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<P>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE: BEING A <HI>Geographical</HI> and <HI>Hi&s;torical</HI> De&s;cription of tho&s;e Parts of EUROPE, which are mo&s;t Famous in this Pre&s;ent War, <HI>Viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>I. <HI>Flanders,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>II. The <HI>Rhine,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>III. <HI>Savoy,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>IV. <HI>Catalonia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>V. <HI>Hungary,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>VI. <HI>Greece.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>With an Account of the &s;everal Revolutions of tho&s;e Places, either by Conque&s;t or Treaties of Peace, particularly from the Treaty of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> in 1648. to this pre&s;ent time.</P>
<P>By <HI>A. BOYER,</HI> Gent.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>Tho. Salusbury,</HI> at the <HI>King's-Arms</HI> near St. <HI>Dun&s;tan</HI>'s Church in <HI>Fleet&s;treet.</HI> MDCXCIV.</P>
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<HEAD>The CONTENTS.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>SECT. <HI>I. Flanders.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>GEneral Divi&s;ion. <HI>p. 1.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chap. I. Of the <HI>Ne|therlands</HI> in General. <HI>p. 1.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chap. II. Of the <HI>Catho|lick Provinces</HI> or <HI>Flanders</HI> in general. <HI>p. 3.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>1.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Flanders. p. 6</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>2.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Brabant p. 22</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>3.</HI> Of the <HI>Marqui|&s;ate</HI> of the <HI>Holy Em|pire p. 35</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>4.</HI> Of the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Malines p. 37</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>5.</HI> Part of the Duke|dom of <HI>Gelderland p. 38</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>6.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Limburg p. 48</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>7.</HI> Of the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege p. 42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>8.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Namur p. 48</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>9.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Luxemburg p. 51</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>10.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Hainault p. 55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>11.</HI> Of <HI>Cambre&s;is. p. 63</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>12.</HI> Of <HI>Artois p. 65</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sect. II. The <HI>Rhine.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>Chap. I. De&s;cription of the River <HI>Rhine</HI> in general <HI>p. 73</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>1.</HI> Of <HI>Al&s;atia p. 75</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>2.</HI> The <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine p. 85</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>3.</HI> The Archbi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Mayence</HI> or <HI>Mentz p. 95</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>4.</HI> The Archbi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers p. 98</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>5.</HI> The Archbi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Cologne p. 102</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>6.</HI> The Succe&s;&s;ion of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers p. 108</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sect. III. The Duke of <HI>Sa|voy's</HI> Dominions.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Chap.</HI> 1. Savoy p. 121</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap.</HI> 2. Piedmont p. 132</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap.</HI> 3. <HI>County of</HI> Nice p. 146</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap.</HI> 4. Montferrat p. 149</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sect. IV.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Catalonia p. 153</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>1.</HI> De&s;cription of the Places of Note under the <HI>Spaniards p. 156</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Art. <HI>2. Catalonia</HI> be|longing to the <HI>French p. 162</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sect. V. <HI>Hungary.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 1. Hungary p. 166</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 2. Tran&s;ylvania p. 190</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 3. Podolia p. 194</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 4. Moldavia p. 196</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 5. Walachia p. 198</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 6. Bulgaria p. 200</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 7. Servia p. 202</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 8. Ra&s;cia p. 205</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 7. Bo&s;nia p. 207</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 10. Sclavonia p. 209</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 11. Croatia p. 212</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Art.</HI> 12. Dalmatia p. 214</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Sect. VI.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Greece p. 223</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap I.</HI> Albania p. 227</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. II.</HI> Epirus p. 230</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. III.</HI> Macedon p. 232</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. IV.</HI> The&s;&s;aly p. 235</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. V.</HI> Achaia p. 238</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. VI.</HI> Morea p. 245</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chap. VII. Of the I&s;lands about</HI> Greece p. 262</ITEM>
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<DIV1 TYPE="errata">
<HEAD>ERRATA.</HEAD>
<P>PAge 4 l. 1 read <HI>Graveline,</HI> p. 33 l. 7 r. <HI>Neerlanden,</HI> p. 65 r. <HI>Art.</HI> XII. p. 134 l. 20 r. <HI>Ma&s;&s;eran.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
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<HEAD>SECT. I.</HEAD>
<P>THE Places of <HI>Europe</HI> which are now mo&s;t famous for Great Actions and Warlike Exploits may be reduced to &s;ix, <HI>viz</HI> 1. <HI>Flanders.</HI> 2. The <HI>Cour&s;e</HI> of the <HI>Rhine.</HI> 3. <HI>Savoy</HI> and <HI>Piedmont.</HI> 4. <HI>Catalonia.</HI> 5. <HI>Hungary.</HI> 6. And <HI>Greece.</HI> I &s;hall begin with <HI>Flanders</HI> be|cau&s;e it is the mo&s;t remarkable of them all, as being the Field where our Glorious Monarch has &s;o often &s;ignaliz'd his Conduct and Bravery at the Head of our Gallant <HI>Engli&s;hmen.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><HI>CHAP. I.</HI> Of the XVII. Provinces or Netherlands in general.</HEAD>
<P>THe&s;e Provinces were known to the Romans under the Name<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> of <HI>Belgium,</HI> at pre&s;ent they are called, &s;ometimes, <HI>Low-Countries,</HI> &s;ometimes <HI>Netherlands,</HI> and &s;ometimes, <HI>Lower Germany,</HI> from their Si|tuation on the lower part of the <HI>Rhine.</HI></P>
<P>They are bounded on the South with <HI>France,</HI> on the Ea&s;t with <HI>Germany,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> on the North and We&s;t with the <HI>Ocean.</HI></P>
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<P>Their extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> 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 &s;omewhat Triangular; being in length from the Northe&s;t parts of <HI>Gro|ningen,</HI> to the South parts of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> 264 miles; and in breadth from the We&s;t parts of <HI>Artois</HI> to the Ea&s;t parts of <HI>Lux|emburg</HI> 192 miles.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE>They are divided into XVII Provinces, which are,
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<ITEM>IV. Dukedoms, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM><HI>Brabant.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Limburg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Luxemburg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gelderland.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>VII. Counties, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM><HI>Holland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zealand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zutphen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Flanders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Artois.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hainault.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Namur.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>I. Marqui&s;ate of the <HI>Holy Empire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>V. Lord&s;hips or Ba|ronies, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM><HI>Mechlin</HI> or <HI>Malines.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>&V;trecht.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Over-I&s;&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Frie&s;land.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Groningen.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>To which we may add the Archbi&s;hoprik of <HI>Cambray,</HI> and the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege,</HI> which are inclo&s;ed in them.</P>
<P>The&s;e Provinces were fir&s;t Conquered by the <HI>Ro|mans,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> afterwards by the <HI>French,</HI> and then divided into &s;everal Governments depending on the Crown of <HI>France,</HI> till the year 1305. reduced to one by <HI>Philip</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy</HI> (of which hou&s;e is the King of <HI>Spain</HI>) Then they pa&s;&s;ed to the Crown of <HI>Spain</HI> by <HI>Mary Henrietta</HI> Heire&s;s of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Burgundy.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> the Vth (having gotten from <HI>Francis</HI> I. King of <HI>France,</HI> his Pri&s;oner at <HI>Ma|drid</HI> a renunciation of the Old right the <HI>French</HI> had to <HI>Flan|ders</HI>) was &s;ole Ma&s;ter of the&s;e Provinces; But in the year 1581. &s;ome of them openly revolted from <HI>Philip</HI> II. his Son,
<PB N="3" REF="4"> King of <HI>Spain,</HI> having two years before made their <HI>&V;nion</HI> at <HI>&V;trecht</HI> to &s;ecure them&s;elves from the Cruelties and Barba|rous u&s;age of the Duke of <HI>Alva</HI> their Governour. Since that, there are in the <HI>Netherlands</HI> two very different <HI>States;</HI> the one is a Republick called the <HI>&V;nited Provinces</HI> or <HI>Holland,</HI> (from the chief of them) The other belongs to the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> under the name of <HI>Catholick-Provinces</HI> or <HI>Flanders</HI> (the principal of them) but is po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed partly by the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> partly by the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> and partly by the <HI>French,</HI> as you &s;hall &s;ee in its proper place.</P>
<P>The <HI>&V;nited Provinces</HI> are eight in number, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<ITEM>1. The County of <HI>Holland.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The County of <HI>Zealand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Barony of <HI>&V;trecht.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The Dukedom of <HI>Gelderland</HI> in part.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The County of <HI>Zutphen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. The Barony of <HI>Over-I&s;&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. The Barony of <HI>Groningen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>8. The Barony of <HI>We&s;t-Frie&s;land.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The&s;e Provinces being not, as yet, the Seat of War, 'twould be beyond my purpo&s;e to &s;ay any thing more of them, and therefore I pa&s;s to the <HI>Catholick-Provinces.</HI></P>
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<HEAD><HI>CHAP. II.</HI> Of the <HI>Catholick-Provinces</HI> or <HI>Flanders</HI> in general.</HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Spani&s;h Netherlands,</HI> or the nine <HI>Catholick Provinces,</HI> commonly called by the general name<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> of <HI>Flanders,</HI> (the principal of the&s;e Provin|ces,) including the two Fees of the Empire, <HI>viz.</HI> the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Cambray,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> and the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege,</HI> are bounded on the North with the <HI>Ocean</HI> and the <HI>&V;nited Provinces;</HI> On the We&s;t or, North-We&s;t, with the <HI>Ocean:</HI> On the South and South-We&s;t with <HI>France:</HI> and on the Ea&s;t with <HI>Germany.</HI> Their Extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> South and North is about 140 miles, from <HI>Thionville</HI> in <HI>Luxemburg</HI> to <HI>Boi&s;leduc</HI> in <HI>Brabant,</HI> and
<PB N="4" REF="5"> about 150 We&s;t and Ea&s;t, from <HI>Gravelins</HI> in <HI>Flanders</HI> to <HI>Aix la Chapelle</HI> on the confines of the Dukedom of <HI>Juliers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Flanders</HI> is generally one of the be&s;t and mo&s;t plentiful Countries in the World;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> extremely Po|pulous and full of excellent Towns and Villages; its Air is good; its Soil mo&s;t Fertile; the People good na|tured, hardy and laborious. This Countrey was once &s;o very rich,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Riches.</NOTE> that the King of <HI>Spain</HI>'s Reve|nues from thence, when he had all, was greater than any Prince in Chri&s;tendom, the King of <HI>France</HI> except|ed; but at pre&s;ent the charge of keeping is much greater than the Revenues. The &s;trength<NOTE PLACE="marg">Strength.</NOTE> of the&s;e parts is ve|ry great; but its be&s;t and &s;tronge&s;t places are in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>French;</HI> and for a long time the <HI>Spaniards</HI> have not been able to keep tho&s;e they have &s;till, without the help either of the <HI>Engli&s;h, Dutch</HI> or <HI>Branden|burghers.</HI></P>
<P>The Traffick<NOTE PLACE="marg">Traffick.</NOTE> in <HI>Flanders</HI> has been always very great, but now nothing &s;o much as formerly, by rea&s;on of the prodigious increa&s;e of the <HI>&V;nited Provinces</HI> in the&s;e late years. It chiefly con&s;i&s;ts of &s;everal &s;orts of Manufactures, as rich Tape&s;tries, fine Camlets, Ser|ges, coloured Says, Mock Velvets, great quantities of fine Linnen, Damasks, Cambricks, Taffaties, Points, Laces, and &s;triped Stuffs for Beds, which are tran&s;ported into many Countries; all &s;orts of Ribbons, Ba&s;tard Sattins, and many other things of this Nature, made at the Cities of <HI>Mons, Ghent, Bru&s;&s;els, Ypres, Lille, Bruges, Mechlin, Valenciennes,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>The Inhabitants<NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabitants.</NOTE> of the&s;e Provinces con&s;i&s;t of Flemmings, Walloons, Spaniards, with &s;ome intermixture of French, Dutch, and Engli&s;h, e&s;pecially at pre&s;ent. The Religion<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> among them is various, according to their &s;everal Na|tions. In tho&s;e places which are in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>Spaniards</HI> and <HI>French,</HI> that of the Roman Church is only pub|lickly allowed, and the Prote&s;tants tolerated out of Policy by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> only. On the contrary in tho&s;e places that belong to the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> the Prote&s;tant is only publickly ex|ercis'd, and the Popi&s;h &s;uffered in private. The Archbi&s;hop|ricks and Bi&s;hopricks are all Roman Catholick.</P>
<P>The Languages<NOTE PLACE="marg">Language.</NOTE> mo&s;t generally u&s;ed in the&s;e Parts are the <HI>Walloon</HI> and <HI>Flemmi&s;h;</HI> The Wal|loon
<PB N="5" REF="5"> is a corrupt French, &s;poken in <HI>Artois, Hainault, Namur, Luxemburg, French-Flanders,</HI> part of <HI>Brabant,</HI> and the Bi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Liege.</HI> The Flemmi&s;h or <HI>Low-Dutch,</HI> is a Dialect of the German, &s;poken in the <HI>Marqui&s;ate, Mechlin,</HI> part of <HI>Brabant, Flanders,</HI> and part of the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege.</HI> The Spani&s;h is al&s;o much in u&s;e among the King of <HI>Spain</HI>'s Subjects, and the French among the better &s;ort; The Ger|man has been lately introduced there by the <HI>Duke</HI> of <HI>Bavaria</HI> Governour of the <HI>Spani&s;h Netherlands.</HI></P>
<P>The Principal Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> in the&s;e Parts are the <HI>Maes</HI> or <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> and the <HI>Scheld</HI> or <HI>E&s;caut.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. The <HI>Maes</HI> Lat. <HI>Mo&s;a</HI> has its &s;ource in <HI>France</HI> near <HI>Mount de Vauge</HI> in the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Langres</HI> in <HI>Champagne,</HI> pa&s;&s;es through <HI>Charlemont, Bouvines, Dinant, Namur,</HI> (where it re|ceives the River <HI>Sambre) Liege, Mae&s;tricht, Venlo, Grave</HI> and <HI>Dort,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Wahal</HI> (a branch of the <HI>Rhine</HI>) near <HI>Hervoerden,</HI> where it takes the name of <HI>Merwe,</HI> and having form'd an I&s;land called <HI>Y&s;&s;elmonde</HI> near <HI>Dordrecht,</HI> runs into the <HI>Ocean.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The <HI>Scheld</HI> has its &s;ource in <HI>Picardy</HI> a Province of <HI>France,</HI> and having wa&s;h'd the Towns of <HI>Cambray, Valenciennes, Tournay, Ghent,</HI> and <HI>Antwerp;</HI> and embraced the I&s;land of <HI>Zealand,</HI> it falls into the Ocean big with the Waters of the Rivers, <HI>Lys, Lieve, Dendre</HI> and <HI>Rupel.</HI></P>
<P>In the&s;e Provinces are two Archbi&s;hopricks,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Archbi&s;hop|ricks.</HI> 2.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Cambray</HI> and <HI>Mechlin;</HI> and eleven Bi&s;hop|ricks,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Bi&s;hopricks.</HI> 11.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Antwerp, Boi&s;leduc, Bruges, Ghent, Ruremond</HI> and <HI>Ypres,</HI> under <HI>Mechlin; Namur, Arras,</HI> St. <HI>Omers,</HI> and <HI>Tourney</HI> under <HI>Cambray;</HI> and <HI>Leige</HI> under <HI>Cologne</HI> in <HI>Germany.</HI> Here are al&s;o 155 Cities or Walled Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Towns</HI> 155.</NOTE> be&s;ides tho&s;e in <HI>Cambray</HI> and part of <HI>Gelderland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Chief City.</NOTE> (and 6867 Villages,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Villages</HI> 6867.</NOTE> be&s;ides the Ca&s;tles, Forts and Noble Mens Hou&s;es which are almo&s;t innumerable. The Chief City of the whole is <HI>Antwerp,</HI> but <HI>Bru&s;&s;el</HI> is now adays the mo&s;t remarkable, being the &s;eat of the Spani&s;h Governour. The Chief City of the French is <HI>Mons;</HI> of the Hollanders, <HI>Boi&s;ledue</HI> or <HI>Mae&s;tricht;</HI> and of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Liege, Liege.</HI></P>
<P>The Government<NOTE PLACE="marg">Government.</NOTE> of this Country belongs by right to the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> but at pre&s;ent they have only the <HI>Marqui&s;ate, Mechlin,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Spani&s;h.</NOTE> about 3 quar|ters of <HI>Brabant,</HI> nigh half of <HI>Limburg</HI> and <HI>Flan|ders,</HI> a quarter of <HI>Hainault,</HI> with &s;ome of <HI>Gelderland.</HI> The <HI>French</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="6"> have <HI>Artois, Cambray, Luxemburg, Namur,</HI> three quarters of <HI>Hainault,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">French.</NOTE> nigh half of <HI>Flanders,</HI> and a quarter of the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege.</HI> The <HI>Hol|landers</HI> have above half of <HI>Limburg,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Dutch.</NOTE> above a quarter of <HI>Brabant,</HI> a &s;ixth part of <HI>Flanders,</HI> and a &s;mall part of the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege.</HI> The Bi&s;hop of <HI>Liege</HI> has above half of that Province.</P>
<P><HI>Flanders</HI> comprehending the <HI>Cambre&s;is</HI> the Country of <HI>Liege,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> and part of <HI>Gelderland</HI> is di|vided into twelve parts, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The County of <HI>Flanders Ghent</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Dukedom of <HI>Brabant Bru&s;&s;el</HI> Capital.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Marqui&s;at of the <HI>Holy Empire Antwerp</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The Lord&s;hip of <HI>Mechlin Mechlin</HI> Archbp.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Part of the Dukedom of <HI>Gelderland Gelders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. The Dukedom of <HI>Limburg Limburg</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. The Country of <HI>Liege Liege</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. The County of <HI>Namur Namur</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. The Dukedom of <HI>Luxemburg Luxemburg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>10. The County of <HI>Hainault Mons</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>11. The <HI>Cambre&s;is Cambray</HI> Archbp.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12. The County of <HI>Artois Arras</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<P><HI>Article I.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Flanders</HI> properly &s;o called <HI>Co|mitatus Flandriae.</HI></P>
<P><HI>FLanders</HI> is the fir&s;t County of the <HI>Low Coun|tries,</HI> and the mo&s;t con&s;iderable and noble in all Chri&s;tendom; &s;ome derive its Name<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> from <HI>Flandrina,</HI> Wife to <HI>Lideric</HI> II. Prince of <HI>Buc</HI> and great Fo|re&s;ter of <HI>Flanders,</HI> who governed it under <HI>Charlemaigne,</HI> and <HI>Lewis</HI> the <HI>Debonair.</HI> Others fetch it from <HI>Flambert</HI> Nephew to <HI>Clodion</HI> King of <HI>France,</HI> who having married <HI>Ble&s;inda</HI> Daugh|ter to <HI>Gol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">uerus</HI> King of the <HI>Ruthinians,</HI> drove the <HI>Romans</HI> out of the <HI>Belgick Gaul.</HI></P>
<P>This Province borders on the North, the Ocean and the Mouth of the <HI>Scheld,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> (called the <HI>Hont</HI>)
<PB N="7" REF="6"> that divides it from <HI>Zealand.</HI> On the We&s;t, the Ocean and part of <HI>Artois.</HI> On the South, <HI>Artois</HI> and <HI>Hainault.</HI> And on the Ea&s;t, part of <HI>Hainault</HI> and <HI>Brabant.</HI></P>
<P>It is extended South and North about 66 miles,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and near as much We&s;t and Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>It is a very fine and rich Country;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> mo&s;t plen|tiful in Corn and Pa&s;tures; it has Fi&s;h in abun|dance affords Kine and Warlike Hor&s;es. There are in it 28 or 30 Walled Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Towns.</NOTE> and &s;ome others of no &s;mall con&s;ideration; 1154 Villages;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Villages.</NOTE> 48 Ab|beys,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Abbeys.</NOTE> and a great number of Priories,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Priories.</NOTE> Colledges<NOTE PLACE="marg">Colledges.</NOTE> and Mona&s;teries.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mona&s;terys.</NOTE> It is in mo&s;t places &s;o populous that the Spaniards who followed <HI>Phillip</HI> II. in <HI>Flanders</HI> were u&s;ed to &s;ay that the whole was but one City. It has five Vi&s;counties, <HI>viz. Ghent,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Vi&s;counts.</NOTE> <HI>Ypres, Furnes, Wynoxberg</HI> and <HI>Haerlbeck;</HI> 3. Prin|cipalities,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Principali|ties.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Steenhuy&s;e, Gavre</HI> and <HI>Epinoy.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ports.</NOTE> 4. Famous Sea-ports, <HI>viz. Dunkirk, Newport, O&s;tend,</HI> and <HI>Sluys.</HI> And 31 <HI>Chattelenies</HI> or Ca&s;telan&s;hips.</P>
<P>This Province was heretofore governed by Earls, which did Homage to the King of <HI>France,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> as did al&s;o <HI>Philip</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> after that <HI>Flanders</HI> was fallen to him by marrying <HI>Margaret</HI> Daughter of <HI>Lewis Malatin,</HI> Earl of <HI>Flanders</HI> in 1369. pa&s;&s;ing afterwards into the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> by the Marriage of <HI>Mary</HI> Daughter and Heire&s;s of <HI>Charle les hardy</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> to <HI>Maxi|milian</HI> Emperor of <HI>Germany. Charles</HI> V. (as we have already hinted) when he took <HI>Francis</HI> I. Pri&s;oner, in the Battel of <HI>Pavia</HI> in <HI>Italy,</HI> enfranchis'd it from that &s;ervitude. But af|terwards in King <HI>Philip</HI> II's time, it was extreamly curtail'd and harra&s;s'd, which made many of the inhabitants retire in|to <HI>England,</HI> and this did not only depopulate it, but impove|ri&s;h'd it con&s;iderably, by carrying away a great part of its Trade. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> revolting at the &s;ame time, added to its Calamities by a War of 40 years continuance, and the <HI>French</HI> have of late made great Deva&s;tations in it.</P>
<PB N="8" REF="7">
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD>A Chronological Succe&s;&s;ion of the Earls of <HI>Flanders.</HI></HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>Years of our Lord.</HI></CELL>
<CELL ROLE="label"><HI>Gov.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1. <HI>BAldwin</HI> I. Iron&s;ide.</CELL>
<CELL>860</CELL>
<CELL>17 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2. <HI>Baldwin</HI> II. the Bald.</CELL>
<CELL>878</CELL>
<CELL>40 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3. <HI>Arnold</HI> I. the Great.</CELL>
<CELL>918</CELL>
<CELL>45 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>(<HI>Baldwin</HI> III. the young)</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4. <HI>Arnold</HI> II. the young</CELL>
<CELL>963</CELL>
<CELL>26 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5. <HI>Baldwin</HI> IV.</CELL>
<CELL>989</CELL>
<CELL>45 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>6. <HI>Baldwin</HI> V. of <HI>Lile.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1034</CELL>
<CELL>33 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>7. <HI>Baldwin</HI> VI. of <HI>Mons.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1067</CELL>
<CELL>3 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>8. <HI>Arnold</HI> III. the Unfortunate.</CELL>
<CELL>1070</CELL>
<CELL>1 year.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>9. <HI>Robert</HI> I. the Frie&s;lander</CELL>
<CELL>1071</CELL>
<CELL>22 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10. <HI>Robert</HI> II. of <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1093</CELL>
<CELL>18 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>11. <HI>Baldwin</HI> VII. <HI>Hapeule</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1111</CELL>
<CELL>7 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>12. <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Good</HI> of <HI>Denmark</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1118</CELL>
<CELL>9 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>13. <HI>William</HI> the Norman or the Cliton.</CELL>
<CELL>1127</CELL>
<CELL>1 year. 4 M.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>14. <HI>Thierry</HI> of <HI>Al&s;atia</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1128</CELL>
<CELL>40 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15. <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Al&s;atia</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1168</CELL>
<CELL>23 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>16. <HI>Baldwin</HI> VIII. the Brave</CELL>
<CELL>1197</CELL>
<CELL>4 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>17. <HI>Baldwin</HI> IX. Emperor of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1195</CELL>
<CELL>11 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>18. <HI>Joan</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1206</CELL>
<CELL>38 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>19. <HI>Margaret</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1244</CELL>
<CELL>31 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>William</HI> of <HI>Bourbon Dampiere.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>20. <HI>Gay Dampierre</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1275</CELL>
<CELL>30 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>21. <HI>Robert</HI> III. of <HI>Bethune</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1305</CELL>
<CELL>17 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Lewis.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>22. <HI>Lewis</HI> II. of <HI>Creci</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1322</CELL>
<CELL>24 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>23. <HI>Lewis</HI> III. <HI>Malatin</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1346</CELL>
<CELL>38 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>24. <HI>Margaret</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1384</CELL>
<CELL>20 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>France.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>25. <HI>John</HI> the Undaunted, or <HI>Sans Peur</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1404</CELL>
<CELL>15 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>26. <HI>Philip</HI> the Good</CELL>
<CELL>1419</CELL>
<CELL>48 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>27. <HI>Charles le Hardi</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1467</CELL>
<CELL>10 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>28. <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Burgundy</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1477</CELL>
<CELL>5 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Maximilian</HI> Emperor.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>29. <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1482</CELL>
<CELL>24 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>30. <HI>Charles</HI> V. Emperor</CELL>
<CELL>1505</CELL>
<CELL>49 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB N="9" REF="7">
<ROW>
<CELL>31. <HI>Philip</HI> II. King of <HI>Spain</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1555</CELL>
<CELL>43 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>32. <HI>Elizabeth-Clara-Eugenia</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1598</CELL>
<CELL>38 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>33. <HI>Philip</HI> IV. King of <HI>Spain</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1636</CELL>
<CELL>29 years.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>34. <HI>Charles</HI> II. King of <HI>Spain</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1665</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P>The Chief Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> are</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Scheld</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Tournay, Oudenard, Ghent</HI> and <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and &s;oon after falls into the Sea.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Lys,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Armentiers</HI> and <HI>Courtray</HI> and falls into the <HI>Scheld</HI> at <HI>Ghent.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Dender,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Geersberg, Nienove,</HI> and <HI>Ael&s;t,</HI> and ca&s;ts its Waters into the <HI>Scheld</HI> at <HI>Dendermond.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Scharp</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Doway</HI> and St. <HI>Amand,</HI> and then di&s;charges it&s;elf into the <HI>Scheld.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Flanders</HI> is commonly divided in three,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Flemi&s;h-Flanders,</HI> or <HI>Flammingant,</HI> where the Country Language is &s;poken; it is extended from the North Sea to the River <HI>Lys.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>French-Flanders</HI> or <HI>Gallican,</HI> where <HI>French</HI> is mo&s;t in u&s;e; it lies on the South of <HI>Flammingant,</HI> and on the North of <HI>Cambre&s;is,</HI> and borders the <HI>Scheld</HI> on the Ea&s;t and <HI>Lys</HI> on the We&s;t.</P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Imperial-Flanders</HI> which lies between the <HI>Scheld</HI> and the <HI>Dender,</HI> and comprehends the County of <HI>Alo&s;t,</HI> and the four <HI>Offices</HI> which formerly belong'd to the Emperor.</P>
<P><HI>Flanders</HI> is al&s;o divided into, <HI>Teutonick, Walloon, Imperial</HI> and <HI>Dutch.</HI> The fir&s;t lies between the Sea and the <HI>Lys.</HI> The &s;econd between the <HI>Lys</HI> and the <HI>Scheld.</HI> The third between the two others. And the fourth on the North of them all.</P>
<P>But now adays it is u&s;ually divided into three parts, ac|cording to its Ma&s;ters, <HI>viz.</HI> the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> the <HI>French,</HI> and the <HI>Dutch,</HI> as you may &s;ee in the following Table.</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Spani&s;h-Flanders</HI> in which the mo&s;t re|markable places are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Ghent.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bruges.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>O&s;tend.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Newport.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Oudenard.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Alo&s;t</HI> or <HI>Ael&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ninove.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P N="2"><PB N="10" REF="8">2. <HI>French-Flanders</HI> in which are
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Lille</HI> or <HI>Ri&s;&s;el.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ypres.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tournay.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dunkirk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Graveling.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wynoxberg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Courtray.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Doway.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Furnes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dixmude.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Orchies.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Amand.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Armentiers.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Dutch-Flanders.</HI> in which are
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sluys.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sas van Ghent.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ardenburg.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>De&s;cription of the Chief Towns in <HI>Flanders.</HI></HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Chief Towns belonging to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Ghent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>GHent</HI> or <HI>Gaunt,</HI> in Latin, <HI>Gandae aut Ganda|vum aut Gandavium,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Gand.</NOTE> is one of the large&s;t Cities in Europe, being &s;even Miles in compa&s;s within the Walls. They give out, that it was founded by <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar</HI> in a very Commodious place for Trading, <HI>viz.</HI> on the Confluent of four con&s;iderable Rivers, (the <HI>Scheld,</HI> the <HI>Lys,</HI> the <HI>Moer,</HI> and the <HI>Leye</HI>) which run through it, and di|vide it into 26 I&s;lands which are joined together with as ma|ny great Bridges, and 72 little ones. It is well Walled and Trenched about, and the private Buildings for the mo&s;t part fair and &s;tately. There are a great many Water and Wind-Mills; Seven Churches, and 55 Mona&s;teries or Ho&s;pitals. Several Market-places, of which that of <HI>Fryday</HI>'s has no equal in Europe. The Ca&s;tle, which is the Princes Palace, con|tains
<PB N="11" REF="8"> as many Rooms as there are Days in the Year, there the Wooden Cradle of <HI>Charles</HI> V. is &s;till to be &s;een. The Cathedral is a mo&s;t Magnificent Building, and the Tow|er <HI>Bell-fort</HI> is above 400 &s;teps high. The Town-hou&s;e is al|&s;o worth taking notice of. The Cittadel con&s;i&s;ts of four re|gular Ba&s;tions, but it lies not &s;o very convenient as many others in the&s;e parts. This City is the &s;eat of the Parliament or Provincial Court of <HI>Flanders;</HI> yet one may appeal from it to that of <HI>Mechlin,</HI> which judges without further appeal. The Trade of this City con&s;i&s;ts chiefly in Cloths, Stuffs and Silks of which there are &s;o great quantity made, that among the 50 Companies of Trade&s;men, tho&s;e relating to Commo|dities of this Nature make one third. It &s;tands about twelve Miles from the Sea; 27 miles South We&s;t of <HI>Antwerp;</HI> 30 North We&s;t of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els;</HI> 94 South of <HI>Am&s;terdam;</HI> 154 North Ea&s;t of <HI>Paris,</HI> and 160 Ea&s;t of <HI>London;</HI> Long. 22 d. 58 m. Lat. 51. d. 6. m.</P>
<P>Fifty thou&s;and Inhabitants of this City, under the Stan|dard of <HI>Gaunt,</HI> have formerly been formidable to the neigh|bouring States, and their Princes them&s;elves, in the Reigns of <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Valois</HI> and <HI>Charles</HI> VI. Kings of <HI>France.</HI> In 1539. they revolted from the Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. and would have put them&s;elves under the protection of <HI>Francis</HI> I. King of <HI>France,</HI> who not only refu&s;ed their offer, but gave the Empe|ror free pa&s;&s;age thro' his Dominions into the <HI>Low-Countries.</HI> The Emperor having reduced them to obedience, put to Death 30 of the principal Burge&s;&s;es, and bani&s;h'd a great number; took from them their Artillery, Arms, and Privi|ledges, and built a Cittadel to curb them for the future.</P>
<P>This City was inve&s;ted by the <HI>French</HI> King's orders the fir&s;t of <HI>March</HI> 1678. On the fourth the King in Per&s;on came be|fore it. The be&s;ieged to no purpo&s;e cut their Dikes, and drowned part of the Country, for the King lodged his Forces, and pre&s;&s;ed &s;o vigorou&s;ly the Siege, that on the 9th of the &s;ame month the Town and Cittadel were both carried. It was re&s;tored to the Spaniards about four Months after by the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Bruges.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bruges</HI> or <HI>Bruggen</HI> Lat. <HI>Bruga</HI> and <HI>Brugae,</HI> is &s;cituated in a great Plain within eight or nine miles of the Sea, upon the Canal called <HI>Reye,</HI> which being divided into &s;everal Naviga|ble
<PB N="12" REF="9"> Torrents runs in divers places of the City, and afterwards the&s;e join in the &s;ame Canal which goes to the <HI>Sluce.</HI> But this la&s;t belonging to the Hollanders the Inhabitants of <HI>Bruges</HI> about 40 years ago made a new Canal which goes to <HI>O&s;tend,</HI> that is but about three Leagues from it, and the Tide mount|ing above half way, it bears Ships of 400 Tuns to <HI>Bruges,</HI> which maintains a &s;tanding Trade there. Yet it flouri&s;hed more in former days, before Merchants had bethought of retiring to <HI>Antwerp.</HI> Pope <HI>Paul</HI> IV. erected <HI>Bruges</HI> into a Bi&s;hoprick &s;uf|fragant of <HI>Malines</HI> in 1559, and <HI>Peter Curtius</HI> was the fir&s;t Pre|late of it. This is one of the greate&s;t and beautifulle&s;t Ci|ties of <HI>Flanders,</HI> fortified with good Ditches, great Ramparts, and &s;trong Walls. The publick Buildings are very &s;umptuous, the Streets large and &s;trait, with &s;everal fine Places, and chiefly that of the Market, whereat &s;ix great Streets begin that lead in a &s;trait line to the &s;ix principal Gates of the City. There are &s;even Pari&s;h Churches. The Cathedral is that of St. <HI>Do|nat</HI> or <HI>Donatian.</HI> The Provo&s;t of this Collegial Church was born Pre&s;ident in the Court called St. <HI>Donat</HI> and hereditary Chancellor of <HI>Flanders,</HI> but this dignity has been united to the Epi&s;copal Title, and the Bi&s;hop enjoys the priviledge now. Be&s;ides St. <HI>Donat</HI> there are the Collegial Churches of St. <HI>Salvator</HI> and <HI>Our Lady</HI> the Abbies of St. <HI>Andrew</HI> and <HI>Audemburg,</HI> and about 60 Religious Hou&s;es. At the &s;ide of the Cathedral is the Bi&s;hops Palace, and over again&s;t it is a great Market-place, where the Town-hou&s;e is, an ancient Building enriched with Figures, and divers curious pieces of Sculpture. The Ca&s;tle al&s;o de&s;erves to be &s;een. Ju&s;tice is rendred here by &s;ix Magi&s;trates, who all have a particular Juri&s;diction, <HI>viz.</HI> The City, the Frank, the Provo&s;t-&s;hip at pre&s;ent, the Bi&s;hoprick, the Court for Feodal Tenures, <HI>Zizleele</HI> and <HI>Manda&s;che.</HI> There is al&s;o the Water-hou&s;e with an admirable Machin to convey Water into all the quarters of the City. The <HI>Spaniards</HI> have a great Trade here in Wooll, Silk, Cotton, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> There are a great many Trade&s;men who make Fu&s;tians, Tape&s;tries, Cloths, and Stuffs, of Silk. They are divided into 68 Profe&s;&s;ions. This City had a &s;hare in the troubles of the <HI>Low-Countries</HI> during the Civil Wars. The <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> loo&s;ing <HI>Calais</HI> in 1558 removed the Staple for Wooll to <HI>Bruges,</HI> and that for &s;ome time pre&s;erved it from decaying. <HI>Philip</HI> I. King of <HI>Spain</HI> was born here in 1478. <HI>Bruges</HI> &s;tands 24 miles N. W. of <HI>Ghent</HI> 11. E. of <HI>O&s;tend.</HI> 34. N. E. of <HI>Dun|kirk,</HI> 40 W. of <HI>Antwerp</HI> Long. 22 d. 24. m. Lat. 51. d. 17. m.</P>
<PB N="13" REF="9">
<P>III. <HI>O&s;tend.</HI></P>
<P><HI>O&s;tend</HI> Lat. <HI>O&s;tenda</HI> is a Sea-port Town &s;eated in a Mar&s;h, at the Mouth of the River <HI>Guele,</HI> and among divers Channels; but is chiefly environ'd almo&s;t on all &s;ides by two of the great|e&s;t of them, into which Ships of the greate&s;t bulk may enter with the Tyde: it is very well fortified, having a &s;trong Rampart, a deep Ditch, and eight regular Ba&s;tions, its con|trived &s;o, that the Sea may be let in round the Town for a great &s;pace, which makes it much more &s;trong and defen&s;ible than before, and as it were impregnable. The Spaniards po&s;|&s;e&s;s no other Port in <HI>Flanders</HI> but this and <HI>Newport,</HI> and this being the mo&s;t con&s;iderable, they are making the Haven large, and have made a great Work in order to the carrying of their Ships over into that Cut which goes from <HI>O&s;tend</HI> to <HI>Bruges,</HI> out of their Harbour by the means of a very great Lock or recep|tacle of Water which communicates with both. The Town &s;tands low, but the &s;treets are &s;treight, large and uniform; The Haven &s;uch, that it can never be block'd up. This Town was be&s;ieged from <HI>July</HI> 5. 1601. to <HI>September</HI> 22. 1604. by the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> being then in the hands of the <HI>Hollanders;</HI> and at la&s;t was &s;urrender'd upon good Articles, after a Siege of three years, three months, three weeks, three days, and three hours. Its &s;tout defence again&s;t the Arch-duke <HI>Albert</HI> of <HI>Au|&s;tria,</HI> and Marque&s;s <HI>Ambro&s;ius Spinola</HI> may be well a&s;cribed to the &s;upplies from <HI>England,</HI> and conduct of Sir <HI>Francis Vere.</HI> The <HI>Spaniard</HI> lo&s;t 78124 men before this Place; Tho' when the Arch-duke inve&s;ted it, they did not expect it &s;hould hold out a Fortnight, which made the Dutche&s;s promi&s;e &s;he would never &s;hift her Smock until it were taken; the number of tho&s;e that were kill'd, or died in the Town during the Siege amounts to 150000. <HI>O&s;tend</HI> &s;tands about nine miles N. E. of <HI>Newport;</HI> 11 W. of <HI>Bruges,</HI> 20 S. W. of <HI>Sluys,</HI> and almo&s;t 35 W. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 51 d. 18. m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Newport.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Newport</HI> is a &s;trong Sea-port Town. The little River <HI>Yperle</HI> runs on one &s;ide of it, which tho' but a mean Channel, yet where it falls into the Sea makes a con&s;iderable long and &s;e|cure Haven, e&s;pecially at high Tydes. This Town is of good &s;trength, has broad and &s;treight &s;treets, but the Hou&s;es are generally low, and mo&s;t part of Timber. The Inhabitants
<PB N="14" REF="10"> &s;upport them&s;elves chiefly by the Fi&s;hing-Trade. It &s;tands nine miles S. W. of <HI>O&s;tend,</HI> 16 N. E. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> 19 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Bruges,</HI> and 40 W. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> Long. 21 d. 55 m. Lat. 51 d. 14. m. Prince <HI>Maurice</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;aw</HI> gave the <HI>Spaniards</HI> a great defeat near this place in 1600.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Oudenard.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oudenard</HI> Lat. <HI>Aldenardum</HI> is divided by the <HI>Scheld</HI> in two parts, and &s;ecured by a Ca&s;tle called <HI>Pamele,</HI> which is join|ed to the Town by a Bridge over that River. This is a rich place and drives a great Trade by the Manufacture of Tape&s;try which flouri&s;heth here. This Town was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1658. re&s;tored by the <HI>Pyraenean Treaty,</HI> and retaken by them again in 1667. be&s;ieged without &s;ucce&s;s by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1674. but by the Peace at <HI>Nimeguen</HI> re&s;tored to them in 1679. It &s;tands 14 Miles S. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> and 36 W. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> Long. 22 d. 48 m. Lat. 51 d. 15 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Alo&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Alo&s;t,</HI> by the Natives <HI>Ael&s;t,</HI> is the Capital City of the <HI>Im|perial Flanders,</HI> on the River <HI>Dender;</HI> it had formerly Counts of its own, and &s;uffered very much in the la&s;t Age: The <HI>Spa|niards</HI> &s;urpriz'd it in 1576. and committed a thou&s;and di&s;or|ders. In 1582 the Duke of <HI>Anjou</HI> made him&s;elf ma&s;ter of it; After which the Engli&s;h who had it in keeping, &s;old it to the Prince of <HI>Parma.</HI> In 1667. the <HI>French</HI> took it, but now it is again in the hands of the <HI>Spaniard</HI> unfortified. The Territory of <HI>Alo&s;t</HI> comprehends about 170 Villages, the County of <HI>Waes,</HI> and four Cities which are called Offices, <HI>viz. Hal&s;t, Axtle, Bouchout</HI> and <HI>A&s;&s;enede.</HI> This City &s;tands five miles from <HI>Bru&s;|&s;els,</HI> and 15 from <HI>Ghent,</HI> Long. 23. d. 18. m. Lat. 51. d.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Ninove.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ninove</HI> or <HI>Nienove</HI> is a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town in the Ter|ritory of <HI>Alo&s;t,</HI> on the River <HI>Dender,</HI> &s;ix miles of <HI>Alo&s;t,</HI> 13 W. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> and 17 S. E. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 23 d. 14 m. Lat. 50. d. 56 m.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="15" REF="10">
<HEAD>Chief Towns in <HI>Flanders</HI> belonging to the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Lille</HI> or <HI>L'i&s;le.</HI></P>
<P><HI>L'i&s;le</HI> Lat. <HI>In&s;ula,</HI> &s;eated on the River <HI>Deulle,</HI> took its Name, becau&s;e in former Times it was wholly &s;ur|rounded with Water and Mar&s;hes, which now by the Indu|&s;try of Men are drained. It was Built by <HI>Baldwin</HI> IV. the <HI>Hairy</HI> Count of <HI>Flanders</HI> in 1007. And his Son <HI>Baldwin</HI> V. <HI>the Pious,</HI> (or, of <HI>Lille</HI>) who was Born here, Walled it in 1066. and adorned it with a Magnificent Church, and a fine Mona|&s;tery. It is now the Capital City of <HI>French-Flanders. Lewis</HI> XIV. took it from the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1667. and it was after|wards yielded to him by the Peace of <HI>Aix La Chapelle</HI> in 1668. &s;ince which he has Built a Cittadel to &s;ecure it, flank|ed with Five great Ba&s;tions, , who&s;e double Ditches are fil|led with the River <HI>Deulle.</HI> All the&s;e new Fortifications en|clo&s;e a Suburb, which has greatly enlarged the City. Nei|ther does the Indu&s;try of the Inhabitants le&s;s contribute to its Greatne&s;s and Riches, by the many Silk Manufactures made here, &s;o that it is rai&s;ed to be the third City in the <HI>Low Countries,</HI> next to <HI>Am&s;terdam</HI> and <HI>Antwerp;</HI> and for the con|venience of Tran&s;porting its Wares, is accommodated with a Channel derived from the River <HI>Lys,</HI> which runs not far from this City. It &s;tands 15 Miles W. of <HI>Tournay,</HI> 36 S. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> 37 S. E. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and 38 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Mons.</HI> Long. 22 d. 10 m. Lat. 50 d. 43 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Ipres.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ipres</HI> or <HI>Ypres</HI> Lat. <HI>Ipra, Iprae, Ipretum,</HI> takes its Name from the Brook <HI>Yperle</HI> that runs through it. It is &s;uppo&s;ed to have been Built by <HI>Baldwin</HI> III. Son of Count <HI>Arnulphus</HI> I. about 960. and that it was not Walled till 1288. by the Con&s;ent of <HI>Philip the Fair</HI> King of <HI>France.</HI> It is now a very Rich City, and has many fair Churches, whereof that of St. <HI>Martin</HI> is the Cathedral. The Bi&s;hoprick e&s;tabli&s;h'd here by <HI>Paul</HI> IV. in 1559. is under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Mechlin.</HI>
<PB N="16" REF="11"> This City is the third in <HI>Flanders,</HI> and has Seven <HI>Chattelenys</HI> or Juri&s;dictions, of which <HI>Ca&s;&s;el</HI> has 24 &s;maller Juri&s;dictions under it. The Country about is extreamly fruitful, and its Situation contributes much to its &s;trength. It is very well Built, and be&s;ides the Churches it has many Sumptuous Buildings and Palaces: That of the Lord&s;hip is great and &s;tate|ly, as al&s;o the <HI>Draper</HI>'s Hall. The City is Famous for its Ma|nufactures, and has &s;everal Fairs, whereof that in <HI>Lent</HI> is the principal. This City was taken by the <HI>French</HI> 26 <HI>March</HI> 1678. and was yielded to them by the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> It lyes 16 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Lille,</HI> 18 S. of <HI>Neuport,</HI> 23 al|mo&s;t E. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and 35 S. W. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 22 d. 3 m. Lat. 50 d. 57 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Tournay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tournay</HI> Lat. <HI>Tornacum,</HI> is upon the <HI>Scheld</HI> with a Bi&s;hop|rick Suffragant of <HI>Cambray,</HI> who&s;e fir&s;t Prelate was St. <HI>Prat</HI> in 623. It is very Ancient, being mentioned in <HI>Antonin</HI>'s Itinerary, and in the 11th Epi&s;tle of St. <HI>Jerom.</HI> The Town is very &s;trong, and defended by a Ca&s;tle &s;aid to have been Built by the <HI>Engli&s;h.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it in 1518. but <HI>Charles</HI> V. retook it from them in 1521. <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. took it upon the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1667. and kept it by the Peace of <HI>Aix La Chapelle;</HI> and has rendered it much &s;tronger than it was formerly by new Fortifications. The Cathedral of our Lady is very fine; be&s;ides which there are Ten Pari&s;h Churches, Two Abbeys, and &s;everal Religious Hou&s;es, for the Place is Big, Rich, and of good Traffick, having 72 different &s;orts of Trades in it. It is the Capital of a little Country called <HI>Tournai&s;is,</HI> and the Seat of a Sove|raign Council, or High Juri&s;diction &s;ince 1669. It &s;tands 15 Miles E. of <HI>Lille,</HI> 32 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Mons,</HI> and 30 nigh S. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> Long. 22 d. 36 m. Lat. 50 d. 43 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Dunkirk.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dunkirk Gall. Dunkerque,</HI> Lat. <HI>Dunquerca,</HI> is a Sea-port Town, Built by the Earl <HI>Baldwin</HI> III. call'd the <HI>Young.</HI> It derives its Name from the Flemi&s;h Word <HI>Kerk,</HI> that is <HI>Church,</HI> becau&s;e the Church Steeple is the fir&s;t thing &s;een by Seamen above the <HI>Downs.</HI> It was taken in 1558 by the <HI>French,</HI> who claim'd it as <HI>Francis de Bourbon</HI> Earl of <HI>Vendome</HI>'s
<PB N="17" REF="11"> Inheritance, but retaken in 1583 by the Duke of <HI>Parma.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> took it again in 1646. under the Conduct of the Duke of <HI>Enghien;</HI> and the <HI>Spaniards</HI> retook it in 1652. It was taken afterwards by the Mare&s;chal of <HI>Turenne</HI> in 1658. and yielded to the <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> of whom <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. King of <HI>France</HI> bought it in 1662. for 900000 Pounds Sterling. He has Built there a &s;trong Citadel, and other Fortifications. There is a new Trench cut for a Mile together through the Splinter Sands, which will upon the Head of the Tide receive 130 Ve&s;|&s;els of 70 Guns apiece; and on the We&s;t &s;ide of this Harbour is rais'd a va&s;t pil'd and plank'd Work, to intercept and lodge the Sands. It is well Built and populous, and particu|larly commended for the neatne&s;s and regularity of the Streets. Its Inhabitants are Famous upon the Sea, and have enrich'd them&s;elves in the&s;e Wars by Piracy. Here is an <HI>Eng|li&s;h</HI> Nunnery, and <HI>Franci&s;cans</HI> have a Cloy&s;ter for Per&s;ons of both Sexes. At the Mouth of the Haven &s;tands a Wooden Fort, on which are planted 100 Pieces of Cannon. This Town lyes 54 Miles W. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> 16 S. W. of <HI>Newport,</HI> 19 almo&s;t of <HI>Calais,</HI> and 24 S. W. of <HI>O&s;tend.</HI> Long. 21 d. 30 m. Lat. 51 d. 7 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Graveling.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Graveling</HI> or <HI>Graveline</HI> Lat. <HI>Gravelinga</HI> and <HI>Gravelina,</HI> is &s;eated near the Sea upon the Mouth of the River <HI>Aa,</HI> which parts <HI>France</HI> from <HI>Flanders.</HI> The <HI>Normans</HI> ruin'd it, but it was afterwards repair'd by <HI>Thierry</HI> of <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> Count of <HI>Flan|ders,</HI> who died there in 1168. And in the Year 1528. there was a &s;trong Ca&s;tle added to it by <HI>Charles</HI> V. &s;o that it is now one of the mo&s;t regular and &s;tronge&s;t Places of <HI>Europe.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1658. and yielded to them by the <HI>Py|renaean</HI> Treaty. As for the Town it &s;elf tho' of great impor|tance, it is neither large, nor well Built, and is be&s;ides but thinly Inhabited. It lyes 9 Miles E. of <HI>Calais,</HI> 10 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and 63 W. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 21 d. 18 m. Lat. 51 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Wynoxberg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Berg St, Winoch</HI> or <HI>Winoxberg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Berga S. Winoci,</HI> or <HI>Wi|noci Montium</HI> and <HI>Vinoberga;</HI> and in Times pa&s;t <HI>Groemberga</HI> and <HI>Mons Viridis,</HI> has the Title of a Vi&s;county and <HI>Ca&s;telan&s;hip,</HI>
<PB N="18" REF="12"> and has many Villages under its Juri&s;dictions. It's &s;ituated in a mo&s;t fertile Country. It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1658. and it remained to them by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. They have Built there a Royal Fort. This Town &s;tands on the River <HI>Colme,</HI> 6 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and 12 E. of <HI>Graveling.</HI> Long. 21 d. 37 m. Lat. 51 d. 2 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Courtray.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Courtray</HI> or <HI>Cortrick,</HI> Lat. <HI>Corteriacum</HI> and <HI>Cortracum</HI> is &s;eat|ed on the River <HI>Lys;</HI> it is thought that in <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI>'s time it was under the Juri&s;diction of the <HI>Nervians</HI> and <HI>Tourni&s;ians, Philip the Bald</HI> Built a Ca&s;tle in it, and others have added other For|tifications at different times, The <HI>French</HI> by their too great precipitation lo&s;t a Battel here in 1302. and becau&s;e they of <HI>Courtray</HI> kept an Anniver&s;ary to Celebrate the Memory of that happy Day, it was Plunder'd and Burnt in 1382. Some time after it was Rebuilt again, and is now pretty con&s;idera|ble for its Commerce, good Citadel, and great Territories. The River <HI>Lys</HI> divides it in two. The <HI>French</HI> took it in 1646. and the <HI>Spaniards</HI> retook it in the Year after. <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. made him&s;elf ma&s;ter of it in 1667. and kept it by the Treaty of <HI>Aix La Chapelle</HI> in 1668. and Fortified it regularly; but be|ing afterwards given to the <HI>Spaniards</HI> by the Treaty of <HI>Nime|guen</HI> in 1678. and retaken again by the <HI>French,</HI> they Di&s;mant|led it before they re&s;tor'd it to the <HI>Spaniards</HI> by the Truce of 1684. The <HI>French</HI> took it again in <GAP DESC="blank"> It &s;tands 12 Miles N. E. of <HI>Lille,</HI> 14 N. W. of <HI>Tournay,</HI> and 180 W. of <HI>Pa|ris.</HI> Long. 16. d. 45 m. Lat. 49 d. 9 m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Douay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Douay</HI> Lat. <HI>Duacum</HI> on the River <HI>Scharpe,</HI> was the Chief Town of the Country of the <HI>Catagues</HI> mention'd in <HI>Cae&s;ar</HI>'s <HI>Commentaries,</HI> as 'tis thought. <HI>Pbilip</HI> II. King of <HI>Spain</HI> founded its Univer&s;ity in 1563. which is a Seminary for the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Roman Catholicks. It is of con&s;iderable &s;trength, and has a Magazine very well furni&s;hed. It is likewi&s;e con&s;i|derable for its extent, ancient Buildings, and <HI>September</HI>'s Fair. The Fort &s;tands about a Cannon &s;hot below the Town upon the <HI>Scharpe,</HI> and judged by its Situation among Mar&s;hes, by means of its Sluces whereby it can drown all the Country a|bout,
<PB N="19" REF="12"> to be impregnable. The Chief Trade of this Town con&s;i&s;ts in fine Woolen Camlets, &s;ent into many Parts. The <HI>French</HI> are Ma&s;ters of it &s;ince 1667. It &s;tands 13 Miles al|mo&s;t N. of <HI>Cambray,</HI> and 34 W. of <HI>Mons.</HI> Long. 22 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 24 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Furnes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Furnes</HI> which the <HI>Flemings</HI> call <HI>Wernen,</HI> is a well Built and plea&s;ant Town, tho' but &s;mall. The <HI>Canals</HI> &s;upport the Trade of the Town, which con&s;i&s;ts in Linnen and other Ma|nufactures. The City is dignified with the Title of a Vi&s;|count&s;hip, and the Juri&s;diction of a Lord <HI>Ca&s;tellain.</HI> It was three times taken, and now Fortified by the <HI>French,</HI> and at length re&s;ign'd to that Crown by the Peace of <HI>Aix La Chapelle</HI> in 1668. It was taken by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> in 1692. and retaken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1693. It &s;tands not far off Sea Five Miles S. W. of <HI>Newport,</HI> and 12 nigh E. of <HI>Dunkirk.</HI> Long. 21 d. 50 m. Lat. 51 d. 8 m.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Dixmude.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dixmude</HI> or <HI>Dixmuyde</HI> is &s;ituated on the Confluent of the River <HI>Ypre,</HI> and another &s;mall Stream. It is not very large, but is reckoned a Place of importance, and Famous for a great <HI>Fair</HI> in <HI>July.</HI> It has often changed its Ma|&s;ters. The <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> took it and new Fortified it in 1692. The <HI>French</HI> retook it the Year after. It &s;tands Nine Miles N. of <HI>Ypres,</HI> and 20 E. of <HI>Dunkirk.</HI> Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 51 d. 6 m.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Ca&s;&s;el.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ca&s;&s;el</HI> or <HI>Mont-Ca&s;&s;el,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ca&s;tellum</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;tellum Morino|rum,</HI> is an ancient Town &s;ituated on a Mountain. It is well Fortified, and has a con&s;iderable Juri&s;diction, and two Fa|mous Fairs, one in <HI>January,</HI> the other in <HI>Augu&s;t.</HI> King <HI>Phi|lip Augu&s;tus</HI> took it in 1213. and it was taken and retaken &s;ince upon &s;everal occa&s;ions. The <HI>French</HI> are Ma&s;ters of it &s;ince 1677. It &s;tands by the River <HI>Fene</HI> 15 Miles S. of <HI>Dun|kirk.</HI> Long. 21 d. 39 m. Lat. 50 d. 57 m.</P>
<PB N="20" REF="13">
<P>XII. <HI>Orchies.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Orchies</HI> is an ancient and con&s;iderable Town called by <HI>Ptolo|my</HI> the Capital of the <HI>Atrebatii.</HI> It &s;tands between <HI>Tournay</HI> and <HI>Doway</HI> 10 Miles off each. Long. 22 d. 26 m. Lat. 50 d. 34 m.</P>
<P>XIII. St. <HI>Amand.</HI></P>
<P>St. <HI>Amand</HI> Lat. <HI>Elno,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Scharpe,</HI> and is Famous for the Abbey of <HI>St. Amand,</HI> where died the Saint of that Name, <HI>Abbatia Sancti Almandi Elnonen&s;is.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> have been in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it ever &s;ince 1667. The Fore&s;t of <HI>St. Amand</HI> beginning on the Frontiers of <HI>Flanders,</HI> and ex|tending it &s;elf in the County of <HI>Hainault</HI> near to <HI>Valenciennes,</HI> was cut down by Order of <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. in 1676. after his ta|king of <HI>Conde</HI> and <HI>Bouchain. St. Amand</HI> before the <HI>French</HI> di&s;|mantled it, was a Place of great &s;trength, the River <HI>Scharpe</HI> on which it &s;tands, falls a little lower into the <HI>Schelde;</HI> the Lands that lye between the two Rivers are called the I&s;les of <HI>St. Amand.</HI> This Town lyes 16 Miles N. E. of <HI>Doway,</HI> and 40 S. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 22 d. 42 m. Lat. 50 d. 27 m.</P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Armentiers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Armentiers</HI> Lat. <HI>Armentariae,</HI> &s;tands on the <HI>Lys,</HI> and is con|&s;iderable for its &s;trength, and Linnen Manufactory, and Trade. It has been often taken and retaken in this la&s;t Age. The Archduke Governour of the <HI>Low-Countries</HI> in 1647. took it from the <HI>French,</HI> who not long after became Ma&s;ters of it a|gain, and &s;till are in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it, by the Treaty of <HI>Aix La Chapelle.</HI> It lyes Seven Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Lille,</HI> 32 S. E. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and 40 S. W. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 50 d. 45 m.</P>
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<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="21" REF="13">
<HEAD>Chief Towns in <HI>Flanders</HI> belonging to the <HI>Hollan|ders.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Sluys.</HI></P>
<P><HI>SLuys</HI> Lat. <HI>Slu&s;a</HI> or <HI>Clu&s;a</HI> is a Sea-port Town over again&s;t the little I&s;land <HI>Cad&s;ant</HI> or <HI>Gui&s;ant.</HI> It formerly belonged to the Counts of <HI>Nemours</HI> de&s;cended from the Counts of <HI>Flan|ders,</HI> and then fell into the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>French. Philip the Bold</HI> King of <HI>France</HI> kept a &s;trong Gari&s;on here to curb tho&s;e of <HI>Bruges,</HI> and <HI>Charles</HI> VI. Built a Fleet here again&s;t <HI>England.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Maximilian</HI> I. took it afterward, in who&s;e Family it remain'd &s;ome time. During the Wars of the <HI>Netherlands,</HI> the Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> took it for the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> and the <HI>Dutch</HI> retook it in 1604. under the Conduct of Prince <HI>Maurice,</HI> which they look'd upon as a &s;ufficient Com|pen&s;ation for the lo&s;s of <HI>O&s;tend,</HI> and thereupon Coin'd a Me|dal with this Motto.</P>
<Q><HI>Jehova plus dedit quam ami&s;imus.</HI></Q>
<Q>God gave us more than we lo&s;t.</Q>
<P>The Defence of the Be&s;ieged was very memorable, for they held it out for three Months, till &s;uch time that they were out of all hopes of relief, and had eat up all the Leather, Mice, Rats, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> which they could find. The <HI>Dutch</HI> Forti|fied the Haven and Town, which they repeopled with the In|habitants of <HI>O&s;tend,</HI> who came thither after the Surrender of that Place: But on a Treaty of Peace it was afterwards di&s;|mantled: It is now very &s;trong, but thinly Inhabited, and nothing near &s;o Rich as formerly, its Trade being removed fir&s;t to <HI>Bruges,</HI> and from thence to <HI>Antwerp.</HI> It has &s;till the large&s;t Haven in all <HI>Flanders,</HI> being capable of 500 good Ships. This Town &s;tands 22 Miles N. W. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> 10 N. E. of <HI>Bruges,</HI> and 14 S. W. of <HI>Middleburg.</HI> Long. 22 d. 34 m. Lat. 51 d. 24 m.</P>
<PB N="22" REF="14">
<P>II. <HI>Sas-Van-Ghent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sas-Van-Ghent</HI> is a &s;mall place, but &s;o &s;trong by rea&s;on of its &s;ituation and fortifications that it is accounted impregna|ble. Yet the <HI>Hollanders</HI> took it in 1644. It &s;tands 11 miles N. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> Long. 23 d. Lat. 51 d. 20 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Ardenburgh.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ardenburgh,</HI> is al&s;o a &s;mall place, but very &s;trong in <HI>Flan|ders,</HI> &s;ubject to the Hollanders. It &s;tands 20 miles N. W. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 22 d. 36 m. Lat. 51 d. 22 m.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Brabant</HI> Lat. <HI>Brabantia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Dutchy is in a manner an I&s;land encompa&s;&s;ed with Rivers having the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> on the Ea&s;t and the Nort; the <HI>Demer</HI> on the South; which runs through part of this Province; and the <HI>Schelde</HI> on the We&s;t, with the Ocean on the &s;ide of <HI>Breda</HI> and <HI>Bergin-Op-Zoom:</HI> So that it borders part of the Country of <HI>Gelderland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> and the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege</HI> on the Ea&s;t; The Country of <HI>Hainault</HI> and the Country of <HI>Namur</HI> on the South, <HI>Flanders</HI> and part of <HI>Zealand</HI> on the We&s;t; and <HI>Holland</HI> and another part of <HI>Gelderland</HI> on the North. Its Extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> South and North is about 70 miles; and about 60 We&s;t and Ea&s;t.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE>The Air is generally good and whole&s;om, the Soil is very Fertile, except &s;ome of the Northern parts which are &s;omewhat &s;andy and barren; The Cities are very fine, whereof there are 26 Wal|led and Strong,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Towns.</NOTE> not mentioning others of le&s;s importance, and about 100 Villages.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Villages.</NOTE></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE>The <HI>Brabanders</HI> are de&s;cended from a Colony of <HI>Saxons</HI> brought from beyond the <HI>Elbe</HI> by
<PB N="23" REF="14"> <HI>Charlemaign</HI> and planted in this Country in 806. Divers Authors &s;ay that <HI>Anchi&s;es</HI> or <HI>Anchi&s;ices</HI> Father to <HI>Pepin</HI> of <HI>Hari&s;tol</HI> was Lord of <HI>Brabant, Charlemaign</HI> and his Children were Ma&s;ters of this Country until &s;uch time as <HI>Otho</HI> Son to Prince <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>France,</HI> Duke of <HI>Lower Lorraine</HI> being dead in 1004. without being Married, <HI>Brabant</HI> became the Porti|on of <HI>Gerbege,</HI> &s;econd Daughter to the &s;ame <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>France,</HI> and his fir&s;t Wife <HI>Bonne</HI> of <HI>Ardenne,</HI> Married to <HI>Lambert</HI> II. Earl of <HI>Monts</HI> and <HI>Louvain,</HI> the Founder of the Branch of the Duke of <HI>Brabant</HI> and <HI>Lothier;</HI> at fir&s;t they took only the Ti|tle of Earls, but 1235 <HI>Henry</HI> I. took the Title of Duke of <HI>Bra|bant</HI> and <HI>Lorrain. Philip</HI> III. called the <HI>Good,</HI> recollected the &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of the Duke of <HI>Brabant,</HI> which he left to <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Ra&s;h</HI> his Son, Father to <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> who carried it into the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> by her Marriage to <HI>Maximilian,</HI> af|terwards Emperor. This Country has been fruitful in illu|&s;trious Men and Learned Writers.</P>
<P>The Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> here, be&s;ides the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> and the <HI>Scheld,</HI> are, <HI>Demer, Dommel, Senne, Aa, Dyle, Gias, Jeckes, Nephte</HI> both great and &s;mall, and <HI>Mert:</HI> there is al&s;o a great number of &s;mall Lakes and Ponds.</P>
<P><HI>Brabant</HI> comprehends the Marqui&s;ate of the Holy Empire, who&s;e Capital is <HI>Antwerp;</HI> the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Mechlin;</HI> the Dutchy of <HI>Ar&s;chot,</HI> the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Bergues,</HI> the County of <HI>Hoogh&s;traet,</HI> the &s;tate of <HI>Mae&s;tricht,</HI> formerly that of <HI>Liege;</HI> and 19 Baronies. <HI>Louvain</HI> was in time pa&s;t Capital of this Pro|vince but now <HI>Bru&s;&s;els. Brabant</HI> is divided into four parts.</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Dutch-rBrabant</HI> in which the mo&s;t remarkable Places are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Boi&s;leduc.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Breda.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bergen-Op-Zoom.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Grave.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rave&s;tein.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Helmont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Eyndenhove.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lillo.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P N="2"><PB N="24" REF="15">2. <HI>Spani&s;h-Brabant</HI> proper|ly &s;o called which compre|bends.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Louvain.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Leuwe.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ar&s;chot.</HI> Duke</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nivelle.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tillemont,</HI> or <HI>Tienen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Judoigne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gemblour:</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lire.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Die&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vilvoerde.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Herentals.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hannuye.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P N="3">3. The <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> of the Holy Empire.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Antwerp.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P N="4">4. The Lord&s;hip of <HI>Ma|lines,</HI> which has
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Malines</HI> or <HI>Mechlin.</HI> Arch.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>To keep to my General divi&s;ion I &s;hall give you here the De&s;cription of the <HI>Dutch</HI> and <HI>Spani&s;h Brabant,</HI> and re&s;erve that of the <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rqui&s;ate,</HI> and Lord&s;hip of <HI>Malines</HI> for the two following Articles.</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Chiefs Towns belonging to the Hollanders in <HI>Brabant.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Boi&s;leduc.</HI></P>
<P><HI>BOi&s;leduc, Bolduc,</HI> or <HI>Bo&s;leduc,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bo&s;cum-Ducis, Sylva-Ducis, Bolducum,</HI> and in Dutch, Hertogenbo&s;ch, the Ca|pital of the <HI>Dutch-Brabant,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragant of <HI>Malines,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the River <HI>Domel,</HI> which there re|ceives the <HI>Aade,</HI> and afterward the <HI>Die&s;e,</HI> and di&s;charges it &s;elf about two Leagues from thence into the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> at the place where it formeth the I&s;le of <HI>Bommel. Boi&s;leduc</HI> is built in a plain, where there was a Hunting Forre&s;t belonging to the Dukes of <HI>Brabant.</HI> But Duke <HI>Henry</HI> going to oppo&s;e the in|cur&s;ions
<PB N="25" REF="15"> which tho&s;e of <HI>Guelder-land</HI> made into his Country cau&s;ed this Wood to be cut down in 1172. where the Foun|dations of this City were laid, which Duke <HI>Jeffery</HI> fini&s;hed in 1184. Pope <HI>Paul</HI> IV. erected it into a Bi&s;hoprick in 1559. and <HI>Francis Sonnius</HI> was its fir&s;t Prelate; The Bi&s;hops now are but Titular and make their re&s;idence at <HI>Goldorp</HI> &s;ince <HI>Boi&s;leduc</HI> is fallen into the hands of the Hollanders. This City is natu|rally &s;trong as well by its &s;ituation as by its fortifications; It is environ'd with Rivers and Meadows covered with Water &s;o that the Avenues to the Town are upon artificial Cau&s;eys, made turning and winding, and commanded by one or other of the &s;ix Forts, built at &s;ome di&s;tance without the Town. Its Ditches are filled with the Waters of the &s;aid Rivers, which enter into the City by divers Channels very commodious to the Inhabitants. They are almo&s;t all Soldiers, tho' they do not neglect Trade, which occa&s;ioneth this &s;aying, <HI>That the In|habitants</HI> of <HI>Boi&s;leduc</HI> are <HI>Warlike Merchants.</HI> The City is large, fair, well built and very populous. The Cathedral Church of St. <HI>John</HI> is one of the mo&s;t &s;umptuous of the <HI>Nether|lands,</HI> with a very fine Clock. The Market-place is envi|roned with fine Buildings where 10 of the greate&s;t Streets do end. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> became at la&s;t Ma&s;ters of it in 1629. by the Valour and Conduct of <HI>Frederick Henry</HI> Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI> This City &s;tands 43 miles N. E. of <HI>Antwesp,</HI> and 50 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Am&s;terdam.</HI> Long. 24 d. 30 m. Lat. 51 d. 42 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Breda.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Breda</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Mereck,</HI> with the Title of Ba|rony, which comprehends now about Seventeen Villages, but it had more formerly, and <HI>Berg-Op-Zoom</HI> did then depend up|on it. <HI>Breda</HI> had anciently particular Lords of its own, and was &s;ometimes in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Dukes of <HI>Brabant;</HI> but <HI>John</HI> III. Duke of <HI>Brabant</HI> &s;old it again in 1350. to <HI>John Polon</HI> Lord of <HI>Lieck,</HI> who left an only Daughter <HI>Johanna,</HI> Married in 1404. to <HI>Engelbert</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au. Henry</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI> begun the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Breda,</HI> where the Tomb of <HI>Renatus</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI> is to be &s;een in the Collegiate Church of St. <HI>Peter</HI> founded about 1303. This City &s;uffered very much during the War between the States and the <HI>Spaniards.</HI> The Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> took it from the <HI>&V;nited Provinces July</HI> 18. 1581. <HI>Maurice</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI> be|came Ma&s;ter of it again&s;t in 1590. by a Boat loaden with Turf,
<PB N="26" REF="16"> under which he hid 60 Souldiers, who rendered them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the Ca&s;tle, and he afterwards took the City by Ca|pitulation. They tell a very remarkable thing of one of the&s;e Soldiers, that was hidden under the Turf, <HI>viz.</HI> That not being able to ab&s;tain from Coughing, he de&s;ired one of his Companions to kill him, for fear his Cough &s;hould di&s;co|ver the Enterprize. Ever &s;ince this &s;urprize, it is the Cu|&s;tom here to &s;earch all laden Boats by &s;tabbing them with a Spit. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> kept <HI>Breda</HI> until 1625. That the Mar|que&s;s of <HI>Spinola</HI> General of the Troops of <HI>Spain</HI> be&s;ieged it, <HI>Aug.</HI> 27. 1625. and took it the 5th of <HI>June,</HI> 1625. This Lo&s;s af|flicted the <HI>Hollanders</HI> extreamly, but they retook it in 1637. and have kept it ever &s;ince. <HI>Breda</HI> is of a Triangular Figure, at each Angle there is a Gate Built with Brick, and the Cur|tins are flanked with Thirteen Ba&s;tions, be&s;ides &s;everal Ca|valeers all mounted with Cannon. <HI>Breda</HI> however is not ve|ry well Built, yet there is a pretty fair Street in it, the Town-hou&s;e and &s;ome other Places indifferent. It is in a Mar&s;hy Ground, and often overflown. Its Fields are plen|tiful in Pa&s;tures, watered by the Rivers of <HI>Aade</HI> and <HI>Mereck,</HI> which being joined enter into the City, and form divers Channels. The Palace of the Ca&s;tle was lately imbelli&s;h'd, and the Fortifications repaired, and new ones made, by the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> now King <HI>William</HI> III. of <HI>Great Brittain,</HI> (to whom the City and Barony belongs) &s;o that now it is a large Regular City, and is both by Nature and Art thought impreg|nable: Be&s;ides the Ramparts which are all &s;upported by very &s;trong Brick Arches, and rai&s;ed above the Hou&s;es of the Place, there are a great many Outworks, &s;urrounded with double broad Ditches full of Water. <HI>Breda</HI> is 27 Miles N. E. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> 20 W. of <HI>Boi&s;leduc,</HI> and 52 S. of <HI>Am&s;terdam.</HI> Long. 23 d. 57 m. Lat. 51 d. 38 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Bergen-Op-Zoom.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bergen-Op-Zoom,</HI> (that is, Mountain upon the <HI>Zoom</HI>) Lat. <HI>Bergae ad Zomam, Berga,</HI> or <HI>Mons &s;upra Zomam,</HI> and <HI>Berci Zo|ma,</HI> with the Title of Marqui&s;ate, is a &s;mall but &s;trong Town partly &s;ituated upon the River <HI>Zoom,</HI> and partly upon a lit|tle Mountain. The Church of St. <HI>Gertruda</HI> was Converted there into a Collegial Church about 1442. <HI>Bergen-Op-Zoom</HI> has had particular Lords ever &s;ince 1212. The Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. being at <HI>Tournay</HI> in 1528. (or according to others
<PB N="27" REF="16"> in 1533.) erected it into a Marqui&s;ate; &s;ince that time the <HI>Hollanders</HI> got it after the Death of the Marqui&s;s <HI>De Bergues,</HI> whom the Dutche&s;s of <HI>Parma</HI> had &s;ent into <HI>Spain,</HI> where he was Arre&s;ted, and Died 1567. They have Fortified this Place well and regularly, with a Channel that goes to the Sea, defended by divers Forts: The Buildings of the Town are fair and hand&s;om, and its three Market-places large and capa|cious. Among&s;t the Edifices, the Church of St. <HI>Lambert,</HI> and the Marque&s;&s;es Palace de&s;erve Ob&s;ervation. The Com|mandant of <HI>Reque&s;ens</HI> was defeated in 1574. near this City, which the Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> Be&s;ieged in vain, <HI>An.</HI> 1588. and Marque&s;s <HI>Spinola</HI> in 1622. It &s;tands 18 Miles N. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and 18 W. of <HI>Breda.</HI> Long. 23 d. 32 m. Lat. 51 d. 32 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Grave.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Grave</HI> Lat. <HI>Gravia,</HI> is a &s;trong Town, and of great Impor|tance, &s;eated upon the left &s;ide of the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> who&s;e Waters fill the large Moats, which Environ Seven large Bulwarks with their Half-Moons. <HI>John</HI> III. Duke of <HI>Brabant</HI> in 1323. gave it to <HI>Otho</HI> Prince of <HI>Cuick</HI> and <HI>Heverle</HI> who re&s;tored it in 1328. Afterwards it was the occa&s;ion of great Wars be|tween the Dukes of <HI>Brabant</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> who both pretend|ed a Right to it. It is the Capital City of the Country of <HI>Cuickland,</HI> remarkable for its Fertility, and has been a long time in the Hands of the <HI>Hollanders.</HI> Only about the Year 1672. the Torrent of <HI>French</HI> Victory &s;wept it away into the Power of <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. But in the Year 1677. Mon&s;ieur <HI>Cha|milli</HI> Governour for the King of <HI>France,</HI> &s;urrender'd it to the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> now our King, after it had been for &s;ome time Be&s;ieged by Mr. <HI>Rabenhauft.</HI> It lyes in a Mar&s;hy Ground 18 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Boi&s;leduc,</HI> 72 N. E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> and 8 S. W. of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> Long. 24 d. 56 m. Lat. 51 d. 48 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Rave&s;tein.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rave&s;tein</HI> &s;tands upon the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> a little below <HI>Grave.</HI> The Dukes of <HI>Cleve</HI> have been Lords of <HI>Rave&s;tein,</HI> where they had a good Cittadel; but <HI>William</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleve</HI> and <HI>Juliers</HI> was ob|liged to demoli&s;h it, by one of the Articles made with the
<PB N="28" REF="17"> Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. The Duke of <HI>Newburg</HI> is Sovereign of <HI>Rave&s;tein,</HI> but the <HI>Hollanders</HI> are in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it. It &s;tands 10 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> Long. 24 d. 53 m. Lat. 51 d. 48 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Helmont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Helmont</HI> is a little Town and Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>Aade,</HI> and the Capital of <HI>Kemperland.</HI> It lies 18 Miles S. of <HI>Grave,</HI> and 60 N. E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 24 d. 42 m. Lat. 51 d. 32 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Eyndenhove.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Eyndenhove</HI> or <HI>Eyndoven</HI> is a fine little Town in the Territory of <HI>Kemperland,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>Hollanders</HI> ever &s;ince 1629. It &s;tands on the River <HI>Dommel,</HI> 10 Miles W. of <HI>Helmont.</HI> Long. 24 d. 38 m. Lat. 51 d. 30 m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mae&s;tricht</HI> Lat. <HI>Obtricum, Trajectum ad Mo&s;am,</HI> or <HI>Trajectum Superius,</HI> to di&s;tingui&s;h it from <HI>&V;trecht,</HI> called <HI>Trajectum ad Rhenum,</HI> or, <HI>Trajectum Inferius.</HI> It &s;tands upon the We&s;tern Bank of the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> which has here a Beautiful Stone Bridge over it, con&s;i&s;ting of Nine Arches, from whence the Town hath its Name, &s;ignifying the pa&s;&s;age over the <HI>Maes.</HI> On the Ea&s;tern Bank lyes the <HI>Wick,</HI> which is a Suburb to the City. The Bi&s;hops of <HI>Liege,</HI> and the Dukes of <HI>Brabant,</HI> heretofore divided the Juri&s;diction of this City betwixt them, but it was in the hands of the latter, and with that Dutchy pa&s;&s;ed to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> who enjoyed it till 1632. when it was taken by the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> who kept it by the Treaty of <HI>Mun&s;ter.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> took it, after a &s;harp Siege, in 1673. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> endeavoured the Reduction of it in 1676. but without &s;ucce&s;s; they recovered it by the Eighth Article of the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen</HI> in 1678. The Private Hou&s;es here are generally covered with a black Slate, or Ardoi&s;e, otherwi&s;e not very Beautiful. The Town-hou&s;e is a very fair &s;tructure, &s;eated in one of the <HI>Piazza</HI>'s,
<PB N="29" REF="17"> Built of white Stone, and very well Painted in the in&s;ide. In another <HI>Piazza,</HI> is a Fountain, a row of Trees and a great Church. This Town is very &s;trong, tho' its Wall be old, the Out-works being very con&s;iderable. Towards the S. E. lyes a Hill, which ari&s;es gently, and overlooks the Town; under this Hill is one of the Noble&s;t Quarries of Stone in the World. To &s;ecure the Town from the di&s;ad|vantage it might receive from this Hill, there was formerly a Fort Built upon it, but it has been long &s;ince &s;lighted, and they have cut an Horn-work within Musket-&s;hot of it, and the Ba&s;tion an&s;wering to it is made very high to cover the Town: On the other &s;ide of the River &s;tands <HI>Wick,</HI> very well Fortified al&s;o, and rather &s;tronger than <HI>Mae&s;tricht,</HI> in|to which they may retire, if the Town &s;hould be taken by Storm: All about the <HI>Wick</HI> the Country is flat; there are here many Inhabitants, about 20 Mona&s;teries, Three <HI>Dutch</HI> Churches, One common to the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>French,</HI> and a hand&s;om Gla&s;s-hou&s;e. <HI>Mae&s;tricht</HI> &s;tands 50 Miles E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> and 14 N. of <HI>Liege.</HI> Long. 25 d. Lat. 50 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Lillo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lillo</HI> Lat. <HI>Lilloa,</HI> is a &s;trong Fort Built by the <HI>Hollanders</HI> up|on the <HI>Scheld,</HI> Seven Miles beneath <HI>Antwerp</HI> to the North, where all the Ships that pa&s;s up the River to <HI>Antwerp</HI> are, by the Treaty of <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> to &s;top, and to pay Toll to the States of the <HI>&V;nited Provinces,</HI> to whom the Place belongs.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="30" REF="18">
<HEAD>Places in <HI>Brabant</HI> belonging to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI></P>
<P><HI>BRu&s;&s;els</HI> or <HI>Bruxelles,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bruxellae,</HI> one of the greate&s;t, beautifulle&s;t, and be&s;t peopled City of the <HI>Spani&s;h Netherlands,</HI> is the Capital of the Dutchy of <HI>Brabant;</HI> the Seat of the Chancelery and Court of <HI>Brabant,</HI> of the Coun|&s;els of State, of the Revenues, and the Ordinary Re&s;idence of the Prince or Governour, whom the King of <HI>Spain</HI> keeps in the <HI>Low-Countries;</HI> which draws all the Nobility and Gentry to it. It is &s;ituated upon the &s;mall River of <HI>Sinne</HI> or <HI>Senne,</HI> which di&s;charges it &s;elf in the <HI>Schelde</HI> by a Chan|nel of the length of Five Leagues, which was made in 1561. Its Avenues are fine, its Circumference about Seven Miles. It is Built part in the Plain, and part upon a Hill, extreamly plea&s;ant, environed with a double Brick Wall pret|ty far di&s;tant from each other, and &s;mall Ditches. The Town is divided into upper and lower, the latter is much more agreeable and beautiful than the other, having &s;eve|ral Fountains, and the the two Branches of the great <HI>Canal,</HI> bordered with great Keys, filled with a prodigious number of Boats, that come thither from the Sea by the <HI>Scheld.</HI> The King's Palace is in the upper Town&punc; it has many Rich Apart|ments big enough to Lodge &s;everal Kings at once, to which belongs a very fine Mail, a Park full of Deer, and very curi|ous Gardens near it, with fine Water-works, Grotto's, and a &s;quare Wilderne&s;s. The Town-hou&s;e, the Tower of St. <HI>Nicholas,</HI> which has the Town-Clock; the Church of the Je|&s;uits, the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI>'s Hou&s;e, de&s;erve to be &s;een by Strangers. Among the Churches the Collegial Dedicated to St. <HI>Gudulle</HI> is the Chief and the mo&s;t Ancient, where they pretend to have an Ho&s;t &s;tabb'd by a Jew, which &s;hed Blood out of the Wound, whereupon, they &s;ay, the Jew was im|mediately &s;truck with Death. Here you find &s;ome Foot&s;teps of the Ancients Fancy for the Number Seven, for there are Se|ven
<PB N="31" REF="18"> Pari&s;h Churches, Seven Principal Streets, about which are Seven &s;tately Hou&s;es Rented by the Publick, Seven Gates of Dorick Work, Seven Con&s;iderable Families, Seven She|riffs who have the Care of Affairs, and Seven Licen&s;ed Mid|wives, <HI>&amp;c. Bruxelles</HI> is a Trading Town, and has &s;everal Manufactures. There are 52 Trades divided into Nine Guilds or Companies, called the <HI>Nine Nations,</HI> among which the Cut|lers and Armour-makers are Chief. <HI>Bru&s;&s;els</HI> &s;tands 30 Miles S. E. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> 24 S. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> 96 S. of <HI>Am&s;terdam,</HI> 150 N. E. of <HI>Paris,</HI> and 190 almo&s;t E. of <HI>London.</HI> Long. 23 d. 36 m. Lat. 50 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Louvain.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Louvain,</HI> Lat. <HI>Lovanium,</HI> and by the Inhabitants <HI>Loeven,</HI> is a great City &s;ituated upon the River <HI>Dele,</HI> which runs in|to the <HI>Scheld</HI> at <HI>Rupelmondel.</HI> This Town is about Four Miles in compa&s;s, and is &s;o very Ancient that it is &s;uppo&s;ed to have been Built by one <HI>Lupus,</HI> before the time of <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar:</HI> It was at fir&s;t but a Village that was Walled in 1156. and has been much enlarged &s;ince: It is &s;eated in a very fruitful Soil, and has &s;o gentle and plea&s;ant Air, that Wine is made both within the Walls and without. There are within the Walls of this City&punc; large Meadows, beautiful Vineyards, and plea&s;ant Gardens and Orchards, which &s;hews that it is not over-&s;tocked with Inhabitants. It is well Fortified, and has many fair Churches, the Chief whereof is the Collegiate Church of St. <HI>Peter,</HI> be&s;ides a great number of Mona&s;teries. The Univer&s;ity of <HI>Louvain</HI> is very Famous, it was founded in 1426. by <HI>John</HI> IV. Duke of <HI>Brabant,</HI> and endowed with great Priviledges by Pope <HI>Martin</HI> V. and <HI>Eugenius</HI> IV. and has 20 Colleges, founded by &s;everal Per&s;ons, for the promo|ting of Learning. This Town is encompa&s;&s;ed with large deep Ditches, cut in many places through a flinty Rock, or very hard Gravel. The Walls are &s;trongly Built, being rai|&s;ed from the very bottom of the Ditch; in the Circuit of the&s;e Walls are 53 Towers, and no le&s;s than 16 Draw-bridges, placed conveniently for the better &s;ecuring of the Gates, which are in number 11, Built all of curious white Stone. The Buildings of the City in general are neither well Built, nor well kept, but the Town-hou&s;e is a &s;tately Structure. <HI>Louvain</HI>
<PB N="32" REF="19"> &s;tands 15 Miles N. E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 23 d. 58 m. Lat. 50 d. 57 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Leeuwe.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Leeuwe</HI> is a little &s;trong Town and Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>Ge|te,</HI> 16 Miles E. of <HI>Louvain,</HI> and 21 W. of <HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI> Long. 24 d. 26 m. Lat. 50 d. 53 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Ar&s;chot.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ar&s;chot,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ar&s;cotium,</HI> is a &s;mall City upon the River <HI>De|me,</HI> and a Dukedom belonging to the Dukes <HI>de Croy.</HI> It lyes 8 Miles N. E. of <HI>Louvain.</HI> Long. 24 d. 10 m. Lat. 51 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Nivelle.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Nivelle</HI> is a &s;mall, and heretofore a &s;trong Town, but now di&s;mantled. It &s;tands 12 Miles S. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 23 d. 38 m. Lat. 50 d. 39 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Tillemont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tillemont,</HI> Lat. <HI>Tena,</HI> or <HI>Tenacae,</HI> or <HI>Tillemontium,</HI> in Flemi&s;h <HI>Thienen,</HI> is a con&s;iderable Town on the River <HI>Gias.</HI> It was one of the Four principal Towns of <HI>Brabant,</HI> until it was al|mo&s;t ruined, during the Civil Wars between the <HI>French</HI> and tho&s;e of <HI>Liege.</HI> The Duke of <HI>Guelderland</HI> plunder'd it in 1507. but the Inhabitants of <HI>Namur</HI> pur&s;ued him, and having &s;urpriz'd his Camp in the Night near St. <HI>Hubert</HI> in <HI>Ardenne,</HI> recovered the Booty, and took many Pri&s;oners. This Town was &s;urrendred to <HI>Don John</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> in 1578. and has a ve|ry fine Church Dedicated to St. <HI>Germain</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Paris.</HI> It &s;tands 11 Miles almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Louvain,</HI> and 23 E. of <HI>Bru&s;|&s;els.</HI> Long. 24 d. 18 m. Lat. 50 d. 52 m.</P>
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<P>VII. <HI>Judoigne.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Judoigne</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Gias,</HI> 12 Miles S. E. of <HI>Louvain,</HI> and 22 E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 24 d. 16 m. Lat. 50 d. 46 m.</P>
<P>About Four Miles N. E. of this Place, are the Villages of <HI>Elixem</HI> or <HI>Heyle&s;em, Neerwinden,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Battel of <HI>Landen.</HI></NOTE> <HI>Dor|mal, Neerlanden,</HI> and the Rivulet <HI>Landen,</HI> Fa|mous for the Battel that was Fought there in 1693. which happened in this manner, The Duke of <HI>Luxem|berg</HI> who Commanded the <HI>French</HI> Army in Chief, having got Intelligence that King <HI>William</HI> of <HI>Great Brittain</HI> his Army was much le&s;&s;ened by the Detachments his Maje&s;ty had &s;ent to the <HI>Lines</HI> 'twixt <HI>Ipres</HI> and <HI>Courtray,</HI> and to <HI>Liege,</HI> attack'd him in his Camp between <HI>Neerwinden</HI> and <HI>Landen, July</HI> 29. with double the Number of Men, but was receiv'd with &s;o much Gallantry, and repul&s;ed &s;o often, that tho' the Fight conti|nued from Five in the Morning till near Five in the Afternoon, the <HI>French</HI> had perpetually the Di&s;advantage, till at la&s;t ha|ving gained a Pa&s;s into his Maje&s;ties Camp, they over-power|ed him by their Numbers, and &s;ome of our Hor&s;e not acting their part, the King perceiving things in di&s;order, did Va|liantly attempt to renew the Battel, and &s;eeing that it could not be perform'd, commanded a Retreat, which was obey|ed in very good Order, but the Body being in a Confu&s;ion, &s;u&s;tained a con&s;iderable Lo&s;s, e&s;pecially at pa&s;&s;ing the River <HI>Geete.</HI> His Maje&s;ty continued &s;o long in the Field that he had much ado to repa&s;s that River, but accompli&s;ht it at length, having behaved him&s;elf during the whole Action, with ad|mirable Courage and Conduct, and Expos'd him&s;elf to a Thou|&s;and Dangers, yet by a particular Providence, he came off without any other hurt than a &s;mall Contu&s;ion on the &s;ide by a Musket Bullet, and having a piece of his Scarf &s;hot away. The Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> perform'd al&s;o Wonders during the Fight: But the Gallantry of mo&s;t of the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>Scotch</HI> is &s;carce to be parallel'd. The Lo&s;s of the <HI>French</HI> was computed to 18000 Men, and that of the Confederates about 7000. The Chief of tho&s;e who fell on our &s;ide was Count <HI>Solms,</HI> Lieutenant-General; and his Grace the Duke of <HI>Ormond</HI> was Wounded and Taken, with many other Officers of Note, but &s;ince redeem'd.</P>
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<P>VIII. <HI>Gemblours.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Gemblours,</HI> Lat. <HI>Gemblacum,</HI> is upon the River <HI>Orne,</HI> with the fine Abbey of St. <HI>Benedict,</HI> who&s;e Abbot is Spiritual and Temporal Lord of the Town. It is Famous for a Fight in 1578. and &s;tands by the Borders of <HI>Namur,</HI> 19 Miles S. of <HI>Namur,</HI> and 20 S. E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 24 d. Lat. 50 d. 37 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Lire.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lire</HI> or <HI>Lier,</HI> Lat. <HI>Lira,</HI> is in the Di&s;trict of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> be|tween that City and <HI>Mechlin,</HI> &s;eated upon the River <HI>Nethe,</HI> which falls Two Miles farther into the <HI>Ruypel.</HI> It is natu|rally &s;trong by its Situation, and made much more &s;o by Art; and be&s;ides a very fine and plea&s;ant Town, Famous for its Manufactures, and its Fairs for Cattel. It &s;tands Seven Miles N. of <HI>Mechlin,</HI> 10 S. E. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and 20 N. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 23 d. 50 m. Lat. 51 d. 9 m.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Die&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Die&s;t</HI> is a little Town upon the River <HI>Demer,</HI> with the Title of <HI>Barony,</HI> and the Head of a Territory Subject to our King as Prince of <HI>Orange.</HI> It is con&s;iderable for its divers Manufactures of Woollen and Linnen Cloth; and for its Two Collegiate Churches. It &s;tands 14 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Louvain.</HI> Long. 24 d. 24 m. Lat. 51 d. 3 m.</P>
<P>There are &s;ome other &s;mall incon&s;iderable Towns in the <HI>Spani&s;h Brabant,</HI> &s;uch as <HI>Vilvoerde, Herentals, Hannuye,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Article III.</HI> Of the <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> of the <HI>Holy Empire.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> of the Holy Empire, is a very &s;mall Province,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> not being above Se|ven Miles W. and E. and Four S. and N. yet it is accounted one of the Four Quarters or Tetrarchies of <HI>Bra|bant,</HI> bounded on the We&s;t by <HI>Flanders,</HI> from which it is &s;e|parated by the River <HI>Scheld,</HI> and on all other &s;ides by <HI>Bra|bant.</HI></P>
<P>The Chief Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> there are, the <HI>Scheld,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and the <HI>Schynt,</HI> which al&s;o runs by <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and there falls into the <HI>Scheld.</HI></P>
<P>This <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> belong'd formerly to the Emperor, but now to the King of <HI>Spain.</HI></P>
<P>The Chief and only Place of Note in the Province is <HI>Antwerp.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Antwerp.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Antwerp,</HI> Lat. <HI>Antuerpia</HI> or <HI>Andoverpum,</HI> and <HI>Antwerpen</HI> by the Natives, is the Capital of the Marqui&s;ate of the Holy Empire, with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Ma|lines.</HI> The derivation &s;ome give of its Name is Fabulous. This City was formerly one of the Riche&s;t and mo&s;t Beauti|ful of the whole World, &s;eated in a &s;pacious Plain upon the Right &s;ide of the <HI>Scheld,</HI> where the River divides the Dutchy of <HI>Brabant</HI> from the County of <HI>Flanders.</HI> It was en|larged by <HI>John</HI> I. <HI>John</HI> III. and <HI>Charles</HI> V. It contains 212 Streets, and 22 publick <HI>Piazza</HI>'s. The Hou&s;es are all neat and fa&s;hionable, and many of them Magnificent. In a word, all the Structures, both Sacred and Prophane, admirable. Our Lady's Church, the Cathedral, is a piece of of incompa|rable Workman&s;hip: it's above 500 Foot long, 240 broad, and 340 high, contains 66 Chappels, embelli&s;h'd with Mar|ble Pillars, all different in &s;hape, and adorned with curious Pictures, as well as the Body of the Church. The Tower is
<PB N="36" REF="21"> one of the highe&s;t and faire&s;t of <HI>Europe,</HI> Built of white Stone, where are 33 large Bells: The Three Chief Doors are cas'd with Marble, and gilt with Gold. This fine Church was almo&s;t burnt to the Ground in the Year 1533. and af|ter that pillag'd during the Civil Wars for Religion. It was erected into a Cathedral by <HI>Paul</HI> IV. in the Year 1559. There are Four other Pari&s;h Churches, <HI>viz.</HI> St. <HI>George,</HI> St. <HI>James,</HI> St. <HI>Andrew,</HI> and St. <HI>Malburge,</HI> be&s;ides 25 Colleges, Nunneries and Religious Hou&s;es, among&s;t which the <HI>Je&s;uits</HI>-Church is very Magnificent; it's paved with Marble on the two lower &s;ides one above another, which are &s;upported by 56 Marble Columns: The Four Roofs are hung with 38 large Pictures of <HI>Rubens</HI> in Gold Frames, and the Wall pierced with 40 cro&s;s Windows lin'd with Marble. The chief Altar is all of Marble, Ja&s;per, Porphyre, and Gold. The Je&s;uits Trea&s;ure is valued Two Millions. The Town-hou&s;e con&s;i&s;ts of Four Apartments, and the Ea&s;terlings Hou&s;e, the Exchange, and the Galleries that &s;urround it, de&s;erve to be &s;een. The Cittadel, one of the &s;tronge&s;t and mo&s;t regular is of a Pentagon Figure. It enclo&s;es two little Hills that give a Pro&s;pect all over the Countrey. This Cittadel was built in 1567. by the Duke of <HI>Alva.</HI> The City lyes 18 Leagues from the Sea, between <HI>Malines, Louvain, Bru&s;&s;els</HI> and <HI>Bruges.</HI> The Harbour is very lovely, and mo&s;t conveni|ent, there being no le&s;s than Eight Channels for Ships to come up by to the City, in the chiefe&s;t of which 100 may ride together. There are 74 Bridges upon the&s;e Canals, all which Conveniences brought a great Trade to the Town, but the Neighbourhood of <HI>Am&s;terdam</HI> has deprived it of the greate&s;t part. This City &s;uffered much in the Revolt of the <HI>Low Countries</HI> from the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> who plundered it Three days together, burnt above 600 Hou&s;es, and Kill'd and Drowned 10000 of the Inhabitants. The Confederates re|pair'd it, but it was after that retaken by the Prince of <HI>Parma,</HI> after a Years Siege, memorable for the many Ma|chines and Devices us'd in it. <HI>Antwerp</HI> &s;tands 24 Miles N. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 23 d. 36 m. Lat. 51 d. 16 m.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>Article IV.</HI> Of the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Malines.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>MAlines</HI> or <HI>Mechlin</HI> is another very &s;mall Pro|vince,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> bounded on every &s;ide with <HI>Bra|bant,</HI> and is nigh the middle of it, and not far off the Borders of <HI>Flanders.</HI> Its extent is about Eight Miles We&s;t and Ea&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and Five South and North.</P>
<P>It is a di&s;tinct Province from the re&s;t, and the Re&s;idence of the Parliament or great Council for the&s;e Countries, but has not tho&s;e Priviledges that <HI>Brabant</HI> has. And for that rea&s;on mo&s;t Women here when they are ready to Lie-In, go into <HI>Brabant</HI> to be brought to Bed, that their Children may enjoy their Priviledges.</P>
<P>In the compa&s;s of the Province lyes but one Ci|ty,<NOTE PLACE="marg">City.</NOTE> or Walled Town, and Nine Villages.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Villages.</NOTE></P>
<P>The chief Rivers are,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> 1. The <HI>Dele</HI> which runs through the middle, and wa&s;hes <HI>Mechlin,</HI> and then into <HI>Brabant,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Scheld.</HI> 2. <HI>Senne,</HI> which here falls into the <HI>Dele.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Malines.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Malines</HI> or <HI>Mechlin,</HI> Lat. <HI>Mechlinia,</HI> and by tho&s;e of the Country <HI>Mackelen</HI> or <HI>Meckelen,</HI> upon the <HI>Dele,</HI> is the Capital of the Lord&s;hip of that Name. Its Bigne&s;s and Magnifi|cence cau&s;e it to be called <HI>Malines</HI> the Beautiful; as <HI>Antwerp</HI> the Rich, <HI>Bru&s;&s;els</HI> the Noble, <HI>Louvain</HI> the Wi&s;e, <HI>Ghent</HI> the Great, and <HI>Bruges</HI> the Ancient. The &s;ituation is very plea|&s;ant, and becau&s;e of the Tide, the Trade is very good. There is an Archbi&s;hoprick's See founded by <HI>Paul</HI> IV. in 1559. with the Title of Primate of the <HI>Low-Countries,</HI> Car|dinal <HI>Granville</HI> was the fir&s;t Archbi&s;hop. The Cathedral Church is Con&s;ecrated to St. <HI>Rombaut. Malines</HI> is the place of the great Royal Council, in&s;tituted by <HI>Charles</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy</HI> in 1473. There is al&s;o the Parliament of the
<PB N="38" REF="22"> Knights of the <HI>Fleece;</HI> and the Prince's Ar&s;enal. Speaking of this Ar&s;enal, I cannot but mention, that the Thunder ha|ving &s;et on Fire &s;everal Barrels of Powder in 1546. it broke out with &s;uch fury, that it overturned a Tower, and above 300 Hou&s;es, dryed up the Ditch about the Town, and cau|&s;ed extraordinary Damage. In the Suburb is St. <HI>Alexis</HI>'s Nunnery, where there are 15 or 1600 Nuns, who are allow|ed to walk abroad, to pay and receive Vi&s;its, and to Marry when they plea&s;e. The Lord&s;hip of <HI>Malines</HI> had its own Lords, until 1336. that it became a free Town. After that time it belonged to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> till it entred into that of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> in 1477. Its Inhabitants are free from all Taxes, for the good Service perform'd to <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Bold,</HI> Earl of <HI>Flanders,</HI> at the Siege of <HI>Nuis</HI> upon the <HI>Rhine.</HI> Here have been Two Provincial Councils, the fir&s;t in 1570. and the &s;econd in 1607. The chief Trade of this place con|&s;i&s;ts in Tanning, making of Linnen Cloth, Point and Lace, (which bear the Name of the City) and ca&s;ting great Ar|tillery and Guns. It &s;tands 11 Miles N. W. of <HI>Louvain,</HI> 13 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> 14 S. E. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> and 30 E. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 23 p. 44 m. Lat. 51 d. 6 m.</P>
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<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article V.</HI> Part of the Dukedom of <HI>Gelderland</HI> belonging to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat part of <HI>Gelderland</HI> which is Subject to the <HI>Spaniards,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> has on the Ea&s;t and North, <HI>Cleves</HI> in <HI>Germany;</HI> on the We&s;t <HI>Brabant,</HI> and on the South <HI>Juliers</HI> in <HI>Germany.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> Its extent is a|bout 36 Miles North and South, and about 28 Ea&s;t and We&s;t.</P>
<P>The Soil is fertile, and yields all &s;orts of Grains, abounding moreover with rich Pa&s;ture-grounds,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> which fatten great Droves of Cattel, which are &s;ent from many far Places.</P>
<P>The chief Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE>1. The <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> which runs through the mid&s;t of this part, wa&s;hing <HI>Ruremonde</HI> and <HI>Venlo,</HI> and &s;o
<PB N="39" REF="22"> pa&s;&s;es on, dividing <HI>Brabant</HI> from the re&s;t of <HI>Guelderland.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Niers,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Gelders,</HI> and runs into <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>The Chief Towns are
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Gelders</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Venlo.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ruremond</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Gelders.</HI></P>
<P>The City of <HI>Guelders,</HI> Lat. <HI>Gueldria,</HI> which they of the Country call <HI>Gelre,</HI> is &s;eated on a Mar&s;hy Ground upon the little River of <HI>Niers,</HI> which environs it in&s;tead of a Moat. The Ca&s;tle is extreamly &s;trong, and &s;aid to be impregnable by rea&s;on of its &s;ituation. In 1627. the <HI>Spaniards</HI> laboured to have brought the <HI>Rhine</HI> to the City of <HI>Guelders,</HI> and in|to the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> on purpo&s;e to have cut off the Commerce be|tween <HI>Germany</HI> and <HI>Holland,</HI> but fail'd in their Enterprize. It &s;tands 26 Miles nigh S. E. of <HI>Nimeguen,</HI> the Chief of the Province, and 11 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Venlo.</HI> Long. 25 d. 37 m. Lat. 51 d. 31 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Venlo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Venlo</HI> is a very &s;trong Town on the River <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> by the Borders of <HI>Juliers.</HI> It is a <HI>Hance</HI>-Town, but Subject to the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> and &s;tands 11 Miles S. W. of <HI>Gelders,</HI> and 11 N. of <HI>Ruremond.</HI> Long. 25 d. 24 m. Lat. 51 d. 27 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Ruremond.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ruremond</HI> Lat. <HI>Ruremonde,</HI> is the &s;econd City of <HI>Gelderland,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragant of <HI>Malines,</HI> on the River <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> at the Mouth of the <HI>Roer</HI> or <HI>Rura,</HI> from which it takes its Name. Its Collegiate Church was Erected in 1559. into a Cathedral by Pope <HI>Paul</HI> IV. <HI>William Lindall</HI> was the fir&s;t Pre|late of it. The City is large, fair, and rich, having many &s;tately Mona&s;teries in it, whereof that of the <HI>Carthu&s;ians</HI> is the mo&s;t con&s;iderable. It &s;tands 11 Miles S. of <HI>Venlo,</HI> and 21 S. of <HI>Gelders.</HI> Long. 25 d. 22 m. Lat. 51 d. 16 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="article">
<PB N="40" REF="23">
<HEAD><HI>Article VI.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Limburg, Limburgen&s;is, Du|catus.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>LImburg</HI> has the Dutchy of <HI>Juliers</HI> to the Ea&s;t and North,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege</HI> to the We&s;t, and part of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> to the South.</P>
<P>Its Extent South and North is about 35 Miles, and We&s;t and Ea&s;t about 26.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> It had heretofore Dukes of its own,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> but upon the Death of <HI>Wal|raine</HI> III. (whom others call <HI>Henry</HI>) in 1285. <HI>A|dolph</HI> &s;old it to <HI>John</HI> Duke of <HI>Brabant,</HI> who pretended a Right to it, as de&s;cended from <HI>Margaret</HI> Daughter of <HI>Henry</HI> Duke of <HI>Limburg,</HI> Married in 1172. to <HI>Godfrey</HI> Duke of <HI>Brabant.</HI> In 1293. <HI>Rainold</HI> I. Duke of <HI>Guelderland,</HI> laid claim to it, in the Kight of <HI>Ermengarde</HI> his Wife, Daughter of <HI>Herman</HI> late Duke of <HI>Limburg;</HI> but he lo&s;ing the Battel of <HI>Woring</HI> near <HI>Collen, June</HI> 5. 1298. and being taken Pri&s;oner, was forced to re&s;ign his Right to <HI>John</HI> Duke of <HI>Brabant,</HI> to regain his Liberty, and from that time the Dukes of <HI>Brabant</HI> have en|joyed it.</P>
<P>It has excellent Mines of Iron, and one of Cop|per.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> The Earth is very fruitful in Wheat, Fruits, and Fewel, but above all in Gra&s;s and Water. The Famous <HI>Spaw-Waters</HI> are not above Three Leagues S. W. from <HI>Limburg.</HI></P>
<P>The Chief Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE>1. The <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> which runs but thorough a little part of this Country.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Geul,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Valkenburg,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Meu&s;e.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>We&s;er,</HI> which watereth <HI>Limburg,</HI> and runs into <HI>Liege.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Bervine,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Dalem.</HI> and falls into the <HI>Meu&s;e.</HI></P>
<P>This Province hath but Five Walled Towns, and about 120 Villages.</P>
<PB N="41" REF="23">
<P>The Towns are
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Limburg.</HI> Cap. to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dalem,</HI> to the <HI>Hollanders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Valkenburg,</HI> to the <HI>Hollanders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rolduck,</HI> to the <HI>Hollanders.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Remborg.</HI> to the <HI>Hollanders.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Limburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Limburg</HI> Lat. <HI>Limburgum,</HI> is plea&s;antly &s;eated upon a &s;teep Rock which overlooks all the Country round about; at the bottom thereof runs the River <HI>We&s;er</HI> almo&s;t round it among &s;e|veral &s;hady Woods. It is but a &s;mall City, for it chiefly con&s;i&s;ts of one broad &s;hort Street; neither is it con&s;iderable for its beauty, the Buildings for the mo&s;t part being of Wood. But it is of no &s;mall con&s;ideration for its &s;trength, for it is encompa&s;&s;ed with a &s;trong Wall and a Trench, and the acce&s;s to it, which is on the North &s;ide, is extreamly difficult, lying all along upon the edge of the Rock: From one &s;ide thereof to the other, the Gate of the Town, (over which are the Governours Lodgings) &s;preads it &s;elf, and quite locks up and commands the whole pa&s;&s;age. Here was before a very &s;trong Ca&s;tle. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> took this City in 1632. but the <HI>Spaniards</HI> recovered it again. In 1675. the <HI>French</HI> &s;urprized it, and being forc'd to leave it in 1677. they de&s;troyed the Ca&s;tle which now lyes in Rubbi&s;h. <HI>Lim|burg</HI> &s;tands 19 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Liege.</HI> Long. 25 d. 30 m. Lat. 50 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Dalem.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dalem</HI> is a &s;mall but &s;trong Town and Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>Bervin,</HI> with a large Territory depending upon it. <HI>Henry</HI> II. Duke of <HI>Brabant</HI> took this Town, and United it to his Dominions; it is now &s;ubject to the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> and &s;tands Seven Miles N. E. of <HI>Liege,</HI> and 15 N. W. of <HI>Limburg.</HI> Long. 25 d. 5 m. Lat. 50 d. 45 m.</P>
<PB N="42" REF="24">
<P>III. <HI>Valkenburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Valkenburg</HI> or <HI>Vauguemont</HI> is a &s;trong Town in <HI>Limburg,</HI> on the River <HI>Geul,</HI> and &s;ubject to the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> tho' &s;aid to be|long to the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Liege.</HI> It is large and indifferent neat|ly built, as well as tollerably fortified: The Ca&s;tle &s;tands on a &s;teep Rock, and is inacce&s;&s;ible and impregnable to an Ene|my that brings not Canon along with him. Yet in the year 1672. upon the news of the <HI>French</HI> coming, it was immedi|ately quitted. The <HI>French</HI> took it in 1676. and re&s;tored it in 1679. by the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> It &s;tands 11 Miles E. of <HI>Mae&s;tricht,</HI> 17 N. E. of <HI>Liege,</HI> and 21 N. of <HI>Limburg,</HI> Long. 25 d. 18 m. Lat. 50 d. 53 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Rolduck.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rolduck</HI> is an old little Town and Ca&s;tle, with the Title of County, &s;ubject to the <HI>Hollanders:</HI> it &s;tands 13 Miles E. of <HI>Valkenburg,</HI> Long. 25 d. 34 m. Lrt. 50 d. 52 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Remborg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Remborg,</HI> is al&s;o a little Town, on the borders of <HI>Juliers</HI> and Territory of <HI>Rolduck,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>Hollandes.</HI> It &s;tands 12 Miles E. of <HI>Valkenburg.</HI> Long. 25. d. Lat. 50 d. 57 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article VII.</HI> Of the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege. Leodien&s;is Ditio.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Country has part of the Dutchy of <HI>Gel|derland</HI> and <HI>Brabant</HI> on the North.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> Part of <HI>Brabant</HI> and the County of <HI>Namur</HI> on the We&s;t. The County of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> on the South; And the Dutchies of <HI>Limburg</HI> and <HI>Juliers</HI> on the Ea&s;t. It is extended about 70 Miles South-We&s;t and North-Ea&s;t, and about 35 We&s;t and Ea&s;t.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> It
<PB N="43" REF="24"> is a part of the Circle of <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> in <HI>Germany</HI> tho' annexed to the&s;e Provinces.</P>
<P>The Air is here very temperate; The Valleys produce plenty of Gra&s;s;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> The Plains abound with Corn, the Hills are thick &s;et with Vines, the Mountains have their Quarries of Marble, and Mines of Lead, Iron and Brim&s;tone, be&s;ide Pit-coal in abundance. The Forre&s;ts afford great &s;tore of Veni&s;on.</P>
<P>The Bi&s;hop is Lord of the Country and Prince of the Empire,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Government.</NOTE> tho' as Bi&s;hop he be under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne;</HI> he has al&s;o the Title of Duke of <HI>Bouillon,</HI> Marquis of <HI>Franchimont,</HI> and Count of <HI>Loots</HI> and <HI>Hasbain,</HI> which are all Lord&s;hips in this Bi&s;hoprick. Be&s;ides that,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cities.</NOTE> it contains 52 Baronies, a great number of Abbeys, 24 Wal|led Towns, and above 1500 Villages.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Villages.</NOTE></P>
<P>The Chief Rivers are,</P>
<P N="1">1. The <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Dinant, Huy, Liege, Mae&s;tricht, Stochem,</HI> and <HI>Mae&s;eyck,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> and runs into <HI>Gelderland.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The <HI>Demer,</HI> which here wa&s;hing <HI>Bil&s;en</HI> and <HI>Haffelt,</HI> runs into <HI>Brabant.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. The <HI>Jecker</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Tongres</HI> and falls into the <HI>Maes</HI> at <HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>We&s;dres,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Viviers</HI> and falls into the <HI>Maes</HI> at <HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI></P>
<P>Be&s;ides the&s;e there are eleven &s;mall Rivers.</P>
<P>The Chief Cities are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Liege.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Huy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chiney.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thuin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bouillon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dinant.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Walcourt.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Florennes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Horn.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hamont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brey.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ma&s;eick.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Herk.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Truyen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tongres.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="44" REF="25">
<P>I. <HI>Liege.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Liege</HI> or <HI>Luick</HI> Lat. <HI>Laodium, Laodicum</HI> and &s;ometimes <HI>Le|gia,</HI> is &s;ituated on the left &s;ide of the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> a little below the place where <HI>Ourt</HI> runs into it, with a Bi&s;hops See Suffra|gant of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne.</HI> It is a free Imperial City, built in a plea&s;ant Valley, &s;urrounded with Woods and Hills, among&s;t &s;weet &s;prings which fall down from them, and the little Rivers of <HI>&V;te, Ve&s;e</HI> and <HI>Ambluat,</HI> which fall into the <HI>Maes</HI> before it enters this City. The publick buildings, as, the Bi&s;hops Palace, the Churches, and Bridges are very &s;umptuous and magnificent. There are a great number of Abbeys and Religious Hou&s;es, and eight Collegiate Churches. The Cathedral dedicated to St. <HI>Lambert,</HI> is famous for its Chapter; to which no Canon can be admitted except he be noble by Birth, or by learning; that is except he be a Gen|tleman or a Doctor. The Bi&s;hops See was fir&s;t at <HI>Tongres</HI> from thence removed to <HI>Mae&s;tricht,</HI> and by St. <HI>Hubert</HI> &s;ucce&s;&s;or of St. <HI>Lambert</HI> the Martyr, &s;etled at <HI>Liege.</HI> A va&s;t part of the Town within the Walls is not built, but employed in Vineyards and Orchards, which are very fruitful. It is &s;uppo&s;ed by &s;ome to have been built by <HI>Amborix</HI> a German Prince, mention'd by <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar.</HI> It &s;uffered much from the <HI>Normans,</HI> and from one of the Dukes of <HI>Brabant,</HI> who took it and plundered it in 1212. In the XVth Century <HI>John</HI> D. of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> taking ad|vantage of their di&s;agreement in the Election of a Bi&s;hop, grievou&s;ly afflicted it in 1409. killing 36000 of them in a Bat|tel, and entring into the City, cau&s;ed the Chief of tho&s;e that had oppo&s;ed him to be ca&s;t into the <HI>Meu&s;e.</HI> After this in 1468. <HI>Charles</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> again took the City, his Souldiers committing intolerable outrages again&s;t the Inha|bitants. In this la&s;t Age it has been ill treated by its Bi&s;hops, and the <HI>French</HI> taking it by &s;urpri&s;e in 1675. the next year after ruined the Ca&s;tle. In 1688. the Baron of <HI>Elderen,</HI> Great Dean of the Cathedral was cho&s;en Bi&s;hop and Prince of <HI>Liege</HI> by Plurality of Votes, in oppo&s;ition to the Cardinal of <HI>Fur&s;tem|berg,</HI> and has repaired the old Fortifications; and added new ones. <HI>Liege</HI> &s;tands 30 Miles almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Namur,</HI> and 54 Ea&s;t of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> Long. 25 d. Lat. 50 d. 42 m.</P>
<PB N="45" REF="25">
<P>II. <HI>Huy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Huy</HI> Lat. <HI>Hugum</HI> and <HI>Hugonum,</HI> is a Town and Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> near the Place where the River <HI>Huy</HI> runs into it, which gives the name to the Town. 'Tis divided by the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> into two parts, and is reputed very ancient. It had particular Earls, who gave it to the Bi&s;hops of <HI>Liege.</HI> It has &s;uffered much in the late Wars. In 1692. the <HI>French</HI> &s;at before it, but &s;oon left the Enterpri&s;e, the next year they be|&s;ieg'd and carried it in a few days. It &s;tands 14 Miles almo&s;t S. W. of <HI>Liege,</HI> and 17 almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Namur,</HI> Long. 24 d. 35 m. Lat. 50 d. 36 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Chiney.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chiney</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the Borders of <HI>Namur,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>French</HI> ever &s;ince 1681. It &s;tands 14 Miles S. E. of <HI>Na|mur,</HI> Long. 24 d. 26 m. Lat. 50 d. 23 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Thuin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thuin</HI> is a little Town on the River <HI>Sambre</HI> and in <HI>le pays en|tre Sambre &amp; Meu&s;e,</HI> it is &s;ubject to the <HI>French</HI> who have lately fortified it. It &s;tands by the borders of <HI>Hainault</HI> 10 Miles S. W. of <HI>Charleroy,</HI> and 14 S. E. of <HI>Mons,</HI> Long. 23 d. 31 m. Lat. 50 d. 22 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Bouillon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bouillon</HI> or <HI>Buillon</HI> Lat. <HI>Bullonium</HI> is a fair and beautiful Bur|rough and Ca&s;tle, with the Title of a Dutchy; This Ca&s;tle is very &s;trong, &s;ituated upon a craggy Mountain. It gave its name to the illu&s;trious <HI>Godfrey</HI> of <HI>Bouillon</HI> King of <HI>Jeru&s;alem</HI> who undertaking the famous expedition of the Holy Land, engaged <HI>Bouillon</HI> to <HI>Obert</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Liege,</HI> upon condition that if he came back he &s;hould have the Liberty of Redeeming it. In the XVth Century it pa&s;&s;ed into the Hou&s;e of <HI>la Mark.</HI> It is now Subject to the <HI>French,</HI> and &s;tands on the Ri|ver
<PB N="46" REF="26"> <HI>Semoy,</HI> 38 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> Long. 24 d. 34 m. Lat. 49 d. 50 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Dinant.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dinant</HI> Lat. <HI>Dinantium</HI> a rich Town on the River <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> had formerly a &s;trong Cittadel on a &s;teep Rock, that was ruined by the <HI>French</HI> in 1554. and has been re&s;tored &s;ince. The <HI>French</HI> are in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of this Place ever &s;ince 1675. it lies 14 Miles S. of <HI>Namur,</HI> and 40 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Liege,</HI> Long. 24 d. 10 m. Lat. 50 d. 12 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Walcourt.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Walcourt</HI> or <HI>Valencourt</HI> is a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town in the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege,</HI> tho' often reckon'd in <HI>Namur.</HI> It is the Capital of <HI>le pays entre Meu&s;e &amp; Sambre,</HI> and famous for an ob|&s;tinate skirmi&s;h betwixt the <HI>Dutch</HI> and <HI>French,</HI> in which the latter &s;u&s;tained a con&s;iderable lo&s;s in 1689. but made them|&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the Town. It &s;tands on a Rivulet nine Miles S. of <HI>Charleroy,</HI> and 17 W. of <HI>Dinant,</HI> Long. 23 d. 42 m. Lat. 50 d. 18. m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Florennes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Florennes</HI> is another &s;mall Town in <HI>Le Pays entre Sambre &amp; Meu&s;e,</HI> &s;ubject to the French. It &s;tands five Miles E. of <HI>Wal|court,</HI> and 11 W. of <HI>Dinant,</HI> Long. 24 d. Lat. 50 d. 10 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Horne.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Horne</HI> is a little Town in <HI>Brabant</HI> with the Title of Earldom, and a great Domain. It is &s;ituated on the River <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> with a good Ca&s;tle. It is an Imperial Mannor tho' &s;ubordinate to the ancient Earldom of <HI>Lootz</HI> in the Dominion of <HI>Liege..</HI> It &s;tands &s;ix Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Ruremond.</HI></P>
<PB N="47" REF="26">
<P>X. <HI>Hamont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Hamont</HI> is a little Town in the County of <HI>Lootz,</HI> and &s;ubject to this Prince. In &s;tands on the Borders of <HI>Brabant</HI> 17 Miles N. W. of <HI>Mae&s;ick,</HI> Long. 24 d. 50 m. Lat. 51 d. 18 m.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Brey.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Brey</HI> is another &s;mall Town in the County of <HI>Lootz,</HI> &s;ubject to that Prince, 11 Miles W. of <HI>Mae&s;ick,</HI> and 15 North of <HI>Mae&s;tricht,</HI> Long. 24 d. 55 m. Lat. 51 d. 10 m.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Mae&s;ick.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mae&s;ick</HI> is a pretty con&s;iderable Town in the County of <HI>Lootz,</HI> &s;ubject to this Prince. It &s;tands on the River <HI>Maes,</HI> by the Borders of <HI>Brabant</HI> and <HI>Gelderland,</HI> 13 Miles almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Mae&s;tricht</HI> and 27 from <HI>Liege,</HI> Long. 25 d. 13. m. Lat. 51 d. 7 m.</P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Herk.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Herk</HI> is a &s;mall Town in the &s;ame County on the borders of <HI>Brabant,</HI> and on the River <HI>Demer,</HI> 18 Miles E. of <HI>Mae&s;tricht</HI> and 25 N. W. of <HI>Liege,</HI> Long. 24 d. 28 m. Lat. 50 d. 58 m.</P>
<P>XIV. St. <HI>Truyen.</HI></P>
<P>St. <HI>Truyen,</HI> or St. <HI>Tron,</HI> Lat. <HI>Fanum Sancti Trudonis,</HI> is the Capital of the County of <HI>Hasbain</HI> or <HI>Haspengo,</HI> &s;ubject to this Prince. It &s;tands nigh the Borders of <HI>Brabant,</HI> 18 Miles W. of <HI>Ma&s;tricht</HI> and 20 almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Liege,</HI> Long. 24 d. 21 m. Lat. 50 d. 52 m.</P>
<PB N="48" REF="27">
<P>XV. <HI>Tongres.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tongres</HI> or <HI>Tongeron,</HI> Lat. <HI>Tungri</HI> or <HI>Aduacata Tungrorum,</HI> is a very ancient Town upon <HI>Jecker,</HI> it was fir&s;t ruined by <HI>Attila,</HI> and afterwards by the <HI>Normans.</HI> Some pretend that St. <HI>Ma|terne</HI> &s;ent by St. <HI>Peter</HI> preached the Go&s;pel and was fir&s;t Bi&s;hop of this Place, where he had eight &s;ucce&s;&s;ors, until St. <HI>Gervais</HI> removed the &s;eat to <HI>Ma&s;tricht,</HI> whence it was afterwards changed to <HI>Liege.</HI> This Town has nothing con&s;iderable at pre&s;ent but its name, and the Glory of its ancient &s;plendor. It lies about 13 Miles N. W. of <HI>Liege.</HI> Long. 24 d. 34 m. Lat. 50 d. 53 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article. VIII.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Namur.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS County borders <HI>Brabant</HI> on the North; part of <HI>Brabant</HI> and <HI>Hainault</HI> on the We&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> part of <HI>Hainault</HI> and <HI>Luxemburg</HI> on the South; and part of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> and the Country of <HI>Liege,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> on the Ea&s;t. Its extent North-ea&s;t and South-We&s;t is about 34 Miles, and We&s;t and Ea&s;t about 30.</P>
<P>It is plentifully &s;tored with all Commodities, the Hills cloathed with Woods full of Fowl and Veni&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and the Valleys fertile in Corn and Pa|&s;tures. It has al&s;o &s;everal Mines of Lead and Iron, Quarries of divers &s;orts of fine Marble, and Pits of Stone-Coal, which they call <HI>Houles.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Cities.</NOTE>There are here four con&s;iderable Towns, and about 184 Villages.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Villages.</NOTE></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE>The Chief Rivers are, 1. The <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> which runs through the mid&s;t of this Province into the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege,</HI> wa&s;hing <HI>Charlemont, Dinant, Bovines,</HI> and <HI>Namur.</HI> 2. The <HI>Sambre</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Char|leroy,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> at <HI>Namur.</HI></P>
<PB N="49" REF="27">
<P>This County was formerly under the <HI>Spa|niards</HI> but the <HI>French</HI> have in this late War con|quered its be&s;t places.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Government.</NOTE></P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable pla|ces in the County of <HI>Namur,</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Namur.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charleroy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Charlemont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bouvines.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Flerus.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Namur.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Namur</HI> Lat. <HI>Namurcum,</HI> &s;ituated upon the <HI>Sambre</HI> and near the <HI>Maes,</HI> lies between two Mountains and has a very &s;trong Ca&s;tle. Some derive its name from <HI>Novo Muro,</HI> a new Wall built here by the Romans. The Cathedral dedicated to St. <HI>Aubin</HI> was built in 1569. and the Bi&s;hoprick lies under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cambray;</HI> be&s;ides the Cathedral there is al&s;o the Collegiate Church of our Lady, and &s;everal other Churches and Mona&s;teries. This City has a large and hand&s;om Market-place, a &s;tately Town-hou&s;e and abundance of good Stone-Buildings. It is no le&s;s rich than plea&s;ant and &s;trong. The Council Royal of the Province re&s;ided here, from which they did appeal to that of <HI>Malines.</HI> In 1692. The &s;trength of the Place being di&s;covered to the <HI>French</HI> by the Treacherous Ba|ron <HI>de Bre&s;&s;e,</HI> who under pretence of being taken did actual|ly de&s;ert the Spani&s;h &s;ervice, <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. with 80000 &s;at down before it, <HI>Luxemburg</HI> covering the Siege with another great Army; The Town was taken after a few days Re&s;i&s;t|ance, a Parly being beaten by a Drummer, who never di&s;co|vered who commanded him. While the <HI>French</HI> continued to Be&s;iege the Ca&s;tle King <HI>William</HI> III. of great <HI>Brittain,</HI> march'd with 90000 Men to its Relief, but the <HI>French</HI> being advanta|geou&s;ly po&s;ted, they declined Battle; His Maje&s;ty did notwith|&s;tanding drive them from &s;ome of their Po&s;ts, and laid Bridges over the River to pa&s;s it, but in the mean time a great Rain happening, &s;well'd the River, carried down the Bridges, pre|vented his attacquing them, and gave them the opportunity to take the Ca&s;tle al&s;o, <HI>July</HI> 2. 1692. <HI>Namur</HI> has been &s;ince ve|ry well Fortified by the <HI>French.</HI> It lies 32 Miles S. E. of <HI>Bru&s;|&s;els,</HI> and 50 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Antwerp,</HI> Long. 24 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 32</P>
<PB N="50" REF="28">
<P>II. <HI>Charleroy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Charleroy,</HI> Lat. <HI>Carolo-Regium,</HI> is a Town and Fortre&s;s built upon a Mountain near the <HI>Sambre</HI> and <HI>Pieton;</HI> it was but a Bor|rough called <HI>Charnoy</HI> until the Spaniards fortified it in 1666. and called it <HI>Charleroy</HI> from <HI>Charles</HI> their King. The French took it the year after, and kept it by the Peace of <HI>Aix la Chapelle.</HI> The <HI>Dutch</HI> and <HI>Spaniards</HI> attempted this Town twice in vain, the fir&s;t time in 1672. and the &s;econd in 1677. But in the year 1678. it was yielded to the <HI>Spaniards</HI> by the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> In 1692. the <HI>French</HI> Bombarded this Place. In 1693 they &s;at down before it with a numerous Ar|my, the Marqui&s;s <HI>de Villeroy,</HI> carrying on the Siege, and <HI>Luxemburg</HI> covering him, &s;o that King <HI>William</HI> of <HI>Great Brit|tain,</HI> and the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> not being &s;trong enough to attack them, they carried the Town by &s;urrender, after a gallant defence by the Marqui&s;s <HI>de Ca&s;tillo</HI> the Governour, who held out again&s;t them 27 days open Trenches, and capitulated on honourable Terms, <HI>October</HI> 1. 1693. <HI>Charleroy</HI> &s;tands 14 Miles W. of <HI>Namur,</HI> and 26 S. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> Long. 23 d. 42 m. Lat. 50 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Charlemont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Charlemont</HI> Lat. <HI>Carolo-Montium,</HI> is a &s;mall Town with a good Fortre&s;s built by <HI>Charles</HI> V. in 1555. upon the Top of a Mountain, with &s;trong Bulwarks and other regular Fortifica|tions. The <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> runs at the bottom of this Mountain below <HI>Givet,</HI> and affords the Town a great Trade. This Town has been in the Hands of the <HI>French</HI> ever &s;ince 1680. It lies 20 Miles S. of <HI>Namur,</HI> Long, 24 d. 10 m. Lat. 50 d. 12 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Bouvines.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bouvines</HI> or <HI>Bouvignes,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bovinae</HI> and <HI>Boviniacum,</HI> was en|viron'd with Walls in 1173. by <HI>Henry</HI> the <HI>Blind</HI> Earl of <HI>Na|mur,</HI> after which, the Counte&s;s <HI>Yolande</HI> granted it the Rights and Priviledges of a City. In 1154. it was taken by the <HI>French.</HI> It was afterwards retaken by the <HI>Spaniards.</HI> But the <HI>French</HI>
<PB N="51" REF="28"> are Ma&s;ters of it again. It is but a &s;mall Town, and of no great &s;trength, and is only con&s;iderable for its being a Pa&s;s between <HI>Namur</HI> and <HI>Luxemburg.</HI> It &s;tands on the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> about two Miles off <HI>Dinant;</HI> and 12 S. of <HI>Namur,</HI> Long. 24 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 18 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Flerus.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Flerus,</HI> is but a Village, yet very remarkable for the fa|mous Battel that was fought here in 1690. in which the <HI>French</HI> got the better of the Confederates. It &s;tands almo&s;t &s;ix Miles N. E. of <HI>Charleroy,</HI> and 10 W. of <HI>Namur,</HI> Long. 23 d. 55 m. Lat. 50 d. 32 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article IX.</HI> Of the Dukedom of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Dukedom of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> is one of the XVII. Provinces, belonging of old to the <HI>Treviri;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> it has on the Ea&s;t the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Triers,</HI> from which it is &s;eparated by the <HI>Mo&s;el.</HI> On the North the Duke|dom of <HI>Limburg</HI> and <HI>Liege.</HI> On the We&s;t the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> which &s;eparates it from <HI>Champagne</HI> and <HI>Namur.</HI> And on the South <HI>Lorrain.</HI> Its Extent South and North is about 52 Miles,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and We&s;t and Ea&s;t about 60.</P>
<P>The We&s;t part of it is barren, but abounds with Game; that towards the Ea&s;t, abounds in Corn,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> Minerals, Quarries of Stone, and yields Wine in &s;ome places.</P>
<P>The Chief Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Mo&s;elle,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Mazieres, Thion|ville, Remich,</HI> and <HI>War&s;erbillick,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> and runs into <HI>Germany.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Ourt</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Hofalize, La Rocke, Durbuy,</HI> and runs into <HI>Liege.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Sour</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Dietkick</HI> and <HI>Ethernack,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Mo&s;elle.</HI></P>
<PB N="52" REF="29">
<P><HI>Luxemburg</HI> at fir&s;t had the Title of Earldom only, but was made a Dukedom by an Emperor of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> It has about 20 Walled Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Towns.</NOTE> and 1200 Villages, which are all under the <HI>French</HI> &s;ince 1684. that they took the Capital. The Hou&s;e of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> is one of the mo&s;t Noble Families of <HI>Eu|rope,</HI> for it has produced Five Emperors, whereof Three were Kings of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> and has been po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed of great E&s;tates in <HI>Germany</HI> and <HI>France.</HI> It has al&s;o yielded Six Queens and many Prince&s;&s;es. The mo&s;t ancient of this Hou&s;e that we have knowledge of, was <HI>Sigefredus,</HI> younge&s;t Brother of <HI>God|frey</HI> Earl of <HI>Verdun,</HI> who by Exchange got the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Lux|emburg</HI> of <HI>Wiker</HI> Abbot of St. <HI>Maximinus</HI> of <HI>Trier, April</HI> 17. 963. whence he took his Sirname, and the Title of Earl, which he left to his Po&s;terity. This Family afterwards became ve|ry con&s;iderable about the XIIIth. and XIVth. Centuries, and was divided into Three Branches, <HI>viz.</HI> That of 1. <HI>Luxemburg Ligni,</HI> of, 2. <HI>Luxemburg Brienne S. Paul,</HI> and <HI>Pinci,</HI> (the Heire&s;s of which Branch the pre&s;ent Mare&s;chal of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> Married; but he him&s;elf is de&s;cended of the Earls of <HI>Boute|ville,</HI> tho' he calls him&s;elf <HI>Francis Henry</HI> of <HI>Montmorency,</HI> and has taken the Arms of that Hou&s;e.) The third Branch is that of <HI>Luxemburg Fiennes</HI> and <HI>Martigues,</HI> which is al&s;o extinct.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Luxemburg.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Thionville.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>E&s;che.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Virton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ivoix.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Montmedy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Stenay</HI> or <HI>Altenay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Damvilliers.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mai&s;iers.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Durbuy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ba&s;toigne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vianden.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Arlon.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Luxemburg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Luxemburgum,</HI> or <HI>Augu&s;ta Romanduorum,</HI> or <HI>Luciburgum,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the River <HI>El&s;e,</HI> one part of it on a Hill, and the re&s;t in a Plain; There is a very &s;trong Ca&s;tle, and &s;everal regular Fortifications. It has a Convent of the Order of St. <HI>Francis,</HI> in which lyes Buried <HI>John</HI> King of <HI>Bohemia,</HI> Father of <HI>Charles</HI> IVth. Emperor of <HI>Germany,</HI>
<PB N="53" REF="29"> &s;lain by the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> at the Battel of <HI>Cre&s;&s;y</HI> in 1346. This City has &s;uffered much by the Wars between the <HI>French</HI> and the <HI>Netherlands.</HI> In 1529. <HI>Charles</HI> V. took it from <HI>Francis</HI> I. of <HI>France.</HI> In 1542. it was taken and &s;acked by the Duke of <HI>Orleans,</HI> and retaken, and treated in the &s;ame manner the Year following. It is now under the <HI>French,</HI> who took it in 1684. and have &s;o much added &s;ince to its Fortifications, as to render it almo&s;t impregnable. It &s;tands 18 Miles S. W. of <HI>Trier,</HI> 31 N. of <HI>Metz,</HI> 52 S. of <HI>Limburg,</HI> and 100 S. E. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els.</HI> Long. 25 d. 34 m. Lat. 49 d. 41 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Thionville.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Thionville,</HI> Lat. <HI>Theodonis Villa,</HI> upon the <HI>Mo&s;elle,</HI> is &s;o ad|vantagiou&s;ly &s;ituated, and &s;o well fortified, that it has pa&s;&s;ed a long time for impregnable. The Duke of <HI>Gui&s;e</HI> took it in 1558. but it was afterwards delivered to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> were beat before it in 1639. but they made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it in 1643. and kept it by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Peace. It was in this Town that <HI>Charlemagne</HI> generally a&s;&s;embled the Prelates and Barons of his Kingdoms as in 806. when he di|vided his Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions between his three Sons. This Town &s;tands 13 Miles S. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI> Long. 25 d. 32 m. Lat. 49 d. 29 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>E&s;che.</HI></P>
<P><HI>E&s;che</HI> is but a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town, 10 Miles S. W. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Virton.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Virton</HI> is another &s;mall Town, about 22 Miles W. of <HI>Lux|emburg.</HI></P>
<PB N="54" REF="30">
<P>V. <HI>Yvoix.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Yvoix</HI> is a &s;mall but pretty &s;trong Town on the River <HI>Chier,</HI> 33 Miles W. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Montmedy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Montmedy</HI> is a Place of no great bigne&s;s, yet it is reckon'd a Place of con&s;iderable &s;trength. It is very conveniently &s;i|tuated upon the top of a high Hill, the foot whereof is wa|tered by the River <HI>Chier.</HI> It &s;tands 32 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Stenay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Stenay,</HI> Lat. <HI>Stenaeum</HI> or <HI>Stenacum,</HI> is a &s;trong City upon the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> on the Borders of <HI>Champagne</HI> and <HI>Lorrain.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> took it in 1654. and annexed it to the Dukedom of <HI>Bar</HI> in <HI>Lorrain.</HI> It &s;tands Eight Miles W. of <HI>Montmedy.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Damvilliers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Damvilliers</HI> is a &s;trong little Town in the Dukedom of <HI>Lux|emburg,</HI> but annexed to the Dukedom of <HI>Lorrain.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1659, given them &s;ince by the Treaty of the <HI>Pyrenees,</HI> and di&s;mantled by the &s;ame in 1673. It &s;tands 31 Miles W. of <HI>Thionville.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Mai&s;iers</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mai&s;iers</HI> is a little Town on the <HI>Mo&s;elle,</HI> about 25 Miles S. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<PB N="55" REF="30">
<P>X. <HI>Durbuy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Durbuy</HI> is another &s;mall Town, with the Title of a County, on the River <HI>Ourt,</HI> nigh the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>French</HI> ever &s;ince 1681. It &s;tands 20 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Liege,</HI> and 26 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Namur</HI> and <HI>Dinant.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Ba&s;toigne.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ba&s;toigne</HI> or <HI>Ba&s;tonach,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bactonia</HI> and <HI>Bactonacum,</HI> near the Fore&s;t of <HI>Ardenne,</HI> is &s;o well Built, and of &s;o great Tra|ding, that the People of the Country call it <HI>Paris</HI> in <HI>Ardenne.</HI> It &s;tands 25 Miles N. W. of <HI>Luxemburg.</HI></P>
<P>XII. <HI>Vianden.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Vianden</HI> is a con&s;iderable Town, with the Title of a Coun|ty on the little River <HI>&V;ra,</HI> and about 21 Miles N. of <HI>Luxem|burg.</HI></P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Arlon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Arlon,</HI> Lat. <HI>Arlunum,</HI> is a &s;trong little Town on the Bor|ders of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> dignified with the Title of a Marqui&s;ate in 1103. and &s;eated upon a Hill where the Ancient Inhabitants were wont to adore the Moon, about 14 Miles W. of <HI>Luxem|burg,</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article X.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Hainault,</HI> Lat. Hannonia.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Province is bounded on the North with <HI>Brabant</HI> and <HI>Flanders,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> on the We&s;t with the <HI>Scheld,</HI> which parts it from <HI>Artois,</HI> and part of the
<PB N="56" REF="31"> <HI>French Flanders;</HI> on the South with <HI>Cambre&s;is, Chumpagne</HI> and <HI>Picardy,</HI> and on the Ea&s;t with part of <HI>Brabant,</HI> and the County of <HI>Namur.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> Its Extent North and South is about 60 Miles, and about 70 We&s;t and Ea&s;t. It bears the Title of Earldom,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> anciently called <HI>Saltus Carbonarius,</HI> from the abundance of Char-coal made in the Woods and Fore&s;ts of it, and now <HI>Hainault,</HI> from the River <HI>Haine,</HI> that runs through it.</P>
<P>The Air is here temperate, and the Soil very fruitful,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> the Country being well watered by Rivers, Lakes, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> which do much enrich it; &s;o that the Country abounds, in mo&s;t places, with fre&s;h Meadows, and &s;weet Pa&s;tures, good Fruit, and profitable Trees, but e&s;pe|cially with great plenty of Corn. There are al&s;o Lead and Iron Mines, and Quarries of excellent Marble.</P>
<P>The Principal Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE>1. <HI>Sambre,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Landrecy, Armi|ers, Maubeuge,</HI> and runs into <HI>Namur.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Scheld,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Bouchain</HI> and <HI>Valenciennes,</HI> and runs into <HI>Flanders.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Haine,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Binch</HI> and <HI>Mons,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Scheld</HI> near <HI>Conde.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Dender,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Leu&s;e, Aeth,</HI> and <HI>Le&s;&s;ines,</HI> and runs into <HI>Flanders.</HI></P>
<P>This Province is &s;aid to contain 24 Walled Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Towns, &amp;c.</NOTE> and 950 Villages, among which there are reckon|ed, One Principality. 10 Counties, 12 Peerages, 22 Baronies, 26 Abbies; with One Earl-Mar&s;hal, a Sene&s;chal, a Great Hunt&s;man, a Chamberlain, and divers other Officers, who&s;e Places are Hereditary. <HI>Rainier</HI> I. Sir|named <HI>Long-neck,</HI> is accounted the fir&s;t Earl of <HI>Hai|nault,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> he had 21 Succe&s;&s;ors to <HI>Charles</HI> V. King of <HI>Spain,</HI> and <HI>Emperor</HI> of <HI>Germany;</HI> in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;i|on of who&s;e Succe&s;&s;ors, to the Crown of <HI>Spain, Hainault</HI> continued, till the <HI>French</HI> got the greate&s;t part of it by force of Arms.</P>
<PB N="57" REF="31">
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable Places in <HI>Hainault</HI> are,
<LIST>
<HEAD>To the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Mons.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Binch.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Conde.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Valenciennes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bouchain.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Soignes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Roccles.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Que&s;noy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bavay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Maubeuge.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Beaumont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Landrecy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ave&s;nes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chimay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Marienburg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Philippeville.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>To the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Le&s;&s;ines.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aeth.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Enghien</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Halle.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Braine-le-Comte.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fountain,</HI> or <HI>l'Eve&s;que.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Places of <HI>Hainault</HI> Subject to the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P><HI>MONS,</HI> named <HI>Berghen</HI> by the Natives, Lat. <HI>Montes,</HI> or <HI>Montes Hannoniae,</HI> is &s;ituated on a Hill near the River <HI>Trulle.</HI> It is large and well fortified with good Bulwarks, and three Ditches, with Sluces that may drown all the Country round about, except the Ea&s;tern &s;ide where the Ground is &s;omewhat higher, and where they have rai&s;ed good Ba&s;tions. This Town has fine Buildings, and an old Ca&s;tle; and is fa|mous for its Trade, good Workmen, and the Abbey of Ca|none&s;&s;es of St. <HI>Waltrude.</HI> They are Virgins of Quality, who
<PB N="58" REF="32"> are pre&s;ent at the Morning Service in Canonical Habit, but wear Secular Cloaths the re&s;t of the day, and are permitted to Marry. The Ancient Earls of <HI>Hainault</HI> took the Title of Earls of <HI>Mons.</HI> This Town is in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>French</HI> who carried it after a vigorous Siege, and Gallant Defence of the Town in 1691. It &s;tands 27 Miles S. W. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> 37 W. of <HI>Namur,</HI> 39 S. of <HI>Ghent,</HI> and 48 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Ar|ras.</HI> Long. 23 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Binch.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Binch</HI> or <HI>Bins,</HI> Lat. <HI>Binchium,</HI> is &s;ituated upon a Branch of the River <HI>Haine,</HI> within 10 Miles E. of <HI>Mons.</HI> It is an ancient and plea&s;ant City, in a fertile Country, abounding in all man|ner of Game, and the Air is very good; for which rea&s;on <HI>Ma|ry</HI> Queen of <HI>Hungary,</HI> Si&s;ter to the Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. Built in it a very fine Hou&s;e, which the <HI>French</HI> ruined in 1554. af|ter the taking of <HI>Marienburg</HI> and <HI>Dinant.</HI> It has been &s;incere-built, and called <HI>Marimont.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> are Ma&s;ter of it &s;ince 1668. it being yielded unto them by the &s;econd Article of the Peace of <HI>Aix la Chapelle,</HI> &s;ince which they have repaired it, and added &s;ome Fortifications to it.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Conde.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Conde,</HI> Lat. <HI>Condatum</HI> or <HI>Condate,</HI> is &s;ituated on the Banks of the <HI>Scheld,</HI> with the Title of Principality. The <HI>French</HI> took it in 1676. and rendred it a very Important Place. It has given its Name to many of the Royal Hou&s;e of <HI>Bourbon,</HI> &s;ince <HI>Francis</HI> of <HI>Bourbon</HI> Count of <HI>Vendome,</HI> Married <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Luxemburg,</HI> Elde&s;t Daughter, and Chief Heire&s;s of <HI>Peter</HI> of <HI>Luxemburg,</HI> &s;econd of the Name, Count of St. <HI>Paul, Conver|&s;ion, Soi&s;&s;ons,</HI> Vi&s;count of <HI>Meaux,</HI> Lord of <HI>Enghien, Conde, &amp;c.</HI> This Town &s;tands 13 Miles W. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Valenciennes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Valenciennes,</HI> Lat. <HI>Valentianae,</HI> or <HI>Valentincanae,</HI> is a very ancient, plea&s;ant, and &s;trong Town upon the <HI>Scheld.</HI> It's thought our Ladies Church there was Built by King <HI>Pepin.</HI>
<PB N="59" REF="32"> There are &s;everal other con&s;iderable Churches and Colleges, a fine Town-hou&s;e. The Inhabitants are noted for Commerce and Riches. This Place was Be&s;ieg'd in 1656. by the Mare&s;|chals of <HI>Turenne</HI> and <HI>La Ferte Senneterre,</HI> but <HI>Don John</HI> of <HI>Au|&s;tria,</HI> back'd by the Valour of the Prince of <HI>Conde,</HI> rai&s;ed the Siege, and took Mure&s;chal <HI>La Ferte</HI> Pri&s;oner. <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. having laid Siege to it in 1677. carried it by A&s;&s;ault, by the favour of one of the Gates, which was half open; and to &s;ave it from Plunder, forc'd the Inhabitants to be at the Charge of Building a Cittadel. It &s;tands 17 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Mons,</HI> 41 S. W. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> and 43 S. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 22 d. 44 m. Lat. 50 d. 24 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Bouchain.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bouchain,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bochonium</HI> and <HI>Buccinium,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the left Bank of the <HI>Scheld,</HI> betwixt <HI>Valenciennes</HI> and <HI>Cam|bray.</HI> It is a &s;mall Town, but well Fortified, and has a very good Ca&s;tle. It is the Capital of the County of <HI>O&s;tervand,</HI> which in Times pa&s;t belong'd immediately to the Elde&s;t Sons of the Earls of <HI>Hainault;</HI> it belongs to the <HI>French</HI> ever &s;ince 1676. and &s;tands 10 Miles S. W. of <HI>Valenciennes,</HI> and 28 W. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Soignes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Soignes</HI> is a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town, on the River <HI>Senne,</HI> Eight Miles N. E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Roccles.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Roccles</HI> is al&s;o a &s;mall open Town, Eight Miles almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Que&s;noy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Que&s;noy</HI> is a &s;mall Town, but pretty con&s;iderable for its &s;trength, Subject to the <HI>French</HI> &s;ince 1654. It &s;tands Seven Miles S. E. of <HI>Valenciennes,</HI> and 18 S. W. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<PB N="60" REF="33">
<P>IX. <HI>Bavay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bavay</HI> is a little Town, about Six Miles S. W. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>X. <HI>Maubeuge.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Maubeuge</HI> is a &s;trong, rich little Town on the River <HI>Sambre,</HI> 10 Miles S. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Beaumont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Beaumont</HI> is a little Town Nine Miles E. of <HI>Maubeuge,</HI> and 15 S. E. of <HI>Mons,</HI> Subject to the <HI>French,</HI> and demoli&s;h'd by them in 1691.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Landrecy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Landrecy,</HI> Lat. <HI>Landrecium,</HI> &s;eated on the Fountain of the River <HI>Sambre,</HI> is &s;mall, but &s;trongly Fortified, and Famous for the Sieges it has endured. The Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. Be|&s;ieged it in 1542. for Six Months, with 150000 Men, and re|tired from it at la&s;t without &s;ucce&s;s. By the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. it was left to the <HI>French.</HI> It &s;tands 15 Miles S. W. of <HI>Maubeuge,</HI> and 23 S. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Ave&s;nes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ave&s;nes</HI> is a plea&s;ant and well Fortified Town, upon the River <HI>Hepre,</HI> in <HI>le pays entre Sambre &amp; Meu&s;e;</HI> it was granted to the <HI>French</HI> by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty, and &s;tands 10 Miles S. of <HI>Maubeuge,</HI> and 30 W. of <HI>Cambray.</HI></P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Chimay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chimay,</HI> &s;eated on the River <HI>la Blanche,</HI> or the White, is at the entrance of the Fore&s;ts, Six Leagues from <HI>Ave&s;nes;</HI>
<PB N="61" REF="33"> notwith&s;tanding what it has &s;uffered by the almo&s;t continual Wars, it is now very well re-e&s;tabli&s;h'd, and has a fine Ca&s;tle. It &s;tands 21 Miles S. E. of <HI>Maubeuge.</HI></P>
<P>XV. <HI>Marienburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Marienburg</HI> &s;tands on the River <HI>Blanche;</HI> it derives its Name from <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> Queen of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and Governe&s;s of the <HI>Low Countries,</HI> who Built it in 1542. Its &s;ituation is &s;o ad|vantageous, that it was look'd upon as impregnable. Yet the <HI>French</HI> took it, and kept it by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty, and have &s;ince di&s;mantled it. It lyes 29 Miles S. E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>XVI. <HI>Philippeville.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Philippeville,</HI> was Built by the &s;ame Queen <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Hungary</HI> in 1555. and called by the Name of King <HI>Philip.</HI> Be&s;ides its Situation that is naturally &s;trong, it was excellently well for|tified to oppo&s;e the <HI>French,</HI> who are Ma&s;ters of it now accor|ding to the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty, in 1659. It &s;tands 11 Miles W. of <HI>Charlemont,</HI> 15 S. of <HI>Charleroy,</HI> 20 S. W. of <HI>Namur,</HI> and 24 S. E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Places of <HI>Hainault</HI> belonging to the <HI>Spaniards.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Le&s;&s;ines.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LE&s;&s;ines,</HI> or <HI>Le&s;&s;in,</HI> Lat. <HI>Le&s;&s;ina,</HI> is a &s;mall City on the Ri|ver <HI>Dender,</HI> famous for the Manufactory of Linnen; it &s;tands 18 Miles N. of <HI>Mons,</HI> 20 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Bru&s;&s;els,</HI> and 22 S. of <HI>Ghent.</HI> Long. 23 d. 8 m. Lat. 50 d. 50 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Aeth.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ath,</HI> or <HI>Aeth,</HI> is not very large, but Beautiful, Rich, and well Fortified, &s;eated upon the River <HI>Dender.</HI> It was taken
<PB N="62" REF="34"> by the <HI>French</HI> in 1667. and confirmed to them by the Peace of <HI>Aix la Chapelle,</HI> but re&s;tored to the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1678. by the Treaty of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> It &s;tands on the Borders of <HI>Flan|ders,</HI> 14 Miles almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Enghien.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Enghien,</HI> or <HI>Anguien,</HI> is a &s;mall place on the Borders of <HI>Bra|bant</HI> and <HI>Flanders,</HI> noted for its Manufactories of all &s;orts of Tape&s;tries, and for being the fir&s;t Barony of the Provinces, which gives the Title of Baron, to the Princes of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Bourbon.</HI> It &s;tands 16 Miles N. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>Two or three Miles S. of <HI>Enghien</HI> is the Village <HI>Steenkirk</HI> by the River <HI>Senne,</HI> and Famous for the Battel that was fought there betwixt the Confederates Army and the <HI>French</HI> in 1692. The lo&s;s of Men was almo&s;t equal, but the <HI>French</HI> carried the Day.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Halle.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Halle</HI> is a &s;mall di&s;mantled Town on the River <HI>Sennes,</HI> plun|dered by the <HI>French</HI> in 1691. It &s;tands 21 Miles almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Braine-le-Comte.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Braine-le-Comte,</HI> is another &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town, nigh the Borders of <HI>Brabant,</HI> between <HI>Bru&s;&s;els</HI> and <HI>Mons,</HI> 13 Miles off the former, and 14 off the latter.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Fontain,</HI> or <HI>l'Eve&s;que.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fontain,</HI> or <HI>l'Eve&s;que,</HI> is al&s;o an incon&s;iderable Town of <HI>Hai|nault</HI> on the Borders of <HI>Namur,</HI> 16 Miles E. of <HI>Mons.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="11" TYPE="article">
<PB N="63" REF="34">
<HEAD><HI>Article XI.</HI> Of <HI>Cambre&s;is,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cameracen&s;is Ager.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>CAmbre&s;is,</HI> is bounded on the North and Ea&s;t with <HI>Hainault,</HI> on the We&s;t with <HI>Artois,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> and on the South with <HI>Picardy.</HI> Its Extent South-Ea&s;t and North-We&s;t is about 30 Miles,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and We&s;t a|bout 16.</P>
<P>This Country is very fruitful in all things ex|cept Wine,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and has a Ca&s;tle called <HI>Ca&s;tle Cambre|&s;is,</HI> where in 1559. there was concluded a Peace between <HI>Spain</HI> and <HI>France,</HI> which la&s;t gave 98 con&s;iderable Places for St. <HI>Quentin, Ham</HI> and <HI>Catelet.</HI></P>
<P>The Chief Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Scheld,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Crevecoeur</HI> and <HI>Cambray,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> and runs into <HI>Hainault.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Selle,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Ca&s;tle</HI> or <HI>Chateau Cambre&s;is,</HI> and runs into <HI>Hainault.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Sambre,</HI> which goes through a little part of this Coun|try, and runs into <HI>Hainault.</HI></P>
<P>The Cities or Walled Towns are but Three in number, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Cambray.</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Crevecoeur.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chateau Cambre&s;is.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>Which are all under the <HI>French.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Cambray.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cambray,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cameracum,</HI> &s;eated upon the <HI>Scheld,</HI> is great, fair, well Built, and one of the &s;tronge&s;t Towns of <HI>Europe,</HI> with Two Cittadels in it. Some Authors write that <HI>Camber</HI> King of the <HI>Sicambrians</HI> was the Founder of it. <HI>Clau|dion</HI> King of <HI>France</HI> Conquered it in 445. and afterwards it fell to <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Bald</HI> in 843. and 870. after the Death of
<PB N="64" REF="35"> <HI>Lothaire</HI> II. and &s;ometimes after, it became the Subject of War between the Kings of <HI>France,</HI> the Emperors of <HI>Germany,</HI> and the Counts of <HI>Flanders. Baldwin</HI> I. Count of <HI>Flanders</HI> took it, and gave it to his Son <HI>Raoul.</HI> The Emperors de|clared it a free Town, but for all that the <HI>French</HI> never quit|ted their Claim to it. In 1542. <HI>Francis</HI> I. of <HI>France</HI> con&s;en|ted it &s;hould be <HI>Neuter;</HI> but the Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. took it the Year after, and kept the Inhabitants in awe by a Cittadel Built at their own Expences. It changed Ma&s;ters &s;ome time after, when the Duke of <HI>Alencon</HI> Brother to King <HI>Henry</HI> III. was made Count of <HI>Flanders</HI> in 1582. He was al&s;o Ma&s;ter of <HI>Cambray,</HI> and left it to <HI>John Montiu</HI> Sieur of <HI>Belagny,</HI> who &s;oon after join'd him&s;elf to the League, and afterwards made Peace with <HI>Henry</HI> IV. who made him Prince of <HI>Cambray,</HI> and Mare&s;|chal of <HI>France</HI> in 1594. but the <HI>Spaniards</HI> &s;urpri&s;ed this Town, and forced him to deliver them the Cittadel, the 9th of <HI>Octo|ber</HI> 1595. The Inhabitants acknowledged <HI>Philip</HI> II. of <HI>Spain,</HI> but the Archbi&s;hop made &s;uch Complaints, and &s;hewed &s;uch Rea&s;ons, that the King was &s;atisfied with being Ma&s;ter of the Cittadel, and Protector of the Country, and left all other Juri&s;diction to that Prelate. The <HI>Spaniards</HI> Fortified this Town very well, and kept &s;uch a &s;trong Gari&s;on in it, that it was look'd upon to be impregnable. Yet the King of <HI>France</HI> took it in 1677. The great Cittadel is upon a heighth which commands all the Town; the Ditch is wrought in a Rock. The Ramparts of the Town are al&s;o Environed with deep Ditches chiefly to the Ea&s;t, defended with many good Ba&s;ti|ons. It reaches to the River, and has another good Fort to defend it of that &s;ide, which lying low, may be &s;oon drown|ed by drawing the Sluces. The Chapter of this City is one of the mo&s;t con&s;iderable of the <HI>Low Countries,</HI> con&s;i&s;ting of 48 Canons, and 95 Eccle&s;ia&s;ticks, which Officiate in our La|dy's Church. It's affirmed, that <HI>Diogenes,</HI> a Grecian by Na|tion, was the fir&s;t Prelate of <HI>Cambray,</HI> &s;ent into <HI>France</HI> by Pope <HI>Siricius</HI> about 408. Pope <HI>Paul</HI> IV. made it an Arch|bi&s;hoprick in 1559. upon the Reque&s;t of King <HI>Philip</HI> of <HI>Spain;</HI> and the Bi&s;hopricks of <HI>Arras, Tournay,</HI> St. <HI>Omer</HI> and <HI>Namur,</HI> were given for Suffragants. The Archbi&s;hops take the Title of Dukes of <HI>Cambray,</HI> Counts of <HI>Cambre&s;is,</HI> and Princes of the Empire. The Streets of this Town are wide and very neat, and the chiefe&s;t and riche&s;t end in a great Place, where the Town-hou&s;e is Built, and has a very curious Clock. There are al&s;o very good Manufactures, as <HI>Cambray,</HI>
<PB N="65" REF="35"> and e&s;pecially of many &s;orts of Linnen, that bear the Name of the City. It &s;tands 34 Miles S. W. of <HI>Mons,</HI> 40 N. E. of <HI>Amiens,</HI> and 94 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Paris.</HI> Long. 22 d. 24 m. Lat. 50 d. 51 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Crevecoeur.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Crevocoeur,</HI> is a place of no great Moment, on the River <HI>Scheld,</HI> nigh Four Miles S. of <HI>Cambray.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Chateau-Cambre&s;is.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chateau-Cambre&s;is</HI> is another incon&s;iderable Town of <HI>Cam|bre&s;is,</HI> on the River <HI>Selle</HI> 15 Miles S. E. of <HI>Cambray.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II.</HI> Of the County of <HI>Artois</HI> Lat. <HI>Arte&s;ia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>ARtois</HI> borders, <HI>Picardy</HI> on the South; The <HI>Boulonnois</HI> on the We&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> The County of <HI>Flanders</HI> on the North; and the <HI>Cambre&s;is</HI> on the Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>Its <HI>Extent</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> South and North We&s;t is about 55 miles, and about 40 We&s;t and Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>It is exceeding fertile in all &s;orts of Corn, but more particularly of Wheat,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> which it pro|duces in &s;uch a mea&s;ure, that this Province &s;erves as a Granary to a great part of <HI>Flanders</HI> and <HI>Brabant.</HI></P>
<P>It has in it twelve Cities or Walled Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cities.</NOTE> 850 Villages,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Villages,</HI> &amp;c.</NOTE> nine Chattelenies or Ca&s;tlewards, and &s;everal Abbeys and Mona&s;teries.</P>
<P>The Chief Rivers in this Province are,</P>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers,</NOTE>1. <HI>Scharpe</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Arras</HI> and runs into <HI>Flanders</HI> nigh <HI>Douay.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Lys,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Aire</HI> and St. <HI>Venant</HI> and runs into <HI>Flanders.</HI></P>
<P N="3"><PB N="66" REF="36">3. <HI>Aa</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Reutly</HI> and St. <HI>Omers,</HI> and runs into <HI>Flanders.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Canche</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>He&s;din</HI> and runs into <HI>France.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Artois</HI> was &s;ubject to the <HI>Romans,</HI> and after|wards to the Kings of <HI>Au&s;tra&s;ia;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory <HI>and</HI> Government.</NOTE> &s;ince who&s;e times it has often changed Ma&s;ters. <HI>Lewis</HI> the XIth King of <HI>France</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of <HI>Ar|ras</HI> in 1477. after <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Bold</HI> or <HI>Ra&s;h</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy;</HI> but <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> this <HI>Charles</HI>'s Daughter brought it into the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> marrying <HI>Maximilian</HI> the 1&s;t of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> Father of <HI>Philip</HI> I. and Grandfather of <HI>Charles</HI> V. and <HI>Ferdinand</HI> I. <HI>Francis</HI> the I. of <HI>France,</HI> was forced by the Peace of <HI>Madrid</HI> in 1529. to quit <HI>Artois</HI> to the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> which was afterwards po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by <HI>Philip</HI> II, and III. But the <HI>French</HI> re-conquered it under <HI>Philip</HI> IV. Son of the la&s;t, who yielded it 'em by the 35 Article of the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. re&s;erving to him|&s;elf, the Towns of <HI>Aire</HI> and St. <HI>Omer</HI> &s;ince taken by the <HI>French,</HI> &s;o that they are now Ma&s;ters of all this Province.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable places in <HI>Artois</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Arras.</HI> Bi&s;h. Ch. Cit.</ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Omer.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bapaume.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>He&s;din.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bethune.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Venant.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aire.</HI> Priory.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Therouane.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lens.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ave&s;ne le Comte.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Liques.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pernes.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Arras.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Arras</HI> Lat. <HI>Rigiacum</HI> or <HI>Origiacum</HI> is &s;eated on the <HI>Scharpe</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragant of <HI>Cambray.</HI> This is a very an|cient City, St. <HI>Va&s;t</HI> who died in 540. was its fir&s;t Bi&s;hop. <HI>Lewis</HI> XI. of <HI>France</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it in 1493. but re|&s;tored it afterward to the Emperor <HI>Maximilian.</HI> The <HI>Spa|niards</HI> fortified it &s;o as to think they had rendred it impreg|nable; whereupon they cau&s;ed the Emblem of &s;ome <HI>Rats</HI> running after <HI>Cats</HI> to be carved on the Fronti&s;piece of one of the Gates of this City with the&s;e two boa&s;ting ver&s;es.</P>
<Q><L>Quand ces <HI>Rats</HI> prendront ces <HI>Chats</HI></L>
<L>Les Francois prendront Arras.</L></Q>
<PB N="67" REF="36">
<P>That is,
<Q><L>When the&s;e <HI>Rats</HI> &s;hall catch the&s;e <HI>Cats</HI></L>
<L>Then the French &s;hall take <HI>Arras.</HI></L></Q></P>
<P>This Prophecy proved fal&s;e, for the Mare&s;chals of <HI>Chaune, Chatillon,</HI> and <HI>La Meilleraye,</HI> laid Siege to, and carried it in 1640 after they had defeated the Cardinal Infanta that came to relieve the Place. And the <HI>French</HI> leaving the &s;aid Emblem up|on the Gate, did but take away the P, in the word <HI>Prendront,</HI> of the &s;econd ver&s;e, which quite alters the &s;ignification of the Motto, as, <Q><L>Quand ces <HI>Rats</HI> prendront ces <HI>Chats</HI></L>
<L>Les Francois rendront Arras.</L></Q></P>
<P>That is, <Q><L>When the&s;e <HI>Rats</HI> &s;hall catch the&s;e <HI>Cats</HI></L>
<L>Then the French &s;hall yield <HI>Arras.</HI></L></Q></P>
<P>The <HI>Spaniards</HI> &s;ate before it in 1654. but were beat off with great lo&s;s, &s;o that it &s;till belongs to the <HI>French,</HI> who have made its Fortifications very &s;trong and regular. It is a place of large circumference, well Peopled, Rich and Trading. The Streets are broad and fair, adorned with a &s;pacious Market-place. Here is al&s;o a beautiful Cathedral a very weal|thy Abbey and a &s;trong Ca&s;tle. This City &s;tands 20 miles al|mo&s;t of <HI>Cambray,</HI> 30 N. E. of <HI>Amiens,</HI> and 92 N. of <HI>Paris,</HI> Long. 21 d. 55 m. Lat. 50 d. 20 m.</P>
<P>II. St. <HI>Omer.</HI></P>
<P>St. <HI>Omer</HI> in Latin <HI>Fanum Sancti Audomari</HI> and <HI>&V;rbs Audoma|ren&s;is</HI> lies on the River <HI>Aa</HI> in the Country of the Ancient <HI>Mo|rins,</HI> with a Bi&s;hops See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cambray.</HI> St. <HI>Omer</HI> or <HI>Audomarus,</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Therouan</HI> built this City in 660. And <HI>Foulques</HI> Abbot of St. <HI>Bertin</HI> began to encompa&s;s it with Walls in 880. which was afterward fini&s;hed by <HI>Baldwin</HI> II. Sirnamed the <HI>Bald</HI> Earl of <HI>Flanders</HI> in 902. who al&s;o join|ed the Abbey of <HI>Sithieu</HI> to the City. Afterwards <HI>Therouan</HI> be|ing
<PB N="68" REF="37"> demoli&s;hed in the XVI. Century there were in&s;tead of it, founded two Bi&s;hopricks in 1559. <HI>viz.</HI> that of <HI>Bologne</HI> and of St. <HI>Omer.</HI> Near to this City is a Lake, containing &s;everal &s;mall floating I&s;lands, Inhabited by certain Families that never mar|ry but among them&s;elves without going out of the&s;e I&s;lands, which they make to go too and fro at plea&s;ure either with Cords or Poles. St. <HI>Omer</HI> is a great and fair City, well for|tified, having on the one &s;ide the River and Mar&s;hes, and on the other &s;ide is defended by a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, with good Ba|&s;tions and deep and broad Ditches. In 1639. the <HI>French</HI> be|&s;ieged it but in vain. About 1596. <HI>Philip</HI> II. of <HI>Spain</HI> founded here a College for <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Je&s;uits endowing it largely: they have &s;ince purcha&s;ed <HI>Watton</HI> Cloy&s;ter, which is within 2 Miles of St. <HI>Omer;</HI> a very plea&s;ant place and worth 500 pound <HI>per annum.</HI> The Duke of <HI>Orleans</HI> the <HI>French</HI> Kings Brother, took this Town in <HI>April</HI> 1677. after the Battel of <HI>Ca&s;&s;el,</HI> and by the Peace of <HI>Nimeguen</HI> it was yielded to the <HI>French.</HI> It is a Rich Trading City; and remarkable for the Abbey of St. <HI>Bertin,</HI> in which it is not lawful for Women to enter during life nor to be buried after. St. <HI>Omer</HI> &s;tands 17 miles S. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> 21 E. of <HI>Boulogne</HI> and 36 N. W. of <HI>Arras,</HI> Long. 21 d. 22 m. Lat. 50. d. 52 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Bapaume.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bapaume</HI> is a very &s;trong little Town, the French took it in 1641. and it was left to them by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. It &s;tands on the borders of <HI>Picardy</HI> 14 miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Arras</HI> and 15 S. W. of <HI>Cambray,</HI> Long. 22 d. 5 m. Lat. 50 d. 9. m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>He&s;din.</HI></P>
<P><HI>He&s;din</HI> or <HI>He&s;dinfert</HI> Lat. <HI>He&s;dina</HI> or <HI>He&s;dinum</HI> is a fortified Town on the River <HI>Canche</HI> and Frontiers of <HI>Picardy,</HI> formerly &s;ituated a League from the Place where it &s;tands now, for it was ruin'd during the Wars between <HI>Francis</HI> I. and <HI>Charles</HI> V. and rebuilt by <HI>Emanuel</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> the Emperors Gene|ral in 1554. in a place called <HI>Me&s;nil:</HI> Therefore called <HI>He&s;din|fert,</HI> alluding to the old Motto of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Savoy.</HI> F.E.R.T. It enjoys a very good &s;ituation, and is a very regular Exagon,
<PB N="69" REF="37"> &s;o well contrived and fortified that it is accounted one of the &s;tronge&s;t Holds of <HI>Flanders;</HI> yet it was taken by the <HI>French</HI> and yielded to them by the Treaty of the <HI>Pyrenees.</HI> It &s;tands 25 miles South of St. <HI>Omer.</HI> Long. 21 d. 20. m. Lat. 50 d. 27 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Bethune.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bethune</HI> is the chief Town of the County of that Name it &s;tands on the &s;mall River <HI>Biette.</HI> It is a very good place pretty well fortified, here are two Fairs which bring it a con|&s;iderable Trade. The <HI>French</HI> took it 1645. and it was yield|ed to them by the 35th Article of the Treaty of the <HI>Pyrenees, Anno</HI> 1659. It has produced &s;everal great Men who have been Dukes, Peers and Mare&s;chals of <HI>France,</HI> and done their Kings great &s;ervice in the Wars. It lies 18 miles N. W. of <HI>Arras,</HI> Long. 21 d. 46 m. Lat. 50 d. 38. m.</P>
<P>VI. St. <HI>Venant.</HI></P>
<P>St. <HI>Venant</HI> Lat. <HI>Fanum Sancti Venantii,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Lies.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1669. and for|merly a place of &s;trength, but now much neglected. It &s;tands 26 miles S. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> and as many N. of <HI>Arras,</HI> Long. 21 d. 39 m. Lat. 50 d. 44 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Aire,</HI> or <HI>Arien.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Aire</HI> is a very &s;trong Town, with a good Ca&s;tle on the Frontiers of <HI>Flanders,</HI> within three Leagues of St. <HI>Omer.</HI> The River <HI>Lys</HI> runs through it: it has fine Churches, e&s;pecially the ancient Collegiate Church called St. <HI>Peters,</HI> to which <HI>Baldwin</HI> Count of <HI>Flanders</HI> added 14 Prebendaries in 1604. The <HI>French</HI> took this place in 1641. after a memorable Siege, but it was quickly after retaken by the <HI>Spaniard.</HI> It was again taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1676. under the command of Mare&s;chal <HI>D'Humieres.</HI> It &s;tands 25 miles S. of <HI>Dunkirk,</HI> 28 N. W. of <HI>Arras</HI> and 26 E. of <HI>Boulogne;</HI> Long. 21 d. 30 m. Lat. 50 d. 41. m.</P>
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<P>VIII. <HI>Therouan</HI> or <HI>Terouane.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Therouane,</HI> Lat. <HI>Teruana</HI> or <HI>Cicutus Morinorum</HI> was the Capital of the Ancient <HI>Morins.</HI> It had formerly a Bi&s;hops See Suffra|gant of <HI>Rheims.</HI> It was lookt upon as an impregnable place; But <HI>Pontus de Laillan</HI> Lord of <HI>Bugnicourt</HI> took it in 1553. for <HI>Charles</HI> V. who ordered it &s;hould be demoli&s;hed; &s;o that now there are but few Inhabitants, who are &s;ubject to the King of <HI>France.</HI> It &s;tands on the River <HI>Lys</HI> five miles W. of <HI>Aire</HI> and nine S. of St. <HI>Omers.</HI> Long. 21 d. 23 m. Lat. 50 d. 41 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Lens.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lens</HI> Lat. <HI>Lentium Nemetacum</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the Ri|ver <HI>Souchets</HI> formerly pretty well fortified but &s;ome years &s;ince &s;lighted and di&s;mantled. The Prince of <HI>Conde</HI> gave the <HI>Spa|niards</HI> a great overthrow here in 1648. and afterwards took the Town, which was left to <HI>France</HI> by the 35th Article of the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. It &s;tands nine Miles N. of <HI>Arras,</HI> and 15 W. of <HI>Doway.</HI> Long. 21 d. 57 m. Lat. 50 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Ave&s;nes le Comte.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ave&s;nes le Comte,</HI> is but a &s;mall Town on the Fron|tiers of <HI>Picardy,</HI> very much ruined by the Wars. It &s;tands eight Miles S. W. of <HI>Arras,</HI> Long. 21 d. 40 m. Lat. 50 d. 14 m.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Liques.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Liques</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the Borders of <HI>Picardy,</HI> &s;even miles W. of St. <HI>Omer,</HI> and 12 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Calais.</HI> Long. 21 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 53 m.</P>
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<P>XII. <HI>Pernes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pernes</HI> is al&s;o a &s;mall Town, &s;even miles W. of <HI>Bethune,</HI> 9 S. of <HI>Aire</HI> and 20 N. W. of <HI>Arras,</HI> Long. 21 d. 33 m. Lat. 50 d. 34 m.</P>
<P>There are &s;ome other &s;mall incon&s;iderable Towns in <HI>Artois,</HI> &s;uch as, St. <HI>Paul,</HI> Mont St. <HI>Eloy, Renty, Dire</HI> or <HI>Drien,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="section">
<PB REF="39">
<PB N="73" REF="39">
<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SECT. II. The Cour&s;e of the <HI>Rhine.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD><HI>CHAP. I.</HI> De&s;cription of the River <HI>Rhine</HI> in general.</HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Rhine,</HI> Lat. <HI>Rhenus,</HI> has its Sources in the <HI>Alps</HI> in Mount <HI>Adula</HI> or St. <HI>Gothar,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Source.</NOTE> in the Country of <HI>Gri&s;ons,</HI> or <HI>Rhaetia,</HI> two or three Leagues from the Fountain of the <HI>Rhone.</HI> It &s;prings from two Fountains, the one called <HI>Veder Rhyn,</HI> or <HI>fir&s;t Rhine,</HI> and the other <HI>Hindes Rhyn,</HI> or the &s;e- <HI>&s;econd Rhine,</HI> which join both together.</P>
<P>This River begins to be Navigable, near <HI>Chur,</HI> in <HI>Switzerland,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Cour&s;e.</NOTE> and entring into the great <HI>Lake</HI> of <HI>Con&s;tance,</HI> it pa&s;&s;es to <HI>Schaf|fouze,</HI> and <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> from thence it runs into <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> and in|crea&s;ing by the Waters of many great Rivers, it Waters the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine;</HI> The Archbi&s;hopricks and Electorates of <HI>Mayence</HI> or <HI>Mentz, Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers;</HI> and <HI>Cologne</HI> or <HI>Ceulen;</HI> then the &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers:</HI> And finally it en|ters
<PB N="74" REF="40"> the <HI>Low-Countries</HI> at the Fort <HI>Schenk,</HI> where it di|vides into two Branches, whereof the one called <HI>Vahal</HI> runs through <HI>Nimeguen, Tiel</HI> and <HI>Bommel,</HI> and joining with the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> it loo&s;es its name. The other branch takes its cour&s;e towards the North, almo&s;t as far as <HI>Arnheim,</HI> where it &s;epa|rates into two parts, whereof the one called the <HI>Y&s;&s;el</HI> pa&s;&s;eth to <HI>Doesburg</HI> and <HI>Zutphen</HI> and di&s;charges it &s;elf into the <HI>Zuy|der-zee;</HI> The other Arm, which &s;ince the year 860 has form|med a new Cour&s;e by the over-flowing of the Sea, is called <HI>Lech;</HI> and runs not by <HI>&V;trecht</HI> and <HI>Leyden</HI> as it did then, but to <HI>Wyck, Cullemburg,</HI> and <HI>Newport,</HI> and finally, di&s;chargeth it &s;elf into the <HI>Merwe,</HI> and from thence into the <HI>Ocean.</HI></P>
<P>This River, fam'd by the Greek and Latin Wri|ters,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> is without doubt the greate&s;t in <HI>Europe,</HI> next the <HI>Danube,</HI> and noted for the excellent Wine, which grows on its Banks called <HI>Rheni&s;h-Wine.</HI> The Etymology of its name is variou&s;ly di&s;cour&s;ed of by Authors; &s;ome deriving it from the German word <HI>Reyn,</HI> which &s;igni|fies Flowing hitherward; or <HI>Rein,</HI> which &s;ignifies clearne&s;s and purity, becau&s;e it was formerly made a Te&s;t of Conjugal Cha&s;tity; for as, <HI>Hoffman</HI> relates, the Ancient Inhabitants about the <HI>Rhine,</HI> did u&s;e to try the Legitimacy of Children, by throwing them into it, reckoning &s;uch as &s;unk to be <HI>Ba|&s;tards,</HI> but tho&s;e who &s;wam, were look'd upon as lawfully be|got; Hence <HI>Claudian,</HI> <Q>Et quos Na&s;centes explorat gurgite <HI>Rhenus.</HI></Q> It was al&s;o called, <HI>Aurifer</HI> by &s;ome becau&s;e of the Gold found mix'd with its Sand.</P>
<P>The <HI>Rhine</HI> was the Ancient Boundary betwixt <HI>France</HI> and <HI>Germany. Con&s;tantine</HI> the Great, begun a Bridge over this River at <HI>Cologne,</HI> to &s;trike terror into the <HI>French. Charlemaign</HI> built a wonderful one of Wood over it at <HI>Mentz</HI> of 500 paces long, which was burnt by a ca&s;ual Fire about a year before his Death.</P>
<P>In the De&s;cription I de&s;ign to make of the <HI>Cour&s;e of the Rhine,</HI> I &s;hall confine my &s;elf to that which is mo&s;t remark|able both in the Treaties of Peace, and in the pre&s;ent and for|mer Wars between <HI>Germany</HI> and <HI>France.</HI> That is from its en|trance into <HI>Al&s;atia</HI> down to the Fort <HI>Schenk</HI> in the <HI>Low-Coun|tries;</HI> which comprehends &s;ix different Territories, <HI>viz.</HI>
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<TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>1. <HI>Al&s;atia</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Strasburg,</HI> Bi&s;h.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2. <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Heidelberg.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3. Electorate of <HI>Mayence</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Mayence</HI> or <HI>Mentz,</HI> Arch.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4. Electorate of <HI>Treves</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers,</HI> Arch.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5. Electorate of <HI>Cologne</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Cologne</HI> or <HI>Ceulen,</HI> Arch.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">6. The Succe&s;&s;ion of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers.</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Cleves.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Juliers.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article I.</HI> Of <HI>Al&s;atia</HI> Lat. <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> Germ. <HI>El&s;al&s;z.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Province has the Rhine on the Ea&s;t; The <HI>Palatinate</HI> on the North;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> <HI>Lorrain</HI> on the We&s;t. And <HI>Suntgaw</HI> or County or <HI>Ferrete,</HI> with &s;ome part of <HI>Franche Comte,</HI> and <HI>Switzerland,</HI> on the South.</P>
<P>Its extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> South and North is about 100 Miles including <HI>Suntgaw,</HI> and Ea&s;t and We&s;t a|bout 50 including <HI>Bri&s;gaw.</HI></P>
<P>It is reputed to have been the &s;eat of the Ancient <HI>Tribocchi,</HI> or <HI>Triboces,</HI> who retained their name till the time of <HI>Charle|maign.</HI> The <HI>Romans</HI> were Ma&s;ters of it near 500 years, then it was under the Kings of the <HI>France</HI> till <HI>Otho</HI> I. By <HI>Otho</HI> II. it was erected into a Landgraviat, and the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> enjoyed it till the U&s;urpations of the <HI>French</HI> in the late Wars, made it a Wilderne&s;s by their unheard of Deva&s;tations. And afterwards it was &s;old to <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. of <HI>France,</HI> with <HI>Sunt|gaw,</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;ac</HI> by <HI>Ferdinand Charles</HI> Archduke of <HI>In&s;pruck</HI> in 1648. for the &s;um of three Millions <HI>French Livers:</HI> and &s;o the Emperor was forced to re&s;ign it to the <HI>French</HI> Crown by the Treaty of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> in the &s;ame year, 1648. The <HI>Spaniard</HI> re&s;igning his Right al&s;o by the Treaty of the <HI>Pyrenees</HI> in 1659.</P>
<P>This is one of the be&s;t watered Parts of all <HI>Germany,</HI> and mo&s;t fertile in Wines, Corn,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> Fruits, Pa&s;tures. Its Mountains have &s;everal Silver, Bra&s;s, and Lead-Mines. Yet it is ill peopled becau&s;e a Frontier and the Seat of War. It is in many places over-grown
<PB N="76" REF="41"> with Wood, and has abundance of Iron-works which brings Money into the Country; the Woods being upon the Bank of the Rhine do &s;ecure the Country again&s;t the Rapidi|ty of that River.</P>
<P>This Province has 46 Walled Towns; 50 Ca|&s;tles,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cities, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Villages.</NOTE> and a great number of Villages. It is di|vided into <HI>&V;pper</HI> and <HI>Lower Al&s;atia,</HI> and into five Parts, including, <HI>Suntgaw, Bri&s;gaw</HI> and <HI>Ort|naw,</HI> of which the&s;e three, <HI>Suntgaw, &V;pper-Al&s;atia</HI> and <HI>Low|er-Al&s;atia,</HI> are on the left &s;ide of the <HI>Rhine;</HI> and <HI>Bri&s;gaw</HI> and <HI>Ortnaw,</HI> on the Right.</P>
<LIST>
<HEAD><HI>Al&s;atia</HI> with its dependencies, is divided into five Parts.</HEAD>
<ITEM>1. Lower <HI>Al&s;atia</HI> where are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Strasburg.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap. To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Schele&s;tad.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wei&s;&s;enburg.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Landau.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mol&s;heim.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Saverne.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Haguenau.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Seltz.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ober Ruheim.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bentheim.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Andlaw.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lauterburg.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Inguiller.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hoks&s;tein,</HI> County. To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>&V;pper-Al&s;atia</HI> where are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Colmas.</HI> Cap. To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>En&s;i&s;heim.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rufech.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> in <HI>Gregorienthal.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Marbach.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kei&s;er&s;perg.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
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<ITEM>3. <HI>Suntgaw,</HI> Lat. <HI>Suntgovia</HI> has Upper <HI>Al&s;atia</HI> on the N. the <HI>Rhine</HI> on the E. the Bi|&s;hoprick of <HI>Ba&s;il</HI> on the S. and <HI>Franche Comte</HI> on the W. the principal places in it are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Ferrete.</HI> County, Cap. To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Alskirk.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Befort.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hunningen.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mulhau&s;em</HI> Imp. and Free.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Bri&s;gaw</HI> or <HI>Bri&s;gou,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bri&s;govia</HI> or <HI>Bri&s;goia,</HI> lies between the <HI>Rhine</HI> on the W. and the black Fore&s;t on the E. The principal Towns in it are.
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Bri&s;ac.</HI> To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fribourg.</HI> Cap. To the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Neweburg,</HI> to the Emp.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Ortnaw</HI> Lat. <HI>Ortna|via</HI> lies between the <HI>Rhine</HI> on the W. <HI>Bri&s;|gaw</HI> on the S. the Dut|chy of <HI>Wur&s;tenberg</HI> on the Ea&s;t, and the <HI>Pala|tinate</HI> on the South, the mo&s;t remarkable places there are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Ofemburg.</HI> Cap. Imper.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gengenbach.</HI> Imper.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Baden.</HI> Marq.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Durlach.</HI> Marq.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pfortzheim,</HI> to the French.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Remarkable Towns of Lower <HI>Al&s;atia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Strasburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>STrasburg</HI> Lat. <HI>Argentoratum,</HI> or <HI>Argentina,</HI> or <HI>Tribocorum,</HI> and <HI>Tribocum;</HI> and by &s;ome Moderns <HI>Strasburgum</HI> is the Capital City of <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> and one of the faire&s;t of <HI>Germany.</HI> It is a Bi&s;hops See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Mentz,</HI> and was for many Ages a Free and Imperial City, &s;eated in the mid&s;t of a great Plain, upon the little River <HI>Ill,</HI> where it falls into the <HI>Breu&s;che</HI> about one Mile from the <HI>Rhine,</HI> over which it
<PB N="78" REF="42"> has a Timber Bridge of great length: This is a place of ve|ry great &s;trength and Wealth, and &s;o ancient, that it is &s;aid to have been built <HI>Ann. M.</HI> 1955. The <HI>Ar&s;enal</HI> and <HI>Town-hou&s;e</HI> do well de&s;erve the view of Strangers, and the Cathedral de|dicated to the Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin their Admiration, not only for the Magnificence and va&s;tne&s;s of the Structure, and its Gates of Bra&s;s, but more particularly for its Steeple called Tower of <HI>Myn&s;ter,</HI> which is Pyramidal and of a <HI>Structure,</HI> that lies all open and pervious to the light, being the mo&s;t e&s;teemed for its Workman&s;hip of any other &s;teeple in Chri&s;tendom. It is 574 Foot high, and has 700 &s;teps; but that which is mo&s;t of all admired is the Clock Work, which be&s;ides the Hours of the Day, repre&s;ents the motions of the Planets. In the year 1440 or thereabouts the Art of Printing was fir&s;t invented by one <HI>John Guttenburg</HI> a Citizen of <HI>Strasburg,</HI> who removed about the &s;ame time to <HI>Mentz,</HI> and there mo&s;tly u&s;ed and im|proved this noble Art; &s;o that a mighty conte&s;t has been ma|naged between <HI>Harlem, Strasburg</HI> and <HI>Mentz,</HI> which of them &s;hall have the honour of this Invention. In 1529. This City embraced the Prote&s;tant Religion, and the year following en|tred a League with the Reformed Cantons for her Defence; &s;ince that time its Government was Republican, till <HI>September</HI> 1681. that the <HI>French</HI> King having before po&s;&s;e&s;s'd him&s;elf of all <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> &s;uddenly &s;urprized this important Place in a time of Peace when no body &s;u&s;pected it: which may be a&s;cribed to the Pride and Folly of the Town, and their over-great Love of Liberty, by refu&s;ing 500 men the Emperor offered them for their &s;ecurity. The old Fortifications of this Town were but a double Wall, and a <HI>Fau&s;&s;e-braye</HI> &s;o that it was not capable of making a long re&s;i&s;tance, but the French have forti|fied it very &s;trongly, There is a Cittadel built on that &s;ide that goeth to the <HI>Rhine;</HI> and towards the Bridge there is a Horn-Work that runs a great way. There are al&s;o two &s;mall Forts at the two chief Gates, which lead toward <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> &s;o that in ca&s;e of a Revolt, they can cut off all Communication with the Country. There are al&s;o Forts in &s;ome I&s;lands of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and &s;ome <HI>Redoubts;</HI> &s;o that all round this place there is one of the greate&s;t Fortifications in <HI>Europe.</HI> The Ca|pitulations made with the <HI>French</HI> have not been hitherto well ob&s;erved; yet there is not above 200 <HI>Romi&s;h</HI> Converts. This City is already &s;unk in its Trade; and will &s;ink more when the Fortifications are fini&s;h'd. There is an Univer&s;ity found|ed by the Senate in 1538. <HI>Strasburg</HI> &s;tands 55 miles N. of <HI>Ba&s;il</HI>
<PB N="79" REF="42"> 140 W. of <HI>Ausburg,</HI> 64 S. E. of <HI>Heidelberg,</HI> and 70 E. of <HI>Nancy.</HI> Long. 27 d. 26 m. Lat. 48 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Sele&s;tad.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sele&s;tad</HI> or <HI>Schle&s;tad,</HI> &s;ituated on the River <HI>Ill,</HI> was for|merly free and imperial, and of the Government of <HI>Haguenaw,</HI> but now belongs to the Crown of <HI>France,</HI> left to it by the Peace of <HI>We&s;tphalia.</HI> Its Fortifications were demoli&s;hed in 1673. but new built in 1675. &s;o that it is now a place of con&s;iderable &s;trength. It &s;tands 21 Miles S. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> (or <HI>Cron Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> to di&s;tingui&s;h it from <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg</HI> in <HI>Bavaria</HI>) is &s;ituate upon the River <HI>Luter,</HI> in the Territory of <HI>Wa&s;gow,</HI> towards the Borders of the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine. Dagobert</HI> King of <HI>France</HI> built here a celebrated Mona&s;tery in 623. which in 1496. was chang'd into a Col|lege. By the Peace of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> this Place was granted to <HI>France</HI> In 1673. it &s;uffered much by the <HI>Germans,</HI> but is now rebuild|ing. It &s;tands 24 Miles N. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Landaw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Landaw</HI> Lat. <HI>Landavia,</HI> is &s;ituate upon the River <HI>Queick,</HI> in the Confines of the <HI>Palatinate,</HI> and Territory of <HI>Wa&s;gow.</HI> It was yielded to <HI>France</HI> by the Peace of <HI>Mun&s;ter.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> having plunder'd mo&s;t Towns of the <HI>Palatinate,</HI> and a great part of <HI>Schwaben.</HI> In 1688. laid the booty up here, where all was burnt by an accidental Fire, <HI>May</HI> 1689. This place &s;tands 13 Miles W. of <HI>Philipsburg,</HI> and 16 S. of <HI>Spire,</HI> Long. 27 d. 50 m. Lat. 49 d. 3 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Mol&s;heim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mol&s;heim,</HI> is a little Town on the River <HI>Brenche,</HI> eight Miles W. of <HI>Strasburg;</HI> the re&s;idence of the Prebendary of <HI>Strasburg.</HI></P>
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<P>VI. <HI>Saverne.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Saverne,</HI> Lat. <HI>Taberna Al&s;atiae,</HI> is &s;eated at the foot of &s;ome Mountains near the Frontiers of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> upon the River <HI>Lor,</HI> in the Road that goes to <HI>Strasburg.</HI> It is the u&s;ual re&s;idence of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Strasburg,</HI> who is Lord of it. Near this place <HI>Anthony</HI> Duke of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> defeated the <HI>Lutherans</HI> in 1525. It &s;tands 16 Miles nigh W. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Haguenaw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Haguenaw</HI> Lat. <HI>Hagenoa,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Mater,</HI> &s;carce two Leagues from the Rhine, and about three N. from <HI>Stra&s;|burg:</HI> it was an Imperial City and the Chief of the lower <HI>Al&s;ace</HI> before it fell to the <HI>French.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Barbaro&s;&s;a</HI> fir&s;t Walled it about in 1164. and built a Palace therein. Be|ing &s;eated in a Sandy unfruitful Soil, the old <HI>Landgraves</HI> of <HI>Al&s;ace,</HI> did chiefly re&s;ort thither for the Conveniency of Hunting.</P>
<P>The other places of lower <HI>Al&s;ace,</HI> &s;uch as <HI>Seltz, Ober Ru|heim,</HI> &amp;c. are not of great con&s;ideration.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Remarkable Towns of &V;pper <HI>Al&s;atia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Colmar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>COlmar,</HI> Lat. <HI>Colmaria,</HI> and <HI>Columbaria,</HI> or according to others <HI>Argentuaria;</HI> is an Imperial Town under the <HI>French,</HI> and the Capital of Upper <HI>Al&s;ace,</HI> upon the River <HI>Ill.</HI> The Duke of <HI>Weymar</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the Troops of <HI>France;</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of this Town in 1633. but this Duke dying, <HI>Colmar</HI> was yielded to the King of <HI>France</HI> by the Negotiation of the Mare&s;chal of <HI>Guebriant,</HI> and confirm'd upon him by the 47 Article of the Treaty of <HI>We&s;tphalia,</HI> where it is named among&s;t the Imperial Towns of <HI>Al&s;ace.</HI> Yet afterwards during the Wars of 1674. it was demoli&s;h'd and abandoned. It
<PB N="81" REF="43"> It &s;tands 13 Miles W. of <HI>Bri&s;ac</HI> 28 N. of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> and 33 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Strasburg,</HI> Long. 27 d. three m. Lat. 48 d.</P>
<P>V. <HI>En&s;i&s;heim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>En&s;i&s;heim</HI> is a &s;mall Town once Imperial, but now &s;ubject to the <HI>French,</HI> 13 Miles S. of <HI>Colmar.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Ruffach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ruffach</HI> Lat. <HI>Rubeacum</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the River <HI>Roltback,</HI> in the Territory of <HI>Mundal,</HI> once an Imperial and Free City, but taken by the Mare&s;chal of <HI>Turenne</HI> in 1675. af|ter a great defeat of the Imperiali&s;ts. It's one of the ancient|e&s;t Towns in <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> and was for the fertility of its Soil, for five hundred years, the Seat of &s;ome of the <HI>Roman</HI> Nobility. It &s;tands 10 Miles S. of <HI>Colmar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mun&s;ter, Marbach, Keiber&s;perg,</HI> &amp;c. are &s;mall Towns of lit|tle moment.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Remarkable Towns in <HI>Suntgaw.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Ferrete.</HI></P>
<P><HI>FErrete</HI> Lat. <HI>Ferreta,</HI> which the <HI>Germans</HI> now call <HI>Pfirt,</HI> &s;tands 22 Miles W. of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> with the Title of a County, It was re&s;igned to the <HI>French</HI> by the Pacifications of <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> and the <HI>Pyrenees.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Hunningen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Hunningen</HI> is a Village, a quarter of a League below <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> &s;ituated on the <HI>Rhine</HI> which the <HI>French</HI> have render'd very remarkable for the &s;trong Ca&s;tle they have lately erected there, and which gives no little Umbrage and Jealou&s;ie to the <HI>Swi&s;&s;ers.</HI> This Fort is a regular Pentagon with Lodgings for 3 or 4000 Men; Good Ramparts, a large Ditch, Horn-works,
<PB N="82" REF="44"> Half-Moons, and other Outworks. Here is al&s;o a Bridge over the Rhine, lodged partly on an I&s;land, which is fortified with an Horn-Work; &s;o that it is now one of the &s;tronge&s;t Places in <HI>Europe,</HI> being &s;eated in a great Plain, and commanded by no ri&s;ing ground.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Mulhau&s;en.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mulhau&s;en,</HI> on the River <HI>Ill</HI> was once an Imperial and Free City, but in 1515. Leagued with the <HI>Swi&s;&s;ers,</HI> and united to <HI>Suntgow.</HI> It &s;tands 13 Miles N. W. of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> and 17 S. of <HI>Col|mar,</HI> but heretofore belonged to <HI>Al&s;atia.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Remarkable Towns in <HI>Bri&s;gaw.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Bri&s;ac.</HI></P>
<P><HI>BRi&s;ac</HI> Lat. <HI>Bri&s;acum,</HI> or <HI>Bri&s;acus Mons,</HI> &s;tands on a ri&s;ing ground, on the right Bank of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> which has there a fine Stone Bridge. This place is e&s;teemed one of the &s;tronge&s;t places of <HI>Europe,</HI> whether its Situation be con&s;i|dered, or what Art has contributed to render it regular; &s;o that &s;ome Authors call it the Cittadel of <HI>Al&s;atia. Gu&s;tavus Horne</HI> a <HI>Suede</HI> made an attempt on this City in 1633. after his great advantages over the Imperiali&s;ts; but the Duke of <HI>Fe|ria,</HI> broke his Mea&s;ures, and threw &s;uccours into the Place. The Duke of <HI>Weymar</HI> being &s;ick at <HI>Newemburg</HI> near <HI>Bri&s;ac</HI> in 1639. the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Guebriant</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed him&s;elf of this and the other Places, which were left to the <HI>French</HI> King by a Treaty the year following; and which have been yielded by the 47th Article of the Peace of <HI>We&s;tphalia,</HI> in 1648. and confirmed again by the 60th Article of the Pyrenaean Treaty. <HI>Bri&s;ac</HI> has given its name to <HI>Bri&s;gaw,</HI> and has been in former times its Capital, but &s;ince <HI>Fribourg</HI> has carried it. <HI>Bri&s;|gaw</HI> belonged formerly to the Dukes of <HI>Leringuen;</HI> and after|wards to the Earls of <HI>Fur&s;temburg. Hugh</HI> or <HI>Hegon</HI> &s;old it in 1367. to the Dukes of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> to whom the Emperor <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> had already Mortgaged <HI>Bri&s;ac</HI> about the year 1326. Since that time the Country of <HI>Bri&s;gaw</HI> has always be|long'd
<PB N="83" REF="44"> to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> till the <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the mo&s;t Part. <HI>Bri&s;ac,</HI> tho' a Notable Fortification is but a Mi&s;erable Town. It &s;tands 26 Miles N. of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> and 30 S. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI> Long. 27 d. 22 m. Lat. 48 d.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Fribourg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fribourg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Friburgum,</HI> is the Capital City of <HI>Bri&s;gaw,</HI> &s;eated upon the little River of <HI>Thre&s;eim,</HI> at the end of a Fer|tile Plain, and upon a ri&s;ing Ground where the black Moun|tain begins. <HI>Albert</HI> VI. Duke of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> Founded in it a U|niver&s;ity, and a Sovereign Chamber; the Juri&s;diction of which reach'd once a great way, but now not above Four Miles. The <HI>Swedes</HI> took it three times in 1632. 1634. and 1638. This Town is Renowned for its Riches and other Ad|vantages, and for a Famous Battel that the Duke of <HI>Anguien,</HI> &s;ince <HI>Lewis</HI> Prince of <HI>Conde,</HI> won there in 1644. in which General <HI>Merci</HI> was Killed. Mare&s;chal <HI>Crequi</HI> took it in 1677. for <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. after a Siege of Seven or Eight Days. It is a large and well peopled City, regularly Fortified with &s;eve|ral Churches and Religious Hou&s;es in it. This is al&s;o the Re&s;idence of the Chapter of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> from which place it &s;tands 26 Miles almo&s;t N. and 10 Miles E. of <HI>Bri&s;ac.</HI> Long. 27 d. 31 m. Lat. 47 d. 58 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Newenburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Newenburg,</HI> is a decaying Place, on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> 14 Miles S. of <HI>Bri&s;ac,</HI> once Imperial, but now Subject to the Emperor.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Remarkable Places in <HI>Ortnaw.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Ofemburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>OFemburg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Offemburgum,</HI> is an Imperial free City, in <HI>Schwaben,</HI> and the Capital of <HI>Ortnaw,</HI> &s;eated upon the River <HI>Kintzig,</HI> about one League from the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and Eight Miles S. E. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI> Long. 27 d. 37 m. Lat. 48
<PB N="84" REF="45"> d. 23 m. It is under the protection of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au|&s;tria.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Gengenbach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Gengenbach,</HI> is a little Imperial free City on the River <HI>Kintzig,</HI> 14 Miles S. E. of <HI>Strasburg.</HI> It is al&s;o protected by the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Baden.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Baden,</HI> or <HI>Bade,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bada,</HI> and <HI>Thermae Inferiores,</HI> with the Title of <HI>Marqui&s;ate,</HI> is a &s;mall, neat City, Famous for its Baths. This Marqui&s;ate is upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> between <HI>Bri&s;gaw</HI> and the Dutchy of <HI>Wir&s;emberg.</HI> Its Marque&s;&s;es are Princes of the Empire, and are of a very Noble and Ancient Family; of which there are two Branches, the fir&s;t is <HI>Baden Hocberg,</HI> and the other <HI>Baden Durlach;</HI> the fir&s;t is Roman Catholick, and the &s;econd Lutheran. The&s;e two Branches act by turns in the Diet of the Empire, and in the Circle of <HI>Suabia;</HI> but the <HI>Baden Durlach</HI> Branch has two Voices, one for <HI>Durlach,</HI> and the other for <HI>Hocberg.</HI> The pre&s;ent Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Ba|den,</HI> who has been General for the Emperor in <HI>Hungary,</HI> and has rendered his Name Immortal by the great Victories he has obtained again&s;t the <HI>Turks,</HI> and who came over into <HI>Eng|land</HI> to Vi&s;it Their Maje&s;ties in 1694. is of the Branch of <HI>Hoc|berg,</HI> and the y<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ung Prince his Nephew, that came with him, of that of <HI>Durlach.</HI> This Town is &s;ubject to the Branch of <HI>Durlach,</HI> and &s;tands 22 Miles N. E. of <HI>Strasburg,</HI> 34 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Spire,</HI> and 40 N. W. of <HI>Tubingen.</HI> Long. 27 d. 52 m. Lat. 48 d. 38 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Durlach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Durlach,</HI> is a Town and very good Ca&s;tle of the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Baden,</HI> having <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">l&s;o the Title of Marqui&s;ate; it give its Name to a Branch of the Family of <HI>Baden,</HI> and is named <HI>Do<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">cum</HI> in Latin. It is Subject to its own Prince, and &s;tands 16 Miles N. E. of <HI>Baden.</HI></P>
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<P>V. <HI>Pfortzheim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pfortzheim,</HI> is a &s;mall Town in the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Baden</HI> on the Rivers <HI>Entz</HI> and <HI>Nagold,</HI> 17 Miles nigh S. of <HI>Philipsburg,</HI> and 27 N. E. of <HI>Baden.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1691. left, and taken again in 1692.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II.</HI> The <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> Lat. <HI>Palatinatus In|ferior,</HI> Germ. <HI>P&s;altz auff Rhein,</HI> or <HI>Nider Pfaltz.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> or lower <HI>Palati|nate</HI> (to di&s;tingui&s;h it from the upper,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> which lyes on the <HI>Danube,</HI> and belongs to the Duke of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> according to the Treaty of <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> who formerly enjoyed both) Borders on the North the Arch|bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Mentz,</HI> on the We&s;t <HI>Lorrain,</HI> and the Arch|bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Triers,</HI> on the South <HI>Al&s;atia,</HI> and on the Ea&s;t <HI>Franconia,</HI> and <HI>Suabia,</HI> or <HI>Schwaben.</HI> Its Extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> South and North is about 80 Miles, and almo&s;t as many We&s;t and Ea&s;t, including the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Spire.</HI></P>
<P>The Air is here good and whole&s;om, tho' &s;ome|what Cold:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> The Soil extreamly fruitful in delicate Wines, Corn and Pa&s;tures. There are al&s;o &s;eve|ral Mines of Agath and Ja&s;per; and fine Gold is drawn out of the Sand of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> of which they Coin very good <HI>Du|cats,</HI> which bear the Name of that River.</P>
<P>The Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> here are the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and the <HI>Neckar,</HI> which falls into that at <HI>Manheim.</HI></P>
<P>The Country takes its Name from the Office of Count <HI>Palatine,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name of <HI>Palati|nate.</HI></NOTE> be&s;towed by the Emperor on tho&s;e who Admini&s;tred Ju&s;tice in his Name to the Em|pire; of which there was two, one on the <HI>Rhine</HI> who had the Charge of <HI>Franconia,</HI> and the Neigh|bouring Countries; and the other in <HI>Saxony,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and other Countries Subject to the <HI>Saxon</HI> Law. Hence
<PB N="86" REF="46"> it is that the Electors of <HI>Saxony,</HI> or the Elector <HI>Palatine,</HI> or Elector of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> are Vicars of the Empire in their re&s;pe|ctive Provinces, when there is an <HI>Interregnum</HI> by the Empe|rors Death, or otherwi&s;e. At fir&s;t the Count <HI>Palatine</HI> of the <HI>Rhine</HI> had no Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ions on that River; but in proce&s;s of time got them by Marriage, Purcha&s;e, or Imperial Gift, and formed a very con&s;iderable Principality; &s;o that be&s;ides &s;eve|ral Fiefs betwixt <HI>Coblentz,</HI> and <HI>Andernach,</HI> and in <HI>Juliers,</HI> and be&s;ides the Dutchies of <HI>Newburg, Saltzbach</HI> and <HI>Deuxponts,</HI> and other dependencies on them; it has divers more Dutchies and Counties: The Family of the Princes <HI>Palatine</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> is de&s;cended from <HI>Otho</HI> the Illu&s;trious Duke of <HI>Bavaria</HI> who died in 1245. leaving two Sons, <HI>Lewis</HI> II. Count <HI>Pa|latine</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and Elector, and <HI>Henry</HI> XIII. Duke of <HI>Ba|varia.</HI> The Elector <HI>Frederick</HI> III. begun in 1576. to enter|tain many Prote&s;tant Families in his Dominions, who fled from the <HI>Low Countries.</HI> His Succe&s;&s;ors doing the like did thereby mightily enrich the Countrey. This Prince made his Revenues very con&s;iderable by the Reformation, Right of Con|duct to Strangers, Toll upon Merchandizes that pa&s;s'd his Territories, and the Title he had to the Goods of Strangers, or tho&s;e who died without Will in his Dominions. <HI>Frederick</HI> the IIId. was Succeeded by his Son <HI>Lewis</HI> the IVth. who turn|ed Prote&s;tant, and was Succeeded by <HI>Frederick</HI> the IVth. who al&s;o abandon'd Popery. He Married <HI>Loui&s;e,</HI> Daughter to the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> by whom he had <HI>Frederick</HI> the Vth. who was Cho&s;en King of <HI>Bohemia</HI> in 1619. but Dethroned after the Battel of <HI>Prague</HI> in 1620. and his Territories were given to the Duke of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> with the Dignity of Elector. He died at <HI>Mentz</HI> in 1632. leaving behind him three Sons by <HI>Eliza|beth</HI> Daughter of <HI>James</HI> the Fir&s;t of <HI>Great Brittain, viz. Charles, Robert,</HI> and <HI>Edward; Robert,</HI> commonly called Prince <HI>Robert,</HI> and well known in <HI>England,</HI> was Created Duke of <HI>Cumberland,</HI> and Died without Legitimate I&s;&s;ue. <HI>Edward</HI> Died a Papi&s;t at <HI>Paris</HI> in 1663. leaving three Daughters by Prince&s;s <HI>Ann</HI> of <HI>Mantua,</HI> one of them, <HI>viz. Anne</HI> Married to the Prince of <HI>Conde. Charles</HI> had part of his Fathers Inhe|ritance re&s;tored to him, by the Peace of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> in 1648. and a <HI>Eighth Electorate</HI> was Created in his behalf, <HI>viz.</HI> that of the <HI>Palatine</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and the Upper <HI>Palatinate</HI> remain|ed in the Duke of <HI>Bavaria</HI>'s Hands. The Elector <HI>Charles</HI> Mar|ried <HI>Charlotte</HI> Daughter to the <HI>Landtgrave</HI> of <HI>He&s;&s;e Ca&s;&s;el,</HI> by whom he had <HI>Charles,</HI> and <HI>Elizabeth Charlotte,</HI> who was Mar|ried
<PB N="87" REF="46"> to the Duke of <HI>Orleans,</HI> only Brother to King <HI>Lewis</HI> the XIVth. of <HI>France. Charles</HI> Succeeded his Father in the <HI>E|lectorate,</HI> and in 1671. Married <HI>Wiellielmine Erne&s;tine</HI> Daugh|ter to <HI>Frederick</HI> the IIId. King of <HI>Denmark.</HI> He died in 1685. without I&s;&s;ue, and was Succeeded by <HI>Philip William</HI> Duke of <HI>Newburg</HI> a Popi&s;h Prince. In 1688. and 1689. The <HI>French</HI> entered his Territories, and laid mo&s;t part of them wa&s;t, on pretence of the <HI>Allodial</HI> Claim'd by the Dutche&s;s of <HI>Orleans,</HI> Si&s;ter to the late Elector, who died without I&s;&s;ue.</P>
<P>This Country is divided in two, <HI>viz.</HI> the <HI>Palatinate</HI> pro|perly &s;o called, and the Dominions of &s;everal particular Princes adjoining to it.</P>
<P>The <HI>Palatinate</HI> properly &s;o called, where are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Heidelberg,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Manheim,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Frankendal,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Openheim,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Caub,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Creutznach.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>New&s;tat,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kei&s;er&s;lautern,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bacharach,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Simmeren,</HI> Earld.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ingelheim.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>Places adjoining to the <HI>Pa|latinate,</HI> and Subject to &s;eve|ral Princes.
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Spire,</HI> Imper. Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wormes,</HI> Imper. Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Philipsburg,</HI> to the <HI>French.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Darm&s;tat,</HI> Landgraviat.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Deux-Ponts,</HI> Dutchy.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Birkenfeld,</HI> Earld.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mont-Royal.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>Remarkable Towns in the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Heidelberg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>HEildelberg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Heilderberga</HI> (which &s;ome think to be the <HI>Budoris</HI> of the Ancients) is Metropolis of the <HI>Pa|latinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> &s;eated at the foot of an Hill, on the <HI>Neckar,</HI> over which it has a Wooden Bridge, it is &s;aid to have formerly belonged to the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Worms,</HI> but was granted to <HI>Lewis</HI> Count <HI>Palatine</HI> in 1225. It was enlarged by <HI>Robert</HI> Count <HI>Palatine,</HI> who was Cho&s;en Emperor, in 1392. And <HI>Rupertus</HI> Count <HI>Palatine</HI> Founded an Univer&s;ity here in 1346. This Town is large, fair, well Built, and well Peopled, and the u&s;ual Re&s;idence of the Elector, who had a Noble, Magnificent and Strong Ca&s;tle here, till the <HI>French</HI> blew it up in the pre&s;ent War, when they were forced to leave it, contrary to the Capitulation with the <HI>Dauphin</HI> in 1688. The <HI>Town-Hou&s;e,</HI> and the Churches of St. <HI>Peter,</HI> and the <HI>Holy Gho&s;t,</HI> are &s;tately Buildings. The Wine of this Place is much e&s;teem'd. The Ca&s;tle is al&s;o Famous for a great huge Tun, commonly called, The Tun of <HI>Heilderberg.</HI> The Univer&s;ity has great Priviledges, one of which is, Power of Life and Death, over all that belong to it, without Power of Revocation, or Infringement in the Prince him&s;elf. This Univer&s;ity has been Famous for many great Men, and had one of the be&s;t Libraries in <HI>Europe,</HI> which Count <HI>Tilly</HI> &s;ent to <HI>Rome</HI> in 1622. after he had taken the Town, which &s;uffered ex|treamly in the late <HI>German</HI> Wars. It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1688. and a little while after burn'd and abandon'd. In 1693. <HI>Heidelberg</HI> was Betrayed to the <HI>French</HI> King's Troops, under the Command of Mare&s;chal <HI>De Lorge,</HI> the City laid in A&s;hes, the Tombs of the Dead Princes and Prince&s;&s;es inhu|manely De&s;troyed, and their Corps expo&s;ed; the Garri&s;on and Inhabitants Cruelly Butchered; and the Women after Protection bruti&s;hly Ravi&s;h'd: Part of the Garri&s;on flying to the Ca&s;tle Capitulated. A little while after, <HI>Heidersdorf</HI> the Governour being Condemned to Death by a Council of War at <HI>Hailbron,</HI> was Reprieved; but degraded of the Teutonick Order, led about the Imperial Camp in a Cart, buffetted in a
<PB N="89" REF="47"> di&s;graceful manner by the Common Hangman, treated with the heighth of Ignominy, then Bani&s;hed, and Cudgelled to Death by the Pea&s;ants, after he was let go by the Executi|oner. <HI>Heidelberg</HI> &s;tands 13 Miles N. E. of <HI>Spire,</HI> 22 S. E. of <HI>Worms,</HI> 18 N. E. of <HI>Philipsburg,</HI> and 48 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Franc|fort.</HI> Long. 28 d. 27 m. Lat. 49 d. 17 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Manheim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Manheim</HI> is &s;eated on the Confluent of the <HI>Rhine</HI> and the <HI>Neckar.</HI> It was taken and ruined by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in the be|ginning of the XIIIth. Century, but was Rebuilt and hand|&s;omly Fortified by <HI>Charles Lewis</HI> Elector <HI>Palatine.</HI> It was ta|ken, and abandoned by the <HI>French</HI> in 1689. and &s;ince that time they have intirely ruined it in a mo&s;t Barbarous man|ner. It &s;tands 11 Miles almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Heidelberg.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Frankendal.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Frankendal,</HI> Lat. <HI>Franchendalia,</HI> formerly no more than an Abbey, afterwards a Place of Refuge for the <HI>Belgian</HI> Exiles a|bout 1574. now a new City, which was well Fortified, &s;carce a League di&s;tant from the <HI>Rhine;</HI> afterwards taken by the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> and re&s;tored to the Elector <HI>Palatine,</HI> by the Pacification of <HI>Mun&s;ter;</HI> but in the pre&s;ent War mo&s;t cruelly laid in A&s;hes by the <HI>French.</HI> It &s;tands 18 miles N. W. of <HI>Heidelberg.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Oppenheim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oppenheim,</HI> Lat. <HI>Oppenhemium,</HI> a &s;mall City, Imperial and Free, until it was granted with its Territory to <HI>Rupert</HI> Prince <HI>Palatine</HI> by the Emperor in 1402. It &s;tands upon a Hill near the <HI>Rhine,</HI> 11 miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Mentz,</HI> and 17 N. of <HI>Worms.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> put a Garri&s;on into it in 1688. and have Ruin'd it &s;ince.</P>
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<P>V. <HI>Caub.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Caub,</HI> is a little Town with the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Gudenfelts,</HI> on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> again&s;t which in the middle of the River, is the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Pfaltz,</HI> whence &s;ome, (but fal&s;ly) would have the Princes Title of <HI>Pfaltzgrave</HI> derived.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Creutznach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Creutznach,</HI> is a little Town, on the &s;mall River <HI>Nake,</HI> with a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, Subject to the <HI>French</HI> &s;ince 1688. It &s;tands 20 Miles almo&s;t S. W. of <HI>Mentz.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>New&s;tat.</HI></P>
<P><HI>New&s;tat,</HI> is a &s;mall Town &s;eated on the River <HI>Spirebach,</HI> Eight Miles N. of <HI>Landau,</HI> and 15 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Spire</HI> and <HI>Philipsburg.</HI> It is now Subject to the <HI>French.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Kei&s;er&s;lautern.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Kei&s;er&s;lautern,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cae&s;aropolis,</HI> is upon the River <HI>Lauter</HI> near the Dutchy of <HI>Deuxponts;</HI> the <HI>French</HI> call it <HI>Ca&s;eloutre;</HI> they took it in <HI>September</HI> 1688. under the Marquis of <HI>Bouf|flers,</HI> after they had been repul&s;ed in two &s;everal Storms. It &s;tands 28 Miles almo&s;t S. W. of <HI>Worms,</HI> 32 W. of <HI>Spire,</HI> and 40 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Mentz.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Bacharach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bacharach,</HI> is a &s;mall Town, on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> once Free and Imperial, now belonging to the Elector <HI>Palatine.</HI> It &s;tands 22 Miles W. of <HI>Mentz.</HI></P>
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<P>X. <HI>Simmeren.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Simmeren,</HI> Lat. <HI>Simmera,</HI> is the Capital City of a little Province of the &s;ame Name, bearing the Title of Earldom. This little Place is adorned and &s;trengthned with a very con|&s;iderable Ca&s;tle. It belongs to the <HI>Elector Palatine,</HI> but is now Subject to the <HI>French.</HI> It &s;tands 24 Miles nigh S. of <HI>Coblentz,</HI> and 33 W. of <HI>Mentz.</HI> Long. 26 d. 52 m. Lat. 49 d. 59 m.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Ingelheim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ingelheim,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ingelhemium</HI> and <HI>Ingelenhemium,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> once Free and Imperial, but now be|longing to the Elector <HI>Palatine,</HI> and Subject to the <HI>French.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Charlemaign</HI> was Born there in 742. and after|wards repaired it. <HI>Lewis</HI> the <HI>Debonair</HI> died there in 840. It &s;tands Eight Miles W. of <HI>Mentz,</HI> and as many E. of <HI>Bin|gen.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Places adjoining to <HI>Palatinate.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Spire.</HI></P>
<P><HI>SPire,</HI> or <HI>Spires,</HI> Lat. <HI>Spira,</HI> or <HI>Augu&s;ta Nemetum,</HI> or <HI>No|viomagus,</HI> is a great, rich, populous City, near the <HI>Rhine,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Arbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Mentz.</HI> It is an Imperial and Free City, but under the protection of the <HI>Elector Palatine.</HI> The Cathedral was Built in 1411. by <HI>Conrade</HI> the Emperor, in which are the Sepulchres of the Emperors <HI>Henry</HI> IV. <HI>Philip</HI> V. <HI>Rudolph</HI> I. <HI>Adolphus</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au,</HI> and <HI>Albert</HI> I. The Imperial Chamber which was fir&s;t In&s;tituted at <HI>Francfort</HI> in 1495. by <HI>Maximilian</HI> I. and in the Year 1530. removed to this City by <HI>Charles</HI> V. Con&s;i&s;ts of two Pre&s;i|dents, whereof the one is a Prote&s;tant, the other a Romani&s;t, and of 15 Coun&s;ellors, whereof Seven are Prote&s;tants, and
<PB N="92" REF="49"> Eight Romani&s;ts. The Government of the City was all Lu|theran, but the Cathedral was in the Hands of the Bi&s;hop, a Roman Catholick. There were &s;everal Convents of both Sexes, and a College of Je&s;uits. The <HI>Calvini&s;ts</HI> had al&s;o a Church here, but their number was not con&s;iderable. Tho' the Town &s;ub&s;i&s;ted chiefly by the Imperial Chamber, yet there was an endle&s;s Di&s;pute between them and the Cham|ber, concerning their Priviledges. For the Government of the Town pretended that the Judges of the Chamber, as they were private Men, and out of the Court of Judicature, were &s;ubject to them; and in the Year 1685. they put one of them in Pri&s;on; and on the other hand, the Judges &s;aid their Per|&s;ons were &s;acred. In the la&s;t War in 1672. between the <HI>French</HI> and the Emperor, this City enjoyed a Neutrality on the Account of this Chamber, but in the Year 1638. was taken and Garri&s;on'd by the <HI>French,</HI> and in 1689. a War en|&s;uing for the Recovery of the Countries Ravi&s;h'd from the Empire by the <HI>French,</HI> they with the utmo&s;t Inhumanity burned and de&s;troy'd this Ancient and Venerable City. Here|upon the Imperial Chamber was by the <HI>Diet,</HI> with the Con|&s;ent of the Emperor, removed to <HI>We&s;lar,</HI> a City of <HI>Ha&s;&s;ia.</HI> The Ruins of <HI>Spire</HI> &s;tand 13 Miles S. W. of <HI>Heidelberg,</HI> and 22 S. of <HI>Worms.</HI> Long. 28 d. 12 m. Lat. 49 d. 11 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Worms.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Worms,</HI> Lat. <HI>Vormacia,</HI> or <HI>Barbetomagus,</HI> or <HI>Barbitomagus Vangionum,</HI> is a Great, Famous, Imperial, Free City upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragant of <HI>Mentz.</HI> The Bi&s;hop is Lord thereof, as well as of the little Country, whereof it is Capital. <HI>Attila</HI> de&s;troyed it in the Fifth Century, and <HI>Clo|vis</HI> repair'd it again. It was often taken in the la&s;t Wars of <HI>Germany.</HI> The Town was honoured a con&s;iderable time with an Archbi&s;hops See, whereof it was deprived about 750. by Pope <HI>Zachary,</HI> who removed that Dignity to <HI>Mentz,</HI> leaving only the Title of Bi&s;hoprick to <HI>Worms,</HI> in Puni&s;hment of <HI>Ger|villon,</HI> the la&s;t Archbi&s;hop his Treachery, who kill'd an an Officer, whom he had invited to come to confer with him out of his Enemies (the <HI>Saxons</HI>) Camp. Here have been &s;everal Councils held, as in 764, 770. 1078, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> A Famous Diet was al&s;o held here in 1521. in which <HI>Luther</HI> de|fended his Doctrine before the States of the Empire. <HI>Worms</HI>
<PB N="93" REF="49"> was burnt by the <HI>French</HI> in 1689. and &s;tands 23 Miles N. E. of <HI>Heidelberg</HI> and <HI>Spire,</HI> and 33 S. of <HI>Francfort.</HI> Long. 28 d. Lat. 49 d. 32 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Philipsburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Philipsburg,</HI> is a very important Fortre&s;s near the <HI>Rhine,</HI> called formerly <HI>&V;denheim;</HI> it took its Modern Name, from <HI>Philip Chri&s;topher de Saleren,</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Spire,</HI> and Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Trier.</HI> This Prelate cau&s;ed it to be Built and Fortified with &s;even Ba&s;tions, where the Bi&s;hops Ca&s;tle, and the Vil|lage of <HI>&V;denheim</HI> &s;tood, almo&s;t upon the Brink of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> in a Plain &s;urrounded with Mari&s;h Ground. This Place was Con&s;igned to the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Spire,</HI> but &s;till under the Pro|tection of the Emperor, the Bi&s;hop has ever had his Re&s;i|dence in the Ca&s;tle, which is a Noble Pile. It fell into the hands of the Imperiali&s;ts in <GAP DESC="blank"> through the Cowardline&s;s of the Governour. The <HI>Swedes</HI> drove them thence <HI>Jan.</HI> 15. 1634. and gave it to <HI>Lewis</HI> XIII. but as the Fortification of it could not be fini&s;h'd, becau&s;e of the rigour of the Winter; The Imperiali&s;ts &s;urpriz'd it by Night, <HI>Jan.</HI> 23. 1635. Af|terwards the Duke of <HI>Anguien,</HI> having defeated the <HI>Bavarians</HI> at <HI>Friburg,</HI> retook <HI>Spire</HI> and <HI>Philipsburg, Sept.</HI> 1644. The <HI>French</HI> King cau&s;ed it to be regularly Fortified, and made it a very important Place. The <HI>Germans</HI> and their Allies, who had blocked it up for a long time, Be&s;ieged it, <HI>May</HI> 16. 1676. and it was &s;urrendred to them upon Articles, <HI>Sept.</HI> the 17th. following. In 1688. <HI>Sept.</HI> the 27th. It was inve&s;ted by the <HI>French.</HI> The 6th. of <HI>October</HI> the <HI>Dauphin</HI> of <HI>France</HI> came thi|ther, and here made his fir&s;t Campaign; the fir&s;t of <HI>Novem|ber</HI> it was &s;urrendred, when it might have holden out much longer. However this Siege gave liberty to the Prince of <HI>O|range,</HI> now our King, to come over into <HI>England. Philips|burg</HI> &s;tands &s;even Miles S. of <HI>Spire,</HI> and 18 S. W. of <HI>Heidel|berg.</HI> Long. 28 d. 10 m. Lat. 49 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Darm&s;tat.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Darm&s;tat,</HI> Lat. <HI>Darm&s;tadium,</HI> with the Title of Landgra|viate, is about Two Leagues from the <HI>Rhine.</HI> It belongs to a Prince of the Family of <HI>He&s;&s;e,</HI> and has a well Fortified Ca|&s;tle.
<PB N="94" REF="50"> The Ca&s;tles of <HI>Mariemburg</HI> on the <HI>Rhine</HI> and <HI>Ru&s;&s;elheim</HI> on the <HI>Main</HI> belong al&s;o to that Prince. <HI>Darm&s;tat</HI> &s;tands on the River of the &s;ame Name 14 Miles S. of <HI>Francfort,</HI> 23 S. E. of <HI>Mentz,</HI> 17 N. E. of <HI>Worms,</HI> and 30 N. of <HI>Heidelberg.</HI> Long. 28 d. 16 m. Lat. 49 d. 41 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Deux-Ponts.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Deux-Ponts,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bipontium,</HI> Germ, <HI>Zweibruck,</HI> is a Town on the River <HI>Scwolbe,</HI> with a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, and the Title of Dukedom. It &s;tands 44 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Worms,</HI> and a|bout 50 from <HI>Strasburg, Mentz</HI> and <HI>Triers.</HI> Long. 26 d. 54 m. Lat. 49 d. 19 m.</P>
<P>This Town gives its Name to a very Ancient and Noble Family, which is a Branch of that of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> in this man|ner; <HI>Stephen</HI> Duke of <HI>Sicmeren,</HI> &s;econd Son to the Emperor <HI>Robert the Little,</HI> had two Sons by his Wife <HI>Anne</HI> of <HI>Veldens, viz. Frederick</HI> and <HI>Lewis the Black. Lewis</HI> dying in 1489. left <HI>Alexander,</HI> Sirnamed <HI>The Halt,</HI> Duke of <HI>Deux-Ponts,</HI> who died in 1514. and was &s;ucceeded by <HI>Lewis</HI> II. who em|braced the Prote&s;tant Religion, and died in 1532. His Son <HI>Wolfgand</HI> was his Succe&s;&s;or, he added to his Fathers Domini|ons the Principality of <HI>Newburg,</HI> and died in <HI>France,</HI> in 1569. where he had led Succours out of <HI>Palatinate,</HI> to the Prote|&s;tants of that Kingdom; he left Five Sons, <HI>viz. Philip, Lewis, John, Frederick,</HI> and <HI>Charles,</HI> and two Daughters. <HI>John</HI> was his Succe&s;&s;or, who died in 1604. left by his Wife <HI>Mag|dalen,</HI> (Daughter to <HI>William</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers,</HI> who brought along with her the Rever&s;ion of her Father's E&s;tates) Four Sons, <HI>viz. Lewis-William</HI> who died in 1581. <HI>John</HI> II. <HI>Frederick-Ca&s;imir</HI> (who Married in 1614. <HI>Amelia</HI> Daughter of <HI>William</HI> Prince of <HI>Orange</HI>) and <HI>John-Ca&s;imir,</HI> (who in 1615. Married <HI>Catherine</HI> Daughter to <HI>Charles</HI> X. King of <HI>Sweden,</HI> by which he had <HI>Charles-Gu&s;tavus</HI> King of <HI>Sweden,</HI> and <HI>Adolph-John;</HI>) and two Daughters. <HI>John</HI> II. Duke of <HI>Deux-Ponts,</HI> took the Title of Duke of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers, &amp;c.</HI> and died in 1635. leaving behind him, by his &s;econd Wife (<HI>Loui&s;e-Julienne,</HI> Daughter to <HI>Frederick</HI> IV. <HI>Elector Palatine</HI>) &s;everal Daughters, and one Son called <HI>Frederick,</HI> who en|joyed his Fathers E&s;tates by the Treaty of <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> in 1648. and died in 1661. without I&s;&s;ue. His Nephew <HI>Frederick-Lewis</HI> (Son to <HI>Frederick-Ca&s;imir,</HI> and <HI>Amelia</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>O|range</HI>
<PB N="95" REF="50"> and <HI>Na&s;&s;au</HI>) &s;ucceeded him. This <HI>Frederick-Lewis</HI> was Married to his Cou&s;in <HI>Julienne-Magdalen,</HI> Daughter to <HI>John</HI> II. by which he had <HI>Lewis-William</HI> Born in 1648. to whom belongs the Dutchy of <HI>Deux-Ponts.</HI> Yet upon the Pretence of the King of <HI>Sweden</HI>'s Right to it, the <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the Town and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Deux-Ponts</HI> in <HI>Jan.</HI> 1676. which they have kept &s;ince, tho' for the mo&s;t part Ruin'd.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Birkenfeld.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Birkenfeld,</HI> Lat. <HI>Birchofeldia,</HI> is a &s;mall Town with the Title of Principality and Dukedom, in the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> belonging to the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> but now Sub|ject to the <HI>French.</HI> It &s;tands in the &s;mall Country of <HI>Hun&s;ruk</HI> near the <HI>Nab,</HI> 24 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Triers,</HI> and 45 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Mentz.</HI> Long. 26 d. 36 m. Lat. 49 d. 45 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Mont-Royal.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mont-Royal,</HI> is a very &s;trong new little Town Built by the <HI>French</HI> (and &s;ubject to the Same) in the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the <HI>Rhine,</HI> in the Limits of the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Triers,</HI> upon the left &s;ide of the River <HI>Mo&s;elle.</HI> It &s;tands 23 Miles N. E. of <HI>Triers,</HI> and 31 S. W. of <HI>Coblentz.</HI> Long. 26 d. 30 m. Lat. 50 d.</P>
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<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article III.</HI> The Archbi&s;hoprick and Electorate of <HI>Mayence,</HI> or <HI>Mentz.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Archbi&s;hoprick and Electorate of <HI>Mentz</HI> Borders <HI>Veteraw</HI> on the North,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Electorate of <HI>Triers</HI> on the We&s;t, the <HI>Lower Palatinate</HI> on the South, and <HI>Franconia</HI> on the Ea&s;t.</P>
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<P>It is &s;o &s;trangely &s;cattered, and intermixed with other Provinces,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> that the Dimen&s;ions of it cannot well be given.</P>
<P>Its Archbi&s;hop is Arch-Chancellor of the Em|pire,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and the fir&s;t of the Electoral College; in all publick Conventions, he &s;its at the Right Hand of the Emperor. This Dignity is Elective, and depends upon the Chapter, which con&s;i&s;ts of 24 Canons that have Voice, commonly called <HI>Capitularies:</HI> There are other Canons, which have neither Voice nor Revenue, tho' they have made the u&s;ual proofs of Nobility; (for none but Gentlemen are admitted into this Chapter) but they may fill the Vacancies of the 24. This Elector has a Mare&s;chal and a Chancellor under him, the fir&s;t for Military Affairs, and the other for the Admini&s;tration of Ju&s;tice: His Dominions con&s;i&s;t of Five and twenty Bailywicks, which in good Times yield the Arch|bi&s;hop about 1800000 <HI>Livres per Ann.</HI> The greate&s;t part of this Revenue is rai&s;ed in <HI>Mentz,</HI> by the Toll which all the Boats that go through it are obliged to pay.</P>
<P>The Chief River<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> which waters this Electorate, be&s;ides the <HI>Rhine,</HI> is the <HI>Main,</HI> which falls into that near <HI>Mentz.</HI></P>
<P>The Electorate and Archbi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Mentz</HI> is &s;cattered in &s;everal Provinces. The Places of Note are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Mentz,</HI> Archb. Cap. about the <HI>Rhine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bingen,</HI> about the <HI>Rhine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Weisbaden,</HI> about the <HI>Rhine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Elfelt,</HI> about the <HI>Rhine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rudi&s;heim.</HI> about the <HI>Rhine.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fredberg,</HI> Imp. in <HI>He&s;&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fritzlar.</HI> in <HI>He&s;&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A&s;chaffemburg,</HI> in <HI>Franconia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bi&s;coff&s;heim,</HI> in <HI>Franconia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lor,</HI> County. in <HI>Franconia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Reineck,</HI> County. in <HI>Franconia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Erfort,</HI> in <HI>Thuringia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Heiligen&s;tat,</HI> in <HI>Thuringia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duder&s;tat.</HI> in <HI>Thuringia.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I &s;hall give you here a De&s;cription of tho&s;e Places on|ly, which are about the <HI>Rhine,</HI> the re&s;t being altogether Fo|reign to our De&s;ign.</P>
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<P>I. <HI>Mentz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mentz,</HI> Gall. <HI>Mayence,</HI> Lat. <HI>Moguntia,</HI> or <HI>Maguntia</HI> and <HI>Moguntiacum,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the left Bank of the <HI>Rhine;</HI> it deriveth its Name from the River <HI>Mein,</HI> which falls into the <HI>Rhine</HI> over again&s;t it, and is the Anciente&s;t City in that part of <HI>Germany,</HI> as having been certainly Built before the Birth of our Saviour, and Famous in the Times of <HI>Dru&s;us,</HI> General of <HI>Augu&s;tus.</HI> In 745. it was made an Archbi&s;hops See, in|&s;tead of <HI>Worms,</HI> to which it was Suffragan before. It was ve|ry &s;everely treated by <HI>Frederick Aenobarbus</HI> the Emperor in 1158. but rebuilt and re&s;tored by <HI>Otho</HI> IV. In 1462. it was taken by <HI>Adolphus</HI> of <HI>Na&s;&s;au,</HI> its Archbi&s;hop. Its Univer&s;ity was opened in 1461. <HI>Gu&s;tavus Adolphus</HI> King of <HI>Sweden</HI> en|tered it in Triumph in 1631. It was retaken from the <HI>Swedes</HI> in 1635. but they took it again the next Year after, and kept it till the Peace of <HI>Mun&s;ter.</HI> This is a very &s;trong Place, adorned with Churches, Mona&s;teries, and other fair Build|ings, but the narrowne&s;s of its Streets, and many old Hou&s;es, take away from its Beauty. It is mo&s;t extended towards the River, and that part excels the other towards the Land, as being more populous and better Built. This City is famous by the Invention of Printing about 1430. or rather by the Skill of one <HI>John Guttemberg,</HI> who fir&s;t taught the u&s;e of it in <HI>Europe,</HI> which he had learnt in <HI>China,</HI> where, 'tis &s;aid, they have had it for above 2000 Years. <HI>Mentz</HI> received a <HI>French</HI> Garri&s;on in 1688. but being Be&s;ieged by the Confederate Forces, under the Duke of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> it was &s;urrendred <HI>Sep|tember</HI> 11. 1689. after &s;ix or &s;even Weeks Re&s;i&s;tance. It &s;tands 21 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Francfort,</HI> 28 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Worms,</HI> 48 N. W. of <HI>Heidelberg,</HI> and 66 E. of <HI>Triers.</HI> Long. 27 d. 43 m. Lat. 49 d. 57 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Bingen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bingen,</HI> is a fine little Town and Ca&s;tle upon the Mouth of the little River <HI>Nabe,</HI> or <HI>Nave,</HI> on the <HI>Rhine. Ammianus Marcellinus,</HI> and the Itinerary of <HI>Antoninus</HI> make mention of it. It was once Imperial, but is now Subject to the Arch|bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Mayence,</HI> and &s;tands 16 Miles W. of that City.
<PB N="98" REF="52"> Near it is an I&s;land in the <HI>Rhine,</HI> with a Ca&s;tle called <HI>Mau&s;zt|hurn,</HI> wherein it's &s;aid, that <HI>Hatto</HI> &s;econd Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Mayence</HI> was eaten alive by Rats: It is now almo&s;t wholly ruined.</P>
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</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article. IV.</HI> The Archbi&s;hoprick and Electorate of <HI>Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Electorate of <HI>Triers</HI> lies betwixt <HI>Wete|raw</HI> and the <HI>Palatinate</HI> on the Ea&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> <HI>Lor|rain</HI> on the South; <HI>Luxemburg</HI> on the We&s;t; <HI>Li|fal,</HI> the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Cologne,</HI> and <HI>We&s;tro|walt</HI> on the North. Its of great extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> from Ea&s;t to We&s;t, but narrow from North to South.</P>
<P>It is Watered both by the <HI>Rhine</HI> and the <HI>Mo|&s;elle,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers. Quality.</NOTE> and yields mo&s;t plentifully all things nece&s;&s;a|ry for the life of Man.</P>
<P>The Chapter of <HI>Treves</HI> has the Privilege of chu&s;ing their Archbi&s;hops, and receive no Princes, nor &s;carcely any Counts in their Prebends or Canonicals; the Gentlemen re|&s;erve them for People of their own rank, as their only means to come to the Dignity of Elector or Prince of the Empire: but the Canons before they are received, mu&s;t give as good proofs of their Noble Birth, both by Father and Mother, as is required of the Knights of <HI>Maltha.</HI> The Elector of <HI>Triers</HI> is great Chancellor of the Empire in the <HI>Gauls,</HI> and in the Kingdom of <HI>Arles,</HI> but does not exerci&s;e the Function of this Charge, becau&s;e the&s;e Places are not under the <HI>German</HI> Em|pire; but has precedency of the Elector of <HI>Cologne,</HI> and po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;es &s;everal other advantages, Votes before all the other Electors in the Dyets and A&s;&s;emblies of the Electors, in which he has his particular &s;eat over again&s;t the Emperor, between the two Banks of the other Electors. The King of <HI>France</HI> is Ma&s;ter of &s;everal Towns and Ca&s;tles in this Archbi|&s;hoprick all along the <HI>Mo&s;elle,</HI> which makes it his intere&s;t to defend him as Metropolitan of the Bi&s;hopricks of <HI>Metz, Toul</HI> and <HI>Verdun,</HI> whereof he is Sovereign, but allows the Archbi|&s;hop
<PB N="99" REF="52"> the Eccle&s;ia&s;tick Priviledges and Revenues, which in times of Peace, amount to 1100000 <HI>Livres, per Annum</HI> This Archbi&s;hoprick has 24 Bailywicks.</P>
<P>The Principal Cities and Places in this Electorate are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers.</HI> Arch. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Coblentz.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Herman&s;tein.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sarbrugh.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Grimberg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bopart.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pruim.</HI> Abbey.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>&V;lmen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Oberwe&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
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<P>I. <HI>Treves.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Treves</HI> or <HI>Triers,</HI> Lat. <HI>Augu&s;ta Trevirorum</HI> is a very ancient City &s;eated on the <HI>Mo&s;elle,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hops See and E|lectorate of the Empire. It was ruined four or five times by the <HI>Huns, Vandals, Goths</HI> and <HI>French,</HI> but always reco|vered with greater lu&s;tre, which gave the Emperors, that &s;taid any time in the <HI>Gauls,</HI> occa&s;ion to make it their ordi|nary Re&s;idence, and adorn it with a Cirque and Capitol. The Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Treves</HI> in that quality is Prince of the Empire, and Temporal Lord of his E&s;tates, and was formerly Metropolitan of the Bi&s;hopricks of <HI>Mayence, Cologne, Liege, &V;trecht, Strasburg, Worms</HI> and <HI>Spire,</HI> all which are now &s;e|parated from his Archbi&s;hoprick; &s;o that he has but three Suffragants, <HI>viz. Metz, Toul</HI> and <HI>Verdun</HI> which are all under the King of <HI>France.</HI> They pretend they have our Saviours Tunick at <HI>Treves,</HI> and that le&s;t it &s;hould be &s;toln away, they conceal the place it's hidden in; tho' its like this care is taken the better to keep the cheat undi&s;covered. Several Synods have been held here. the Chief whereof was that in 386. upon the &s;ubject of the Pri&s;cilliani&s;ts by order of the Tyrant <HI>Maximus.</HI> This City has 4 Collegiate Churches, 5 Pa|ri&s;hes, 2 Abbeys and &s;everal Religious Hou&s;es. It was put into the Hands of the <HI>French</HI> in 1632. to pre&s;erve it as was pretended, from the <HI>Swedes;</HI> They kept it till 1645. <HI>Ma|re&s;chal Crequi</HI> was defeated near <HI>Treves,</HI> at the Bridge of <HI>Con|&s;arbick</HI> upon <HI>Sarr, Augu&s;t</HI> 11. 1675. and afterwards retired to this Place, which was immediately be&s;ieged by the <HI>Germans,</HI> who forced the Garri&s;on to &s;urrender upon very di&s;honoura|ble Terms. The <HI>French</HI> are Ma&s;ters of it again &s;ince 1688. I
<PB N="100" REF="53"> &s;tands 28 Miles N. E. of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> and 60 W. of <HI>Mentz,</HI> Long. 26 d. Lat. 49 d. 50 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Coblentz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Coblentz</HI> is a very &s;trong and populous City upon the Con|fluent or meeting of the <HI>Mo&s;elle</HI> and <HI>Rhine,</HI> for which rea&s;on it is called in Latin, <HI>Confluentes,</HI> or <HI>Confluentia.</HI> It is a pretty place, with fine Churches and &s;tately Hou&s;es, along the Ri|ver; The Elector of <HI>Treves</HI> has a Palace here, where he makes his ordinary Re&s;idence. It &s;tands fifty two Miles N. E. of <HI>Trier,</HI> and 42 from <HI>Cologne</HI> to the South Ea&s;t. <HI>Ga&s;par a Petra</HI> much improved its Fortifications by drawing a Line, from one River to the other, with Fortifications after the mo&s;t regular modern way. On the other &s;ide the <HI>Rhine,</HI> is the &s;trong <HI>Fortre&s;s</HI> of <HI>Ebrenbei&s;tein</HI> commmonly called <HI>Her|man&s;tein.</HI> This Ca&s;tle is &s;ituated upon a Rock, has commu|nication with the Town of <HI>Coblentz</HI> by a Bridge of Boats over the <HI>Rhine.</HI> There is another good Stone Bridge over the <HI>Mo&s;elle. Coblentz</HI> is the mo&s;t con&s;iderable Place that belongs now to the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Treves.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Herman&s;tein.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Herman&s;tein</HI> or <HI>Erenbreit&s;tein</HI> Lat. <HI>Eremberti Lapis,</HI> is one of the &s;tronge&s;t Cittadels of <HI>Germany,</HI> on the <HI>Rhine</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Coblentz,</HI> and the Mouth of the River <HI>Mo&s;elle</HI> in the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Triers</HI>'s Dominions. It is &s;ituated on a &s;teep inacce&s;&s;ible Rock, and in the Siege of 1637. it could not be taken but by Famine. It has a &s;tately Palace belonging to the &s;aid Elector under it, eight Leagues from <HI>Mentz</HI> and 10 from <HI>Cologne</HI> We&s;tward.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Sarbrugh.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sarbrugh</HI> or <HI>Sarbruken,</HI> Lat. <HI>Saraepons</HI> or <HI>Saraeburgum,</HI> is on the River <HI>Sar</HI> overagain&s;t St. <HI>Jean</HI> on the Borders of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> formerly an Imperial Town, but exempted by the Emperor <HI>Rodolphus.</HI> I. and belonging to the Electorate of <HI>Treves.</HI> It
<PB N="101" REF="53"> is a fine Town, very ancient and mentioned in the Itinera|ry of <HI>Antonine,</HI> but falling under the Duke of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> is now in the Hands of the <HI>French.</HI> It gives Title to a Prince of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Na&s;&s;au,</HI> and has a Ca&s;tle which was his u&s;ual Re&s;i|dence. It &s;tands 12 Miles W. of <HI>Deux Ponts,</HI> and 40 E. of <HI>Metz.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Grimberg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Grimberg</HI> is a &s;mall Town about 15 Miles S. W. of <HI>Triers</HI> &s;ubject to this Elector.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Boppart.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Boppart</HI> Lat. <HI>Bopartium</HI> and <HI>Bodobriga</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the <HI>Rhine</HI> at the foot of a Hill, anciently Imperial, now &s;ub|ject to the Elector of <HI>Treves.</HI> It &s;tands eight Miles S. of <HI>Coblentz.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Pruim.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pruim</HI> or <HI>Prume</HI> is a little Town and Abbey of Benedectine Monks in the Fore&s;t of <HI>Ardenne,</HI> between the Electorate of <HI>Trier</HI> and <HI>Luxemburg.</HI> It is an Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Principality of the Empire, whereof the Abbot was formerly Lord, but &s;ince 1576. the Elector of <HI>Trier</HI> has it, and it was confirmed to him by the Dyet of <HI>Ratisbonne</HI> in 1654. It &s;tands on a little River of the &s;ame name, 27 Miles N. E. of <HI>Triers.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Ulmen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>&V;lmen</HI> is a &s;mall Town 27 Miles W. of <HI>Coblentz.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Ober-We&s;el.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ober-We&s;el,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ficelia</HI> or <HI>Ve&s;alia</HI> is a Town upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> Imperial and Free, until in 1312. it fell into the
<PB N="102" REF="54"> Hands of the Elector of <HI>Triers.</HI> It is memorable for St. <HI>Wer|ner</HI>'s Death, &s;lain here by the <HI>Jews</HI> in 1287. The Mother of <HI>Alexander,</HI> the <HI>Roman</HI> Emperor, is al&s;o &s;aid to have been a&s;&s;a&s;&s;inated here. This Place &s;tands 20 Miles South of <HI>Coblentz.</HI></P>
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</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article V.</HI> The Archbi&s;hoprick and Electorate of <HI>Cologne</HI> or <HI>Ceulen.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Electorate of <HI>Cologne</HI> borders the Duke|dom of <HI>Juliers</HI> on the North and We&s;t.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> The Electorate of <HI>Triers</HI> on the South; and <HI>He&s;&s;e</HI> and part of <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> on the Ea&s;t. Its Extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> cannot ea&s;ily be determined, becau&s;e it is &s;trange|ly intermixed with other Provinces.</P>
<P>The Archbi&s;hop is great Chancellor of the Em|pire in <HI>Italy,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> but never exerci&s;es the Function of his Office; For Princes that hold any Principa|lities of the Empire are its perpetual Vicars, in which qua|lity they can do in all places in their Juri&s;dictions what the Emperor could do in common ca&s;es, and in higher points have recour&s;e to the Imperial Court. Wherefore the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Metz,</HI> who is great Chancellor of <HI>Germany,</HI> is Keeper of the Archives, and the Titles that concern <HI>Italy.</HI> The Golden-Bull bears, that the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne</HI> has the Privilege of Crowning the King of the <HI>Romans:</HI> Never|thele&s;s it &s;eems this does not belong to him, but when the Ceremony is perform'd in his Dioce&s;s, or in the Suffragan Bi|&s;hopricks; for the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Metz</HI> di&s;putes it with him, when it is done el&s;ewhere. This does not hinder but the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne</HI> goes before him of <HI>Mayence,</HI> within the di&s;tricts of his Metropolitan, and Chancellor&s;hip of <HI>Ita|ly,</HI> where he puts him&s;elf at the Emperors Right, leaving the Elector of <HI>Mayence,</HI> who preceeds him in all other Places, the Left. The Elector of <HI>Cologne</HI> has al&s;o by the Golden-Bull the &s;econd Suffrage in the Electoral College, with Privilege to Vote immediately after the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Treves,</HI> and exerci&s;e Ju&s;tice by his Officers in all Criminal Ca&s;es in the Town, tho' otherwi&s;e Free and immediately depending
<PB N="103" REF="54"> on the Empire. But the Towns-People do not &s;uffer him to make any long &s;tay with them, nor come with a great Train, which has been the occa&s;ion of &s;everal Debates the&s;e many Ages, and is the Rea&s;on why that Prelate keeps his re&s;idence for the mo&s;t part at <HI>Bonn.</HI> The great Chapter of <HI>Cologne</HI> is one of the noble&s;t in Europe, It con&s;i&s;ts of 60 Canons, all Princes or Counts; for they receive no meaner Per&s;on; quite contrary to that of <HI>Treves</HI> and <HI>Mayence;</HI> where they receive neither Princes nor Counts, unle&s;s for &s;ome weighty rea&s;ons. The twenty four Elders of the &s;ixty form a particular Chapter for the Election of the Archbi&s;hop, and have their active and pa&s;&s;ive Votes, having power to chu&s;e any of the Colleagues, or be cho&s;en them&s;elves to the Vacant Dignity. The Annual Revenues of this Archbi&s;hoprick in time of Peace amount to 1800000 <HI>Livres.</HI></P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable Places in the Electorate of <HI>Cologne,</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Cologne,</HI> or <HI>Ceulen.</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bonn.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rhineberg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kei&s;er&s;wert.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nuis.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Andermach.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<P>I. <HI>Cologne.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cologne,</HI> or <HI>Colon,</HI> or <HI>Ceulen,</HI> Lat. <HI>Colonia &V;biorum,</HI> and <HI>Co|lonia Agripina,</HI> is &s;eated upon the <HI>Rhine;</HI> It is an Imperial Free City, and one of the four Capital <HI>Hance Towns,</HI> with an Univer&s;ity, and Archbi&s;hoprick, whereof the Prelate is Prince and Elector of the Empire. This Place is very an|cient deriving its Origin from the <HI>&V;biens,</HI> who courted <HI>Ju|lius Cae&s;ar</HI>'s Alliance, to re&s;i&s;t the <HI>Suevi</HI> their Mortal Enemies. In <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI>'s Reign they put them&s;elves under <HI>Agrippa</HI>'s Pro|tection, and pa&s;&s;ing the Rhine they founded on the left Bank the Town of <HI>Cologne,</HI> which they then called the Colony of <HI>Agrippa.</HI> Some &s;ay the Place was built before they came, and that they only enlarged it, about twenty or twenty four years before our Saviours Birth; and afterwards <HI>Agrippina</HI> Grand-Daughter of this <HI>Agrippa,</HI> and <HI>Nero</HI>'s Mother, to &s;hew her power when Married to the Emperor <HI>Claudius,</HI> made
<PB N="104" REF="55"> the Circuit of the City far wider than it was before, and e&s;ta|bli&s;hed a Colony of Veterans in it, about 48 years after our <HI>Saviours</HI> Birth. When <HI>Vitellius</HI> and <HI>Ve&s;pa&s;ian</HI> di&s;puted the Empire, <HI>Anno Chr.</HI> 69. This Town was be&s;ieged by <HI>Tutor</HI> and <HI>Sabinus,</HI> who had revolted again&s;t the <HI>Romans.</HI> She obeyed the pre&s;&s;ing nece&s;&s;ity, received their Garri&s;on, which &s;he afterwards ma&s;&s;acred, when <HI>Cerealis</HI> had beaten the Rebels. King <HI>Merouee</HI> of <HI>France,</HI> beat the <HI>Romans</HI> hence in the Reign of <HI>Valentinian</HI> III. and &s;oon after <HI>Attila</HI> ruin'd it. But being rebuilt by the <HI>Romans; Childeric</HI> Son to <HI>Merouee,</HI> took it from them a &s;econd time, and gave it to a Prince his Cou&s;in, Fa|ther to <HI>Sigebert,</HI> called the <HI>Lame King of</HI> Cologne, <HI>and</HI> Riba|rols, who was killed in 599. by <HI>Cloderic</HI> his Son. It was then that <HI>Clovis</HI> the Great, who for this Murther put the Executioner to death, united the People of <HI>Cologne</HI> to the Crown of <HI>France,</HI> under which it remained during the Reigns of the Kings of the fir&s;t Race. Under tho&s;e of the &s;econd it fell to the Princes of <HI>France,</HI> Kings of <HI>Germany.</HI> In 881. when <HI>Charles the Big</HI> went to have him&s;elf pro|claim'd Emperor beyond the <HI>Alps, Godfrey</HI> and <HI>Sigefroy,</HI> Kings of the <HI>Normans,</HI> took and burnt <HI>Cologne</HI> with fifteen or twenty of the be&s;t Cities in <HI>Gallia Belgica.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Otho</HI> the Great, under whom it was repaired, &s;ubjected it to its Prelates about 950. but &s;ucceeding Emperors made it free. <HI>Frederick</HI> I. allowed it great Privileges, &s;ince which time it encrea&s;ed mightily, e&s;pecially in 1260. when it entred into the League of the <HI>Hance-Towns,</HI> and became Capital of the fourth of their Provinces. After this it was govern'd by Senators until the Senate was changed in 1513. by a ri&s;ing of the Peo|ple, who Ma&s;&s;acred the Con&s;uls, Trea&s;urers and &s;ome other Magi&s;trates, accu&s;ed to have cheated the Publick. The Se|nate now is much like that of old <HI>Rome.</HI> It governs and judges in civil matters; but for criminals it has only the pow|er to &s;eize and examine them, without the Authority of ac|quitting or condemning them. For the Elector re&s;erves this to him&s;elf as the highe&s;t degree of Sovereign Authority; and 'tis for this rea&s;on, that tho' the Town is free, yet it does him Homage and &s;wears Allegiance, upon condition that he will pre&s;erve the Privileges it enjoys. As for the re&s;t <HI>Cologne</HI> is called the <HI>Rome</HI> of <HI>Germany,</HI> for its greatne&s;s, its Senate and fine Buildings. For it is certainly one of the fine&s;t, &s;tronge&s;t, and bigge&s;t of all <HI>Germany,</HI> environed with &s;trong Walls, that have eighty three Towers, and a Triple
<PB N="105" REF="55"> Ditch that &s;urrounds it, in form of a Half-Moon. There are 365 Churches. The Metropolitan St. <HI>Peter</HI>'s would be one of the mo&s;t magnificent in the whole World, if quite fini&s;hed. Be&s;ides which it has ten Collegiate, nineteen Pari&s;h Churches; thirty &s;even Mona&s;teries, &s;everal Ho&s;pitals and Chappels The Univer&s;ity was re-e&s;tabli&s;hed in 1388. Be&s;ides which there is a Je&s;uits College built after the <HI>Italian</HI> fa&s;hion, with a very fine Dome. There are five great &s;quares or principal Places in this Town, where, be&s;ides its bigne&s;s the cleanne&s;s of the Streets, the magnificence of both its Private and Publick Structures, the &s;weet humour and ci|vility of the Inhabitants, among&s;t whom there is a great number of Learned Men, contribute much to render it con&s;i|derable. It has been a Bi&s;hoprick in former times Suffra|gan of <HI>Treves,</HI> but was erected into an Archbi&s;hoprick in 755. ten years after <HI>Mayence</HI> was made one in favour of <HI>Boniface.</HI> The fir&s;t Archbi&s;hop was called <HI>Adolph.</HI> He had for Suffra|gants, the Bi&s;hopricks of <HI>Mun&s;ter, Liege, O&s;nabruck, Min|den</HI> and <HI>&V;trecht;</HI> but the two la&s;t being become &s;ecular, there are but the three fir&s;t that depend on it now. The Ancient|e&s;t A&s;&s;embly of the Clergy held at <HI>Cologne</HI> was that of 346. wherein <HI>Euphrates</HI> then Bi&s;hop of the Town was depo&s;ed for &s;iding with the <HI>Arians,</HI> and <HI>Severinus</HI> put in his Place. <HI>Charlemaign</HI> ordered another there in the VIII. Century; and there were &s;ome others held in the IX, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> In 1688. Prince <HI>Clement</HI> of <HI>Bavaria</HI> was cho&s;en Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne</HI> in oppo|&s;ition to Cardinal <HI>William</HI> of <HI>Fur&s;temburg,</HI> who being &s;upport|ed by the King of <HI>France,</HI> entred this Electorate to maintain his pretended Right by force of Arms, and made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of <HI>Bonn, Kei&s;er&s;wert,</HI> &amp;c. which were retaken in 1689. by the <HI>Brandenburghers,</HI> and re&s;tored to the right owner. This conte&s;t about the Election of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne</HI> is the more remarkable, that it was the fir&s;t &s;parkle that kindled the War, which has raged the&s;e 5 years through mo&s;t part of Chri|&s;tendom. <HI>Cologne</HI> &s;tands 25 Miles E. of <HI>Juliers,</HI> 68 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Triers,</HI> 70 S. of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> and 74 N. W. of <HI>Mentz,</HI> Long. 26 d. 32 m. Lat. 50 d. 55 m.</P>
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<P>II. <HI>Bonn.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bonn,</HI> is &s;ituate upon the <HI>Rhine</HI> 14 Miles almo&s;t South of <HI>Co|logne,</HI> in a very fine Country, environed with Hills, and co|vered with Vines and Wood. Several Authors think that it was built by the <HI>Trojans</HI> after the de&s;truction of <HI>Troy.</HI> How|ever, it is certainly the <HI>Ara &V;biorum</HI> of the Ancients, and the <GAP DESC="foreign"> of <HI>Ptolomy.</HI> Its name was al&s;o found in &s;ome Medals of <HI>Augu&s;tus,</HI> related by <HI>Goltzius</HI> under the name of Colony, <HI>Col. Julia Bona.</HI> It is a regular Fortification, the Walls are faced with Brick, and the Ditch which is dry, is pretty broad; but the Counter&s;carp is none of the be&s;t. As for the Town it &s;elf, it is &s;mall and poor, yet remarkable as being the ordinary Re&s;idence of the Elector of <HI>Cologne,</HI> who has there a very fine Ca&s;tle, and curious Gardens in the Neigh|bourhood. The Town-Hou&s;e is al&s;o very well built, with divers Paintings, and a Clock with a melodious Chime, after the fa&s;hion of the Country. There are &s;till fine Churches to be &s;een, the principal of which is dedicated to the Holy Martyrs, <HI>Ca&s;&s;ius, Florentius</HI> and <HI>Malu&s;ius.</HI> This Town &s;uffer|ed much in the fir&s;t Wars of the <HI>Low-Countries,</HI> and was fiercely attackt partly by the <HI>Bavarians,</HI> and partly by the Troops of the Duke of <HI>Parma,</HI> who carried it at la&s;t by Fa|mine, in 1588. In this City <HI>Frederick</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> cho&s;en in oppo&s;ition to <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Bavaria</HI> was Crowned Emperor in 1314. It was in times pa&s;t an Imperial City, but now it is under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne.</HI> In 1673. the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> now King of <HI>Great Brittain,</HI> having taken <HI>Naerden</HI> and &s;ecured <HI>Holland</HI> by a part of the Army, he marched with the re&s;t into <HI>Germany,</HI> and joined part of the Confederate Troops to Be&s;iege <HI>Bonn</HI> which had been put into the <HI>French</HI> Kings hands, by the Elector of <HI>Cologne,</HI> and the taking this Place forced the <HI>French</HI> to withdraw his Forces out of the united <HI>Netherlands.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it again in the beginning of this late War, <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. having given Troops to Cardinal <HI>Fur&s;temburg</HI> to maintain his pretend|ed Right to the Electorate. It was be&s;ieged in Summer 1689. by the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> who after having almo&s;t ruined it with Bombs, took it by Capitulation. At the la&s;t Siege of this Town, they found a Vault in which there was an Iron Che&s;t, that was full of Medals of Gold, to the value of 100000 Crowns the Metal was Ducat-Gold and the Impre&s;&s;ions
<PB N="107" REF="56"> made for <HI>Roman,</HI> but very ignorantly, as being not above four or 500 years old, &s;ome few of them that &s;eem'd true, were of the latter <HI>Greek</HI> Emperors.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Rhineberg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rhineberg</HI> or <HI>Rheinberg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Rhenoberga</HI> is a little but very &s;trong Town &s;ituated upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> in the Borders of the Dukedom of <HI>Cleves.</HI> It was taken from the <HI>Spaniards</HI> by the <HI>Hollanders</HI> in 1633. and continued under them till 1672. when it was taken by the <HI>French,</HI> and re&s;tored to the Elector of <HI>Cologne</HI> the Right Owner. It &s;tands 42 Miles N. W. of <HI>Cologne.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Kei&s;er&s;wert.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Kei&s;er&s;wert,</HI> Lat. <HI>Colonia Traja, Cay&s;er&s;werda,</HI> and <HI>In&s;ula Rheni,</HI> is a very mean but well fortified Town, upon the <HI>Rhine.</HI> It has a broad Ditch, very regular Fortifications, and high Walls faced with Brick; as is al&s;o the Counter&s;carp which is in very good condition. This Town was fir&s;t Mort|gaged to <HI>Adolph</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves,</HI> by <HI>Charles</HI> IV. Emperor of <HI>Germany. Gerard</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves,</HI> Brother of <HI>Adolph,</HI> &s;old it to the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Cologne</HI> for 100000. <HI>Florins,</HI> about <HI>An.</HI> 1399. and in 1464. it was finally with <HI>Biel&s;tem</HI> and <HI>Fre|derberg,</HI> confirmed to him, in exchange for <HI>Soe&s;t</HI> and <HI>Santen,</HI> by <HI>John</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> had po&s;&s;e&s;t them&s;elves of it for Cardinal <HI>Fur&s;temberg,</HI> but the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> retook it in 1689. It &s;tands &s;ix <HI>German</HI> Miles beneath <HI>Cologne,</HI> to the N. W.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Nuis.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Nuis</HI> or <HI>Nuys</HI> Lat. <HI>Nove&s;ium,</HI> is &s;eated on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> where it receives the River <HI>Erpt.</HI> It is an ancient &s;trong City, and famous for the re&s;i&s;tance it made again&s;t <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Ra&s;h</HI> Duke of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> who be&s;ieged it a whole year. It has been often taken and retaken during the late Wars of <HI>Germany.</HI> It &s;tands 22 Miles N. W. of <HI>Cologne.</HI></P>
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<P>VI. <HI>Andernach.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Andernach</HI> &s;tands on the <HI>Rhine</HI> by the Borders of <HI>Triers,</HI> 15 Miles almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Bonn,</HI> it was once Imperial but now &s;ubject to the Elector of <HI>Cologne.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article VII.</HI> The Dukedoms, or, the Succe&s;&s;ion of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Ju|liers,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ducatus Cliven&s;is &amp; Juliacen&s;is.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Country of <HI>Cleves, Juliers, Berg, Mark,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> <HI>Ravensberg</HI> and <HI>Rave&s;tein,</HI> are about the <HI>Rhine,</HI> but &s;o &s;trangely di&s;per&s;ed that it is hard to determine their Bounds. One may &s;ay however that they border the <HI>&V;nited Provinces</HI> on the North; the <HI>Catholick Provinces</HI> on the <HI>We&s;t;</HI> the Archbi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Triers</HI> on the South; and <HI>He&s;&s;e</HI> and <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> on the Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>Their extent North and South is about 100 Miles;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and about 70 Ea&s;t and We&s;t: including the Electorate of <HI>Cologne,</HI> which is incircled in them.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE>The Air is here pretty cold: The Soil fertile in Corn, Wine in &s;ome Places, and Pa&s;tures.</P>
<P>The Principal Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> here be&s;ides the <HI>Rhine</HI> are <HI>Roer</HI> and <HI>Lipe,</HI> which fall both into that, the fir&s;t at <HI>Duysburg,</HI> the other at <HI>We&s;el:</HI> There are al&s;o &s;everal &s;prings of Hot Waters, and &s;ome Mari&s;hes.</P>
<P>The &s;ucce&s;&s;ion of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers</HI> is divided into &s;ix Territories,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The Dukedom of <HI>Cleves Cleves.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Dukedom of <HI>Juliers Juliers.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Dukedom of <HI>Berg Du&s;&s;eldorp.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The County of <HI>Mark Dortmond.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The County of <HI>Ravensberg Ravensberg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. The Lord&s;hip of <HI>Rave&s;tein Rave&s;tein.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="109" REF="57">
<HEAD>Dukedom of <HI>Cleves.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Dutchy of <HI>Cleves</HI> lies part on this, and part on the other &s;ide the <HI>Rhine,</HI> having the Dutchy of <HI>Berg,</HI> County of <HI>Mark,</HI> and part of <HI>We&s;tphalia</HI> to the Ea&s;t; <HI>Brabant</HI> and part of the <HI>Dutchy</HI> of <HI>Gelderland</HI> to the We&s;t. The Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Cologne</HI> and Territory of <HI>Aix la Chapelle</HI> to the South; <HI>Overi&s;&s;el,</HI> and the Provinces of <HI>Zutphen</HI> to the North. This Country is about 15 Leagues in length and four or five broad. The &s;oil, tho' hilly,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent. Quality.</NOTE> and much covered with Wood, is very fruitful in all kind of Grain, and abounds with good Pa&s;ture, and great Quantity of Game.</P>
<P><HI>Cleves,</HI> is a &s;overeign Family of <HI>Germany</HI> ex|tinct by the Death of <HI>John William</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> <HI>Juliers, Mons,</HI> &amp;c. in 1609. without i&s;&s;ue by either of his Wives <HI>Jacqueline</HI> of <HI>Bade,</HI> Daughter of <HI>Philibert</HI> Mar|qui&s;s of <HI>Bade,</HI> or <HI>Antoinette</HI> of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> Daughter to <HI>Charles</HI> II. Duke of <HI>Lorrain.</HI> This Death was the &s;ource of the Civil Wars of <HI>Germany</HI> in this manner, <HI>Mary Eleanor,</HI> the Dukes Elde&s;t Si&s;ter (Married to <HI>Albert Frederick</HI> of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> Duke of <HI>Pru&s;&s;ia</HI>) left four Daughters. The Elder called <HI>Ann,</HI> was Married to <HI>John Sigi&s;mond</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> and Elector of the Empire. This Elector the Duke of <HI>Newbourg,</HI> the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Burgaw,</HI> and <HI>John George</HI> of <HI>Saxony,</HI> which three la&s;t Married the three younger Si&s;ters, pretended all to the Succe&s;&s;ion, <HI>John</HI> II. of <HI>Bavaria</HI> Duke of <HI>Deux-Ponts</HI> Son of <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> and of <HI>Magdalen</HI> of <HI>Cleves</HI> Si&s;ter to <HI>Mary Eleanor</HI> laid his claim, and <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Gonzague</HI> and <HI>Cleves</HI> Duke of <HI>Nevers,</HI> appeared al&s;o becau&s;e he was cou|&s;in by the Mothers &s;ide, and bore the name too. In the mean time, the Emperor <HI>Rodolphus</HI> II. would &s;eque&s;ter the E&s;tate pretending al&s;o that it was a <HI>Fief,</HI> with an intention, perhaps, to appropriate it to him&s;elf. It's thought, that <HI>Henry</HI> IV. the <HI>Great,</HI> King of <HI>France,</HI> was about taking the Field to decide the Quarrel, when he was murthered in 1610. Afterwards the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted by the <HI>Dutch,</HI> and the Duke of <HI>Newburg</HI> &s;upported by the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> di&s;puted the Succe&s;&s;ion by force of Arms, which they di|vided
<PB N="110" REF="58"> at la&s;t; The Dutchy of <HI>Cleves,</HI> the Counties of <HI>Mark</HI> and <HI>Ravensberg</HI> falling to the fir&s;t; The Dukedoms of <HI>Juliers</HI> and <HI>Berg,</HI> and the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Rave&s;tein</HI> being left to the Duke of <HI>Newbourg.</HI> The <HI>Spaniards</HI> under <HI>Spinola</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of <HI>Juliers</HI> in 1622. but it was re&s;tored to the Duke again in 1659.</P>
<P>The Places of Note in the Dutchy of <HI>Cleves</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Cleves.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Emmerick.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rees.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>We&s;el.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Meurs.</HI> County.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Genep.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Burich.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Or&s;oy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Calcar.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duysbourg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Santen.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fort de Skenck.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cleves</HI> Lat. <HI>Clivis</HI> or <HI>Clivia,</HI> becau&s;e it is built in a Place near the <HI>Rhine</HI> where there are three deep <HI>Acclivities</HI> or De|&s;cents. This derivation of Name from the Latin makes &s;ome think that the Town was built by the <HI>Romans.</HI> However, it is but little, yet well peopled, and lies upon a little River near the Place where the <HI>Rhine</HI> divides it &s;elf into two Branches, and where the Fort <HI>Schenck</HI> &s;tands. There is a &s;quare Tower and other remains of old Buildings &s;een near it, which &s;hew that it has formerly been far greater than it is now. It &s;tands 12 Miles almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Nimeguen</HI> and 66 N. W. of <HI>Cologne,</HI> Long. 25 d. 25 m. Lat. 51 d. 48 m..</P>
<P>II. <HI>Emmerik.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Emmerik</HI> vulgo <HI>Embric</HI> Lat. <HI>Emmerica,</HI> is a large beautiful and wealthy City, &s;eated upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> between <HI>Cleves</HI> and the Fort of <HI>Schenck,</HI> being about &s;even Miles N. E. from the fir&s;t it belongs to the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> but was Garri&s;oned by the <HI>Hollanders</HI> a long time, who took it from the <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1600. The Elector of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> pawned <HI>Emmerick, Or&s;oy</HI> and <HI>We&s;el</HI> to the Dutch, and by the taking of them, the <HI>French</HI> began their Conque&s;t of the <HI>&V;nited
<PB N="111" REF="58"> Provinces</HI> in 1672. But the year next following they re&s;tored them to the Elector.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Rees.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rees</HI> Lat. <HI>Ree&s;ium,</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the <HI>Rhine</HI> for|merly well fortified and garri&s;oned by the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> tho' it belong'd to the Duke of <HI>Brandenburg.</HI> It was taken from them by the <HI>French</HI> in 1672. and re&s;tored to that Prince in 1674. but fir&s;t di&s;mantled. It &s;tands 12 Miles E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>We&s;el.</HI></P>
<P><HI>We&s;el</HI> is a &s;trong City, &s;eated upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> at the Con|fluence of the <HI>Lippe.</HI> It was taken from the <HI>Spaniards</HI> by the <HI>Hollanders</HI> in 1629. and from the <HI>Hollanders</HI> by the <HI>French</HI> in 1672. who left it to the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> in 1674. after they had di&s;mantled it. It has been very well fortified of late by that Prince. This Place &s;tands 23 Miles S. E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Meurs.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Meurs</HI> is a well fortified Town, with the Title of County; &s;ome place it in the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Cologne.</HI> It had par|ticular Earls formerly but now belongs to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Orange</HI> and <HI>Na&s;&s;au,</HI> and &s;o to our King. It &s;tands 28 Miles S. E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Genep.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Genep</HI> or <HI>Gennep</HI> Lat. <HI>Gennaptum</HI> is a &s;mall City well fortified, 10 Miles S. W. of <HI>Cleves.</HI> It is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Mers</HI> where it falls into the <HI>Meu&s;e,</HI> and kept by a Dutch Garri&s;on, tho' in the Territories of <HI>Brandenburg.</HI> It was once taken by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> but recovered by the <HI>Hollanders</HI> in 1641.</P>
<PB N="112" REF="59">
<P>VII. <HI>Burich.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Burich,</HI> or <HI>Budrick,</HI> Lat. <HI>Burichum,</HI> and <HI>Budrichium,</HI> or <HI>Burunchium,</HI> is a little Town plea&s;antly &s;eated on the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and pretty well fortified. The <HI>Hollanders</HI> were formerly Ma|&s;ters of it, and it is one of the Four Cities which the <HI>French</HI> King cau&s;ed to be attack'd, at one and the &s;ame time at the opening of the Campaign in 1672. The Mar&s;hal <HI>Turenne</HI> Be|&s;ieged and carried it. It &s;tands 20 Miles E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Or&s;oy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Or&s;oy,</HI> Lat. <HI>Or&s;ovium,</HI> or <HI>Or&s;ocum,</HI> is a &s;trong Town upon the <HI>Rhine</HI> <GAP DESC="blank"> Miles of <HI>Cleves.</HI> It was taken by the Prince of <HI>Orange</HI> in 1634. for the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> and afterwards taken from tho&s;e by the <HI>French</HI> in 1672. but abandon'd by them in 1674.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Calcar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Calcar,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the River of <HI>Meine,</HI> a League from the <HI>Rhine,</HI> and two from <HI>Cleves</HI> to the S. E. It has a Ca&s;tle, and is well fortified; the Streets are narrow, &s;o that there is nothing con&s;iderable but the great Place, where the Town-Hou&s;e is.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Duisbourg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Duisbourg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Duisburgum,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Roer,</HI> belonging to the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg;</HI> it was an Imperial Town formerly, but has lo&s;t this Privilege. It is different from <HI>Duisbourg</HI> the mo&s;t Ancient Vi&s;county of <HI>Brabant.</HI> And &s;tands 35 Miles S. E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Santen.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Santen,</HI> is a large and ancient Town not far off the <HI>Rhine,</HI> Nine Miles W. of <HI>We&s;el,</HI> and 15 S. E. of <HI>Cleves.</HI> It is under
<PB N="113" REF="59"> the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> and noted for the fine&s;t Church in all that Dutchy, wherein are above 30 Altars, with the Hi|&s;tory of the Go&s;pel Carved exqui&s;itely in Timber; they have abundance of Relicks here; and among other things pretend to a Manu&s;cript of St. <HI>Paul</HI>'s Writing.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Fort de Skenck.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fort de Skenck,</HI> Lat. <HI>Arx Skenckia,</HI> Germ. <HI>Schenken&s;chans,</HI> is a &s;trong Fort on the Borders of <HI>Gelderland,</HI> in a place where the <HI>Rhine</HI> dividing it &s;elf into two Channels, makes the River <HI>Wahal,</HI> and the other Branch keeps the Name of <HI>Rhine.</HI> This Fort takes its Name from the Builder <HI>Martin Skenck.</HI> The <HI>Spaniards</HI> took it by Surprize from the <HI>Hollanders</HI> in 1635. who retook it the next Year, after a Siege of Eleven Months. In 1672. it was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in two Days, and was by them re&s;tored to the Duke of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> in 1674. and in 1679. Mortgaged by that Prince to the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> who are now Ma&s;ters of it. It &s;tands 3 Miles N. of <HI>Cleves.</HI></P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Dukedom of <HI>Juliers.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Dutchy lyes betwixt the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> and the <HI>Rhine,</HI> the Country of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Limburg,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Bi&s;hop|rick of <HI>Liege,</HI> and the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Cologne.</HI> It is about 12 Leagues in length, and 7 in breadth.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE></P>
<P>The mo&s;t con&s;iderable Places in it are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Juliers,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Duren,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aix la Chapelle,</HI> Imp.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zulk,</HI> or <HI>Zulpich.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kerpen,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dolin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Heinsberg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Erkelens Gueld,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bredebent,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Grevembruck,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aldenhoven,</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="114" REF="60">
<P>I. <HI>Juliers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Juliers,</HI> Lat. <HI>Juliacum,</HI> Germ. <HI>Julick</HI> or <HI>Gulick,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the River <HI>Roer,</HI> being an Ancient and &s;trong City with a good Cittadel. Some Authors affirm that it was Built by <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar,</HI> tho' others are of Opinion that it was Built by <HI>Dru&s;us.</HI> It was taken in 1622. by the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> but was re&s;tored to the Duke of <HI>Newburg</HI> by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty in 1659. This City is 24 Miles W. of <HI>Cologne,</HI> 15 N. E. of <HI>Aix la Chapelle,</HI> and 34 E. of <HI>Mae&s;tricht.</HI> Long. 25 d. 50 m. Lat. 50 d. 56 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Duren.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Duren,</HI> or <HI>Dueren,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Roer,</HI> 8 Miles S. E. of <HI>Juliers.</HI> It was once Imperial, but is now &s;ubject to the Duke of <HI>Newbourg.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Aix-la-Chapelle.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Aix-la-Chapelle,</HI> Lat. <HI>Aqui&s;granum,</HI> Germ. <HI>Aken,</HI> is an Im|perial Town on the Frontiers of <HI>Juliers.</HI> It is &s;aid to have been Built by <HI>Granus</HI> the Brother of <HI>Nero, Anno Chri&s;ti</HI> 50. and thence called <HI>Aquis Granum;</HI> others give a fabulous Ety|mology, deriving its Name from <HI>Apollo</HI> called <HI>Granius,</HI> be|cau&s;e of its Medicinal Waters and Baths. <HI>Charlemaign</HI> Ri|ding through the Woods a Hunting, his Hor&s;e's Foot &s;truck into one of tho&s;e Hot Springs, which occa&s;ion'd his ob&s;erving of the Place, and the Ruins of many Palaces adjoining, the City having been Ruined by <HI>Attila,</HI> King of the <HI>Huns.</HI> He found the Place &s;o agreeable, that he Built it up again, and cho&s;e it for his Re&s;idence, conferred great Priviledges upon it, and made it the Seat of the Empire in this &s;ide of the <HI>Alps,</HI> ordaining that the King of the <HI>Romans</HI> &s;hould be Crowned here with an iron Crown, as at <HI>Milan</HI> with one of Silver, and at <HI>Rome</HI> with one of Gold. He Built al&s;o a Collegiate Church Dedicated to the Virgin, enlarged and fortified the City, &s;o that it flouri&s;hed till 882. that it was de&s;troyed by the <HI>Nor|mans.</HI> It has &s;uffered much by the Fire divers times &s;ince,
<PB N="115" REF="60"> and particularly in 1656. when 20 Churches, and 5000 pri|vate Hou&s;es were con&s;um'd. The Town-hou&s;e is well Built of Free-&s;tone, having a Hall of 162 Foot long, and 60 broad, where the Emperors, at their Coronation, Treat the Electors and other Princes. The Church of our Lady Built by <HI>Charle|maign,</HI> is adorned in the in&s;ide with Pillars of white Marble, and Bra&s;s gilt Statues, Bra&s;s Doors, and much Mo&s;aick Work. In the middle of the Church where <HI>Charlemaign</HI> was Buried, hangs a Crown of Silver and Bra&s;s, adorn'd with 16 little Towers, and 48 Statues of Silver of about a Foot high, and 32 which are le&s;&s;er, between which &s;tand 48 Candle&s;ticks to receive the Lights Burnt there upon Fe&s;tivals. This was the Gift of the Emperor <HI>Frederick</HI> I. who took up again the Body of <HI>Charlemaign,</HI> and Buried it again in a Silver Coffin, under his own Tomb-&s;tone, which is of white Marble, and &s;aid to have been that of <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar;</HI> it has the Figure of <HI>Pro&s;erpine</HI> upon it. Out of this Tomb were taken a great ma|ny Rarities and Relicks, which the &s;aid Emperor had got from <HI>Aaron</HI> King of <HI>Per&s;ia,</HI> the Patriarch of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> and others. In this Place is al&s;o the Tomb of the Emperor <HI>Otho,</HI> who is &s;aid to have fir&s;t Con&s;tituted the Electors in 1000. Near this City are many Mines, as Lead, Sulphure, Vitriol, Iron, Coal, and <HI>Lapis Calaminaris,</HI> with which they make Bra&s;s, or multiply Copper in their Furnaces. This City is al|&s;o Famous for its hot Baths, which are very much frequented, and exceeding convenient; three of them are within the Walls, and very convenient, the principal is called the Empe|rors Bath; it has Five Bathing Rooms, in one of which <HI>Char|lemaign</HI> u&s;ed to Bath and Swim. The&s;e Baths ri&s;e &s;o hot, that they let them cool 12 Hours before they u&s;e them. There is al&s;o a Fountain of this hot Water, much re&s;orted to, and drunk of in the Summer. A little from this City on the o|ther &s;ide of a Hill, at a Village called <HI>Bor&s;ett,</HI> are many hot Springs on both &s;ides of a little Rivulet, which compo&s;e 28 Baths, who&s;e Springs are hotter than any of the City, and are cool'd 18 Hours before they be u&s;ed. This City &s;uffered much in the late Wars, being taken by the Prote&s;tants, and retaken by <HI>Spinola</HI> in 1614. Several Councils have been held in this City; which is al&s;o famous for a Treaty of Peace con|cluded there betwixt the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Spaniards</HI> in 1668. It &s;tands 32 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Cologne,</HI> 26 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Liege,</HI> and 15 almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Limburg.</HI> Long. 25 d. 36 m. Lat. 50 d. 48 m.</P>
<PB N="116" REF="61">
<P>IV. <HI>Zulch,</HI> or <HI>Zulpich.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zulch,</HI> or <HI>Zulpich,</HI> Lat. <HI>Tolbiacum,</HI> &s;tands 10 Miles from <HI>Cologne,</HI> and is the &s;ame that was formerly called <HI>Tolbiac,</HI> Fa|mous for the Victory won there in 496. by <HI>Clovis,</HI> becau&s;e it occa&s;ion'd his Conver&s;ion.</P>
<P>The other Towns in <HI>Juliers</HI> are not very remarkable, ex|cept <HI>Grevembruk,</HI> which is Famous by the Defeat of the Im|periali&s;ts in 1648.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Dukedom of <HI>Berg,</HI> or <HI>Mons.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Dutchy of <HI>Berg,</HI> or of <HI>Mons,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bergen|&s;is,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name. Bounds. Quality.</NOTE> and <HI>Monten&s;is Ducatus,</HI> is a &s;mall Coun|try upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> betwixt the County of <HI>Mark,</HI> and the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Liege.</HI> It abounds with ex|cellent Corn, and Coal-Mines, and belongs to the Duke of <HI>Newbourg.</HI></P>
<P>The Principal Places in it are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Du&s;&s;eldorp,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Solingen,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lennep,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ratingen,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Hardemberg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Berg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Everveld,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mulheim,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Blankenberg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Siegberg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wieldenberg.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Du&s;&s;eldorp.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Du&s;&s;eldorp,</HI> the Chief Town of the Dutchy of <HI>Berg,</HI> is pretty well fortified upon the <HI>Rhine.</HI> It belongs to the Duke of <HI>Newburg,</HI> and &s;tands 20 Miles N. W. of <HI>Cologne,</HI> and 23 N. E. of <HI>Juliers.</HI> Long. 26 d. 14 m. Lat. 51 d. 13 m.</P>
<P>The other Places are not very con&s;iderable.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="117" REF="61">
<HEAD>County of <HI>Mark.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis County lyes betwixt the Dutchy of <HI>We&s;tpha|lia</HI> to the Ea&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> to the North, and the Dutchy of <HI>Berg,</HI> or <HI>Mons</HI> to the We&s;t and South.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable Places in it are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Dortmund,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Luynen,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>&V;nna,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ham,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>E&s;&s;en,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Werden,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zoe&s;t,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A&s;ten,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kumen.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Dortmund.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dortmund,</HI> Lat. <HI>Tremonia,</HI> is a little, rich, and populous, imperial, and <HI>Han&s;e</HI>-Town, on the River <HI>Emp&s;er.</HI> It be|longs now to the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> and &s;tands 34 Miles S. of <HI>Mun&s;ter,</HI> and 40 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Cologne.</HI> Long. 26 d. 58 m. Lat. 51 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>The other Places here do not de&s;erve a particular De&s;crip|tion.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>County of <HI>Ravensberg.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Earldom is a &s;mall Territory that lyes between the Bi|&s;hopricks of <HI>Minden</HI> and <HI>O&s;naburgh</HI> to the N. and W. that of <HI>Mun&s;ter</HI> to the South, and the County of <HI>Lippe</HI> to the Ea&s;t. The only Place of Note here is <HI>Ravensberg,</HI> &s;ituated upon a Hill, and Subject to the Elector of <HI>Brandenburg.</HI> It &s;tands 20 Miles S. E. of <HI>O&s;naburgh,</HI> and 30 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Mun&s;ter.</HI> Long. 27 d. 57 m. Lat. 52 d. 11 m.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<PB N="118" REF="62">
<HEAD>Lord&s;hip of <HI>Rave&s;teyn.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>RAve&s;teyn,</HI> is a &s;mall Town and Country of <HI>Brabant,</HI> on the Borders of <HI>Gelderland.</HI> The City &s;tands upon the <HI>Meu&s;e</HI> below <HI>Grave,</HI> 10 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Nimeguen.</HI> Long. 24 d. 53 m. Lat. 51 d. 48 m. The Dukes of <HI>Cleves</HI> have been Lords of <HI>Rave&s;teyn,</HI> where they had a good Cittadel, but <HI>William</HI> Duke of <HI>Cleves</HI> and <HI>Juliers,</HI> was obliged to demoli&s;h it, by one of the Articles of the Treaty made with the Em|peror <HI>Charles</HI> V. It belongs now by Right to the Duke of <HI>Newbourg,</HI> but the <HI>Hollanders</HI> are in Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="section">
<PB N="119" REF="62">
<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SECT. III. The Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI>'s Dominions.</HEAD>
<P>THE Territories by Right belonging to the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> are bounded on the Ea&s;t, chiefly by the Dukedom of <HI>Milan,</HI> on the South by the Sea, and part of the Commonwealth of <HI>Genoa,</HI> on the We&s;t by <HI>Provence, Dauphine,</HI> and <HI>Bre&s;&s;e</HI> in <HI>France;</HI> and on the North by the Lake of <HI>Gene|va</HI> and <HI>Switzerland.</HI></P>
<P>It is a very irregular, oblong Figure, being in length from <HI>Geneva</HI> in the North parts of <HI>Savoy</HI> to the mo&s;t South Ea&s;tern parts of <HI>Montferrat</HI> a|bout 190 Miles;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and in breadth from the mo&s;t We&s;tern parts of the County of <HI>Nice,</HI> to the mo&s;t Ea&s;tern parts of <HI>Montferrat</HI> about 120 Miles.</P>
<P>The Principal Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> in the&s;e parts are,</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Po,</HI> (called <HI>Eridanus</HI> by the Poets) which here wa&s;hes <HI>Salu&s;&s;es, Carignan, Turin, Verua,</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;al,</HI> and &s;o goes into <HI>Milan.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Tanare,</HI> which here wa&s;hes <HI>Ceve, Quieras, Alba,</HI> and <HI>A&s;ti,</HI> and runs into the <HI>Po</HI> in <HI>Milan.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Doere,</HI> or <HI>Doria,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Aou&s;t</HI> and <HI>Ivrea,</HI> and falls into the <HI>Po</HI> a little above <HI>Verua.</HI></P>
<P N="4"><PB N="120" REF="63">4. <HI>I&s;er,</HI> which wa&s;hes <HI>Mou&s;tiers,</HI> runs by <HI>Montmelian,</HI> and goes into <HI>France.</HI></P>
<P>Here are two Lakes,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lakes.</NOTE> be&s;ides that of <HI>Gene|va, viz.</HI> 1. That of <HI>Bourget,</HI> and, 2. That of <HI>Anneci.</HI></P>
<P>Here are al&s;o the <HI>Alps,</HI> and the <HI>Appennine,</HI> the mo&s;t famous Mountains<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains.</NOTE> in <HI>Europe.</HI></P>
<P>This Country towards the North is generally barren,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> becau&s;e of the Mountains; but towards the South it is exceeding fruitful in all things ne|ce&s;&s;ary, as Corn, Wine, Oyl, Fruits, Veni&s;on, Cattel, Chee&s;e, Che&s;nuts, Hemp, Flax, Minerals, and &s;everal Quar|ries of Marble.</P>
<P>Here is con&s;iderable Trading<NOTE PLACE="marg">Trade.</NOTE> in many good Commodities as Paper, Fu&s;tians, Raw-&s;ilks, Hides, Cloaths, Linnen, Thread, Iron-work, Fir-Trees for Ma&s;ts of Ships, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> yet Money is pretty &s;carce in mo&s;t Places.</P>
<P>The ordinary Revenue<NOTE PLACE="marg">Revenue.</NOTE> of the Duke is &s;aid to amount to 1800000 Crowns yearly, yet upon ex|traordinary Occa&s;ions he can rai&s;e much larger Sums.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Strength.</NOTE> The number of Souldiers which he may conveniently rai&s;e, is reckoned about 30000.</P>
<P>The Religion<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> generally allowed of here is the <HI>Roman</HI> Catholick; yet the Prote&s;tants called <HI>Vaudois</HI> have the free exerci&s;e of their Belief in &s;ome Valleys of <HI>Piedmont.</HI></P>
<P>The Language<NOTE PLACE="marg">Languge.</NOTE> here &s;poken is mo&s;t commonly the <HI>French,</HI> or at lea&s;t a Dialect of it; the <HI>Ita|lian</HI> is al&s;o very much u&s;ed.</P>
<P>In this Country are two Archbi&s;hopricks,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Archbi&s;hop|ricks.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Turin</HI> and <HI>Mou&s;tiers,</HI> and thirteen Bi&s;hopricks,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bi&s;hopricks.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Fo&s;&s;ano, Ivrea, Mondovi,</HI> and <HI>Salu&s;&s;es</HI> under <HI>Turin; Anneci, Aou&s;t,</HI> and <HI>Maurienne</HI> under <HI>Mou|&s;tiers; Acqui, Alba, A&s;ti, Ca&s;al</HI> and <HI>Vercelli</HI> un|der the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Milan;</HI> and <HI>Nice</HI> under that of <HI>Ambrun</HI> in <HI>France.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE>The Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI>'s Dominions are commonly divided into four parts, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Dukedom of <HI>Savoy Chambery.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Principality of <HI>Piedmont Turin.</HI></ITEM>
<PB N="121" REF="63">
<ITEM>3. County of <HI>Nice Nice.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Dukedom of <HI>Montferrat Ca&s;al.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>Of the&s;e, the <HI>French</HI> have <HI>Nice,</HI> part of <HI>Montferrat,</HI> and the greate&s;t part of <HI>Savoy;</HI> the Duke of <HI>Mantua</HI> has about half of <HI>Montferrat;</HI> the Prince of <HI>Ma&s;&s;arano</HI> has a little part of <HI>Piedmont;</HI> the Prince of <HI>Spigno</HI> a little of <HI>Montferrat;</HI> &s;o that the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> has but the greate&s;t part of <HI>Piedmont,</HI> and about one half of <HI>Montferrat.</HI></P>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD><HI>CHAP. I. Savoy,</HI> Lat. <HI>Sabaudia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>SAvoy,</HI> Lat. <HI>Sabaudia,</HI> or <HI>Sapaudia,</HI> is one of the fine&s;t Sovereign Dutchies in <HI>Europe.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> It Borders the Lake of <HI>Geneva, Swi&s;&s;erland,</HI> and the County of <HI>Burgundy</HI> on the North; the Province of <HI>Dauphine</HI> in <HI>France,</HI> on the We&s;t; part of <HI>Dauphine</HI> and of <HI>Piedmont</HI> on the South; and <HI>Piedmont</HI> and <HI>Vallais</HI> on the Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>Its Extent<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> from the South-Ea&s;t to the North-We&s;t is about 110 Miles, and from the Ea&s;t to the We&s;t about 80.</P>
<P>The Air is here Cold, becau&s;e of the Mountains always covered with Snow;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and the Country ge|nerally barren; however the Valleys yield Corn and Wine, the Mountains good Pa&s;tures, and all manner of Game, and the Lakes and Rivers &s;tore of good Fi&s;h; there are al&s;o a great many Walnuts and Che&s;nut-Trees, and Fo|re&s;ts of other Trees.</P>
<P>The principal Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> here are the <HI>I&s;ere, Arche,</HI> and <HI>Arve;</HI> and the Lakes<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lakes.</NOTE> are two, <HI>viz.</HI> that of <HI>Bourget,</HI> and that of <HI>Anneci.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Savoyards</HI> are generally good-natured, la|borious and hardy,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Manners.</NOTE> but the Wit of the generality is none of the quicke&s;t. The Religion publickly allowed is the <HI>Roman</HI> Catholick.</P>
<P>This Province was of old po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed by the <HI>All|trobroges, Centrones, Brannovices,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> <HI>Antuates</HI> or <HI>Nantuates, Latobrigi</HI> and <HI>Sabaudi:</HI> It was part of
<PB N="122" REF="64"> <HI>Gallia Narbonen&s;is,</HI> and of <HI>Celtica</HI> or <HI>Lugdunen&s;is,</HI> and obeyed to the <HI>Romans.</HI> Upon the declining of the <HI>Roman</HI> Empire un|der <HI>Honorius, Savoy</HI> was left as a prey to &s;everal Barbarous Na|tions; &s;ince that it made part of the Kingdom of <HI>Burgundy,</HI> from whence it came under the Dominion of the Princes that at pre&s;ent are po&s;&s;e&s;t of it, who derive their Pedigree from one <HI>Bertoldus</HI> or <HI>Beroldus,</HI> who in the Beginning of the XIth. Century was the Ri&s;e of this Family. The Learned are very much at difference about the Birth of this Prince, and his Ex|traction; &s;ome derive it from <HI>Ancharius</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Yvree;</HI> others from <HI>Hugo</HI> King of <HI>Italy,</HI> and Duke of <HI>Provence;</HI> others &s;ay, that he was Nephew of <HI>Hugo Capet</HI> King of <HI>France;</HI> and others make him a De&s;cendant of the Counts of <HI>Macon.</HI> A|bove four&s;core Hi&s;torians of &s;everal Nations follow <HI>Guichenon,</HI> who derives his Genealogy from <HI>Wittekindus the Great</HI> Duke of <HI>Saxony</HI> and <HI>Angria,</HI> Father of <HI>Witibert</HI> Duke of <HI>Angria;</HI> who had two Sons <HI>Bruno</HI> and <HI>Walpert;</HI> this la&s;t was Duke of <HI>Angria,</HI> and Count of <HI>Ringelbert,</HI> and left <HI>Immed</HI> Duke of <HI>En|gern,</HI> who by <HI>Huine</HI> Counte&s;s of <HI>Chiren,</HI> had <HI>Hugo</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Italy,</HI> who was Father of this <HI>Beroldus,</HI> Earl of <HI>Savoy</HI> and <HI>Maurienne,</HI> and had for his Succe&s;&s;or <HI>Hambert,</HI> Sirnamed <HI>White-hands.</HI> But &s;ome <HI>French</HI> Authors of late (<HI>viz. Chorier</HI> and <HI>Du Bouchet</HI>) have endeavoured to make out, that there was never any &s;uch Man as <HI>Beroldus</HI> of <HI>Saxony,</HI> and have found (or rather fancied) that this <HI>Humbert</HI> was Grandchild of the Emperor <HI>Lewis</HI> the Son of <HI>Bo&s;on,</HI> the Son of <HI>Benvil</HI> Count of <HI>Ardenna,</HI> de&s;cended from <HI>Pharamond,</HI> or as others will have it, from <HI>Charlemaign.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Beroldus,</HI> and &s;ome of his Succe&s;&s;ors were but Counts of <HI>Savoy</HI> and <HI>Maurienne;</HI> &s;everal Territories were afterwards ad|ded to their Dominions: And the Emperor <HI>Sigi&s;mund</HI> digni|fied them with the Title of Dukes in 1417. They now call them&s;elves Dukes of <HI>Savoy, Chablais, Ao&s;t,</HI> and the Canton of <HI>Geneva,</HI> Princes of <HI>Piedmont,</HI> Marqui&s;&s;es of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es,</HI> Counts of <HI>Geneve, Romont, Nice, A&s;te</HI> and <HI>Tende,</HI> Barons of <HI>Fauligni,</HI> Lords of <HI>Verceilles,</HI> Marqui&s;&s;es of <HI>Italy,</HI> Kings of <HI>Cyprus;</HI> &s;ince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Savoy</HI> who Married <HI>Charlotte</HI> Daughter to <HI>John</HI> King of <HI>Cyprus;</HI> and Vicars of the Empire &s;ince <HI>Thomas</HI> the Fir&s;t.</P>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<PB N="123" REF="64">
<HEAD>Chronological Succe&s;&s;ion of the Forty Counts or Dukes of <HI>Savoy</HI> and <HI>Piedmont.</HI></HEAD>
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD>Earls 24.</HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>Begun in</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Reigned Y.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1. <HI>Beroldus</HI> I. Count of <HI>Savoy</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1000</CELL>
<CELL>22 or 23</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2. <HI>Humbert</HI> I. White-hands</CELL>
<CELL>1023</CELL>
<CELL>25</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3. <HI>Ame</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4. <HI>Odo</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1048</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5. <HI>Ame</HI> or <HI>Amedaeus</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1061</CELL>
<CELL>34</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>6. <HI>Humbert</HI> II. the Strong</CELL>
<CELL>1095</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>7. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1103</CELL>
<CELL>46</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>8. <HI>Humbert</HI> III. the Saint</CELL>
<CELL>1149</CELL>
<CELL>39</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>9. <HI>Thomas</HI> I. (made Vicar-general of the Empire in <HI>Lombardy</HI> and <HI>Piedmont.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1188</CELL>
<CELL>35</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> IV.</CELL>
<CELL>1233</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>11. <HI>Boniface,</HI> Roland</CELL>
<CELL>1238</CELL>
<CELL>25</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>12. <HI>Peter</HI> the Little <HI>Charlemaign</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1263</CELL>
<CELL>5</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>13. <HI>Philip</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1268</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD><HI>Interruption.</HI> The Four following had but <HI>Piedmont</HI> only.</HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>14. <HI>Philip</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1282</CELL>
<CELL>23</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15. <HI>James</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1326</CELL>
<CELL>38</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>16. <HI>Ame</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1366</CELL>
<CELL>36</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>17. <HI>Lewis</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1402</CELL>
<CELL>16</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>18. <HI>Thomas</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1285</CELL>
<CELL>10</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>19. <HI>Thomas</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1295</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>20. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> V. the Great, made Prince of the Empire</CELL>
<CELL>1310</CELL>
<CELL>13</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>21. <HI>Edward</HI> the Liberal</CELL>
<CELL>1323</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>22. <HI>Aimon</HI> the Pacifick</CELL>
<CELL>1329</CELL>
<CELL>14</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>23. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> VI. the Green</CELL>
<CELL>1342</CELL>
<CELL>40</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>24. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> VII. the Red</CELL>
<CELL>1383</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<PB N="124" REF="65">
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD>16 Dukes.</HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>Begun in</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Reigned Y.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>25. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> VIII. made Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> in 1416. and Pope afterwards</CELL>
<CELL>1392</CELL>
<CELL>43</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>26. <HI>Lewis</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1434</CELL>
<CELL>31</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>27. <HI>Lewis</HI> II. King of <HI>Cyprus,</HI> (having Married <HI>Charlotte</HI> Daughter of <HI>John,</HI> King of <HI>Cyprus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1465</CELL>
<CELL>17</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>28. <HI>Amedaeus</HI> IX. the Fortunate</CELL>
<CELL>1482</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>29. <HI>Philibert</HI> the Hunter</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>30. <HI>Charles</HI> I. the Warriour</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>31. <HI>Charles-John-Amedaeus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1489</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>32. <HI>Philip</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1496</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>33. <HI>Gilbert</HI> the Fair</CELL>
<CELL>1497</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>34. <HI>Charles</HI> II. the Good</CELL>
<CELL>1504</CELL>
<CELL>49</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>35. <HI>Emanuel Philibert,</HI> Iron-pate</CELL>
<CELL>1553</CELL>
<CELL>27</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>36. <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1580</CELL>
<CELL>50</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>37. <HI>Victor Amedaeus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1630</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>38. <HI>Francis Hyacinth</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1637</CELL>
<CELL>1</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>39. <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1638</CELL>
<CELL>37</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>40. <HI>Victor Amedaeus-Francis,</HI> the pre&s;ent Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> &s;ince</CELL>
<CELL>1675</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><HI>Emanuel Philibert</HI> Married <HI>Margaret</HI> Daughter to <HI>Francis</HI> I. King of <HI>France,</HI> and died in 1580. leaving only one Son <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> I. who waged War with <HI>France</HI> un&s;ucce&s;sful|ly; he Married <HI>Katherine</HI> Daughter of <HI>Philip</HI> II. King of <HI>Spain,</HI> and died in 1630. leaving &s;everal Sons and Daughters. He was &s;ucceeded by <HI>Victor Amedaeus,</HI> who was a great Lover of Peace, but a War breaking out between the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Spaniards,</HI> he &s;ided with the former, and died of a Fever in 1637. leaving by his Wife <HI>Chri&s;tina</HI> Daughter to <HI>Henry</HI> IV. of <HI>France, Aloi&s;ia-Maria-Chri&s;tina,</HI> Married to his Unkle <HI>Mau|rice</HI> Prince of <HI>Oneglia. Francis</HI> who died in 1632. <HI>Charles-Emanuel. Margaret</HI> Married to <HI>Rainutius,</HI> Duke of <HI>Parma. Adelais</HI> Married to <HI>Ferdinand</HI> Elector of <HI>Bavaria.</HI> And <HI>Ka|tharine</HI> who died in 1637. <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> II. &s;ucceeded his Father: In 1663. he Married <HI>Magdalen,</HI> Daughter to the Duke of <HI>Orleans,</HI> and after her Death his Kin&s;woman <HI>Mary,</HI> Daugh|ter to the Duke of <HI>Nemours,</HI> by whom he had the pre&s;ent Duke of <HI>Savoy, Victor Amedaeus-Franci&s;cus,</HI> Born in 1666.
<PB N="125" REF="65"> who Married in 1684. <HI>Anna Maria</HI> Daughter to the Duke of <HI>Orleans,</HI> by whom he has two Daughters. <HI>Mary</HI> and &mdash;</P>
<P>From <HI>Thomas</HI> Son to <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> I. and Brother to <HI>Victor-Amedaeus,</HI> are de&s;cended by <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Bourbon,</HI> Daughter to the Count of <HI>Soi&s;&s;ons, Aloi&s;e</HI> Married to the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Baden; Emanuel Philibert</HI> who Married <HI>Mary Catherine</HI> of <HI>E&s;t; Eugenius Mauritius</HI> who Married <HI>Olympia,</HI> Niece to Cardinal <HI>Mazarin,</HI> by whom he had <HI>Lewis Thomas</HI> Count of <HI>Soi&s;&s;ons,</HI> who Married <HI>&V;rania,</HI> Daughter to the Lord of <HI>Beauvois; Philip</HI> Born in 1659. and <HI>Franci&s;cus Eugenius,</HI> &s;o much talk'd of in the pre&s;ent Wars, Born in 1665.</P>
<P>The pre&s;ent Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> declared War again&s;t <HI>France,</HI> and fell in with the Confederates, <HI>Jan.</HI> 4. 1690. becau&s;e of the unrea&s;onablene&s;s of the <HI>French</HI> King's Demands, who &s;ought no le&s;s than to Garri&s;on <HI>Turin</HI> his Capital City; and had pre|vail'd with him to Per&s;ecute his Innocent <HI>Prote&s;tant</HI> Subjects the <HI>Vaudois.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> King being before that time po&s;&s;e&s;t of great part of <HI>Savoy,</HI> has &s;eized the whole &s;ince; &s;o that the Duke is now confined to <HI>Piedmont.</HI> But in Summer 1692. he Marched with 3000 Men into <HI>Dauphine,</HI> took <HI>Ambrun, Gap,</HI> &amp;c. &s;poil'd the Country at plea&s;ure, and would have made further progre&s;s, had he not been taken with the Small-Pox, which obliged him to return to <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Savoy</HI> is generally divided into Six Parts, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>On the South
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Savoy,</HI> properly &s;o called <HI>Chambery</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Valley and County of <HI>Mau|rienne Maurienne</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Valley of <HI>Tarentai&s;e Mon&s;tiers</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>On the North
<LIST>
<ITEM>4. The Barony of <HI>Fo&s;&s;igni Bonneville.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The Dukedom of <HI>Chablais Thonon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. The Dukedom or Territory of <HI>Geneva</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Geneva</HI> Free.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Annecy.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<PB N="126" REF="66">
<HEAD><HI>Savoy</HI> Proper.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<HEAD>THE places of Note here,</HEAD>
<ITEM>Chambery. <HI>Cap.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Montmeillan.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Beaufort.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aix.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rumilly.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Les E&s;chelles.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Vigne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Con&s;tans.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aiguebele.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Miolans.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chatelar.</ITEM>
<ITEM>La Rochete.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>I. <HI>Chambery.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chambery</HI> Lat. <HI>Cameriacum,</HI> or <HI>Camberiacum</HI> or <HI>Camberium,</HI> is the Capital of <HI>Savoy,</HI> the ancient Re&s;idence of the Duke, and the Seat of a Chamber of Accounts, of an Office of <HI>Fi|nances,</HI> of a Bailywick and of a Parliament, which they cal|led a <HI>Senate,</HI> becau&s;e it con&s;i&s;ted of Senators and four Pre&s;i|dents. This Town is &s;cituated on the confluence of the &s;mall Rivers <HI>Lai&s;&s;e</HI> and <HI>Albane</HI> or <HI>Orbanne,</HI> in a plain environ'd with &s;everal little Hills. It is great and well built, with a Ca&s;tle that commands the Town. There is in the Duke's Palace the Holy Chappel, which has Canons belonging to it, and depending on the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Grenoble</HI> in <HI>France.</HI> The chief Church is that of the Pari&s;h of St. <HI>Leger,</HI> but there are &s;everal others, which together with the Je&s;uits College, are a great Ornament to it. It is al&s;o imbeli&s;h'd with many fine Fountains which have their &s;ource in the Hill St. <HI>Martin,</HI> and di&s;tribute their Water into the &s;everal parts of the Town; be&s;ides this, there are &s;everal &s;mall Channels of the River <HI>Orbanne.</HI> The Hou&s;es in many places toward the Street are built on Pillars which form a Gallery, and are good Places to walk in in Rainy Weather. <HI>Chambery</HI> to the Ea&s;t has the Suburb of <HI>Monmeillan,</HI> to the We&s;t that of <HI>Machee Vernay,</HI> and on both &s;ides very plea&s;ant Walks, among&s;t which the Mail is the mo&s;t re&s;orted and plea&s;ant. This Town is in the Hands of the <HI>French</HI> &s;ince 1690. It &s;tands 27 Miles N. E. of
<PB N="127" REF="66"> <HI>Grenoble,</HI> 44 S. of <HI>Geneva,</HI> 55 W. of <HI>Lyons,</HI> 100 N. W. of <HI>Turin</HI> and 270 S. E. of <HI>Paris.</HI> Long. 25 d. 24 m. Lat. 45 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Monmeillan.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Monmeillan</HI> Lat. <HI>Monmelianus</HI> is a little Town upon the <HI>I&s;er</HI> 18 Miles S. E. of <HI>Chambery.</HI> It has a va&s;t &s;trong Ca&s;tle on the top of a &s;teep Rock, which commands the narrow pa&s;|&s;age betwixt the Mountains; There is a Well cut in the Rock which &s;upplies the Garri&s;on and Inhabitants with Water. The <HI>French</HI> be&s;ieged it 1691. and took it after it had made a very vigorous re&s;i&s;tance.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Aix.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Aix</HI> which is Dignified with the Title of Marqui&s;ate, at the foot of the Mountains between <HI>Chambery,</HI> and <HI>Anneci,</HI> and <HI>Rumilly,</HI> is an ancient Town, but &s;mall and ill-built: How|ever it is famous for the hot Baths of Allom and Sulphur adjoining to it, which are very much frequented.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The County of <HI>Maurienne.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE County or Valley of <HI>Maurienne</HI> reaches from the <HI>Alps,</HI> to the River <HI>I&s;ere</HI> on the one &s;ide, and on the other from <HI>Tarentais</HI> to <HI>Dauphine.</HI> It is generally believed to be the Country of the Ancient <HI>Brannovices</HI> in <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> tho' <HI>Sam&s;on</HI> be of another Mind. The mo&s;t con&s;iderable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM>St. <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Maurienne.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>La Chambre Marqui&s;ate.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Michael.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Julian.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Andrew.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Modane.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>&V;&s;&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Braman.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lanebourg.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
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<P> I. St. <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Maurienne.</HI></P>
<P>St. <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Maurienne</HI> or <HI>Morienne</HI> Lat. <HI>Mauriana Sancti Jo|annis,</HI> is on the River <HI>Arche,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Vienna</HI> in <HI>Dauphine.</HI> It is an Unwalled City &s;eated in a Valley on the Frontiers of <HI>France,</HI> The Cathedral Church of St. <HI>John</HI> has many Tombs of the Dukes of <HI>Savoy.</HI> This City lies 16 Leagues from <HI>Grenoble</HI> to the Ea&s;t.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Valley of <HI>Tarentai&s;e</HI> Lat. <HI>Tarenta&s;ia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS &s;mall Province lies between the <HI>Fo&s;&s;igny</HI> on the North; the <HI>Alps,</HI> and the Dutchy of <HI>Ao&s;t</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Valley of <HI>Morienne</HI> on the South; and <HI>Savoy Proper</HI> on the We&s;t.</P>
<P>The remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Mon&s;tiers.</HI> Archbp. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>James.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Maurice.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Briancon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Con&s;tans.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Le Bourg.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Mon&s;tiers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mon&s;tiers</HI> Lat. <HI>Mona&s;terium,</HI> formerly <HI>Tarenta&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Forum Neronis Centronum,</HI> is &s;eated upon the <HI>I&s;ere,</HI> with an Archbi|&s;hops See, which has for Suffragans <HI>Sion</HI> and <HI>Aou&s;le.</HI> It has not been Metropolis but &s;ince the eighth Age; for before that time all Eccle&s;ia&s;tick Authors agree, that it was &s;ubject to that of <HI>Vienne.</HI> It &s;tands 16 Miles E. of St. <HI>John de Mau|&s;cenne,</HI> 28 E. of <HI>Monmelian,</HI> and 64 N. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> Long. 26 d. 14 m. Lat. 45 d. &s;even m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
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<HEAD>The Barony of <HI>Fo&s;&s;igny.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>FO&s;&s;igni, Foucigni,</HI> or <HI>Fau&s;&s;igny</HI> Lat. <HI>Fociniacum</HI> and <HI>Focinien|&s;is Tractus,</HI> with the Title of Barony lies between <HI>Gene|vois</HI> and <HI>le Valais,</HI> in a Mountainous Country; its ancient Inhabitants were the <HI>Focunates</HI> or <HI>Focuates.</HI></P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Bonneville.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Clu&s;e.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Gervais.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Taninge.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Salanche.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Bonneville.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Bonneville</HI> Lat. <HI>Bonnopolis</HI> is a &s;mall Town and Ca&s;tle on the right Bank of the River <HI>Arva,</HI> over which it has a Wooden Bridge, two Leagues from <HI>Clu&s;e,</HI> five from <HI>Annecy,</HI> and about as many from <HI>Geneva. Bonneville</HI> is at the Foot of the Mountains, but the Plain on the other &s;ide the River <HI>Arva</HI> belongs to <HI>Geneva.</HI> It is not con&s;iderable, yet &s;everal Noble Families of <HI>Savoy,</HI> as of St. <HI>Alban, de Millet, de Chales,</HI> &amp;c. have had their Original from thence.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Dukedom of <HI>Chablais</HI> Lat. <HI>Caballicus Ducatus.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Province Borders the Lake of <HI>Geneva</HI> to the North; The Country of <HI>Velay</HI> to the Ea&s;t; <HI>Fo&s;&s;igny</HI> to the South; and the Territories of <HI>Geneva</HI> to the We&s;t. It comprehends the Bailywicks of <HI>Tannier</HI> and <HI>Galliard,</HI> and the Lands of St. <HI>Victor.</HI> The <HI>Romans</HI> kept great &s;tuds in this Province, which for that rea&s;on they called <HI>Provincia Eque&s;tris,</HI> and <HI>Ca|ballica,</HI> from the la&s;t word comes the pre&s;ent <HI>Chablais.</HI></P>
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<P>The Places of Note here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Thonon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ripaille.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Evian.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Armoy.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>John d' Aux</HI> or of <HI>Ao&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Thonon</HEAD>
<P><HI>Thonon</HI> or <HI>Tonnon</HI> Lat. <HI>Tunonium</HI> is a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Town on the Lake of <HI>Geneva,</HI> &s;even Leagues E. of that Town.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The <HI>Genevois</HI> Lat. <HI>Geneven&s;is Ager.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Province has the River <HI>Rhine</HI> on the We&s;t and North; <HI>Chablais</HI> and <HI>Fo&s;&s;igni</HI> on the Ea&s;t, and <HI>Savoy Proper</HI> on the South.</P>
<P>The remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Geneve.</HI> Bi&s;h. Free.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Annecy.</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Albi.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>La Roche.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tonnes.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Faverge.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Manigo.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Talloir.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Clairmont.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mount</HI> St. <HI>Martin.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Geneva.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Geneva</HI> or <HI>Geneve,</HI> Lat. <HI>Januba, Genabum, Geneva,</HI> or <HI>Ge|neventium Civitas</HI> is an ancient City of the <HI>Allobroges,</HI> upon the Frontiers of <HI>Savoy,</HI> &s;eated upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> at the ex|tremity of the Lake <HI>Leman,</HI> (now called Lake of <HI>Geneva.</HI>) It is a neat, large, rich City, well fortified, and has an ad|mirable &s;ituation; partly upon a Hill, partly in a Plain which has the Lake on the North. The <HI>Rhine</HI> i&s;&s;uing out of the Lake, incompa&s;&s;es the City to the We&s;t, and divides it from that delightful part call'd St. <HI>Gervais.</HI> At the end of the City the <HI>Rhine</HI> receives the River <HI>Arve,</HI> which is another Rampart of <HI>Geneva</HI> to the South, and be&s;ides the defence it
<PB N="131" REF="68"> draws from tho&s;e Rivers to the South and We&s;t, and from the Lake to the North, it has very good Fortifications. St. <HI>Peter</HI>'s Church is built upon a Hill, and was formerly the Ca|thedral. There are in this City &s;everal Piazza's, a fair Town-Hou&s;e, with a Pair of Stairs of particular Workman&s;hip, an Ar&s;enal in good order, va&s;t Walks, and beautiful Streets, e&s;|pecially along the Lake. The <HI>Rivieres</HI> or Bank-&s;ides make three different Streets; for there is in the middle a Pa&s;&s;age for Coaches and Hor&s;es, with Shops on both &s;ides, having Porticco's before them, &s;upported with Pillars, where you walk &s;ecurely from the Weather. It is a City of great Trade, in a Soil abounding with Wine. It is very an|cient and was very con&s;iderable in the time of the <HI>Romans,</HI> as &s;everal<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">See <HI>Spon</HI>'s Antiquities of <HI>Geneva.</HI></NOTE> In&s;criptions te&s;tifie. After &s;everal Revolutions and &s;uffering much by the Incur&s;ions of the <HI>Barbarians</HI> &s;he had Counts of her own, of which the mo&s;t Ancient was <HI>Robert</HI> or <HI>Ratbert</HI> in the year 880. After that, this City pre&s;erved her Liberty for many years under the Imperial protection, till being de|&s;erted by the Emperors, engaged in Civil Di&s;&s;entions, &s;he had recour&s;e to her own Bi&s;hops, then in great Authority, but they embroyling them&s;elves with the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> tho&s;e Di&s;cords &s;trangely afflicted her, being already twice con&s;umed by Fire. So that &s;he was forc'd to &s;truggle with the &s;ucceeding Dukes of <HI>Savoy</HI> for her Liberty; which &s;he did with various Fortune, being reduc'd to great extremities by <HI>Charles</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> after a long Siege; And like to have been &s;eized by <HI>Emanuel,</HI> which forc'd her to a &s;trict Alliance with the <HI>Cantons</HI> of <HI>Berne</HI> and <HI>Friburg,</HI> by whom &s;he was deli|vered from her Fears, and the Dukes of <HI>Savoy</HI> brought to an ea&s;ie compo&s;ition, and Renunciation of their Preten&s;ions. But nothing conduced &s;o much to her E&s;tabli&s;hment as her embracing the <HI>Reformation,</HI> fir&s;t Preached to her by <HI>William Farel</HI> her fir&s;t Mini&s;ter, to whom &s;ucceeded <HI>Calvin</HI> and <HI>Beza</HI> who both died at <HI>Geneva;</HI> &s;o that after &s;he had renewed a perpetual League with the <HI>Cantons</HI> before-mentioned, by their &s;upport in 1535. the Council of <HI>Geneva</HI> aboli&s;hed the Ro|man Religion, and forced her Bi&s;hop <HI>Peter</HI> of <HI>la Beaume</HI> to re|move his See to <HI>Annecy.</HI> About 350 years ago this City was twice burnt in &s;even years time; and the change of Religion having heightened its Neighbours Rage again&s;t it, it &s;uffered a very &s;harp Siege and mi&s;erable Famine in 1584. But yet prevailed &s;o far by the help of the <HI>Canton</HI> of <HI>Zurich,</HI> that
<PB N="132" REF="69"> the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and the Bi&s;hop were forced to renounce all their preten&s;ions to it. Nor did it reap le&s;s glory from its defeating the Nocturnal <HI>Scalado</HI> of <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> in 1602. In the&s;e late years the <HI>French</HI> King has &s;everal times threatned this City of a Siege, but has been kept from &s;uch a de&s;ign by the fear of breaking with the <HI>Switzers.</HI> The Em|peror <HI>Charles</HI> IV. in&s;tituted here an Univer&s;ity in 1368. which is &s;till very flouri&s;hing <HI>Geneva</HI> &s;tands 75 Miles N. E. of <HI>Lyons</HI> 65 S. of <HI>Be&s;ancon,</HI> 50 N. of <HI>Chambery,</HI> 120 N. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> 120 S. W. of <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> 210 S. E. of <HI>Paris,</HI> and 450 N. W. of <HI>Rome,</HI> Long. 25 d. 38 m. Lat. 46 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Annecy.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Annecy</HI> Lat. <HI>Annecium</HI> is a pretty large Town at the foot of the Mountains of <HI>Saymenoz,</HI> and upon a Lake of the &s;ame name, The Lake is unfathomably deep, four Leagues long and half a League broad, and gives ri&s;e to the River <HI>Tioud,</HI> which Waters <HI>Annecy</HI> by divers Channels. This Town is the Re&s;idence of the titular Bi&s;hop of <HI>Geneve</HI> &s;ince 1535. has &s;everal Churches and Mona&s;teries, and the Hou&s;es are built upon Arches, &s;o that People may walk in its Streets by any Weather. This City &s;tands 22 miles S. of <HI>Geneva,</HI> and 26 N. of <HI>Chambery,</HI> Long. 25 d. 32 m. Lat. 45 d. 37 m.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD><HI>CHAP. II.</HI> Piedmont Lat. <HI>Pedemontium.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Principality of <HI>Piedmont</HI> lies betwixt the <HI>Milane&s;e</HI> and <HI>Montferrat</HI> to the Ea&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Republick of <HI>Genoa</HI> and the County of <HI>Nice</HI> to the South;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> <HI>Savoy</HI> and <HI>Dauphine</HI> to the We&s;t; and <HI>Velais</HI> to the North. It is in length about 114. Miles, and in breadth 80.</P>
<P>This Country was formerly comprehended in <HI>Gallia Sub-alpina,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and afterwards in <HI>Lombardy.</HI> The <HI>Taurins, Sala&s;&s;ians, Segu&s;ians, Libicians,</HI> and &s;eve|ral other people did heretofore inhabit it. But yet it is not
<PB N="133" REF="69"> well agreed upon how it came to be the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> The Duke's Elde&s;t Sons bear the Title of Princes of <HI>Piedmont.</HI> It is very con&s;iderable for its fertility, good Air and the Wealth of the Inhabitants: it abounds with Corn, Wine, Fruits, Veni&s;on, Cattel, Hemp, Minerals. It contains be&s;ides Baronies and Lord&s;hips, 15 Marqui&s;ates, 52 Earldoms, and 160 Walled Towns or Ca&s;tles.</P>
<P>This Province may be divided into ten parts, <HI>viz.</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. The Dukedom of <HI>Ao&s;t Ao&s;t.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The Principality of <HI>Ma&s;&s;erene Ma&s;&s;eran.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Seignory of <HI>Verceils Verceils.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Ivrea Ivrea.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. The County of <HI>A&s;ti A&s;ti.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. Proper <HI>Piedmont Turin.</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. The Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Su&s;a Suza.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>8. The Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es Salu&s;&s;es.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. The Valleys of the <HI>Vaudois.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>10. <HI>French Piedmont Pignerol.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article I.</HI> The Dukedom of <HI>Ao&s;te</HI> Lat. <HI>Ducatus Augu&s;tanus.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Dutchy lies at the foot of the <HI>Alps,</HI> betwixt <HI>Valais</HI> on the North; The Valleys of <HI>Se&s;ia</HI> and Lord&s;hip of <HI>Ver|ceil</HI> to the Ea&s;t; <HI>Canave&s;e</HI> and <HI>Piedmont</HI> proper to the South; And the County of <HI>Tarentai&s;e</HI> to the We&s;t. It is the Coun|try of the ancient <HI>Sala&s;&s;i,</HI> comprehending &s;ix large Valleys, be&s;ides that from whence it is named, which the River <HI>Doere</HI> divides in the middle. It is thought that this Dukedom was annexed to <HI>Savoy</HI> by the Marriage of Count <HI>Odon</HI> Son to <HI>Humbert.</HI> I. with <HI>Adelais</HI> of <HI>Su&s;a</HI> Widow of <HI>Hermannus</HI> Duke of <HI>Suabia</HI> in 1030.</P>
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<P>The remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Ao&s;te.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>La Sale.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Morges.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>I&s;&s;ogne.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Villeneuve.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>St. <HI>Martin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chatillon.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Ao&s;te.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ao&s;te</HI> Lat. <HI>Augu&s;ta Sala&s;&s;orum,</HI> or <HI>Augu&s;ta Praetoria.</HI> is &s;o called in Latin either as being built by <HI>Augu&s;tus,</HI> or el&s;e as being a <HI>Roman</HI> Colony. It is a Bi&s;hop's &s;ee under the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Tarentai&s;e,</HI> and has a Triumphal Arch rai&s;ed by <HI>Au|gu&s;tus,</HI> remaining almo&s;t entire, be&s;ides a Colo&s;&s;us and &s;eve|ral other Monuments of <HI>Roman</HI> Grandeur. This City is 50 Miles E. of <HI>Turin,</HI> and was the Birth-place of the famous Saint <HI>An&s;elm</HI> Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II.</HI> The Principality of <HI>Ma&s;&s;eran.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS is a &s;mall Territory within the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Ver|ceils;</HI> the only place of Note here is <HI>Ma&s;&s;e&s;aw</HI> &s;ubject to its own Prince, who is of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Ferrari,</HI> and is Pro|tected by the Pope. The Town &s;tands upon a Hill 18 N. E. of <HI>Ivrea.</HI> 22 N. W. of <HI>Verceils</HI> and 37 almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Turin.</HI> Long. 27 d. 48 m. Lat. 45 d. 10 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="article">
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<HEAD><HI>Article III.</HI> The Lord&s;hip of <HI>Verceils.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Lord&s;hip lies between <HI>Montferrat, Ivree</HI> and <HI>Mila|ne&s;e,</HI> and is exceeding fertile and well-peopled. The pla|ces of Note here, <HI>Verceils, Beile, Sautia,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>I. <HI>Verceil.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Verceil</HI> Lat. <HI>Vercellae</HI> is &s;ituate upon the River <HI>Se&s;&s;e</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Milan.</HI> It has a good Ca&s;tle, a Cittadel and &s;everal Fortifications, fine Churches, and a famous Ho&s;pital. This City flouri&s;hed under the <HI>Ro|mans,</HI> but has had &s;everal Ma&s;ters &s;ince their time, for it has been a Common-Wealth, afterwards under the Dukes of <HI>Milan,</HI> and &s;ince under tho&s;e of <HI>Savoy.</HI> The <HI>Spaniards</HI> took it from the latter in 1638. but it was re&s;tored again by the Peace of the <HI>Pyrenees.</HI> It &s;tands 12 Miles N. of <HI>Ca&s;al,</HI> 40 almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Turin</HI> and as many We&s;t of <HI>Milan,</HI> Long. 28 d. 17 m. Lat. 44 d. 50 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Beile.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Beile</HI> is a &s;mall Town in the Seigniory of <HI>Verceil,</HI> and the head of a Territory belonging to the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> It &s;tands on a Hill 8 Miles W. of <HI>Ma&s;&s;eran</HI> and 32 N. of <HI>Turin,</HI> Long. 27 d. 43 m. Lat. 45 d. 3 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article IV.</HI> Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Ivrea.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Marqui&s;ate lies between the Lord&s;hip of <HI>Verceil</HI> to Ea&s;t, The Dukedom of <HI>Ao&s;t</HI> to the North, the Mar|qui&s;ate
<PB N="136" REF="71"> of <HI>Su&s;e</HI> to the We&s;t, and part of <HI>Montferrat</HI> to the South. The only place of Note here is,</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD><HI>Ivrea,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Ivrea,</HI> Lat. <HI>Eporedia,</HI> is upon the River <HI>Doriabalta</HI> with a Bi&s;hop See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Turin,</HI> and a Marqui&s;ate belonging to the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> This City, according to the Opinion of &s;ome Authors, was Built two Years before the Birth of our Saviour, in the Country of the Ancient <HI>Sala&s;&s;i,</HI> and gave its Name to this Marqui&s;ate, which formerly was &s;o famous under <HI>Berengarius,</HI> who contended for the Empire with the <HI>French,</HI> de&s;cended from the Kings of <HI>Arles. An&s;|charius</HI> was Marqui&s;s of <HI>Ivrea,</HI> which came under the Domi|nion of the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> in 870. This City is of great im|portance to the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> having a good Ca&s;tle and o|ther Fortifications. It has been an Imperial City, but the Emperor <HI>Frederick</HI> II. and <HI>William</HI> Count of <HI>Holland</HI> gave it to <HI>Thomus</HI> II. in 1242. And in 1344. <HI>John</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Mont|ferrat</HI> yielded to <HI>Amadaeus</HI> VI. the Right he had to it. It &s;tands 22 Miles N. of <HI>Turin,</HI> 29 E. of <HI>Su&s;a,</HI> and 32 W. of <HI>Ver|ceil.</HI> Long. 27d. 33 m. Lat. 44 d. 55 m.</P>
</DIV5>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The <HI>Canave&s;e.</HI></HEAD>
<P>Between the City of <HI>Ivree,</HI> and the River <HI>Po,</HI> is the Coun|try called <HI>Canave&s;e,</HI> which was heretofore part of <HI>Montferrat,</HI> but now belongs to <HI>Piedmont,</HI> &s;ince it was left to the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> by the Treaty of <HI>Quera&s;que</HI> in 1631. There are no con|&s;iderable Places in it.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article V.</HI> The County of <HI>A&s;ti.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis County is incircled in <HI>Montferrat,</HI> and has but Two Remarkable Places, <HI>viz. A&s;ti</HI> and <HI>Verua.</HI></P>
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<P>I. <HI>A&s;ti.</HI></P>
<P><HI>A&s;ti,</HI> or <HI>A&s;t,</HI> Lat. <HI>A&s;ta,</HI> is an Epi&s;copal See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Milan.</HI> This City is &s;eated on the River <HI>Ta|nare,</HI> large and well fortified, with a &s;trong new Ca&s;tle, and Cittadel. The County formerly depended upon the State of <HI>Milan,</HI> but in 1531. <HI>Charles</HI> V. gave it to <HI>Charles</HI> III. Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> It &s;tands 16 Miles S. W. of <HI>Ca&s;al,</HI> and 26 E. of <HI>Turin.</HI> Long. 28 d. 2 m. Lat. 44 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Verua.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Verua</HI> lyes upon an Eminence, and is very well fortified The <HI>Spaniards</HI> laid Siege to it, but to little purpo&s;e in 1625. It &s;tands upon the Frontiers of <HI>Montferrat,</HI> and the Banks of the <HI>Po,</HI> 16 Miles N. E. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="6" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article VI. <HI>Proper</HI> Piedmont.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Piedmont,</HI> properly &s;o called, lyes between the <HI>Montferrat</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Republick of <HI>Genoa</HI> on the South, the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es</HI> on the We&s;t, and the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Su&s;e,</HI> and part of <HI>Montferrat</HI> to the North.</P>
<P>The Principal Towns and Cities here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Turin,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mondovis,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ceve,</HI> Marq.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Fo&s;&s;ano,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Rivoli,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Carignan,</HI> Princip.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vigon,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Savillano,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Coni,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Quieras,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Quiers,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Moncalier,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Orba&s;&s;an,</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="138" REF="72">
<P>I. <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Turin,</HI> Lat. <HI>Taurinum,</HI> or <HI>Augu&s;ta Taurinorum,</HI> is &s;eated in a va&s;t Plain, having the River <HI>Po</HI> on the right, and the <HI>Doire</HI> on the left. It is the Re&s;idence of the Dukes of <HI>Savoy,</HI> who have &s;pared nothing to render it one of the plea&s;ante&s;t and &s;tronge&s;t Towns of <HI>Italy.</HI> It is adorned with a Senate, a Chamber of Accounts, an Archbi&s;hops See, and an Univer&s;i|ty. There is the Old and New City, with good Ba&s;tions, Walls, and Out-works. The Duke's Palace is very Ancient and Magnificent, e&s;pecially the Gallery, which is finely Em|belli&s;h'd with a great number of Paintings, Statues, Arms, Manu&s;cripts, and other Rarities. There is al&s;o to be &s;een the Genealogies of the Dukes of <HI>Savoy;</HI> the <HI>Coele&s;tial</HI> Signs very well repre&s;ented, and 30000 Volumes in the Library. There are al&s;o &s;everal other Beautiful Palaces in the Town, with a great number of Noble-Men that form the Duke's Court, which is one of the mo&s;t Poli&s;ht of <HI>Europe.</HI> The Streets are fine, the Hou&s;es well Built, the Churches very Magnificent: The Cathedral is that of St. <HI>John,</HI> which boa&s;ts of having many Relicks, e&s;pecially our Saviour's Winding-&s;heet. There is a &s;trong Cittadel, flank'd with Five good Ba&s;tions, and Built by the pattern of that of <HI>Antwerp. Turin</HI> &s;tands 20 Miles nigh E. of <HI>Pignerol,</HI> 78 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Milan,</HI> 100 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Grenoble,</HI> and 120 S. E. of <HI>Geneva.</HI> Long. 27 d. 26 m. Lat. 44 d. 34 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Mondovis.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mondovis, Mondovi</HI> or <HI>Mondevi,</HI> Lat. <HI>Mons Vici,</HI> or <HI>Mons Regalis,</HI> is &s;eated at the foot of Mount <HI>Apennin,</HI> two Leagues from the River <HI>Tanare,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Arch|bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Turin.</HI> It is large, and the be&s;t Inhabited of all <HI>Piedmont</HI> after <HI>Turin.</HI> There is an Univer&s;ity, and a Citta|del Built in 1573. by <HI>Emanuel Philibert</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> on a Hill, which produces fine white Marble. This City &s;tands 27 Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<PB N="139" REF="72">
<P>III. <HI>Ceve.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ceva,</HI> is a little Town and Ca&s;tle, Eight Miles S. E. of <HI>Mon|dovi.</HI> It is the Capital of the Country of the <HI>Langhes,</HI> and has the Title of a Marqui&s;ate. The Country about is full of Game, e&s;pecially Phea&s;ants and Partridges.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Fo&s;&s;ano.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fo&s;&s;ano,</HI> Lat. <HI>Fo&s;&s;anum,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Stura,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Turin,</HI> erected by <HI>Gregory</HI> XIII. It &s;tands 24 Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Rivoli.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rivoli,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Dora,</HI> about 7 Miles W. of <HI>Turin.</HI> It has a very Sumptuous Ca&s;tle.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Carignan.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Carignan,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the <HI>Po,</HI> over which it has a fine Bridge, with the Title of Principality: It has a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, and its Soil abounds with Mulberry-Trees for the Silk-worms. <HI>Thomas Francis</HI> of <HI>Savoy,</HI> Fifth Son of <HI>Charles Emanuel,</HI> fir&s;t of that Name Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and <HI>Catharine Michelle</HI> of <HI>Au|&s;tria</HI> bore in this Age the Title of Prince of <HI>Carignan.</HI> He was great Ma&s;ter of <HI>France,</HI> and died in 1656. In 1625. he Married <HI>Mary</HI> of <HI>Bourbon,</HI> Daughter to <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Bourbon,</HI> and begot on her <HI>Jo&s;eph Emanuel, John</HI> who died in 1656. <HI>Eugen Maurice</HI> Count of <HI>Soi&s;&s;ons, Annudeus Ferdinand, Char|lotte Chri&s;tine,</HI> both dead young, and <HI>Loui&s;e Chri&s;tine</HI> Married to <HI>Ferdinand Maximilian. Carignan</HI> was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1691. and retaken in the &s;ame Year by the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> It &s;tands 8 Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<PB N="140" REF="73">
<P>VII. <HI>Vigon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Vigon,</HI> is a little but fortified Place by the River <HI>Chi&s;on,</HI> 13 Miles S. W. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Savillano.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Savillano,</HI> or <HI>Savigliano,</HI> Lat. <HI>Savilianum,</HI> is a great Town upon the River <HI>Magra,</HI> under the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> between <HI>Fo&s;&s;ano</HI> to the Ea&s;t, and <HI>Salu&s;&s;es</HI> to the We&s;t, &s;ix Miles from either, and 22 S. of <HI>Turin.</HI> It is the Head of the Territory that bears its Name, and has a very plea&s;ant and advantage|ous Situation, between two Rivers, which renders it capable of being made very &s;trong; wherefore al&s;o <HI>Philibert Emanuel</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> thought to make it the Capital of his Dominions.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Coni.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Coni,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cuneum,</HI> is a &s;trong Town and Ca&s;tle Situated upon a Hill at the Confluent of two little Rivers, the <HI>Stura</HI> and <HI>Ges.</HI> Its Situation renders it naturally &s;trong. It held out again&s;t <HI>Francis</HI> I. but in 1641. the Count <HI>De Harcourt,</HI> under <HI>Lewis</HI> XIII. made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it. <HI>Lewis</HI> the XIVth. was not &s;o Succe&s;sful in 1691. for he was forced to rai&s;e the Siege. This Town &s;tands 35 Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>X. <HI>Quieras.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Quieras,</HI> is a &s;mall but &s;trong City &s;ituate upon a Hill by the River <HI>Tanare.</HI> It was there that in 1631. a Peace was made between <HI>France,</HI> the Empire, the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and that of <HI>Modena.</HI> This Town &s;tands 30 Miles S. E. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Quiers.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Quiers,</HI> or <HI>Chieri,</HI> is very &s;trong by its Situation. It was formerly a fine City, and a Republick, but is now Subject
<PB N="141" REF="73"> to the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> This Place is very famous for the Fu|&s;tians that are made there, and for the Seed its Soil furni&s;hes the Dyers withal. The Count of <HI>Harcourt</HI> won a Battel near it from the <HI>Spaniards.</HI> It &s;tands Seven Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>XII. <HI>Moncalier.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Moncalier,</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the <HI>Po,</HI> nigh Four Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Orba&s;&s;an.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Orba&s;&s;an,</HI> is a little Village Six Miles S. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> re|markable by the Battel fought near it, <HI>Octob.</HI> 4. 1693. See <HI>Pignerol,</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="7" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article VII.</HI> The <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> of <HI>Su&s;a.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Dutchy Borders the County of <HI>Morienne</HI> in <HI>Savoy</HI> to the North; <HI>Piedmont proper</HI> to Ea&s;t and South, and Mount <HI>Genevre</HI> to the We&s;t. The only Place of Note here is,</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Su&s;e.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Su&s;e,</HI> Lat. <HI>Su&s;a,</HI> Capital of the Marqui&s;ate of the &s;ame Name, is upon the River <HI>Doere,</HI> at the foot of the <HI>Alpes Cot|tiae,</HI> now called Mount <HI>Cenis,</HI> and Mount <HI>Genevre,</HI> which &s;e|parate <HI>Piedmont</HI> from <HI>Dauphine.</HI> Some Learned Men take this to be the place where <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> Erected his Trophy four|teen years before the Birth of our Saviour; the In&s;cription being &s;till to be &s;een on a Triumphal Arch in this City. But others place it at the foot of the Maritime <HI>Alps,</HI> near to a place called <HI>Tourbie,</HI> by a corruption of the word <HI>Trophie,</HI> and is confirmed by a piece of Stone, on which are &s;een part of
<PB N="142" REF="74"> the Letters compo&s;ing the&s;e words, <HI>Gentes Alpinae Devictae,</HI> with the Names of &s;ome other Nations. Some are of Opi|nion, that <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> cau&s;ed the &s;ame Trophy to be Erected in two &s;everal Places, and &s;o endeavour to reconcile both the&s;e Opinions. The Sepulchre of <HI>Cottus,</HI> whence the <HI>Cottian Alps</HI> take their Name, was to be &s;een in this Town. The adja|cent Country abounds with Wine and Honey. The <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of <HI>Su&s;e</HI> in 1690. without any re|&s;i&s;tance. It &s;tands 24 Miles N. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> and 19 Miles N. of <HI>Pignerol.</HI> Long. 26 d. 50 m. Lat. 44 d. 46 m.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="8" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article VIII.</HI> The <HI>Marqui&s;ate</HI> of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis Marqui&s;ate lyes at the foot of the <HI>Alps</HI> betwixt <HI>Pied|mont Proper</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Valleys of the <HI>Vaudois</HI> on the North, <HI>Dauphine</HI> on the We&s;t, and the County of <HI>Nice</HI> on the South. It was formerly in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>French</HI> Kings, but <HI>Henry</HI> IV. gave it to <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> Duke of <HI>Sa|voy,</HI> in exchange for <HI>Bre&s;&s;e, Bugey,</HI> and &s;ome other places on this &s;ide the <HI>Alps</HI> in 1600. The River <HI>Po</HI> takes its ri&s;e in this Country from the Mountain <HI>Vi&s;o,</HI> the highe&s;t of the <HI>Alps.</HI> The Marqui&s;&s;es of <HI>Saluces</HI> have cau&s;ed a Vault to be hewed here out a Rock Four Miles long, for the more commodious con|veying of Merchandizes from <HI>Italy</HI> to <HI>France.</HI> It is &s;aid that the Family of the Marqui&s;&s;es of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es</HI> had its beginning from one <HI>William</HI> an <HI>Italian</HI> Count who lived in 910. This Marqui&s;ate has above 50 Ca&s;tles, be&s;ides the Towns, of which the mo&s;t remarkable are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Salu&s;&s;es,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Carmagnole,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Stafarde,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Revel,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Droner,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cental,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Roque&s;paviere,</HI> &amp;c.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Salu&s;&s;es.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salu&s;&s;es,</HI> or <HI>Saluces,</HI> Lat. <HI>Salutiae,</HI> or <HI>Augu&s;ta Vagicinorum,</HI> &s;tands upon a plea&s;ant Hill, having a very fine and good Ca|&s;tle,
<PB N="143" REF="74"> and Magnificent Cathedral, which de&s;erves to be view|ed, being a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Turin.</HI> This Town was taken by, and retaken from the <HI>French</HI> in 1691. It &s;tands not far off the River <HI>Po,</HI> 12 Miles nigh S. of <HI>Pignerol,</HI> and 22 S. W. of <HI>Turin.</HI> Long 27 d. 8 m. Lat. 44 d. 15 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Carmagnole.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Carmagnole,</HI> is a place of great Importance for its good Fortre&s;s. <HI>Charles Emanuel</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> made him&s;elf Ma|&s;ter of it in 1588. during the Civil Wars of <HI>France,</HI> and al&s;o &s;ubjected the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es,</HI> which was afterwards left him by a Treaty in 1600. This Town was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1691. but they lo&s;t it again the &s;ame Year. It &s;tands Two Miles from the River <HI>Po,</HI> Nine Miles S. of <HI>Turin.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Stafarde.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Stafarde,</HI> is a &s;mall Town Four Miles N. of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Battel of <HI>Stafarde.</HI></NOTE> remarkable only for the Victory which the <HI>French</HI> obtained there over the Duke of <HI>Sa|voy</HI>'s Army, <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1690. This was the fir&s;t Bat|tel that his Highne&s;s was pre&s;ent at, wherein he &s;ignalized both his great Courage and Conduct; but his Forces being raw and undi&s;ciplined, were over-matched. The Lo&s;s of the Confederates was about 800 Men Killed, and as many Wound|ed or Taken, that of the <HI>French</HI> was not above 500.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="9" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article IX.</HI> The Valleys of the <HI>Vaudois.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE <HI>Vaudois</HI> have made them&s;elves &s;o famous in this late War, by their Vigorous Sallies upon the <HI>French,</HI> that it will not be ami&s;s to &s;peak a word of their Original and Habi|tation. The Name of <HI>Vaudois</HI> was given to tho&s;e poor Men of <HI>Lyons,</HI> who were the Followers of <HI>Peter</HI> of <HI>Vaud</HI> or <HI>Valdo,</HI> a
<PB N="144" REF="75"> Rich Merchant of <HI>Lyons</HI> about 1160. who &s;eeing a Friend of his die at a Fea&s;t, began to think &s;eriou&s;ly of Eternity, and &s;tudy the Holy Scriptures. He di&s;covered the Errours of the <HI>Roman</HI> Church, and acquainted his Friends and the Poor, (who continually received the Effects of his Bounty and great Charity) with them, but had no thoughts of making him&s;elf Chief of the Sect, until the Clergy Excommunicating him, and Per&s;ecuting &s;ome of his Di&s;ciples, they retired into the Valleys of <HI>Piedmont,</HI> where they found &s;ome Ancient Chri&s;ti|ans that were al&s;o called <HI>Vaudes.</HI> Their Opinions little differ from tho&s;e of the Church of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>The Valleys of the <HI>Vaudois</HI> lye betwixt the <HI>French Pied|mont</HI> on the We&s;t and North. <HI>Piedmont Proper</HI> on the Ea&s;t, and the Marqui&s;ate of <HI>Salu&s;&s;es</HI> on the South. They are divi|ded into Five Remarkable Valleys, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>The Valley of
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Pragelas</HI> or <HI>Clu&s;on,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Perou&s;e,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. St. <HI>Martin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Angrogne,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Lucerne.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>In the Year 1688. the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> at the &s;ollicitation, and by the help of the Dragoons of the <HI>French</HI> King Per&s;ecu|ted the poor Inhabitants of tho&s;e Valleys, who having made all the defence they could to pre&s;erve their Religion and Liberties were at la&s;t taken Pri&s;oners and ca&s;t into a Jayl, where a great number of them died; the re&s;t, at the &s;ollicita|tion of the Reformed Cantons of the <HI>Switzers,</HI> being al|lowed to go where they li&s;ted, mo&s;t of them retired into the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg</HI>'s Territories, who received them with a great deal of Charity, and gave them Lands to Culti|vate. But in 1690. the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> at his Maje&s;ty of <HI>Great Brittain</HI>'s Reque&s;t recalled the&s;e <HI>Refugees</HI> to their own Coun|try, and re&s;tored them to their Priviledges.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="10" TYPE="article">
<PB N="145" REF="75">
<HEAD>Article X. French Piedmont.</HEAD>
<P>THat part of <HI>Piedmont</HI> which now belongs to the <HI>French,</HI> lyes between <HI>Piedmont Proper,</HI> and the Valleys of the <HI>Vaudois.</HI> The Places of Note here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Pignerol,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Perou&s;e,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brigueras.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Pignerol.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pignerol,</HI> Lat. <HI>Pinarolo</HI> or <HI>Pinarolium,</HI> is &s;ituated between the Mountains upon the River of <HI>Clu&s;on</HI> or <HI>Chi&s;on.</HI> This Town is very well fortified, and has a very good Cittadel Built up|on a Rock. It belonged to the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and &s;erv'd as an <HI>Appennage</HI> to the younge&s;t Sons of that Hou&s;e; but the <HI>French</HI> have been Ma&s;ters of it &s;ince the Year 1631. by a &s;e|cret Treaty held at <HI>Queiras</HI> by the cunning fetches of Cardi|nal <HI>Richelieu.</HI> The Dutche&s;s Dowager of <HI>Savoy,</HI> who was of the <HI>French</HI> Blood, put it into the <HI>French</HI> King and his Suc|ce&s;&s;ors Hands, with all its Appurtenances and Sovereignty, and the King, be&s;ides <HI>Alba</HI> and the <HI>Albe&s;an</HI> which he gave up to him, paid al&s;o a Sum of Money in pur&s;uance of the Trea|ty. This Town &s;tands 20 Miles almo&s;t S. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> and 43 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Ambrun.</HI> Long. 27 d. Lat. 44 d. 26 m. There is a Fort called St. <HI>Brigide,</HI> which has Communi|cation with the Cittadel by a covered Way, and &s;ubterraneous Pa&s;&s;ages. The Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> at the Head of the Confederate Forces, took it in the Summer in 1693. But in&s;tead of go|ing on vigorou&s;ly with the Siege of the Town and Cittadel, left it block'd up, and went to Fight <HI>Catinat</HI> the <HI>French</HI> General, who lay Encamped with 12 or 14000 Men betwixt the Mountains of <HI>Fene&s;trelles</HI> and <HI>Ro&s;&s;a,</HI> Seven or Eight Leagues North-we&s;t of <HI>Pignerol;</HI> but when they were gone &s;o far, they perceived they could not come at him; &s;o that af|ter
<PB N="146" REF="76"> much time lo&s;t they went back, and opened the Trenches before <HI>Pignerol</HI> in <HI>September. Catinat</HI> by this time having re|inforced his Army by the Detachments that were &s;ent him, from <HI>Germany</HI> and <HI>Catalonia,</HI> and coming to the Relief of <HI>Pig|nerol,</HI> the Confederates rai&s;ed the Siege, and having blown up the Fort St. <HI>Brigide,</HI> went to meet him near the Village called <HI>Orba&s;&s;an</HI> 10 Miles N. E. of <HI>Pignerol;</HI> as many N. W. of <HI>Carmagnole,</HI> and about Six S. W. of <HI>Turin,</HI> in the Plain cal|led <HI>Mar&s;eillane.</HI> The two Armies Engaged on the 4th of <HI>October</HI> 1693.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Battel of <HI>Mar&s;eil|lane.</HI></NOTE> The Battel was fought on both &s;ides with great courage and re&s;olution, but a la&s;t the left Wing of the Confederates Ar|my being over-powered by the <HI>French,</HI> who were much Superior to them in number, his Royal Highne&s;s the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> commanded a Retreat, which was execu|ted in very good order; the <HI>Germans</HI> carrying Seven or Eight Pieces of Cannon along with them, and the <HI>Spaniards</HI> Five or Six. The <HI>French</HI> got the Victory, yet was their Lo&s;s grea|ter than that of the Confederates, for their Army which be|fore the Battel con&s;i&s;ted of 36000 Men, was by their own Confe&s;&s;ion reduced to 30000. That of the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> con&s;i&s;ted of 22000, of which they found but 5500 mi&s;&s;ing, <HI>viz.</HI> 1500 of the Emperor's Troops, as many of his Maje&s;ties of <HI>Great Brittain,</HI> and Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI>'s Forces. and 2500 of the <HI>Spaniards.</HI> The mo&s;t con&s;iderable Lo&s;s of the Confederates was Duke <HI>Schomberg,</HI> who having done Wonders at the head of his Regiment, received a Mortal Wound, of which he died 13 days after.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD><HI>CHAP. III.</HI> The County of <HI>Nice.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THis County lies between the State of <HI>Genoa,</HI> and part of <HI>Piedmont</HI> on the Ea&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the Mediterranean Sea, called here <HI>Mare di Genoa,</HI> or <HI>Riviera di Ponente</HI> on the South, <HI>Provence</HI> in <HI>France</HI> on the We&s;t, and <HI>Piedmont</HI> on the North.</P>
<P>This Country is for the mo&s;t part rough and mountainous,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> yet it is &s;o well manured that they
<PB N="147" REF="76"> have little need of their Neighbours; only &s;ome Places are defective in Wheat, which they are &s;upplied with from <HI>Pied|mont</HI> and <HI>Provence.</HI> It is divided into Six parts, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P>The Vicariates of
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Nice,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Barcelonnette,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Solpello,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Puerin.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The Counties
<LIST>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Bueil,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Tende.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>To which we may add the Principality of <HI>Oneglia,</HI> incircled in the State of <HI>Genoa,</HI> which belongs to the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and that of <HI>Monaco</HI> which belongs to its own Prince.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable places in the County of <HI>Nice,</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Nice,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Villa Franca,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Monaco,</HI> Princip.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Oneglia,</HI> Princip.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tende,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Barcellonette.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Nice.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Nice,</HI> Lat. <HI>Nicia,</HI> is &s;eated upon the Shore of the Mediter|ranean Sea, at the foot of the <HI>Alps,</HI> with a capacious Haven, and one of the &s;tronge&s;t Ca&s;tles in <HI>Europe,</HI> between the River <HI>Vas</HI> and <HI>Villa Franca.</HI> It has the Title of an Earldom and Bi&s;hop's See, under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Ambrun,</HI> and was Built by tho&s;e of <HI>Mar&s;eilles,</HI> and probably took its Name from &s;ome Victory they obtained again&s;t the <HI>Ligurians.</HI> The City at pre|&s;ent is great, &s;plendid, and populous; it has a Cathedral, three Pari&s;hes, one College, and &s;everal Religious Hou&s;es. The Amphitheatre that is &s;till to be &s;een here, with the In|&s;criptions of other <HI>Roman</HI> Monuments, are abundant Te&s;ti|monies of the Antiquity of this City. It belonged to the Earls of <HI>Provence</HI> till 1635. when Queen <HI>Joan</HI> left it to <HI>Lewis</HI> II. Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> with the County belonging to it, and has ever &s;ince been Subject to that Family, till the Year 1691. when it was taken by the <HI>French.</HI> In 1543. <HI>Nice</HI> was taken by <HI>Francis</HI> of <HI>France,</HI> and by the Turks under <HI>Barbe|ro&s;&s;e,</HI>
<PB N="148" REF="77"> who appear'd before it with 200 Sail, but neither of them was able to take the Ca&s;tle. It &s;tands 68 Miles S. of <HI>Pignerol,</HI> 78 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Turin,</HI> and 72 S. E. of <HI>Ambrun.</HI> Long. 26 d. 52 m. Lat. 43 d. 18 m.</P>
<P><HI>II.</HI> Villa Franca.</P>
<P>About three Miles Ea&s;t of <HI>Nice</HI> is <HI>Villa Franca,</HI> a Town and &s;trong Ca&s;tle, now Subject to the <HI>French,</HI> who took it in 1691. It has a large Port on the Mediterranean Sea.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Monaco.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Monaco,</HI> or <HI>Mourges,</HI> is a Principality between <HI>Nice</HI> and <HI>Oneglia,</HI> compo&s;ed of three little places, <HI>viz. Monaco, Rocca|bruna,</HI> and <HI>Menton.</HI> The acce&s;s to <HI>Monaco</HI> is difficult, and the Ca&s;tle is Built on a &s;teep Rock, wa&s;hed by the Sea where the Port is. It is the <HI>Monaecium,</HI> or <HI>Herculis Monoeci Portus</HI> of the <HI>Latins.</HI> This Principality under the Protection of <HI>France</HI> be|longs to the Family of <HI>Grimaldi. Monaco</HI> &s;tands Eight Miles E. of <HI>Nice.</HI> Long. 27 d. 4 m. Lat. 43 d. 17 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Oneglia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oneglia,</HI> is a Sea-Town and Principality incircled in the State of <HI>Genoa,</HI> and belonging to the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI> This Territory con&s;i&s;ts of a very plea&s;ant Valley, extreamly fruit|ful in Olive-Trees, Wine, and all other &s;orts of Fruits. The City was Bombarded by the <HI>French</HI> in 1692. It &s;tands 42 Miles E. of <HI>Nice.</HI> Long. 27 d. 45 m. Lat. 43 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Tenda.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tenda,</HI> is a &s;mall Town with a good Ca&s;tle in the County of <HI>Nice,</HI> and the Head of a Territory of that Name. It &s;tands on the River <HI>Rodia</HI> in the <HI>Appennine,</HI> 25 Miles N. E. of <HI>Nice,</HI> and 19 S. of <HI>Coni.</HI></P>
<PB N="149" REF="77">
<P>VI. <HI>Barcelonnette.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Barcelonnette,</HI> or <HI>Barcelonne,</HI> Lat. <HI>Barcelona,</HI> and <HI>Villa Bar|celonae,</HI> is a Town and Valley formerly of <HI>Provence,</HI> but now belonging to the County of <HI>Nice.</HI> It was Built in 1231. in the time of <HI>Raimundus Berengarius,</HI> the Fifth of that Name, Count of <HI>Provence,</HI> who called it &s;o in Memory of <HI>Barcelona</HI> in <HI>Catalonia,</HI> whence his Predece&s;&s;ors came into <HI>Provence;</HI> o|thers &s;ay it was Built before, but being ruined by the Wars, was Rebuilt by <HI>Raimundus.</HI> It &s;tands 42 N. W. of <HI>Nice.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. IV. Montferrat, <HI>Lat.</HI> Monsferratus.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MOntferrat</HI> lyes betwixt <HI>Piedmont</HI> on the North and We&s;t, the State of <HI>Genoa</HI> on the South,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds. Extent.</NOTE> and <HI>Milan</HI> on the Ea&s;t. Its Extent North and South is about 65 Miles, and about 36 Ea&s;t and We&s;t.</P>
<P>This Country is Mountainous in mo&s;t Places, yet it is exceeding fruitful in all things;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and compre|hends near 200, either Boroughs, Ca&s;tles, or Towns, with the Title of Marqui&s;ate and Dukedom.</P>
<P>This Province was formerly part of <HI>Lombardy.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> It has had particular Lords &s;ince the beginning of the Tenth Century. The Emperor <HI>Charles</HI> V. gave it to the Duke of <HI>Mantua,</HI> notwith&s;tanding the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI>'s, and the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Saluces</HI>'s Claim to it, which cau&s;ed the War of <HI>Montferrat</HI> begun in 1613. after the Death of <HI>Gonzague</HI> II. Duke of <HI>Mantua.</HI> Divers Treaties, as, of <HI>Verceille</HI> in 1614. of <HI>A&s;t</HI> in 1615. of <HI>Pavia</HI> in 1617. could not end this War, which was like to inflame all <HI>Italy;</HI> but at la&s;t a Peace was happily thus concluded at <HI>Queiras</HI> in 1613. <HI>Victor Ame</HI> Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> had that part of <HI>Montferrat,</HI> on this &s;ide of the River <HI>Po,</HI> and beyond the <HI>Tever;</HI> and the re&s;t of the Province was yielded to the Duke of <HI>Mantua,</HI> who &s;old the Capital City, and Important Place of <HI>Ca&s;al</HI> to the <HI>French</HI> King in 1681.</P>
<PB N="150" REF="78">
<P><HI>Monferrat</HI> is divided into four parts, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. The Territory of <HI>Ca&s;al&mdash;Ca&s;al.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</P>
<P N="2">2. The Territory of <HI>Trino&mdash;Trino.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. The Territory of <HI>Alba&mdash;Alba.</HI> Bi&s;h.</P>
<P N="4">4. The Territory of <HI>Acqui&mdash;Acqui.</HI></P>
<P>Of the&s;e the fir&s;t is under the <HI>French,</HI> the &s;econd and third under the Duke of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and the la&s;t under the Duke of <HI>Mantua.</HI></P>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article I. <HI>French</HI> Monferrat.</HEAD>
<P>THE only place under the <HI>French</HI> in <HI>Monferrat</HI> is</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Ca&s;al.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Ca&s;al</HI> or <HI>Cazal</HI> of St. <HI>Vas</HI> Lat. <HI>Ca&s;ale</HI> or <HI>Bodincomagus,</HI> is &s;eated upon the <HI>Po</HI> between <HI>Turin</HI> and <HI>Valence,</HI> and is one of the &s;tronge&s;t Places in <HI>Italy.</HI> Pope <HI>Sixtus</HI> IV. made it a Bi|&s;hops See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Milan</HI> in 1474. at the &s;oli|citation of <HI>William Paleologue</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Montferrat,</HI> then it became Capital of the Country, and the re&s;idence of the Marqui&s;&s;es of <HI>Monferrat,</HI> who before that re&s;ided at <HI>Occimian.</HI> Its &s;ituation upon the <HI>Po</HI> is very advantagious, the Land about it very fertile in all manner of things; it is defended on one &s;ide by a good Cittadel, on the other, with a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, and is environed with Ditches, &s;trong Walls, and many Ba&s;tions and Half-Moons. The Ca&s;tle has four great Towers, and as many Half-Moons which cover the Flanks, with a large Ditch, a Counter&s;carp and a Coridor lin'd with Bricks; be&s;ides this the Lodgings are very convenient and fine. The Cittadel con&s;i&s;ts of &s;ix Ba&s;tions. The Town it &s;elf is plea&s;ant enough, and has &s;everal fine Churches. The <HI>Spaniards</HI> be|&s;ieg'd it under <HI>Goncales</HI> in the beginning of 1629. but the approach of <HI>Lewis</HI> XIII's Army made them retire in the Night. The next year they lay Siege to it under <HI>Spinola,</HI>
<PB N="151" REF="78"> but it was vigorou&s;ly defended by Mare&s;chal <HI>Toiras.</HI> The <HI>Spaniards</HI> be&s;ieged again under the Marqui&s;s of <HI>Leganez</HI> in 1640. but the Count of <HI>Harcourt</HI> drave them from before it, took their Colours, Artillery, and all their Baggage; kill'd 2000 Men, and made as many Pri&s;oners. They were more &s;ucce&s;sful during the di&s;orders of <HI>France,</HI> for they made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of this important Place in 1652. but it was afterwards rendered to the Duke of <HI>Mantua,</HI> of whom the King of <HI>France</HI> bought it in 1681. in this late War the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> block'd it up from <HI>March</HI> to <HI>October</HI> 1693. when he wanted the Troops employed at the Blockade to rein|force his Army after the Battel of <HI>Mar&s;eillane. Ca&s;al</HI> &s;tands 38 Miles E. of <HI>Turin,</HI> Long. 28 d. 17 m. Lat. 44 d. 40 m.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II. Monferrat Savoyard,</HI> or under the Duke of <HI>Savoy.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Places of <HI>Monferrat</HI> belonging to the Duke of <HI>Savoy</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Albe.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Trin.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bianza.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Salugia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Verolongo.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Albe.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Albe</HI> Lat. <HI>Alba Pompeia,</HI> is upon the River <HI>Tanare</HI> with a Bi&s;hops See Suffragan of <HI>Milan;</HI> it has often been fortified, but to little purpo&s;e by rea&s;on of the Neighbouring Hills that command it, It has under gone many Vici&s;&s;itudes in tho&s;e latter times, and runs daily to decay for want of Inha|bitants. It &s;tands 23 Miles S. E. of <HI>Turin,</HI> Long. 27 d. 52 m. Lat. 44 d. 17 m.</P>
<PB N="152" REF="79">
<P>II. <HI>Trin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Trin</HI> or <HI>Trino</HI> is a &s;mall Town nigh the River <HI>Po,</HI> 8 Miles N. W. of <HI>Ca&s;al</HI> and as many S. W. of <HI>Verceil.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article III. Monferrat</HI> belonging to the Duke of <HI>Mantua.</HI></HEAD>
<P>The Places of <HI>Monferrat</HI> belonging to the Duke of <HI>Mantua</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Acqui.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ripalta.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Occimiano.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Balzola.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Acqui.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Acqui</HI> Lat. <HI>Aquae Statellae</HI> or <HI>Statiellae,</HI> is upon the River <HI>Bormia</HI> near the <HI>Appennine</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Milan.</HI> It is famous for its hot Baths, frequented in <HI>May</HI> and <HI>September.</HI> The <HI>Romans</HI> made here fine Stairs and Tables of Free-&s;tone. This Town &s;uffered much in the late Wars of <HI>Monferrat,</HI> and is now but a mi&s;erable place 22 Miles S. E. of <HI>A&s;ti,</HI> 30 N. W. of <HI>Genoa</HI> and 27 S. of <HI>Ca&s;al</HI> Long 28 d. 22 m. Lat. 44 d. 13 m.</P>
<P>The other Places are not remarkable.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="4" TYPE="section">
<PB N="153" REF="79">
<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SECT. IV. <HI>Catalonia</HI> Lat. <HI>Catalannia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>CAtalonia</HI> is a Province of <HI>Spain</HI> with the Ti|tle of Principality;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> its thought that this Name is come from the <HI>Goths</HI> and <HI>Alains</HI> that lived there. The <HI>Pyrenees,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> <HI>Ga&s;cogne</HI> and <HI>Languedoc</HI> two Provinces of <HI>France,</HI> border it to the North; the Kingdoms of <HI>Arragon</HI> and <HI>Valence,</HI> to the We&s;t; and the Mediterranean Sea to the Ea&s;t and South.</P>
<P>Its Extent North and South is about 120 Miles and about 160 Ea&s;t and We&s;t.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE></P>
<P>The Air is here hot in Summer, yet whole&s;om, mild and agreeable in the other &s;ea&s;ons.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> The Soil is rough and Mountainous; yet fertile in Corn, Wine, Oyl, Flax, and Fruits: There are al&s;o Cork-Trees, Che&s;nut-Trees, and good Timber. There grows the Plant called <HI>E&s;corzonera</HI> of a marvellous Virtue again&s;t Venom, and for &s;ore Eyes. This Province has &s;everal Mines of Gold, Silver, Iron, Alum, Vitriol and Salt. There are al&s;o to be found in the Mountains, Amethi&s;ts, Alaba&s;ter, Azur, Cri&s;tal and Ja&s;per; and Coral upon the mo&s;t We&s;tern Coa&s;t.</P>
<PB N="154" REF="80">
<P>This Country is Rich by rea&s;on of the Trade of it's Sea-Towns.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Riches. Religion.</NOTE> The only Religion &s;uffered there is the Roman Catholick.</P>
<P>The Principal Rivers here are,</P>
<P N="1">1. <HI>Ebro</HI> Lat. <HI>Iberus,</HI> which ri&s;es in old <HI>Ca|&s;tile,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> cro&s;&s;es <HI>Old Ca&s;tile,</HI> part of <HI>Navarre, Arragon</HI> and <HI>Catalonia</HI> and here Wa&s;hes <HI>Flix, Mora, Torto|&s;a</HI> and runs into the Mediterranean Sea.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Segro,</HI> which ri&s;es in the mo&s;t Northern part of this Province, wa&s;hes <HI>Puicerda, Balaguer, Lerida</HI> and falls into the <HI>Ebro</HI> near <HI>Mequinenca.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Alagas</HI> which on the one &s;ide &s;eperates <HI>Arragon</HI> from <HI>Catalonia</HI> and falls into the <HI>Ebro</HI> a little below the meeting of that River with the <HI>Segro.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Noguera Kibagorzana,</HI> and <HI>la Noguera Pallore&s;a</HI> which fall both into the <HI>Segro.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. <HI>Lobregat</HI> which ri&s;es toward the North of this Pro|vinces and di&s;charges it &s;elf into the Sea eight Miles E. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI></P>
<P N="6">6. The <HI>Ter</HI> which ri&s;es towards the middle of this Province, wa&s;hes <HI>Girona</HI> and falls into the Sea.</P>
<P N="7">7. <HI>Tech</HI> which ri&s;es in the mo&s;t South-We&s;tern parts of the County of <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon,</HI> and there wa&s;hes <HI>Es Bola</HI> and <HI>Elna,</HI> and falls into the Sea.</P>
<P N="8">8. <HI>Tet</HI> ri&s;es in the mo&s;t We&s;tern parts of <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon,</HI> wa&s;hes <HI>Perpignan</HI> and di&s;charges it &s;elf into the Sea.</P>
<P><HI>Catalonia</HI> has the Dutchy of <HI>Cardona</HI> and the two Counties of <HI>Cerdagna</HI> and <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> The whole Province is divided into 17 <HI>Viguerys</HI> or <HI>Viguiers</HI> Juri&s;dictions, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P><TABLE>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>The Viguerys of</CELL>
<CELL>Cities of Note in the Viguerys.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">To the South,</CELL>
<CELL>1. <HI>Barcelona</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Barcelona.</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2. <HI>Villa Franca de Panades.</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Villa-Franca de Pa|nades.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3. <HI>Tarragona</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Terragona.</HI> Archbp.</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB N="155" REF="80">
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="3">To the We&s;t,</CELL>
<CELL>4. <HI>Torto&s;a</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Torto&s;a.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Flix.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5. <HI>Balaguer</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Balaguer.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>6. <HI>Lerida</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Lerida.</HI> Bi&s;h.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="7">In the Middle.</CELL>
<CELL>7. <HI>Monblancq</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Monblancq.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>8. <HI>Tarrega</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Tarrega.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>9. <HI>Agramunt</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Agramunt.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10. <HI>Cervera</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sal&s;ona.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cardona.</HI> Dutchy.</ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>11. <HI>Manre&s;a</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Manre&s;a.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mon&s;errat.</HI> Mona&s;t.</ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>12. <HI>Vich</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Vich.</HI> Bi&s;h.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>13. <HI>Campredon</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Campredon.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">To the North,</CELL>
<CELL>14. <HI>Puicerda</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Puicerda.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>La &s;eu d'&V;rgel.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15. <HI>Villa Franca de Con|flent.</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Villa Franca de Con|flent.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL ROWS="2">To the Ea&s;t.</CELL>
<CELL>16. <HI>Perpignan</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Perpignan.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Elna.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Collioure.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>17. <HI>Girone</HI></CELL>
<CELL><LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Girone.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ro&s;es.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><HI>Charles Martel</HI> King of <HI>France</HI> a&s;&s;i&s;ted the Cata|lonians again&s;t the <HI>Moors,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> who had e&s;tabli&s;hed their Empires in <HI>Spain. Lewis</HI> the <HI>Meek</HI> took <HI>Barcelona</HI> from the&s;e Infidels, and <HI>Catalonia</HI> had its particular Princes until it was united to <HI>Arragon.</HI> Some pretend that it was made a County in 873. by <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Bald,</HI> and others think <HI>Charles</HI> the <HI>Burley</HI> erected it into a County in 884. <HI>Godfrey</HI> or <HI>Wilfred</HI> the <HI>Hairy,</HI> fir&s;t Hereditary Count of <HI>Cata|lonia,</HI> is a Branch of the Princes who po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed that Country, as was &s;aid before. The <HI>Catalonians</HI> put them&s;elves under the <HI>French</HI> in 1640. <HI>Jo&s;eph Margaret</HI> a Gentleman of that Country, being a great in&s;trument of the Revolution, in &s;haking the <HI>Spani&s;h</HI> Yoke and &s;ubmitting to the <HI>French</HI> Kings,
<PB N="156" REF="81"> who kept their Viceroys and Governours there; but this Province became the Theatre and Seat of War for almo&s;t 20 years, until it was order'd by the 42 and 43 Articles of the Treati&s;e of Peace concluded between the Crowns of <HI>Spain</HI> and <HI>France</HI> in 1659. That the <HI>Pyrenean</HI> Mountains &s;hould part both the Kingdoms, by which agreement <HI>Cata|lonia</HI> and the greate&s;t part of the County of <HI>Cerdagne</HI> that are beyond the Mountains were adjudged to the <HI>Spaniards;</HI> and the County of <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon,</HI> a little of that of <HI>Cerdagne,</HI> with the whole <HI>Conflent,</HI> which are of this &s;ide, left to the <HI>French.</HI></P>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article I.</HI> De&s;cription of the Places of Note belonging to the King of <HI>Spain</HI> in <HI>Catalonia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Barcelona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>BArcelona,</HI> the Capital City of <HI>Catalonia</HI> belonging to the King of <HI>Spain,</HI> is a Sea-Port of the <HI>Mediterranean,</HI> bears the Title of a County, has a Sovereign Court and Univer&s;ity, a Court of Inqui&s;ition, and a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi|&s;hop of <HI>Taragona.</HI> It is a great rich, fair and well fortified City. There is a great Trade e&s;pecially in Cloths and Blan|kets called <HI>Ca&s;telognes.</HI> Some Authors are of opinion that it was built by <HI>Amilcar Barca</HI> a <HI>Carthaginian</HI> Captain about 300 years before the Birth of our Saviour. It is the Town <HI>Pto|lomy</HI> calls <GAP DESC="foreign">; <HI>Saint Paulinus, Barcinus; Jornandes, Bar|celona;</HI> and others, <HI>Barcina</HI> and <HI>Barcelona;</HI> and think it is the place <HI>Plinius</HI> calls <HI>Faventia.</HI> It is &s;ituated in a Plain by the Sea-&s;ide; there is the Old and New Town, parted by a Wall, and round both is a &s;trong Rampart, with Towers and &s;ome Ba&s;tions, and a very deep Ditch. At this time the King of <HI>Spain</HI> is about rai&s;ing new Fortifications to oppo&s;e the <HI>French</HI> in ca&s;e they &s;hould have in this Campaign any De&s;ign upon this City. The Cathedral is a &s;tately Building, as are mo&s;t of the other Churches; the Streets are Great and very Clean, and the Key is very convenient and &s;afe, being &s;heltered from the Winds of one &s;ide by Mount <HI>I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">i,</HI> and by another le&s;&s;er
<PB N="157" REF="81"> Hill on the other &s;ide; at the end of the Key is the Light-Hou&s;e and a little Fort. This City was under the <HI>Romans,</HI> but in the year of <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> 412. During the Reign of the Empe|ror <HI>Honorius,</HI> it was taken by <HI>Athaulphus</HI> King of the <HI>Vi&s;igoths</HI> or <HI>We&s;t-Goths,</HI> the Husband of <HI>Placidia Honorius</HI>'s Si&s;ter, and from thence forward it was the Seat of the Kings of that Na|tion, whence comes the Name of <HI>Gottalonia,</HI> and <HI>Cattalonia.</HI> In time they conquered the re&s;t of <HI>Spain,</HI> and then <HI>Toledo</HI> be|came the Royal City till it was taken by the <HI>Saracens.</HI> King <HI>Athaulphus</HI> was murthered at <HI>Barcelona</HI> in 415. in the VIIIth. Century: when the <HI>Saracens</HI> &s;etled them&s;elves in <HI>Spain,</HI> they became Ma&s;ters of <HI>Barcelona;</HI> the <HI>Spaniards</HI> endeavoured to retake it but in vain. The <HI>French</HI> took it in 801. Afterwards it was &s;ubject to the Princes of <HI>Catalonia,</HI> till this Province was annexed to <HI>Arragon.</HI> Its Governors had the Title of Counts. It &s;tands 52 Miles E. of <HI>Tarragona,</HI> 60 N. of the I&s;le <HI>Majorca;</HI> 134 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Narbonne;</HI> and 300 E. of <HI>Ma|drid.</HI> Long. 20 d. 33 m. Lat. 40 d. 34 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Villa Franca de Panades.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Villa Franca de Panades</HI> is a pretty large Town in <HI>Cata|lonia,</HI> the Head of a <HI>Viguery</HI> 24 Miles N. W. of <HI>Barcelona,</HI> and 26 N. E. of <HI>Tarragona.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Tarragona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tarragona</HI> Lat. <HI>Tarraco</HI> is a Sea-Town with an Archbi&s;hop|rick and Univer&s;ity. It was built and fortified by the <HI>Scipio</HI>'s upon the de&s;cent of a Hill near the Sea, where it has a Port fit for no other Ve&s;&s;els but Barks. The <HI>Spaniards</HI> brag that it was never taken. The <HI>Moors</HI> &s;urrounded it with Walls and it has &s;ince their time been very regularly fortified. As for its Trade and Riches they are nothing near &s;o con&s;idera|ble as formerly. The Province of <HI>Tarragona;</HI> called <HI>Tarraconen&s;is</HI> by the Ancients comprehended the Country of the <HI>Celti|berians, Va&s;cones, Co&s;erani, La&s;etani, Indigetes, Cerretani, Ca&s;tellani, Jaccetani, Hergetes, Carpentani, Edetani.</HI> Now all the Province of <HI>Tarragona</HI> contains <HI>Murcia, Valencia, Ca|talonia, Aragon, Navarra, Bi&s;cay</HI> the <HI>A&s;turies, Galicia,</HI> the Kingdom of <HI>Leon,</HI> and almo&s;t both the <HI>Ca&s;tiles.</HI> This City &s;tands 54 Miles W. of <HI>Barcelona,</HI> Long. 19 d. 26 m. Lat. 40 d. 36 m.</P>
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<P>IV. <HI>Torto&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Torto&s;a</HI> Lat. <HI>Derto&s;a,</HI> or <HI>Derto&s;&s;a</HI> or <HI>Dertu&s;e,</HI> &s;tands near the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> on the River <HI>Ebro</HI> 44 Miles W. of <HI>Tarragona</HI> and 34 of <HI>Barcelona,</HI> Long. 18 d. 27 m. Lat. 40 d. 32 m. It is a &s;mall but a &s;trong and ancient City and Ca&s;tle. The <HI>French</HI> took it in 1649. but they lo&s;t it again the next year after.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Flix.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Flix</HI> is a very &s;trong Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>Ebro</HI> 26 Miles N. of <HI>Torto&s;a,</HI> &s;ubject to the King of <HI>Spain.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Balaguer.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Balaguer</HI> or <HI>Balaguier</HI> Lat. <HI>Bellagurium,</HI> and <HI>Valaguaria,</HI> and according to &s;ome <HI>Bergu&s;ia,</HI> &s;tands at the foot of a &s;teep Hill on the River <HI>Segre,</HI> 19 Miles N. E. of <HI>Lerida,</HI> and 60 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> Long. 18 d. 52 m. Lat. 41 d. 30 m. This City was taken by the <HI>French</HI> under the Command of the Count of <HI>Harcourt,</HI> in 1645. after he had defeated the <HI>Spa|ni&s;h</HI> Army which came to relieve it.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Lerida.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lerida,</HI> or <HI>Lelida</HI> Lat. <HI>Ilerda,</HI> in the <HI>Roman</HI> Times was the Capital of that part of <HI>Spain,</HI> they called <HI>Tarraconen&s;is.</HI> It is a &s;trong place built upon a ri&s;ing ground, but declining to the River <HI>Segre,</HI> taken from the <HI>Moors</HI> in 1143. and made a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> It is fa|mous for the many Sieges it has &s;uffered, and the Battels fought under its Walls, during the Wars between <HI>Spain</HI> and <HI>France.</HI> In 1644, 46, and 47. In an Attack the <HI>French</HI> made upon it in 1646. they were beaten off and lo&s;t all their Canon. Near this place <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar</HI> gain'd the Victory over <HI>Afranius</HI> and <HI>Petreius</HI> that &s;ided with <HI>Pompey.</HI> Here is an Univer&s;ity which has been famous heretofore, and where Pope <HI>Calixt</HI> III. and St. <HI>Vincent Ferrier</HI> took their Degrees. This City lies 18 Miles S. W. of <HI>Balaguer,</HI> 60 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Tarragona,</HI> and 100 N. W. of <HI>Barcelona,</HI> Long. 18 d. 36 m. Lat. 41 d. 22 m.</P>
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<P>VIII. <HI>Monblancq.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Monblancq,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Francoli,</HI> the Head of a Territory of the &s;ame Name, 19 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Tarragona.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Tarrega.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tarrega,</HI> is another &s;mall Town, on the River <HI>Cervera,</HI> 18 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Monblancq,</HI> the Head of a Viguary.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Agramunt.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Agramunt,</HI> is a Borough 45 Miles N. of <HI>Tarragona,</HI> on the Rivulet <HI>Sio,</HI> the Head of a Viguary.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Sal&s;ona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sal&s;ona,</HI> or <HI>Sol&s;ona,</HI> is &s;eated at the foot of the Mountains, on the &s;mall River <HI>Cardoner,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> It is thinly peopled, but pretty &s;trong, and now under the <HI>French.</HI> It &s;tands 56 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Tarrago|na,</HI> and 68 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI> Long. 19 d. 52 m. Lat. 41 d. 30 m.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Cardona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cardona,</HI> is a &s;mall Town with the Title of a Dutchy, &s;i|tuated upon a River of this Name, about two Leagues from <HI>Sol&s;ona,</HI> and &s;even or eight from <HI>Montferrat.</HI> It is Renowned for giving its Name to Lords of the Hou&s;e of <HI>Folch,</HI> who rais'd them&s;elves by their proper Merit, and whereof there have been many Cardinals and other Prelates, and &s;ome who have had very Illu&s;trious Alliances with the Royal Hou&s;e of <HI>Ar|ragon,</HI> and with the greate&s;t Families of <HI>Spain.</HI> It is al&s;o fa|mous for its Salt-Mines, which yield a yearly Revenue of 30000 Pieces of Eight. The Dukedom of <HI>Cardona</HI> contains
<PB N="160" REF="83"> three or four Villages be&s;ides the Town: The Duke being one of the Riche&s;t Grandees of <HI>Spain,</HI> and po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ing be&s;ides it three Dukedoms, four Marqui&s;ates, and two Earldoms: He lives mo&s;tly at <HI>Madrid,</HI> but &s;ends hither every three years a new Governour, the King of <HI>Spain</HI> having nothing to do with this City. It is the free&s;t in <HI>Spain,</HI> and be&s;ides the Tenth of the Corn and Wine paid to the Duke, it never payeth any Tribute to him or the King. It is governed by a Council and Four Con&s;uls cho&s;en every Year by Lot; &s;o that no Man of the Council can &s;erve again till three years are expired. This Town &s;tands 52 Miles N. E. of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> Long. 20 d. Lat. 41 d. 22 m.</P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Manre&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Manre&s;a,</HI> is a &s;mall City upon the River <HI>Cardoner,</HI> once a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> It &s;tands 42 Miles N. E. of <HI>Tarragona.</HI></P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Mont&s;errat.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mont&s;errat,</HI> is a Mona&s;tery &s;ix Miles S. W. from <HI>Manre&s;a,</HI> famous for the great number of Pilgrims that come thither out of mo&s;t parts of the World.</P>
<P>XV. <HI>Vich.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Vich,</HI> or <HI>Vigue,</HI> Lat. <HI>Aula Nova, Corbio Vicus,</HI> and <HI>Aquae Vo|coniae,</HI> is a &s;mall City upon the <HI>Ter</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffra|gan of <HI>Tarragona.</HI> It &s;tands 26 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Girona,</HI> and 42 Miles N. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI></P>
<P>XVI. <HI>Campredon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Campredon,</HI> is a &s;mall incon&s;iderable Place, about 30 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Vich.</HI></P>
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<P>XVI. <HI>Puicerda.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Puicerda,</HI> or <HI>Puy-Cerda,</HI> is a &s;mall City, the Capital of the County of <HI>Cerdagne,</HI> on the River <HI>Segra</HI> in the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Hills, 48 Miles W. of <HI>Perpignan,</HI> and 92 N. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI> Long: 20 d. 22 m. Lat. 42 d. 3 m.</P>
<P>XVII. <HI>La &s;eu de Urgel.</HI></P>
<P><HI>&V;rgel,</HI> called by the Inhabitants <HI>la &s;eu de &V;rgel,</HI> Lat. <HI>Orge|lum, Orgia</HI> or <HI>Orgella,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Segra,</HI> with a Bi|&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Tarragona;</HI> it had Counts of great Power under the &s;econd Line of the Kings of <HI>Arragon.</HI> The <HI>French</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it in 1691. It &s;tands five Leagues from the Borders of <HI>France,</HI> and 96 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Bar|celona.</HI> Long. 19 d. 46 m. Lat. 42 d. 3 m.</P>
<P>XVIII. <HI>Girona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Girona,</HI> Lat. <HI>Gerunda,</HI> is a very Ancient City upon the River <HI>Ter,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Tarragona,</HI> indiffe|rently well fortified. There is one broad Street that runs the whole length of the City, with &s;everal good Suburbs. In 1684. the <HI>French</HI> under the Command of Mare&s;chal <HI>Bellefond</HI> lay Siege to it, and endeavouring to take it by Storm, were &s;hamefully beaten off with Lo&s;s of 6000 Men. <HI>Girona</HI> &s;tands 20 Miles off the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea, 50 Miles S. of <HI>Perpignan,</HI> and 58 N. E. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI> Long. 21 d. 20 m. Lat. 41 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>XIX. <HI>Ro&s;es.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ro&s;es,</HI> Lat. <HI>Rodopolis,</HI> once a City, now only a Ca&s;tle, and a &s;mall Town, with a large Harbour on the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea, very &s;trong and regularly fortified. It &s;tands 30 Miles South of <HI>Perpignan,</HI> and 90 S. W. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI> This Place was fir&s;t fortified by <HI>Charles</HI> V. before which it was only a Mona&s;tery. Tho' in the Time of the <HI>Romans</HI> it had been
<PB N="162" REF="84"> one of the mo&s;t con&s;iderable Cities in <HI>Spain,</HI> &s;uppo&s;ed to have been Built by the <HI>Rhodians,</HI> before the <HI>Romans</HI> were Ma&s;ters of this Kingdom, and from them to have taken its Name. It was taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1645. re&s;tored by the <HI>Pyrenaean</HI> Treaty to <HI>Spain,</HI> but retaken the la&s;t Year 1693. and now in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>French.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II. Catalonia</HI> belonging to the <HI>French.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THat part of <HI>Catalonia</HI> yielded to the <HI>French</HI> by the Trea|ty of the <HI>Pyrenees,</HI> is <HI>Rou&s;illon,</HI> and the Territory of <HI>Conflent.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rou&s;illon,</HI> is an Earldom in the <HI>Pyrenean</HI> Moun|tains,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> having part of the <HI>Higher Languedoc</HI> to the North, the Sea to the Ea&s;t, and <HI>Catalonia</HI> to the We&s;t and South.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE>This Country has good Pa&s;tures, and is watered by three con&s;iderable Rivers, <HI>viz. Egly, Tet, Tech.</HI></P>
<P>It was formerly united to <HI>Spain,</HI> and made part of <HI>Catalo|nia. John</HI> King of <HI>Arragon</HI> &s;old to <HI>Lewis</HI> II. of <HI>France,</HI> and King <HI>Charles</HI> VIII. gave it up to <HI>Ferdinand</HI> upon condition he would grant no Succours to tho&s;e of <HI>Naples;</HI> but he kept not his Promi&s;e, and yet detained <HI>Rou&s;illon,</HI> which was ever &s;ince &s;ubject to <HI>Spain,</HI> till <HI>Lewis</HI> XIV. has retaken it from the <HI>Spaniards,</HI> and has reunited it to <HI>France</HI> by the Peace of the <HI>Py|renees.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Conflent,</HI> Lat. <HI>Confluentes,</HI> is a &s;mall Country on the We&s;t of <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon,</HI> yielded to <HI>France</HI> by the &s;ame Treaty.</P>
<P>The Principal Places here are,</P>
<P>In <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Perpignan,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Canet,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Elna,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sal&s;es,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Colliure.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
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<P>In <HI>Conflent,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Villa Franca de Conflent.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Perpignan.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Perpignan,</HI> Lat. <HI>Perpinianum,</HI> and <HI>Paperianum,</HI> &s;tands upon the River <HI>Tet,</HI> three Leagues from the Sea, and is the See of the Bi&s;hop of <HI>Elna,</HI> under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Narbone</HI> &s;ince 1684. It is &s;aid to have been Built out of the Ruins of <HI>Rou&s;|&s;illon,</HI> that was a <HI>Roman</HI> Colony. The <HI>Arragone&s;e</HI> took this Ci|ty from the <HI>French</HI> about 1473. but they retook it in 1642. and have &s;ince that time &s;o well fortified it with a Cittadel and other Works, that it is accounted one of the &s;tronge&s;t Places in <HI>Europe.</HI> It lyes 35 Miles S. of <HI>Narbone,</HI> and 104 al|mo&s;t N. of <HI>Barcelona.</HI> Long. 21 d. 22 m. Lat. 42 d. 14 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Canet.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Canet,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the right &s;ide of the River <HI>Tet</HI> two Miles W. of the Sea, and about &s;even E. of <HI>Perpignan.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Elna.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Elna,</HI> is al&s;o a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Tech,</HI> about a League from the Mediterranean, eight Miles S. E. of <HI>Perpig|nan,</HI> formerly a Bi&s;hop's See.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Sal&s;es.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sal&s;es,</HI> or <HI>Sau&s;es,</HI> Lat. <HI>Sal&s;ulae,</HI> is a little Town with a ve|ry &s;trong Ca&s;tle Built on a Hill near a Lake of the &s;ame Name. It was fir&s;t Built by the <HI>Spaniards</HI> to Bridle the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Leu|cate,</HI> which lyes within two Miles of it, but taken by the <HI>French</HI> in 1640. and yielded to them by the Treaty of the <HI>Pyrenees,</HI> with the County of <HI>Rou&s;&s;illon.</HI> It is 12 Miles N. of <HI>Perpignan,</HI> and &s;ix W. of the Sea.</P>
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<P>V. <HI>Colliure.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Colliure,</HI> or <HI>Collioure,</HI> Lat. <HI>Camoliberis</HI> is a &s;mall Town upon the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea, with a very good Port. It &s;tands 15 Miles S. E. of <HI>Perpignan.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="section">
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<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SECT. V. Hungary.</HEAD>
<P>UNder the Name of <HI>Hungary,</HI> I comprehend here not the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary</HI> only, but al&s;o tho&s;e Provinces and States adjoining to it, which make part of <HI>European Turky,</HI> and which for the&s;e many Years have been, and are &s;till, as well as <HI>Hungary,</HI> the <HI>Thea|tre of War.</HI> And therefore the Places I de&s;ign to de&s;cribe in this Section, are the 12 following.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Hungary,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Podolia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Moldavia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Walachia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Bulgaria,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. <HI>Servia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>8. <HI>Ra&s;cia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>9. <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>10. <HI>Sclavonia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>11. <HI>Croatia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>12. <HI>Dalmatia.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="article">
<PB N="166" REF="86">
<HEAD>Article I. Hungary, <HI>Lat.</HI> Hungaria.</HEAD>
<P><HI>H&V;ngary,</HI> is an Elective Kingdom, now partly under the <HI>Turks,</HI> and partly under the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> that has made it almo&s;t Hereditary. It lyes betwixt the 39 and 47 degrees of Longitude,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Situation.</NOTE> and be|twixt the 45 and the 49 degrees of Northern La|titude.</P>
<P>This Kingdom, part of the Ancient <HI>Pannonia,</HI> is called <HI>Magiar</HI> by the <HI>Turks,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> <HI>Wiergieskas</HI> by the <HI>Sclavonians, Hungarland</HI> by the <HI>Germans, Onheriae</HI> by the <HI>Italians</HI> and <HI>Spaniards, Hongrie</HI> by the <HI>French,</HI> and <HI>Hun|gary</HI> by the <HI>Engli&s;h.</HI></P>
<P>It is bounded by <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> on the Ea&s;t, by <HI>Ru&s;&s;ia</HI> and <HI>Poland</HI> on the North,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> by <HI>Moravia, Au&s;tria</HI> and <HI>Styria</HI> on the We&s;t, and by <HI>Servia</HI> and <HI>Bo&s;nia</HI> on the South.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Form.</NOTE> It is &s;quare, and its four Corners front the four parts of the World.</P>
<P>The Air is here unhealthful chiefly to Stran|gers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Air.</NOTE> and it breeds abundance of Vermin, &s;o that it is not &s;afe to Encamp in one Place above a Month.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Waters.</NOTE> The Waters except that of the <HI>Da|nube,</HI> are not good; there are &s;ome Springs who&s;e Water is Mortal, increa&s;ing and decrea&s;ing with the Moon, and is quite dried up when the Moon is full. There are al&s;o &s;ome Springs which change Wood to Stone, and I|ron to Mud, whence is afterwards made the be&s;t Copper; hot in Winter, frozen in Summer. Others who&s;e Water is &s;ouri&s;h and &s;alt. They have al&s;o Baths and Medicinal Wa|ters. In the Country of <HI>Zolien</HI> there is al&s;o a Gulph, who&s;e Pe&s;tilential Vapours kill the very Birds that fly over it. The Soil is very fruitful, &s;o that 'tis thought <HI>Hungary</HI> could &s;upply all <HI>Europe</HI> with Corn.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Soil.</NOTE> The Pa&s;ture-grounds are wonderfully good; and there is &s;uch a plenty of Fowls,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Veni&s;on. Fowls. Fi&s;h.</NOTE> Fi&s;hes, Veni&s;on and Cattel, that Country People live commonly on wild Boars and Stags, and &s;ometimes feed their Hogs
<PB N="167" REF="86"> with Fi&s;h; a Thou&s;and Carps have been &s;old under eight Shillings,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cattel. Hor&s;es. Mines.</NOTE> and more than 80000 Oxen have been driven in one Year out of <HI>Hunga|ry</HI> to <HI>Vienna.</HI> There are al&s;o good Warlike Hor&s;es, and many Salt, Gold, Silver Copper and Tin Mines; the riche&s;t are in the Mountains betwixt <HI>Buda</HI> and <HI>Strigonia.</HI></P>
<P>The highe&s;t Mountains here are <HI>Crepach</HI> or <HI>Carpathian</HI> Mountains towards <HI>Poland</HI> and <HI>Tran|&s;ylvania.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains. Earldoms.</NOTE> There were formerly about 77 Earl|doms, which are now reduced to 50. The chief Rivers are,</P>
<P N="1">1. The <HI>Danube,</HI> or <HI>Danaw,</HI> Lat. <HI>Danubius,</HI> the greate&s;t River of <HI>Europe,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> which ri&s;es in <HI>Ger|many,</HI> at the foot of a Mountain called <HI>Abnuba</HI> in the <HI>Black Fore&s;t</HI> in <HI>Suabia.</HI> It runs through <HI>Suabia, Bava|ria, Au&s;tria,</HI> and <HI>Hungary,</HI> and here wa&s;hes <HI>Presburg, Komo|ra, Gran, Buda, Belgrade, Semendria,</HI> and &s;ome other places of le&s;s note, and &s;o goes into <HI>Walachia, Servia,</HI> and <HI>Bulgaria,</HI> and disburthens it &s;elf into the <HI>Black Sea,</HI> by &s;ix or &s;even great Streams, with &s;o much rapidity, that its Water continues fre&s;h for 20 Leagues. From the Source to the Mouth are reckoned above 700 Leagues, and all the way a very fine Country. The upper part is called <HI>Danube,</HI> and the lower <HI>I&s;ter;</HI> which latter name it is by mo&s;t Authors &s;aid to take, at its Cataracts near <HI>Axiopolis,</HI> It receives 60 other Rivers, 30 of which are Navi|gable. The chief are <HI>Inne, Iller, Leck, Ens, Morau, Vag, Drave, Save, Tibi&s;c</HI> or <HI>Tei&s;s;</HI> the four la&s;t are in <HI>Hungary.</HI> Tho' this River ri&s;e from a very &s;mall Fountain, yet there is none in <HI>Europe</HI> comparable to it, for length, breadth, and deepne&s;s; of its length we have heard; it is called broad by way of eminence above all other Rivers; for its depth, <HI>Jor|nandes</HI> writes, that it is 200 Foot deep in many places. Then as to the quality of the River, it is for the mo&s;t part coloured like Whey, and very whole&s;om both to Drink and Bathe in. It has many &s;orts of excellent Fi&s;hes, and &s;ome poy&s;onous. It is very often frozen in the Winter. The number of its Mouths, which is &s;even in all, is controverted, becau&s;e two of them are dead and mar&s;hy, but Five great Streams all a|gree on, of which two only are Navigable. This River has had many Naval Fights upon it, between the <HI>Turks</HI> and <HI>Chri&s;tians;</HI> at one time were 20 Galliots 80 &s;mall Pinnaces, and little le&s;s than 100 Ships of Burthen imployed upon it in
<PB N="168" REF="87"> a Siege of <HI>Buda.</HI> At the Siege of <HI>Belgrade, Mahomet</HI> the Great brought 200 Ships and Gallies up the Stream; the <HI>Hun|garians</HI> &s;ent a like number from <HI>Buda,</HI> which after a &s;harp En|counter, took many of the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Ships, and forc'd the re&s;t on Shore, and burn'd them. In this pre&s;ent War al&s;o, great Fleets have been fitted out on both &s;ides on the <HI>Danube,</HI> &s;ome of the Ships carrying 30 Guns.</P>
<P N="2">2. The <HI>Drave,</HI> or <HI>Drau,</HI> Lat. <HI>Dravus,</HI> has its Source in the <HI>Alps,</HI> runs through <HI>Carinthia, Stiria,</HI> and <HI>Hungary,</HI> and here falls into the <HI>Danube.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. The <HI>Save,</HI> or <HI>Saw,</HI> Lat. <HI>Sava,</HI> has its ri&s;e in <HI>Germany,</HI> in the <HI>&V;pper Carniola,</HI> near to <HI>Carinthia,</HI> and then running Ea&s;tward through both the <HI>Carniola</HI>'s, and &s;eparating <HI>Sclavo|nia</HI> from <HI>Croatia, Bo&s;nia</HI> and <HI>Servia,</HI> after a Cour&s;e of 300 Miles falls into the <HI>Danube</HI> a little above <HI>Belgrade.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. The <HI>Tei&s;s</HI> or <HI>Tibisk,</HI> of which 'tis commonly &s;aid that two parts are Water, and the third Fi&s;h.</P>
<P>The other Rivers here of le&s;s note are the <HI>Raab</HI> which forms an I&s;land of the &s;ame Name. The <HI>Mari&s;ch,</HI> the <HI>Vag,</HI> the <HI>Gran,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Lakes.</NOTE> and the <HI>Sarvithze</HI> which comes out of the Lake <HI>Balaton,</HI> be&s;ides which there are al&s;o the Lakes of <HI>Newd&s;iler</HI> and <HI>Beczkerk.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Hungarians</HI> are more inclined to War, than to Arts or Trading,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Manners.</NOTE> they are Cruel, Proud, Revengeful, and &s;o divided among them&s;elves, that it is no wonder if they be expo&s;ed to the <HI>Barbarians.</HI> They &s;peak &s;everal Languages, and chiefly <HI>Latin,</HI> which is familiar to them. They eat and drink with exce&s;s, and live very na&s;ty in their Hou&s;es; yet the Gentlemen live nobly, and are great Lovers of Hor&s;es, Hunting and Fea&s;ting. They are only &s;tately in their Gardens and Baths, and provided their Palaces be large, they care not how ill furni&s;hed they be. They hate the <HI>Germans,</HI> though the Nobles &s;eem to &s;tick to the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> to &s;ave them&s;elves from the Oppre&s;&s;ions of the <HI>Turks,</HI> who value a Pea&s;ant as much as a Gentleman.</P>
<P>The greate&s;t &s;trength of this Kingdom con&s;i&s;ts in light Hor&s;e called <HI>Hu&s;&s;ars;</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Strength.</NOTE> their Foot Souldi|ers are called <HI>Heiduques.</HI></P>
<P>The Clergy, the Barons, the Nobles, and the Royal and Free Towns,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Govern|ment.</NOTE> make Four Bodies or States. The States are to meet once in three Years, according to the Laws of the Country; and they have Right to Elect the Palatine, who by the Laws
<PB N="169" REF="87"> of the Land, is to be a <HI>Hungarian,</HI> and has the whole directi|on of the War, and Judicature. Neverthele&s;s <HI>Croatia,</HI> de|pendent of <HI>Hungary,</HI> has a Viceroy who has as much Autho|rity as the Palatine.</P>
<P>There are in <HI>Hungary</HI> two Archbi&s;hopricks, <HI>viz. Strigonia</HI> and <HI>Colonitz;</HI> and 16 Bi&s;hopricks,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Archbi&s;hop|ricks. Bi&s;hopricks.</NOTE> five under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Strigonia,</HI> eight under that of <HI>Colonitz,</HI> and three Suffragan of <HI>Spalato</HI> in <HI>Dalmatia.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Hungarians</HI> were Converted to Chri&s;tia|nity by <HI>Gi&s;le,</HI> St. <HI>Henry</HI>'s Si&s;ter,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> Married to their King <HI>Stephen,</HI> about the Year 1000. In the XVIth Century, the generality embraced the Prote&s;tant Re|ligion, &s;ome the Lutheran; and only a few Noble Families kept to the Romi&s;h, but &s;ince the late Conque&s;ts of the Em|peror of <HI>Germany,</HI> the <HI>Romi&s;h</HI> has got the upper Hand, and the Prote&s;tants there have been cruelly per&s;ecuted. There is al&s;o a mixture of <HI>Jews, Mahometans, Anabapti&s;ts, Arrians,</HI> and <HI>&V;|nitarians</HI> or <HI>Socinians.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Julius Cae&s;ar</HI> was the fir&s;t <HI>Roman</HI> that attack'd <HI>Hungary,</HI> and <HI>Tiberius</HI> &s;ubdued it.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> The <HI>Goths</HI> af|terwards took it, and this Kingdom became a prey to the <HI>Huns</HI> and <HI>Lombards,</HI> who were turned out of it by the <HI>Hongres,</HI> a People of <HI>Scythia,</HI> who lived mo&s;tly on Blood; tho&s;e that &s;peak of <HI>Hungary,</HI> reckon <HI>Balamer</HI> or <HI>Ba|lamber</HI> among&s;t its Kings. They reckon al&s;o <HI>Aptar,</HI> and the two Brothers <HI>Bleda</HI> killed in 444, and <HI>Attila</HI> named the <HI>Plague of God,</HI> who died in 453. having left many Ve&s;tiges of his Expeditions in the other parts of the World, with his <HI>Huns</HI> (who were <HI>Scythians</HI> mixt with <HI>Turks, Tartars, Ava|res</HI> and <HI>Alans</HI>) as <HI>Huningen, Hunald&s;tein,</HI> and many other places of <HI>Germany,</HI> beginning with the word <HI>Hun. Attila</HI>'s Children by their Divi&s;ions lo&s;t their Father's Conque&s;ts. A|bout 744. the <HI>Huns</HI> made another Incur&s;ion into <HI>Pannonia,</HI> now <HI>Hungary,</HI> under one <HI>Alme,</HI> who had <HI>Arphad</HI> for Succe&s;&s;or. The&s;e gave the Name to <HI>Hungary. Zultan</HI> de&s;cended from <HI>Arphad,</HI> is &s;aid to have been <HI>Toxis</HI>'s Father, who begot <HI>Geiza,</HI> Father to St. <HI>Stephen,</HI> Crowned in 1000. or 1020. by whom begins the Chronological Succe&s;&s;ion of the Kings of <HI>Hungary.</HI> Since that, they were peaceably govern'd by their own Kings, until <HI>Lewis</HI> the Great's Death, who&s;e Daughter and Heire&s;s Married <HI>Sigi&s;mund</HI> of <HI>Luxemburg</HI> Emperor of <HI>Germany;</HI> but his Government being not liked, they called in <HI>Charles Duras</HI>
<PB N="170" REF="88"> King of <HI>Naples,</HI> and <HI>Stephen Vayvode</HI> of <HI>Tran&s;ylvania,</HI> combi|ned with <HI>Bajazet</HI> I. Emperor of the <HI>Turks.</HI> Thus <HI>Hungary</HI>'s Misfortunes began, and &s;ince 1394. it has almo&s;t all along been the Seat of War, and became a prey to the <HI>Turks</HI> chief|ly under <HI>Amurath</HI> and <HI>Soliman.</HI> But in this pre&s;ent War the Emperor of <HI>Germany</HI> has retaken mo&s;t of tho&s;e places the <HI>Turks</HI> did po&s;&s;e&s;s in <HI>Hungary.</HI> This Elective Kingdom is al|mo&s;t made Hereditary, &s;ince the Death of <HI>Lewis</HI> the <HI>Young</HI> killed at the Battel of <HI>Mohach</HI>'s in 1526. at which time the <HI>Turks</HI> rifled <HI>Buda,</HI> and burn'd the Library of <HI>Matthias. John de Zapol,</HI> Earl of <HI>Scepus,</HI> was &s;aluted King by part of the <HI>Hun|garians,</HI> and <HI>Ferdinand</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> by the other part, but the la&s;t carried it. Since that time the Emperor of <HI>Germany</HI> takes the Title of King of <HI>Hungary.</HI></P>
<P>In the Year 1687. <HI>Jo&s;eph</HI> the Emperor's Son, was Crown|ed King of <HI>Hungary;</HI> and in ca&s;e the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> &s;hould fail, the Branch of <HI>Spain</HI> is to &s;ucceed to the Crown.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ceremonies of Coronati|on in <HI>Hun|gary.</HI></NOTE> The mo&s;t remarkable things at the Co|ronation, were that Ten <HI>Hungarian</HI> Lords went before him, each carrying a Standard repre&s;en|ting the Ten Provinces which depend on that Crown. The Arch-Duke made an open Profe&s;|&s;ion of the Chri&s;tian Faith, then was covered with St. <HI>Ste|phen</HI>'s Royal Cloak, and had the Crown put on his Head, he taking an Oath to pre&s;erve the Priviledges of the Kingdom. Mounting his Hor&s;e afterwards, he rode full Career to ano|ther Theatre, where, taking his Cimiter in his Hand, he made four Cro&s;&s;es therewith, toward the four Corners of the World, to &s;ignifie that he would defend the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary</HI> again&s;t all its Enemies.</P>
<P><TABLE>
<HEAD>Chronological Succe&s;&s;ion of the Forty Nine Kings of <HI>Hungary.</HI></HEAD>
<ROW>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL><HI>Begun in</HI></CELL>
<CELL><HI>Reigned Y.</HI></CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>1. St. <HI>Stephen</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1000 or 1020</CELL>
<CELL>died in 1031.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>2. <HI>Peter</HI> the <HI>German</HI> Depo&s;ed</CELL>
<CELL>1038</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>3. <HI>Ovon</HI> or <HI>Aban</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1042</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>4. <HI>Peter</HI> the <HI>German</HI> Re&s;tored</CELL>
<CELL>1044</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>5. <HI>Andrew</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1046</CELL>
<CELL>15</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB N="171" REF="88">
<ROW>
<CELL>6. <HI>Bela</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1061</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>7. <HI>Solomon</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1063</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>8. <HI>Geiza</HI> or <HI>Geycza</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1074</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>9. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1077</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>10. <HI>Coloman</HI> or <HI>Colan</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1095</CELL>
<CELL>19</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>11. <HI>Stephen</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1114</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>12. <HI>Bela</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1132</CELL>
<CELL>9</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>13. <HI>Geiza</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1141</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>14. <HI>Stephen</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1161</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>15. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> an U&s;urper</CELL>
<CELL>1172</CELL>
<CELL>00 6 M.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>16. <HI>Stephen</HI> IV.</CELL>
<CELL>1172</CELL>
<CELL>00 5 M.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>17. <HI>Bela</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1173</CELL>
<CELL>23</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>18. <HI>Emeryck</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1195</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>19. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1204</CELL>
<CELL>00 6 M.</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>20. <HI>Andrew</HI> II. the <HI>Hiero-Solimitan</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1205</CELL>
<CELL>30</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>21. <HI>Bela</HI> IV.</CELL>
<CELL>1235</CELL>
<CELL>25</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>22. <HI>Stephen</HI> V.</CELL>
<CELL>1260</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>23. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1272</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>24. <HI>Andrew</HI> III. the <HI>Venetian</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1290</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL><HI>Charles</HI> I. <HI>Martel.</HI></CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>25. <HI>Vene&s;laus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1301</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>26. <HI>Otho</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1305</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>27. <HI>Charles</HI> II. <HI>Robert</HI> or <HI>Charobert</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1310</CELL>
<CELL>32</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>28. <HI>Lewis</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1342</CELL>
<CELL>40</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>29. <HI>Mary</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1382</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>30. <HI>Charles</HI> III. the <HI>Small</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1383</CELL>
<CELL>3</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>31. <HI>Sigi&s;mund</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1387</CELL>
<CELL>51</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>32. <HI>Albertus</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1438</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>33. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> IV.</CELL>
<CELL>1440</CELL>
<CELL>4</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>34. <HI>John Corvinus Huniades</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1445</CELL>
<CELL>8</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>35. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> V.</CELL>
<CELL>1452</CELL>
<CELL>6</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>36. <HI>Matthias Corvinus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1458</CELL>
<CELL>2</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>37. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> VI.</CELL>
<CELL>1460</CELL>
<CELL>25</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>38. <HI>Lewis</HI> II. the <HI>Young</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1486</CELL>
<CELL>11</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>Interruption.</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>39. <HI>John</HI> of <HI>Zapol</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1526</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>40. <HI>John Stephen</HI> or <HI>Sigi&s;mund</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1540</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>41. <HI>Ferdinand</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1527</CELL>
<CELL>37</CELL>
</ROW>
<PB N="172" REF="89">
<ROW>
<CELL>42. <HI>Maximilian</HI> I.</CELL>
<CELL>1564</CELL>
<CELL>12</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>43. <HI>Rodolphus</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1576</CELL>
<CELL>36</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>44. <HI>Matthias</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1612</CELL>
<CELL>7</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>45. <HI>Ferdinand</HI> II.</CELL>
<CELL>1619</CELL>
<CELL>18</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>46. <HI>Ferdinand</HI> III.</CELL>
<CELL>1637</CELL>
<CELL>20</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>47. <HI>Ferdinand Francis,</HI> Elected in</CELL>
<CELL>1657</CELL>
<CELL>00</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>48. <HI>Leopold-Ignatius</HI></CELL>
<CELL>1657</CELL>
<CELL>now Reigns</CELL>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<CELL>49. <HI>Jo&s;eph</HI> his Son elected in</CELL>
<CELL>1687</CELL>
<CELL>&nbsp;</CELL>
</ROW>
</TABLE></P>
<P><HI>Hungary</HI> is generally divided into two, <HI>viz. &V;pper</HI> and <HI>Lower Hungary.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> The fir&s;t is beyond the <HI>Danube</HI> towards <HI>Poland</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;ylvania,</HI> and the other this &s;ide the <HI>Danube.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Upper Hungary.</HI></P>
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Presburg,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Newhau&s;el,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nitracht,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tyrnaw,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia,</HI> or <HI>Ca&s;chaw,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Agria,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Colocza,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zolnock,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Waradin,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Segedin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Teme&s;war,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Giula,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Montgatz,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zatmar,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>&V;ngwar,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Novigrad,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pe&s;t,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>E&s;perie,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Scaros</HI> or <HI>Saros,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tokay,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bodrogh,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chonad,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jeno,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kallo,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zemlin.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>II. <HI>Lower Hungary.</HI></P>
<P>The Places of Note here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Buda,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Strigonia,</HI> or <HI>Gran,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Alba Regalis,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Komorrea,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Javarin,</HI> or <HI>Raab,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ve&s;prin,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kani&s;a,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zygeth,</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM><HI>Ginq-Egli&s;es,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mohach,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>A&s;tenburg,</HI> or <HI>Owar,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Baboi&s;ca,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bata&s;eck,</HI> or <HI>Bachia,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Darda,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Palota.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>De&s;cription of the Remarkable Places in <HI>Upper Hun|gary.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Presburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>PResburg,</HI> called by tho&s;e of that Country <HI>Po&s;on,</HI> Lat. <HI>Po&s;o|nium,</HI> or <HI>Pi&s;onium</HI> and <HI>Flexum,</HI> is &s;eated upon the left &s;ide of the <HI>Danube.</HI> It is the Capital of <HI>&V;pper Hungary,</HI> and gives its Name to a Province, which lyes between <HI>Moravia</HI> and <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> and the <HI>Danube.</HI> This was the Place of Conventi|on for the E&s;tates, &s;ince the lo&s;s of <HI>Strigonium,</HI> the Metropo|litan. This City is plea&s;ant, the Ca&s;tle &s;tately, beautiful and well &s;ituate on the top of a Hill, and all built of white Stone. Herein is kept the &s;o highly e&s;teem'd Crown of <HI>Hungary,</HI> commonly &s;aid to have been brought by an Angel from Hea|ven to St. <HI>Stephen,</HI> their King, and of a different Figure from other Crowns. The Garden of the Archbi&s;hop is very fine, the Walks, the <HI>Grotto</HI>'s, the Figure of <HI>Jeronymo,</HI> the La|byrinth, Fi&s;h-Ponds and Fountains are Noble, and worth taking notice of. In the Dome or Cathedral Church lyeth the Body of St. <HI>Joannes Eleemo&s;ynarius,</HI> Bi&s;hop of <HI>Alexandria.</HI> The Je&s;uits have a part of the &s;ame Church, and a Noble Apothe|caries Shop full of Rarities. The <HI>Lutherans</HI> have al&s;o a Noble Church here. <HI>Presburg</HI> &s;tands by the Borders of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> 34 Miles N. W. of <HI>Raab,</HI> 46 E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> and 95 almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 38 d. 14 m. Lat. 48 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Newhau&s;el.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Newhau&s;el,</HI> Lat. <HI>Neofolium,</HI> called <HI>Owar</HI> by the <HI>Hungarians,</HI> &s;tands upon the little River <HI>Neutra</HI> or <HI>Nitrach;</HI> it is little but &s;trong, and Capital of a large Country. It is Built in a Moor|i&s;h Plain, which is hard at the bottom, &s;o that it is pa&s;&s;able
<PB N="174" REF="90"> every where; Its Fortifications are in form of a Star, with &s;ix Rays, having at each point a high rai&s;ed Ba&s;tion. The place is &s;urrounded with a Ditch full of Water, of a Rod and a half deep, and eighteen in breadth. It has only two Gates, and before each of them there is a Half-moon, without any other Outworks but a covered Way. The Turks made them|&s;elves Ma&s;ters of this Place in 1663. And on the ninth of <HI>Ju|ly</HI> 1685. Prince <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> with the general Officers of his Army having reviewed it, re&s;olved to attack it. On the 16th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> he defeated the <HI>Sera&s;quier</HI> that marched to relieve it, took twenty pieces of Cannon, &s;ome Mortars with Bombs, and four Standards; three days after, the Town was carried by A&s;&s;ault after a Siege of 40 days and all the Garri|&s;on put to the Sword. There were 100 Bra&s;s Cannons found in it, with Plate and other Booty, to above the value of two Millions. This Town lies 36 Miles E. of <HI>Presburg</HI> 12 N. of <HI>Komora,</HI> and 64 N. W. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 39 d. 10 m. Lat. 48 d. 23 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Tyrnaw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tyrnaw,</HI> or <HI>Dyrn,</HI> or <HI>Tyrn,</HI> is upon a River of the &s;ame name in the County of <HI>Tran&s;chin:</HI> The <HI>Archbi&s;hops</HI> of <HI>Strigo|nium</HI> u&s;ed to make here their Re&s;idence when <HI>Strigonium</HI> was in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>Turks.</HI> In 1414. twelve <HI>Jews</HI> and two Women exerci&s;ed in this Town an unheard of Cruelty upon a Chri&s;tian Child; for having entic'd him into their Hou&s;e, they opened his Veins, and receiving the Blood, drank &s;ome and laid the re&s;t up for &s;ome other u&s;es; then cut the Body in pieces, and buried it in a Cellar. Yet <HI>Notwith&s;tand|ing</HI> this precaution they were di&s;covered, apprehended and condemned to be burn'd alive. When they were put to the Torture, they were ask'd what put them upon &s;uch a horri|ble Cruelty. They an&s;wered, it was becau&s;e they were taught by their Ance&s;tors, that the Blood of a Chri&s;tian was a powerful Remedy to &s;top the Blood in <HI>Circumci&s;ion;</HI> Second|ly, becau&s;e it was a Philtre which created Love in tho&s;e that eat Meat &s;teep'd in it, Thirdly, That it did &s;top the over|flowing of the Months and the Hemorrhoids; Fourthly, That it was to ob&s;erve their ancient Cu&s;tom of offering the Blood of a Chri&s;tian to God yearly, adding that the Inhabi|tants of that City, were enjoyned to perform their Sacrifice
<PB N="175" REF="90"> about that time. This Town &s;tands 28 Miles North Ea&s;t of <HI>Presburg,</HI> and 72 almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Newhau&s;el,</HI> Long. 38 d. 44 m. Lat. 48 d. 44 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia</HI> or <HI>Ca&s;ehaw,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia</HI> is &s;eated upon the little River <HI>Tareza</HI> which empties it &s;elf into the <HI>Teys.</HI> It is the Capital of the County of <HI>Abamwivar,</HI> and is very well forti|fied; and tho' one at the Royal Free-Towns, owns the Em|peror as King of <HI>Hungary,</HI> to whom it was &s;ubjected in 1685. It has the be&s;t Ar&s;enal in <HI>Hungary,</HI> and &s;tands 86 Miles N. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 41 d. 50 m. Lat. 48 d. 40 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Agria.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Agria,</HI> by the <HI>Germans</HI> called <HI>Eger,</HI> by the <HI>Hungarians, Eclaw,</HI> is &s;eated upon a River of the &s;ame name, which about three Leagues farther falls into the <HI>Tibi&s;c,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of <HI>Strigonia.</HI> This City is &s;mall, but &s;o well forti|fied that it is accounted one of the &s;tronge&s;t Holds of <HI>Hungary.</HI> It was be&s;ieged by <HI>Soliman</HI> in 1552. without effect. This Siege is &s;o memorable that 'twill not be ami&s;s to relate &s;ome particulars of it. When <HI>Soliman</HI> came before this Place with 70000 Men, it was neither &s;trong by Nature or Art, but the Courage of the Garri&s;on &s;upplied that defect. There were in it 2000 <HI>Hungarians</HI> and 60 of the chief Nobility, with all their Wives, Children and Moveables. They bound them|&s;elves by Oath to hold to the la&s;t extremity, and put all their Provi&s;ions into publick Magazines, when the <HI>Turks</HI> &s;ummon'd them, they &s;hewed them a Coffin from the Battlements, &s;ig|nifying that they would rather dye than &s;urrender. The Town was battered 40 days with 50 Pieces of Cannon, and the <HI>Turks</HI> making three A&s;&s;aults in one Day, were repul&s;ed with the lo&s;s of 8000 Men. The in&s;tances of the Courage of <HI>Women</HI> during this Siege, are almo&s;t incredible. The <HI>Turks</HI> being &s;o terrified with &s;uch Prodigies of undauntedne&s;s in both Sexes rai&s;ed the Siege, and the Garri&s;on Sallying out, kill'd a great number of them, and took all their Baggage. In 1596. <HI>Mahomet</HI> III. made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of this Place, after having defeated the Forces &s;ent to relieve it; and the Infi|dels,
<PB N="176" REF="91"> contrary to the Capitulation, Murthered the Garri&s;on. From that time <HI>Agria</HI> continued in the Hands of the <HI>Turks,</HI> till it was retaken by the Imperiali&s;ts in 1687. after a Block|ade of three years; during which there died of Hunger and Di&s;ea&s;es above 10000 <HI>Turks.</HI> When the Garri&s;on was forced to Capitulate, The Governour fearing le&s;t the Imperiali&s;ts &s;hould retaliate, what had been done in 1596, would not &s;urrender till the Emperor &s;ign'd the Articles. Four thou|&s;and Inhabitants went out with the Garri&s;on, 300 &s;taid and demanded Bapti&s;m, and abundance of Chri&s;tian Slaves were relea&s;ed. They left 150 Canons, &s;even Mortars, and &s;ome Provi&s;ions behind them. This City &s;tands 38 Miles N. E. of <HI>Buda</HI> and 50 S. W. of <HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia,</HI> Long. 41 d. 5 m. Lat. 48 d. 2 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Coloz&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Coloz&s;a,</HI> is a declining City on the <HI>Danube,</HI> the head of the County of <HI>Bath,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hoprick taken from the <HI>Turk</HI> by the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts</HI> in 1686. It &s;tands 54 Miles S. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> and 44 S. W. of <HI>Zolnock.</HI> Long. 40 d. 50 m. Lat. 46 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Zolnock.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zolnock</HI> Lat. <HI>Zolnochium</HI> is a con&s;iderable City of Upper <HI>Hungary,</HI> &s;ituate upon the <HI>Tibi&s;c</HI> or <HI>Teys,</HI> and Capital of a County that bears its own Name. It was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1552. and retaken by the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts</HI> in 1685. It &s;tands 44 Miles N. E. of <HI>Colocza,</HI> between <HI>Buda</HI> and <HI>Great Wara|din,</HI> 56 Miles of each, Long. 41 d. 43 m. Lat. 47 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Waradin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Waradin</HI> or <HI>Great Waradin,</HI> or <HI>Wardin,</HI> is &s;ituate upon the River <HI>Kerez,</HI> in the borders of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> to which Princi|pality of latter times it belong'd. It is a Bi&s;hops See, under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Coloz&s;a,</HI> defended by a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, that &s;tands on the Ea&s;t, and good Ramparts, with 5 royal Ba&s;tions,
<PB N="177" REF="91"> and a good regular Ditch, which may be fill'd upon occa&s;ion, with the River-Water. Within, there is another inclo&s;ure of five Ba&s;tions, and an high Wall, which may &s;erve in&s;tead of a Cittadel. This City was taken by the <HI>Crim-Tartars</HI> in 1642. who left it &s;oon after. In 1290. <HI>Ladi&s;laus</HI> King of <HI>Hungary</HI> built here the Cathedral Church. In 1660. it was taken by the <HI>Turks,</HI> and recovered by the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts</HI> in 1692. after a memorable Siege and Blockade. <HI>Waradin</HI> &s;tands 75 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Teme&s;war,</HI> 90 Nigh W. of <HI>Wei&s;&s;enburg,</HI> 114 N. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and as many E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 42 d. 55. m. Lat. 47 d. 15 m.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Segedin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Segedin</HI> or <HI>Seged</HI> Lat. <HI>Segodunum,</HI> is the Capital of the Coun|try of <HI>Bodroch,</HI> on the River <HI>Teys</HI> or <HI>Tibi&s;c,</HI> near the Mouth of the River <HI>Meri&s;h,</HI> 55 Miles E. of <HI>Colocza,</HI> 64 S. W. of <HI>Wa|radin,</HI> and 104 S. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 42 d. Lat. 46 d. 26 m. It was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1552. and retaken by the Impe|riali&s;ts in 1686. without much re&s;i&s;tance, after the taking of <HI>Buda.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Teme&s;war.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Teme&s;war</HI> is a large and very &s;trong City upon the River <HI>Temes,</HI> whence it has its Name, towards the borders of <HI>Tran|&s;ilvania.</HI> The Turks took it in 1552. and have fortified it &s;ince to that degree, that they now e&s;teem it impregnable. Its in|deed the &s;tronge&s;t place they have. It is the Seat of a <HI>Ba&s;&s;a,</HI> and the Capital o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> a <HI>Beglerbegtick</HI> or Government &s;omething like a County, bounded on the North by <HI>Chaunad</HI> and <HI>Tran|&s;ylvania;</HI> on the We&s;t by the <HI>Tibi&s;c;</HI> on the South, by the <HI>Danube;</HI> and on the Ea&s;t by <HI>Moldavia.</HI> This City &s;tands 54 Miles N. E. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> 75 S. of <HI>Great Waradin</HI> and 160 S. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 43 d. 24 m. Lat. 46 d. 6 m.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Giulia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Giulia</HI> or <HI>Gula</HI> Lat. <HI>Julia</HI> is a &s;mall but fortified City &s;eated on the Lake <HI>Zarkad</HI> by the River <HI>Feketekerez,</HI> and upon the
<PB N="178" REF="92"> Frontiers of <HI>Tran&s;ylvania.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1566. and by them afterwards Mortgaged to the Prince of <HI>Tran&s;ylva|nia;</HI> from whom they have taken it of late. It &s;tands 28 Miles S. of <HI>Great Waradin,</HI> and 52 N. W. of <HI>Teme&s;war.</HI></P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Montgatz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Montgatz</HI> or, <HI>Munkatz</HI> is a Fortre&s;s in the Earldom of <HI>Pe|reczas,</HI> &s;ituated on a &s;teep Rock with a Borough at the Foot of it, well &s;hut up and &s;urrounded with a Ditch full of Water. A great Mar&s;h is about this Place, &s;o that it &s;eems Nature has made it impregnable. The Fortre&s;s contains three Ca&s;tles, the fir&s;t and highe&s;t commanding the &s;econd, and the &s;econd above the third; all three &s;urrounded with a Ditch wrought in the Rock, and the pa&s;&s;ages from one to another is over three Bridges. The Prince&s;s <HI>Ragotski,</HI> Count <HI>Tekely</HI>'s Wife, defended this place again&s;t a powerful Army, which was for|ced to rai&s;e the Siege, but after a Blockade of many years, being not able to pay her Troops, &s;he Capitulated in 1688. and &s;urrendred the Town to the Emperor, and was conduct|ed to <HI>Vienna</HI> with her Children, where &s;he was to live quietly without corre&s;ponding with her Husband. <HI>Montgatz</HI> &s;tands 126 Miles nigh E. of <HI>Buda</HI> Long. 43 d. 8 m. Lat. 48 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Zatmar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zatmar</HI> is a little but well Fortified Town in the Moun|tains of <HI>&V;pper-Hungary</HI> upon the Frontiers of <HI>Tran&s;ylvania.</HI> It is Capital of a Country, lately erected into a County, and belongs to the Emperor. <HI>Teckely</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it in 1680. but the Emperor has regained it &s;ince. This Town &s;tands incircled with the River <HI>Samo&s;ch</HI> 25 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Montgatz.</HI></P>
<P>XV. <HI>Ungwar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>&V;ngwar</HI> or <HI>&V;nghuar</HI> lies at the foot of Mount <HI>Crapach,</HI> in|circled with the River <HI>&V;ngh</HI> upon the Frontiers of <HI>Red-Ru&s;&s;ia.</HI> It is the Capital of a County of the &s;ame name, more con&s;i|derable
<PB N="179" REF="92"> for its &s;ituation and &s;trength than for any other ad|vantage. The <HI>Hungarian</HI> Hi&s;torians pretend that this Town or River gave its Name to their Kingdom. Count <HI>Teckely</HI> was ma&s;ter of this place, and kept there his trea&s;ures, with the be&s;t things he had, becau&s;e he thought it impregnable by its &s;ituation; but in 1685. the Imperiali&s;ts made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it. This Town &s;tands 42 Miles N. W. of <HI>Zat|mar.</HI></P>
<P>XVI. <HI>Novigrad.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Novigrad</HI> is a &s;mall but very &s;trong Town in the County of the &s;ame name. It is defended by a Ca&s;tle built upon a Rock, and encompa&s;&s;ed with a Ditch four and thirty foot deep, cut in the &s;ame Rock, which makes it almo&s;t Impreg|nable. In 1594. the <HI>Germans</HI> took it from the Turks, who re-took it in 1663. but it is now again under the Emperor. It &s;tands 16 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Gran,</HI> and 22 N. of <HI>Buda.</HI></P>
<P>XVII.. <HI>Pe&s;t.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pe&s;t</HI> Lat. <HI>Pe&s;tum</HI> is a great and fine Town &s;ituate upon the <HI>Danube,</HI> over again&s;t <HI>Buda,</HI> from whence it yields a delightful pro&s;pect by rea&s;on of its Walls, Towers and Mo&s;ques. There is a fine Bridge of Boats of half a Mile long betwixt them. It has often been taken both by the Turks and Chri&s;tians, and is now under the Emperor of <HI>Germany,</HI> &s;ince 1686.</P>
<P>XVIII. <HI>E&s;perie.</HI></P>
<P><HI>E&s;perie</HI> is a &s;trong Town on the River <HI>Tarkzal;</HI> It is the Capital of the County of <HI>Saros,</HI> and is famous for its Fairs and Salt Mines. It is &s;ubject to the Emperor, and &s;tands 14 Miles off the borders of <HI>Poland,</HI> and 15 N. of <HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia,</HI> Long. 41 d. 57 m. Lat. 48 d. 54 m.</P>
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<P>XIX. <HI>Saros</HI> or <HI>Scaros.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Saros,</HI> is a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, in a County of the &s;ame name, &s;ubject to the Emperor. It &s;tands upon a Hill two or three Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>E&s;perie.</HI></P>
<P>XX. <HI>Tokay.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tokay</HI> is a very &s;trong Town and Cittadel, &s;eated in an I&s;land made by the River <HI>Teys</HI> and <HI>Bodroch.</HI> It is the Capi|tal of the County of <HI>Semlin.</HI> Count <HI>Teckely</HI> made him&s;elf Ma|&s;ter of it in 1683. but the Emperors Forces retook it in 1685. It &s;tands 66 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Great Waradin,</HI> and 74 E. of <HI>Buda.</HI></P>
<P>XXI. <HI>Brodrogh.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bodrogh</HI> or <HI>Bodroch</HI> is &s;eated on the <HI>Danube,</HI> and was for|merly the Capital of a County of the &s;ame name. It is in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Imperiali&s;ts &s;ince the Conque&s;t of <HI>Buda</HI> and <HI>Segedin,</HI> in 1686. and &s;tands 90 Miles S. E. of the former, and 30 W. of the latter.</P>
<P>XXII. <HI>Chonad.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chonad</HI> Lat. <HI>Canadis</HI> is &s;ituated on the River <HI>Mericz,</HI> not far from the Place where it empties it &s;elf into the <HI>Teys,</HI> upon the Frontiers of <HI>Tran&s;ylvania.</HI> It is a Capital of a County of the &s;ame name &s;ubject heretofore to the Grand Signior, but in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Imperiali&s;ts &s;ince 1685. It is a Bi&s;hops See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Colocza,</HI> and &s;tands 15 Miles E. of <HI>Segedin.</HI></P>
<P>XXIII. <HI>Jeno.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Jeno</HI> or <HI>Geno,</HI> is a &s;trong Ca&s;tle in the County of <HI>Waradin</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI> It &s;tands on the River <HI>Feketekerez</HI> 17 Miles S. of <HI>Great Waradin.</HI></P>
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<P>XXIV. <HI>Kallo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Kallo</HI> is a Town of <HI>&V;pper-Hungary</HI> &s;eated in a kind of a Lake, on the River <HI>Kello.</HI> It is &s;ubject to the Emperor, and &s;tands 24 Miles S. E. of <HI>Tokay,</HI> and 48 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Great Waradin.</HI></P>
<P>XXV. <HI>Zemlin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zemlin</HI> is the Capital of a County of the &s;ame name, &s;eated on the River <HI>Bodrach</HI> among &s;everal Branches, 24 Miles N. E. of <HI>Tokay</HI> and 32 W. of <HI>Mongatz.</HI> It is &s;ubject to the Empe|ror.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>De&s;cription of the Remarkable Places in <HI>Lower-Hungary.</HI></HEAD>
<P>I. <HI>Buda.</HI></P>
<P><HI>B&V;DA</HI> or <HI>Offen</HI> is the Capital City of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and for|merly the ordinary re&s;idence of its Kings, becau&s;e of its plea&s;ant &s;ituation. <HI>Sigi&s;mund,</HI> King of <HI>Hungary,</HI> who was Crowned in 1387. and was afterwards Emperor, beautified it with &s;everal &s;umptuous Palaces, and cau&s;ed the Ca&s;tle to be built, where afterwards his Succe&s;&s;ors kept their Court. This City pa&s;&s;ed for one of the Beautifulle&s;t of the King|dom, before the <HI>Turks</HI> had it; but whil&s;t it was in their po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, they &s;uffered the fine&s;t Buildings to fall to ruin. It is built on the right &s;ide of the <HI>Danube,</HI> upon a Mountain which makes its &s;ituation very advantagious. <HI>Pe&s;t</HI> is on the other &s;ide, a little below it, and there is commonly a Bridge of 60 Boats, which &s;erves for a Communication from the one to the other. The lower City, called <HI>Wa&s;&s;er&s;tadt,</HI> or Town of the <HI>Jews,</HI> which is like a &s;uburb, reacheth from the Up|per City to the <HI>Danube,</HI> on the &s;ame &s;ide. The Upper City takes up all the Declivity of the Mountain, and is Fortified with good Walls, which have Towers at certain di&s;tances af|ter
<PB N="182" REF="94"> the ancient manner. The Ca&s;tle is at the extremity of the City Ea&s;tward, upon a Hill which commands the greate&s;t part of it. It is &s;urrounded with a very deep Ditch, and defended with old fa&s;hioned Towers, and &s;ome modern For|tifications which take up all the Hill from the Wall of the Upper City to the <HI>Danube.</HI> This City was taken by <HI>Soliman.</HI> In 1526. <HI>Ferdinand</HI> the Arch-Duke of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> retook it the next year after. In 1529. <HI>Soliman</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it again, after the Garri&s;on had &s;tood eleven A&s;&s;aults, and re&s;tored it to the <HI>Vayvode</HI> of <HI>Tran&s;ylvania,</HI> who had lo&s;t it before. <HI>Ferdinand</HI> in 1540, and 1541. Attack d it again, when <HI>Soliman</HI> coming the third time to relieve it, rai&s;ed the Siege and made him&s;elf ma&s;ter of the Place by Stratagem and Surpri&s;e, and &s;o took it from the Queen, whom he came to a&s;&s;i&s;t. <HI>Matthias</HI> the Arch-Duke be&s;ieged it again in 1598. and after in 1601. but with no &s;ucce&s;s. The Duke of <HI>Lorrain</HI> &s;at down before it in 1684. from <HI>July</HI> 14. to <HI>November</HI> 1. but was forced to rai&s;e the Siege and leave it. He reinve&s;ted it the 15 of <HI>June</HI> 1686. and made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it, after a Siege of two Months and a half. <HI>Buda</HI> &s;tands 135 almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Vienna</HI> 140 S. of <HI>Cracovia,</HI> 165 N. W. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and 675 almo&s;t N. W. of <HI>Con&s;tantiplr.</HI> Long. 40 d. 15 m. Lat. 47 d. 38 m. The la&s;t Siege of this City has been &s;o fa|mous, not only for the importance of the Place, but al&s;o for the vigorous re&s;i&s;tance of the Be&s;ieged, and the great Courage of the Imperiali&s;ts, and of a va&s;t number of Noble Voluntiers, that re&s;orted thither from all parts of <HI>Chri&s;tian Europe,</HI> that I hope, I &s;hall oblige mo&s;t Readers to give here the Particu|lars of it, and as for tho&s;e that are already acquainted with them, they may skip this Paragraph if they plea&s;e.</P>
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<HEAD>Relation of the Siege of <HI>Buda</HI> from <HI>June 15. 1686.</HI> to <HI>September 2.</HI> in the &s;ame year.</HEAD>
<P>THE 15th of <HI>June</HI> the two Bodies of the Imperial Army advanced equally; Prince <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Lorrain</HI> with the Ca|valry encamped at <HI>Dotkamp,</HI> and the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> at <HI>Mo|hatz,</HI> oppo&s;ite to one another, the <HI>Danube</HI> lying betwixt them. The &s;ame day the <HI>Count</HI> of <HI>Staremberg</HI> arrived at <HI>Moratz</HI> with the Infantry and part of the Baggage of the Army. The 16th Prince <HI>Charles</HI> went to incamp with the Hor&s;e at St. <HI>Andrew,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Staremberg</HI> with the Foot at <HI>Do&s;tkam,</HI> and the
<PB N="183" REF="94"> Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> at <HI>Wailan,</HI> &s;o that the Infidels, from the Ramparts could &s;ee the Chri&s;tians on both &s;ides the <HI>Danube.</HI> The 18th all the Infantry having joined the Army, the whole Army marched, and inve&s;ted the Place on all &s;ides. They began the &s;ame day to make a Bridge of Boats, as well for the Pa&s;&s;age of the Troops of <HI>Bavaria,</HI> as for Communication with the other &s;ide of the <HI>Danube,</HI> and afterwards re&s;olved to Attack the Town in four different Places. The fir&s;t at|tack, on the &s;ide of the lower Town was commanded by Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> and carried on the by the Imperial Troops. The &s;econd on the &s;ide of the Ca&s;tle, by the Elector of <HI>Ba|varia;</HI> The third was carried on by the Troops of <HI>Saxony;</HI> and the fourth by tho&s;e of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> under General <HI>Scho|ning.</HI> The 19th Prince <HI>Charles</HI> cau&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">d the Army to appro<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ch to the Baths, and there fixed the General Quarter, with &s;ome Regiments of Foot, within a quarter of a Mile of the City. On the 21&s;t the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> marched his Troops over the Bridge, and came to incamp at the foot of the Mount St. <HI>Gerard.</HI> The 22d the Prince of <HI>Newburg,</HI> Grand Ma&s;ter of the Teutonick Order, arrived in the Camp with Count <HI>Dunevald.</HI> The next day the Chri&s;tians began to batter the <HI>Wa&s;&s;er&s;tadt,</HI> and having made a &s;ufficient breach they entred it, whil&s;t the Infidels retired into the Upper City. On the 30th the Marque&s;s of <HI>Turlac</HI> arrived in the Camp with the Troops of <HI>Swedeland,</HI> and at the &s;ame day arrived al&s;o the Auxiliary Troops of <HI>Franconia</HI> and <HI>Suabia,</HI> and two Compa|nies of <HI>Pa&s;&s;au</HI> and <HI>Ratisbonne.</HI> The 2d of <HI>July</HI> the Troops of <HI>Brandenburg</HI> arrived under the Command of the Mar&s;hal Ge|neral <HI>Schoning.</HI> The 13th the Chri&s;tians mounted and made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the Breach; but the <HI>Turks</HI> &s;etting Fire to a Furnace, &s;everal Voluntiers of great Note, with a great Number of Soldiers, were killed or wounded. The 23d it was thought fit to &s;ummon the Be&s;ieged. The Count of <HI>Koning&s;eck, Ayde de Camp</HI> General, was &s;ent with an In|terpreter and a Drummer to make the Summons. The Turks came to meet him, and took the Letter which they pre&s;ent|ed to the Commander. There was a Truce of two Hours made on both &s;ides. The Turks brought a Letter wrapped in Scarlet, written by the Governour, in an&s;wer to that of Prince <HI>Charles;</HI> wherein he declared that he was re&s;olved to make a vigorous defence. After this an&s;wer there was great firing made on both &s;ides. The 27th the Chri&s;tians gave a General A&s;&s;ault and became Ma&s;ters of three Towers, at the
<PB N="184" REF="95"> three Quarters of Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> of the Mar&s;hal of <HI>Schoning,</HI> and of the Elector of <HI>Bavaria.</HI> The 1&s;t of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the Be&s;ieg|ed &s;ent two Agas, who offered in the name of the Vi&s;ier of <HI>Buda,</HI> to remit this Place, with all its Dependencies, and what other two Towns the Emperor &s;hould make choice of, if he would make Peace; but as Prince <HI>Charles</HI> was informed, that the Emperor would do nothing but with the con&s;ent of his Allies, he di&s;mi&s;&s;ed the Agas. On the 14th the Turks who came to the relief of <HI>Buda</HI> appeared in Battel Ar|ray; Prince <HI>Charles</HI> fought them, defeated them, took eight Pieces of Canon, and forty Standards with the lo&s;s of 200 Men. The next day, there were found in the Field 2200 dead Bodies of the Infidels. The 22d the <HI>Bavarians</HI> &s;eized on one of the Towers of the Ca&s;tle. The 29th the Succours of the <HI>Turks</HI> made another attempt to enter into the City, but they were repul&s;ed by the Chri&s;tians. The 31&s;t they got advice that the Grand Vi&s;ier was extreamly di&s;atisfied with the two Ba&s;&s;a's who commanded the Troops which the Chri&s;tians had defeated the 29th, and that his Army was but of about 30000 Men. La&s;tly, The 2d of <HI>September</HI> was the General A&s;&s;ault given: The Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> accompanied with the Prince of <HI>Baden</HI> began it, attacking the Ca&s;tle. A little while after, Prince <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Lorrain</HI> attended by the Prince of <HI>Croy, Newbourg</HI> and <HI>Commerci,</HI> the Generals <HI>Souches, Diepenthal, Scher&s;&s;emberg,</HI> and the chief Voluntiers of the Ar|my, marched to the A&s;&s;ault. After a fierce Combat which la&s;ted an hour, the Governour being killed upon the breach, the Turks lo&s;t Courage, and retired in di&s;order to the foot of a Wall of the Ca&s;tle. The Imperiali&s;ts being entered the City made a terrible Slaughter. The Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> found a &s;tronger re&s;i&s;tance at the Ca&s;tle; for the Turks who were therein their Retrenchments, not knowing that the City was taken, defended them&s;elves with a great deal of Courage; at la&s;t, being overpowered, they &s;et fire through de&s;pair, to &s;everal places of the City. After a great Ma&s;&s;acre, the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> cau&s;ed Quarter to be given to near 2000 Men, who were retired into the Ca&s;tle, whil&s;t the Earl of <HI>Coning&s;eck</HI> carried the &s;ame orders to the Imperiali&s;ts from Prince <HI>Charles</HI> of <HI>Lorrain.</HI> This they did, becau&s;e the Infi|dels might have defended them&s;elves yet a great while, for they had at their Head, the <HI>Aga</HI> of the <HI>Jani&s;&s;aries</HI> with the Ba&s;&s;a's Lieutenant, the Mufti, and &s;everal other Officers, who were made Pri&s;oners by the <HI>Bavarians.</HI> Mo&s;t of the
<PB N="185" REF="95"> Women and Children were al&s;o &s;aved. The Infidels being di&s;armed &s;ome were conducted to a Mo&s;que, and the re&s;t left in the Ca&s;tle, whil&s;t the Fire they had kindled in the City raged &s;o far, that the Walls of the Hou&s;es hardly e&s;|cap'd its fury. The next Day the two Generals vi&s;ited the Place, and found in it above 400 Pieces of Artillery, four of which of an extraordinary bigne&s;s, they call the four Evan|geli&s;ts. There was Ammunitions al&s;o found in it for more than a Month. The Chri&s;tians did not lo&s;e above 100 Men in this Action, and as they were preparing to go to attack the Grand Vizier in his Camp, they were informed that he had abandon'd it. A Trea&s;ure of 300000 Ducats di&s;covered in the City, was given to the Ba&s;&s;a to u&s;e as he &s;hould &s;ee occa&s;ion. There were al&s;o 60000 Sequins found, with other &s;ums, buried in the Ground in divers places. The Library of the Ancient Kings of <HI>Hungary,</HI> &s;o much augmented by <HI>Matthias Corvin,</HI> being not in the lea&s;t damnified, was tran&s;|ported to <HI>Vienna.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Strigonia</HI> or <HI>Gran.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Strigonia</HI> or <HI>Gran</HI> Lat. <HI>Strigonium,</HI> is &s;eated in a Plain upon the <HI>Danube</HI> above <HI>Buda,</HI> and commanded by a Neighbour Mountain, on the Top of which is a good Ca&s;tle. The Arch|bi&s;hop of this City is Primate, Chancellor and Pre&s;ident of the Council of the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary;</HI> the Cathedral &s;tands in the Ca&s;tle. <HI>Soliman</HI> II. took this City in 1543. The Arch-Duke <HI>Matthias</HI> be&s;ieg'd it in 1574. with 50000 Men, but was forced to rai&s;e the Siege. Count <HI>Mansfeld</HI> general of the Imperial Forces be&s;ieged it again in 1595. and defeated 14000 Turks, but died &s;oon after before this City. The Archduke <HI>Matthias</HI> continued the Siege, and forced the City to &s;urren|der upon Terms, after having been 52 years under the Do|minion of the <HI>Turks.</HI> After this <HI>Mahomet</HI> III. be&s;ieg'd it in 1606. and took it again. The Imperiali&s;ts retook it in 1683. after having rai&s;ed the Siege of <HI>Vienna,</HI> and after an ob&s;ti|nate Combat maintained by the <HI>Turks,</HI> again&s;t the Imperiali&s;ts and <HI>Polanders,</HI> near the Village <HI>Barkan,</HI> where the King of <HI>Poland</HI> and his Son were in great danger of their Lives. La&s;t|ly, in 1685. The <HI>Turks,</HI> having again be&s;ieg'd it, the Duke of <HI>Lorrain</HI> with the Elector of <HI>Bavaria</HI> forced them to rai&s;e the Siege and totally defeated their Army. <HI>Strigonia</HI> &s;tands 28 Miles N. E. of <HI>Buda</HI> 35 E. of <HI>Raab,</HI> and 115 E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> Long. 39 d. 42 m. Lat. 47 d. 50 m.</P>
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<P>III. <HI>Alba Regalis.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Alba Regalis,</HI> or <HI>Stul Wei&s;&s;enburg,</HI> by the <HI>Sclavonians</HI> called <HI>Stolni Biograd,</HI> and <HI>E<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="3 letters">eis Feierwa</HI> by the <HI>Hungarians,</HI> is &s;eat|ed upon the River <HI>S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="2 letters">witze</HI> near the Lake <HI>Calaton.</HI> It has been famous heretofore for the Coronations and Sepulchres of the Kings of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1543. but retaken by the Duke of <HI>Mercoeur</HI> in 1601. but the Infidels took it again the next Year after, and impal'd 40 of the In|habitants for a de&s;ign to h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ve betray'd it again. On the 18th of <HI>May</HI> 1688. it &s;urrendred to the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts,</HI> and one of the Gates was put into the Hands of the Chri&s;tians, till the Emperor Ratified the Treaty under the Great Seal of the Empire, and having &s;pent three days in providing for their departure, on the 20th of <HI>May,</HI> they march'd out about 4000 Souls in all, but not above 700 bearing Arms. The Im|periali&s;ts found in it 34 Pieces of Cannon, great quantities of &s;mall Arms, and an incredible &s;tore of Ammunition, but no Provi&s;ion. The <HI>Germans</HI> found it fortified with three Ba&s;ti|ons, and two other Works on one &s;ide, the re&s;t of the Town being covered by the Mora&s;s in which it &s;tands, 40 Miles S. W. of <HI>Buda,</HI> 110 S. E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> and 180 N. W. of <HI>Bel|grade.</HI> Long. 39 d. 24 m. Lat. 47 d. 23 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Komorra.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Komorre,</HI> or <HI>Komare,</HI> or <HI>Komorra,</HI> Lat. <HI>Komorra,</HI> is a very &s;trong Town, &s;ituate on the S. &s;ide of the I&s;le of <HI>Schut,</HI> where the <HI>Danube</HI> reunites into one Stream. This Town was well fortified by <HI>M<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">tthias Corvinus</HI> King of <HI>Hungary</HI> in 1472. and it became the Bulwark of <HI>Chri&s;tendo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> again&s;t the <HI>Turks,</HI> after they took <HI>Strigonia</HI> in 1543. It is populous, and rich as well as &s;trong. It has a Line drawn from the Southern to the Northern Branch of the <HI>Danube,</HI> defended with four Ba|&s;tions. The Emperor kept always here a great Garri&s;on. After the taking of <HI>Raab</HI> (or <HI>Javarin</HI>) in 1591. <HI>Sinan Ba|&s;haw</HI> Be&s;ieged this Town with 60 Ships, and a great number of <HI>Turks</HI> and <HI>Tartars,</HI> but without &s;ucce&s;s; for his Treachery and Valour were equally baffled by Baron <HI>Braon</HI> the Governour, who cut off four of the five <HI>Turks</HI> Heads he &s;ent to Suborn
<PB N="187" REF="96"> him, and &s;ent the fifth back to acquaint the <HI>Ba&s;haw</HI> with their Doom, and that there were no more Traytors to be bought. The chief &s;trength of this impregnable Place is its Fort called the <HI>Tortoi&s;e.</HI> It &s;tands 12 Miles S. of <HI>Newhau&s;el,</HI> 15 N. E. of <HI>Javarin,</HI> 38 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Presburg,</HI> 54 N. W. of <HI>Buda,</HI> and 74 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Vienna.</HI> Long. 39 d. 12 m. Lat. 48 d. 12 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Javarin</HI> or <HI>Raab.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Raab</HI> or <HI>Javarin,</HI> is a Town and Fortre&s;s at the Conflu|ence of the Rivers <HI>Raab</HI> and <HI>Danube,</HI> with a Bi&s;hop's See Suffragan of <HI>Gran</HI> (or <HI>Strigonia</HI>) the <HI>French,</HI> call it <HI>Java|rin;</HI> the <HI>Hungarians, Gewen;</HI> the <HI>Italians, Giovarin;</HI> and the Latin Authors <HI>Jaurinum, Arabo</HI> and <HI>Narabo.</HI> This City is &s;mall, but very &s;trong; it was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1591. and retaken by Mon&s;ieur <HI>de Vaubecourt</HI> a <HI>Frenchman</HI> in 1606. and has ever &s;ince been under the Emperor of <HI>Germany.</HI> It &s;tands 34 Miles W. of <HI>Strigonia,</HI> as many S. W. of <HI>Presburg,</HI> and 62 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 38 d. 52 m. Lat. 48. d. 3 m.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Ve&s;prin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ve&s;prin,</HI> in <HI>High Dutch, Weisbrun,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ve&s;prinum,</HI> is a &s;trong and populous City, the Capital of a pretty con&s;idera|ble County, to which &s;he has given her Name, and a Bi|&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Strigonia.</HI> It was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1593. but was retaken &s;ince by the Emperor, and is &s;till &s;ubject to him. It &s;tands nigh the River <HI>Sarwitza,</HI> 13 Miles W. of <HI>Alba Regalis,</HI> and 53 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 39 d. 6 m. Lat. 47 d. 22 m.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Kani&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Kani&s;a,</HI> or <HI>Kani&s;ca,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cani&s;ia,</HI> is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Sala,</HI> in the <HI>Zalad,</HI> between the Lake <HI>Balaton</HI> and the River <HI>Drave,</HI> not above one Mile from the Confines of <HI>Stiria,</HI> to the Ea&s;t. It is one of the &s;tronge&s;t Towns in the&s;e Parts. It was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1600. tho' the Imperiali&s;ts did all that was po&s;&s;ible to prevent it. The following Year the
<PB N="188" REF="97"> Arch-Duke of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> Be&s;ieged it, from the beginning of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> to the end of <HI>October,</HI> but without &s;ucce&s;s. In 1604. Count <HI>Serini</HI> Be&s;ieged it, and had infallibly carried it, if he had been &s;uccoured in time. In 1688. <HI>June</HI> 30th the Count <HI>de Budiani</HI> blocked it up with a Body of 6000 <HI>Hungarians,</HI> and 2000 <HI>Heydukes,</HI> which continued till <HI>April</HI> 13. 1690. when in pur&s;uance of a Capitulation that the Emperor had ratified, the Keys of the Gates, hanging upon a Chain of Gold, were delivered to the Count <HI>de Budiani</HI> by a <HI>Turk,</HI> with the&s;e words, <HI>I herewith con&s;ign into your Hands the &s;tronge&s;t Fortre&s;s in the</HI> Ottoman <HI>Empire.</HI> The Imperiali&s;ts found in it great &s;tore of large Artillery, taken heretofore from the <HI>Chri&s;tians.</HI> This Town &s;tands 68 Miles S. W. of <HI>Alba Regalis,</HI> 94 almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> and 106 S. W. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 37 d. 56 m. Lat. 46 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Sigeth.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sigeth,</HI> or <HI>Zygeth,</HI> Lat. <HI>Salinae,</HI> is a very &s;trong Town, &s;eated in a Mora&s;s near the River <HI>Alme.</HI> It has a very good Ca&s;tle, and is fortified with three Ditches, and as many Walls. <HI>Solyman</HI> II. Emperor of the <HI>Turks,</HI> died at the Siege, and the Place was taken three days after in 1596. <HI>Ni|cholas E&s;drin</HI> Count of <HI>Serini,</HI> who was Governour of it, being &s;lain in a Sally he made at the Head of his remaining Forces. The Imperiali&s;ts retook this City from the <HI>Turks</HI> in <HI>January</HI> 1688. and found therein 85 Pieces of Cannon. It &s;tands 44 Miles S. of <HI>Alba Regalis,</HI> 64 E. of <HI>Cani&s;a,</HI> and 74 S. W. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 39 d. 24 m. Lat. 46 d. 36 m. There is ano|ther Town of the &s;ame Name in <HI>Tran&s;ylvania,</HI> near the Foun|tains of the <HI>Tibi&s;cus.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Cinq Egli&s;es,</HI> or <HI>Quinque Eccle&s;iae.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cinq Egli&s;es,</HI> Lat. <HI>Quinque Eccle&s;iae,</HI> called by the <HI>Germans, Funff-kirken,</HI> is a place of no great &s;trength, on the River <HI>Keoritz,</HI> 12 Miles off the River <HI>Drave,</HI> 32 Miles N. E. of <HI>Zi|geth,</HI> and 49 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Po&s;ega.</HI> Long. 40 d. 6 m. Lat. 46 d. 26 m.</P>
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<P>X. <HI>Mohatz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Mohatz,</HI> is a little Town between <HI>Colocza,</HI> and the Influx of the <HI>Drave</HI> into the <HI>Danube</HI> four <HI>German</HI> Miles from either, and 6 N. W. of <HI>E&s;&s;eck.</HI> It is memorable for two great Bat|tels fought near it; the fir&s;t between <HI>Lewis</HI> King of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and <HI>Solyman the Magnificent</HI> in 1526. in which this Unfortu|nate Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> with 25000 Men fought 300000 <HI>Turks,</HI> who killed 22000 of the Chri&s;tian Army; the King in his flight over the Brook <HI>Cura&s;s,</HI> fell into a Quagmire, and was &s;wallowed up. After this, <HI>Solyman</HI> took and &s;lew 200000 <HI>Hungarians,</HI> and got &s;uch a footing in this Kingdom that he could never be expelled. The &s;econd, in &s;ome part, retrieves the Lo&s;s and Infamy of the former. On the 29th of <HI>July</HI> 1687. the <HI>Prime Vi&s;ier</HI> having pa&s;&s;ed the <HI>Drave</HI> at <HI>E&s;&s;eck,</HI> on purpo&s;e to Fight the Chri&s;tian Army under the Command of the Duke of <HI>Lorrain,</HI> upon <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 12. there followed a Bloody Battel, in which the <HI>Turks</HI> lo&s;t 100 Pieces of Cannon, 12 Mortars, and all their Ammunition and Baggage, and about 800 Men upon the Place of Battel, be&s;ides tho&s;e that were Drowned in pa&s;&s;ing the River. After this Victory <HI>Dunewalt</HI> found <HI>E&s;&s;eck</HI> de&s;erted by the Enemy, and took po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it.</P>
<P>XI. <HI>Altenburg,</HI> or <HI>Owar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Altenburg,</HI> or <HI>Owar,</HI> Lat. <HI>Ovaria,</HI> is a very &s;trong Town on the <HI>Danube,</HI> in the County of <HI>Muzon,</HI> the be&s;t Out-work to <HI>Vienna,</HI> &s;ubject to the Emperor. It &s;tands 18 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Presburg,</HI> and 50 E. of <HI>Vienna.</HI></P>
<P>XII. <HI>Baboi&s;ca.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Baboi&s;ca,</HI> or <HI>Baboliza,</HI> called <HI>Man&s;uetinum</HI> in <HI>Antonin</HI>'s Itine|nary, is a Town and Ca&s;tle, on the River <HI>Rynnia,</HI> in the County of <HI>Sigeth,</HI> from which it &s;tands 19 Miles to the W.</P>
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<P>XIII. <HI>Bata&s;eck,</HI> or <HI>Bachia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bata&s;eck,</HI> or <HI>Bachia,</HI> is a &s;mall Town of <HI>Lower Hungary</HI> at the Confluence of the <HI>Danube</HI> and <HI>Sarwizze,</HI> with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Colocza;</HI> it was under the <HI>Turks</HI> until 1686. but after the taking of <HI>Quinque Eccle&s;iae</HI> it returned to the Obedience of the Emperor. It &s;tands 20 Miles S. of <HI>Colocza,</HI> and 70 S. E, of <HI>Buda.</HI></P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Darda.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Darda,</HI> is a &s;trong Fort in the County of <HI>Caranywar,</HI> on the North end of <HI>E&s;&s;eck</HI>'s Bridge, about &s;ix Miles N. W. of <HI>E&s;&s;eck.</HI> It was Built by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1686. and taken by the Imperiali&s;ts in 1687.</P>
<P>XV. <HI>Palotta.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Palotta,</HI> is a Town of no great Con&s;ideration in the Coun|ty of <HI>Alba-Regalis.</HI> It was taken from the <HI>Turks</HI> by the Im|periali&s;ts in <HI>October</HI> 1687. The <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> that commanded there immediately de&s;ired to Capitulate, and marched out with 250 Men, and as much Baggage as every Souldier could car|ry. There were found Eight Pieces of Cannon, divers Mor|tars, and great quantity of Powder and Provi&s;ion, with three Colours. <HI>Palotta</HI> &s;tands five Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Alba Regalis.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article II. Tran&s;ilvania.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE><HI>TRan&s;ilvania</HI> is a Principality, and part of the Ancient <HI>Dacia</HI> having <HI>Hungary</HI> to the We&s;t; Mount <HI>Carpathus</HI> to the North; <HI>Moravia</HI> to the Ea&s;t, and <HI>Walachia</HI> to the South. Its length and breadth are four Days Journey each;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE>
<PB N="191" REF="98"> it had its Name from the <HI>Romans,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name. Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> by rea&s;on of the Forre&s;ts and Mountains that environ'd it; the <HI>Hungarians</HI> called it <HI>Erdely,</HI> and the <HI>Germans Si|benburgen,</HI> a Name derived from the Seven Towns Built there by the Bani&s;h'd <HI>Saxons.</HI> Several other Inhabitants &s;etled in it, but the <HI>Saxons</HI> who be&s;t Cultivated the Country, had the firme&s;t footing. The <HI>Romans</HI> afterwards under <HI>Trajan</HI> be|came Ma&s;ters of it. It was afterwards united to the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and now its Princes are &s;ubject &s;ometimes to the <HI>Turk,</HI> &s;ometimes to the Emperor of <HI>Germany.</HI></P>
<P>The Plains are very fruitful in Corn, the Hills covered with Vines,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and the Mountains well &s;tocked with Gold, Silver and Salt Mines. They have al&s;o Bitumen, whereof they make Torches, who&s;e &s;moke is good to refre&s;h the Brain. In their Woods they have great numbers of Deers, Bears, and extraordinary wild Hor&s;es. Their Water is unwhole&s;om, becau&s;e it pa&s;&s;es through Mines of Alum and Mercury, but there are &s;ome that ta&s;te like Wine, others that petrifie, and form a hard Cru&s;t, round Wood, or any thing el&s;e thrown into them.</P>
<P>This Principality is inhabited by three &s;orts of Nations, <HI>viz. Saxons,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabi|tants.</NOTE> <HI>Bulgarians</HI> and <HI>Hungari|ans;</HI> the fir&s;t po&s;&s;e&s;s the Province called the <HI>Se|ven Towns;</HI> the <HI>Bulgarians</HI> dwell on the Banks of <HI>Mari&s;e;</HI> the <HI>Hungarians</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;s the Frontiers of <HI>Walachia,</HI> and follow the <HI>Grecian</HI> Religion. The&s;e are divided into Counties, pay no Tribute to the Prince of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> but are obliged to &s;erve at their own Expences when he goes to War.</P>
<P>The Doctrine of <HI>Calvin</HI> and <HI>Luther</HI> were intro|duced here in 1561. For <HI>George Brandrata,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> Phy|&s;ician to <HI>John Zapol,</HI> Count of <HI>Scepus,</HI> and <HI>Vay|vode</HI> of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> made this young Prince embrace the Sen|timents of <HI>Luther</HI> by means of <HI>Denis Alexis,</HI> but this Man not Executing his Orders with care enough, he &s;ub&s;tituted <HI>Fran|cis David</HI> in his Place, who of a <HI>Lutheran</HI> made the Prince a <HI>Calvini&s;t,</HI> and at la&s;t taught him the Doctrine of <HI>Arius. Ste|phen Bathori</HI> Prince of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> in 1571. afterwards cho&s;en King of <HI>Poland,</HI> endeavoured to re-e&s;tabli&s;h Popery; and to that end gave the Government of this Principality to his Bro|ther <HI>Chri&s;topher Bathori,</HI> who ca&s;t <HI>David</HI> into Pri&s;on, where he died Mad. He founded a College of <HI>Je&s;uits</HI> at <HI>Cola&s;war;</HI> but dying in 1583. his Son <HI>Sigi&s;mund</HI> who &s;ucceeded him, to
<PB N="192" REF="99"> comply with the <HI>Tran&s;ilvanians,</HI> was forced to di&s;mi&s;s the <HI>Je&s;uits,</HI> but recalled them two years after.</P>
<P>This Principality is now incorporated with the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Govern|ment.</NOTE> under the protection of the Emperor; for <HI>Michael Abafti</HI> the 23d Prince from <HI>John Huniades,</HI> who &s;ucceeded <HI>John Kemani</HI> in 1661. by a &s;olemn Act given at <HI>Herman&s;tadt, May</HI> 9. 1688. with the full con&s;ent of the States of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> made an entire &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion of this Country to the Emperor and the King of <HI>Hungary</HI> to la&s;t for ever, and accordingly he received Imperial Garri&s;ons into all the principal places. The &s;aid Prince dying in 1690. the States in a general A&s;&s;embly re|&s;olved to adhere to the Intere&s;ts of the Emperor again&s;t all the Pretences of Count <HI>Teckely,</HI> or the <HI>Ottoman Port,</HI> according to the Tenour of the &s;aid Treaty.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t con&s;iderable Places in the Principality of <HI>Tran&s;il|vania</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Herman&s;tadt,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Alba Julia,</HI> or <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bra&s;&s;ow,</HI> or <HI>Cron&s;tadt,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Colo&s;war,</HI> or <HI>Clau&s;enburg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sege&s;war,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Agnetlin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Altenberg,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Be&s;tercze,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Newmark.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Herman&s;tadt.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Herman&s;tadt,</HI> Lat. <HI>Cibinum</HI> or <HI>Hermanopolis,</HI> called by the Inhabitants <HI>Zeben,</HI> the Capital of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> and Re&s;idence of the Prince, is a large, populous, &s;trong and well built Ci|ty. It has no Bi&s;hop at pre&s;ent, but is reckoned a Bi&s;hop's See Suffragan of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Colocza</HI> in <HI>Hungary.</HI> The Inhabitants of this City are <HI>Saxons,</HI> and five Juri&s;dictions de|pend upon it. The Prince of this Country having formerly put him&s;elf under the Protection of the <HI>Grand Signior,</HI> the late Duke of <HI>Lorrain</HI> prevail'd with the Prince <HI>Abafti</HI> to put him&s;elf under the Protection of the Emperor, and to receive a Garri&s;on of 3000 <HI>Germans</HI> in 1687. This City &s;tands in a Plain, on the River <HI>Cibin,</HI> 160 Miles N. E. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and 235 almo&s;t E. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 45 d. 48 m. Lat. 46 d. 46 m.</P>
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<P>II. <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Alba Julia,</HI> which the <HI>Hungarians</HI> call <HI>Giula Fejerwar,</HI> is &s;ituate upon the River <HI>Mari&s;e,</HI> (which the Inhabitants call <HI>Marons,</HI> and the <HI>Germans Meri&s;ch</HI>) with a Bi|&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Colocka.</HI> The ancient Kings and Princes of this Country made their ordinary re&s;i|dence in this City, which has been much greater than now it is, as may be &s;een by its rare <HI>Roman</HI> Medals, Coins and In|&s;criptions, evident &s;igns of Antiquity and Grandeur. It &s;tands 34 Miles W. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt,</HI> 68 N. E. of <HI>Teme&s;war,</HI> 90 E. of <HI>Waradin</HI> and 196 E. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 45 d. Lat. 46 d. 46 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Cron&s;tadt,</HI> or <HI>Bra&s;&s;aw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bra&s;&s;aw,</HI> or <HI>Cron&s;tadt,</HI> Lat. <HI>Patrovi&s;&s;a,</HI> is a &s;trong City, and a Bi&s;hop's See &s;ituated near the Frontiers of <HI>Moldavia,</HI> and the Carpathian Mountains. Some take it for the <HI>Praeto|ria Augu&s;ta</HI> of <HI>Ptolomy.</HI> and others call it <HI>Corona</HI> and <HI>Stephano|polis;</HI> and pretend that it is one of the Seven Cities Built or Repaired by the <HI>Saxons.</HI> It &s;tands 65 Miles almo&s;t N. E. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt.</HI> Long. 47 d. 20 m. Lat. 47 d. 5 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Clau&s;emburg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Clau&s;emburg,</HI> called <HI>Colo&s;war</HI> by tho&s;e of the Country, and <HI>Claudiopolis</HI> in Latin, is a great and populous City, with the Title of a Bi&s;hoprick, and an old Cittadel, &s;ituated upon the little Brook <HI>Samos</HI> at the foot of the Mountains towards the Frontiers of <HI>Hungary,</HI> 34 Miles N. W. of <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> and 64 of <HI>Herman&s;tadt.</HI> Long. 44 d. 25 m. Lat. 47 d. 11 m. The States of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> are kept in it.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Sege&s;war.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sege&s;war,</HI> called <HI>Schezberg</HI> by the <HI>Germans,</HI> Lat. <HI>Segethu&s;a,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Cochel</HI> at the foot of the <HI>Carpathian</HI>
<PB N="194" REF="100"> Mountains, &s;ubject to the Prince of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> under the Emperor. It &s;tands 40 Miles N. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Agnetlin,</HI> or <HI>Agnabat.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Agnetlin,</HI> or <HI>Agnabat,</HI> is one of the Chief Towns in <HI>Tran|&s;ilvania,</HI> tho' of no &s;trength; it is &s;eated on the River <HI>Har|bach,</HI> 25 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt,</HI> &s;ubject to the Prince of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania,</HI> and protected by the Emperor.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Altemberg.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Altemberg,</HI> is a &s;mall City &s;eated upon a Hill, Built out of the Ruins of <HI>Zalnatra,</HI> 20 Miles S. W. of <HI>Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> or <HI>Al|ba Julia,</HI> and 42 S. of <HI>Clau&s;enburg.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Be&s;tercze,</HI> or <HI>Be&s;teriza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Be&s;tercza,</HI> or <HI>Be&s;teriza,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bi&s;tricia,</HI> is a &s;mall but very neat City, which &s;tands in a very large Plain upon a River of its own Name, 80 Miles N. W. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Newmark.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Newmark,</HI> Lat. <HI>Nova Marchia,</HI> called <HI>Waverhely</HI> by the <HI>Hungarians,</HI> is &s;eated on the River <HI>Meri&s;h,</HI> at the foot of the <HI>Carpathian</HI> Mountains, 36 Miles N. E. of <HI>Clau&s;enburg.</HI> The States of <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> u&s;ually meet here.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article III. Podolia.</HEAD>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE><HI>POdolia,</HI> is a great Province of <HI>Poland,</HI> in <HI>Lithuania</HI> between <HI>Moldavia</HI> to the S. <HI>Black Ru&s;&s;ia</HI> to the W. <HI>Volhinia</HI> to the N. and the <HI>Tar|tars</HI> of <HI>Oczakow</HI> to the E.</P>
<PB N="195" REF="100">
<P>This Province is very fertile, but has been often wa&s;ted by the Inroads of the <HI>Tartars</HI> and <HI>Co&s;&s;acks,</HI> and is now the Thea|tre of the War between the <HI>Poles</HI> and the <HI>Turks.</HI> It's u&s;ually divided into the <HI>Higher Podolia</HI> that lyes to the We&s;t; where|in are the Cities of <HI>Kaminieck</HI> and <HI>Bar,</HI> and into the <HI>Lower,</HI> which lyes to the Ea&s;t, and has in it the City of <HI>Bracklaw.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Kaminieck,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</P>
<P><HI>Kaminieck</HI> or <HI>Caminieck,</HI> Lat. <HI>Camenecia, Clepidava,</HI> or <HI>Camienicum,</HI> is a very &s;trong Town, and the Capital of <HI>Podo|lia.</HI> The Poles call it <HI>Kaminieck Podeleki.</HI> It is a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Lemberg,</HI> and &s;tands upon a Mountain by the River <HI>Smortzyck,</HI> which a little lower falls into the <HI>Nie&s;ter.</HI> The <HI>Turks</HI> very often attempted this Place without &s;ucce&s;s; but it having &s;uffered much by Fire in 1669. and being thereupon Be&s;ieged by them in 1672. it was taken, the <HI>Poles</HI> being then Engaged in a Civil War among&s;t them|&s;elves, and the Town in an ill condition of Defence. The <HI>Co&s;&s;acks</HI> under <HI>Motula</HI> blocked it up in <HI>April</HI> 1687. and the <HI>Poli&s;h</HI> Army de&s;igned to Attack it in <HI>September</HI> following, but upon the approach of the <HI>Ottoman</HI> Forces, they were both of them forced to retire. The <HI>Poli&s;h</HI> Army kept it in a man|ner blocked up by their Incampment in 1688. And in 1689. the Forces of <HI>Lithuania</HI> and <HI>Poland</HI> &s;etting down before it, began a formal Attack, <HI>Aug.</HI> 20. but cro&s;&s;ed with ill &s;ucce&s;s, rai&s;ed the Siege in <HI>September</HI> following. This City &s;tands 72 Miles N. W. of <HI>Soczow,</HI> 116 almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Lemburg,</HI> 280 E. of <HI>Cracovia,</HI> and 290 S. E. of <HI>War&s;ovia.</HI> Long. 47 d. 46 m. Lat. 48 d. 50 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Bar.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bar,</HI> is a very &s;trong Town on the River <HI>Row,</HI> in the Pa|latinate of <HI>Kaminieck,</HI> upon a Hill among Mar&s;hes, and now &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI> It &s;tands 70 Miles N. E. of <HI>Kaminieck,</HI> and 54 N. W. of <HI>Braclaw.</HI> Long. 49 d. 22 m. Lat. 49 d. 14 m.</P>
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<P>III. <HI>Braclaw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Braclaw,</HI> Lat. <HI>Braclovia,</HI> is a &s;trong Town in <HI>Lower Podo|lia,</HI> &s;ituated upon the River <HI>Bog,</HI> towards the middle of this Province, and Capital of the <HI>Palatinate</HI> of the &s;ame Name, it is &s;ubject to the King of <HI>Poland,</HI> but the Country has been &s;trangely ruined by the <HI>Turks</HI> &s;ince the taking of <HI>Kaminieck,</HI> off which City it &s;tands 110 Miles to the E. Long. 50 d. 52 m. Lat. 48 d. 53 m.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article IV. Moldavia.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MOldavia,</HI> is a Principality of <HI>Europe,</HI> known al&s;o under the Name of <HI>Great Walachia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> or <HI>Walachia Ci&s;alpina,</HI> formerly part of <HI>Dacia,</HI> and af|terwards of the Great Kingdom of <HI>Hungary.</HI> It has its Modern Name from a River,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> or from the Bo|rough <HI>Moldavia.</HI> The <HI>Nie&s;ter</HI> divides it from <HI>Podo|tia,</HI> on the N. the <HI>Black Sea,</HI> and the <HI>Danube</HI> divide it from <HI>Bulgaria</HI> on the E. It has the Rivers <HI>Danube</HI> and <HI>Serethe,</HI> or <HI>Mi&s;&s;ovo</HI> on the South, and the Mount <HI>Hemus</HI> divides it from <HI>Walachia</HI> and <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> on the We&s;t. It is about 90 Leagues long from Ea&s;t to We&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> and 70 from N. to S.</P>
<P>This Country is fruitful in Corn, Pul&s;e, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> the Air very good.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> There is &s;uch plenty of Wax and Honey, that their Tythes are worth above 200000 Crowns to the Prince.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> The Inhabitants are Chri&s;ti|ans under the Greek Patriarch, and the Tribute they paid formerly to the <HI>Turks,</HI> was formerly about 1400 Pound; but the Port increa&s;eth it from time to time, not ca|ring how poor they make them to keep them obedient. I<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> 1686. the <HI>Poles</HI> over-ran all this Country, and took their principal Cities; they therefore &s;ince relinqui&s;hed the <HI>Otto|man</HI> Intere&s;t, and voluntarily put them&s;elves under the Pro|tection of the Emperor of <HI>Germany</HI> in 1688.</P>
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<P>This Country is divided into <HI>Moldavia,</HI> properly &s;o called, towards the We&s;t, and <HI>Be&s;&s;arabia</HI> towards the Ea&s;t, where the <HI>Danube</HI>'s Mouths are, and belongs to the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Be&s;&s;arabia,</HI> is inhabited by the <HI>Tartars Drobuces,</HI> or of <HI>Bud|ziack,</HI> and the <HI>Tartars</HI> of <HI>Oczakow,</HI> both great Thieves.</P>
<P>The Places of Note in <HI>Mol|davia Proper</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sockzow,</HI> or <HI>Czukaw,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ja&s;&s;y,</HI> or <HI>Jazy,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pudna,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Targorod,</HI> or <HI>Tre&s;cort.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>In <HI>Be&s;&s;arabia,</HI>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Tekin,</HI> or <HI>Tigina,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Akierman,</HI> or <HI>Bialogrod,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Oczakow,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kilia nova.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Sockzow.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sockzow,</HI> or <HI>Czukaw,</HI> is a great and &s;trong City, the Ca|pital of the Principality of <HI>Moldavia,</HI> and the ordinary Re&s;i|dence of the Prince called <HI>Vayvode.</HI> It &s;tands on the River <HI>Serethe,</HI> 54 Miles N. E. of <HI>Cron&s;tad,</HI> and 74 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Kami|nieck.</HI> Long. 48 d. 30 m. Lat. 47 d. 44 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Ja&s;&s;y.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ja&s;&s;y,</HI> or <HI>Jazy,</HI> is a great and populous City on the River <HI>Pruth,</HI> &s;ubject to its own Prince, under the protection of the Emperor. The <HI>Poles</HI> took it in 1686. and &s;oon after left it again. It &s;tands 60 Miles E. of <HI>Sockzow.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Tekin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Tekin,</HI> or <HI>Tigina,</HI> is a great City, the Capital of <HI>Be&s;&s;arabia</HI> on the River <HI>Nie&s;ter</HI> towards the Borders of <HI>Podolia.</HI> It &s;tands 100 Miles N. E. of <HI>Jazy.</HI> Long. 51 d. 20 m. Lat. 47 d. 30 m.</P>
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<P>II. <HI>Bialogrod,</HI> or <HI>Akierman.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bialogrod,</HI> is a &s;trong City upon the <HI>Nie&s;ter</HI> near the <HI>Pont Euxine,</HI> and the Capital of the Principality of <HI>Budziack.</HI> It &s;tands 42 Miles S. W. of <HI>Oczakow,</HI> and 270 N. of <HI>Con&s;tantino|ple.</HI> Long. 54 d. 34 m. Lat. 47 d. 32 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Oczakow.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Oczakow,</HI> or <HI>Ocziakow,</HI> Lat. <HI>Axiace,</HI> is a &s;trong Town &s;eat|ed at the Fall of the <HI>Bory&s;thenes</HI> or <HI>Nie&s;ter</HI> into the <HI>Euxine</HI> Sea. It has a Ca&s;tle which is Garri&s;on'd by the <HI>Turks,</HI> but the Citi|zens are <HI>Precopen&s;ian Tartars;</HI> it was Built by <HI>Vitolaus</HI> Duke of <HI>Lithuania,</HI> and at fir&s;t peopled by his Subjects. Near this City the <HI>Poles</HI> gave the <HI>Tartars</HI> a fatal overthrow in 1644. This Place gives Name to the Neighbouring <HI>Tartars,</HI> who are &s;o trouble&s;om to <HI>Podolia, Lithuania,</HI> and <HI>Poland,</HI> that the King of the latter pays them Tribute to prevent their Incur&s;ions. It &s;tands 44 Miles N. E. of <HI>Bialogrod,</HI> and 290 N. of <HI>Con&s;tan|tinople.</HI> Long. 55 d. 27 m. Lat. 47 d. 52 m.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Kilia Nova.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Kilia Nova,</HI> is a &s;trong Town of <HI>Be&s;&s;arabia,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks,</HI> upon the <HI>Danube</HI> 60 Miles S. W. of <HI>Bialogrod,</HI> and 230 N. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 53 d. 28 m. Lat. 46 d. 44 m.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article V. Walachia.</HEAD>
<P><HI>WAlachia,</HI> or <HI>Valaquia,</HI> a Principality of <HI>Europe,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> was formerly part of the an|cient Kingdom of <HI>Hungary.</HI> It lyes be|tween <HI>Moldavia</HI> to the N. E. <HI>Tran&s;ilvania</HI> to the N. W. <HI>Hun|gary</HI> to the We&s;t, and <HI>Bulgaria</HI> to the South. It is not very long
<PB N="199" REF="102"> &s;ince it was divided into great <HI>Valachia</HI> or <HI>Ci&s;alpi|na,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion</NOTE> (the pre&s;ent <HI>Moldavia</HI>) or little <HI>Valachia</HI> or <HI>Tran&s;alpina,</HI> (the which is now called <HI>Valachia.</HI>) It has Mines of Gold,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> Hor&s;es the mo&s;t e&s;teemed in <HI>Europe,</HI> and a great number of Rivers. The <HI>Turks</HI> call it <HI>Carabogdana,</HI> that is the <HI>Land of black Corn.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Riches.</NOTE> This Province is divided into 13 Counties promi&s;|cuou&s;ly Inhabited by <HI>Saxons, Hungarians,</HI> and Natives. The <HI>Vaivode</HI> or Prince has 100000 Crowns by his Tythes of Honey and Wax, a great Commodity in that Country; and his Cu&s;toms upon the <HI>Malm&s;ie</HI> of <HI>Candia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Govern|ment.</NOTE> carri|ed thro' his Lands into <HI>Germany,</HI> bring him a great Sum too. He is now Tributary to the <HI>Grand Sig|nior,</HI> to whom he generally pays 70000 Ducats, but is &s;ome|times obliged to pay 100000 to maintain him&s;elf in his Prin|cipality. He can rai&s;e 10000 Hor&s;e, and 1000 Foot. The People here are incon&s;tant, and wild;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Strength Inhabi|tants.</NOTE> their Tongue inclines &s;omewhat to the Latin, which makes &s;ome think they are de&s;cended from the <HI>Romans.</HI> In the Ceremonies of their Religion, which is that of the <HI>Greeks,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion</NOTE> they make u&s;e of the <HI>Lingua Franca,</HI> u&s;ed almo&s;t over all the Orient.</P>
<P>The places of Note in <HI>Wa|lachia</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Tarvis,</HI> or <HI>Targovi&s;co,</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bra&s;covia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Buchori&s;t,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Margoze&s;t.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Tarvis,</HI> or <HI>Targovi&s;co.</HI></P>
<P>This is a great and con&s;iderable City, the Metropolis of <HI>Walachia,</HI> and the ordinary Re&s;idence of the <HI>Vaivode.</HI> It &s;tands on the River <HI>Launiza,</HI> 94 Miles S. E. of <HI>Herman&s;tat,</HI> 140 S. W. of <HI>Jazy,</HI> and 200 E. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> Long. 47 d. 38 m. Lat. 48 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Bra&s;covia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bra&s;covia,</HI> or <HI>Brac&s;low,</HI> or <HI>Bra&s;gow,</HI> is a City towards the North Parts of <HI>Walachia,</HI> with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Colocza,</HI> 47 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Tarvis.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="article">
<PB N="200" REF="103">
<HEAD>Article VI. Bulgaria.</HEAD>
<P><HI>B&V;lgary,</HI> Lat. <HI>Bulgaria,</HI> a Province of <HI>Europe</HI> be|longing to the <HI>Turk,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> had in times pa&s;t the Title of Kingdom. It &s;tretches from <HI>Servia,</HI> which it has on the W. along the <HI>Danube,</HI> which parts it from <HI>Mol|davia</HI> and <HI>Walachia,</HI> unto the Mouths of this River in the <HI>Black Sea,</HI> which bounds it on the Ea&s;t; and on the South a long Chain of Mountains &s;eparates it from <HI>Macedonia</HI> and <HI>Ro|mania,</HI> the old <HI>Thracia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Bulgaria,</HI> formerly made part of <HI>Lower-Moe&s;ia,</HI> Authors do vary about the Original and fir&s;t Seat of its Inhabitants.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabi|tants.</NOTE> There are &s;everal who think that they came from the <HI>A&s;iatick Sarmatia,</HI> and that they took their Name from the River <HI>Volga,</HI> which di&s;|charges it &s;elf into the Sea of <HI>Hyrcania,</HI> having had their Seat upon its Banks before they pa&s;&s;ed into <HI>Europe.</HI> Others make them de&s;cend from the Ancient <HI>Getae</HI> or <HI>Gepids.</HI> However, they have often oppo&s;ed the Emperors of <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> and made Incur&s;ions into <HI>Italy</HI> and <HI>France,</HI> under the Kings of the Se|cond Line.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable places in <HI>Bulgaria</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sofia,</HI> Cap. Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nicopolis,</HI> or <HI>Nigeboli,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gui&s;tandil,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Panfalca,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ternovo,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ha&s;grad,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sili&s;tria,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Prounda,</HI> or <HI>Pro&s;lavi&s;a,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tomi,</HI> or <HI>Tro&s;mi,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Me&s;embria,</HI> or <HI>Me&s;evira.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="201" REF="103">
<P>I. <HI>Sofia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sofia,</HI> or <HI>Sophia,</HI> is called by the <HI>Turks Triadizza,</HI> and is an Archbi&s;hop's See; it was of old called <HI>Sardicca,</HI> and belong|ed then to the <HI>Lower Mae&s;ia.</HI> It is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Ichar,</HI> at an equal di&s;tance from the Borders of <HI>Thracia</HI> E. <HI>Macedonia</HI> S. and <HI>Servia</HI> W. being now a great, populous, but unwalled City, and the Seat of the <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> or Governour for the <HI>Beglerbeglicz</HI> of <HI>Romelia;</HI> it is &s;uppo&s;ed to have been Built by the Emperor <HI>Ju&s;tinian</HI> in Honour of his Wife <HI>So|phia:</HI> It is noted for one of the greate&s;t General Councils in 307. that ever was held; wherein by the Artifice of <HI>Con&s;tan|tius,</HI> the Council of <HI>Nice</HI> was condemned. <HI>Amurat</HI> II. took this City, and &s;ince that time all the Country of its depen|dency has been &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI> It &s;tands 150 Miles S. of <HI>Targovi&s;co,</HI> and 315 W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 47 d. 12 m. Lat. 43 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Nicopolis.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Nicopolis,</HI> or <HI>Nigeboli,</HI> which the <HI>Turks</HI> call <HI>Sciltaro,</HI> is &s;eat|ed upon the <HI>Danube,</HI> the Capital of a <HI>Sangiak,</HI> with an Arch|bi&s;hop's See. It is famous for the Victory which <HI>Bazajet</HI> I. won there In 1396. It &s;tands 74 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Sofia.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Sili&s;tria.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sili&s;tria,</HI> is a great City, the &s;econd of <HI>Bulgary</HI> (by &s;ome reckoned the Chief) and the Capital of a <HI>Sangiac.</HI> It &s;tands 18 Miles S. of <HI>Nicopolis,</HI> and 70 N. of <HI>Sophia.</HI> Long. 47 d. 50 m. Lat. 44 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>From <HI>Sili&s;tria</HI> to <HI>Tomi</HI> or <HI>Tro&s;mi,</HI> (known in Antiquity by <HI>Ovid</HI>'s Confinement) are &s;een the remains of a Wall Built by the Emperors of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> again&s;t the <HI>Barbarians.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="article">
<PB N="202" REF="104">
<HEAD>Article VII. Servia.</HEAD>
<P><HI>SErvia,</HI> is a Province of the Turki&s;h Empire, which by the <HI>Romans</HI> was called <HI>Moe&s;ia Supe|rior,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> and then e&s;teemed a part of <HI>Thrace.</HI> It is of great Extent, being bounded on the North by the <HI>Danube,</HI> which &s;eparates it from <HI>Hungary</HI> and <HI>Walachia,</HI> on the We&s;t by <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI> on the South by <HI>Albania</HI> and <HI>Macedonia,</HI> and on the Ea&s;t by <HI>Bulgaria.</HI> This Country is very fruitful and rich,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> having &s;everal Mines of Gold and Silver. In the Year 1350. <HI>&V;b&s;an</HI> or <HI>Du&s;an</HI> Reigned, and was the fir&s;t King of <HI>Servia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and called him&s;elf al&s;o Emperor of <HI>Greece.</HI> He Conquered <HI>Bulgaria, Bo&s;|nia,</HI> and &s;everal other Nations in tho&s;e parts. But his Family ended in <HI>Stephen</HI> in 1371. The <HI>Servians</HI> &s;ubmitted to <HI>Amu|rath</HI> I. after the taking of <HI>Ni&s;&s;a,</HI> but being provoked by his Cruelty revolted in 1376. and joined with the De&s;pote of <HI>Bo&s;nia.</HI> In 1388. <HI>Lazarus</HI> De&s;pote of <HI>Servia</HI> fought <HI>Amu|rath</HI> I. in the Plains of <HI>Ca&s;&s;ovia,</HI> in which Battel fell 50000 Men; and <HI>Amurath</HI> was &s;lain after the Fight as he was view|ing the Field by a wounded <HI>Servian,</HI> who ro&s;e from the Dead Bodies, and &s;tabb'd him to Revenge the Death of <HI>Lazarus</HI> his Ma&s;ter, who was &s;lain here too. In 1420. <HI>Amurath</HI> Sultan of the <HI>Turks</HI> made an Inva&s;ion on <HI>George De&s;pote</HI> of <HI>Servia,</HI> called the <HI>Ra&s;cian,</HI> took <HI>Nevomento, Scopia,</HI> and <HI>Sinderovia,</HI> with two of the De&s;pote's Sons, put out their Eyes, and cut off their Genitals, and Married their Si&s;ter for her great Beauty. In 1427. the <HI>Servians</HI> were reduced by the &s;ame Prince; in 1454. they were again reduced, and have &s;ince that time been &s;ubject to the <HI>Ottoman</HI> Port.</P>
<P>The Places of Note in <HI>Ser|via</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Belgrade,</HI> Cap. Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Semendria,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ni&s;&s;a,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Scopia,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="203" REF="104">
<P>I. <HI>Belgrade.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Belgrade,</HI> or <HI>Gri&s;chi&s;h-Wei&s;&s;emburg,</HI> Lat. <HI>Alba Graeca,</HI> and <HI>Alba Bulgarica,</HI> is &s;eated a little below the Confluence of the <HI>Save</HI> and <HI>Danube,</HI> very con&s;iderable for its greatne&s;s, and for its &s;ituation upon a Hill, which renders it extraordinary &s;trong. Some do take it for the old <HI>Taurinum,</HI> but that was too far from the Confluent of the <HI>Save</HI> and <HI>Danube,</HI> to be the &s;ame with <HI>Belgrade.</HI> There is more likelihood that the latter being increa&s;ed by the Ruin of the other, its Neighbourhood made it to be taken for the &s;ame City. <HI>Belgrade</HI> is a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Antivari. Amurath</HI> II. lo&s;t a Victorious Army before it in 1439. and <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. his Son lo&s;t another Army of 250000 Men before it in 1456. which the brave <HI>Huniades</HI> ruin'd by this Stratagem; he &s;uf|fered a Party of the <HI>Turks</HI> to enter the Town, and whil&s;t they were plundering, &s;allied out, and took their Cannon, turned them again&s;t them&s;elves, killed 40000 of them, and forc'd the re&s;t to an inglorious flight, leaving all their Baggage and Ammunition behind. In 1521. <HI>Soliman the Magnificent</HI> took it after two Months Siege, <HI>Lewis</HI> King of <HI>Hungary</HI> being then but 15 Years of Age, and the other Chri&s;tian Princes being ingaged in a Mutual War. It was for many Years after neg|lected by the <HI>Turks,</HI> but in 1686. they begun to refortifie it after the lo&s;s of <HI>Buda.</HI> In 1688. the Emperor &s;ent the Duke of <HI>Bavaria</HI> again&s;t it with a Potent Army, he forced his way over the <HI>Save, Aug.</HI> 8. and defeated 6000 of the be&s;t of the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Troops, on the Tenth he March'd toward <HI>Belgrade,</HI> whereupon the <HI>Turks</HI> &s;et Fire to the Lower Town, and aban|don'd it, tho' they had 20000 Men Incamp'd, and a &s;trong Work which reach'd from the Town to the <HI>Save.</HI> An old <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> was left to Command the upper Town and Ca&s;tle. On the 12th. the Chri&s;tians begun their Approaches, the <HI>Turks</HI> making a Vigorous Defence; but Breaches being made, the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts</HI> Storm'd it thrice &s;ucce&s;&s;ively at the 6th. of <HI>Sep|tember,</HI> and at the third A&s;&s;ault, entred the Place, putting all to the Sword at fir&s;t, &s;o that there were about 7000 kill'd and thrown into the <HI>Save;</HI> but the <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> and about 3000 more obtained Quarter, having Chain'd 200 Chri&s;tian Slaves, whom they &s;et betwixt them and the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts.</HI> There were 70 Pieces of Cannon, with a va&s;t deal of Plunder, tho'
<PB N="204" REF="105"> the Inhabitants had been removing their Effects a long t&s;me, and a 1000 Boats went down the River the Day before the lower Town was Burnt. The Chri&s;tians had about 4000 killed and wounded in this Siege. In 1690. the Emperor being Attack'd by the <HI>French</HI> King upon the <HI>Rhine,</HI> the prime Vi&s;ier &s;at down before <HI>Belgrade, Octob.</HI> 3. with 60000 Men. The Garri&s;on con&s;i&s;ted of 6000 Men well provided, who made a Gallant Defence, and killed abundance of <HI>Turks;</HI> but on the 8th. a Bomb falling into the Magazine, blew it up, with 1700 <HI>Germans</HI> going to Mount the Guard, and &s;et Fire to the other Magazines, blew up part of the Walls, and filled the Ditches, &s;o that the Enemy entred by whole Squadrons, and put all to the Sword. The Fire de&s;troyed the Town and Ca|&s;tle, and only the Governour with 300 of the Garri&s;on e&s;ca|ped. He was afterwards brought to his Tryal for not having done his part, but acquitted. Since that time the <HI>Turks</HI> have refortified this City. It &s;tands 165 Miles S. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> 160 S. W. of <HI>Herman&s;tadt,</HI> 230 N. W. of <HI>Sofia,</HI> 280 S. E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> and 540 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 42 d. 24 m. Lat. 45 d. 20 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Semenbria.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Semenbria,</HI> is a City and Bi&s;hoprick on the <HI>Danube,</HI> 24 Miles E. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> The <HI>Turks</HI> took it in 1690. from the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Ni&s;&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ni&s;&s;a,</HI> is a very con&s;iderable City upon the River <HI>Nichawa</HI> It is &s;trong by its &s;ituation, capable of being improved, and has five Mo&s;ques. The Country round it is very fruitful and plea&s;ant. This City is memorable for the defeat of the <HI>Turks</HI> by the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts,</HI> on the 24th&punc; of <HI>September</HI> in 1689. under Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Baden,</HI> whereupon all <HI>Servia</HI> and <HI>Alba|nia</HI> &s;ubmitted to the Emperor, as did al&s;o the Town nextday after the Victory; but it was retaken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1690. after a Siege of three Weeks. It &s;tands 140 Miles S. E. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> Long. 45 d. 5 m. Lat. 43 d. 53 m.</P>
<PB N="205" REF="105">
<P>IV. <HI>Scopia,</HI> or <HI>U&s;copia&punc;</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scopia,</HI> or <HI>&V;&s;copia,</HI> (which <HI>San&s;on</HI> places in <HI>Bulgaria</HI>) is a large City at the foot of Mount <HI>Orbelus,</HI> on the River <HI>Vera|tazar</HI> near the Borders of <HI>Macedonia,</HI> partly on Hills, partly on Plains, in a plea&s;ant Country. It was at fir&s;t a Bi&s;hop's See, but is now an Archbi&s;hop's, and is a plea&s;ant, populous, and trading City. There are in it 700 Tanners, many fair Hou&s;es, and &s;ome hand&s;om Sepulchral Monuments. The be&s;t Hou&s;es are richly furni&s;hed with Carpets to tread on, finely painted. This City in the Year 1689. was taken by <HI>Picolomini</HI> for the Emperor of <HI>Germany,</HI> it being de&s;erted by the <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> and its Inhabitants: The <HI>Germans</HI> &s;aid it was as big as <HI>Prague</HI> in <HI>Bohemia,</HI> and had 60000 Inhabitants, and 400 <HI>Jews,</HI> but being open, and only walled, and taken late in the Year, the <HI>Imperiali&s;ts</HI> plunder'd it, and burnt it down to the Ground. It &s;tands 60 Miles S. E. of <HI>Ni&s;&s;a,</HI> 66 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Sofia,</HI> and nigh 200 S. E. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> Long. 45 d. 48 m. Lat. 43 d.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="8" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article VIII. Ra&s;cia.</HEAD>
<P>SOme Geographers include <HI>Ra&s;cia</HI> in the Kingdom of <HI>Hun|gary,</HI> others in <HI>Servia,</HI> and others in <HI>Sclavonia;</HI> I &s;hall follow neither of them, but make it a di&s;tinct Province, ac|cording to <HI>San&s;on's</HI> Maps.</P>
<P><HI>Ra&s;cia,</HI> is a Principality bounded on the N. by the River <HI>Drave,</HI> that &s;eparates it from the Kingdom of <HI>Hungary,</HI> on the E. by the <HI>Danube,</HI> on the S. by the <HI>Save,</HI> that divides it from <HI>Servia</HI> and <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI> and on the W. by <HI>Sclavonia.</HI></P>
<P>The Places of Note in <HI>Ra&s;|cia</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Peter Waradin,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>E&s;&s;eck,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Swernick.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="206" REF="106">
<P>I. <HI>Peter-Waradin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Peter-Waradin</HI> or <HI>Petro-Waradin</HI> called by the Inhabitants <HI>Petrowar</HI> Lat. <HI>Acuminium,</HI> or <HI>Petro-Varadin,</HI> is &s;ituate on the <HI>Danube</HI> between the <HI>Save</HI> and the <HI>Drave,</HI> and has been very famous during the pre&s;ent War. The Turks made it their common pa&s;&s;age into upper <HI>Hungary,</HI> after the Emperors Forces had made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of <HI>Buda,</HI> and for that purpo&s;e kept a Bridge of Boats over the <HI>Danube</HI> here: the Revolt and Mutiny again&s;t the prime Vi&s;ier, after the Battel of <HI>Mohats,</HI> happened here, whereby that General was forc'd to fly for his Life to <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and thence to <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> It has &s;ince been taken and retaken by both Parties. Its Fortifications were blown up by the Imperiali&s;ts in 1688. and the Town quite burnt down a little after. But the Empe|ror in 1691. begun to refortify it, and intends to make it a place of great &s;trength. It &s;tands 32 Miles N. W. of <HI>Bel|grade,</HI> and 36 S. E. of <HI>E&s;&s;eck,</HI> Long. 41 d. 55 m. Lat. 45 d. 38 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>E&s;&s;eck.</HI></P>
<P><HI>E&s;&s;eck</HI> is a Town upon the <HI>Drave</HI> which has been very fa|mous in the Pre&s;ent Wars betwixt the Turks and Imperiali&s;ts; The Town &s;tands low and the Streets are plank'd with Trees. Upon one &s;ide of the Gate, is a part of a <HI>Roman</HI> In&s;cription <HI>M. Aelian,</HI> &amp;c. on the other a Man's head in Stone. In or near this Place <HI>Con&s;tantius</HI> defeated <HI>Magnentius</HI> the U&s;urper and Murtherer of <HI>Con&s;tantine</HI> II. in 359. The Town is great and populous, by rea&s;on of the Trade and Commerce, but not &s;trong; and therefore the Turks have of late be&s;towed much co&s;t and pains in fortifying it. But that which is the great wonder is the Wooden Bridge, 8585 Geometrical paces long, and 17. broad; running over the <HI>Drave,</HI> over a long Mar&s;h and the River <HI>Fenns,</HI> from the City to the Fort of <HI>Darda,</HI> which is on the other &s;ide in the lower <HI>Hungary.</HI> It was built by <HI>Soliman</HI> the <HI>Magnificent</HI> in 1521. as &s;oon as he had taken <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and has Rails on both &s;ides, with Towers of Wood at every quarter of a Mile. Count <HI>Nicholas Serini</HI> burnt part of it in 1664. which nece&s;&s;itated the Turks to
<PB N="207" REF="106"> build that part a little nearer the <HI>Danube,</HI> becau&s;e they could not without great charges and difficulty, pluck up the re|mainder of the Trees which the Water had pre&s;erved from the Fire. By this Bridge the Turki&s;h Armies u&s;ed to pa&s;s between <HI>Hungary</HI> and <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Near this Place the Un|fortunate <HI>Lewis</HI> King of <HI>Hungary,</HI> was defeated in 1526. in attempting to &s;top <HI>Soliman</HI>'s pa&s;&s;age into his Kingdom. Count <HI>Le&s;&s;y</HI> burnt this Bridge a &s;econd time in 1685. and po&s;&s;e&s;s'd him&s;elf of the Town of <HI>E&s;&s;eck;</HI> but the Ca&s;tle holding out he blew up their Magazines, plunder'd the Town and left it. In 1686. The <HI>Turks</HI> began to build it after another manner, by driving rows of Trees into the Earth, and filling up the &s;pace with Earth, that it might not be &s;ubject to be ruin'd by Fire. But the Duke of <HI>Lorrain</HI> de&s;troyed it in 1687. drove the <HI>Turks</HI> over the <HI>Drave,</HI> and in a few days entirely ruined, what 8000 men had been many Months a Building. After the taking of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> the Turks &s;at down with an Army of 15000 Men before this place, but retired without &s;ucce&s;s in 1690. It &s;tands 65 Miles N. W. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and 100 S. E. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 41 d. 25 m. Lat. 46 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Swernick.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Swernick</HI> is a great City with a con&s;iderable Pa&s;s on the Ri|ver <HI>Trina,</HI> near the Confines of <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI> 28 Miles E. of <HI>Sarai<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">.</HI> It was taken by the Imperiali&s;ts <HI>Octob.</HI> 15. 1688.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="9" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article IX. <HI>Bo&s;nia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>BO&s;nia</HI> or <HI>Bo&s;&s;ina</HI> is a Province of <HI>Europe</HI> formerly a Kingdom.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> It is &s;ituated betwixt the Rivers <HI>&V;nna, Save</HI> and <HI>Drina,</HI> and took its name from the River <HI>Bo&s;na.</HI> It <HI>Borders Servia</HI> on the Ea&s;t;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Dalmatia,</NOTE> on the South; <HI>Croatia</HI> on the We&s;t, and <HI>Sclavonia</HI> and <HI>Ra&s;cia</HI> on the North.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> This Country was an|ciently part of <HI>Pannonia,</HI> conquered &s;ince by the <HI>Goths,</HI> and at la&s;t by the <HI>Sclavonians,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Tribu|taries</NOTE> who becoming Tribu|taries
<PB N="208" REF="107"> and &s;ubjects to the <HI>Hungarians, Bo&s;nia</HI> had the &s;ame Fate. It con&s;i&s;ted then only of one Province, which has &s;ince had Princes of its own. <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. &s;eized it in 1463. and Flead <HI>Stephen</HI> the la&s;t King of <HI>Bo&s;nia.</HI> In 1688. at the &s;ame time that the Duke of <HI>Bavaria</HI> marched to the Siege of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Baden</HI> went with a &s;trong Detach|ment of <HI>Germans</HI> and <HI>Hungarians</HI> to the Conque&s;t of <HI>Bo&s;nia.</HI> The <HI>Croatians</HI> having Orders to join with him, the 14th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> his Army pa&s;&s;ed the River <HI>&V;nna,</HI> tho' the Ba&s;&s;a oppo|&s;ed him with 15000 Men, after which he took <HI>Ca&s;tanovitza,</HI> which is a Ca&s;tle of three &s;trong Towers, and a Wall accor|ding to the ancient way of Fortification, and &s;eated on the <HI>&V;nna,</HI> between <HI>Croatia</HI> and <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI> which yielded without re&s;i&s;tance. The 15th the Army went towards <HI>Gradi&s;ca,</HI> which was &s;et on fire and de&s;erted, as was al&s;o <HI>Debitza</HI> and <HI>Ja&s;&s;enovitz,</HI> and 3000 <HI>Turks</HI> were intercepted and cut off near the former. The 25th he marched toward <HI>Brod,</HI> (the <HI>Croats</HI> being &s;ent home) in order to reinforce the Siege of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> but finding the <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> had &s;till a con&s;iderable Body of Men he re&s;olved to di&s;per&s;e them before he went. The <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> lay then at <HI>Terwent</HI> five <HI>Hungarian</HI> Miles from <HI>Brod,</HI> and the 4th of <HI>September</HI> he marched towards him in the Night with a Body of 3000 <HI>German</HI> Hor&s;e without any Foot. The 5th by break of Day, they fell upon the Enemies Camp 15000 &s;trong, and defeated their Hor&s;e, and of 7000 Foot, which could not &s;o well &s;hift, 5000 were &s;lain and 2000 taken, with the lo&s;s of 150 Chri&s;tians, upon which <HI>Bagnaluca</HI> the la&s;t Town yielded to Prince <HI>Lewis,</HI> and &s;ince that the <HI>Germans</HI> are become Ma&s;ters of all the other Places, and have reconquered the whole Province.</P>
<P>The Principal places of this Pro|vince are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Sari</HI> or <HI>Bo&s;na, Saray</HI> Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>I&s;wornick.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ternovitza.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Bagnialuck</HI> or <HI>Bagnaluca.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kretno.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Jaickza</HI> or <HI>Yetze.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Debitza,</HI> or <HI>Dobicza.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ja&s;&s;enovitz.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Tina.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="209" REF="107">
<P>I. <HI>Sari.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sari</HI> or <HI>Bo&s;na-Saray</HI> is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Miglazza,</HI> and is accounted now the principal City of <HI>Bo&s;nia,</HI> (which ho|nour belong'd formerly to <HI>Jaitza,</HI> and then to <HI>Warbo&s;aum,</HI>) and &s;tands 50 Miles S. W. of <HI>Peter-Waradin,</HI> and 175 S. of <HI>Buda,</HI> Long. 40 d. 15 m. Lat. 45 d. 10 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Jaykza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Jaycza, Gieza</HI> or <HI>Gaitia,</HI> formerly the Capital City of <HI>Bo&s;|nia,</HI> is a mighty &s;trong City and Ca&s;tle, &s;eated on the River <HI>Plena.</HI> This City was recovered by the King of <HI>Hungary</HI> in 1463. from the Turks, who endeavoured to retake it the &s;ame year, without &s;ucce&s;s; but they took it afterwards, and made it the &s;eat of a <HI>Sangiack</HI> or Governour. It &s;tands 42 Miles E. of <HI>Wihitz,</HI> 60 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Bagnialuck,</HI> 82 Miles N. E. of <HI>Zara,</HI> and 154 almo&s;t S. of <HI>Buda.</HI> Long. 39 d. 15 m. Lat. 45 d. 22 m.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="10" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article X. <HI>Sclavonia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>UNder the name of <HI>Sclavonia,</HI> the ancients com|prehended <HI>Hungary, Sclavonia propria, Croatia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ancient. Extent.</NOTE> <HI>Dalmatia, Bo&s;nia, Servia, Ra&s;cia</HI> and <HI>Bulgaria,</HI> reaching from the River <HI>Drave</HI> to the Gulph of <HI>Ve|nice.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Modern. Bounds.</NOTE> But by <HI>Sclavonia</HI> at pre&s;ent is only meant that part of the ancient <HI>Pannonia,</HI> which is bound|ed by the <HI>Drave</HI> on the North; <HI>Ra&s;cia,</HI> on the Ea&s;t; the <HI>Save,</HI> on the South; and <HI>Germany,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> on the We&s;t. It is 32 <HI>German</HI> Miles in length, and 12 in breadth.</P>
<P>It is &s;aid to have had its name from the <HI>Slavi</HI> an ancient People who came from <HI>Scythia</HI> in the time<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE>
<PB N="210" REF="108"> of the Emperor <HI>Ju&s;tinian,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and having &s;eized <HI>I&s;tria</HI> and all <HI>Grecia,</HI> founded the Kingdom of <HI>Poland</HI> un|der <HI>Lechus,</HI> and that of <HI>Moravia,</HI> under <HI>Zechus, Anno</HI> 550. they were beat out of <HI>Greece</HI> by <HI>Con&s;tantine.</HI> And in 783. they were kept under by <HI>Lewis</HI> the <HI>Pious.</HI> In 807. they em|braced Chri&s;tianity by the Preaching of one <HI>Methodius.</HI> The Emperor <HI>Lewis</HI> II. had War with them, about 858. as al&s;o the Emperor <HI>Otho</HI> in 960. They infe&s;ted <HI>Canute</HI> and <HI>Sueno</HI> Kings of the <HI>Danes</HI> in the Xth Century, but <HI>Walduner</HI> over|came them in 1161. <HI>Anno</HI> 1200. <HI>Canute</HI> the <HI>Dane</HI> overcame the Marque&s;s of <HI>Brandenburg,</HI> who had po&s;&s;e&s;t him&s;elf of <HI>Scla|vonia,</HI> and after this the <HI>Sclavonians</HI> became Tributaries to the <HI>Hungarians.</HI> They were mo&s;t of them of the <HI>Roman</HI> Church,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion. Language.</NOTE> but performed their Wor|&s;hip in their own Language, which was formerly very exten&s;ive, and &s;poken in more places than any other living Tongue in <HI>Europe,</HI> and is yet, tho' in diffe|rent Dialects, from the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Gulf to the Northern Ocean, by the <HI>I&s;trians, Dalmatians, Bo&s;nians, Moravians, Bohemians, Lu&s;atians, Sile&s;ians, Poles, Lithuanians, Pru&s;&s;ians, Scandina|vians</HI> and <HI>Ru&s;&s;ians</HI> almo&s;t as far as <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> and much u&s;ed among the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
<P>In 1504. this Country was &s;ubdued by <HI>Soly|man</HI> the <HI>Magnificent.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Government.</NOTE> in 1687. after the <HI>Turks</HI> were defeated, at <HI>Mohatz,</HI> their Army Mutiny'd again&s;t the <HI>Grand Vi&s;ier,</HI> and the <HI>Turks</HI> de&s;erting it, the whole Country, except <HI>Gradi&s;ca,</HI> &s;ubmitted to the Empe|ror.</P>
<P>This Country is very fruitful, and has many Mines;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality. Manners.</NOTE> the People are &s;o enamoured with War, that they often pray they may die with their Swords in their Hands.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable Places here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Po&s;ega.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Gradi&s;ca.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sopia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Novigrad.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Kopranitz.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Wara&s;din.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Brodt.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="211" REF="108">
<P>I. <HI>Po&s;ega.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Po&s;ega,</HI> the Capital City of <HI>Sclavonia,</HI> is a Place of an indif|ferent &s;trength, but of great Commerce. It has 400 Villages depending upon it, and con&s;i&s;ts of about 1000 Hou&s;es. The Country about it is very fruitful, producing fruits of all &s;orts of an extraordinary &s;ize. It was taken from the <HI>Turks</HI> by the Imperiali&s;ts in 1687. The <HI>Bey</HI> made at fir&s;t &s;ome re&s;i&s;t|ance, but after having fired &s;ome Cannon, he abandoned the Place; part of the Garri&s;on retired to the Mountains, and the re&s;t into different places upon the <HI>Save.</HI> The <HI>Germans</HI> found in it a great quantity of Ammunition and Provi&s;ion, with five Pieces of Cannon. This City &s;tands on the River <HI>Oriana</HI> 120 Miles S. of <HI>Buda,</HI> 126 W. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and 185 S. E. of <HI>Vienna,</HI> Long. 39 d. 42 m. Lat. 45 d. 46 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Gradi&s;ca.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Gradiska</HI> is a &s;trong Town &s;eated upon the River <HI>Save,</HI> toward the Frontiers of <HI>Croatia.</HI> It was taken from the <HI>Turks</HI> by the Imperiali&s;ts under the Command of the Duke of <HI>Croy</HI> in 1691. It &s;tands 30 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Po&s;ega,</HI> Long. 39 d. Lat. 45 d. 39 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Brodt.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Brodt</HI> is a &s;mall Town 15 Miles S. of <HI>Po&s;ega</HI> famous for a Victory Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Baden</HI> gained over the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1688.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="11" TYPE="article">
<PB N="12" REF="109">
<HEAD>Article XI. <HI>Croatia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>CRoatia</HI> has the Title of a Kingdom, and com|prehended formerly all between the <HI>Drave</HI> and the Sea of <HI>Dalmatia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> and was divided into three parts, but now that is called <HI>Croatia</HI> that lies between <HI>Bo&s;nia</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Gulf of <HI>Venice,</HI> on the South; <HI>Germany,</HI> on the We&s;t; and <HI>Sclavonia</HI> on the North; <HI>Croatia</HI> is called <HI>Krabatin</HI> by the <HI>Germans,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name. Manners</NOTE> and <HI>Corbavia</HI> in Latin. The People of this Province are good War|riors, and take much after the <HI>Germans, Hunga|rians</HI> and <HI>Sclavonians</HI> for their Cu&s;toms and Manners, &s;o that their Gentlemen are &s;aid to &s;hare with the fir&s;t in their Drun|kenne&s;s; to imitate the &s;econd in their Pride; and to be eve|ry whit as importunate as the la&s;t. The <HI>Croates,</HI> e&s;pecially tho&s;e called <HI>&V;&s;cokes,</HI> are very &s;wift, and run up and down Mountains like Bucks, with Shoes made of Cord on purpo&s;e. <HI>Croatia</HI> is commonly divided into the <HI>Au&s;trial</HI> and the <HI>Otto|man,</HI> becau&s;e the Hou&s;e of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> and the <HI>Turks</HI> are Sove|reigns thereof.</P>
<P>To the Emperor.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Segna.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sangrad.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>To the Turks.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Wihitz</HI> or <HI>Pighiton.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Si&s;&s;aken,</HI> or <HI>Si&s;&s;eg.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Velay.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;tanovitz.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>I. <HI>Segna</HI> or <HI>Zeng.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Segna</HI> or <HI>Zeng,</HI> is a &s;trong City on the Bay, anciently called <HI>Flanaticum</HI> now <HI>Quarnaro</HI> or <HI>Carnaro,</HI> from the Moun|tain <HI>de Carnia,</HI> and has over again&s;t it the I&s;land of <HI>Veglia.</HI> This is the Capital City of the Principality of <HI>Morlachia,</HI> and a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Spalatro.</HI> It is &s;trong
<PB N="213" REF="109"> both by Art and Nature, having va&s;t Woods and Mountains behind it to the Land-ward, &s;o that an Army can hardly get to it, and the Port is not capable of a great Fleet. About the year 1539. It was in the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Count <HI>de Frangipani,</HI> and was claimed by <HI>Solyman,</HI> the Grand Seignior as a part of <HI>Hungary,</HI> which he had then conquered in great part. This forced <HI>Ferdinand</HI> the Emperor to take it into his own hands, after which he entertained the <HI>&V;&s;chochi</HI> a &s;et of Robbers like our <HI>Buccaneers,</HI> who had like to have kindled a War betwixt the <HI>Turks</HI> and the <HI>Venetians.</HI> The Coa&s;t about this Bay is full of &s;mall I&s;lands, Rocks and Creeks, &s;o that it has ever been a Receptacle for Pyrates. Tho&s;e Pyrates in time became 500 or 600 Men, and did great damage to the <HI>Turks</HI> and to the Chri&s;tian Merchants. The <HI>Turks</HI> provok'd by the Injuries of the&s;e <HI>Buccaneers</HI> in the year 1592. began a War again&s;t the <HI>Au&s;trian</HI> Dominions, which la&s;ted till the year 1602. In the year 1613. <HI>Fadre Paolo,</HI> in his continua|tion of the Hi&s;tory of the <HI>&V;&s;chochi</HI> tells us, that this City con|&s;i&s;ted of three &s;orts of Men, the <HI>Stipendarii</HI> or Li&s;ted Men, which were 200 under four Captains; the <HI>Ca&s;alini,</HI> or Citi|zens, which were then about 100 Families; And the <HI>Ventu|rini,</HI> who were Fugitives from Turkey, <HI>Dalmatia</HI> and <HI>Apulia;</HI> their whole number not above 2000. Yet this handful of Men, plagued the State of <HI>Venice</HI> from 1537, to 1616. The War I la&s;t mentioned lo&s;t the Empire of <HI>Germany, Agria</HI> in 1596. and <HI>Cani&s;a</HI> in 1602. In the year 1615. the Arch-Duke of <HI>Au&s;tria</HI> declared a War again&s;t the <HI>Venetians,</HI> on the &s;core of the&s;e Pyrates, which drew the <HI>Dutch</HI> to a&s;&s;i&s;t them; and this forced the Arch-Duke the next year to &s;uppre&s;s this Ne&s;t of Pyrates, &s;o that they were never heard of &s;ince. <HI>Segna</HI> &s;tands 46 Miles nigh S. of <HI>Carol&s;tad,</HI> as many N. W. of <HI>Zara,</HI> and 52 W. of <HI>Wihitz.</HI> Long. 36 d. 39 m. Lat. 45 d. 1<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Wihitz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Wihitz</HI> or <HI>Pighiton,</HI> is a very &s;trong City, &s;eated on a &s;mall Lake by the River <HI>&V;nna</HI> reckoned the Capital of <HI>Croatia.</HI> It &s;tands 44 Miles S. E. of <HI>Carol&s;tat,</HI> 52 almo&s;t N. of <HI>Zara,</HI> and 84 nigh W. of <HI>Po&s;ega.</HI> Long. 37 d. 44 m. Lat. 45 d. 18 m.</P>
<PB N="214" REF="110">
<P>III. <HI>Ca&s;tanovitz.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ca&s;tanovitz</HI> is a good Ca&s;tle on the River <HI>&V;nna,</HI> near the Borders of <HI>Bo&s;nia</HI> 34 Miles W. of <HI>Gradi&s;ca.</HI> It belonged to the <HI>Turks,</HI> but was taken by Prince <HI>Lewis</HI> of <HI>Baden,</HI> and &s;ub|mitted to the Emperor of <HI>Germany</HI> in 1688.</P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="12" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article XII. <HI>Dalmatia.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>DAlmatia,</HI> is a Province lying on the Gulf of <HI>Venice,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> part of the ancient <HI>Illyria.</HI> It was anciently very large, but is now more con|tracted. It has <HI>I&s;tria,</HI> on the We&s;t; <HI>Croatia</HI> and part of <HI>Bo&s;|nia,</HI> on the North; <HI>Servia</HI> and <HI>Albania,</HI> on the Ea&s;t; and the Gulph of <HI>Venice</HI> on the South. Their Lan|guage is <HI>Sclavonick,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Language. Religion. Manners.</NOTE> and their Religion for the mo&s;t part Popery. The People are Martial, but ridiculous in their Diverti&s;ements.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE>The Pope at a Council held by two of his Le|gates, at <HI>Salone,</HI> erected this Province into a Kingdom, and inve&s;ted <HI>Demetrius</HI> their Duke, with Sword, Scepter and Crown, <HI>Anno</HI> 1076. <HI>Diocle&s;ian</HI> the Per&s;ecuting Emperor, was a Native of this Country; whether he retired after his Abdication. It was added to <HI>Hungary</HI> in 1310. to|gether with &s;ome adjacent Provinces.</P>
<P><HI>Dalmatia</HI> is divided into three parts, as followeth.</P>
<P>The fir&s;t belongs to the <HI>Venetians</HI> and compre|hends.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Zara.</HI> Archbp. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Nona.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zemonico.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Sebenico.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Traw.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Spalatro.</HI> Archbp.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Salone.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cli&s;&s;a.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<PB N="215" REF="110">
<P>The &s;econd belongs to the <HI>Turks,</HI> and compre|prehends the&s;e oppo&s;ite Places, but the <HI>Venetians</HI> have of late conquered mo&s;t of them.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Scardona.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Narenca</HI> or <HI>Narenza.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Trebigna.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cattaro.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Budoa.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Antivari.</HI> Archbp.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dulcigno.</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Scutari.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>The third is the Re|publick of <HI>Ragu&s;i,</HI> in which are, <HI>Ragu&s;i</HI> or <HI>Dobronika.</HI> Archbp. <HI>Stagno.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Zara.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zara</HI> Lat. <HI>Jadera</HI> is a very con&s;iderable Town and Port, Capital of <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> and an Archbi&s;hop's See. It is envi|roned by the Sea, being joined to land only by a Draw-Bridg: Be&s;ides this, it is defended with &s;ix &s;trong Ba&s;tions, <HI>La|di&s;laus</HI> King of <HI>Naples,</HI> who al&s;o took the quality of King of <HI>Hungary,</HI> &s;old it with the depending I&s;lands to the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1409. to whom it belong'd before, for they being a&s;&s;i&s;ted by <HI>Baldwin</HI> Count of <HI>Flanders,</HI> and other Princes that were going to the Conque&s;t of the <HI>Holy-Land,</HI> after <HI>Saladin</HI>'s Death, made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it in 1200. This City &s;tands 116 Miles N. E. of <HI>Ancona,</HI> 184 almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Venice,</HI> and 165 N. W. of <HI>Ragu&s;a.</HI> Long. 37 d. 20 m. Lat. 44 d. 34 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Nona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Nona</HI> Lat. <HI>Aenona</HI> is a well-fortified Town and Port of <HI>Dal|matia,</HI> with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Za|ra.</HI> It &s;tands 35 Miles N. of <HI>Zara.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Zemonico.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zemonico</HI> was a &s;trong hold of <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> about &s;even Miles
<PB N="216" REF="111"> from <HI>Zara.</HI> The <HI>Venetians</HI> yielded it to the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1573. but in 1647. The Proveditor <HI>Fo&s;coli</HI> ob&s;erving how the <HI>Turks</HI> of that Garri&s;on did annoy the Country all about, re&s;olved to beat them out of it, which he did and then demoli&s;hed the Fort. In 1682. The <HI>Turks</HI> de&s;igned to e&s;tabli&s;h them|&s;elves there, but were cut off by the <HI>Morlaques.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Sebenico.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sebenico</HI> Lat. <HI>Sebenicum Sicum,</HI> is a &s;mall, but &s;trong City up|on the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea, with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Spalatro.</HI> It has been under the <HI>Venetians</HI> &s;ince the year 1412. before which time it was a Sea-Port Town of <HI>Croatia.</HI> It has a Ca&s;tle and Fort built upon a Rock, which has four times baffled the <HI>Ottoman</HI> Forces, and is &s;ituate at the Mouth of the River <HI>Kerka,</HI> 30 Miles N. W. of <HI>Spalatro,</HI> and 44 S. E. of <HI>Zara,</HI> Long. 38 d. 18 m. Lat. 44 d. 16 m.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Traw.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Traw</HI> is a very &s;trong and populous City, a Sea-Port and a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Spalatro.</HI> It &s;tands in a &s;mall I&s;land of the &s;ame name, but joined to the Conti|nent by a Bridge, it is &s;ubject to the Republick of <HI>Venice</HI> &s;ince 1420. and lies 24 Miles S. E of <HI>Sebenico.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Spalatro.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Spalatro</HI> Lat. <HI>Spalatum,</HI> or <HI>Palatium Diocle&s;iani,</HI> and <HI>Salona Nova,</HI> is very Strong, Rich and Populous, and an Archbi|&s;hops See. Its name &s;eems to be a Corruption of <HI>Palatium,</HI> becau&s;e it was in former times, the Palace of <HI>Diocle&s;ian,</HI> who was born at <HI>Salona,</HI> about a League from <HI>Spalatro.</HI> This City is well-fortified, and about a Mu&s;quet &s;hot from the Ea&s;t Gate there is a Fort built upon high Ground, which commands the City. Here is al&s;o a very &s;pacious and convenient Har|bour. The <HI>Venetians</HI> have but a &s;mall Garri&s;on there, as tru&s;ting in their Fort of <HI>Cli&s;&s;a,</HI> there being no pa&s;&s;age from <HI>Turkey</HI> to this City, but under the Cannon of that Place. The Cathedral of this City was of old a Temple that &s;tood
<PB N="217" REF="111"> in the mid&s;t of <HI>Diocle&s;ian</HI>'s Palace. Since this Temple was changed into a Church, they have broken through the Wall to make a Quire to it, and made &s;everal Windows in it, for before it received light only by the Gate or Door, according to the Cu&s;tom of the Heathens, who commonly made their Temples all dark, to render their My&s;teries the more vene|rable, by the borrowed light of many Torches and Lamps. The Walls of <HI>Diocle&s;ian</HI>'s Palace, which contain the two thirds of the City, are in a manner whole and intire, and make an exact &s;quare, with a Gate in the mid&s;t of each &s;ide. The Country round this Place is very fruitful, and all Provi&s;ions very Cheap. It &s;tands 30 Miles S. E. of <HI>Sebenico</HI> 74 S. E. of <HI>Zara</HI> and 92 N. W. of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> Long. 38 d. 50 m. Lat. 44 d.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Salona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Salona</HI> is a City on the Gulph of <HI>Venice,</HI> now ruined by the <HI>Sclavonians,</HI> but formerly was a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Spalatro,</HI> and much mentioned in ancient Writers, and more particularly famous for the Retreat of the Emperor <HI>Diocle&s;ian.</HI> The <HI>Venetians</HI> have built a Ca&s;tle, near its ruins, which &s;tands five Miles N. of <HI>Spalatro.</HI></P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Cli&s;&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cli&s;&s;a</HI> is a &s;trong Fort 10 Miles N. E. of <HI>Spalatro,</HI> and 34 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Sebenico.</HI></P>
<P>IX. <HI>Scardona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scardona</HI> is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Kerka,</HI> in Latin <HI>Tilius,</HI> which compa&s;&s;eth a great part of it &s;o as to make it a kind of <HI>Penin&s;ula.</HI> It is about &s;even Miles from the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea, with a Bi&s;hops See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Spalatro.</HI> It was formerly a famous City, and the Capital of the <HI>Turki&s;h Dal|matia.</HI> It is &s;till con&s;iderable. In the year 1683. the <HI>Mor|lacks</HI> of <HI>Croatia</HI> took it from the <HI>Turks,</HI> and General <HI>Valier</HI> put a good Garri&s;on into it for the <HI>Venetians,</HI> after that he had put the place into a condition of being a Bulwark again&s;t
<PB N="218" REF="112"> the Incur&s;ions of the Infidels. It is about 30 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Sebenico.</HI></P>
<P>X. <HI>Narenza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Narenza,</HI> or <HI>Narenca,</HI> Lat. <HI>Naro,</HI> is &s;eated on the Gulf at <HI>Venice,</HI> and belongs to the <HI>Turks;</HI> it was formerly very con|&s;iderable, and the Capital of <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> but at pre&s;ent it is in a manner wholly ruined. It has a Bi&s;hop Suffragan of <HI>Ra|gu&s;i.</HI> The <HI>Venetians</HI> took it in 987. and the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1479. It &s;tands 44 Miles N. of <HI>Ragu&s;a.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Trebigni,</HI> or <HI>Trebigna.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Trebigna,</HI> is a &s;mall and incon&s;iderable, but very Ancient City, with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Ragu|&s;a,</HI> &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI> It &s;tands 20 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> Long. 41 d. 2 m. Lat. 43 d. 10 m.</P>
<P>XII. <HI>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo,</HI> is a Town of the Dutchy of St. <HI>Saba,</HI> or of the Province of <HI>Herzegovine,</HI> &s;eated upon the Canal of <HI>Catta|ro,</HI> three Leagues from its Mouth, and over-again&s;t the Ea|&s;tern Sea. The Ca&s;tle of <HI>Salimanega,</HI> which is joined to the place on the North-&s;ide is built upon a very rocky place, and is commanded by the Mountain of St. <HI>Veneranda,</HI> whence al&s;o the Tower of <HI>Fa&s;tagick,</HI> which is partly built upon the Rock, and partly upon the joining Ground, can be batter'd. This great Tower was u&s;ed by the <HI>Turks</HI> as a Magazine for Powder. The high Fortre&s;s called <HI>Goringrad</HI> is 650. paces from the Town, on the Northern &s;ide, and this may be bat|ter'd to pieces from the top of <HI>Mont-&s;lichi,</HI> which is nigh it. This place was Attacked in 1538. by the Pope, the Empe|ror's, and <HI>Venetian</HI> Army, and taken by them, and Garri&s;on|ed with <HI>Spaniards,</HI> but they put three Colours into it, one for the Pope, one for the Emperor, and a third for the Repub|lick. They did not enjoy it long, for the very next Year <HI>Barbaro&s;&s;a</HI> came into the Channel with 90 Galleys, and 30 Fu&s;tes, and having landed 80 Pieces of Cannon, and &s;ome
<PB N="219" REF="112"> Men, that were joined by the <HI>Sangiac</HI> of the Province, he Battered the Place, and carried it by A&s;&s;ault. The <HI>Spani|ards</HI> &s;u&s;tained a great Lo&s;s on this occa&s;ion, for there were 4000 of them either killed, or put to Irons. The <HI>Venetians</HI> endeavoured to retake it in 1572. but were forc'd to give over the Enterprize, yet have at la&s;t made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it in 1687. jointly with the Pope's Troops, and tho&s;e of the Order of <HI>Malta,</HI> which fell out thus; Count <HI>Herbe&s;tein</HI> Great Prior of <HI>Hungary,</HI> and General of the Gallies of <HI>Malta,</HI> and Commander of the Pope's Seven Gallies, received Orders from the Pope to join the <HI>Venetian</HI> Army in the <HI>Morea,</HI> com|manded by the Generali&s;&s;imo <HI>Moro&s;ini,</HI> to undertake &s;ome con&s;iderable Enterprize in <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> which he did upon the 7th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1687. and with the General <HI>Cornaro</HI> re&s;olved upon the Siege of <HI>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo;</HI> this Re&s;olution was put in Execution the 2d of <HI>September;</HI> the 29th the <HI>Turks</HI> quitted the Town, and the next Morning tho&s;e of the Ca&s;tle yielded upon condition, that they might have with them what they could carry upon their Backs, with Ve&s;&s;els to Tran&s;port them into <HI>Albania,</HI> all which was executed the 2d of <HI>October,</HI> the <HI>Turks</HI> came out, being 9000 well-arm'd, and about a 1000 Women and Children. <HI>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo</HI> &s;tands 12 Miles W. of <HI>Cattaro.</HI> Long. 41 d. 26 m. Lat. 42 d. 38 m.</P>
<P>XIII. <HI>Cattaro.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cattaro,</HI> or <HI>Catarro,</HI> called by Latin Authors <HI>Catharum,</HI> or <HI>Cathara,</HI> (which <HI>Le Noir</HI> takes to be the <HI>A&s;crivium</HI> of <HI>Ptolo|my</HI> and <HI>Pliny</HI>) is &s;eated upon a Gulf to which it gives its name, and is defended by a Ca&s;tle Built upon a Hill, with a Bi&s;hop|rick Suffragan of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> This City belongs to the <HI>Venetians;</HI> the <HI>Turks</HI> have often attempted it, but to no purpo&s;e. It &s;tands 50 Miles S. E. of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> Long. 41 d. 40 m. Lat. 42 d. 36 m.</P>
<P>XIV. <HI>Budoa.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Budoa,</HI> is &s;ituated upon the Sea, betwixt the Gulph of <HI>Cattaro,</HI> and the City of <HI>Dulcigno. Pliny, Ptolomy,</HI> and <HI>Ste|phanus</HI> of <HI>Byzantium</HI> have made mention of it under the Name of <HI>Butua, Bulua, Buthaer. Alexandro Donato</HI> having Coward|ly
<PB N="220" REF="113"> yielded <HI>Antivari</HI> to the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1571. <HI>Augu&s;tin Pa&s;qualigo</HI> &s;urrendred <HI>Budoa,</HI> whereof he was Governour, but was not blamed becau&s;e of the weakne&s;s of the Place. <HI>Zacharias Salo|moni</HI> Governour of <HI>Cattano,</HI> having retook it &s;oon after with the Land ana Sea Forces, the Republick of <HI>Venice</HI> took care to fortifie it, &s;o that though it is a &s;mall Place, yet it is very Regular. It &s;uffered much in 1667. by an Earthquake, but great care was taken to Repair the Ruins cau&s;ed by this Ac|cident. This Town is a Bi&s;hop's See Suffragan of <HI>Antivari,</HI> and &s;tands 8 Miles N. W. of that City. Long. 41 d. 44 m. Lat. 48 d. 54 m.</P>
<P>XV. <HI>Antivari.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Antivari,</HI> Lat. <HI>Antibarum,</HI> which &s;ome take to be the An|cient <HI>Doclea,</HI> is &s;eated upon the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea, or Gulph of <HI>Venice;</HI> of a Bi&s;hoprick created into a Archbi&s;hoprick by Pope <HI>Alexander</HI> II. with 10 Suffragans in 1062. It has &s;ince fallen under the Tyranny of the <HI>Turks.</HI> It &s;tands 60 Miles S. E. of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> Long. 41 d. 42 m. Lat. 43 d. 15 m.</P>
<P>XVI. <HI>Dolcigna, Scutari.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dolcigno,</HI> or <HI>Dulcigno,</HI> and <HI>Scutari,</HI> or <HI>Scodra,</HI> were former|ly reckoned in <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> but belong now-a-days to the Kingdom of <HI>Albania,</HI> of which we &s;hall Treat in the next Section.</P>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of the Republick of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>RAgu&s;i,</HI> or <HI>Ragu&s;a,</HI> is a City and Republick upon the Gulf of <HI>Venice,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hop's See. Some Authors e&s;teem it to be the &s;ame with the Ancient <HI>Epidaurus,</HI> but others will have the Ruins of that City to be on the other &s;ide, in a place called <HI>Ragu&s;i Vecchio.</HI> However it be, this City which the <HI>Selavonians</HI> call <HI>Dobronich,</HI> is very well Built. Its &s;ituation is upon a Rock, &s;o high on one &s;ide and craggy, that 'tis a Covert to it, and on the other &s;ide it &s;tretches
<PB N="221" REF="113"> along a little Tongue of Land where 'tis wa&s;hed by the Sea. Near this City is the Fort of St. <HI>Lawrence,</HI> and a Port. It's Inhabited by many Merchants, and the be&s;t peopled place in <HI>Dalmatia.</HI> The Government of it is almo&s;t like unto that of the Republick of <HI>Venice.</HI> It's true, that the fear of lo&s;ing their Liberty is &s;o great, that it obliges them to change their Duke or Governour every Month, and to continue their Offi|cers in their Po&s;ts but for &s;ix Weeks; wherefore Gentlemen cannot wear a Sword, nor lye abroad without informing the Senate therewith; and in the Night time, Strangers, and e&s;pecially <HI>Turks,</HI> are lock'd up in their Lodgings by them. Moreover, the Gates of the City are never open but for three or four Hours by Day in Summer time, and not above an Hour and a half in Winter. The <HI>Ragu&s;ians</HI> pay Tribute to the <HI>Turks,</HI> whom they fear; to the <HI>Venetians,</HI> whom they hate; to the Pope, Emperor, and King of <HI>Spain,</HI> upon con&s;idera|tion. <HI>Ragu&s;ia,</HI> or the Country of <HI>Ragu&s;a</HI> is but incon&s;idera|ble, comprehending no more than the Town of that Name, <HI>Stagno,</HI> and two or three Villages. This City is very much &s;ubject to Earthquakes, and had terrible &s;hocks in 1637. and 1667. The Senate of <HI>Ragu&s;a</HI> is compo&s;ed of Sixty Senators, whereof Forty at lea&s;t, mu&s;t meet together when they a&s;|&s;emble for Judgment. Civil Matters, at the Commencement of the Suit, are brought before Six of the Senate, from whom there is an Appeal to the College of Thirty, who are no Senators, and if the Decrees be for Sums exceeding 500 Crowns, the Appeals are finally determin'd by the Senate. Their Judicial Proceedings are in <HI>Latin,</HI> but they plead in <HI>Italian,</HI> or the Language of the Country. Criminal Affairs are judged by an Officer, from whom there is an Appeal to a Juri&s;diction compo&s;ed of Six Senators, and if the Sentence be confirm'd there, the Affair is terminated; but if other|wi&s;e, the Senate takes Cognizance thereof, and Judges it. As to Politick Affairs of le&s;&s;er Importance, the Governour with Six of the Senate decides them, and the&s;e Six Senators exerci&s;e that Charge a Year. <HI>Ragu&s;a</HI> &s;tands 82 Miles N. W. of <HI>Scutari,</HI> 160 S. E. of <HI>Jaicza,</HI> 165 S. E. of <HI>Zara,</HI> and 168 S. W. of <HI>Belgrade.</HI> Long. 40 d. 40 m. Lat. 43 d. 3 m.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<PB N="222" REF="114">
<HEAD>Stagno.</HEAD>
<P><HI>Stagno,</HI> Lat. <HI>Stagnum,</HI> is a &s;mall City and Sea-Port belong|ing to the Commonwealth of <HI>Ragu&s;a,</HI> with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of that City, from which it &s;tands 18 Miles almo&s;t N. W. Long. 40. d. 40 m. Lat. 43 d. 18 m.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
</DIV2>
<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="section">
<PB N="223" REF="114">
<HEAD>THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">SECT. VI. Greece <HI>Lat.</HI> Graecia.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Country which the Turks now a days call <HI>Rumelia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> derives its ancient Name of <HI>Greece</HI> from a certain King call'd <HI>Graecus.</HI> Another King who&s;e name was <HI>Hellen,</HI> gave it the name of <HI>Hellas,</HI> and its People that of <HI>Hel|lenes.</HI> But the name of <HI>Greece</HI> is taken variou&s;ly: for at fir&s;t it comprehended only two little Countries, of which the one was called <HI>The&s;&s;alia;</HI> and the other <HI>Hellas,</HI> or <HI>Greece</HI> pro|perly &s;o called. Afterwards <HI>Epirus, Macedon, Achaia,</HI> the <HI>Peloponne&s;us,</HI> as al&s;o the I&s;lands round about that extremity of the Continent, received the name of <HI>Greece.</HI> Be&s;ides that, the name of <HI>Great Greece</HI> was given to <HI>Sicily,</HI> and the lower part of <HI>Italy.</HI> And la&s;tly, the name &s;pread it &s;elf into the Continent of Neighbouring <HI>A&s;ia,</HI> which was called <HI>A&s;iatick Greece. Greece,</HI> properly &s;o called, which we are now to de&s;cribe, is bounded on the North by a long Chain of the Mountains <HI>Mariani,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> which &s;eparate it from <HI>Romania, Bulgaria</HI> and <HI>Servia;</HI> on the We&s;t, by the <HI>Adriatick</HI> and <HI>Jonian</HI> Seas; on the South, by the <HI>Mediterranean</HI> Sea; and on the Ea&s;t by the <HI>Archipelago</HI> or
<PB N="224" REF="115"> White-Sea, formerly <HI>Mare Aegeum.</HI> It &s;tretches from the 42 d.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Situation.</NOTE> 30 m. to the 49 d. 30 m. of Lon|gitude and from the 34 d. 40 m. to the 43 d. of Northern Latitude;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> &s;o that its Extent W. and E. is about 420 Miles; and about 500 S. and N.</P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Ancient Divi&s;ion.</NOTE><HI>Greece</HI> was formerly divided into &s;ix part, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Peloponne&s;us.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Epirus.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Greece Proper.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>The&s;&s;aly.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Macedon.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. The <HI>I&s;lands.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P><HI>Greece,</HI> properly &s;o called, or <HI>Hellas</HI> was &s;ubdivided into <HI>Aetolia, Doris, Phocis, Attica, Megaria, Baeotia,,</HI> and the Country of the <HI>Locri.</HI></P>
<P><NOTE PLACE="marg">Modern Divi&s;ion.</NOTE><HI>Greece</HI> at this Day is divided into &s;even parts, <HI>viz.</HI> &s;ix large Provinces, and the I&s;lands.</P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Albania</HI> on the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea or Gulph of <HI>Venice.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Epirus,</HI> on the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Macedon.</HI> On the <HI>Aegean</HI> Sea, or <HI>Archipel,</HI> or <HI>White</HI> Sea.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>The&s;&s;aly.</HI> On the <HI>Aegean</HI> Sea, or <HI>Archipel,</HI> or <HI>White</HI> Sea.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Achaia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Morea,</HI> a Penin&s;ule on the South of <HI>Achaia</HI> environ'd with the <HI>Jonian, Cretian</HI> (or of <HI>Sapienza,</HI>) and <HI>Aegean</HI> Seas.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. The <HI>I&s;lands.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>The &s;ix fir&s;t have pre&s;erved their ancient Names, except <HI>Morea</HI> formerly called <HI>Peloponne&s;us</HI> and <HI>Albania,</HI> formerly part of <HI>Epirus.</HI></P>
<P>The Air is here generally mild, temperate and whole&s;om.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> The Soil extreamly fruitful in all nece&s;&s;aries, as Corn, excellent Wine, and Fruits the mo&s;t exqui&s;ite in the whole World. There are al&s;o very good Pa&s;tures that feed abundance of Cattel; and the Woods are &s;tock'd with Fowl and Deer.</P>
<P>The Ancient <HI>Greeks</HI> had the advantage over all other Nations for Learning,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ancient In|habitants. Their Wit.</NOTE> Bravery and Wi&s;|dom. They were the Inventors of Arts and Im|provers of Sciences, and as they were renown|ed
<PB N="225" REF="115"> for Learning, &s;o were they no le&s;s fam'd for their Military Prowe&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Courage.</NOTE> extending their Arms into &s;everal Kingdoms of the Univer&s;e, &s;o that People re&s;orted to 'em from mo&s;t parts of the World, either to be in&s;tructed in the Liberal Sciences, or el&s;e to learn the Art of War. The Countrey was &s;o fertile in Men of Learning, that the time was once when there were found to be above three hundred Authors, who had made the De&s;cription of one Battel.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Wi&s;dom.</NOTE> The <HI>Greeks</HI> were al&s;o the People, who fir&s;t of all &s;ubmitted to Laws,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Laws.</NOTE> and who found out the way to govern them&s;elves and rule others. Their mo&s;t famous Law-givers were <HI>Cecrops, Draco</HI> and <HI>Solon</HI> in <HI>Athens; Lycurgus</HI> in in <HI>Lacedaemon</HI> or <HI>Sparta; Zeleucus</HI> among the <HI>Locri;</HI> and <HI>Mi|nos</HI> in <HI>Creta</HI> or <HI>Candy.</HI> Their Laws were &s;o famed throughout all the World that about the year of <HI>Rome</HI> 303. and of the World 3533. the <HI>Decemvirs</HI> of <HI>Rome</HI> &s;ent three of their Col|leagues, <HI>Spurius Po&s;thumus, Aulus Manlius,</HI> and <HI>Publius Sul|pitius</HI> to copy them out, from which they framed <HI>the Laws of the</HI> XII. <HI>Tables,</HI> &s;o much celebrated in <HI>Roman</HI> Antiquity.</P>
<P>As <HI>Greece</HI> was the <HI>School</HI> of all other Nations, &s;o was <HI>Athens</HI> the School of all <HI>Greece;</HI> and the <HI>Athenians</HI> di&s;tingui&s;hed them&s;elves from the re&s;t by the Curio&s;ity of their Genius, and the Elegancy of their &s;tyle. Neverthele&s;s if they &s;ur|pa&s;&s;ed the re&s;t in Politene&s;s and Delicacy of Wit, yet they were great admirers of Tales and Fictions. Almo&s;t all their Authors were addicted to Super&s;tition, and their Poets were the Fathers of their fal&s;e Deities and the Inventors of the Pagan Theology.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> Nor were the <HI>Greek</HI> Hi&s;torians any more addicted to Truth, than their Poets.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tories.</NOTE> Their ancient Hi&s;to|ries e&s;pecially tho&s;e of <HI>Herodotus,</HI> and <HI>Diodorus Siculus</HI> are full of <HI>Fables</HI> and <HI>Romances;</HI> and their Modern Hi&s;torians had re|cour&s;e to Vi&s;ions and extraordinary Adventures to &s;atisfy their Genius's, which is the rea&s;on we have nothing of exact or certain knowledge of what pa&s;&s;ed toward the latter end of the <HI>Con&s;tantinopolitan</HI> Empire.</P>
<P>At pre&s;ent the <HI>Greeks</HI> are &s;o far degenerated from what they anciently were,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Modern In|habitants.</NOTE> &s;o cowed by the <HI>Turks,</HI> both Prie&s;ts and People &s;o mi&s;erably Ig|norant, and &s;o frequently abjure the Chri&s;tian Religion to embrace Mahumeti&s;m for the more quiet en|joyment of the conveniencies of this Life, that were it not
<PB N="226" REF="116"> for tho&s;e Chri&s;tian Fe&s;tivals and Fa&s;ts which are in &s;uch ve|neration among them, the Chri&s;tian Religion would e're this, in all probability have been eradicated out of the Country.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> But by means of tho&s;e &s;olemni|ties wherein their Holy Performances continue five Hours together, and &s;ometimes &s;even they &s;till pre&s;erve a Face of the Chri&s;tian Religion under a Patriach, Bi&s;hops and Prie&s;ts, of which the Learned Dr. <HI>Smith</HI> of <HI>Magdalen</HI> Col|lege in <HI>Oxford,</HI> has given us an exact<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">De Graecae Ec|cle&s;iae hodi|erno &s;tatu Epi&s;tola. <HI>Printed in 1678.</HI></NOTE> account. The <HI>Greek</HI> Prie&s;ts and Prelates wear their Hair long, like the Layety of <HI>Europe.</HI> Their Ponti|fical and Prie&s;tly Habits are different al&s;o from tho&s;e of the <HI>Roman</HI> Church. The Patriarch wears a <HI>Dalmatic</HI> or long Gown with Sleeves all Embroidered, and upon his Head a Royal Crown in&s;tead of a Mitre. The Bi&s;hops wear a certain Cap down to their Ears, like the Hollow of a Hat without Brims. Nor do they bear cro&s;&s;es in their hands, but only a little crutch of <HI>Ebony,</HI> tipped with Ivory or Mo|ther of Pearl. In the Sacrament they make u&s;e of leaven'd Bread, and admini&s;ter the Sacrament in both kinds. They admit of no Images in <HI>Ba&s;e Relief,</HI> or embo&s;s'd work, but only Paintings or Sculptures in Copper and Silver, nor do they make u&s;e of Mu&s;ick in their Churches. Their Monks or <HI>Caloyers,</HI> which are generally of the Orders either of St. <HI>Ba&s;il</HI> or St. <HI>Chry&s;o&s;tom</HI> lead very au&s;tere lives, e&s;pecially tho&s;e of Mount <HI>Athos.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Greece</HI> comprehended formerly &s;everal King|doms as that of <HI>Epirus,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Govern|ment.</NOTE> <HI>The&s;&s;aly, Macedon,</HI> &amp;c. there were al&s;o many Republicks, of which <HI>A|thens</HI> and <HI>Lacedaemon</HI> were the mo&s;t renowned. She fought a long time in defence of her Liberty, but was at length &s;ubjected to the <HI>Romans;</HI> afterwards &s;he buckled to the Emperors of <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> and now groans under the Yoak of the <HI>Turks;</HI> under who&s;e Government all her Cities lie utterly ruined. 'Tis true <HI>Morea</HI> and &s;ome Places in the other Provinces &s;eem to breath again under the Protection of the <HI>Venetians,</HI> who have of late, wre&s;ted them from tho&s;e Infidels.</P>
<DIV3 N="1" TYPE="chapter">
<PB N="227" REF="116">
<HEAD>CHAP. I. Albania.</HEAD>
<P><HI>ALbania,</HI> is a large Province or Kingdom, formerly a part of <HI>Epirus,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> bounded on the North by <HI>Dalmatia</HI> and <HI>Servia,</HI> on the Ea&s;t by <HI>Macedonia,</HI> on the South by <HI>Epirus,</HI> and on the We&s;t by the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea.</P>
<P>This Country was a Celebrated part of Ancient <HI>Greece,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> it has been &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks</HI> for the&s;e 200 Years la&s;t pa&s;t, that is, ever &s;ince <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. won it from the Succe&s;&s;ors of the Renowned <HI>George Ca&s;triote,</HI> alias <HI>Scanderbeg,</HI> he that beat the <HI>Turks</HI> in 22 different Bat|tels, but at pre&s;ent the Inhabitants, (who are about 70000 Souls, for the mo&s;t part Chri&s;tians or Renegado's) &s;eem much di&s;po&s;ed to &s;hake off the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Yoke, and to put them&s;elves der the protection of the <HI>Venetians</HI> This Province was ever famous for the Courage, Swiftne&s;s and Dexterity of its Ca|valry, to whom the <HI>Turks</HI> have been beholden for many a Victory.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable Cities and Towns of <HI>Albania</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Scutari,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Antivari,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Dulcigno,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ducagini,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ale&s;&s;io,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Croya,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Durazzo,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Elba&s;&s;an,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ocrida,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Albanopoli,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pollina,</HI> Arch.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Vallona.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Scutari.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scutari,</HI> Lat. <HI>Scodra,</HI> was formerly a City of <HI>Dalmatia,</HI> and the Seat of the Kings of <HI>Illyricum.</HI> It is now the Capital of
<PB N="228" REF="117"> <HI>Albania,</HI> and a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Antiva|ri,</HI> and &s;tands upon the River <HI>Bocano,</HI> 24 Miles from the <HI>A|driatick</HI> Sea. The Inhabitants call it <HI>Scadar,</HI> the <HI>Turks I&s;co|dar,</HI> and the <HI>Italians Scutari:</HI> It was twice Be&s;ieged by <HI>Maho|met</HI> II. without &s;ucce&s;s, and in 1487. re&s;igned by the <HI>Veneti|ans</HI> for a Peace. This City lyes by a Lake, 80 Miles S. E. of <HI>Ragu&s;a,</HI> 178 S. of <HI>Belgrade,</HI> and 210 W. of <HI>The&s;&s;alonica</HI> or <HI>Salonichi.</HI> Long. 42 d. 20 m. Lat. 42 d. 26 m.</P>
<P>II.. <HI>Antivari.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Antivari,</HI> Lat. <HI>Doclea,</HI> was al&s;o formerly a Town of <HI>Dal|matia,</HI> but is accounted in <HI>Albania</HI> &s;ince the <HI>Turks</HI> are Ma|&s;ters of it. Pope <HI>Alexander</HI> II. of a Bi&s;hop's See erected it into an Archbi&s;hoprick in 1062. and gave it Ten Suffragans. It &s;tands on a ri&s;ing Ground upon the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea, 18 Miles N. W. of <HI>Dolcigno,</HI> and 60 S. E. of <HI>Ragu&s;i.</HI> Long. 41 d, 32 m. Lat. 42 d. 13 m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Dolcigno:</HI></P>
<P><HI>Dolcigno,</HI> or <HI>Dulcigno,</HI> is an Epi&s;copal City under the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Antivari,</HI> &s;eated near the <HI>Adriatick</HI> Sea, 18 Miles S. E. of <HI>Antivari,</HI> and 27 S. W. of <HI>Scutari.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Ducagini.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ducagini.</HI> or <HI>Dagno,</HI> is the Head of a Territory of the &s;ame Name, with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Antivari.</HI> It &s;tands on the River <HI>Drin,</HI> or <HI>Drino,</HI> 24 Miles E. of <HI>Scu|turi.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Ale&s;&s;io.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ale&s;&s;io,</HI> or <HI>Ale&s;&s;o,</HI> or <HI>Ale&s;co,</HI> Lat. <HI>Li&s;&s;as,</HI> is &s;eated upon the River <HI>Drin</HI> 8 Miles from its Mouth, and 12 S. of <HI>Ducagini.</HI> It is famous for the Tomb of the Renowned <HI>Scanderbeg,</HI> who died there in 1467. and for who&s;e Memory the <HI>Turks</HI> have &s;o great a Veneration, that happy are they who can approach
<PB N="229" REF="117"> his Monument, and carry away &s;ome of the Earth, or a piece of the Sepulchre, which they tye to their Elbows, as a pre|cious Relick that rai&s;es their Courage in Battel.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Croya.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Croya,</HI> or <HI>Croie,</HI> or <HI>Crua,</HI> is a &s;trong and con&s;iderable City on the River <HI>Lizane,</HI> reckoned by &s;ome the Capital of <HI>Alba|nia. Volteran</HI> &s;ays that it was called <HI>Troy;</HI> however, it has been a long time the Re&s;idence of the Brave <HI>George Ca&s;triot,</HI> called <HI>Scanderbeg</HI> Prince of <HI>Albania.</HI> But after his Death <HI>Ma|homet</HI> II. took it in 1477. It was formerly an Epi&s;copal City under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Durazzo,</HI> and &s;tands 52 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Scutari.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Durazzo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Durazzo,</HI> or <HI>Drazzi,</HI> is a &s;trong and celebrated Town and Sea-Port at the Mouth of the River <HI>Argentaro,</HI> Built by tho&s;e of <HI>Corfu</HI> in the 130th Year of <HI>Rome.</HI> Its Ancient Name of <HI>Epidamus</HI> was changed by the <HI>Romans</HI> into that of <HI>Dirrachi|um,</HI> which was the Name of the Harbour. In the Year of <HI>Rome</HI> 315. this City being Be&s;ieged by a Company of Out-Laws and Banditto's, the Inhabitants implored the A&s;&s;i&s;tance of the <HI>Corinthians,</HI> which were defeated by tho&s;e of <HI>Corfu.</HI> The <HI>Athenians</HI> E&s;pou&s;ed the Party of the latter; and a &s;mall Quarrel was the Ri&s;e of the War called <HI>Corinthiacum,</HI> and as it were the Leaven of the Great <HI>Peloponne&s;ian</HI> War, &s;o famous in the <HI>Greek</HI> Hi&s;tory. <HI>Durazzo</HI> was formerly an Archbi&s;hop's See under the Patriarch of <HI>Con&s;tantinople. Bajazet</HI> took it from the <HI>Venetians</HI> in the XVth Century. It has a good Haven, but the in&s;alubrity of its Air, makes it to be but thinly Inhabi|ted. It &s;tands 58 Miles S. of <HI>Scutari,</HI> and 18 S. W. of <HI>Croia.</HI> 42 d. 26 m. Lat. 41 d. 28 m.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Pollina.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pollina,</HI> the Ancient <HI>Apollonia,</HI> is but a &s;mall City, with the Title of an Archbi&s;hoprick, 46 Miles almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Durazzo.</HI></P>
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<P>IX. <HI>Vallona.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Vallona,</HI> is a pretty &s;trong Town, &s;eated on the Sea, 54 Miles S. of <HI>Durazzo.</HI> The <HI>Venetians</HI> took it in 1690. and found in it 130 Pieces of Cannon.</P>
<P>X. <HI>Elba&s;&s;an.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Elba&s;&s;an,</HI> is a &s;mall Town on the River <HI>Arzenga,</HI> 44 Miles S. E. of <HI>Croia,</HI> and 42 of <HI>Durazzo.</HI></P>
<P>XI. <HI>Ochrida.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ochrida,</HI> or <HI>Lochria,</HI> is a great and populous City on the Borders of <HI>Macedon,</HI> &s;eated on a high Hill, by the Lake <HI>Pelto|um,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hoprick. It &s;tands 80 Miles almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Durazzo,</HI> and 135 W. of <HI>Salonichi.</HI> Long. 44 d. 8 m. Lat. 41 d. 4 m.</P>
<P>X.I. <HI>Albanopoli.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Albanopoli,</HI> is a &s;mall Town, yet formerly accounted by &s;ome the Capital of <HI>Albania.</HI> It &s;tands 60 Miles E. of <HI>Durazzo.</HI></P>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article II. Epirus.</HEAD>
<P>BY <HI>Epirus,</HI> is meant now that part of <HI>Greece</HI> which &s;ome call <HI>Lower-Albany,</HI> bounded on the North by <HI>Albany,</HI> on the Ea&s;t by <HI>Macedon</HI> and <HI>The&s;&s;aly,</HI> on the South by <HI>Livadia</HI> or <HI>Achaia,</HI> and on the We&s;t by the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea.</P>
<P><HI>Epirus</HI> comprehended formerly both the <HI>Higher</HI> or <HI>Proper Albany,</HI> and the <HI>Lower</HI> or the <HI>Modern Epirus:</HI> The mo&s;t famous
<PB N="231" REF="118"> People of this Country were the <HI>Molo&s;&s;i,</HI> the <HI>Dryopes, Chaoni|ans, Dolopes,</HI> &amp;c. It fell under the Power of the <HI>Turk</HI> in the XIVth Century, all but the I&s;land of <HI>Corfu,</HI> which remained in the Hands of the <HI>Venetians;</HI> but the latter have recon|quered &s;ome Places in this late Wars.</P>
<P>The Principal Cities in <HI>Ep<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">+rus</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Preveza,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Panormo,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Larta,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">a&s;tia,</HI> or <HI>Ba&s;tick,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chimera.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Preveza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Preveza,</HI> is a Fortre&s;s &s;tanding at the Mouth of the Gulf of <HI>Larta,</HI> upon the Ruins of the Ancient <HI>Nicopolis,</HI> Built by the Emperor <HI>Augu&s;tus,</HI> to pre&s;erve the Memory of the famous Battel of <HI>Actium,</HI> won by him from <HI>Mark Anthony. Marco Gri|mani,</HI> Patriarch of <HI>Aquileia,</HI> General of the Popes Gallies, accompanied with <HI>Andrew Doria,</HI> General of the League in 1539. endeavoured to &s;urprize this Place, which was in the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>Turks;</HI> but they were con&s;trained to retire. But Captain General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of in 1684. This Place &s;tands 90 Miles N. W. of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> and 150 S. W. of <HI>Lari&s;&s;a.</HI> Long. 44 d. Lat. 38 d. 24 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Panormo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Panormo,</HI> is but a &s;mall Town upon the Sea, which has no|thing con&s;iderable be&s;ides the Haven.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Larta.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Larta,</HI> is another &s;mall City, on a Bay of the &s;ame Name, 24 Miles N. E. of <HI>Preveza.</HI> It is &s;till &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Ba&s;tia,</HI> or <HI>Ba&s;tick.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ba&s;tia,</HI> is another &s;mall Sea-port Town, nigh the I&s;le of <HI>Corfu.</HI></P>
<PB N="232" REF="119">
<P>V. <HI>Chimera.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chimera,</HI> is a very &s;trong City, built upon a Rock by the Sea-&s;ide, 30 Miles N. of the I&s;le of <HI>Corfu.</HI> It is the Head of a Territory of the &s;ame Name, and is partly free, and partly &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="3" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. III. Macedon.</HEAD>
<P><HI>MAcedon,</HI> Lat. <HI>Macedonia,</HI> is a va&s;t Province of <HI>Greece,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> bounded on the Ea&s;t by the <HI>Archipel</HI> or <HI>White Sea,</HI> on the North by <HI>Bulgary,</HI> on the W. by <HI>Albania,</HI> and on the S. by <HI>The&s;&s;aly.</HI></P>
<P>It was formerly a Kingdom under which was <HI>The&s;&s;aly, Epirus,</HI> and even <HI>Thracia.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> According to <HI>Titus Livius,</HI> it went by the Name of <HI>Paeonia, Mygdonia,</HI> and <HI>Emonia. Solinus</HI> gives it the Name of <HI>Edonia, Precia,</HI> and <HI>Emathia.</HI> This Kingdom is &s;aid to have con|tained 50 &s;everal &s;orts of People in former Times. <HI>Caranus</HI> de&s;cended from <HI>Hercules</HI> founded this <HI>Monarchy</HI> about <HI>Anno Mundi</HI> 3240. which endured about 500 Years, became very &s;amous under <HI>Philip</HI> and <HI>Alexander the Great,</HI> his Son, and continued till the Reign of <HI>Per&s;eus,</HI> whom the <HI>Romans</HI> Con|quered <HI>An. Rom.</HI> 586. and reduced the Kingdom into a Pro|vince 256 Years after the Death of <HI>Alexander the Great,</HI> and after the Succe&s;&s;ion of 41 Kings.</P>
<P>There are in this Province Mines of Gold and Silver, The famous Mount <HI>Athos,</HI> now called <HI>Monte Santo,</HI> that &s;hoots in|to the Sea, is al&s;o to be &s;een there.</P>
<P><HI>Macedon</HI> is divided into three Parts, <HI>viz. Macedonia</HI> Proper, <HI>Jamboli</HI> and <HI>Comeno|litari.</HI> The mo&s;t remarkable Places there are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Saloniki,</HI> Cap. Arch.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zuchria,</HI> or <HI>Jeniza,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Emboli,</HI> or <HI>Amphipolis,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Siderocap&s;a,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Xilopolis,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Conte&s;&s;a,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lita,</HI> or <HI>Li&s;&s;a.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
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<P>I. <HI>Saloniki.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Saloniki,</HI> or <HI>Salonichi,</HI> formerly <HI>The&s;&s;alonica,</HI> is the Capital City of <HI>Macedonia,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hoprick and a fair Haven. It &s;tands at the foot of an Hill upon a &s;mall River, and at the bottom of a Gulf or Bay bearing its own Name. On the We&s;t &s;ide of it is the great River <HI>Vardar,</HI> which is almo&s;t half a League over, and who&s;e Banks are planted with very tall and thick &s;tanding Trees. The Walls are Built after the old Fa&s;hion with Turrets or Towers at certain Intervals, and are about four Leagues in Circuit. It is &s;trengthned with three Forts, the lea&s;t of which is the furthe&s;t from the Walls of the City, and &s;tands at the Landing place, mounted with twenty Pieces of Cannon; the other two are larger, and are joined to the City Wall, the Sea beating upon them, each of them planted with 40 Pieces of Cannon. To Land|wards it has a Fortre&s;s like that of <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> and bears the &s;ame Name, <HI>viz.</HI> the <HI>Seven Towers,</HI> which commands all the City, as &s;tanding upon an high Hill, at the bottom whereof there is a great Suburb, which al&s;o has its particular enclo|&s;ure. The City is well peopled by rea&s;on of the Trade of Silk, Wooll, all &s;orts of <HI>Leather, Cotton, Grain, Powder</HI> and <HI>Iron.</HI> The principal Trade of the City is in the <HI>Jews</HI> Hands, who are exempt from Tribute, in con&s;ideration whereof they are to furni&s;h the <HI>Jani&s;aries</HI> of the City with Cloth for their Cloathing. <HI>William</HI> King of <HI>Sicily</HI> Conquered this City in 1180. but afterwards the Emperor of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> reduced it to his Obedience again. <HI>Andronicus Palaeologus</HI> gave it to the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1313. but two Years after the <HI>Turks</HI> drove them thence, and have been Ma&s;ters of it ever &s;ince. The <HI>Greek</HI> Chri&s;tians have 30 Churches in this City, the Chiefe&s;t where|of is the Archbi&s;hop's See, Dedicated to St. <HI>Demetrius.</HI> This Church has three Bodies, &s;upported by very fair Pillars, and was formerly honoured with the Preaching of St. <HI>Paul.</HI> There are al&s;o five Convents of the Order of St. <HI>Ba&s;ilicus,</HI> in every one of which are about an Hundred young Women, who may, if they plea&s;e, quit the Habit and Marry. The mo&s;t Magnificent Turki&s;h Mo&s;ques are tho&s;e Buildings that for|merly were the Churches of St. <HI>Sophia,</HI> the <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin,</HI> St. <HI>Gabriel,</HI> and St. <HI>Demetrius, Mahomet</HI> IV. who was Dethroned in 1687. changed the Church of the <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed Virgin</HI> into a
<PB N="234" REF="120"> Mo&s;que; on each &s;ide of this Building are twelve great Pillars of Ja&s;per-&s;tone, who&s;e Chapiters or Tops &s;upport &s;o many Cro&s;&s;es which the <HI>Turks</HI> have not defaced. The <HI>Jews</HI> al&s;o have 36 Synagogues in this City, the mo&s;t con&s;iderable of which are that of <HI>Ca&s;tille,</HI> of <HI>Portugal,</HI> and of <HI>Italy.</HI> They have al&s;o two Colleges, which contain above Ten Thou&s;and Scholars, who come to &s;tudy there from all parts of the <HI>Otto|man</HI> Empire. Of all the &s;tately Pieces of Architecture that were of old in this City, there remains nothing very remark|able at pre&s;ent, &s;ave only a Triumphal Arch of Brick-work, &s;upported by two Marble Pillars, full of Trophies, and abun|dance of other Figures, but &s;o much &s;hattered and defaced by Time, that it cannot well be gue&s;t what it was erected for. The City is Governed by a <HI>Mou&s;&s;elin,</HI> Ju&s;tice is Admini&s;tred by a <HI>Molla,</HI> and a <HI>Mufti</HI> Orders all Matters relating to Religion. This City &s;tands 108 Miles S. of <HI>Sophia,</HI> 300 S. E. of <HI>Bel|grade,</HI> and 330 W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 47 d. Lat. 41 d. 37 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Zuchria.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zuchria,</HI> or <HI>Jeniza,</HI> is a &s;mall City Built by the <HI>Turks</HI> out of the Ruins of <HI>Pella,</HI> formerly the Capital of <HI>Macedonia,</HI> and the Birth-place of <HI>Alexander the Great,</HI> upon the Bay of <HI>Salonichi,</HI> between the Rivers <HI>Bevola,</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;tora,</HI> 27 Miles S. W. of <HI>Salonichi.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Amphipolis,</HI> or <HI>Emboli.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Amphipolis,</HI> is a City of <HI>Macedonia,</HI> on the Borders of <HI>Thra|cia,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hoprick under the Patriarch of <HI>Con&s;tanti|nople.</HI> The <HI>Greeks</HI> call'd it <HI>Chri&s;topoli</HI> &s;ince, and its Modern Name is <HI>Emboli.</HI> It is &s;ituated on the River <HI>Strymon,</HI> which wa&s;hes it on every &s;ide, 60 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Salonichi.</HI> This City is very famous in the Ancient Hi&s;tory of <HI>Greece.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Siderocap&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Siderocap&s;a,</HI> is a &s;mall Town, only remarkable for the Gold Mines that are about it; <HI>Philip</HI> the Father of <HI>Alexander the
<PB N="235" REF="120"> Great,</HI> cau&s;ed a Gold Coin to be Coin'd, called <HI>Golden-Philips,</HI> after that <HI>Crenidas</HI> had di&s;covered the Gold Mines there, and wrought them; which Mines afforded King <HI>Philip</HI> a 1000 Talents of Gold a Year, and do &s;till yield the <HI>Grand Seignior</HI> 9 or 10000 Ducats a Month. There are no le&s;s than five or &s;ix Hundred Furnaces for the melting of Gold in the Mountains near this City.</P>
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<DIV3 N="4" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. IV. Janna, <HI>or</HI> The&s;&s;aly, <HI>Lat.</HI> The&s;&s;alia.</HEAD>
<P><HI>THe&s;&s;aly,</HI> is bounded on the Ea&s;t by the <HI>Archi|pel,</HI> on the North by <HI>Macedon,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> on the We&s;t by <HI>Epirus,</HI> and on the South by <HI>Achaia.</HI></P>
<P>This Country has had different Names, deri|ved from divers Princes who have lived therein,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> and was divided into five parts, <HI>viz. The&s;&s;aly Proper,</HI> the Country of the <HI>Pela&s;gi, E&s;tio&s;ia, Magne&s;ia,</HI> and <HI>Phtiotide:</HI> Its Modern Name is <HI>Janna,</HI> from a Town of this Name.</P>
<P>The Air is here very good, the Soil fruitful, producing delicious Figs, Water Melons,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> Pome|granates, Oranges, Lemons, Citrons, excellent Grapes, Almonds, Olives, and all &s;orts of Corn.</P>
<P>The Ancient Inhabitants were well-bred, civil, but &s;omewhat too voluptuous,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabi|tants.</NOTE> yet they did not want Courage: They were al&s;o noted for Ma|gick and Drunkenne&s;s; were the fir&s;t that Mint|ed Gold and Silver, tam'd Hor&s;es, and put Ships to Sea. They are &s;till Warlike, and are a hand&s;om Race of People, having black Hair, black Eyes, and their Faces of a Beau|tiful, Sanguine, Fre&s;h Colour, and are for the mo&s;t part Chri&s;tians.</P>
<P>This Country is encompa&s;s'd with four great Mountains, <HI>viz. Olympus, Pindus, O&s;&s;a,</HI> and <HI>Aeta,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains.</NOTE> famous in the <HI>Greek</HI> and <HI>Latin</HI> Poets.</P>
<P>It had for along time its particular Kings, until it was &s;ubjected to the <HI>Macedonians,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and after|wards to the <HI>Romans. Deucalion</HI> was one of the
<PB N="236" REF="121"> mo&s;t Ancient and Celebrated Kings. He Reigned in the &s;ame Age with <HI>Cecrops</HI> fir&s;t King of <HI>Athens,</HI> 349 Years before the Ruin of <HI>Troy. Hellen</HI> his Son gave Name to a great part of <HI>Greece; Dorus</HI> his &s;econd Son left his Name to the <HI>Dortans</HI> near Mount <HI>Parna&s;&s;us. Xuthus</HI> the third was Father of <HI>Achae|us,</HI> Founder of the <HI>Peleponne&s;ian Achaeans. Ion</HI> his &s;econd Son, was the Chief of the Inhabitants of <HI>Attica.</HI> This Coun|try is very famous for the remarkable Defeat of <HI>Pompey</HI> by <HI>Ju|lius Cae&s;ar</HI> in the Plains of <HI>Phar&s;alus. Sultan Amurath</HI> Con|quered the greate&s;t part of it, and his Po&s;terity &s;till en|joys it.</P>
<P>The mo&s;t remarkable Places in <HI>The&s;&s;aly</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Lari&s;&s;a,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Armiro,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Volo,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Phar&s;alus,</HI> or <HI>Far&s;a,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Scotu&s;a,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Voidenor,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Demetriada.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Lari&s;&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lari&s;&s;a,</HI> is the Principal City of <HI>The&s;&s;alia,</HI> (the Country of <HI>Achilles</HI>) upon the River <HI>Peneus,</HI> 25 Miles from the Bay of <HI>Salonichi</HI> to the We&s;t. It is an Archbi&s;hop's See, and one of the mo&s;t flouri&s;hing Cities of <HI>Greece,</HI> by rea&s;on the late <HI>Grand Seignior</HI> being di&s;gu&s;ted with <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> almo&s;t 20 Years together, kept his Court here. It is plea&s;antly &s;eated on a Ri&s;ing Ground, in the upper part whereof &s;tands the <HI>Grand Seignior</HI>'s Palace, upon the North the famous Mountain of <HI>Olympus,</HI> and on the South a Plain Inhabited by Chri&s;tians, <HI>Turks</HI> and <HI>Jews.</HI> There is a hand&s;om Stone-bridge over the River, con&s;i&s;ting of Nine Arches. This City &s;tands 90 Miles S. of <HI>Salonichi,</HI> 160 N. W. of <HI>Setines,</HI> or <HI>Athens,</HI> and 380 S. W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 46 d. 55 m. Lat. 39 d. 45 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Armiro.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Armiro,</HI> Lat. <HI>Eretria,</HI> is a City and Sea-port, mentioned by <HI>Thucydides, Strabo, Livy,</HI> and &s;everal other Ancient Wri|ters; it lyes upon the <HI>Sinus Pela&s;gicus,</HI> which from it now is
<PB N="372" REF="121"> called the <HI>Gulf of Armiro,</HI> about 17 Miles from <HI>Lari&s;&s;a</HI> to the South. Out of this Gulf the <HI>Argonauts</HI> loo&s;ed when they went to <HI>Colchis</HI> for the Golden-Fleece, and in it the Navy of <HI>Xerxes</HI> was &s;orely &s;hattered by a Tempe&s;t, which then &s;aved <HI>Greece.</HI> In the &s;ame Bay lyes <HI>Paga&s;e,</HI> in which the Ship <HI>Argo</HI> was Built.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Volo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Volo,</HI> is a Fortre&s;s that gives its Name to a Gulf of <HI>The&s;&s;aly</HI> to the North of <HI>Negrepont.</HI> The Ancients called this Town <HI>Paga&s;a,</HI> and the Gulf <HI>Paga&s;icus Sinus,</HI> (or <HI>Pela&s;gicus Sinus,</HI> and Gulf of <HI>Armiro</HI>). The Fortre&s;s has a good and &s;pacious Port, and was defended with good Towers, after the Anci|ent way of Fortification. It was here the <HI>Turks</HI> kept the Magazines, which they gathered in the Neighbouring fruitful Provinces. General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> re&s;olv'd in 1683. to pa&s;s to <HI>Volo,</HI> to po&s;&s;e&s;s him&s;elf of the Provi&s;ions the <HI>Turks</HI> had laid up there; he Battered the Place, and then Mounted the A&s;|&s;ault. The <HI>Ba&s;&s;a</HI> that Commanded in the Place retired to a Corner of the Town, that was pretty well retrenched, but at la&s;t quitted that Po&s;t, and Surrendred to the <HI>Venetian</HI> General. He found above Four Millions of Pounds weight of Bisket, with other Provi&s;ions, and 27 Pieces of Cannon, which when he had Shipped, he &s;et Fire to the Magazines, Hou&s;es, and Mo&s;ques; and before he parted, beat down all the Walls to the Ground.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Phar&s;alus.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Phar&s;alus,</HI> or <HI>Phar&s;alia,</HI> is very famous in the <HI>Roman</HI> Hi&s;to|ry for the Battel won by <HI>Julius Cae&s;ar</HI> again&s;t <HI>Pompey the Great</HI> in the Neighbouring Plains. It has &s;ince been called <HI>Far&s;a,</HI> being a Bi&s;hop's See under <HI>Lari&s;&s;a,</HI> and afterwards an Arch|bi&s;hoprick under the Patriarch of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Scotu&s;a.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Scotu&s;a,</HI> is a &s;mall City with a Bi&s;hoprick under the Arch|bi&s;hop of <HI>Lari&s;&s;a,</HI> from which it &s;tands about 18 Miles to the We&s;t.</P>
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<P>VI. <HI>Voidenor.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Voidenor,</HI> is another &s;mall Town, &s;eated upon the River <HI>Atrax,</HI> 54 Miles W. of <HI>Lari&s;&s;a.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Demetriada.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Demetriada,</HI> is a very Ancient, tho' incon&s;iderable City, upon the Gulf of <HI>Armiro,</HI> or of <HI>Volo.</HI></P>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="5" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. V. Achaia; <HI>or</HI> Livadia.</HEAD>
<P>A <HI>Chaia,</HI> formerly called <HI>Hellas,</HI> and <HI>Graecia,</HI> now <HI>Livadia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name. Bounds.</NOTE> and <HI>Rumelia,</HI> is bounded on the North by <HI>The&s;&s;aly,</HI> on the Ea&s;t by the <HI>Aegean</HI> Sea, on the South by the Gulf of <HI>Engia,</HI> the <HI>I&s;thmus</HI> of <HI>Corinth,</HI> and the Gulf of <HI>Lepanto;</HI> and on the We&s;t by the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea, and part of <HI>Epirus.</HI> It had formerly Seven Pro|vinces, <HI>viz. Aetolia, Baeotia, Attica, Locris, Doris, Phocis,</HI> and <HI>Megaris.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pliny</HI> &s;ays, That the Wine of this Country made Women Mi&s;carry;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> and <HI>Pau&s;anias</HI> &s;ays, That &s;uch as wa&s;hed in one of its Rivers <HI>Slemnos</HI> for|got their Amours. The Apo&s;tle St. <HI>Andrew</HI> is thought by many to have &s;uffered in this Country.</P>
<P><HI>Parna&s;&s;us</HI> and <HI>Helicon,</HI> two Mountains &s;o famous among the Poets,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains.</NOTE> are in this Coun|try.</P>
<P><HI>Achaia,</HI> is &s;ometimes taken for a &s;mall part of the <HI>Pelopon|ne&s;us,</HI> or <HI>Morea,</HI> now called <HI>Romania Alta.</HI> and <HI>Ducatus Cla|rentiae;</HI> and &s;ometimes for the whole <HI>Peleponne&s;us.</HI></P>
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<P>The Principal Places in <HI>A|chaia,</HI> or <HI>Livadia</HI> are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Setines,</HI> or <HI>Athens,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Stives,</HI> or <HI>Thebes,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Aulis,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Marathon,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Livadia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Megara,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Delphos,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Lepanto,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The <HI>Dardanells</HI> of <HI>Lepanto.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Setines</HI> or <HI>Athens.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Setines</HI> anciently called <HI>Athens,</HI> was one of the mo&s;t famous and flouri&s;hing Cities in the World, the Capital of <HI>At|tica,</HI> formerly a Kingdom, and the chief &s;eat of Learn|ing and Valour, taking its ri&s;e <HI>An. Mun.</HI> 2496. and continuing 487 years, under 17 Kings, the fir&s;t whereof was <HI>Cecrops</HI> and the la&s;t <HI>Codrus</HI> Son of <HI>Melanthus.</HI> After that they were govern'd by 10 <HI>Archontes,</HI> or Rulers, during life; than by <HI>Archontes</HI> for 10 years; and at la&s;t by annual Praetors. <HI>Draco</HI> fir&s;t gave 'em Laws, which were too &s;evere, then <HI>So|lon</HI> in&s;tituted Milder introducing Democratical Government, 594 years before our Saviour. <HI>Athens</HI> &s;u&s;tained many great Wars again&s;t the <HI>Per&s;ians, Lacedaemonians, Thebans, Rhodians</HI> and <HI>Macedonians.</HI> It &s;uffered much under <HI>Alexander the Great,</HI> and after his Death yet more under <HI>Antipater, Craterus</HI> and <HI>Ca&s;&s;ander. Demetrius</HI> made it free again, but be|ing refus'd &s;helter there after his defeat in <HI>Phrygia,</HI> he inve&s;t|ed and made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of the Town after a years Siege. Sometime after it &s;hook off the <HI>Macedonian</HI> yoke, and put it &s;elf under the Protection of <HI>Rome,</HI> until <HI>Ari&s;ton</HI> making him|&s;elf Tyrant thereof, irritated the <HI>Romans,</HI> who took and plun|der'd it under <HI>Sylla</HI> 87 years before Chri&s;t. After this, <HI>Pom|pey the Great</HI> permitted it the u&s;e of its Laws, for which kind|ne&s;s it declared for him again&s;t <HI>Cae&s;ar,</HI> who after the Battel of <HI>Phar&s;ale,</HI> when he had power to puni&s;h his Enemies, &s;aid, <HI>Truly the</HI> Athenians <HI>de&s;erve to be cha&s;tis'd, yet in con&s;ideration of the merit of the Dead, I pardon the Living.</HI> All was Magnifi|cent in <HI>Athens,</HI> and worth the admiration of Po&s;terity. The <HI>Areopage,</HI> the <HI>Lycaeum,</HI> the <HI>Academy, Portique, Temple,</HI> and o|ther fine Buildings are well de&s;cribed in the Works of ancient
<PB N="240" REF="123"> Authors. St. <HI>Paul</HI> Preached here, and &s;everal Per&s;ons of Note embraced Chri&s;tiani&s;m, as <HI>Diony&s;ius</HI> the <HI>Areopagite,</HI> and a Noble Lady called <HI>Damaris.</HI> After that the Church of <HI>Athens</HI> became very con&s;iderable, for in the II. Century a great num|ber of the <HI>Athenians</HI> &s;uffered Martyrdom, animated by the Ex|ample of their Bi&s;hop <HI>Publius.</HI> This happen'd in 123. un|der <HI>Adrian,</HI> who came to <HI>Athens</HI> in 126. This City was after|wards erected into an Archbi&s;hoprick. It is defended by a Cittadel called <HI>Acropolis,</HI> inacce&s;&s;ible on every &s;ide, &s;ave the We&s;t, &s;eated in the Middle between two Hills; the one call'd <HI>Mu&s;aeum,</HI> within Cannon Shot, the other <HI>Anche&s;mus,</HI> which has no place to Mount Great Guns on, being Spired like a Sugar-Loaf, and having no more compa&s;s on the top, &s;ave that in which St. <HI>George</HI>'s Chappel is built, the place where formerly the Statue of <HI>Jupiter</HI> was Wor&s;hiped. The City is North of the Cittadel, and &s;o covered by it, that it can hardly be &s;een on that &s;ide next the Sea, well &s;ituated and wealthy, tho' in a hot Climate, which is tempered by the North Winds. The Inhabitants are about 10000 <HI>Greeks</HI> and <HI>Turks,</HI> the latter have four Mo&s;ques in the City, and one in the Ca&s;tle. The Citizens are reckoned Treacherous and Cun|ning, whence comes the Proverb, <HI>From a Jew of</HI> Salonica, <HI>a Greek of</HI> Athens, and <HI>a Turk of</HI> Negropont, Good Lord De|liver us. They &s;peak <HI>Greek</HI> and <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> promi&s;cuou&s;ly, and differ only in Habit, which the <HI>Greeks</HI> wear clo&s;er on their Bodies. Their Women &s;eldom &s;tir abroad, when they do, they cover their Heads with a Veil of Calico, and throw over 'em a large Crim&s;on Velvet or Violet colour'd Mantle with their Silver Cla&s;ps. The Maids never go abroad till their Wedding-Day, being courted by Proxies. Upon their Nup|tials they wear a large Crown of Filigram and Pearls, and are led from Church to the Bridegrooms Hou&s;e, with Hautboys, Drums and other Mu&s;ical In&s;truments playing before them. The Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>Athens</HI> is not worth above 4000 Crowns a year; wherefore mo&s;t of the Je&s;uits are retired to <HI>Negro|pont.</HI> But the Con&s;uls of <HI>France</HI> and <HI>England</HI> keep each of 'em a Chappel here. The Soil about this City is fruitful in Wine and Olives, e&s;pecially tho&s;e called <HI>Colymbades,</HI> re&s;erved for the <HI>Grand Signior</HI>'s own eating, being large and well-ta&s;t|ed. The Ca&s;tle &s;tands on the North, on a de&s;cent from the City, in which is a magnificent, large white Marble Temple, &s;upported with beautiful Pillars of black Marble, and Por|phyry. On the Fronti&s;piece are the Figures of Hor&s;e-men,
<PB N="241" REF="123"> as big as the life, prepared for Combat. Round about it are to be &s;een the noble Atchievements of the ancient <HI>Greeks</HI> in <HI>Ba&s;&s;o Relievo,</HI> every Figure almo&s;t two Foot and a half high. Clo&s;e by this Temple is a beautiful White Marble Palace much decay'd. At the Foot of the Ca&s;tle are 17. Co|lums 18 Foot in circumference, and proportionable in height the remainder of 300, which they &s;ay, formerly belong'd to the Palace of <HI>The&s;eus.</HI> Over the Portal, yet intire, is this In&s;cription in <HI>Greek.</HI></P>
<P><HI>This ancient City of</HI> Athens <HI>is certainly the City of</HI> The&s;eus.</P>
<P>And another within thus,</P>
<P><HI>The City of</HI> Athens <HI>is the City of</HI> Adrian <HI>and not of</HI> The&s;eus.</P>
<P>Here is al&s;o the <HI>Fanari</HI> or Lantern of <HI>Demo&s;thenes,</HI> whether he retired to &s;tudy in privacy. It is a &s;mall Marble Tower, with &s;ix Columns round it, and a Lamp with branches over the <HI>Duomo</HI> which covers it, whence perhaps it was called the <HI>Lantern</HI> &s;uppo&s;ed to have been dedicated to <HI>Hercules</HI> by the &s;everal Figures &s;et in the Fri&s;es thereof combating in Lions Skins. Here are al&s;o the Ruins of the <HI>Areopagus,</HI> who&s;e Gla|cis, or Senate-Hou&s;e, 40 paces long, is &s;upported by va&s;t pieces cut out of the Rock, and pointed like a Diamond. In the mid&s;t thereof is a kind of Speakers Chair cut out of the Rock, with Seats round it for the Senators. Add to the&s;e the Remains of the Temple of Victory, built after the <HI>Jonick</HI> Order, where the <HI>Turks</HI> lay their Powder. The Ar&s;enal of <HI>Lycurgus</HI> and the Temple of <HI>Minerva,</HI> both of the Dorick Or|der. <HI>Setines</HI> was taken by Mahomet II. in 1455. but re|gain'd by the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1687. It &s;tands nigh the Gulph of <HI>Engia,</HI> about 120 Miles almo&s;t N. of <HI>Mi&s;itra,</HI> 160 S. E. of <HI>Lari&s;&s;a</HI> and 420 S. W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 48 d. 20 m. Lat. 37 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Stives,</HI> or <HI>Thebes.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Stives</HI> anciently called <HI>Thebes,</HI> was once one of the mo&s;t celebrated Cities of Greece, the Capital of <HI>Baeotia</HI> the Birth place of <HI>Pindar</HI> (who calls it <HI>Heptapyle</HI> by rea&s;on of its &s;even Gates,) and of the renowned General <HI>Epaminondas.</HI>
<PB N="242" REF="124"> This City &s;u&s;tained great Wars again&s;t the <HI>Athenians, Lace|daemonians</HI> and <HI>Macedonians,</HI> it &s;ubmitted to the la&s;t with re|luctancy, &s;o that upon the report of <HI>Alexander</HI> the <HI>Great</HI> be|ing Dead, they revolted and &s;ollicited their Neighbours to do the &s;ame: but the Town being taken a &s;econd time, it was quite de&s;troyed, not one Hou&s;e being left &s;tanding, but that of <HI>Pindarus. Ca&s;&s;ander, Antipater</HI>'s Son repair'd it 20 years after, and it had afterwards the Title of Archbi&s;hoprick, but is now an incon&s;iderable Borough &s;ubject to the Turks. The <HI>Venetians</HI> took it in 1687. and &s;oon after left it again, it &s;tands 40 Miles N. W. of <HI>Setines</HI> or <HI>Athens.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Aulis.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Aulis</HI> is a City of <HI>Baeotia</HI> upon the Streight of <HI>Negropont,</HI> fa|mous for the Harbour that belongs to it, where <HI>Agamemnon</HI> and all the <HI>Grecian</HI> Captains rendezvouz'd before they &s;et Sail for <HI>Troy.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Marathon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Marathon</HI> called at this Day <HI>Marathona,</HI> or <HI>Mara&s;on,</HI> is a &s;mall Town in <HI>Attica.</HI> It is famous for the Victory which 12000 <HI>Athenians</HI> under the Command of <HI>Miltiades,</HI> obtained over the <HI>Per&s;ian</HI> Army of above 500000 Men <HI>Anno Rom.</HI> 264. towards the end of <HI>September.</HI></P>
<P>V. <HI>Livadia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Livadia</HI> is a Town and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Achaia,</HI> from which all that Principality is now called <HI>Livadia.</HI> It is &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks,</HI> and &s;tands 70 Miles W. of <HI>Athens</HI> or <HI>Setines.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Megara.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Megara</HI> called by the <HI>Turks Megra</HI> (the Birth-place of <HI>Eu|clides</HI>) was anciently a famous City, built upon two Rocks, but now one is De&s;olate, and the other has but about 3 or 400 pitiful Cottages built one &s;tory high, and clo&s;e toge|ther,
<PB N="243" REF="124"> the Walls of which are but the Ruins of the former Hou&s;es, or a few Fagots covered with Clay. A place at fir&s;t Capital of a Monarchy, under the Reign of 12 Kings, than a Republick, which maintained divers Wars with the <HI>Athe|nians</HI> and others, and e&s;tabli&s;hed a Colony in the I&s;land of <HI>Sicily.</HI></P>
<P>VII. <HI>Delphos.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Delphos</HI> or <HI>Delphes</HI> is a little Village of <HI>Phocis,</HI> under Mount <HI>Parna&s;&s;us,</HI> famous in ancient Hi&s;tory for the Temple of <HI>A|pollo,</HI> whence he pronounced his Oracles.</P>
<P>VIII. <HI>Lepanto.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Lepanto</HI> Lat. <HI>Naupactus,</HI> is a City of <HI>Aetolia,</HI> (now <HI>Livadia</HI>) a Country of <HI>Achaia,</HI> called by the <HI>Turks, Einebachri,</HI> &s;eated near the entrance of the We&s;tern Bay of <HI>Corinth,</HI> now called the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto.</HI> This City is built on the South-&s;ide of a Mountain formed like a Sugar Loaf, on the top of which is a &s;trong Ca&s;tle, &s;urrounded with four &s;trong Walls &s;et at &s;ome di&s;tance one above the other; between which Walls the Inhabitants have their Hou&s;es, and by them the City is divided into four Parts. The Port is very hand&s;ome and beautiful, and may be &s;ecured by a Chain. The Mouth of it is &s;o &s;trait, it will hold but a few Ships, and tho&s;e cannot go out and in at &s;ometimes neither for want of Water. The Country round this City is plea&s;ant and full of delightful Gar|dens. The Wine of <HI>Lepanto</HI> is the be&s;t of all <HI>Greece;</HI> but they pitch their Ve&s;&s;els as they do generally over all <HI>Morea,</HI> and at <HI>Athens,</HI> to pre&s;erve the Wine (as the <HI>Germans</HI> and <HI>Hollan|ders</HI> are wont to Sulphurate them for the &s;ame purpo&s;e) which renders the Ta&s;te, at fir&s;t, &s;omewhat di&s;agreeable to Strangers. The <HI>Turks</HI> have five or &s;ix Mo&s;ques here, and the <HI>Greeks</HI> have two Churches, one in each Suburb, tho' but very &s;mall, and they but few in number, and ill treated, for which rea&s;on their Archbi&s;hop kept his re&s;idence at <HI>Marta.</HI> The Jews have three Synagogues there. The Chiefe&s;t Com|modities of the Place are, Leather, Oyl, Wheat, Tobacco, Rice and Barley; but the mo&s;t con&s;iderable of all the re&s;t is <HI>Turkey</HI> Leather. In 1408. this City was under the Empire of
<PB N="244" REF="125"> <HI>Greece,</HI> but <HI>Emanuel</HI> then Emperor a&s;&s;igned it to the <HI>Vene|tians</HI> who took care to fortifie it as it is now. In 1475. <HI>Ma|homet the Great,</HI> the &s;ame that took <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> having gain|ed <HI>Corinth,</HI> be&s;ieged it with an Army of 30000 Men, but was forced to rai&s;e the Siege, but in 1498. <HI>Bajazet</HI> II. attack'd it with an 150000 Men, and took it by the Treachery of the Venetian Governour, whom he had corrupted with Money. In 1687. The <HI>Venetians</HI> having in the foregoing years almo&s;t beat the Turks out of all the <HI>Morea,</HI> their General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> landed near <HI>Patras,</HI> notwith&s;tanding all the oppo&s;ition of the Seraskier, whom he fought and defeated on the 24th of <HI>July,</HI> and having taken <HI>Patras</HI> and the <HI>Dardanel</HI> Ca&s;tle on that &s;ide; he cro&s;&s;ed to the other to <HI>Lepanto,</HI> where he found the <HI>Turks</HI> making ha&s;te to empty the Place for him, whereup|on he took po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of it with out &s;triking a blow, and found in it 120 Pieces of Bra&s;s Cannon. <HI>Lepanto</HI> &s;tands 100 Miles S. E. of <HI>Preve&s;a</HI> 140 W. of <HI>Setines,</HI> and 480 S. W. of <HI>Con&s;tan|tinople,</HI> Long. 45 d. 30 m. Lat. 37 d. 25 m.</P>
<P>IX. <HI>Dardanels</HI> of <HI>Lepanto.</HI></P>
<P>At the Entrance of the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto</HI> are two Capes, about 13 or 14 Miles S. W. of <HI>Lepanto;</HI> that which joins to <HI>Morea</HI> is called by the Ancients, <HI>Anthirium Promontorium,</HI> now adays <HI>Cape Antirio,</HI> and has a little Fortre&s;s called the Ca&s;tle of <HI>Morea</HI> or of <HI>Patras;</HI> The other that joins to <HI>Achaia,</HI> is called by <HI>Strabo, Rhium Promontorium,</HI> vulgarly Cape <HI>Rio,</HI> and has al&s;o a little Fort called Ca&s;tle of <HI>Romelia.</HI></P>
<P>The&s;e two Ca&s;tles are al&s;o called <HI>Dardanels</HI> of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> in allu&s;ion to tho&s;e of the <HI>Helle&s;pont.</HI> Their Figure is &s;quare, environed with &s;trong Walls, mounted with good Cannon even with the Water. All the Commodities that go out of the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> pay here a Toll, which comes to about 3 <HI>per Cent.</HI></P>
<DIV4 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The Famous <HI>Sea-Fight</HI> of <HI>Lepanto</HI> in <HI>1571.</HI></HEAD>
<P>It was near the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto</HI> that a famous Sea-Fight was fought again&s;t the <HI>Turks, Octob.</HI> 2. 1571. in which they lo&s;t above 30000 Men, being the mo&s;t bloody defeat they ever met with &s;ince the fir&s;t e&s;tabli&s;hment of their Empire.
<PB N="245" REF="125"> Be&s;ides the &s;laughter, the <HI>Chri&s;tians</HI> took 5000 Pri&s;oners, among&s;t whom, were the two Sons of <HI>Haly,</HI> General of the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Fleet. They took al&s;o 130 Galleys, &s;tranded, burnt, or &s;unk 90. and redeemed near 20000 <HI>Chri&s;tian-Slaves.</HI> Nei|ther was the Booty le&s;s con&s;iderable, for their Fleet pillaged all the I&s;les thereabouts, and took many Merchant-Men. This Battel was fought in the &s;ame Gulph were <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> de|feated <HI>Marck-Anthony:</HI> and it is hard to &s;ay which of both was the mo&s;t Glorious Victory. The Chri&s;tians lo&s;t 8000 Men, the mo&s;t con&s;iderable whereof was <HI>Barbarigo,</HI> Com|mander of the left Wing. The <HI>Chri&s;tian</HI> Commander in chief in this Signal Combat was <HI>Don-John</HI> of <HI>Au&s;tria,</HI> natural Bro|ther to <HI>Philip</HI> II. King of <HI>Spain.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="6" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD>CHAP. VI. <HI>Morea.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>MOrea</HI> is a <HI>Penin&s;ule</HI> (in vulgar <HI>Engli&s;h,</HI> a <HI>De|mi-I&s;land</HI>) bounded<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> on the North by the <HI>I&s;thmus,</HI> or neck of land of <HI>Corinth,</HI> that joins it to <HI>Achaia,</HI> and by the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto;</HI> and on the other &s;ides by the Mediterranean Sea, called <HI>Mare d' Jonia</HI> on the We&s;t; <HI>Mare de Sapienza</HI> or of <HI>Candia</HI> on the South; and <HI>Mare Egeo</HI> on the Ea&s;t.</P>
<P>It lies betwixt the 34 d. 40 m. and the 37 d. 30 m. of Northern Latitude,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Situation.</NOTE> and betwixt the 44 d. 50 m. and the 48 d. 30 m. of Longitude, being in length about 170 Miles from <HI>Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;e</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Torne&s;e.</NOTE> to the Cape of <HI>Schili;</HI> about 160 in breadth from <HI>Corinth</HI> to Cape <HI>Matapan;</HI> and in circumference about 550.</P>
<P>This Country has had &s;everal Names;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> it was anciently called fir&s;t <HI>Argo</HI> or <HI>Argos</HI> from one of its Principal Cities; afterwards <HI>Aegialeia</HI> from <HI>Aegialus</HI> a King of the <HI>Sicyonians;</HI> afterwards <HI>Apia,</HI> from <HI>Apis</HI> third King of <HI>Argos;</HI> Then <HI>Peloponne&s;us,</HI> from <HI>Pelops</HI> Son of <HI>Tantalus</HI> King of the <HI>Phrygians,</HI> and at la&s;t <HI>Morea.</HI> Authors differ much about the derivation of this name, &s;ome think that it's &s;hape like a Mulberry-Trees Leaf (Lat. <HI>Morus</HI>
<PB N="246" REF="126"> and in Greek <GAP DESC="foreign">) made the la&s;t Emperours of <HI>Con&s;tantino|ple,</HI> call it <HI>Morea.</HI> Others derive it from the Word <HI>Romea,</HI> which by a tran&s;po&s;ition of Letters was changed into that of <HI>Morea;</HI> It being certain that as long as <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> was &s;ubject to the Roman Emperors, that City was called <HI>New Rome,</HI> and tho&s;e of that Country <HI>Romeans,</HI> as much to &s;ay, <HI>Romans. Doglioni</HI> is of another opinion and thinks the Moors gave their name to this <HI>Penin&s;ula,</HI> when they made Incur&s;ions into it.</P>
<P>There is no Country in <HI>Europe,</HI> that can be parallell'd to this <HI>Penin&s;ula.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> Its Air is clear whole&s;ome, and temperate; It Soil Fertile and abounding with Corn, Wine, Olives and all manner of Fruits, the mo&s;t exqui&s;ite in the World, and its Mountains full of Game, and Medicinal Plants. The In|habitants<NOTE PLACE="marg">Inhabitants.</NOTE> are accounted Witty and Coura|gious.</P>
<P>There are in this <HI>Penin&s;ula</HI> &s;everal famous Mountains,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains.</NOTE> <HI>viz. Foloe</HI> (now <HI>Dimizana) Cyllene, Liceus, Parthenius, Meralus, Sepia, Cronia</HI> (now <HI>Grevenos) Mintia</HI> or <HI>Mente,</HI> (now <HI>Olonos) Neris, Nonacris, Taigetus</HI> (now <HI>Orta</HI>) Of all the&s;e Mountains <HI>Cyllene,</HI> is accounted the highe&s;t, and <HI>Taigetus,</HI> the mo&s;t con&s;iderable, as being full of Deer, Bears, Wild-Boars, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> All the&s;e Mountains have been celebrated by the ancient Greek, and Latin Poets.</P>
<P>The Principal Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> in this beautiful Country are,</P>
<P N="1">1. The River <HI>Carbon</HI> (formerly called <HI>Or&s;ea, Alpheus,</HI> or <HI>Alpehius,</HI> and <HI>Strimphalus</HI> or <HI>Nyctymus Fluvius</HI>) &s;o much famed for its Virtue of taking away the &s;pots and blemi&s;hes of the Skin, which be&s;ides 140 Torrents or Brooks receives the Rivers <HI>Celadon, Erimanthus,</HI> and <HI>Amarinthe.</HI> The Poets feigned that it ran under the Sea into <HI>Sicily,</HI> to be joined with the Waters of the Spring <HI>Arethu&s;a,</HI> becau&s;e it goes often un|der the Ground, and comes out always with more &s;trength.</P>
<P N="2">2. <HI>Va&s;ili Potamos,</HI> formerly <HI>Eurotas, Iris, Hemerus,</HI> and <HI>Marthaton</HI>) which ri&s;es at the &s;ame place where the River <HI>Carbon</HI> has its Source, and wa&s;hing <HI>Mi&s;itra,</HI> di&s;charges it &s;elf in the Gulf of <HI>Colchine.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. <HI>Planizza,</HI> formerly <HI>Inachus, Haliaemon,</HI> and <HI>Cravamor.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. <HI>Spirnazza,</HI> (formerly <HI>Stomius, Pomylus,</HI> and <HI>Pany&s;us</HI>) di&s;charges it &s;elf into the Gulf of <HI>Coron</HI> near <HI>Calamata.</HI></P>
<PB N="247" REF="126">
<P>There are al&s;o the Rivers <HI>Linceus, A&s;toria,</HI> or <HI>Stella,</HI> and <HI>Era&s;in,</HI> which run with rapidity all along the Mount <HI>Stympha|lus.</HI> As al&s;o the <HI>Styx</HI> that flows at the foot of Mount <HI>Nona|cris,</HI> and which the Poets have feign'd to be a River of Hell, becau&s;e its Water, tho' clear and agreeable to the &s;ight, is mo&s;t fatal to tho&s;e that drink it.</P>
<P><HI>Peloponne&s;us,</HI> after &s;everal Revolutions, fell into the Hands of <HI>Emanuel</HI> a Greek Emperor about 1150. who at his Death, having divided his Empire among his Seven Sons, was thereby the Cau&s;e of its Ruin. The&s;e Princes were called <HI>De&s;potes,</HI> that is, Lords or Governours; they depended upon the Em|peror, both as to their Government and Election; otherwi&s;e they were ab&s;olute, and their Dignity almo&s;t Hereditary, for it &s;eldom hapned that the Emperor chu&s;ed any Succe&s;&s;or to the late <HI>De&s;pote,</HI> but his Son, Brother, or near Relation. <HI>Con&s;tantine</HI> &s;irnamed <HI>Dragares</HI> Brother of <HI>Theodorus</HI> II. was De&s;pote, when <HI>Amurat</HI> made an Irruption into <HI>Morea.</HI> The <HI>Greek</HI> Emperor &s;topt his fury by the Promi&s;e of a yearly Tri|bute. Some time after, <HI>Con&s;tantine</HI> being Crowned Emperor at <HI>Con&s;tantinople,</HI> divided <HI>Morea</HI> between his two Brothers <HI>Demetrius</HI> and <HI>Thomas.</HI> The <HI>Turks</HI> under <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. under the pretence of a&s;&s;i&s;ting <HI>Demetrius</HI> again&s;t <HI>Thomas,</HI> took oc|ca&s;ion of their Divi&s;ions to Invade their E&s;tates, and the Places the <HI>Venetians</HI> po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed in <HI>Morea,</HI> which they accom|pli&s;hed without much Re&s;i&s;tance after the Death of General <HI>Bertoldo d'E&s;te,</HI> whom the Republick had &s;ent with a good Army to oppo&s;e them. Since that, the <HI>Turks</HI> kept here a Governour, with the Title of <HI>Sangiac</HI> or <HI>Morabegi</HI> (that is Lord of <HI>Morea</HI>) under the <HI>Beglerbey</HI> of <HI>Greece.</HI> This <HI>Sangiac</HI> made his ordinary Re&s;idence at <HI>Modon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Morea</HI> is now under the <HI>Venetians</HI> &s;ince 1687. General <HI>Mo|ro&s;ini</HI> having Reconquered the be&s;t Places in it, <HI>viz. Patras, Lepanto, Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;e, Corinth, Mi&s;itra, Napoli di Romania, &amp;c.</HI> (as you &s;hall &s;ee in the particular Articles of each of tho&s;e Towns) he cau&s;ed all the Churches that were Mo&s;ques be|fore, to be recon&s;ecrated; &s;o that many <HI>Greek</HI> Families have left <HI>Achaia,</HI> to &s;ettle in <HI>Morea,</HI> and more than 12000 Inhabi|tants have re&s;orted thither.</P>
<P>This <HI>Penin&s;ule</HI> has at different times been vari|ou&s;ly divided.<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE></P>
<P>In <HI>Pau&s;anias</HI>'s time it had but three Regions, <HI>viz.</HI> 1. That of the <HI>Arcadians.</HI> 2. That of the <HI>Achaians;</HI> and, 3. La&s;tly, That of the <HI>Dorians.</HI> After this <HI>Ptolomy</HI> and others divided it into Eight Parts, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<PB N="248" REF="127">
<ITEM>1. <HI>Achaia Proper,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Arcadia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Argia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Corinthia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. <HI>Elis,</HI> or <HI>Elea,</HI> or <HI>Cauconia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>6. <HI>Laconia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>7. <HI>Me&s;&s;enia,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>8. <HI>Sicyonis.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<P>Now-a-days <HI>Morea</HI> (according to <HI>Baudrand, Moreri,</HI> and all Modern Geographers) is divided into four Provinces, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>I. The Dutchy of <HI>Chiarenza&mdash;Chiarenza,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM>II. <HI>Belvedere&mdash; Modon,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>III. <HI>Zaconia,</HI> or <HI>Braccio di Maina&mdash;Malva&s;ia,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
<ITEM>IV. <HI>Saccania,</HI> or <HI>Romania Minor&mdash;Napoli di Romania,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article I.</HI> The Dutchy of <HI>Chiarenza.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THIS Dutchy Borders the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto</HI> on the North,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> <HI>Sacconia</HI> on the Ea&s;t, <HI>Zaco|nia</HI> and <HI>Belvedere</HI> on the South, and the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea on the We&s;t; it contains the old <HI>Achaia Proper, Sicyonis</HI> and <HI>Corinthia.</HI></P>
<P>The mo&s;t famous Capes<NOTE PLACE="marg">Capes.</NOTE> here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Cape Rio.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Cape Chiarenza,</HI> formerly <HI>Araxus Promontorium.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Cape Torne&s;o,</HI> formerly <HI>Chelonates Promontorium.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The mo&s;t Remarkable Towns here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Patras,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chiarenza,</HI> or <HI>Clarence,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Caminitza,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;o.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Patras.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Patras,</HI> is a very Ancient and Flouri&s;hing City, called by the <HI>Turks Badra</HI> and <HI>Balabutra;</HI> it is &s;eated near <HI>Cape Rio</HI> on
<PB N="249" REF="127"> the North &s;ide of a Mountain, on the top of which &s;tands a good Fortre&s;s, 18 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> and 120 N. W. of <HI>Mi&s;itra.</HI> Long. 45 d. 40 m. Lat. 37 d. 20 m. It is the Capital of the Dutchy of <HI>Chiarenza,</HI> and an Archbi&s;hoprick. Towards the beginning of the <HI>Roman</HI> Monarchy, this City had a great number of Inhabitants, by rea&s;on both of its commodious Situation for Trade, and of the Fer|tility of its Soil. It is about five Miles di&s;tant from the Gulf that bears its Name, where it has a good Sea-port called <HI>Panormus,</HI> which the Emperor <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> chu&s;ed for the Retreat of his Navy; and for that Rea&s;on made the In|habitants of <HI>Patras, Citizens of Rome,</HI> and granted them &s;everal Immunities and Priviledges, which gave occa&s;ion to the <HI>Ro|mans</HI> to call this City, <HI>Augu&s;ta Aroe Patren&s;is.</HI> The Godde&s;s <HI>Diana</HI> was wor&s;hipped here under the Name of <HI>Diana Latria,</HI> and had a yearly Sacrifice offered her of a young Man, and a Maid pickt out of the hand&s;ome&s;t in all the City. This Su|per&s;titious and Bloody Sacrifice continued till <HI>Euripiles</HI> came to <HI>Patras,</HI> and was made a Chri&s;tian Convert by the Apo&s;tle St. <HI>Andrew. Patras</HI> is now very well peopled, e&s;pecially with <HI>Jews,</HI> who drive a great Trade there with the <HI>Grecians</HI> of the Neighbouring I&s;lands, and the <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> and <HI>French</HI> Mer|chants. Its Air is none of the whole&s;ome&s;t, by rea&s;on of the Neighbouring Mountains covered with Snow, almo&s;t all the Year round, and of the Waters that &s;urround it. This City, with the Territory belonging to it, was formerly in the Po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of the De&s;potes of <HI>Greece,</HI> the la&s;t of which not being able to keep it again&s;t the <HI>Turks,</HI> &s;old it in 1408. to the Re|publick of <HI>Venice.</HI> The <HI>Turks</HI> took it from the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1463. but in 1533. they retook it from the <HI>Turks</HI> under the Command of General <HI>Doria.</HI> The next Year after the <HI>Turks</HI> expelled the <HI>Venetians,</HI> who took it again in 1687. after their General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> had given the <HI>Turks</HI> a con&s;iderable overthrow in its Neighbourhood.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Chiarenza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chiarenza,</HI> which is thought to be the Ancient <HI>Cyllene,</HI> &s;tands on the right &s;ide of the River <HI>Inachus,</HI> called by <HI>Ptolo|my, Penaeus Fluvius,</HI> upon a Hill near the Gulph of <HI>Patras.</HI> It has been a famous City, and the Capital of the Dukedom of the &s;ame Name, under its own Princes. The <HI>Venetians</HI>
<PB N="250" REF="128"> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it, when it was &s;till in a pretty good condition. But it is now &s;o extreamly changed, that there is &s;carce any thing to be &s;een be&s;ides its Ditches, and &s;ome mi&s;erable Ve&s;tiges of what it has been. Its Port which was capable of many good Ships, is now filled up with Sands. It &s;tands about 25 Miles S. W. of <HI>Patras.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Caminitza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Caminitza,</HI> called by <HI>Strabo,</HI> and <HI>Ptolomy, Olenus,</HI> and by <HI>Pliny, Olenum,</HI> &s;tands three Miles from the Gulph of <HI>Patras,</HI> on the right Bank of the little River <HI>Pirus,</HI> betwixt the Cape of <HI>Chiarenza</HI> and <HI>Patras,</HI> at an equal di&s;tance from each. It owes its Foundation to <HI>Olenus</HI> Son of <HI>Vulcan;</HI> but tho' it has been a great City with a Bi&s;hop's See Suffragan of the Arch|bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Patras;</HI> it is now reduced to a &s;mall incon&s;ide|rable Borough.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;e.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;e,</HI> called by the <HI>Turks, Clemontzi</HI> is a little Town, near the Cape of <HI>Torne&s;e,</HI> in the Dutchy of <HI>Chiarenza,</HI> (or according to others in the Province of <HI>Belvedere</HI>) Built upon a heighth that overlooks a great Countrey round about, betwixt the Gulf of <HI>Chiarenza,</HI> and that of <HI>Arcadia,</HI> called be|fore <HI>Chelonates,</HI> about three Miles from the Sea. After the taking of <HI>Patras</HI> in 1687. <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> &s;ummoned this Place, which the <HI>Aga</HI> delivered pre&s;ently.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article II. Belvedere.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Province Borders the River <HI>Carbon</HI> on the North,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> which &s;eparates it from <HI>Chiarenza; Zaconia,</HI> or <HI>Braccio di Maina</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Sea of <HI>Sapienza</HI> on the South, and that of <HI>Ionia</HI> on
<PB N="251" REF="128"> the We&s;t. It contains the old Provinces of <HI>Elis,</HI> and <HI>Me&s;|&s;enia.</HI></P>
<P>The mo&s;t famous Capes<NOTE PLACE="marg">Capes.</NOTE> here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Cape Jardan</HI> formerly <HI>Ichctus Promontorium.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Cape di Sapienza,</HI> or <HI>Cape Gallo,</HI> antiently <HI>Acritas Pro|montorium.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The Places of Note in this Province are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Modon,</HI> Bi&s;h. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Coron,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Calamata,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Navarin.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Modon.</HI></P>
<P><HI>MOdon,</HI> called by the <HI>Turks, Mutum,</HI> anciently <HI>Methone,</HI> is in that part of <HI>Peloponne&s;us,</HI> formerly called <HI>Me&s;&s;enia:</HI> It is a &s;trong, rich and trading City, with a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Patras.</HI> Its Seat is very advantagious, being upon a Cape of the Sea of <HI>Sapienza,</HI> at the Foot of which is a fair and good Port. This City was the ordinary Re&s;idence of the Sangiac or Governour of <HI>Morea</HI> for the Grand <HI>Seignior.</HI> It has at &s;everal times undergone &s;everal Revolu|tions. The Emperor <HI>Trajanus</HI> granted it great Priviledges, which were confirmed upon it by <HI>Con&s;tantine the Great.</HI> In 1124. the <HI>Venetians</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it, under the Doge <HI>Domenico Michiole,</HI> but the Emperor of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> retook it the next Year after. In 1204. upon the Divi&s;ion of the Em|pire it fell again into the Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the <HI>Venetians,</HI> from whom it was taken by <HI>Leo Veteran</HI> a famous Pyrate of <HI>Genoa.</HI> This U&s;urper did not enjoy it long, for being taken in the <HI>Helle&s;pont,</HI> he was brought to <HI>Corfu,</HI> where he &s;uffered an Ignominious Death, which &s;o frighted his Party, that the Captains <HI>Dandolo</HI> and <HI>Promalino</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of <HI>Modon</HI> without any oppo&s;ition. In 1498. <HI>Bajazet</HI> II. laid Siege to it with an Army of 150000 Men, and took it after a &s;harp Battel with the Army of the <HI>Venetians.</HI> which came to relieve it. In 1659. <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> the <HI>Venetian</HI> General took it from the <HI>Turks,</HI> but they regained it in the end of the <HI>Candi|an</HI> War. In 1686. the <HI>Venetian</HI> Arms again prevailed to de|liver this noble and &s;trong City out of the Hands of the Infi|dels.
<PB N="252" REF="129"> They found in it 90 Pieces of Cannon. <HI>Modon</HI> &s;tand 15 Miles S. W. of <HI>Coron,</HI> and 70 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Cape Matapan.</HI> Long. 40 d. Lat. 34 d. 58 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Coron.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Coron,</HI> has a &s;trong and commodious &s;ituation on the left &s;ide of <HI>Cape Gallo,</HI> called by <HI>Ptolomy, Acritas Promontorium,</HI> once a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Patras.</HI> It was anciently accounted a Colony of the <HI>Thebans</HI> called <HI>Peda&s;us</HI> by the Poets; <HI>Epea</HI> by <HI>Pau&s;anias,</HI> and <HI>Corone</HI> by <HI>Strabo</HI> and <HI>Pliny.</HI> The Figure of this City is an irregular <HI>Triangle.</HI> At one of the Angles there is a great Tower built in 1463. by the <HI>Venetians</HI> for a Magazine; the two other &s;ides that are not wa&s;hed by the Gulph that bears its Name, leave a &s;pace wide enough to go round the Fortre&s;s, which is environ'd with an old Wall, of an unequal thickne&s;s, flank'd with great Towers; and a little way further towards the Ea&s;t, there is a Suburb with 500 Hou&s;es. This City has had &s;everal Ma&s;ters. <HI>Baudrand</HI> thinks that it was yielded to the <HI>Venetians</HI> by the De&s;potes Princes of <HI>Morea;</HI> but <HI>Verdizzotti</HI> a&s;&s;ures us that they never had it before the Divi&s;ion of the Ea&s;tern Empire. In 1204. it was &s;urprized by <HI>Leo Veteran</HI> a <HI>Genoe&s;e</HI> Pyrate; but after he had been Executed at <HI>Corfu, Coron</HI> returned to its Lawful Ma&s;ters the <HI>Venetians,</HI> from whom it was taken by the formidable Army of <HI>Bajazet</HI> II. in 1498. The <HI>Spaniards</HI> under General <HI>Doria</HI> took it from the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1533. and &s;oon after were forced to leave it. In 1685. Ge|neral <HI>Franci&s;co Moro&s;ini</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of <HI>Coron</HI> not|with&s;tanding the Vigorous Defence of the Be&s;ieged, and the Succours that came to their Relief. Several Men of Note lo&s;t their Lives during the Siege, which la&s;ted 49 days; and among the others the Commandeur <HI>La Tour,</HI> General of the Land Forces of <HI>Maltha,</HI> the Prince of <HI>Brun&s;wic,</HI> the Prince of <HI>Savoy,</HI> and Captain <HI>Ravagnin.</HI> All the <HI>Turki&s;h</HI> Garri&s;on was put to the Sword. This Town &s;tands 15 Miles N. E. of <HI>Modon.</HI> Long. 46 d. 20 m. 35 d.</P>
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<P>III. <HI>Calamata.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Calamata,</HI> called by <HI>Baudrand, Thelame, Theramme, Thu|ria,</HI> and <HI>Abia,</HI> is an unwalled Town of the left &s;ide of the Ri|ver <HI>Spirnazza,</HI> or <HI>Pami&s;&s;us.</HI> It is &s;eated in an open Country of the Province of <HI>Belvedere,</HI> is pretty well peopled, and had a good &s;trong Ca&s;tle of a Regular Fabrick. In 1659. Gene|ral <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it by a Stratagem, and a|bandon'd it, after he had burn'd it, and the Country round it. The &s;ame General took this Ca&s;tle again in 1685. and &s;oon after cau&s;ed it to be razed.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Navarin.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Navarin,</HI> or <HI>Zunchio,</HI> Lat. <HI>Navarinum, Nelea, Pylus Me&s;|&s;eniaca,</HI> the Birth-place of the famous <HI>Ne&s;tor,</HI> is called <HI>Ja|varin</HI> by the <HI>Turks.</HI> It is divided into the new and old City. The old is built upon a &s;teep Rock, which runs into the Sea, and makes its &s;ituation very &s;trong, be&s;ides what Art has done to render it, as it were, impregnable. On the left &s;ide thereof is the new City on the &s;ide of a Hill, fortified with good Walls, and a Cittadel with &s;ix Ba&s;tions, built by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1572. at the bottom whereof is a Haven, the be&s;t and mo&s;t capacious of all the <HI>Morea.</HI> The entrance of this Harbour is commanded by the Cannon of the old <HI>Navarin.</HI> In 1644. <HI>Sultan Ibrahim</HI> cho&s;e this Haven for the Rendezvouz of his Fleet, con&s;i&s;ting of 200 Sail, de&s;ign'd again&s;t <HI>Candia.</HI> In 1498. the <HI>Turks</HI> after the Surrender of <HI>Modon,</HI> took <HI>Navarin</HI> from the <HI>Venetians</HI> and kept it till 1686. when General <HI>Mo|ro&s;ini</HI> appearing before old <HI>Navarin</HI> with 200 Sail, Command|ed by General <HI>Coning&s;mark,</HI> forced the Garri&s;on to a Surren|der: But the <HI>New Town</HI> made a &s;tout Defence, in hopes of being Relieved by the Sera&s;quier of <HI>Morea,</HI> then upon his March. General <HI>Coning&s;mark</HI> leaving the Management of the Siege to Chevalier <HI>Alcenago,</HI> fought and defeated the Sera&s;|quier, upon which the Town Surrendred. It &s;tands 13 Miles N. of <HI>Modon,</HI> and 28 almo&s;t W. of <HI>Coron.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="article">
<PB N="254" REF="130">
<HEAD>Article III. Zaconia, <HI>or</HI> Braccio Di Maina.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Province is the large&s;t of the four in|to which <HI>Morea</HI> is divided:<NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> It Borders <HI>Chiarenza</HI> on the North, <HI>Saccania</HI> on the Ea&s;t, the Sea of <HI>Sapienza,</HI> or of <HI>Candia</HI> on the South, and <HI>Belvedere</HI> on the We&s;t. It was formerly called <HI>Lelegia, Aebalia,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Name.</NOTE> <HI>Argia,</HI> and <HI>Laconia.</HI> There are many huge Rocks, Caves and Precipices, which ren|der this Country &s;ubject to frequent Earthquakes.</P>
<P>The Principal Capes<NOTE PLACE="marg">Capes.</NOTE> here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. <HI>Cape Matapan,</HI> of which we &s;hall make a particular De|&s;cription.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Cape Onugato.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Cape Maleo,</HI> or <HI>Ale di &s;an Michiel.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>The Places of Note in this Province are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Malva&s;ia,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Mi&s;itra,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zarnata,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Chielefa,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Pa&s;&s;ava,</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Maina.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Malva&s;ia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Malva&s;ia,</HI> or <HI>Napoli di Malva&s;ia,</HI> anciently called <HI>Epidau|rus,</HI> or <HI>Epidaurus Limera,</HI> and &s;ometimes <HI>Monembu&s;ia,</HI> is &s;eated near the farthe&s;t South-Ea&s;tern Cape called <HI>Cape Ma|leo,</HI> with an Archbi&s;hoprick under the Patriarch of <HI>Con&s;tan|tinople.</HI> Is is built upon a Rock, whence it has a plea&s;ant Pro&s;pect, both into the Sea, and the adjacent Country. It is al&s;o &s;urrounded with the Sea, and joined to the Continent by a Timber-bridge, yet it has Springs of good fre&s;h Water, &s;ufficient both to &s;erve the City and their Gardens. This
<PB N="255" REF="130"> City is of a very great &s;trength, being only approachable on the South &s;ide, and there it is defended by a good Tripple Wall. Next to this Wall there is a Suburb with a good num|ber of Hou&s;es, walled about with a &s;trong Rampart. There is al&s;o a very convenient Harbour defended by the Fortre&s;s. Its Soil is very fruitful in Grapes, of which is made the mo&s;t exqui&s;ite Wine in all <HI>Greece,</HI> and &s;o much fam'd through all the World: It yields al&s;o as much Corn as &s;erves to maintain 60 Per&s;ons, which con&s;idering the natural &s;trength of the Place, are enough for a Garri&s;on. This City owes its Foundation to a Colony of <HI>Argos;</HI> and was anciently famous, and much frequented, on account of <HI>Ae&s;culapius</HI>'s Temple. Tho' this place &s;eem impregnable, yet it was taken in 1204. from the Emperor of the Ea&s;t, by the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Venetians</HI> under the Command of <HI>Baldwin</HI> Count of <HI>Flanders,</HI> (the &s;ame that was Crowned Emperor of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI>) and retaken again from <HI>William</HI> a <HI>French</HI> Baron, to whom it was given by <HI>Baldwin.</HI> Whereupon he re&s;igned his Right to the <HI>Venetians,</HI> who at|tacked it with a powerful Fleet, and kept it till 1537. that they Surrendred it to <HI>Soliman</HI> to Purcha&s;e a Peace. In the <HI>Candian</HI> War they took it again by Storm, plundered, burnt it, put mo&s;t of the Inhabitants ro the Sword, carried away the Cannon, and then left it. The <HI>Turks</HI> afterwards re|builded it. In 1689. the <HI>Venetians</HI> Be&s;ieged it again, under the Command of the Doge <HI>Moro&s;ini,</HI> who being called home by the Senate on <HI>Septemb.</HI> 14. left it block'd up by three Forts, and a Squadron of light Frigats. On the 10th of <HI>Au|gu&s;t</HI> 1690. it was Surrendred to the <HI>Venetians,</HI> being the la&s;t Town in the <HI>Morea</HI> that with&s;tood them. It &s;tands 50 Miles almo&s;t E. of <HI>Mi&s;itra,</HI> and 100 S. of <HI>Setines.</HI> Long. 48 d. 5 m. Lat. 35 d. 40 m.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Mi&s;itra.</HI></P>
<P>This City was fir&s;t called <HI>Sparta,</HI> then <HI>Lacedaemon,</HI> and now <HI>Mi&s;itra:</HI> It is one of the Antiente&s;t of the World, and the mo&s;t famous of <HI>Greece.</HI> Authors vary much about its Foundation; &s;ome a&s;cribe it to <HI>Spartus,</HI> Son to King <HI>Amicla,</HI> others to <HI>Sparta,</HI> Wife to a King of <HI>Lacedemon;</HI> others to <HI>Ce|crops,</HI> who al&s;o founded <HI>Athens;</HI> and others a&s;&s;ure us, that it was founded by <HI>Spartus</HI> Son to <HI>Phoroneus</HI> King of <HI>Argos,</HI> in Patriarch <HI>Jacob</HI>'s time, 1763. Years before our Saviour. In
<PB N="256" REF="131"> <HI>Polybius</HI>'s time it was of a round Figure five or &s;ix Miles about, being Commanded by Mount <HI>Taigetus</HI> on the We&s;t. This City now has but the Mi&s;erable Ruins of its former Greatne&s;s: It is divided into four Quarters &s;eparated from each other. The Ca&s;tle makes one, the Land another, and two Suburbs, called <HI>Melokorion</HI> (or the middle Suburb) and <HI>Exokorion</HI> (or the outward Suburb). The <HI>Exokorion</HI> is &s;eperated from the other three by the River <HI>Va&s;oli Potamos,</HI> but has Communica|tion with them by a Stone-bridge. The Ca&s;tle called <HI>To Ca|&s;tron</HI> has very good Walls, and is &s;o advantagiou&s;ly &s;eated on a ri&s;ing Ground, that &s;ome Hi&s;torians a&s;&s;ure it was never ta|ken by open force, either by the <HI>Turks</HI> or <HI>Venetians,</HI> Never|thele&s;s General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it in 1687. It &s;tands 120 Miles almo&s;t S. of <HI>Setines,</HI> 150 S. E. of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> and 526 S. W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 47 d. 32 m. Lat. 35 d. 26m.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Zarnata.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zarnata,</HI> is a Fortre&s;s which both Art and Nature have con&s;pired to make &s;trong, being &s;eated on a very plea&s;ant ri&s;ing Ground, and defended with Towers and other For|tifications. In 1685. the Garri&s;on frighted at the approach of the <HI>Venetian</HI> Army Surrendred to General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> upon Articles. It &s;tands 25 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Mi&s;itra.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Chielefa.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Chielefa,</HI> is a con&s;iderable Fortre&s;s &s;eated on a &s;teep Rock, of a &s;quare Figure, environ'd with good Walls, flank'd with five huge Towers: It is a Mile in circumference, and &s;tands about two Miles off the Sea, and 17 N. of <HI>Cape Matapan,</HI> near the place where <HI>Vitulo</HI> a famous trading City &s;tood formerly, which has given its Name to <HI>Port Vitulo,</HI> now little frequented, becau&s;e it is neither &s;afe nor commodious. In 1685. <HI>Chielefa</HI> Surrendred to General <HI>Moro&s;ini.</HI> The next Year after the <HI>Turks</HI> endeavouring to regain this Place, were routed and put to flight by the <HI>Venetians.</HI></P>
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<P>V. <HI>Pa&s;&s;ava.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Pa&s;&s;ava,</HI> is an incon&s;iderable Fortre&s;s in the Province of <HI>Maina,</HI> near the Gulph of <HI>Colochine,</HI> on the <HI>Cape Mapatan,</HI> over-again&s;t <HI>Chielefa</HI> and <HI>Port Vitulo;</HI> it is built upon a ri&s;ing Ground, but very irregular, and of no &s;trength. In 1685. General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> took it without any oppo&s;ition, and cau&s;ed it to be razed.</P>
<P>VI. <HI>Cape Matapan</HI> and <HI>Maina.</HI></P>
<P>To the S. of <HI>Morea</HI> is <HI>Cape Matapan,</HI> which runs further in|to the Sea, than any other Cape of this <HI>Penin&s;ula.</HI> It was anciently called <HI>Promontorium Taenarium,</HI> from the Cave <HI>Tena|ro,</HI> who&s;e va&s;t &s;pacious Gap gave occa&s;ion to Poets to feign it the Mouth of Hell. The Sea round this Cape is very deep, and has there two good Ports; the fir&s;t is called the <HI>Port of Quails,</HI> by rea&s;on of the prodigious number of Quails that fly thither; the other is called the Port of <HI>Maina.</HI> Be|twixt the&s;e two Ports, and upon the Ruins of the Ancient <HI>Cer&s;apolis,</HI> the <HI>Turks</HI> built formerly a Fortre&s;s which they called <HI>Turcotigi, Oliminias</HI> add <HI>Monige,</HI> which the <HI>Greeks</HI> In|terpret <HI>Ca&s;tro di Maini.</HI> In 1570. the <HI>Venetians</HI> took this Fort and razed it.</P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="4" TYPE="article">
<HEAD>Article IV. Saccania, <HI>or</HI> Romania Minor.</HEAD>
<P>THIS Province which comprehends the old <HI>Argia,</HI> borders the Gulf of <HI>Lepanto,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Bounds.</NOTE> the I&s;thmus of <HI>Corinth,</HI> and the Gulf of <HI>Engia,</HI> on the North. The <HI>Mare Egeo</HI> on the Ea&s;t, <HI>Zaconia</HI> and the Gulf of <HI>Napoli di Romania</HI> on the South, and <HI>Zaconia</HI> and <HI>Chiarenza</HI> on the We&s;t.</P>
<P>The <HI>Palus,</HI> or Mar&s;h of <HI>Lerna,</HI> where <HI>Hercules</HI> is &s;aid to have kill'd the <HI>Hydra with Seven Heads,</HI> is in this Pro|vince.</P>
<PB N="258" REF="132">
<P>The only Cape here is Cape <HI>Schili,</HI> Lat. <HI>Scy|laeum</HI> or <HI>Plethon,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Cape.</NOTE> or <HI>Scillium,</HI> or <HI>Damala,</HI> or <HI>Sy|gillo Promontorium.</HI></P>
<P>The Cities of Note here are,
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Napoli di Romania,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Argos,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Corinth,</HI> Archb.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>I. <HI>Napoli di Romania.</HI></P>
<P>Of all tho&s;e famous Cities which were formerly the Orna|ment of <HI>Argia,</HI> called now <HI>Saccania,</HI> or <HI>Romania Minor,</HI> none but <HI>Napoli</HI> keeps to this day &s;ome remains of its former Beauty and Grandeur. It is called by <HI>Ptolomy Nauplia,</HI> by <HI>Sophianus Napli,</HI> and <HI>Anaplia</HI> by the <HI>Greeks.</HI> It is a &s;trong and trading City Built by <HI>Nauplio,</HI> Son to <HI>Neptunus</HI> in the far|the&s;t part of the Gulf commonly called of <HI>Napoli</HI> anciently <HI>Argolicus Simus</HI> upon a little Cape that divides it&s;elf into two different parts; that towards the Sea forms a good, &s;afe, and &s;pacious Haven; the other towards the Land, renders the pa&s;&s;age to the Town almo&s;t inacce&s;&s;ible, there being no o|ther but a narrow, &s;tony, &s;teep, way to come to it, between Mount <HI>Palamida</HI> and the Sea-&s;hore. Be&s;ides the advantages of the &s;ituation, which render this City one of the &s;tronge&s;t in <HI>Europe,</HI> it is defended by a Cittadel Built on a Rock in the Sea, a hundred Yards off the City, which con&s;equently cannot be Attack'd by Land. <HI>Napoli</HI> was formerly a Bi&s;hop|rick Suffragan ef <HI>Corinth,</HI> but now it is an Archbi&s;hop's See, and the ordinary Re&s;idence of the Governour of the Province, which is Inhabited by 60000 <HI>Greeks,</HI> be&s;ides a va&s;t number of Strangers of &s;everal Nations. It &s;tands 78 Miles S. W. of <HI>A|thens,</HI> and 60 N. of <HI>Mi&s;itra.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Napoli,</HI> as mo&s;t Cities, has undergone many Changes of Go|vernment; in 1205. the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Venetians</HI> together made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of it. In 1388. King <HI>Giovani&s;&s;a</HI> took it by Storm, put all the Garri&s;on to the Sword, and blew up the City. <HI>Napoli</HI> came into the Hands of <HI>Mary Erigana</HI> (or <HI>Anguien</HI> by corruption) Widow of <HI>Peter</HI> Son to <HI>Frederick Cornaro Pi&s;copia,</HI> who being unable to keep it again&s;t &s;o pow|erful an Enemy as <HI>Bajazet,</HI> &s;old it to the Republick of <HI>Venice,</HI> to which it was &s;ubject till 1539. when it was yielded to <HI>Ma|homet</HI> II. to procure a Peace. In 1686. General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> or|dered
<PB N="259" REF="132"> General <HI>Coning&s;mark</HI> to po&s;&s;e&s;s him&s;elf of Mount <HI>Pala|mida,</HI> which is within Musket-&s;hot of the Town, and com|mands it; and whil&s;t he battered it from this Place, <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> gave Battel to the <HI>Sera&s;quier</HI> that came to relieve it, defeated him, and took <HI>Argos,</HI> their Fleet at the &s;ame time taking <HI>Ter|nis. Aug.</HI> the 29th the <HI>Sera&s;quier</HI> advanced again with a 1000 Men, and fell upon the <HI>Venetians</HI> in their Trenches, where the Battel was dubious for three Hours, but at la&s;t the <HI>Turks</HI> fled. After the Battel the Siege was pu&s;ht on with vigour, and the <HI>Turks</HI> Capitulated to Surrender, on the u&s;ual Terms, and were conducted to <HI>Tenedos.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Argos.</HI></P>
<P>There have been three Cities called by this Name, the fir&s;t is <HI>Argos Amphilochium</HI> in <HI>Epirus;</HI> the &s;econd <HI>Argos Pela&s;|gicum</HI> in <HI>Macedon;</HI> and la&s;tly <HI>Argos Peloponne&s;iacum,</HI> of which we are now to Treat. It has been anciently called <HI>Phoronia, Hippobote, Ja&s;ia, Dipo&s;ia, Jappia,</HI> and la&s;tly, <HI>Argos.</HI> It was formerly the Capital of the famous Province of <HI>Argia</HI> or <HI>Argo|lis,</HI> and one of the mo&s;t Celebrated Cities of <HI>Peloponne&s;us.</HI> It is &s;eated on the River <HI>Plani&s;&s;a,</HI> Lat. <HI>Inachus Fluvius</HI> 7 Miles almo&s;t W. of <HI>Napoli di Romania.</HI> It was fir&s;t a Bi&s;hoprick under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Corinth,</HI> and then erected into a Metropolitan it &s;elf. It has the Mount <HI>Cronia</HI> on the We&s;t, and the Ruins of old <HI>Mycene</HI> on the South.</P>
<P>This City has undergone &s;o many Vici&s;&s;itudes, that it has now but the bare Name left as a Memorial of its Ancient Greatne&s;s and Splendor; the Magnificence of its Buildings being reduced to &s;ome pitiful paltry Hou&s;es, and a Cittadel. This City was &s;old to the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1388. by <HI>Mary Erigana,</HI> or <HI>Anguien,</HI> in who&s;e Hands it remained till <HI>Mahomet</HI> II's time. The <HI>Venetians</HI> took it from the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1463. and lo&s;t it again a little while after. But in the Year 1686. Ge|neral <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> recovered it again from the <HI>Tarks.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Corinth.</HI></P>
<P>The City of <HI>Corinth,</HI> vulgarly called <HI>Coranto; Gerame</HI> by the <HI>Turks,</HI> and <HI>Ephyro</HI> by <HI>Lauremberg,</HI> is &s;eated in the middle of the <HI>I&s;thmus,</HI> to which it gives its Name. It has the Title
<PB N="260" REF="133"> of an Archbi&s;hoprick, and &s;tands 85 Miles E. of <HI>Patras,</HI> and 54 S. W. of <HI>Athens.</HI> It is commanded by the famous Fortre&s;s called <HI>Acrocorinth,</HI> which is near it. Its Situation is &s;o ad|vantageous, that it is called by &s;ome the Eye, and the Bulwark of <HI>Peloponne&s;us.</HI> The Romans upon pretence of an affront offered to their Amba&s;&s;adors, &s;ent the Con&s;ul L. <HI>Mamius</HI> who burn'd and pillaged this City <HI>Anno Mundi</HI> 3818. but by the Care and Magnificence of <HI>Augu&s;tus</HI> it recovered its former Beauty and Riches. Since that time it has often felt the fury of War, e&s;pecially under <HI>Amurath</HI> II. and <HI>Mahomet</HI> his Son, &s;o that it has now but the mi&s;erable ruins of its former Great|ne&s;s, and 20 or 30 Hou&s;es or rather Cottages, it is &s;ubject to the <HI>Venetias</HI> &s;ince 1687.</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>The <HI>I&s;thmus</HI> of <HI>Corinth.</HI></HEAD>
<P>The <HI>I&s;thmus</HI> of <HI>Corinth,</HI> Lat. <HI>I&s;thmus Argolicus</HI> and <HI>Corinthia|cus,</HI> is a neck of land about &s;ix or &s;even Miles broad betwixt the Gulph of <HI>Lepanto</HI> and that of <HI>Engia</HI> which joins <HI>Morea</HI> to <HI>Achaia.</HI> It was anciently very famous for the <HI>Ludi I&s;thmii</HI> or <HI>I&s;thmian Games,</HI> in&s;tituted here by <HI>The&s;eus,</HI> as al&s;o for its Theater, <HI>Stadium, Neptunes</HI> Temple and the Fore&s;t of Pine|Trees, who&s;e Leaves &s;erved to Crown the Combatants. Se|veral Princes as, <HI>Alexander</HI> the <HI>Great, Pitia, Demetrius, Ju|lius Cae&s;ar, Caligula, Nero</HI> and <HI>Herod</HI> the <HI>Athenian,</HI> either to advance Navigation and Trade, or meerly to rai&s;e a Monu|ment to their Fame, have at different times attempted the digging through of this <HI>I&s;thmus;</HI> but whether interrupted by more important bu&s;ine&s;s, or wearied with the tediou&s;ne&s;s of the Work, they have all of them left it unfini&s;hed. Whence came the Latin Proverb, <HI>I&s;tmum fodere,</HI> again&s;t tho&s;e who undertake things beyond their &s;trength. Afterwards on this neck of Land a Wall was built, which was called <HI>Hexa|milon</HI> becau&s;e it contained &s;ix Miles, which is the whole breadth of the <HI>I&s;thmus.</HI> This Wall was demoli&s;hed by <HI>Amu|rath</HI> II. and being rebuilt and fortified by the <HI>Venetians,</HI> was a &s;econd time pulled down by <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. in 1443.</P>
</DIV5>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="5" TYPE="article">
<PB N="261" REF="133">
<HEAD><HI>Article V.</HI> The Boundaries of <HI>Morea.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE Bounds of this <HI>Penin&s;ule,</HI> as we have already hinted, are the <HI>I&s;thmus</HI> of <HI>Corinth,</HI> of which we have already treated, and the Seas of <HI>Jonia, Sapienza</HI> and of <HI>Candia</HI> and <HI>Aegeo,</HI> in which we &s;hall con&s;ider the Gulphs.</P>
<P><HI>I.</HI> Gulphs of the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea.</P>
<P>There are in this Sea five con&s;iderable Gulphs, <HI>viz.</HI> 1. The Gulph of <HI>Lepanto,</HI> called <HI>Cri&s;aeus,</HI> by the Ancients; <HI>Helcyo|nius,</HI> by <HI>Strabo;</HI> Gulph of <HI>Pedras,</HI> by <HI>Sophianus;</HI> and <HI>Corin|thiacus Sinus</HI> by others its length We&s;t and Ea&s;t is about 80 Miles wa&s;hing on the North the Coa&s;ts of <HI>Achaia</HI> and on the South tho&s;e of <HI>Morea.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The Gulph of <HI>Patras</HI> &s;o called from a Sea Town of <HI>Chiarenza;</HI> which being environ'd partly by the Continent and partly by the oppo&s;ite I&s;lands re&s;embles a &s;pacious Lake, in length about 200 Miles and about as many in breadth.</P>
<P N="3">3. The Gulph of <HI>Chiarenza</HI> &s;o called from an ancient Sea Town, extends it &s;elf from Cape <HI>Chiarenza</HI> to <HI>Ca&s;tel Tor|ne&s;e.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4. The Gulph of <HI>Arcadia,</HI> called <HI>Chelonates</HI> or <HI>Chelonites, Sinus,</HI> by <HI>Ptolomy,</HI> and <HI>Locardian</HI> by others; &s;tretches from <HI>Cape Torne&s;e</HI> to <HI>Cape Jordan.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. The Gulph of <HI>Zanchio,</HI> called formerly <HI>Cypari&s;ius Sinus,</HI> reaches from <HI>Cape Jardan</HI> to <HI>Cape Sapienza.</HI></P>
<P><HI>II.</HI> Gulphs of the Sea of <HI>Sapienza</HI> or of <HI>Candia.</HI></P>
<P>Here are but two remarkable Gulphs, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. The Gulph of <HI>Coron,</HI> which wa&s;hes the City, whence it derives its name, called <HI>Me&s;eniacus Sinus,</HI> by <HI>Ptolomy</HI> and <HI>Pliny; Me&s;&s;enius,</HI> by <HI>Strabo; Coroneus</HI> and <HI>A&s;ineus Sinus</HI> by &s;ome, and Gulph of <HI>Calamata</HI> by others. It is betwixt <HI>Cape Gallo,</HI> and <HI>Cape Matapan.</HI></P>
<P N="2"><PB N="262" REF="134">2. The Gulph of <HI>Colochina</HI> or of <HI>Ca&s;tel Rampani</HI> or of <HI>Fleos,</HI> called <HI>Laconicus Sinus</HI> by <HI>Strabo</HI> and <HI>Ptolomy,</HI> wa&s;hes <HI>Laconia,</HI> and extends it &s;elf from <HI>Cape Matapan,</HI> to <HI>Cape Malio</HI></P>
<P><HI>III.</HI> Gulphs of the <HI>Mare Aegeo,</HI> towards <HI>Morea.</HI></P>
<P>Here are two remarkable Gulphs, <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1. The Gulph of <HI>Napoli di Komania,</HI> &s;o called from the Ci|ty of the &s;ame name, and formerly <HI>Argolicus Sinus,</HI> becau&s;e it wa&s;hed old <HI>Arg&iuml;a;</HI> its extent is from <HI>Cape Angelo</HI> to <HI>Cape Schilli.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2. The Gulph of <HI>Engia</HI> is &s;eparated from that of <HI>Lepanto</HI> by the <HI>I&s;thmus</HI> of <HI>Corinth,</HI> it comprehends a great many lit|tle I&s;lands and Rocks. It was formerly called <HI>Saronicus Sinus,</HI> from the River <HI>Saron; Salaminiacus,</HI> by <HI>Pliny</HI> and <HI>Ptolomy</HI> from the I&s;land <HI>Salamis; Eleu&s;inus,</HI> by <HI>Strabo, Hermonicus Si|nus,</HI> by &s;ome; and la&s;tly Gulph of <HI>Egena,</HI> from the I&s;land &s;o called which is in the middle of it.</P>
</DIV4>
</DIV3>
<DIV3 N="7" TYPE="chapter">
<HEAD><HI>CHAP. VII.</HI> Of the <HI>I&s;lands</HI> about <HI>Greece.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV4 N="1" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article I. I&s;lands</HI> in the <HI>Jonian</HI> Sea.</HEAD>
<P>The I&s;lands of Note in this Sea may be reduced to
<LIST>
<ITEM><HI>Corfu.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Curzolaires</HI> I&s;lands.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Santa Maura.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Cephalonia.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Teacchi.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Zante.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>Strivales</HI> I&s;lands.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<PB N="263" REF="134">
<P>I. <HI>Corfu.</HI></P>
<P>This is one of the mo&s;t con&s;iderable I&s;lands under the <HI>Ve|netians.</HI> It has had &s;everal Names &s;ome call it <HI>Scheria,</HI> others <HI>Drepano, Ephira, Corintoa, Effi&s;o, Ca&s;&s;iopea, Argos, Ceraunia, Cercira,</HI> and <HI>Corcyra,</HI> from which lo&s;t its pre&s;ent Name of <HI>Corfu</HI> is derived. It is 70 <HI>Italian</HI> Miles long W. and E. and 20 Miles broad in &s;ome Places, 12 in others, and 120 in com|pa&s;s; its Soil is very fruitful, abounding with Corn, Honey, Wine, and very good Oyl. The Air is &s;erene, mild and tem|perate, which may be ea&s;ily believed, if we con&s;ider the Fore&s;ts of <HI>Cedar</HI> and <HI>Orange</HI> Trees, that grow there.</P>
<P>There are 100 Villages or Ca&s;tles and a Town that bears the name of the I&s;land, in all which they reckon about 41000 Inhabitants. The City of <HI>Corfu</HI> is &s;eated in the middle of the I&s;land with a very &s;trong Fortre&s;s, built upon a &s;teep Rock who&s;e foot is wa&s;hed by the Sea. It is an Archbi&s;hops See, and is governed by &s;ix Nobles, which are &s;ent thieher every other year by the Republick of <HI>Venice,</HI> who is in po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of this I&s;land, &s;ince 1327. Before that time it was &s;ubject to the Kings of <HI>Naples.</HI></P>
<P>II. <HI>Curzolaires I&s;lands.</HI></P>
<P>The <HI>Curzolaires</HI> I&s;lands are five in number, they were known to the Ancients, under the name of <HI>Echinades</HI> or <HI>E|chinae;</HI> the greate&s;t of them are <HI>Same</HI> and <HI>Dulichio,</HI> about a Mile from the Continent, and 31 Miles W. of <HI>Lepanto.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Santa Maura.</HI></P>
<P>The I&s;land of <HI>Santa Maura</HI> or <HI>Lefcade</HI> was called by the An|cients <HI>Leucus,</HI> or <HI>Leucadia.</HI> It was formerly a Penin&s;ule, joined to the Continent of <HI>Achaia,</HI> but the People of that Country digged it into an I&s;land. It is 70 Italian Miles in Compa&s;s; abounds with Corn, Wine, Oyl, Tobacco, and all manner of Fruits. This I&s;land has 30 Villages, and the City of <HI>Santa Maura</HI> which is environ'd by the Sea, betwixt <HI>Lef|cade</HI> and the Continent, and is joined to this, by &s;everal lit|tle
<PB N="264" REF="135" MS="y"> I&s;lands, which communicate to one another by Bridges, and by an Aqueduct &s;upported by 360 Arches. Its Walls are of an Eptogonal irregular figure flank'd with five great Towers: to the Ea&s;t, it has an Harbour called <HI>Damata.</HI> General <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> made him&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it in <HI>July</HI> 1684.</P>
<P>IV. <HI>Cefalonia.</HI></P>
<P>The I&s;land of <HI>Ce&s;alonia,</HI> was formerly called <HI>Melena</HI> by &s;ome, <HI>Samo,</HI> or <HI>Same, Dulichio, Tilebi, Ca&s;&s;o</HI> and <HI>Chieffali</HI> by others. It lies on the S. of <HI>Corfu,</HI> and is 170 Italian Miles in compa&s;s. It is very fruitful in Corn and Fruits; The Trees bear twice in the year, and the Wheat they &s;ow in the &s;pring, is reap'd in <HI>June.</HI> There grow al&s;o Lemons of an extraordi|nary bigne&s;s; and great quantities of Rai&s;ins which are tran&s;|ported into <HI>England.</HI> Be&s;ides &s;everal Villages and Boroughs, there is a City that has the &s;ame name with the I&s;land, and the Fortre&s;s of <HI>A&s;&s;o.</HI></P>
<P>The CIty of <HI>Cephalonia</HI> is a Bi&s;hop's See, its Cathedral is an Annex of that of <HI>Zanteg,</HI> it is the Seat of the Governour who is a Noble <HI>Venetian,</HI> with the Title of <HI>Proveditor.</HI></P>
<P>The Fortre&s;s of <HI>A&s;&s;o</HI> was built by the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1595. on a very high &s;teep Rock, &s;urrounded with the Sea, &s;o that it is accounted inacce&s;&s;ible. The Fortifications are rai&s;ed ac|cording to its Situation which is very Irregular, this Fortre&s;s is joined to the I&s;land of <HI>Cefalonia</HI> by a Neck of Land about 20 Paces broad.</P>
<P>This I&s;land was freely given to the <HI>Venetians</HI> in 1224 by one <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ajus</HI> its Lord and Governour.</P>
<P>V. <HI>Teacchi.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Teacchi,</HI> called <HI>Itaca</HI> by <HI>Strabo</HI> and <HI>Pliny, Nericia, Val di Compagno, Val di Compare, Cephalonia Picciola,</HI> by others, <HI>Tiachi</HI> by the <HI>Greeks</HI> and <HI>Phiacchi</HI> by the <HI>Turks,</HI> lies on the N. E. of <HI>Cefalonia,</HI> from which it is &s;eparated by a Channel 20 Italian Miles long, and five broad. This I&s;land is famous in Antiquity for being the Country of <HI>&V;ly&s;&s;es,</HI> and the Re|&s;idence of the Cha&s;t <HI>Penelope</HI> during the Siege of <HI>Troy.</HI> The Inhabitants are 15000 in number, which are Governed by
<PB N="265" REF="135"> one of the Citizens of <HI>Cefalonia,</HI> &s;ent thither every year with the Title of <HI>Capitan</HI> of <HI>Teacchi.</HI></P>
<P>VI. <HI>Zante.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Zante</HI> was called <HI>Zacyn</HI> thus by the Ancients. The North of this I&s;land is full of Craggy &s;teep Rocks, but to the South it has fine, delightful Plains covered with Fruit-Trees of all &s;orts. Be&s;ides a great number of Villages, there is a Town and Ca&s;tle that bears the name of the I&s;land, with the Title of a Bi&s;hoprick, and the ordinary re&s;idence of the Governour or Proveditor of the I&s;land, who is a Noble Venetian. He has two Coun&s;ellors under him, and the Place of all three, la&s;ts two years. The Ca&s;tle is built on a Hill that commands all the I&s;land; at the foot of the Town, which &s;tretches along the Sea &s;ide the &s;pace of two Miles. They make there va&s;t quantities of Rai&s;ins, &s;trong racy Wines, and mo&s;t excellent Oyls, to the value of 50000 Ducats <HI>per An.</HI></P>
<P>Mo&s;t of the Inhabitants are <HI>Grecians,</HI> who profe&s;s the <HI>Greek</HI> Religion; the Latins, including the Soldiers, make but an inconfiderable number. There are about 3000 <HI>Jews,</HI> who have there three Synagogue, and thrive a very great Trade. There are al&s;o &s;ome <HI>Engli&s;h</HI> Merchants, mo&s;t of them, Pro|te&s;tant. This I&s;land is &s;ubject to frequent Earth-quakes which is the rea&s;on, why they built their Hou&s;es generally but one Story high. There are in this I&s;land &s;everal <HI>Greek</HI> Churches and Religious Hou&s;es to the number of 44. under the Government of a Bi&s;hop, who is to be cho&s;en by the <HI>Greek</HI> Curates of all the I&s;land. None are admitted to that Dignity, but tho&s;e who have profe&s;t the Mona&s;tical Life of St. <HI>Ba&s;il,</HI> which is the rea&s;on, why there are here, &s;o many Hou&s;es of that Order. The Bi&s;hop has no Revenue be&s;ides the free Gifts of the People, and his Fees for Ordination both which, amount to a con&s;iderable &s;um of Money.</P>
<P>This I&s;land was &s;old to the Republick of <HI>Venice</HI> by <HI>Robert Tarente</HI> in 1350. with &s;everal other I&s;lands.</P>
<P>VII. <HI>Strivales</HI> I&s;lands.</P>
<P>The <HI>Strivales</HI> are two little I&s;lands, called by Seamen <HI>Stamfane,</HI> and by the Ancients <HI>Strophades, Strivali, Strom|phides,</HI>
<PB N="266" REF="136"> and <HI>Calydnes.</HI> They &s;tand low, and almo&s;t reach to the Water; their Haven is 50 <HI>Italian</HI> Miles di&s;tant from <HI>Cefalonia.</HI> They are very &s;mall, the greate&s;t of the two not being above four Miles in Compa&s;s: Yet they yield great quantity of Grapes, out of which extraordinary good Wine is made. There are no other Inhabitants but a &s;ort of Monks called <HI>Caloyers,</HI> who have Built their Convent like a Fortre&s;s defended with good Cannon to &s;ecure them|&s;elves from the A&s;&s;aults of the <HI>Turks.</HI> The&s;e I&s;lands are fa|mous in the Ancient Poets, who feign'd them to be the Dwelling-place of the <HI>Harpies.</HI></P>
</DIV4>
<DIV4 N="2" TYPE="article">
<HEAD><HI>Article II.</HI> I&s;lands in the Sea of <HI>Sapienza,</HI> and <HI>Candia.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THere are in the&s;e Seas but three little I&s;lands, and two great ones, called <HI>Cerigo</HI> and <HI>Candia.</HI></P>
<P>The fir&s;t of the three is called <HI>Sphagia,</HI> or <HI>Sphateria,</HI> or <HI>Sfragia,</HI> vulgarly of <HI>Sapienza.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;econd is called <HI>Cabrera,</HI> or <HI>Fu&s;chella,</HI> or <HI>Teganu&s;e,</HI> and <HI>Cauriera.</HI></P>
<P>The third is called <HI>Venetico.</HI> Near the&s;e I&s;lands are many Rocks, where the Pyrates of <HI>Barbary</HI> u&s;e to watch the Mer|chant-Men which come out of the Gulf of <HI>Venice,</HI> or from <HI>Sicily.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Cerigo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Cerigo,</HI> is an I&s;land of the Sea of <HI>Sapienza</HI> in the Gulf of <HI>Colochina,</HI> about &s;ix Miles di&s;tant from the Continent. It was formerly called <HI>Cytherea, Porphyru&s;a,</HI> and <HI>Schothera.</HI> It is 60 <HI>Italian</HI> Miles in Compa&s;s. The City that bears the Name of the I&s;land, has the Title of a Bi&s;hoprick. Both Art and Nature have contributed to make it &s;trong. It is Built upon a high craggy Rock, on the Sea-&s;ide, with good Ba&s;tions (tho' irregular) defended with Cannon. At the foot of this Fortre&s;s there is a Haven not much frequented, becau&s;e it is narrow, and expo&s;ed to the Winds: But 12 Miles from this
<PB N="267" REF="136"> Port, there is another, large, commodious, and &s;afe. This I&s;land abounds with Fowl, but yields but little Corn, Wine and Oyl, &s;o that Provi&s;ions are here extraordinary dear. Here are many Villages, but of little or no con&s;idera|tion. There are al&s;o &s;ome Mona&s;teries of <HI>Hiero-Monachi,</HI> and <HI>Caloyers.</HI> Among&s;t the others, there is one Built upon a ve|ry high &s;teep Rock, on the right &s;ide, and pretty near the Fortre&s;s, for which the Inhabitants have a great Veneration, by the per&s;wa&s;ion they have, that St. <HI>John</HI> began there his Book of <HI>Revelations.</HI> This I&s;land is al&s;o famous in the Fa|bles of the Ancients, for being either the Birth-place, or the Re&s;idence of <HI>Venus</HI> during her Youth; to whom they had De|dicated a Temple in the Ea&s;tern part of the I&s;land, under the Name of <HI>Citherea.</HI> This I&s;land is &s;ubject to the <HI>Venetians,</HI> who &s;end thither every other Year one of their Nobles, with the Title of <HI>Ca&s;tellain,</HI> and Proveditor.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Candia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Candia,</HI> anciently called <HI>Crete,</HI> is an I&s;land and Kingdom &s;ituated at the entry of the Archi|pelago,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Situation.</NOTE> &s;tretching from Ea&s;t to We&s;t one &s;ide towards <HI>A&s;ia,</HI> and the other towards <HI>Africa.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Extent.</NOTE> It's greate&s;t length is from <HI>Cape Salomon</HI> to <HI>Cape Cor|nico.</HI></P>
<P>The Country is good and fertile,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Quality.</NOTE> and has di|vers &s;mall Rivers<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rivers.</NOTE> and Mountains,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Mountains Inhabi|tanta.</NOTE> whereof <HI>Mount Ida</HI> (different from <HI>Mount-Ida</HI> in <HI>Phrygia</HI>) now called <HI>P&s;iloriti</HI> is the highe&s;t, from the top of which both Seas may be &s;een. It's a&s;&s;ured that towards the Sources of the Brook called <HI>Lene,</HI> which is to the North of <HI>Mount-Ida;</HI> there is a Grotto wrought into a Rock, which is &s;aid to be the Laby|rinth of <HI>Minos,</HI> made according to <HI>Dedalus</HI>'s Directions. Its Inhabitants of this I&s;land were the fir&s;t that made them|&s;elves powerful at Sea by <HI>Navigation,</HI> and on Land by the u&s;e of Arrows. The &s;ides their Experience at Sea, they taught the way of taming and managing Hor&s;es; they fir&s;t of all in|vented Mu&s;ick, and were al&s;o the fir&s;t that recorded their Laws. Yet they have always had the Repute of being Vicious, Lyars, and Pyrates.</P>
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<P>This I&s;land was very famous for the Labyrinth of <HI>Minos,</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Hi&s;tory.</NOTE> Invented by <HI>Dedalus,</HI> and for the Ship called the <HI>Bull,</HI> wherein <HI>Europa</HI> was carried away; for the Amours of <HI>Pa&s;iphae,</HI> and by the Birth of <HI>Jupiter</HI> to whom this I&s;land was Con&s;ecrated. The Ancients reckoned above 100 Towns in it, and called it <HI>Hecatompolis.</HI> The <HI>La|cedemonians</HI> took <HI>Candia,</HI> in <HI>Darius</HI>'s Name, in the 422 Year of <HI>Rome;</HI> but <HI>L. Celius Metellus</HI> Con&s;ul of <HI>Rome</HI> made him|&s;elf Ma&s;ter of it in 686 of <HI>Rom.</HI> Afterwards this I&s;land was Subject to the Emperors of <HI>Rome,</HI> and tho&s;e of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> until 823. that it was taken by the <HI>Saracens,</HI> who Built the Town of <HI>Candia,</HI> that gave its Name to the I&s;land. <HI>Nice|phorus Phocas</HI> retook it in 962. <HI>Boniface,</HI> Marqui&s;s of <HI>Mont|ferrat</HI> was Ma&s;ter of it, and after <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> was taken by the <HI>French</HI> and <HI>Venetians,</HI> he &s;old it to the latter in 1204. The <HI>Venetians</HI> fortified this I&s;land in &s;ome places to curb the Inhabitants which were very &s;ubject to Rebel; for in 1364. they had a mind to bring in the <HI>Genoe&s;es,</HI> but they were di|verted by the wi&s;e Politicks of the Republick. The <HI>Turks</HI> un|der pretence of Be&s;ieging <HI>Maltha</HI> in 1645. to be Revenged for the great Prize that the Knights under the Command of <HI>Bois-Baudran</HI> had taken in 1644. with a <HI>Sultan</HI> and an <HI>Otto|man</HI> Prince, fell into <HI>Candia,</HI> where they continued the War until 1669. They made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of <HI>Canea</HI> in 1645. and then laid Siege to the Town of <HI>Candia,</HI> which notwith&s;tanding the endeavours of the <HI>French</HI> to re&s;cue it from the Hands of the Infidels, after a de&s;perate War of 24 Years was forced to yield to the <HI>Turks,</HI> but made honour|able Conditions. After the taking of this Important Place, the <HI>Turks</HI> made them&s;elves Ma&s;ters of the greate&s;t part of the I&s;land, which they have kept ever &s;ince. The Chief For|tre&s;&s;es which were left to the <HI>Venetians</HI> by their la&s;t Treaty with the Port, are <HI>Grabu&s;a,</HI> the <HI>Suda,</HI> and <HI>Spina Longa.</HI> As for their Religion,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Religion.</NOTE> the <HI>Venetians</HI> are <HI>Roman Ca|tholicks,</HI> but the other Inhabitants of the I&s;land are of the <HI>Greek</HI> Church.</P>
<P>This I&s;land is now divided into Four Territo|ries,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Divi&s;ion.</NOTE> which bear the Names of &s;o many Principal Towns, which are,
<LIST>
<PB N="269" REF="137">
<ITEM>1. <HI>Candia,</HI> Archb. Cap.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. <HI>Canea,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <HI>Rettimo,</HI> Bi&s;h.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. <HI>Sittia.</HI></ITEM>
</LIST> On the Northern Shore.</P>
<P>I.. <HI>Candia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Candia,</HI> is &s;ituated in the mo&s;t Northern part and about the middle of the I&s;land, to which it gives its Name, over|again&s;t the I&s;le of <HI>Standia,</HI> with the Seat of an Archbi&s;hop who had Nine Suffragants. It is both by Art and Nature one of the &s;tronge&s;t Places in <HI>Europe.</HI> Long. 50 d. 25 m. Lat. 34 d. 55 m. The <HI>Turks</HI> laid Siege to it in 1645. after the Battel of <HI>Carvaca,</HI> but were forced to rai&s;e it, after they had lo&s;t the be&s;t of their Army, but left it Block'd up very clo&s;e until 1667. and then they renewed the Siege again in the Month of <HI>May,</HI> and took it by Compo&s;ition in 1669. It is generally thought that the <HI>Turks</HI> lo&s;t 5 or 600000 Men at that Siege, which expo&s;ed their Government to Rebellions often begun at <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> In 1692. the <HI>Venetians</HI> endea|voured to regain <HI>Candia,</HI> but were forced to abandon the En|terprize with con&s;iderable lo&s;s.</P>
<P>II. <HI>Canea.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Canea,</HI> was formerly called the <HI>Mother of Towns</HI> by the <HI>Gre|cians.</HI> It is a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Candia,</HI> and was taken by the <HI>Turks</HI> in 1645.</P>
<P>III. <HI>Rettimo.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Rettimo,</HI> is another &s;mall City and Bi&s;hoprick, &s;ubject to the <HI>Turks.</HI></P>
<P>IV. <HI>Sittia.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Sittia,</HI> is another City, Capital of a Territory of the &s;ame Name in the Northern Shore of the I&s;land.</P>
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<DIV4 N="3" TYPE="article">
<PB N="270" REF="138">
<HEAD><HI>Article III.</HI> I&s;lands in the <HI>Mare Egeo,</HI> or <HI>Archipelago.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THere are in this Sea a great many I&s;lands, of which there are but three worth taking notice of, <HI>viz. Egena, Culu|ri,</HI> and <HI>Negropont.</HI></P>
<P>I. <HI>Egena.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Egena,</HI> lyes about 15 <HI>Italian</HI> Miles from the Sea-coa&s;t of <HI>Athens,</HI> 10 of <HI>Culuri,</HI> and 12 of <HI>Morea.</HI> It is called <HI>Egina</HI> by <HI>Strabo, Aenone</HI> by <HI>Baudrand, Myrmidonia</HI> by <HI>Brietius,</HI> and <HI>Engi</HI> by the Mariners. It is 30 Miles in Compa&s;s, but has no Harbour for Ships. Partridges multiply here to that degree that the Inhabitants are u&s;ed to &s;earch their Ne&s;ts, and de|&s;troy their Eggs in the Spring, to prevent the prejudice &s;o great a quantity of Fowl might cau&s;e to their Seeds.</P>
<P>There are here two fine Monuments of Antiquity; the fir&s;t is a Temple of <HI>Venus</HI> towards the North of the I&s;land; the &s;econd is another Temple Dedicated to <HI>Jupiter</HI> by <HI>Aeacus</HI> fir&s;t King of this I&s;land.</P>
<P>The Town which bears the Name of the I&s;land, was for|merly dignify'd with the Title of a Bi&s;hoprick Suffragan of the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Athens,</HI> and famous for the Birth of <HI>Paul</HI> of <HI>Medicis;</HI> but it is now reduced to a Mi&s;erable Borough joined to the Fortre&s;s, which is only remarkable for the Advantages of its &s;ituation, upon a high craggy Rock, which over-looks &s;everal I&s;lands of the <HI>Archipelago.</HI></P>
<P>This I&s;land was formerly &s;ubject to the <HI>Venetians,</HI> but &s;ince the time that <HI>Frederick Barbero&s;&s;a</HI> took it from them, it was become a Receptacle of Banditto's and Pyrates. In 1674. <HI>Moro&s;ini</HI> forced them to Surrender at Di&s;cretion, and having pillag'd and demoli&s;hed the Town, he cau&s;ed 300 <HI>Greeks,</HI> and 40 <HI>Turks</HI> to be Chain'd in order to Row upon the Gal|lies of the Republick of <HI>Venice.</HI></P>
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<P>II. <HI>Culuri.</HI></P>
<P>This I&s;land was called by the Ancients <HI>Salamis,</HI> and is known to the Mariners under the Name of <HI>Santa Bur&s;ia,</HI> and under that of <HI>Cychria, Scyrar,</HI> and <HI>Pityu&s;&s;a</HI> to <HI>Baudrand.</HI> It has a Village which bears its Name, &s;eated on the mo&s;t Sou|thern part of this I&s;land, with about 200 Hou&s;es in it, and an Harbour, which according to Mr. <HI>Spon</HI>'s Travels, is one of the large&s;t in the World, being Seven Miles long, and Two broad. This I&s;land lyes about 10 <HI>Italian</HI> Miles from <HI>Egena,</HI> 2 from <HI>Attica,</HI> and is about 35 in Compa&s;s. It has about a Thou&s;and Inhabitants; and abounds with Corn, Ro&s;in, Pit|coal, and Spunges, which the Inhabitants Tran&s;port to <HI>A|thens.</HI> Over-again&s;t the Coa&s;t of <HI>Athens,</HI> there is a &s;mall Bo|rough of 20 Hou&s;es, called <HI>Ambelachi,</HI> with a little Harbour; four or five Miles from this Village, was the Ancient City of <HI>Salimene,</HI> a Bi&s;hop's See under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Athens.</HI></P>
<P>III. <HI>Negropont.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Negropont,</HI> is an I&s;land of the <HI>Archipelago,</HI> &s;eparated from <HI>Achaia</HI> by <HI>Euripus.</HI> It was of old called <HI>Eubaea</HI> and <HI>Chalcis;</HI> the <HI>Turks</HI> call it <HI>Egribos,</HI> and the Inhabitants <HI>Egripos.</HI> Some Authors tell us, that this I&s;land formerly was part of <HI>Baeotia,</HI> a Province of <HI>Achaia,</HI> from whence it was &s;eparated by an Earthquake. It is 365 Miles in Compa&s;s, 90 in length from S. to N. and 40 in breadth. Its two mo&s;t noted Capes are <HI>Cabo Figera,</HI> or <HI>Cabo d'Oro,</HI> (formerly called <HI>Caphareus</HI>) and <HI>Cabo Lithar.</HI></P>
<P>This I&s;land is very fruitful, and abounds in all Provi&s;ions. There is the Mountain of <HI>Cari&s;to,</HI> famous for its excellent Marble, and the Stone <HI>Amiantos</HI> or <HI>Asbe&s;tos,</HI> whereof they make a kind of Linnen, which is made clean by ca&s;ting it in|to the Fire, as being incombu&s;tible. This I&s;land produces Cotton enough to furni&s;h Sails for a whole Fleet. There are two Rivers in it, <HI>Similio</HI> and <HI>Cereo;</HI> the fir&s;t of which makes the Fleeces of the Sheep white, and the other makes them black, if the Poets may be credited.</P>
<P>The Governour of this I&s;le is now a Captain <HI>Ba&s;&s;a,</HI> who has the Command al&s;o of <HI>Achaia.</HI> During the Government of
<PB N="272" REF="139"> Doge <HI>Pietro Ziani,</HI> the Emperor of <HI>Con&s;tantinople</HI> be&s;towed this I&s;land upon the Republick of <HI>Venice,</HI> but they lo&s;t it in 1469.</P>
<P>The Capital City has the &s;ame Name with the I&s;le, and is &s;ometimes called <HI>Euripont</HI> from <HI>Euripus,</HI> on who&s;e Banks it is &s;eated, towards the Continent of <HI>Achaia,</HI> 45 N. of <HI>Setines,</HI> 130 almo&s;t S. E. of <HI>Lari&s;&s;a,</HI> and 380 S. W. of <HI>Con&s;tantinople.</HI> Long. 48 d. 25 m. Lat. 38 d. 20 m. It is joined to <HI>A|chaia</HI> by a Draw-bridge, which leads to a great Tower, for|merly Built by the <HI>Venetians</HI> in the <HI>Euripus,</HI> from whence they pa&s;s to the Continent by a Stone-bridge of five little Arches. This City is about two Miles in compa&s;s, but the Suburbs, which are Inhabited by <HI>Greek</HI> Chri&s;tians, are more populous than the City, where none but <HI>Turks</HI> and <HI>Jews</HI> dwell. All the Inhabitants are &s;aid to amount to the number of 15000, of which 10000 are Chri&s;tians. There are four Mo&s;ques, one whereof was formerly the Cathedral Church Dedicated to St. <HI>Mark,</HI> and was under the Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Athens.</HI> The <HI>Je&s;uits</HI> have a Hou&s;e in the Suburbs where they teach Youth. The <HI>Turks</HI> Attack'd this Place in <HI>June</HI> 1469. with a Fleet of 300 Sail, and an Army of 120000 Men, <HI>Mahomet</HI> II. being pre&s;ent; the Be&s;ieged over-powered by numbers, were fain to give way after a Gallant Defence. The Proveditor <HI>Erizzo,</HI> upon the <HI>Turks</HI> entring the City, retrenched him&s;elf, and did not Surrender till the <HI>Sultan</HI> had promi&s;ed him his Life, but he broke his Promi&s;e, and cau&s;ed him to be Sawed through in the mid&s;t. He had a Daughter called <HI>Anne,</HI> who beeau&s;e of her Beauty was pre&s;ented to <HI>Mahomet,</HI> but &s;he di&s;daining his Care&s;&s;es, incen&s;ed him to that degree that he cut off her Head with his own Hand. Afterwards the <HI>Turks</HI> exer|ci&s;ed all manner of Cruelties upon the Garri&s;on, and the In|habitants of the City, putting all to the Sword above 20 Years old. In 1688. the <HI>Venetians</HI> Be&s;ieged this City with 24000 Men, and Storm'd it twice, but without Succe&s;s.</P>
<DIV5 TYPE="part">
<HEAD>Of <HI>Euripus.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>E&V;ripus,</HI> is an Arm of the Sea, between <HI>Achaia</HI> and <HI>Ne|gropont,</HI> &s;o narrow ju&s;t over-again&s;t the Capital City of the I&s;land, that a &s;ingle Galley can hardly pa&s;s between the
<PB N="239" REF="139"> Cittadel and Tower of the <HI>Venetians:</HI> The Ancients called it <HI>Euripus Euboicus,</HI> the Natives call it <HI>Egripos,</HI> and the <HI>Italians, Stretto di Negroponte.</HI> This Channel has its Ebbs and Flows, like the Ocean, but &s;till with &s;ome particular Differences. <HI>Ari&s;totle</HI> was &s;o puzzled to find out the Rea&s;on of the Flux and Reflux of the <HI>Euripus,</HI> that he is &s;aid to have ca&s;t him|&s;elf headlong into it; tho' others affirm that he Poy&s;on'd him|&s;elf, and others &s;till that he died of a Cholick.</P>
</DIV5>
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<BACK>
<DIV1 TYPE="index">
<HEAD>AN Alphabetical TABLE OF All the Cities, Towns, Ca&s;tles, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> De&s;cribed in this Book.</HEAD>
<LIST>
<HEAD>A.</HEAD>
<ITEM>ABarino, <HI>or</HI> Navarino <HI>Pag. 253</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Acqui <HI>Pag. 152</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ael&s;t, <HI>or</HI> Alo&s;t <HI>Pag. 14</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aer&s;chot <HI>Pag. 39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Agnetlin, <HI>or</HI> Agnabat <HI>Pag. 194</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Agramunt <HI>Pag. 159</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Agria <HI>Pag. 175</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aire, <HI>or</HI> Arien <HI>Pag. 69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aix <HI>Pag. 127</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aix la Chapelle <HI>Pag. 114</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Alba Giulia, <HI>or</HI> Wei&s;&s;emburg <HI>Pag. 193</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Alba Regalis <HI>Pag. 186</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Albe <HI>Pag. 151</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ale&s;co, <HI>or</HI> Ale&s;&s;io <HI>Pag. 228</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Albanopoli <HI>Pag. 230</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Alo&s;t, <HI>or</HI> Ael&s;t <HI>Pag. 14</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Altemburg <HI>Pag. 194</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Altemburg, <HI>or</HI> Owar <HI>Pag. 189</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>St.</HI> Amand <HI>Pag. 20</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Amphipolis, <HI>or</HI> Emboli <HI>Pag. 234</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Andernach <HI>Pag. 108</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Annecy <HI>Pag. 132</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Antivari <HI>Pag. 220 &amp; 228</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Antwerp <HI>Pag. 35</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aou&s;t, <HI>or</HI> Ao&s;t <HI>Pag. 134</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ardenburg <HI>Pag. 22</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Argos <HI>Pag. 259</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Arien, <HI>or</HI> Aire <HI>Pag. 69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Arlon <HI>Pag. 55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Armentiers <HI>Pag. 20</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Armiro <HI>Pag. 236</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Arras <HI>Pag. 66</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ar&s;chot, <HI>or</HI> Aer&s;chot <HI>Pag. 39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>A&s;t, <HI>or</HI> A&s;ti <HI>Pag. 137</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ath <HI>Pag. 67</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="140">
<ITEM>Athens, <HI>or</HI> Setines <HI>Pag. 239</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ave&s;nes <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ave&s;nes le Comte <HI>Pag. 70</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Aulis <HI>Pag. 242</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>B.</HEAD>
<ITEM>BAboi&s;ca, <HI>or</HI> Baboliza <HI>Pag. 189</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bacharach <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Baden <HI>Pag. 84</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Balaguer <HI>Pag. 158</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bapaume <HI>Pag. 68</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bar <HI>Pag. 195</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Barcelona <HI>Pag. 156</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Barcelonnete <HI>Pag. 146</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ba&s;tia, <HI>or</HI> Ba&s;tick <HI>Pag. 231</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ba&s;toigne <HI>Pag. 55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bata&s;eck <HI>Pag. 190</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bavay <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Beaumont <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Beila <HI>Pag. 135</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Belgrade <HI>in</HI> Servia <HI>Pag. 203</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bergen-op-Zoom <HI>Pag. 26</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Berg <HI>St.</HI> Winoch <HI>Pag. 17</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Be&s;tercze, <HI>or</HI> Bi&s;tricia <HI>Pag. 194</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bethune <HI>Pag. 69</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bialogrod <HI>Pag. 198</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Binch <HI>Pag. <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">8</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bingen <HI>Pag. 97</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Birkenfeld <HI>Pag. 95</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bi&s;tricia <HI>Pag. 194</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Boi&s;leduc <HI>Pag. 24</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bonneville <HI>Pag. 129</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bonn <HI>Pag. 106</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Boppart <HI>Pag. 101</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bouchain <HI>Pag. 59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bouillon <HI>Pag. 45</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bovines <HI>Pag. 50</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Braine le Comte <HI>Pag. 62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Braclaw <HI>Pag. 196</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bra&s;gow <HI>Pag. 199</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Breda <HI>Pag. 25</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Brey <HI>Pag. 47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bri&s;ac <HI>Pag. 82</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Brodt <HI>Pag. 211</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Brodrogh <HI>Pag. 180</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bruges <HI>Pag. 11</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Bru&s;&s;els <HI>Pag. 30</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Buda, <HI>or</HI> Offen <HI>Pag. 181</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Budoa <HI>Pag. 219</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Burich <HI>Pag. 112</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>C.</HEAD>
<ITEM>CAlamata <HI>Pag. 253</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Calcar <HI>Pag. 112</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Caminitza <HI>Pag. 250</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cambray <HI>Pag. 63</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Caminieck, <HI>or</HI> Kaminieck <HI>Pag. 195</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Campredon <HI>Pag. 160</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">et <HI>Pag. 163</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Candia <HI>Pag. 269</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cani&s;a, <HI>or</HI> Kani&s;ca <HI>Pag. 187</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cardona <HI>Pag. 159</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Carignan <HI>Pag. 139</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Carmagnola <HI>Pag. 143</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;al <HI>Pag. 150</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;chaw, <HI>or</HI> Ca&s;&s;ovia <HI>Pag. 175</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;eloutre, <HI>or</HI> Kei&s;er&s;lautern <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;&s;el <HI>Pag. 19</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;tanovitza <HI>Pag. 214</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;tel-Nuovo <HI>Pag. 218</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ca&s;tel-Torne&s;e <HI>Pag. 250</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cattaro <HI>Pag. 219</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Caub <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ceva <HI>Pag. 139</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chambery <HI>Pag. 126</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Charlemont <HI>Pag. 50</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Charleroy <HI>Pag. 50</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cha&s;teau-Cambre&s;is <HI>Pag. 65</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cefalonia <HI>Pag. 264</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chiarenza <HI>Pag. 249</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chiery, <HI>or</HI> Quiers <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chilafa, <HI>or</HI> Chielafa <HI>Pag. 256</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="140">
<ITEM>Chimay <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chimera <HI>Pag. 232</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chiney <HI>Pag. 45</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Chonad <HI>Pag. 180</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cinq. Egli&s;es <HI>Pag. 188</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Clau&s;enburg <HI>Pag. 193</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cleves <HI>Pag. 110</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cli&s;&s;a <HI>Pag. 217</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coblentz <HI>Pag. 100</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Collioure <HI>Pag. 164</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Colmar <HI>Pag. 80</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Colocza <HI>Pag. 176</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cologne <HI>Pag. 103</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Conde <HI>Pag. 58</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coni <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Corfu <HI>Pag. 263</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Corinth, <HI>or</HI> Gerame <HI>Pag. 259</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Coron <HI>Pag. 252</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Courtray <HI>Pag. 18</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Crevecoeur <HI>Pag. 65</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Creutznach <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Croia <HI>Pag. 229</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Cron&s;tadt, <HI>or</HI> Bra&s;&s;aw <HI>Pag. 193</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>D.</HEAD>
<ITEM>DAgno, <HI>or</HI> Ducagini <HI>Pag. 228</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dalem <HI>Pag. 41</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dampvilliers <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Darda <HI>Pag. 190</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Darm&s;tadt <HI>Pag. 93</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Demetriada <HI>Pag. 238</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Delphos <HI>Pag. 243</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Deux-Ponts, <HI>or</HI> Zweybruck <HI>Pag. 94</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Die&s;t <HI>Pag. 34</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dinant <HI>Pag. 46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dixmude, <HI>oa</HI> Dixmuyde <HI>Pag. 19</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dolcigno, <HI>or</HI> Dulcigno <HI>Pag. 228</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dortmund <HI>Pag. 116</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Doway, <HI>or</HI> Douay <HI>Pag. 18</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Dunkirk <HI>Pag. 16</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Durazzo <HI>Pag. 229</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Durbuy <HI>Pag. 55</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Duren, <HI>or</HI> Dueren <HI>Pag. 114</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Durlach <HI>Pag. 84</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Du&s;&s;eldorp <HI>Pag. 116</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Duysburg <HI>Pag. 112</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>E.</HEAD>
<ITEM>ELba&s;&s;an <HI>Pag. 230</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Elna <HI>Pag. 163</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Emboli, <HI>or</HI> Amphipolis <HI>Pag. 234</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Emmerick <HI>Pag. 110</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Enghien <HI>Pag. 62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>En&s;i&s;heim <HI>Pag. 81</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;che <HI>Pag. 53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;clu&s;e, <HI>or</HI> Sluys <HI>Pag. 21</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;perie <HI>Pag. 179</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;&s;eck, <HI>or</HI> O&s;&s;eck <HI>Pag. 206</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Eyndenhoven <HI>Pag. 28</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>F.</HEAD>
<ITEM>FAr&s;a, <HI>or</HI> Phar&s;alus</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fauquemont, <HI>or</HI> Falkem|burg. <HI>Pag. 42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ferette, <HI>or</HI> Pfirt <HI>Pag. 81</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Flerus <HI>Pag. 51</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Flix <HI>Pag. 158</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Florennes <HI>Pag. 46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fountaine L'Eveque <HI>Pag. 62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fort de Schenck <HI>Pag. 113</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Fo&s;&s;ano <HI>Pag. 139</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Franckendal <HI>Pag. 89</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Friburg <HI>Pag. 83</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Furnes <HI>Pag. 19</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>G.</HEAD>
<ITEM>GAnd, <HI>or</HI> Ghent <HI>Pag. 10</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gelders <HI>Pag. 39</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="141">
<ITEM>Gemblours <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Geneva <HI>Pag. 130</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gengenbach <HI>Pag. 84</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gennep <HI>Pag. 111</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Girona <HI>Pag. 161</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Giula <HI>Pag. 177</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gradi&s;ca <HI>Pag. 211</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gran, <HI>or</HI> Strigonium <HI>Pag. 185</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Grave <HI>Pag. 27</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Gravelines <HI>Pag. 17</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Grimberg <HI>Pag. 101</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>H.</HEAD>
<ITEM>HAguenaw <HI>Pag. 80</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Halle <HI>Pag. 62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hamont <HI>Pag. 47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Heilderberg <HI>Pag. 88</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Helmont <HI>Pag. 28</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Herk <HI>Pag. 47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Herman&s;tadt <HI>Pag. 192</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;din <HI>Pag. 68</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Herman&s;tein <HI>Pag. 100</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">rne <HI>Pag. 46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Hunningen <HI>Pag. 81</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Huy <HI>Pag. 45</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>I.</HEAD>
<ITEM>IAieza <HI>Pag. 209</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Javarin, <HI>or</HI> Raab <HI>Pag. 187</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Jazy, <HI>or</HI> Ja&s;&s;y <HI>Pag. 197</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>St.</HI> Jean de Maurienne <HI>Pag. 128</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Jeniza, <HI>or</HI> Zuchria <HI>Pag. 234</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Jeno, <HI>or</HI> Geno <HI>Pag. 180</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ingelheim <HI>Pag. 91</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ipres, <HI>or</HI> Ypres <HI>Pag. 15</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Judoigne <HI>Pag. 33</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Juliers <HI>Pag. 114</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ivrea <HI>Pag. 136</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>K.</HEAD>
<ITEM>KAllo <HI>Pag. 181</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Kaminieck <HI>Pag. 195</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Kani&s;ca, <HI>or</HI> Cani&s;a <HI>Pag. 187</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Kei&s;ers-Lautern <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Kei&s;er&s;werd <HI>Pag. 107</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Kilia Nova <HI>Pag. 198</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Komare, <HI>or</HI> Comorra <HI>Pag. 186</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>L.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Landaw <HI>Pag. 79</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Landrechies <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lari&s;&s;a <HI>Pag. 236</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Larta <HI>Pag. 231</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lens <HI>Pag. 70</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lepanto <HI>Pag. 243</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lerida <HI>Pag. 158</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Le&s;&s;ines <HI>Pag. 61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leuwe <HI>Pag. 32</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Leige <HI>or</HI> Luyck <HI>Pag. 44</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Liere <HI>Pag. 34</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lille <HI>or</HI> l'I&s;le <HI>Pag. 15</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Lillo <HI>Pag. 29</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Limburg <HI>Pag. 41</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Liques <HI>Pag. 70</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Livadia <HI>Pag. 242</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Louvain <HI>Pag. 31</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Luxemburg <HI>Pag. 52</HI></ITEM>
</LIST>
<LIST>
<HEAD>M.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Mae&s;yck <HI>Pag. 47</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mae&s;tricht <HI>Pag. 28</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Maina <HI>Pag. 257</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mai&s;iers <HI>or</HI> Ma&s;&s;ieres <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Malines <HI>or</HI> Mechlin <HI>Pag. 37</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Malva&s;ia <HI>or</HI> Nopoli di Malva|&s;ia <HI>Pag. 254</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Manheim <HI>Pag. 89</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Manre&s;a <HI>Pag. 160</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="141">
<ITEM>Marathen <HI>Pag. 242</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Marienbourg <HI>Pag. 61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ma&s;&s;erano <HI>Pag. 134</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Maubeuge <HI>Pag. 60</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>St.</HI> Maura <HI>Pag. 263</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mayence <HI>or</HI> Mentz <HI>Pag. 97</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Megara <HI>Pag. 242</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Meurs <HI>Pag. 111</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mi&s;itra <HI>or</HI> Lacedemon <HI>Pag. 255</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Modon <HI>Pag. 251</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mohachz <HI>Pag. 189</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mol&s;heim <HI>Pag. 79</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Monaco <HI>Pag. 148</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Moncalier <HI>Pag. 141</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mondovi <HI>Pag. 138</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mons <HI>Pag. 57</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mon&s;tiers <HI>or</HI> Mou&s;tiers <HI>Pag. 128</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Monblancq <HI>Pag. 159</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Montgatz <HI>Pag. 178</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Montmedy <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Montmelian <HI>Pag. 127</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mont-Royal <HI>Pag. 95</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Mulhau&s;en <HI>Pag. 82</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>N.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Namur <HI>Pag. 49</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Napoli de Malva&s;ia <HI>Pag. 254</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Narenza <HI>or</HI> Narenta <HI>Pag. 218</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Navarin <HI>Pag. 253</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Negropont <HI>Pag. 271</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Newenburg <HI>Pag. 83</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Newhau&s;el <HI>Pag. 173</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>N<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="6 letters">k <HI>Pag. 194</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Newport <HI>Pag. 13</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>New&s;tadt <HI>Pag. 90</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nice <HI>or</HI> Nizza <HI>Pag. 147</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nigepoli <HI>or</HI> Nicopolis <HI>Pag. 201</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ninove <HI>Pag. 14</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ni&s;&s;a <HI>Pag. 204</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nivelle <HI>Pag. 32</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nona <HI>Pag. 215</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Novigrad <HI>in</HI> Hungary <HI>Pag. 179</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Nuys <HI>Pag. 107</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>O.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Oberwe&s;el <HI>Pag. 101</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ochrida <HI>Pag. 230</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Oczakow <HI>Pag. 198</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Offenburg <HI>Pag. 83</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>St.</HI> Omers <HI>Pag. 67</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Oneglia <HI>Pag. 148</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Oppenheim <HI>Pag. 80</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Orchias <HI>Pag. 20</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>O&s;tend <HI>Pag. 13</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Or&s;oy <HI>Pag. 112</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Orba&s;&s;an <HI>Pag. 141</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>O&s;tend <HI>Pag. 30</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Oudenard <HI>Pag. 14</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Owar <HI>Pag. 189</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>P.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Palota <HI>Pag. 190</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Panormo <HI>Pag. 231</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pa&s;&s;ava <HI>Pag. 257</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Patras <HI>Pag. 248</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pernes <HI>Pag. 71</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Perpignan <HI>Pag. 163</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pe&s;t <HI>Pag. 179</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Peter-Waradin <HI>Pag. 206</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pfortzheim <HI>Pag. 85</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Phar&s;alus <HI>Pag. 237</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Philipville <HI>Pag. 61</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Philipsburg <HI>Pag. 93</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pignerol <HI>Pag. 145</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pollind <HI>Pag. 229</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Po&s;ega <HI>Pag. 211</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Presbourg <HI>or</HI> Po&s;an <HI>Pag. 173</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Preve&s;a <HI>Pag. 231</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Pruym <HI>Pag. 101</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>Q.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Que&s;noy <HI>Pag. 59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Queyras <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="142">
<ITEM>Quiers <HI>or</HI> Chieri <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Quinque-Eccle&s;iae, <HI>or</HI> Funff-Kirken <HI>Pag. 188</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>R.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>Ragu&s;a <HI>Pag. 220</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rave&s;teyn <HI>Pag. 27 and 118</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rees <HI>Pag. 111</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Remborg <HI>Pag. 42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rhinberg <HI>Pag. 107</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rivoli <HI>Pag. 139</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Roccles <HI>Pag. 59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Roermond <HI>or</HI> Ruremond <HI>Pag. 39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Rolduc <HI>Pag. 42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ro&s;es <HI>Pag. 161</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ruffach <HI>Pag. 81</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>S.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>Salonichi <HI>Pag. 233</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sal&s;es <HI>Pag. 163</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sal&s;ona <HI>Pag. 159</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Saluces <HI>or</HI> Saluzzo <HI>Pag. 142</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sarai <HI>Pag. 209</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sarbrugh <HI>Pag. 100</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sas-van-Ghent <HI>Pag. 22</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Saverne <HI>Pag. 80</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Savigliano <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scaros <HI>or</HI> Saros <HI>Pag. 180</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sele&s;tad <HI>Pag. 79</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scardona <HI>Pag. 217</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scoru&s;a <HI>Pag. 237</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Scutari <HI>Pag. 227</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sebenico <HI>Pag. 216</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Seged <HI>or</HI> Segedin <HI>Pag. 177</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sege&s;war <HI>Pag. 193</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Segna <HI>or</HI> Zeng <HI>Pag. 212</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Semenbria <HI>Pag. 204</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Siderocap&s;a <HI>Pag. 234</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Setines <HI>or</HI> Athens <HI>Pag. 230</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>La Seu d'&V;rgel <HI>Pag. 161</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sigeth <HI>or</HI> Zygeth <HI>Pag. 188</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sili&s;tria <HI>Pag. 201</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Simmeren <HI>Pag. 91</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sluys <HI>Pag. 21</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Soczow <HI>Pag. 197</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Sophia <HI>or</HI> Sofia <HI>Pag. 201</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Soignes <HI>Pag. 59</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spalatro <HI>Pag. 216</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Spires <HI>Pag. 91</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stafarda <HI>Pag. 143</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stagno <HI>Pag. 222</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Steenkirk <HI>Pag. 62</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stenay <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Stives <HI>or</HI> Thebes <HI>Pag. 241</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Strasburg <HI>Pag. 77</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Strigonium <HI>or</HI> Gran <HI>Pag. 185</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Su&s;a <HI>Pag. 141</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Swernick <HI>Pag. 207</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>T.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>Tarragona <HI>Pag. 157</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tarrega <HI>Pag. 159</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tekin <HI>Pag. 197</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Teina</ITEM>
<ITEM>Teme&s;war <HI>Pag. 177</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Teina <HI>Pag. 148</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Terouanne <HI>Pag. 70</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Thienen, <HI>or</HI> Tillemont <HI>Pag. 32</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Thionville <HI>Pag. 53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Thonon <HI>Pag. 130</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Thuin <HI>Pag. 45</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tokay <HI>Pag. 180</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tongres <HI>Pag. 48</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Torto&s;a <HI>Pag. 158</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Tournay <HI>Pag. 16</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Traw <HI>Pag. 216</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Trebigni <HI>Pag. 218</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Treves <HI>or</HI> Triers <HI>Pag. 99</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Trino <HI>Pag. 152</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>St.</HI> Truyen <HI>Pag. 47</HI></ITEM>
<PB REF="142">
<ITEM>Turin <HI>Pag. 138</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>V.</HEAD>
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<ITEM>Valkenburg <HI>or</HI> Fauque|mont <HI>Pag. 42</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Vallona <HI>Pag. 230</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>Venlo <HI>Pag. 39</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Verceil <HI>Pag. 135</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Verua <HI>Pag. 137</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Ve&s;prin <HI>or</HI> Weisbrun <HI>Pag. 187</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Vianden <HI>Pag. 55</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>Vigon <HI>Pag. 140</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Vihitz <HI>or</HI> Wihitz <HI>Pag. 213</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Villa Franca <HI>Pag. 148</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Villa Franca de Panades <HI>Pag. 157</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Villa Franca de Conflent <HI>Pag. 163</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Vynoxberg, <HI>or</HI> Winoxberge <HI>Pag. 17</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Vir&s;on <HI>Pag. 53</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&V;lmen <HI>Pag. 10</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&V;ngwar <HI>Pag. 178</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&V;nna, <HI>R. Pag. 237</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Volo <HI>Pag. 237</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Voidenor <HI>Pag. 238</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>&V;&s;copia <HI>or</HI> Scopia <HI>Pag. 205</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>W.</HEAD>
<ITEM>WAlcourt <HI>Pag. 46</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Great-Waradin <HI>Pag. 176</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wei&s;&s;emburg <HI>or</HI> Alba-Julia <HI>Pag. 193</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wei&s;&s;emburg <HI>or</HI> Cron Wei&s;&s;emburg <HI>Pag. 79</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>We&s;el <HI>Pag. 111</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wihitz <HI>or</HI> Vihitz <HI>Pag. 213</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Worms <HI>Pag. 92</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Wynoxberg <HI>Pag. 17</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>Y.</HEAD>
<ITEM>YPres <HI>Pag. 15</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Y&s;eghem <HI>or</HI> I&s;enghien, <HI>F.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Yvoix <HI>Pag. 54</HI></ITEM>
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<LIST>
<HEAD>Z.</HEAD>
<ITEM>ZAbern <HI>or</HI> Sabern <HI>Pag. 80</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zante <HI>Pag. 265</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zara <HI>Pag. 215</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zatmar <HI>Pag. 178</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zarnata <HI>Pag. 256</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zemlin <HI>Pag. 181</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zemonico <HI>Pag. 215</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zeng, <HI>or</HI> Segna <HI>Pag. 212</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zolnock <HI>Pag. 176</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zulch <HI>or</HI> Zulptch <HI>Pag. 116</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>Zuchria <HI>Pag. 234</HI></ITEM>
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