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B23787	China and France, or, Two treatises the one, of the present state of China as to the government, customs, and manners of the inhabitants thereof ... from the observation of two Jesuites lately returned from that country, written and published by the French Kings cosmographer and now Englished : the other, containing the most remarkable passages of the reign and life of the present French King, Lewis the Fourteenth, and of the valour of our English in his armies.	Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712. Viaggio del P. Giovanni Grueber tornando per terea da China in Europa. English.; Grueber, Johann, 1623-1680.; Orville, Albert, comte d', 1621-1662.; Thévenot, M. (Melchisédech), 1620?-1692.	1676 (1676)	Wing G2163	63,324	224

their breaches restored their Fortifications and put them all into a good posture of defence But that which was remarkable in this progress the King had no extraordinary Militia he trusted so much these new Subjects that he entered into all their populous Towns attended only by his houshold Servants and usual Guards This got him the love and respect of the Walloons and secured him the hearts of his people as well as the Walls of their Towns About this time a King of Guinny who lives at a City called Arda sent an Ambassador to Paris to treat about an establishment of a Trade between that place and the Islands of America under the French Scepter The King entertained him and his motion very kindly and sent him back with Tokens of his liberality There had been an Order of the Kings Council published by which certain Wares of the Hollanders were prohibited in France They labored by their Ambassador to perswade the King to revoke this Order but in vain for the King was now resolved to revenge himself upon them for their insolent carriage towards him and his people in the West and East Indies and in many Foreign Countreys where they had ingrossed all the Trade to themselves It is certain that both the English and the French had great cause to complain of the Hollanders who had on several occasions discovered an unsufferable Pride and a haughty carriage not to be endured by Crowned Heads They had exercised their cruelty upon the Subjects of both Kingdoms beyond the Seas and had seised upon their Goods affronting thereby their Princes who are ingaged to protect them These and other unjust practises as was pretended obliged the French to prepare for War Therefore in his Progress in Flanders he visited himself the Fortifications of all his Frontier Towns and caused the weakest places to be fortified with new Works from Dunkirke he went to Amantiers from thence to Lille to Courtray to Aeth He found that Monsieur de Montal had strongly repaired the Walls of Charle le Roy for which he highly commended him Before the War was proclaimed Madam de Orleans the only Sister a live of our Gracious Monarch came over here unto England to visit the King and the Duke of York She was received with all the expressions of kindness that Nature did require and her Vertues deserve But as all our satisfactions are momentary she had no sooner seen these dear Relations but was forced to leave them again and return over to France where she died so suddenly that most men entertained the bad reports that were raised about her death However the Court of France honored her Birth and Vertues with an outward Mourning and the Duke of Orleans's countenance seemed to be very sad and pensive until the King had cheared him up with the thoughts of another Wife The Daughter of the Prince Palatine of the Rhine was pitched upon the Mareschal du Plessis was sent to espouse her in the Dukes name in the City of Mets the sixteenth day of November The Duke himself wen● as far as Chalons to receive and welcome her The King the Queen and all the Court expressed their joy and satisfaction for her safe arrival and about a year after she was brought to Bed of a Son All this while the War was preparing against Holland England and France were to unite their Forces by Sea and Land On the seventh day of April 1672. the King published his Declaration to forbid all Commerce and Trade with the States of the Vnited Provinces and immediately after appeared at the Head of an Army of One hundred and fifty thousand Men with whom he carried all before him in the Low Countreys as a violent torrent Nothing was of a sufficient resistance for so great a power every one did judge that he would win all the other Towns the following Spring if there were not a stop put to his undertakings But the motion of the French is always violent at the first and then at the least discouragement it begins to abate The Dutchy of Cleves the Electorate of Cullen the Dutchy of Limburgh the County of Zutphen Vtrecht and its Territories Holland Brabant Overissell the Oriental Frieze Groningen and the Dutchy of Geldres were full of French Troops on a sudden Orsoy Vesel Burick and Rhineburgh that had been so strongly Garrisoned that the Dutch thought them to be the Bulwarks of their Land were surrendered at the first appearance of the Kings Standard Reez Emmerick and Groll were delivered to the Bishop of Munster who had taken up Arms to vindicate the French quarrel The next attempt was the Passage over the Rhine which was first undertaken by the Count de Guiche at the Head of Two thousand Horse he swom over it although three Squadrons of Horse and some few Foot were ready to receive him on the other side When the French had recovered the Bank they charged so desperately that the Enemy was disordered and fled to their Foot for succor They had Barricadoed themselves in but when the Prince and the Dukes of Orleans and Longueville were got on the other side with their Infantry they resolved to assault them in their Trenches The Prince desired to march in order against them but some of his Men were so furious that nothing could keep them in The Duke of Longueville in a rage went so near them with the Prince that the Duke was killed and the Prince wounded in the left arm with many more laid upon the ground When they saw the whole Army surround them they desired quarter which was granted by the Prince by that means they yielded and were all taken prisoners It is not good to render an Enemy desperate a small company in a danger have won the victory therefore the Prince freely offered them their lives This Action amazed the Hollander and astonished the Prince of Orange who expected the Kings Army another way Harnen was taken by Monsieur de Turenne Nimeguen and Schenk also Doesbourgh and Zutphen were surrende●ed into his Majesties hands and the City of Vtrecht sent Deputies to yield it up Monsieur de Luxemburgh was sent thither to take in all the places about Vtrecht After this Turenne recovered Crevecoeur Coërden Grave and Bomel so that almost all the Inland Countrey thereabouts submitted to the French The Hollanders were then so much troubled that they offered Conditions of Peace to the King but he hoped to gain all the rest of their Countrey Therefore they were rejected as unreasonable The King after all these Successes left the Army the Six and twentieth of July and arrived at Paris the first of August where he was congratulated and welcomed by all the Societies of his Kingdom The Queen was so much overjoyed that she commanded a Chappel to be built at Roan and dedicated it to Our Lady of Victories for as amongst the Heathens they did give to Pallas the Goddess of War several attributes and names betokening the many good

CHINA AND FRANCE OR Two Treatises The one Of the present State of China As to the Government Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants thereof never yet known to us before in Europe From the observation of two Jesuites lately returned from that Countrey Written and Published by the French Kings Cosmographer and now Englished The other Containing the most remarkable Passages of the Reign and Life of the present French King Lewis the Fourteenth and of the valour of our English in his Armies London Printed by T. N. for Samuel Lowndes over against Exeter-house in the Strand 1676. The present State of CHINA ON the Thirtieth day of January 1665. I went in the company of Mr. Carlos Daty to visit Father John Grueber at his arrival from Constantinople About two years since he came out of China where he had resided full three years He began his pilgrimage at Venice where he took shipping for Smyrna from thence by Land he marched to Ormus in five moneths from thence to Macao in seven so from the South Coast he travelled to the North through the large Empire o● China sometimes upon Rivers an● commodious Channels and sometimes by Land and at last he go● safe to the City of Pekin In his return from thence he adventured t● pass and survey a Countrey whic● was never yet seen before by any i● Europe namely The unfruitful Sands of the Desarts of Tartaria which he passed over in three days and came to the Coast of an Inland Sea called Kokonor Kokonor in Ta●tarty signifies Great Sea not much unlike to the Caspian The River Jannus that runs through China with a strange rapidity discharges it self into the Oriental Sea near the Island of Carea hath here its source This River is the deep●st and largest of all that Countr●y Afterwards this adventurous Traveller lost the sight of the Sea to ●nter further into the Land into the Province of Toktokai which is 〈◊〉 barren and wild that one of the Neighboring people can have any temptation to dispossess the antient Inhabitants Nothing is there remarkable but only some few dispersed Tents of the Tartars who lead a most miserable life The beautiful River Toktokai which is as large as Danubinus but so shallow that any Man on Horseback may ford it over in the deepest place watereth this blessed Countrey and gives unto it a name From hence our Traveller passed through the Province of Tangut which is very populous and belongs to the Kingdom of Barantola he visited in his way the City of Retink and the Kingdom of Barantola the Metropolis is called Lassa and the present King Teva He is of a very antient and noble Family of the Tartars of Tangut His ordinary residence is at Butala a lofty Castle built according to the European mode upon a high Hill having Buildings of four stories of very good and regular workmanship The Court of this Prince is numerous and his attendants are extream lavish in their apparel which is for the most part of Cloath of Gold and of embroidered Stuffs Nevertheless this Nation is generally very sluttish and unhandsome in their attire Neither Men nor Women wear lining next to their skin Their common Bed is the ground their ordinary food is raw Flesh and they are not so scrupulous to wash their hands or faces but they appear very kind and courteous to strangers Their Women have the liberty to walk about the Streets as amongst the other Tartars but their other Customs are like to those of China Their Arch-Priest or Mufty is called Lamacongiù whom they reverence as God and believe to be related to their first King but they name him the Brother of all the the Kings of the World They are perswaded that he riseth from the dead as often as he dies and that this Man hath already risen seven times The Kings and Polititians of that Countrey labor by subtil means to entertain the common people in this strange belief and the Lamacongiu himself contributes to it for he keeps his face always covered and suffers none to look upon it but such as are acquainted with the mystery The Nobility do mightily respect him some of them come to that point of adoration as to covet that which is incredible and to carry it about as a sacred relick From Barantola Father Grueber travelled to the Kingdom of Nekpal and in a moneths time passed through it The two principal Towns are Catmandir and Patan situate on the Banks of a River opposite to one another This latter is a young Prince very well accomplished he commands all the Militia of the Kingdom as General When Father Grueber was there he was at the head of a great Army marching against a Neighboring King called Varcam who made frequent inroads to spoil the Countrey The Jesuites gave this young Prince a Prospective Glass through which he caused him to look at a place where Varcam's Army lay encamped he found it so nigh that he gave order presently to make ready and prepare for the fight for he perceived not that this propinquity was but an effect of the Glass This present was acceptable to him From Nekpal our Traveller went in five days to the Kingdom of Moranga where he could see no City but only small Houses covered with Straw and little Huts one appointed for a Custom-Housse The King of Moranga pays a yearly tribute of 250000 Rixdollers and seven Elephants to the Mogol From Moranga he travelled into that part of India which is beyond the River Ganges and came to Minapor the Metropolis of that Countrey where he passed over that River which is twice as big as the Danubius From thence he went to Patan and from that City in five and twenty days to Agra the Royal City of that part of India which is on this side Ganges From thence to Laor in fourteen days This City is built upon the Banks of the River Ravi which is as large as Danubius it runs into India near M●ltaia There he took Boat and was carried down the River in forty days to Tata the utmost City of Indostan the ordinary residence of the Viceroy of that Countrey his name is Laskarkan there he met with many English and Dutch Marchants From this place he sailed to Ormuz by Sea from Ormuz he went to Persia afterwards he returned back to Smyrna where he took shipping and arrived safe at Messina from thence he went to Rome where he received an express command to go back again to China For that purpose he travelled into Germany and Polonia hoping to find another way through Muscovia By the Emperors procurement he had got Pasports from the Dukes of Curland and Muscovia But when he was so far on his way as the Borders of Muscovia he understood that the King of Poland and the Tartars had made a conjuction of their Forces with an intent to attempt upon the Duke of Muscovia By this means he was diverted in his passage to Musco for

upon Springs when they turn and at the least motion they cause their Pillows and Bolsters to send up a cold and fresh Air to cool their faces which is a notable advantage in the hottest nights of the Summer Their Chairs are of the same substance the Back and the Elbows are made of the Skins of Indian Cane very commodious to sit down The Tartars are not so effeminate to make use of all these things they sleep upon the bare ground as the Turks We desired him to tell us something of the Kings pomp and of the magnificence of his Throne when he appears in publick in all his grandeur He assured us that the former Kings of China did delight in a great deal of glory and state but that the present King of the Tartars who reigns now in China is not so ceremonious He is content in his greatest splendor to sit upon a Carpet spred on the ground Monsieur Dati desired to know from the Father in what the Chineses were most expensive He answered that they spent much in their Funerals in the great quantity of Perfumes and Wax which they did there burn in the making of Wooden Statues in their Frankincense which they did offer to the deceased and specially in the rare Coffins in which they put the dead Bodies They are of precious Wood as of Aloes of Yellow Saunders or of some other Aromatick Wood of a great value This serves instead of imbalming We inquired of the goodness of the Air of the Countrey and how long the Inhabitants do commonly live The Air said he is very good every-where therefore the Countrey people that are temperate in their diet commonly live to be very old some are one hundred years of age The Nobility at forty seem to be old and when they see fifty they begin to be crasie this difference proceeds from their debaucheries with the Female Sex and their immoderate eating in which they prescribe no bounds to themselves Their Daughters seldom come to be thirty years of age because their Mothers are wont to tie and bind their Legs assoon as they are born for they think all their beauty consists in crooked Legs which is that part alone of their Bodies seen when they go abroad This strange and unnatural bending and tying of their Legs so young disorders the Channels through which the nourishment of their Members passeth and stops the Conduits in such a manner that neither their Legs nor their Bodies ever come to a perfect stature and bigness for by that means the Blood is hindered in its ordinary circulation and the complexion and constitution of their Bodies being vitiated it hastens them the sooner to their Graves We desired him to tell us which were their most noted Festivals He answered us That they cheifly observe three the one at the first New Moon in February the second in November and the third at the Kings Birth-day In every one of these Festivals the King goes out of the City attended upon by all the Nobility and Lords of the Court by the Magistrates Officers of the Law and by the Learned Men c. Every one wears an habit suitable to his dignity and place All their Garments are differing from one another none but the King dares wear a Pearl alone at the top of his Gap Many of the most eminent Lords have precious Stones and some Pearls but always a Ruby an Emerald or a Jasper is put with it for none but the King is to wear it alone He wears also as marks of his Royalty two Storks embroidered with Silver upon his Brest The Mandarins have other Animals There are nine cheif differences by which the Nobility is distinguished in their habits The first hath a Crane for his Badge the second a Lion the third an Eagle the fourth a Peacock I do not remember the rest nor what differences are to be noted in the Garments of their Magistrates and Learned Men. I only remember the Badge of the Mathematicians they wear four little Squares of Jasper tied with silken strings at their Girdles In the middle of the Squares there is a Ruby and upon the top of their Bonnet they bear a Ruby and a Pearl together The most ordinary colours of their Garments are Red Blew Orange mixed with Blew We have already said that their Bonzi are cloathed in Gray and the Learned in White I remember that at every Festival observed at the New Moon in February every one is wont to melt or cast some piece of Mettle upon which they represent the Figure of a Crescent or New Moon and they call this Festival The Sacrifice of the Hare We inquired Whether the Chineses had any Memorials so antient that give an account of the passages of so many thousand years ago as some do affirm He told us that they had no Histories more antient then King Tao who lived about four thousand seven hundred years ago and that they had no Histories of antienter date that speak of the beginning and continuance of the World We put the Father next upon the Art of Navigation to know whether they believe in China that there is any passage out of Asia into America he assured us that they had but little skill in Navigation that they know not well how to make use of the Compass or rather this knowledge is defective Their greatest Vessels are not able to carry above fifty Men their Sails are made of Mat but so artificially that they can go almost with any wind Their rowing differs from ours for they move their Oars before and behind Therefore as they have no great insight into the Art of Navigation it is not possible that they should be able to adventure far at Sea they dare not loose the sight of the Land Concerning their passing from Asia into America the Father told us That he knew nothing certain because the English and the Hollanders have been disappointed in their attempting to pass through the Frozen Sea where they have no manner of Trade For the Tartars they are no great Traders and it is not probable that any of them will venture upon a meer curiosity to open that passage It is not likely that the Chineses will leave their Countrey to undertake any such hazardous voyage Nevertheless it is generally believed that there is some-where a passage or that Asia is divided from America but by a Narrow Sea The continual appearance of many wild Fowl of America in the Southern Parts of Tartaria do very much strengthen this opinion For it is not probable that they would there be seen if America and Tartaria were not joyned together or not far from one another We asked him concerning the Dancings Plays and Gardens of China The Chineses replied the Father never dance but the Tartars use that sport amongst themselves the Men with the Men and the Women with the Women but never both Sexes together Their Musick consists in striking their hands one against another

our Religion had been heretofore professed in this place From hence they travelled to the first City 〈◊〉 the Mogols Kingdom named H●donda and from thence to Battani a City upon the River Gange● and then to Benares the Academy of the Brachmans afterwards the● went to Agra the Royal Palla● of the Mogol Father Albertus d'O●ville sick and weary of his trave●ling died within a few days after 〈◊〉 arrival in this middle way betwee● China and Europe FINIS THE Most Remarkable PASSAGES OF The Life and Reign OF LEWIS XIV The Present KING IN FRANCE LONDON Printed for Samuel Lownds over against Exeter-House in the Strand 1675. The most noted Passages of the Raign of the French King THe French and Spanish Monarchies seldom live long in Peace Either the Interest of the Kingdoms or the jealousies of State or the humors of the People or the natural aversions and animosities which they have received by inheritance from their Forefathers do frequently kindle the flames of War Their Neighborhood and continual Conversation furnishes them with many occasions of distastes and disputes for both the Spaniard and the French have no compliance nor respect for one another They are naturally proud and high-minded they pretend both to the Universal Monarchy and think all the World must bow and creep to their greatness I intend not to examine in this short Tract the causes of their frequent Ruptures and Wars I shall confine my discourse within the Borders of the French Dominions where we must visit the King and Court and see what hath hapned worthy of our observation upon that famous Theater of Europe I design not so much to satisfie the Readers curiosity as to furnish him with that knowledge which he may improve to his advantage for in every capacity true and impartial History tends to our right information and direction God by his providence teacheth men as well as by his Word It concerns us not to neglect the means that he affords for our instruction And there is nothing more required in men that pretend to learning and perfection then to be acquainted with the late and present Affairs as well as with those that we have received from our Forefathers Relations It is very observable that the French and Spaniards seldom conclude Peace without a Marriage The old Fable of Mars's Adultery or Conjunction with Venus is a practice so ordinary amongst them that it needs no proof In the year One thousand six hundred and fifteen the Polititians of both Kingdoms were resolved to conclude their disputes and reunite their interests in a Marriage between Lewis the Thirteenth sirnamed The Just and Anne of Austria Infanta of Spain Both Kingdoms expected from these two hopeful Princes a numerous posterity but to the great disappointment of their Subjects and of all Europe they lived together three and twenty years without Children Success follows not always our best endeavors At last in the Moneth of September One thousand six hundred thirty and eight the Queen was brought to Bed of a brave lusty Boy who was saluted and welcomed into the World by the Parliament of Paris with the name of Dieu-donnè Given of God For they were verily perswaded that his Birth and Conception had been miraculous in regard of the indisposition of his Father To strengthen this perswasion the more by Cardinal Mazarines contrivance then the Factotum of France the King the Queen and the whole Court had been in Procession with much devotion bare-footed to the Chappel of the Virgin Mary near Paris to desire from her a Son and Heir to the Crown o● France Therefore the French look upon this Prince as the effect and return of their Prayers then solemnly offered up to the Blessed Virgin for within a year after the King and Queen were blessed with this hopeful Child to the greater joy of France then of some of the Blood Royal who had promised to themselves the Kingdom in case Lewis the Thirteenth did die without issue Their discontents remained long concealed in private and were not suffered to break out into a Publick War by the good order that the Cardinal gave to the Affairs of the Kingdom and by their respect for the King then alive But afterwards when they saw Lewis in his Grave the People dissatisfied and the Grandees discontented with the Italian Government they proclaimed their displeasures at the Head of an Army with the loud noise of Drums Trumpets and Cannon as we shall see by and by As soon as the Dolphin was inaugurated into his Principality and initiated into Christian Religion they gave him his Attendants and Officers according to his quality and Birth the two cheif were his Governess a Lady of a noble spirit and Hardouin de Perefixe afterwards Bishop of Rhodes and since removed to the Archbishoprick of Paris was his Governor and Tutor He is a great Polititian Wise and Learned very affable and courteous Whiles he lay in his Cradle we can find nothing worthy of our notice but as soon as he stept out of it to walk alone Providence waited upon him to put into his hands a Scepter before he could manage it For at four years of age and a few Moneths his Father Lewis sirnamed The Just departed this life having published before his Declaration dated April 21. 1643. By which the Queen was appointed Regent and Governess of the whole Kingdom the Duke of Orleans was her Lieutenant and cheif of the Council The Prince of Condé deceased the Cardinal Mazarine Monsieur Seguier Chancellor of France Monsieur Bouthillier and Monsieur Chavigny were to be of this Privy Council but the conduct of the Army then on foot was left to the Duke of Enguien who is now Prince of Condé This Declaration settled the Affairs of the Kingdom and prevented the mischeif which might have hapned in case the election of these great Officers of State had been left to the choice of such as might have designed to imbroil the Kingdom for their own private ends About a Moneth after on the fourteenth day of May 1643. the King died At that time the Spaniard was attempting to inlarge his Dominions in the Low Countreys by a War with France Don Francisco de Melo was Viceroy there at the Head of an Army before Rocroy a French Garrison which he besieged in vain For the Duke of Enguien a young General of twenty two years of age came seasonably to its relief forced the Spaniards to a retreat and obtained of them a notable victory on the nineteenth of May. All their Artillery was taken with about threescore Colours all their Bag and Baggage and six thousand prisoners The Colours were sent to Paris to be presented to the new King six days after his promotion to the Throne The Viceroy behaved himself like a great Commander he incouraged his men by his words promises and example where he perceived the greatest danger there did he hazard his person and his life but when he saw the day

not be content with the Conquest of Holland but would incroach upon them also afterwards During this Winter nothing hapned worthy of notice but the loss of private persons robberies and small Encounters of Parties that sought for Plunder and Booties In the beginning of the Spring 1673. three Armies appeared for the Hollanders the King of Spains commanded by the Count de Monterey the Emperors by Montecuculi the Duke of Brandenburghs by himself besides the Army of the Prince of Orange who was declared General at Land Admiral at Sea and Statholder by the States The French Army commanded by Turenne marched against the Duke of Brandenburgh who was forced to quit to him all the County of Marck and to leave his Bag and Baggage behind him for fear of a total defeat of his Forces The French took Vrnia Ham Camen Altenau Soest and Hoexter Bilefeld and Ravensperg small places of no strength At this time the Swede and the Dane with other Neuter Princes had desired an accommodation of the differences between the Kings of England and France Cologne was the place of meeting all the Ple●ipotentiaries were sent with Instructions But although the Dutch had so many losses by Land and by Sea they would not yield to any reasonable Propositions at first Their stout hearts were resolved to try the Fortune of War before they would listen to any peaceable conclusion At last after several Debates and Consultations the Peace was concluded between the King of England and the States but the French pretentions were extraordinary high and their Successes great so that there was no possibility that did appear to end their differences at this time But before the Peace was published between England and Holland all this Summer of the year 1673. the War was vigorously carried on by Sea and Land By Sea Prince Rupert commanded a Fleet of English and French One hundred and twenty Sail. With these Ships he attacked the Dutch Frigats under the command of De Ruyter and Van Trump The fight was mannaged with much resolution on both sides The French in the former Engagements had been taught to face their Enemy upon the Water for they behaved themselves now very bravely because they could not well excuse themselves It is certain the Princes conduct and courage in this and all other Engagements have justly deserved the praise of all Men and the thanks of our Nation This noble Spirit hath since his infancy spent his Wit and Blood in the defence and for the honor of our Countrey The Dutch proclaimed Victory at Land whilest their Ships and Shipwracks complained of their ill usage at Sea by the English They lost eight considerable Vessels that of Van Haen was the chief it was blown up by an unfortunate shot Many were so disabled that they could not reach into their Harbors His Majesties Fleet had received some damage in the Rigging and loss of Men but not so as to hinder them the next morning the nineth of May from pursuing their Enemies to their own Coast The Dutch lost many Men some of note and a Ship taken by the English At Land there were frequent encounters between the Dutch and French The City of Mastreicht was the cheif place of action this Summer The Count de Lorge and Monsieur Montall were ordered to invest it the sixth of June The rest of the Army marched thither to post themselves about this strong place Fario was then Governor with a very stout Garrison of six thousand Men the Count de Monterey had sent thither two thousand Italian Horse and Foot to reinforce the place The King himself was in the Army with the bravest and choicest Regiments and the Noble Duke of Monmouth with several thousand English under his command It is certain the French King visited the Trenches and incouraged his Troops with a great contempt of the danger Fario had sent him this civil message That if he knew whereabouts his Majesties Quarters were he would command his Men to forbear shooting to that place The King sent him word again That his Quarters were every where in his Camp The besieged made a stout resistance many Men were killed on both sides It is thought that this Town might have put a stop to the French Conquests if the Burgers had been more faithful to their old Masters and less careless of their lives and riches It is certain that it had never been taken by the French alone had not our English spent their blood and in contempt of all danger passed with their Regiments through showers of small and great shot to the Assault We cannot sufficiently admire the courage of the Duke of Monmouth a young General of an admirable conduct and skill in Martial Affairs He commanded in the Trenches with an intention to assault the Counterscarpe and the Half-Moon before Brussels-Gate He led on his Men with such resolution that though two or three Mines were sprung up and the shot fell thick amongst them they carried the Half-Moon to the great wonder of all men in half an hour As soon as it was taken the Duke with his Party was immediately relieved by the French upon whom the besieged played so briskly with their great and small shot that they beat them out with the assistance of a Mine and a stout Sally When the Duke saw that the French had lost what his Men had got he prepared himself to regain it which he did with the greatest resolution and happiness imaginable This invincible spirit at the Head of his Party leaped over the Trenches first with his Weapon in his hand only twelve stout Voluntiers accompanied him the rest followed so furiously that the Dutch were beaten off again and his Grace became Master of the Half-Moon the second time delivering it into the hands of Monsieur de la Feuillade So that without flattery the French ow the taking of Mastreicht to the courage conduct and brave resolution of the Duke of Monmouth to the Blood and undauntedness of our English Sir Henry Jones was killed in one of these assaults which hapned the twenty fourth of June After some other attempts where our Men were again imployed the Town desired a Parley the twenty nineth and in two hours the Articles were granted That the Governor and Garrison should march out as stout Soldiers their Colours flying Drums beating Match lighted Bullet in Mouth with Bag and Baggage and two Pieces of Cannon and a Mortar Piece That they should be safely convoyed to Boisledue and Breda The French lost 4000 Men and about 1000 of the besieged were killed The King took possession of it the thirtieth of June and commanded the Cardinal de Boüillon to resanctifie the Churches profaned by the Dutches Devotions About this time there hapned another Sea-sight between the English and the Dutch Fleets with loss on both sides but our English beat the boasting Dutch again into their Harbors where they left them to complain of their wounds and dead and to