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A77171	The martial-field of Europe being a geographical and historical description of those parts of Europe, which are most famous in this present war, viz. I. Flanders, II. The Rhine, III. Savoy, IV. Catalonia, V. Hungary, VI. Greece. With an account of the several revolutions of those places, either by conquest or treaties of peace, particularly from the treaty of Munster in 1648. to this present time. By A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3916; ESTC R203420	162,311	286

THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE BEING A Geographical and Historical Description of those Parts of EUROPE which are most Famous in this Present War Viz. I. Flanders II. The Rhine III. Savoy IV. Catalonia V. Hungary VI. Greece With an Account of the several Revolutions of those Places either by Conquest or Treaties of Peace particularly from the Treaty of Munster in 1648. to this present time By A. BOYER Gent. London Printed for Tho. Salusbury at the King's-Arms near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet MDCXCIV The CONTENTS SECT I. Flanders GEneral Division p. 1. Chap. I. Of the Netherlands in General p. 1. Chap. II. Of the Catholick Provinces or Flanders in general p. 3. Art 1. Of the County of Flanders p. 6 Art 2. Of the Dukedom of Brabant p. 22 Art 3. Of the Marquisate of the Holy Empire p. 35 Art 4. Of the Lordship of Malines p. 37 Art 5. Part of the Dukedom of Gelderland p. 38 Art 6. Of the Dukedom of Limburg p. 48 Art 7. Of the Bishoprick of Liege p. 42 Art 8. Of the County of Namur p. 48 Art 9. Of the Dukedom of Luxemburg p. 51 Art 10. Of the County of Hainault p. 55 Art 11. Of Cambresis p. 63 Art 12. Of Artois p. 65 Sect. II. The Rhine Chap. I. Description of the River Rhine in general p. 73 Art 1. Of Alsatia p. 75 Art 2. The Palatinate of the Rhine p. 85 Art 3. The Archbishoprick of Mayence or Mentz p. 95 Art 4. The Archbishoprick of Treves or Triers p. 98 Art 5. The Archbishoprick of Cologne p. 102 Art 6. The Succession of Cleves and Juliers p. 108 Sect. III. The Duke of Savoy's Dominions Chap. 1. Savoy p. 121 Chap. 2. Piedmont p. 132 Chap. 3. County of Nice p. 146 Chap. 4. Montferrat p. 149 Sect. IV. Catalonia p. 153 Art 1. Description of the Places of Note under the Spaniards p. 156 Art 2. Catalonia belonging to the French p. 162 Sect. V. Hungary Art 1. Hungary p. 166 Art 2. Transylvania p. 190 Art 3. Podolia p. 194 Art 4. Moldavia p. 196 Art 5. Walachia p. 198 Art 6. Bulgaria p. 200 Art 7. Servia p. 202 Art 8. Rascia p. 205 Art 7. Bosnia p. 207 Art 10. Sclavonia p. 209 Art 11. Croatia p. 212 Art 12. Dalmatia p. 214 Sect. VI. Greece p. 223 Chap I. Albania p. 227 Chap. II. Epirus p. 230 Chap. III. Macedon p. 232 Chap. IV. Thessaly p. 235 Chap. V. Achaia p. 238 Chap. VI. Morea p. 245 Chap. VII Of the Islands about Greece p. 262 ERRATA PAge 4 l. 1 read Graveline p. 33 l. 7 r. Neerlanden p. 65 r. Art XII p. 134 l. 20 r. Masseran THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE SECT I. THE Places of Europe which are now most famous for Great Actions and Warlike Exploits may be reduced to six viz 1. Flanders 2. The Course of the Rhine 3. Savoy and Piedmont 4. Catalonia 5. Hungary 6. And Greece I shall begin with Flanders because it is the most remarkable of them all as being the Field where our Glorious Monarch has so often signaliz'd his Conduct and Bravery at the Head of our Gallant Englishmen CHAP. I. Of the XVII Provinces or Netherlands in general THese Provinces were known to the Romans under the Name Name of Belgium at present they are called sometimes Low-Countries sometimes Netherlands and sometimes Lower Germany from their Situation on the lower part of the Rhine They are bounded on the South with France on the East with Germany Bounds on the North and West with the Ocean Their extent Extent is from the 49th d. 10. m. to the 53. d. 37. m. of Latitude and from the 21. to the 26. d. 28. m. of Longitude in form somewhat Triangular being in length from the Northest parts of Groningen to the South parts of Luxemburg 264 miles and in breadth from the West parts of Artois to the East parts of Luxemburg 192 miles Division They are divided into XVII Provinces which are IV. Dukedoms viz. Brabant Limburg Luxemburg Gelderland VII Counties viz. Holland Zealand Zutphen Flanders Artois Hainault Namur I. Marquisate of the Holy Empire V. Lordships or Baronies viz. Mechlin or Malines Vtrecht Over-Issel Friesland Groningen To which we may add the Archbishoprik of Cambray and the Bishoprick of Liege which are inclosed in them These Provinces were first Conquered by the Romans History afterwards by the French and then divided into several Governments depending on the Crown of France till the year 1305. reduced to one by Philip Duke of Burgundy of which house is the King of Spain Then they passed to the Crown of Spain by Mary Henrietta Heiress of the House of Burgundy The Emperor Charles the Vth having gotten from Francis I. King of France his Prisoner at Madrid a renunciation of the Old right the French had to Flanders was sole Master of these Provinces But in the year 1581. some of them openly revolted from Philip II. his Son King of Spain having two years before made their Vnion at Vtrecht to secure themselves from the Cruelties and Barbarous usage of the Duke of Alva their Governour Since that there are in the Netherlands two very different States the one is a Republick called the Vnited Provinces or Holland from the chief of them The other belongs to the King of Spain under the name of Catholick-Provinces or Flanders the principal of them but is possessed partly by the Spaniards partly by the Hollanders and partly by the French as you shall see in its proper place The Vnited Provinces are eight in number viz. 1. The County of Holland 2. The County of Zealand 3. The Barony of Vtrecht 4. The Dukedom of Gelderland in part 5. The County of Zutphen 6. The Barony of Over-Issel 7. The Barony of Groningen 8. The Barony of West-Friesland These Provinces being not as yet the Seat of War 't would be beyond my purpose to say any thing more of them and therefore I pass to the Catholick-Provinces CHAP. II. Of the Catholick-Provinces or Flanders in general THE Spanish Netherlands or the nine Catholick Provinces commonly called by the general name Name of Flanders the principal of these Provinces including the two Fees of the Empire viz. the Archbishoprick of Cambray Bounds and the Bishoprick of Liege are bounded on the North with the Ocean and the Vnited Provinces On the West or North-West with the Ocean On the South and South-West with France and on the East with Germany Their Extent Extent South and North is about 140 miles from Thionville in Luxemburg to Boisleduc in Brabant and about 150 West and East from Gravelins in Flanders to Aix la Chapelle on the confines of the Dukedom of Juliers Flanders is generally one of the best and most plentiful Countries in the World Quality extremely Populous and full of excellent Towns and Villages its Air is good its Soil most Fertile the People good natured hardy and laborious This Countrey was once so very rich

sorts of Nations viz. Saxons Inhabitants Bulgarians and Hungarians the first possess the Province called the Seven Towns the Bulgarians dwell on the Banks of Marise the Hungarians possess the Frontiers of Walachia and follow the Grecian Religion These are divided into Counties pay no Tribute to the Prince of Transilvania but are obliged to serve at their own Expences when he goes to War The Doctrine of Calvin and Luther were introduced here in 1561. For George Brandrata Religion Physician to John Zapol Count of Scepus and Vayvode of Transilvania made this young Prince embrace the Sentiments of Luther by means of Denis Alexis but this Man not Executing his Orders with care enough he substituted Francis David in his Place who of a Lutheran made the Prince a Calvinist and at last taught him the Doctrine of Arius Stephen Bathori Prince of Transilvania in 1571. afterwards chosen King of Poland endeavoured to re-establish Popery and to that end gave the Government of this Principality to his Brother Christopher Bathori who cast David into Prison where he died Mad. He founded a College of Jesuits at Colaswar but dying in 1583. his Son Sigismund who succeeded him to comply with the Transilvanians was forced to dismiss the Jesuits but recalled them two years after This Principality is now incorporated with the Kingdom of Hungary Government under the protection of the Emperor for Michael Abafti the 23d Prince from John Huniades who succeeded John Kemani in 1661. by a solemn Act given at Hermanstadt May 9. 1688. with the full consent of the States of Transilvania made an entire submission of this Country to the Emperor and the King of Hungary to last for ever and accordingly he received Imperial Garrisons into all the principal places The said Prince dying in 1690. the States in a general Assembly resolved to adhere to the Interests of the Emperor against all the Pretences of Count Teckely or the Ottoman Port according to the Tenour of the said Treaty The most considerable Places in the Principality of Transilvania are Hermanstadt Bish Cap. Alba Julia or Weissemburg Bish Brassow or Cronstadt Coloswar or Clausenburg Segeswar Agnetlin Altenberg Bestercze Newmark I. Hermanstadt Hermanstadt Lat. Cibinum or Hermanopolis called by the Inhabitants Zeben the Capital of Transilvania and Residence of the Prince is a large populous strong and well built City It has no Bishop at present but is reckoned a Bishop's See Suffragan of the Archbishop of Colocza in Hungary The Inhabitants of this City are Saxons and five Jurisdictions depend upon it The Prince of this Country having formerly put himself under the Protection of the Grand Signior the late Duke of Lorrain prevail'd with the Prince Abafti to put himself under the Protection of the Emperor and to receive a Garrison of 3000 Germans in 1687. This City stands in a Plain on the River Cibin 160 Miles N. E. of Belgrade and 235 almost E. of Buda Long. 45 d. 48 m. Lat. 46 d. 46 m. II. Weissemburg Weissemburg Lat. Alba Julia which the Hungarians call Giula Fejerwar is situate upon the River Marise which the Inhabitants call Marons and the Germans Merisch with a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Colocka The ancient Kings and Princes of this Country made their ordinary residence in this City which has been much greater than now it is as may be seen by its rare Roman Medals Coins and Inscriptions evident signs of Antiquity and Grandeur It stands 34 Miles W. of Hermanstadt 68 N. E. of Temeswar 90 E. of Waradin and 196 E. of Buda Long. 45 d. Lat. 46 d. 46 m. III. Cronstadt or Brassaw Brassaw or Cronstadt Lat. Patrovissa is a strong City and a Bishop's See situated near the Frontiers of Moldavia and the Carpathian Mountains Some take it for the Praetoria Augusta of Ptolomy and others call it Corona and Stephanopolis and pretend that it is one of the Seven Cities Built or Repaired by the Saxons It stands 65 Miles almost N. E. of Hermanstadt Long. 47 d. 20 m. Lat. 47 d. 5 m. IV. Clausemburg Clausemburg called Coloswar by those of the Country and Claudiopolis in Latin is a great and populous City with the Title of a Bishoprick and an old Cittadel situated upon the little Brook Samos at the foot of the Mountains towards the Frontiers of Hungary 34 Miles N. W. of Weissemburg and 64 of Hermanstadt Long. 44 d. 25 m. Lat. 47 d. 11 m. The States of Transilvania are kept in it V. Segeswar Segeswar called Schezberg by the Germans Lat. Segethusa is seated on the River Cochel at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains subject to the Prince of Transilvania under the Emperor It stands 40 Miles N. of Hermanstadt VI. Agnetlin or Agnabat Agnetlin or Agnabat is one of the Chief Towns in Transilvania tho' of no strength it is seated on the River Harbach 25 Miles almost N. of Hermanstadt subject to the Prince of Transilvania and protected by the Emperor VII Altemberg Altemberg is a small City seated upon a Hill Built out of the Ruins of Zalnatra 20 Miles S. W. of Weissemburg or Alba Julia and 42 S. of Clausenburg VIII Bestercze or Besteriza Bestercza or Besteriza Lat. Bistricia is a small but very neat City which stands in a very large Plain upon a River of its own Name 80 Miles N. W. of Hermanstadt IX Newmark Newmark Lat. Nova Marchia called Waverhely by the Hungarians is seated on the River Merish at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains 36 Miles N. E. of Clausenburg The States of Transilvania usually meet here Article III. Podolia Bounds POdolia is a great Province of Poland in Lithuania between Moldavia to the S. Black Russia to the W. Volhinia to the N. and the Tartars of Oczakow to the E. This Province is very fertile but has been often wasted by the Inroads of the Tartars and Cossacks and is now the Theatre of the War between the Poles and the Turks It 's usually divided into the Higher Podolia that lyes to the West wherein are the Cities of Kaminieck and Bar and into the Lower which lyes to the East and has in it the City of Bracklaw I. Kaminieck Bish Cap. Kaminieck or Caminieck Lat. Camenecia Clepidava or Camienicum is a very strong Town and the Capital of Podolia The Poles call it Kaminieck Podeleki It is a Bishop's See under the Archbishoprick of Lemberg and stands upon a Mountain by the River Smortzyck which a little lower falls into the Niester The Turks very often attempted this Place without success but it having suffered much by Fire in 1669. and being thereupon Besieged by them in 1672. it was taken the Poles being then Engaged in a Civil War amongst themselves and the Town in an ill condition of Defence The Cossacks under Motula blocked it up in April 1687. and the Polish Army designed to Attack it in September following but upon the approach of the Ottoman Forces they were both of them forced to retire The Polish