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The late history of Europe being a narration of all remarkable actions and other various affairs, both civil and military, that have happened in the several kingdoms and republicks : from the Treaty at Nimiguen in anno 1676 to the conclusion of the late peace at Res-Wick in September 1697 : which makes up a history of one and twenty years : accuratly and succinctly abridg'd / by Captain David Kennendy.
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the Sword Which so terrified the Spaniards as they abandoned the Garisons of S' Felix Quinola and the Castle of St Elme On the 19 Noailles laid Seige to Gironue which tho they made a shew of resistance at first they surrendered on the 29. and on Ignominious Terms â—oo And presently after he took in the Towns of Ostralick and Castle Folet making all the Souldiers therein Prisoners of War SECT 3. Sect. 3 By this time Admiral Russel is gâ—t on the Coasts of Spain and down the Meattervanean couping up Tourvilie in his Harbour of Tholoun Admiral Russel in the Straitâ— from whence he attempted once to make his Escape but Russel watched him so narrowly as he drove him in to his Harbour again and leave we him there in souce for the rest of Winter till we see what is a doing in Germany where we find no great Matters Tourvills couped up in Thoulon by him for the Prince of Baden Commanding the Imperial Army and de Lorge the French the Latter passed the Rhine in Jure and marched towards Haiâ—bâ—on near which the Prince was encampâ—d who went out to meet him but at Lorg considering of it declined Fighting and marched towards Wilâ—â—ock the Prince pursues him and near â—â—â—s loâ—k a sharp skirmish happened between the French and Germanâ— wherein the former lost near three hundred and the latter half as many Both Armies moved again and marched towards Landau where there was great expectation of a full engagement but heavy Rains falling frustrated the design And so the Prince with his Army repassed the Rhine carrying away Fourteen thousand Cattle and destroying a vast quantity of Forrage in the Country and some Magazines of the French and herewith ended the Campaign on this side In Savoy there was nothing done this year worthy of Relation And as little in Hurgary for though the Turks were considerably stronger than the Imperialisls yet the Grand Visier could find no means to force Caprara the General to Fight nor durst he attack him in his Cump at Carlowitz So as on the 1st and 2d of October he drew off his Army and sent them into Winter Quarters and published Eight Causes very reasonable for so doing As to Affairs in Venice Venice Their Captain General and Doge Morosini dyed the 6th of January at Napoli de Romama Death of Morosini Doge of Venice and they made choice of Seigmor Zeno for Captain General in his place About the beginning of June General Delsino with Twelve thousand Foot and a thousand Horse landed on the 15 within a Mile of Ciclut General Delsino takes Ciclut and plying the Town horly with Cannon and Mortar and many sharp Assaults he made himself Master of the Town by the 21. of that Month. The Turks were so vexed at the loss of this place as they presently beseige it with Sixteen thousand men but the Garison Delsino left in it made so stout a defence as the Turkâ— after the loss of Two thousand Men were forced to raise the â—eige Cobluch yeilded to Delphino Soon after this Delphino took Cobluch after a Seige of 9 dayes only And on the 7th of September General Steinau Landed with an Army in the Island of Scio Scio yeilded to General Steinau and on the 9. he seised on the Suburbs of the City the next day he played on the Castle with four Cannon and four Mortars and set it on Fire in several parts and on the 14 they sprung a Mine the hideous noise whereof together with the havock the Bombs had made so terrified the defendents as presently they capitulate and surrendered on condition they should be transported safe into lesser Asia which was done accordingly SECT 4. Sect. 4 The Poles seemed still to be the faintest and slowest of the Allies Pole and tho they had Blockaded Camimeck last year Ta tars routed by the Poles at Caminice they could not find themselves strong enough to hinder the Tartars this year from releiving it with no less than Three hundred Waggons laden with all manner of provisions and guarded with Twenty thousand Tartartan Horse most of whom carryed a Sack of Corn behind them and ravaging all the Country about The Poles being enraged herewith fell upon them Killed Three thousand and drove the rest out of the Country and this was all they did this Summer Death of the Elector of Saxony This year on the 7th of May dyed the Elector of Saxony a young Prince and in the full vigour of his Age he dyed of the small Pox at Dresaan The King at his return from Flanders told his Parliament on the 20th of November that all Affairs both by Sea and Land were in a much better posture than when they parted last as in truth they were which gave a great satisfaction to all Queen Mary's Death But Alas That which happened soon after imbittered all our sweet Morsels for this fatal year made a Mournful conclusion by the Death of our most Gracious Soveraign Lady MARY Queen of great Britain France and Ireland who dyed of the small Pox at her Palace of Kinsungton on the 28 of December Many learned Pens have attemped a Character of Her though all came very short of Her Merit But very remarkable was that Answer of the Kings who knew Her best to the Bishop of Canterbury who went to Comfort Him on that great Loss Who saâ—d He could not chuse but Greive seing She had been His Wife for 17. years and yet He never knew Her guilty of an Indiscretion A general Greif for the Queens Death Hereon followed the Parliaments and the whole Nations Condolence of the King upon this great Loss and their Protestations to stand by Him against all opponents whatsoever both at Home and Abroad And if ever Addresses were unseigned and affectionat they were those made upon this occasion since it has been obvious to any Man of observation that that sad Providence did very much heighten Mens Affections to His Majestys Person which being before as it were divided between Him and that Beloved Princess were now entirely cemented into one and all concentered in Him CHAP. XX. An. 1695. SECT 1. Sect. 1 Notwithstanding the universal Sorrow occasioned by the Death of Our excellent Queen the Parliament went on effectually with their Work tending to the publick well and safety passing several Acts to that end and all agreeable to His Majesties Will and Desire Affairs in Flanders reqâ—iring the Kings speedy repair thither He was pleased before His Departure to appoint Lords Justices for the Administration of the Government during His Absence viz. The Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Lord Justices of England The Lord Keeper The Earl of Pembâ—ook The Duke of Devonshire The Duke of Shrew bury The Farl of Dorset and the Lord Godolphine And so on the 12 of May He departed for Holland Villeroy General of the French Armies after Luxemburgs Death The Famous Luxemburg Dying
THE LATE HISTORY OF EUROPE BEING A Narration of all remarkable Actions ' and other various Affairs both Civil and Military that have happened in the several Kingdoms and Republicks From the Treaty at Nimiguen in Anno 1676. To the Conclusion of the Late Peace at Res-Wick in September 1697. Which makes up a History of One and Twenty Years Accuratly and Succinctly Abridg'd BY Captain DAVID KENNEDY Frustra sit per plura quod aeque commode sieri potest per pauciora EDINBVRGH Printed by GEORGE MOSMAN and are to be sold at his Shop in the Parliament-Closs Anno 1698. TO THE KING Great SIR IT has been my Unhappiness to be Discharged of late though too soon from Your Majestie 's Service in a Military Capacity In which Sphere I have unerringly moved in the Service of the Royal Family even from my Childhood to this time Only after the Happy Revolution I served for some time in another Capacity for being turn'd out of the Late Kings Army in Ireland by Tirconnel as generally all Protestants were I retiered with my Family into Scotland And from thence I was remitted and ordered by the then Privy Council to reside at the head Quarter of the English Army with the Duke of Schomberg and to give account to the Council from time to time how all Affairs went in Ireland Which I did till Your Majestie 's Arrival in that Kingdom in June 1690. And by the same Authority I had the great Honour and Satisfaction of attending Your Majesty in the same Post thorow all that Campaign till Your Return to England And in my Reteirment this last Summer I happily met with The Late History of Europe Being A full Narration of all Memorable Transactions Both Civil and Military that have happened for Twenty one Years preceeding September 1697. The perusal of it pleased me so well As I thought it worth my time to Compendize it Which having accomplished I began to consisider to whom I should Dedicate my Puny Labours when reflecting on the whole Series of the History And finding WILLIAM HENRY by the Title of Prince of Orange for the first Twelve Years And the same WILLIAM by the more Splendid Title of KING of GREAT BRITAIN c. for the last Nine of the One and Twenty Years to be a person who had alwayes made an Eminent Figure amongst the greatest Neighbouring Princes and Potentats And been deeply interested in most of the Grand Affairs Treated of in the History Without any Hesitation I concluded the Dedication most properly and absolutely due to this most Illustrious WILLIAM SIR I must acknowledge it far above the rate of an ordinary Confidence my presuming to Address Your Majesty with so mean a Present But I am Animated thereto by what I have Read in Commendation of Alexander the Great who being presented with a small Basket of Fruit by a Poor Woman Generously accepted of it as a Testimony of her Real Kindness Supposing If she had any thing of greater value she would as freely have given it Now SIR As Your Majesty has alwayes Emulated if not Excell'd this great HERO in all Princely and Glorious Atcheivments So I hope with him You will Vouchafe to accept of this small Mite tendered by him who with the deepest Humilty and sincerest Affection Prostrats Himself and His all at Your Royal Footstool And who cannot affirm a greater Truth than that He is Great SIR Your Majestie 's Most Humble Faithful And Devoted Subject And Servant DAVID KENNEDY THE PREFACE WHEN I had perused and considered the late History of Europe I was so extremely pleased with it as I thought it worth my Labour to Extract all the most Important Transactions therein contained and have Sum'd them up breifly in the following Treatise And who ever will be at the pains to read it will therein find a Relation of so many various Occurrences as may afford him a pleasing Diversion and a great deal of Satisfaction But before He enter upon the Book I would have him take notice of a few things which I thought fit to Premise for his Satisfaction and my own Vindication 1st I have Varied quite from my Authors Stile which was impossible for me exactly to follow else my work had not been properly an Abridgement but a Transcription of the History so as I was necessitate to pick out of each Page or Paragraph what I found most Material and dress it up in such a homely Methode and Plain Language as my own Genius could Suggest 2ly Tho I have thus fail'd in the Forme I have not in the Main for I have with all possible care kept so closs to matter of Fact as in my Collections I have omitted nothing needful for the Readers Information in all notable Emergents whereof if any doubt I appeal to the Original 'T is true there are in the History some Prolix Declarations and Intricate Debares and Altercations at the Treaties at Nimeguen and Reswick with several other Excursions from the cheif design of the History which I have deliberatly omitted for tho I knew the perusal of them might be agreeable enough to the Curious and leasurely Reader yet the gratifying of such was not my cheif Aim but to give the Serious and Judicious a Comprehensive view of all Occurrences worthy of Observation or of a Room in Memory too large a share whereof such Circumstances would have Usurped had they been admitted Yet even in these I have not left the Reader altogether in the Dark for tho I have Contracted them I have not Totally exploded them but have given Him the Contents and such a Cursorie view of many of them as may lead Him to a Competent Apprehension of the whole 3ly I Observe the Author goes on in a continued Discourse only distinguishing by Paragraphs and those pretty large too not allowing the Intent Reader any time to Breath to ease him of this Fatigue I have divided the Treatise into Chapters one for each year Again I have Subdivided the Chapters into Sections and have placed on the Margent the Names of the Kingdoms and Countreys in order as their several Affaires are therein handled together with some other useful Marginal Notes And at the end of the Book I have placed an Index or Table of all the most Remarkable Passages which will readily direct to the Page where the same is Treated of And I presume this smal Peice may pretend to some Advantages over the Original not only on the preceeding account but on some other Considerations also As first 'T is of a smaller price which perhaps may bear somewhat with the Meaner sort or less Inquisitive 2ly 'T is of a lesser bulk and so more portable and useful either at Home or Abroad and any Gentleman may have it ready at hand to decide any Dispute that my happen in ordinary Conversation about matters contained in it and so end the Controversie 4ly Through the whole Series of the History I observe the Author doth manifest a