bavaria Prince and Elector of the Empire Great Steward of the Imperial House came into the World An. 1662. is Cath. His Arms are three Shields together the first Sable a Lyon crowned Or which belongs to the Palatinate the second is fusile in bend of 21 pieces Argent and Azure which belongs to Bavaria the third Gules an Imperial Globe Or which belongs to the Electorate Saltzburg has fâ—rmerly been the Capital of this Country at present it 's Munic a very strong place some call it in Latin Monachum others Monachium The Germans Munchen on the River Iser This Elector resides at Munic his Palace is one of the stateliest of Germany The great Gustavus Adolphus King of Sweden having taken the Town and the Dukes Palace which he did not demolish by reason of its beauty possess'd himself of the Dukes sine Library where were rare Manuscripts which he caâ—ried into Sweden Queen Christian his Daughter gave liberally of them to some learned persons amongst others to the Sieur Vossius Canon of Windsor in England to the Sieur des Cartes and others The Castle of Schelesheim two leagues from Munic is a Country-house of Pleasure where his Electoral Highness goes ordinarily to take the diversion of Hunting His Buccâ—ntaurus passes amongst the curious for a Wonder of this Age. It is on the Lake of Staremberg which is a league over and six leagues in length It is held to be as beautiful and as large as that of Venice whereof I speak in its place This Elector raises eighteen or twenty thousand men and sometimes more his Revenue is considerable His Dukedom which is in upper Germany is divided into upper and lower Bavaria Munic Ingolstat and Freisingen are in the upper Freisingen has the title of Bishoprick and Ingolstat of University Ratisbone in the German Tongue Regensburg Passau Landshut Straubingen and many others are of the lower Bavaria The great Church of Munic is the Burial-place of its Dukes The Electorate the upper Palatinate and the County of Chamb were granted to the House of Bavaria and its Successors as long as the Male-line should hold accoâ—â—ing to the tenth Article of the Treaty of Munster In the last War between France and Germany the Elector Ferdinand Marie stood Neuter He dyed suddenly at Schelesheim at forty three years of Age. Pope Innocent the Eleventh celebrated Mass for the Soul of this deceased person and the Emperour caus'd the Funeral-Obsequies to be solemniz'd at Vienna in the Church of the discalceated Augustins The Empire has been divers times in the House of Bavaria Its Princes have married eight Daughters of Emperours and eleven Daughters of Kings and among the Daughters of this House six have married Emperours three have been married to Kings and two to Dolphins of France Three Electors are of the same