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
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
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
Papal Scutcheon which is Gules consists of a long Cap or Head-piece Or surmounted with a Cross pearled and garnished with three Royal Crowns with the two Keys of St. Peter placed in Saltier Boniface the Eighth was the first that wore the Tiara with a double Crown and Vrban the Fifth made it triple in the form of a Cap adorned with a triple circle of Gold for some Mystery that is contained in it They call it the Regnum because it denotes the dignity and power of Priest and Emperour The Popes never wear it on their heads in doing their Office it may be upon the Altar but they make use of Miters the Tiara serves but at the Coronation of the Pope and other Solemnities going and returning from the Church It was typified by that of the great Priest of the Hebrews of which Josephus says that it was called Aurea Corona Pontificis in triplicem fabricata seriem No Pope in his Exaltation has dar'd to take the name of Peter through respect to the first Vicar of Jesus Christ The ordinary place of Residence of the Popes is Rome pleasantly watered with the River Tiber which divides it into two unequal parts The day of their Coronation the Master of Ceremonies kneeling on the ground burns Flax in their presence and says to them thrice with a loud voice Pater Sancte sic transit gloria Mundi Holy Father behold the continuance of this fire thus passes the glory of this world It is reported that they say to them also in this Ceremony Non videbis dies Petri that is to say Peter lived twenty five years you will not live so long And in reality it is observ'd that since S. Peter no Pope has ever passed twenty five years in his soveraign Pastorship whether he were elected young or old Adrian the First and St. Sylvester the First Romans and Vrban the Eighth a Florentine came nearest to it Adrian hold the Government of the Church twenty three years ten months and seventeen days the other two about twenty two years each and then they were fain to leave the World Vrban the Eighth was of the Noble Family of the Barbarins As soon as Innocent was rais'd to the supreme dignity of the Apostleship he resolv'd on twenty eight Articles of Reformation which were sign'd by all the Cardinals and he caused a Consistorial Bull to be made of these Orders that the Popes his Successors might not so easily derogate from them His most Christian Majesty having been well inform'd from a long time of his merit desired his Election though he were a natural Subject to the King of Spain His Holiness lessen'd above half of the Officers and Domesticks belonging to the Houshold of the last soveraign Pastors Being made acquainted that the Venetians had made choice of four Embassadours of Obedience to come and complement him according to custom he signified to the Senate that he dispenc'd with their Civility and thankt them for having admitted his House amongst the number of the Nobles of Venice He sent to the King of Poland sums of Money to maintain the War against the Turks and Tartars and assisted that Kingdom with his own Purse even before his Exaltation and daily does surprizing and admirable things It 's a truth known at Rome that Benedict Odescalchi during his Cardinalship often threw Purses of Money in cognito into houses of persons in want A Gentleman of Liege having been robb'd and desiring his assistance in his necessity he gave him a Bill to receive 4000 Crowns having first told him that he had seen him somewhere The Gentleman thinking that he should not be paid so great a sum presented him the Bill to know whether his Eminency had not mistaken in writing it he answered him You will be readily paid it and do not divulge what I have done I wish I could do somewhat more The 19th of October 1679. his Holiness held a Consistory where he gave in charge to the Cardinals Barberin Cibo Ottoboni and Albritio to inform themselves aright of the desert of persons to be raised to the Episcopal dignity and exhorted Princes who have the Nomination to Prelateships to present persons endowed with Pastoral qualities The 4th of December 1676. his Holiness caus'd a Bull of Vniversal Jubile to be publisht in Rome at the entrance of his Pontificate in which he gave fifteen days for obtaining it on condition that they should pray to God to grant his Person all necestary assistances for the well-government of the Holy Catholick Church and that they should beg also that he would inspire Christian Princes to live in good peace and concord and what else is exprest in the Bull because at Rome they gain the Jubile before it be sent into the States of other Christian Princes Innocent the Eleventh sent the Bull of the great Jubile into France and elsewhere which continued two Months in the Diocess of Paris which received these two Jubiles at the same time Clement the Tenth his Predecessor granted to the faithful three universal Jubiles the first was at his coming to his Pontificate the second in savour of the Polanders to implore the Divine Assistance against the Turks the third was the great Jubile of the Holy year fixt and ordinary which happens now from twenty five years to twenty five years The Fourth of January 1677 the Body of Innocent the Tenth being taken up in St. Peters Church with the ordinary Ceremonies and carried into that of St. Agnes Innocent the Eleventh gave order for budding him a most magnificent Mausoleum The twenty fifth of February of the same year his Holiness made an exhortation in the Apostolick Palace to all the Curats of the City of Rome concerning the necessity and indispensable duty of Teaching the People The Third of March he Blest and distributed the Ashes and heard Mass celebrated by Cardinal Ludovisio and the Sermon of one Father Theatin The Twelfth he Instructed the Preachers to preach the Gospel with simplicity and without far-sought Embellishments and in reality it 's a vain thing to study points of Wit and Flowers to adorn that which shines enough of it self Good Friday he heard the Sermon of the Passion of the Son of God which was made by the Father Recanati Capuchin The Ninth of November his Holiness caused the Corn to be seiz'd whereof some particular persons had made Magazines to sell it at an excessive rate and to make an advantage of the scarcity wherewith many places of Italy were afflicted his Holiness labouring for the comfort of the poor regulated its price and distribution after such a manner that drew publick Blessings upon him An. 1678. the Ninth of June the Pope made a Decree strictly forbidding the Prelates of the Congregation of Riti to take other fees in Canonizations than those specified by this Decree which much moderates the Charges that have been usually made in these Ceremonies The Ninth of July his Holiness received to his extream
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