The life of John Baptist Colbert, late minister and secretary of state to Lewis XIV, the present French king done into English from a French copy printed at Cologne this present year, 1695.
         Vie de Jean-Baptiste Colbert. English
         Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712.
      
       
         
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             The life of John Baptist Colbert, late minister and secretary of state to Lewis XIV, the present French king done into English from a French copy printed at Cologne this present year, 1695.
             Vie de Jean-Baptiste Colbert. English
             Courtilz de Sandras, Gatien, 1644-1712.
          
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           Colbert, Jean Baptiste, 1619-1683.
           France -- History -- Louis XIV, 1643-1715.
        
      
    
     
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               The
               Life
               of
               Mons
               
               r.
               Colbert
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           LIFE
           Of
           the
           Famous
           
             John
             Baptist
             Colbert
          
           ,
           LATE
           MINISTER
           and
           SECRETARY
           of
           STATE
           TO
           LEWIS
           XIV
           .
           THE
           Present
           French
           King.
           
        
         
           Done
           into
           English
           from
           a
           French
           Copy
           printed
           at
           Cologne
           this
           present
           Year
           1695.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Bentley
          
           ,
           in
           
             Covent-Garden
             ;
             J.
             Tonson
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Judge's-Head
           in
           
             Fleet-street
             ;
             H.
             Bonwick
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Red-Lion
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ;
           
             W.
             Freeman
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bible
           ,
           against
           the
           
           Middle-Temple-Gatein
           Fleet-street
           ;
           and
           
             S.
             Manship
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Ship
           in
           Corn-hill
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Author's
           Preface
           .
        
         
           WHatever
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           Performance
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Objections
           made
           against
           the
           Seasonableness
           of
           my
           present
           Vndertaking
           :
           For
           if
           the
           Publication
           of
           this
           little
           Work
           had
           been
           longer
           delay'd
           ,
           it
           wou'd
           have
           been
           a
           hard
           Task
           for
           the
           Author
           to
           have
           acquir'd
           the
           Reputation
           of
           an
           
             exact
             Historian
          
           ;
           and
           every
           Reader
           wou'd
           have
           pretended
           a
           Right
           to
           dispute
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           suspect
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Relation
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           obvious
           
           Remark
           ,
           That
           the
           Memory
           of
           even
           the
           most
           Publick
           Transactions
           is
           of
           a
           very
           tender
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           seldom
           or
           never
           retains
           its
           Integrity
           ,
           if
           care
           be
           not
           taken
           to
           preserve
           it
           ,
           while
           't
           is
           fresh
           and
           unfaded
           ;
           in
           some
           measure
           resembling
           
             Summer
             Fruits
             that
             must
             be
             either
             hastily
             gather'd
             ,
             or
             eaten
             corrupted
             ,
          
           if
           I
           may
           be
           allow'd
           to
           borrow
           the
           Thought
           of
           a
           *
           
             Modern
             Historian
          
           .
           Besides
           the
           Vndistinctness
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           common
           Inconveniency
           of
           remote
           Views
           .
           They
           who
           undertake
           to
           write
           an
           Account
           of
           a
           Man●s
           Life
           ,
           after
           a
           long
           Series
           of
           Years
           has
           in
           a
           manner
           set
           him
           out
           of
           our
           reach
           ,
           
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           depend
           on
           the
           Credit
           of
           an
           uncertain
           Tradition
           ,
           that
           confounds
           real
           with
           imaginary
           Events
           ,
           and
           not
           unfrequently
           suppresses
           the
           most
           remarkable
           Actions
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           whose
           Memory
           it
           pretends
           to
           preserve
           .
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           so
           much
           Confusion
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           avoid
           Mistakes
           :
           For
           that
           which
           bears
           the
           nearest
           resemblance
           to
           Truth
           is
           frequently
           observ'd
           to
           be
           only
           a
           
             well-contriv'd
             Lye
          
           ;
           and
           oftentimes
           a
           
             seeming
             Fable
          
           after
           a
           diligent
           Enquiry
           ,
           is
           found
           to
           be
           a
           
             certain
             Truth
          
           .
           The
           Life
           of
           great
           Persons
           is
           full
           of
           Contradictions
           ;
           and
           those
           Characters
           of
           em
           ,
           and
           Judgments
           concerning
           
           their
           Actions
           that
           are
           founded
           on
           the
           Idea
           they
           give
           of
           themselves
           on
           certain
           occasions
           ,
           rarely
           amount
           to
           more
           than
           false
           ,
           or
           at
           best
           
             uncertain
             Conjectures
          
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           if
           I
           had
           publish'd
           this
           History
           sooner
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           been
           suspected
           of
           Flattery
           .
           The
           Ministers
           of
           great
           Princes
           are
           no
           less
           terrible
           than
           their
           Masters
           ,
           and
           if
           ever
           an
           impartial
           Historian
           runs
           the
           hazard
           of
           an
           unjust
           and
           rigorous
           Treatment
           ,
           for
           a
           faithful
           Representation
           of
           the
           Management
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           't
           is
           when
           he
           attempts
           to
           unskreen
           the
           Designs
           of
           those
           who
           are
           the
           present
           Dispensers
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           .
           If
           
           M.
           
           Colbert's
           Life
           had
           appear'd
           while
           his
           Sons
           were
           actually
           possess'd
           of
           the
           highest
           Posts
           in
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Reader
           might
           have
           justly
           suspected
           me
           of
           a
           Design
           to
           make
           my
           Court
           to
           the
           Children
           ,
           by
           writing
           a
           Panegyrick
           on
           the
           Father
           .
           But
           the
           present
           Posture
           of
           Affairs
           leaves
           no
           room
           for
           any
           suspicion
           of
           that
           Nature
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           expect
           to
           be
           believ'd
           when
           I
           protest
           that
           the
           only
           Motive
           which
           engag'd
           me
           in
           writing
           the
           History
           of
           that
           
             Great
             Minister
          
           ,
           was
           my
           desire
           to
           acquaint
           Posterity
           with
           the
           most
           memorable
           Actions
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           And
           as
           I
           began
           the
           Work
           without
           the
           least
           curb
           
           upon
           my
           Sincerity
           ,
           so
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           it
           I
           have
           confin'd
           my self
           to
           a
           scrupulous
           Observance
           of
           the
           Truth
           :
           Nor
           have
           I
           been
           less
           careful
           to
           expose
           his
           Faults
           ,
           than
           to
           do
           Justice
           to
           his
           Perfections
           .
        
         
           The
           Reader
           will
           easily
           perceive
           that
           I
           never
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           wander
           from
           my
           Subject
           .
           For
           he
           must
           not
           expect
           to
           find
           in
           this
           Treatise
           a
           continu'd
           History
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           
             Lewis
             XIV
          
           .
           but
           the
           Life
           of
           one
           of
           his
           
             Chief
             Ministers
             of
             State
          
           ,
           who
           sustain'd
           not
           the
           entire
           Burthen
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           was
           confin'd
           to
           the
           Management
           of
           certain
           particular
           Affairs
           :
           And
           I
           have
           endeavour'd
           
           with
           all
           possible
           Exactness
           ,
           to
           trace
           him
           thro'
           the
           whole
           Course
           of
           his
           Life
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           his
           
             peculiar
             Employments
          
           ,
           without
           taking
           notice
           of
           those
           
             general
             Affairs
          
           that
           were
           not
           properly
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Province
           ,
           any
           further
           than
           he
           had
           a
           share
           in
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           I
           cou'd
           not
           forbear
           adorning
           my
           Work
           with
           large
           and
           exact
           Descriptions
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           
             principal
             Buildings
          
           ,
           that
           were
           erected
           under
           the
           Inspection
           of
           this
           Minister
           :
           For
           besides
           that
           Relations
           of
           this
           Nature
           are
           extremely
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Curious
           and
           Ingenious
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           these
           admirable
           Works
           are
           so
           many
           convincing
           
           Proofs
           of
           the
           Activity
           ,
           Vigilance
           ,
           and
           indefatigable
           Diligence
           of
           him
           to
           whose
           Care
           they
           were
           committed
           .
           The
           Discharge
           of
           so
           important
           a
           Trust
           might
           have
           been
           the
           entire
           and
           glorious
           Occupation
           of
           an
           
             ordinary
             Genius
          
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           the
           least
           part
           of
           M.
           
           Colbert's
           Task
           .
           For
           besides
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           Management
           of
           
             Naval
             Affairs
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Revenue
          
           ,
           which
           he
           still
           found
           means
           to
           encrease
           by
           some
           new
           Expedient
           .
           He
           was
           also
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Care
           of
           promoting
           Trade
           ,
           and
           of
           improving
           
             ingenious
             Arts
          
           :
           And
           't
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           every
           Frenchman
           to
           acknowledge
           that
           the
           Industry
           
           and
           Politeness
           of
           our
           Artizans
           is
           an
           effect
           of
           the
           admirable
           Conduct
           of
           that
           Minister
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           depriv'd
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           the
           Servile
           Tribute
           which
           our
           wasteful
           Luxury
           paid
           to
           the
           Arts
           that
           flourish'd
           among
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           Gratitude
           to
           M.
           Colbert
           must
           not
           betray
           us
           into
           a
           disingenuous
           partiality
           :
           Neither
           ought
           we
           to
           be
           so
           dazzled
           with
           the
           pleasing
           view
           of
           the
           shining
           part
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           as
           to
           forget
           or
           dissemble
           his
           Faults
           .
           For
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           he
           never
           scrupl'd
           to
           commit
           any
           Act
           of
           Injustice
           that
           might
           serve
           to
           enrich
           his
           Sovereign
           ;
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           his
           affected
           Probity
           ,
           and
           seeming
           Neglect
           of
           
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           he
           omitted
           no
           Opportunity
           to
           fill
           his
           Coffers
           by
           indirect
           Methods
           .
           This
           is
           the
           dark
           and
           blemish'd
           Reverse
           of
           his
           Character
           ;
           and
           the
           truth
           of
           these
           Assertions
           will
           appear
           evidently
           to
           the
           attentive
           Peruser
           of
           the
           following
           Treatise
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           History
           of
           M.
           Colbert
           I
           have
           added
           that
           of
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Seignelay
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           him
           in
           the
           Offices
           of
           
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Commander
           and
           
             Great
             Treasurer
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Orders
             .
          
           At
           present
           there
           are
           none
           of
           his
           Sons
           alive
           but
           James-Nicholas
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           ,
           Colonel
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           Champaign
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           BOOKS
           lately
           Printed
           .
        
         
           THE
           
             Present
             State
          
           of
           Persia
           :
           With
           a
           faithful
           Account
           of
           the
           
             Manners
             ,
             Religion
          
           and
           Government
           of
           that
           People
           .
           By
           Monsieur
           Sanson
           ,
           a
           Missionary
           from
           the
           French
           King.
           Adorn'd
           with
           Figures
           .
           Done
           into
           English
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Present
             State
          
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           Morocco
           :
           With
           a
           faithful
           Account
           of
           the
           
             Manners
             ,
             Religion
          
           and
           Government
           of
           that
           People
           .
           By
           Monsieur
           
             de
             S.
             Olon
          
           ,
           Ambassador
           there
           in
           the
           Year
           1693.
           
           Adorn'd
           with
           Figures
           .
        
         
           The
           Life
           of
           the
           Famous
           Cardinal-Duke
           of
           Richlieu
           ,
           Principal
           Minister
           of
           State
           to
           Lewis
           XIII
           .
           King
           of
           France
           and
           Navarre
           .
           in
           Two
           Volumes
           .
           8vo
           .
        
         
           Letters
           ,
           written
           by
           a
           French
           Gentleman
           ;
           giving
           a
           faithful
           and
           particular
           Account
           of
           the
           Transactions
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           France
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           
             Publick
             Interest
          
           of
           Europe
           .
           With
           Historical
           and
           Political
           Reflections
           on
           the
           ancient
           and
           present
           State
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           .
           By
           the
           Famous
           Monsieur
           Vassor
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Roman
             History
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Building
           of
           the
           City
           to
           the
           perfect
           Settlement
           of
           the
           Empire
           by
           
             Augustus
             Caesar
          
           :
           Containing
           the
           Space
           of
           727
           Years
           .
           Design'd
           as
           well
           for
           the
           Understanding
           of
           the
           Roman
           Authors
           ,
           as
           the
           Roman
           Affairs
           .
           By
           
             Laurence
             Echard
          
           ,
           A.
           M.
           of
           Christ-College
           in
           Cambridge
           .
        
         
           A
           
             New
             Voyage
          
           to
           Italy
           :
           With
           a
           Description
           of
           the
           Chief
           
             Towns
             ,
             Churches
             ,
             Tombs
             ,
             Libraries
             ,
             Palaces
             ,
             Statues
             ,
          
           and
           Antiquities
           of
           that
           Country
           .
           Together
           with
           
             useful
             Instructions
          
           for
           those
           who
           shall
           travel
           thither
           .
           By
           
             Maximilian
             Misson
          
           ,
           Gent.
           Done
           into
           English
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
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           .
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           .
        
      
       
         
         
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           ,
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             New
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           to
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             ,
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             ,
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           With
           Historical
           Observations
           relating
           to
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           present
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           ancient
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             du
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             Compleat
             Horseman
          
           :
           Discovering
           the
           surest
           Marks
           of
           the
           
             Beauty
             ,
             Goodness
          
           ,
           and
           Vices
           of
           Horses
           ,
           and
           describing
           the
           Signs
           and
           Causes
           of
           their
           Diseases
           ;
           and
           the
           True
           Method
           both
           of
           their
           Preservation
           and
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           on
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           Preposterous
           Use
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           .
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           with
           the
           
             Art
             of
             Shooing
          
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           of
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           Kinds
           of
           Shooes
           ,
           adapted
           to
           the
           various
           Defects
           of
           
             Bad
             Feet
          
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Preservation
           of
           those
           that
           are
           good
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Best
             Method
             of
             Breeding
             Colts
          
           ;
           with
           Directions
           to
           be
           observ'd
           in
           Backing
           'em
           ,
           and
           
             Making
             their
             Mouths
          
           ,
           &c.
           
           By
           the
           
             Sieur
             de
             Solleysell
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Academy
          
           .
           at
           Paris
           .
           The
           
             Eighth
             Edition
          
           ,
           Review'd
           and
           methodically
           Augmented
           ;
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           English
           ,
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           .
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           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           LIFE
           OF
           
             John
             Baptist
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Minister
           ,
           and
           Secretary
           of
           STATE
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           something
           so
           singular
           and
           surprizing
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Quickness
           of
           Monsieur
           Colbert's
           Advancement
           ,
           and
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           that
           After-Ages
           will
           hardly
           be
           induc'd
           to
           give
           Credit
           to
           that
           part
           of
           our
           Modern
           History
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           inform'd
           by
           what
           Steps
           and
           Methods
           he
           rais'd
           himself
           to
           so
           high
           a
           Degree
           of
           Power
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           of
           a
           middle
           Stature
           ,
           rather
           Lean
           than
           Fat
           ;
           his
           Hair
           was
           black
           ,
           and
           so
           thin
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           begin
           very
           soon
           to
           
           make
           use
           of
           a
           Cap.
           His
           Mien
           was
           low
           and
           dejected
           ;
           he
           had
           a
           gloomy
           Air
           ,
           and
           stern
           Aspect
           .
           He
           spoke
           little
           ,
           and
           would
           never
           return
           a
           present
           Answer
           ,
           till
           he
           had
           first
           receiv'd
           a
           particular
           account
           in
           Writing
           of
           what
           was
           propos'd
           to
           him
           .
           He
           manag'd
           Business
           with
           unweary'd
           Application
           ,
           and
           a
           surprizing
           Exactness
           :
           the
           Clearness
           of
           his
           Judgment
           enabl'd
           him
           to
           expedite
           all
           sorts
           of
           Affairs
           speedily
           ,
           and
           without
           Confusion
           .
           He
           was
           of
           a
           slow
           Conception
           ,
           but
           spoke
           judiciously
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           fully
           comprehended
           it
           .
           He
           was
           a
           Lover
           of
           Learning
           ,
           tho'
           he
           never
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           the
           Study
           of
           it
           .
           He
           was
           a
           great
           Pretender
           to
           Probity
           ;
           but
           tho'
           he
           endeavour'd
           to
           perswade
           the
           World
           that
           he
           neglected
           his
           own
           Interest
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           resolv'd
           to
           owe
           his
           Riches
           merely
           to
           the
           King's
           Bounty
           ,
           he
           scrupl'd
           not
           to
           fill
           his
           Coffers
           by
           indirect
           Methods
           .
           He
           affected
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Moderation
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           his
           Ministery
           ;
           but
           assoon
           as
           he
           saw
           his
           Fortune
           secur'd
           by
           great
           Offices
           and
           powerful
           Alliances
           ,
           he
           gave
           a
           full
           Career
           to
           his
           vast
           Designs
           ,
           and
           spar'd
           nothing
           to
           advance
           his
           Glory
           ,
           tho'
           he
           manag'd
           his
           private
           Affairs
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Frugality
           .
           He
           sacrific'd
           Honour
           ,
           Integrity
           ,
           Gratitude
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           else
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           his
           Ambition
           .
           The
           Hardness
           and
           Inflexibility
           of
           his
           Temper
           was
           altogether
           insupportable
           .
           He
           beheld
           without
           concern
           the
           Misery
           of
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Families
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           ruin'd
           to
           enrich
           his
           Master's
           Treasury
           .
           But
           though
           he
           never
           employ'd
           his
           Power
           for
           
           the
           good
           of
           others
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           that
           he
           never
           shed
           the
           Blood
           of
           his
           Enemies
           .
           He
           was
           crafty
           and
           subtil
           :
           His
           outward
           Behaviour
           was
           modest
           ,
           accompanied
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           seeming
           Plainness
           and
           Simplicity
           .
           He
           lov'd
           ,
           and
           was
           acquainted
           with
           ingenious
           Arts
           :
           He
           slept
           little
           ,
           and
           was
           sober
           .
           Though
           he
           was
           naturally
           sowre
           and
           morose
           ,
           he
           knew
           how
           to
           act
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Lover
           in
           the
           Company
           of
           those
           Ladies
           who
           had
           touch'd
           his
           Heart
           ;
           but
           he
           always
           treated
           'em
           in
           publick
           with
           his
           accustom'd
           Gravity
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           thought
           capable
           of
           suffering
           himself
           to
           be
           govern'd
           by
           the
           fair
           Sex.
           
        
         
           He
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Nicholas
             Colbert
             Sieur
             de
             Vandieres
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Mary
             Pussort
          
           ;
           and
           was
           born
           at
           Rheims
           in
           Champaigne
           ,
           
           in
           November
           1625.
           
           His
           Grand-father
           was
           a
           Wine-Merchant
           ,
           and
           his
           Father
           at
           first
           follow'd
           the
           same
           Occupation
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           he
           traded
           in
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           last
           of
           all
           in
           Silk
           .
           Our
           future
           Minister
           was
           very
           young
           when
           his
           Father
           sent
           him
           to
           Paris
           ,
           to
           be
           instructed
           in
           the
           Arts
           of
           Merchandizing
           :
           From
           thence
           he
           went
           to
           Lyons
           ,
           but
           falling
           out
           with
           his
           Master
           ,
           return'd
           to
           Paris
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           first
           Clerk
           to
           a
           Notary
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           Biterne
           ,
           
           Attorney
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           ,
           whom
           he
           left
           to
           serve
           Sabathier
           ,
           Treasurer
           of
           the
           Money
           rais'd
           by
           the
           Sale
           of
           Offices
           ,
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           a
           Commissary
           or
           Deputy
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1648.
           
           his
           Kinsman
           
             John
             Baptist
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Lord
           of
           
             S.
             Poüange
          
           ,
           preferr'd
           him
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           
             Michael
             le
             Tellier
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           whose
           Sister
           he
           had
           marry'd
           ;
           and
           the
           Youth
           
           was
           quickly
           taken
           notice
           of
           for
           his
           Diligence
           ,
           and
           Exactness
           in
           executing
           all
           the
           Commissions
           that
           were
           entrusted
           to
           his
           Care.
           
        
         
           One
           day
           his
           Master
           sent
           him
           to
           Cardinal
           Mazarin
           with
           a
           Letter
           written
           by
           the
           Queen-Mother
           ,
           and
           order'd
           him
           to
           bring
           back
           the
           Letter
           after
           that
           Minister
           had
           seen
           it
           .
           Colbert
           arriving
           at
           Sedan
           ,
           where
           the
           Cardinal
           then
           was
           ,
           presented
           the
           Queen's
           Letter
           to
           him
           ,
           with
           another
           from
           
             le
             Tellier
          
           ,
           to
           his
           Eminency
           ;
           and
           returning
           the
           next
           day
           for
           an
           Answer
           ,
           he
           receiv'd
           only
           a
           seal'd
           Packet
           ;
           but
           not
           seeing
           the
           Queen's
           Letter
           ,
           he
           ask'd
           the
           Cardinal
           for
           it
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           that
           all
           was
           in
           the
           Packet
           ,
           and
           bid
           him
           return
           to
           his
           Master
           .
           The
           wary
           Messenger
           not
           satisfi'd
           with
           that
           Answer
           ,
           broke
           up
           the
           Seal
           in
           the
           Cardinal's
           Presence
           ,
           who
           being
           surpriz'd
           at
           his
           Boldness
           ,
           chid
           him
           for
           his
           Sawciness
           ,
           and
           snatch'd
           the
           Packet
           out
           of
           his
           hand
           ;
           Colbert
           ,
           not
           in
           the
           least
           daunted
           with
           so
           rough
           a
           Treatment
           ,
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           he
           believ'd
           his
           Eminency
           had
           entrusted
           the
           Care
           of
           closing
           the
           Packet
           to
           one
           of
           his
           Secretaries
           ,
           who
           ,
           probably
           ,
           had
           forgotten
           to
           put
           in
           the
           Queen's
           Letter
           .
           The
           Cardinal
           pretending
           Business
           put
           him
           off
           till
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           but
           at
           last
           ,
           after
           several
           Delays
           and
           Denials
           ,
           seeing
           him
           always
           at
           the
           Closet-Door
           ,
           he
           restor'd
           the
           Letter
           ,
           which
           Colbert
           view'd
           very
           attentively
           ,
           to
           see
           whether
           it
           was
           the
           same
           he
           deliver'd
           ;
           and
           went
           away
           without
           seeming
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           Cardinal's
           Anger
           ,
           who
           ask'd
           him
           whether
           he
           thought
           him
           capable
           of
           so
           much
           Baseness
           as
           to
           counterfeit
           a
           Paper
           .
           Some
           time
           after
           the
           Cardinal
           
           returning
           to
           Court
           ,
           and
           wanting
           one
           to
           write
           his
           Agenda
           ,
           or
           Memorandums
           ,
           desir'd
           
             le
             Tellier
          
           to
           furnish
           him
           with
           a
           fit
           Person
           for
           that
           Employment
           :
           and
           Colbert
           being
           presented
           to
           him
           ,
           he
           had
           still
           some
           confus'd
           Remembrance
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           was
           desirous
           to
           know
           where
           he
           had
           seen
           him
           .
           Colbert
           was
           afraid
           to
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           of
           Sedan
           ,
           least
           the
           Remembrance
           of
           his
           Importunacy
           ,
           in
           demanding
           the
           Queen's
           Letter
           ,
           should
           renew
           the
           Cardinal's
           Anger
           ;
           but
           his
           Eminency
           was
           so
           far
           from
           hating
           him
           for
           his
           Faithfulness
           to
           his
           late
           Master
           ,
           that
           he
           receiv'd
           him
           on
           condition
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           serve
           him
           with
           like
           Zeal
           and
           Fidelity
           .
        
         
           Colbert
           apply'd
           himself
           wholly
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           his
           Master's
           Interests
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           so
           many
           Marks
           of
           his
           Diligence
           and
           Skill
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           Joubert
           his
           Eminency's
           Intendant
           ,
           he
           was
           chosen
           to
           succeed
           in
           that
           Post
           .
           He
           accommodated
           himself
           so
           dexterously
           to
           the
           Inclinations
           of
           that
           Minister
           ,
           by
           retrenching
           his
           superfluous
           Expences
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Management
           of
           that
           gainful
           Trade
           of
           selling
           Benefices
           and
           Governments
           .
           It
           was
           by
           his
           Counsel
           that
           the
           Cardinal
           oblig'd
           the
           Governours
           of
           Frontier
           Places
           to
           maintain
           their
           Garrisons
           with
           the
           Contributions
           they
           exacted
           ;
           and
           his
           Eminency
           was
           extremely
           pleas'd
           with
           that
           Advice
           .
           He
           was
           sent
           to
           Rome
           to
           negotiate
           the
           Reconciliation
           of
           Cardinal
           
             de
             Rets
          
           ,
           for
           which
           the
           Pope
           had
           shew'd
           some
           Concern
           ,
           and
           to
           perswade
           his
           Holiness
           to
           consent
           to
           the
           dis-incamerating
           of
           Castro
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Treaty
           concluded
           
           with
           his
           Predecessour
           Urban
           VIII
           .
           At
           his
           Return
           ,
           to
           requite
           his
           good
           Services
           ,
           he
           was
           made
           Secretary
           of
           the
           Queen's
           Dispatches
           ,
           which
           Office
           he
           afterwards
           sold
           to
           Brisacier
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           bought
           that
           of
           President
           in
           the
           same
           Company
           ,
           who
           happily
           for
           him
           ,
           but
           unhappily
           for
           themselves
           ,
           would
           not
           receive
           him
           ;
           for
           he
           became
           their
           greatest
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           depriv'd
           'em
           of
           the
           profit
           of
           the
           Debets
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           made
           a
           Bargain
           with
           Vilette
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           with
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           tho'
           the
           King
           did
           not
           receive
           much
           Advantage
           by
           the
           Alteration
           .
        
         
           Assoon
           as
           he
           saw
           himself
           in
           Favour
           at
           Court
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           think
           of
           a
           convenient
           Match
           ,
           and
           took
           to
           Wife
           
             Mary
             Charon
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           
             James
             Charon
             ,
             Sieur
             de
             Menars
             ,
          
           a
           Native
           of
           Blois
           ,
           (
           who
           of
           a
           Cooper
           and
           Wine-Broker
           ,
           was
           become
           Pay-Master
           of
           the
           Infantry
           )
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Mary
             Begon
          
           his
           Wife
           .
           Charon
           had
           higher
           Designs
           ,
           for
           he
           look'd
           upon
           his
           Daughter
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Richest
           Matches
           in
           Paris
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           Legacies
           and
           Inheritances
           that
           would
           fall
           to
           her
           :
           but
           at
           last
           he
           consented
           to
           this
           Proposal
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           exempted
           from
           a
           Tax
           with
           which
           he
           was
           threatned
           .
           The
           great
           Respect
           which
           Colbert
           shew'd
           to
           his
           Wife
           did
           not
           hinder
           him
           from
           gratifying
           in
           some
           measure
           his
           particular
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           from
           yielding
           to
           the
           Charms
           of
           
             Frances
             de
             Godet
          
           ,
           Widow
           of
           
             John
             Gravé
             Sieur
             de
             Launay
          
           ,
           a
           Norman
           Lady
           ,
           of
           a
           smooth
           and
           insinuating
           Temper
           ,
           the
           usual
           Character
           
           of
           those
           of
           her
           Country
           .
           She
           was
           of
           a
           graceful
           Stature
           ,
           and
           Majestick
           Gate
           :
           Her
           Face
           was
           round
           ,
           her
           Complexion
           white
           and
           clear
           ,
           her
           Hair
           light
           ,
           and
           her
           Eyes
           blue
           .
           
             Launay
             Gravé
          
           a
           rich
           Partizan
           marry'd
           her
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           first
           Wife
           ,
           whose
           Servant
           she
           had
           been
           ,
           and
           left
           her
           a
           great
           Estate
           .
           Colbert
           took
           care
           to
           introduce
           his
           Mistress
           to
           the
           Queen
           and
           Cardinal
           Mazarin
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           made
           her
           play
           very
           frequently
           ;
           and
           she
           made
           use
           of
           those
           Privileges
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           him
           who
           procur'd
           'em
           to
           her
           ;
           for
           being
           of
           a
           quick
           and
           piercing
           Wit
           ,
           she
           gave
           him
           notice
           of
           every
           thing
           she
           heard
           ,
           that
           had
           any
           relation
           to
           his
           Interests
           :
           nor
           was
           he
           ingrateful
           to
           one
           that
           had
           done
           him
           so
           considerable
           Service
           ;
           for
           he
           contriv'd
           a
           way
           to
           make
           her
           the
           Wife
           of
           
             Anthony
             de
             Broüille
          
           ,
           Marquess
           of
           Piene
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           Orders
           ,
           and
           Governour
           of
           Pignerol
           .
        
         
           The
           Marchioness
           of
           Piene
           was
           not
           the
           only
           Person
           that
           touch'd
           the
           Heart
           of
           Colbert
           :
           for
           besides
           her
           ,
           he
           made
           Love
           to
           
             Ann
             Margaret
             Vanel
          
           ,
           Wife
           of
           
             John
             Coissier
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           a
           young
           Lady
           of
           a
           low
           Stature
           ,
           but
           extremely
           pretty
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           all
           the
           Advantages
           of
           a
           gay
           Humour
           and
           lively
           Wit.
           His
           frequent
           Visits
           ,
           and
           Supping
           at
           her
           House
           were
           ascrib'd
           to
           his
           intimate
           Friendship
           with
           her
           Father-in-law
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           Receiver
           of
           the
           Consignations
           with
           Betaut
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Lessons
           of
           Politicks
           he
           usually
           took
           from
           her
           Husband
           ,
           who
           was
           perfectly
           well
           acquainted
           with
           all
           the
           Negotiations
           
           and
           Intrigues
           of
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Munster
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           Secretary
           to
           the
           Embassy
           under
           
             Abel
             de
             Servien
          
           ,
           whose
           Deputy
           he
           still
           was
           in
           the
           Super-Intendancy
           .
           But
           our
           States-Man
           was
           soon
           weary
           of
           the
           Levity
           and
           Fickleness
           of
           that
           Lady
           ,
           and
           resign'd
           his
           Pretensions
           to
           his
           Brother
           
             Edward
             Francis
             Colbert
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           made
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guards
           ,
           to
           Rousserau
           Cardinal
           
           Mazarin's
           Secretary
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Commander
           of
           Gault
           ,
           who
           had
           more
           time
           to
           bestow
           on
           their
           Amours
           .
           Ambition
           was
           the
           predominant
           Passion
           of
           
             John
             Baptist
             Colbert
          
           ,
           and
           though
           he
           had
           not
           yet
           arriv'd
           to
           that
           eminent
           height
           of
           Grandeur
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           afterwards
           attain'd
           ,
           he
           had
           already
           advanc'd
           all
           his
           Brothers
           .
           For
           he
           had
           obtain'd
           the
           Intendancy
           of
           Alsatia
           ,
           with
           the
           Dignity
           of
           a
           President
           
             à
             Mortier
          
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           for
           
             Charles
             Colbert
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Luçon
           ,
           with
           the
           Office
           of
           the
           King's
           Library-Keeper
           for
           his
           Brother
           Nicholas
           .
        
         
           Mazarin
           at
           his
           Death
           recommended
           Colbert
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           as
           a
           fit
           Person
           to
           regulate
           Affairs
           relating
           to
           the
           Finances
           which
           stood
           much
           in
           need
           of
           Reformation
           :
           for
           
             Nicholas
             Fouquet
          
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           Superintendant
           ,
           had
           borrow'd
           such
           vast
           Summs
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           above
           four
           Years
           behind-hand
           .
           He
           had
           rais'd
           Rents
           on
           the
           
             Third
             Peny
          
           and
           a
           Half
           ,
           which
           nevertheless
           yielded
           no
           more
           than
           the
           
             Seventh
             Peny
          
           ,
           because
           only
           two
           Quarters
           were
           paid
           ,
           and
           even
           that
           was
           very
           much
           .
           He
           had
           also
           erected
           Offices
           without
           Charge
           ,
           and
           had
           deliver'd
           blank
           Patents
           ,
           which
           the
           Purchasers
           were
           to
           enjoy
           without
           
           supplying
           the
           Places
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           King
           was
           depriv'd
           of
           his
           Right
           to
           Surrenders
           .
           And
           besides
           there
           was
           a
           
             Third
             Part
          
           remitted
           at
           each
           Bargain
           ,
           which
           oppress'd
           the
           People
           without
           the
           least
           Advantage
           to
           the
           King.
           The
           Edicts
           were
           chang'd
           to
           Bills
           or
           Tickets
           ,
           which
           were
           afterwards
           cut
           into
           so
           many
           Pieces
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           impossible
           to
           know
           the
           Original
           :
           and
           he
           paid
           so
           excessive
           Rates
           of
           Interest
           for
           the
           Loans
           he
           receiv'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Crown
           must
           have
           for
           ever
           remain'd
           unable
           to
           discharge
           the
           Summs
           ,
           if
           a
           quick
           Stop
           had
           not
           been
           put
           to
           these
           Disorders
           .
           The
           King
           resolv'd
           to
           entrust
           the
           Regulation
           of
           his
           Revenue
           to
           Colbert
           ,
           having
           already
           receiv'd
           some
           Marks
           of
           his
           Frugality
           :
           for
           he
           remember'd
           that
           he
           had
           sav'd
           him
           a
           considerable
           Summ
           of
           Money
           ,
           by
           changing
           the
           fine
           Silver
           Edgings
           that
           were
           fitted
           to
           the
           Ribbons
           with
           which
           the
           Habits
           of
           the
           
             Hundred
             Switzers
          
           were
           adorn'd
           ,
           to
           counterfeit
           Lace
           :
           And
           therefore
           his
           Majesty
           made
           him
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Finances
           ,
           together
           with
           
             Breteuil
             ,
             Marin
          
           ,
           and
           Hervard
           ;
           and
           erected
           a
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           ,
           compos'd
           of
           Six
           Counsellours
           of
           State
           ,
           Six
           Masters
           of
           Requests
           ,
           Four
           Counsellours
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           Two
           Counsellours
           of
           the
           Great
           Council
           ,
           Two
           Masters
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           Two
           Counsellours
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Aids
           ,
           and
           a
           Counsellour
           out
           of
           each
           of
           the
           other
           Parliaments
           ,
           to
           call
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           and
           arraign
           such
           Farmers
           as
           were
           guilty
           of
           Misdemeanors
           .
           The
           Chamber
           ,
           for
           a
           Specimen
           of
           their
           Justice
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           Example
           and
           Terrour
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           these
           Officers
           ,
           caus'd
           
           some
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           'em
           to
           be
           hang'd
           :
           and
           these
           Executions
           made
           way
           for
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           the
           Superintendant
           ,
           the
           Three
           Treasurers
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           and
           the
           richest
           Partizans
           or
           Farmers
           .
        
         
           Before
           they
           proceeded
           to
           secure
           Fouquet
           ,
           he
           was
           dexterously
           perswaded
           to
           resign
           the
           Office
           of
           Attorney-General
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           lest
           he
           should
           claim
           the
           Privilege
           which
           that
           Dignity
           gave
           him
           of
           being
           try'd
           by
           the
           Chambers
           in
           a
           full
           Assembly
           .
           He
           was
           apprehended
           at
           Nantes
           on
           the
           Fifth
           of
           September
           ,
           1661.
           whither
           the
           Court
           was
           remov'd
           to
           quiet
           some
           Disorders
           in
           Bretaigne
           :
           
           he
           was
           afterwards
           carry'd
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           committed
           close
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Castel
           of
           St.
           Anger
           's
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           seiz'd
           with
           a
           very
           dangerous
           Sickness
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Papers
           which
           he
           brought
           along
           with
           him
           were
           secur'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Seal
           affix'd
           to
           his
           Houses
           at
           
             Paris
             ,
             S.
             Mandé
          
           and
           Vaux
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Apartments
           at
           the
           Louvre
           .
           His
           Papers
           that
           were
           seiz'd
           at
           Nantes
           ,
           with
           those
           of
           his
           Deputy
           Pelisson
           ,
           were
           examin'd
           for
           several
           days
           by
           Boucherat
           ,
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           ,
           Pellot
           ,
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           and
           Colbert
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           transmitted
           to
           Fontainbleau
           without
           taking
           an
           Inventory
           of
           '
           em
           .
           The
           Seal
           was
           affix'd
           on
           his
           House
           at
           Paris
           by
           the
           Lieutenant-Civil
           ,
           assisted
           by
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           ,
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           and
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           Prisoner's
           domestick
           Servants
           .
           The
           same
           Ceremonies
           were
           not
           observ'd
           at
           Fontainbleau
           ;
           and
           because
           they
           mistrusted
           the
           Exactness
           of
           Poncet
           ,
           
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           ,
           they
           sent
           him
           to
           assist
           at
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Inventory
           of
           S.
           
             Mandé
             .
             Barin
             de
             la
             Galissoniere
          
           was
           substituted
           in
           his
           Place
           ,
           but
           
             d'
             Aligre
          
           ,
           Director
           of
           the
           Finances
           ,
           and
           Colbert
           ,
           manag'd
           the
           Affair
           alone
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           with
           so
           much
           Eagerness
           and
           Diligence
           ,
           that
           they
           spent
           even
           Sundays
           and
           Holydays
           in
           that
           Occupation
           .
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           'em
           were
           not
           subsign'd
           ,
           and
           even
           they
           carried
           the
           Bundles
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           Closet
           without
           marking
           their
           Numbers
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Papers
           at
           S.
           
             Mandé
             ,
             Poncet
          
           had
           brought
           'em
           to
           Fontainbleau
           ;
           but
           after
           he
           had
           acquainted
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Forms
           of
           Justice
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           remain
           in
           the
           place
           where
           they
           were
           found
           ,
           till
           the
           Person
           who
           own'd
           'em
           was
           brought
           to
           an
           Account
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           commanded
           'em
           to
           be
           carry'd
           back
           to
           S.
           Mandé
           .
           The
           King
           had
           appointed
           the
           Lieutenant-Civil
           to
           affix
           the
           Seal
           to
           that
           House
           ;
           but
           Colbert
           suppress'd
           a
           second
           Order
           ,
           which
           gave
           that
           Commission
           to
           Benard
           and
           
             l'
             Alleman
          
           ,
           Masters
           of
           the
           Requests
           .
           By
           Virtue
           of
           this
           last
           Order
           ,
           the
           Seal
           was
           affix'd
           on
           the
           8th
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           of
           September
           ,
           by
           those
           Commissioners
           ,
           in
           presence
           of
           
             Charles
             de
             la
             Nouë
          
           and
           
             Jacob
             Bezemont
          
           ,
           the
           Prisoner's
           Servants
           .
           But
           Colbert
           suspecting
           'em
           of
           Remissness
           and
           Neglect
           ,
           obtain'd
           a
           new
           Commission
           for
           Lauzon
           and
           
             la
             Fosse
          
           ,
           Counsellours
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           with
           Poncet
           were
           appointed
           to
           take
           the
           Inventory
           :
           after
           which
           ,
           the
           first
           Commissioners
           having
           own'd
           and
           recogniz'd
           their
           Seal
           ,
           deliver'd
           up
           the
           Keys
           of
           
           the
           Doors
           ,
           Trunks
           and
           Cupboards
           ,
           to
           those
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           succeed
           'em
           ,
           who
           affix'd
           a
           new
           Seal
           ,
           though
           their
           Power
           did
           not
           reach
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           put
           the
           Signet
           (
           which
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           kept
           )
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           Foucaut
           ,
           Clerk
           to
           the
           Commission
           ,
           and
           
           Colbert's
           Creature
           ,
           who
           by
           this
           means
           became
           Master
           of
           all
           the
           Papers
           ,
           since
           the
           Keys
           were
           entrusted
           to
           his
           Clerk.
           And
           therefore
           assoon
           as
           he
           was
           inform'd
           that
           Foucaut
           was
           Master
           of
           all
           ,
           leaving
           his
           Business
           at
           Fontainbleau
           ,
           he
           went
           immediately
           to
           S.
           Mandé
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           taking
           of
           the
           Inventory
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           no
           Authority
           to
           go
           thither
           .
           The
           Reason
           that
           made
           him
           so
           desirous
           to
           seize
           on
           these
           Papers
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           to
           deprive
           Fouquet
           of
           what
           might
           serve
           for
           his
           Defence
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           secure
           himself
           against
           all
           Accusations
           by
           suppressing
           those
           Papers
           which
           might
           have
           discover'd
           his
           Guilt
           .
           For
           ,
           during
           the
           Life
           of
           Cardinal
           Mazarin
           ,
           the
           Administration
           of
           three
           fourth
           Parts
           of
           the
           Charge
           of
           Superintendant
           ,
           and
           the
           Receipt
           and
           Disbursement
           of
           the
           best
           part
           of
           the
           Money
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           was
           manag'd
           in
           that
           Minister's
           Palace
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           his
           Orders
           ,
           by
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           ,
           if
           his
           Bills
           had
           been
           inserted
           in
           the
           Inventory
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           an
           account
           of
           all
           that
           was
           contain'd
           in
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           The
           Papers
           found
           in
           the
           House
           at
           Vaux
           were
           put
           in
           two
           Trunks
           ,
           before
           any
           Inventory
           was
           taken
           of
           'em
           ,
           and
           deliver'd
           to
           Foucaut
           ,
           with
           Orders
           to
           bring
           'em
           to
           the
           Castle
           of
           the
           Louvre
           :
           nor
           were
           they
           put
           in
           Order
           till
           
           three
           Months
           after
           ,
           when
           
             la
             Fosse
          
           and
           Poncet
           made
           a
           List
           of
           'em
           with
           as
           little
           Regularity
           ●s
           they
           had
           observ'd
           at
           
             S.
             Mandé
          
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           ●●me
           ,
           while
           the
           Commissioners
           were
           employ'd
           ●n
           taking
           the
           Inventories
           ,
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           ●emov'd
           from
           Anger
           's
           to
           Amboise
           ,
           and
           from
           hence
           to
           Vincennes
           ,
           about
           the
           end
           of
           
             December
             ,
             ●661
          
           .
           Hitherto
           he
           had
           been
           kept
           in
           Prison
           ,
           ●hough
           he
           could
           not
           be
           reputed
           a
           Criminal
           ,
           ●ecause
           he
           had
           not
           yet
           been
           proceeded
           against
           according
           to
           the
           Forms
           of
           Justice
           .
           They
           began
           not
           to
           inform
           against
           him
           till
           in
           the
           Year
           1662
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           an
           Order
           dated
           March
           3.
           and
           no
           Decree
           pass'd
           against
           him
           till
           the
           17th
           of
           June
           .
           The
           Order
           awarded
           that
           his
           Person
           should
           be
           secur'd
           ,
           and
           committed
           during
           the
           King's
           Pleasure
           to
           the
           Inner
           Tower
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Vincennes
           .
        
         
           Fouquet
           was
           not
           only
           accus'd
           of
           Misdemeanour
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           Finances
           :
           they
           also
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           drawn
           up
           in
           Writing
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           Scheme
           ,
           instructing
           his
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           what
           to
           do
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           should
           be
           apprehend●d
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           fortify'd
           
             Belle
             Isle
          
           ,
           and
           furnished
           it
           with
           Cannon
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           been
           possess'd
           of
           the
           Government
           of
           Concarnau
           ;
           and
           had
           made
           several
           Persons
           by
           written
           Obligations
           ,
           engage
           themselves
           to
           advance
           his
           Interest
           .
           As
           for
           his
           Cheating
           the
           Publick
           ,
           or
           Embezling
           the
           Treasure
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           't
           was
           pretended
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           interest
           under
           the
           pretext
           of
           forg'd
           Loans
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           advanc'd
           Money
           which
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           
           done
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Disposer
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           confounded
           the
           King's
           Money
           with
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           embezled
           it
           to
           his
           private
           Use
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           acquir'd
           an
           Interest
           in
           the
           Farms
           ,
           and
           made
           Bargains
           under
           borrow'd
           Names
           ;
           tha●
           he
           had
           purchas'd
           Rights
           and
           Estates
           of
           the
           King
           at
           under
           Rates
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           taken
           Pensions
           and
           Gratifications
           from
           the
           Farmers
           and
           Purchasers
           to
           let
           'em
           have
           a
           cheaper
           Bargain●
           of
           their
           Farms
           and
           Purchases
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           reviv'd
           several
           expir'd
           Notes
           or
           Tickets
           bought
           at
           the
           
             Thirtieth
             Peny
          
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           'em
           pass
           at
           their
           full
           Value
           ;
           that
           he
           had
           renew'd
           on
           certain
           Funds
           illegal
           Tickets
           ,
           arising
           from
           Orders
           granted
           to
           Farmers
           for
           the
           Re-imbursement
           of
           Treaties
           or
           Leases
           that
           were
           made
           void
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           made
           Treaties
           or
           Agreements
           disadvantageous
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           wasted
           'em
           in
           idle
           Expences
           .
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           accus'd
           Fouquet
           for
           taking
           Pensions
           of
           the
           Farmers
           ,
           had
           himself
           receiv'd
           one
           of
           fifty
           thousand
           Livres
           a
           Year
           from
           
             Claude
             Girardin
          
           ,
           in
           Consideration
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Livres
           paid
           to
           Cardinal
           Mazarin
           ,
           〈◊〉
           Lease
           of
           the
           Aids
           was
           adjudg'd
           to
           Girardin
           for
           five
           hundred
           thousand
           Livres
           less
           than
           Forco●●
           and
           his
           Associates
           had
           paid
           for
           it
           ,
           though
           there
           was
           no
           Pretext
           to
           dispossess
           '
           em
           .
           To
           conceal
           that
           Bribe
           ,
           Colbert
           rais'd
           the
           Cardinal's
           Benefices
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Livres
           ,
           which
           Girardin
           at
           the
           same
           time
           took
           to
           farm
           .
           Since
           Fouquet
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           mention
           made
           of
           it
           at
           his
           Trial
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           a
           part
           of
           his
           Charge
           .
           'T
           is
           plain
           from
           
           what
           happen'd
           on
           occasion
           of
           the
           Woods
           of
           Normandy
           ,
           that
           Colbert
           was
           as
           much
           concern'd
           as
           Fouquet
           in
           Treaties
           of
           that
           Nature
           :
           For
           Berrier
           and
           Bechamel
           who
           farm'd
           'em
           ,
           seeing
           an
           Action
           brought
           against
           'em
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           ,
           threaten'd
           ,
           That
           if
           he
           did
           not
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           the
           Prosecution
           ,
           they
           would
           produce
           their
           Agreement
           of
           Partnership
           ,
           in
           which
           his
           Share
           alone
           equall'd
           both
           theirs
           ;
           after
           which
           the
           whole
           Business
           was
           hush'd
           up
           .
        
         
           
           On
           the
           4th
           of
           March
           ,
           1662
           ,
           Fouquet
           was
           examin'd
           the
           first
           time
           by
           Poncet
           ,
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           and
           Renaud
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           on
           Articles
           resulting
           from
           the
           Informations
           that
           were
           brought
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           others
           alledg'd
           by
           
             Denys
             Talon
          
           ,
           Advocate-General
           of
           the
           same
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           Attorney-General
           of
           the
           Chamber
           .
           The
           Examination
           lasted
           above
           a
           Month
           ,
           and
           they
           proceeded
           no
           farther
           till
           
             June
             .
             Fouquet
          
           had
           all
           along
           refus'd
           to
           own
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           King's
           Council
           had
           by
           several
           Orders
           confirm'd
           its
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           and
           commanded
           him
           to
           submit
           and
           give
           in
           his
           Answer
           under
           pain
           of
           being
           proceeded
           against
           as
           Mute
           ,
           he
           still
           persisted
           in
           his
           Plea
           ,
           declining
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Court.
           Yet
           his
           Process
           was
           appointed
           by
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           dated
           October
           4.
           1662.
           and
           referred
           to
           
             le
             Fevre
             d'
             Ormesson
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           and
           
             Cornier
             de
             Sainte
             Helene
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Rhoan
           .
        
         
         
           
           Fouquet
           was
           brought
           from
           Vincennes
           on
           the
           14th
           of
           November
           ,
           1664.
           to
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           in
           the
           Arsenal
           ,
           to
           be
           examin'd
           on
           the
           Criminals
           Seat
           ;
           and
           the
           examination
           continu'd
           till
           the
           4th
           of
           December
           ,
           when
           
             d'
             Ormesson
          
           began
           to
           make
           his
           report
           ,
           adjudging
           him
           to
           perpetual
           Banishment
           ,
           and
           his
           Estate
           to
           be
           forfeited
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           paying
           a
           Fine
           of
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Livres
           .
           
             Sainte
             Helene
          
           ,
           who
           was
           also
           empower'd
           to
           make
           the
           Report
           ,
           voted
           for
           Death
           ,
           adding
           ,
           That
           though
           the
           Evidence
           was
           strong
           enough
           to
           convict
           him
           of
           Peculate
           or
           of
           Robbing
           and
           Embezelling
           the
           King's
           Treasure
           ,
           which
           ought
           by
           the
           Law
           to
           be
           punish'd
           with
           Hanging
           ;
           yet
           he
           was
           of
           Opinion
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           should
           only
           be
           beheaded
           .
           
             Sainte
             Helene
          
           was
           follow'd
           ,
           and
           his
           Judgment
           confirm'd
           by
           Pussort
           ,
           Colbert's
           Uncle
           ,
           and
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           great
           Council
           ;
           Feriol
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Mets
             ;
             Gisancourt
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           great
           Council
           ;
           Noguets
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Pau
             ;
             Heraut
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Bretaigne
           ;
           and
           
             de
             la
             Toison
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Dijon
             .
             Roquesante
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Provence
           ,
           who
           voted
           next
           ,
           was
           of
           
           Ormesson's
           Opinion
           ;
           as
           were
           also
           
             du
             Verdier
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Bourdeaux
             ;
             de
             la
             Baume
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Grenoble
             ;
             Masenau
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Tholouse
             ;
             le
             Ferron
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Aids
           ;
           
             de
             Mousy
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ;
           Catinat
           and
           Renard
           ,
           Counsellours
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Paris
             ;
             Benard
             de
             Rezé
          
           ,
           
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ;
           and
           
             Philip
             de
             Pontchartrain
          
           ,
           President
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           Poncet
           and
           Voisin
           gave
           Judgment
           of
           Death
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Chancellour
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           carry'd
           for
           Banishment
           by
           four
           Voices
           ;
           after
           which
           Sentence
           was
           given
           on
           the
           20th
           of
           December
           ,
           1664.
           according
           to
           d'
           Ormesson's
           Verdict
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           being
           inform'd
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           considering
           that
           it
           might
           be
           a
           thing
           of
           dangerous
           Consequence
           ,
           to
           send
           a
           Person
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           particularly
           acquainted
           with
           the
           most
           important
           Affairs
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           chang'd
           the
           Punishment
           to
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           order'd
           him
           to
           be
           carry'd
           to
           Pignerol
           on
           the
           Frontiers
           of
           Piedmont
           ,
           whither
           he
           began
           his
           Journey
           two
           days
           after
           ,
           under
           a
           Guard
           of
           a
           hundred
           Musquetiers
           ,
           and
           there
           ended
           his
           Life
           in
           the
           Year
           1680.
           
           Immediately
           after
           his
           Condemnation
           ,
           his
           Mother
           and
           Wife
           receiv'd
           Orders
           to
           retire
           to
           Montluçon
           in
           Bourbonnois
           ,
           with
           his
           Brother
           Fouquet
           ,
           the
           King
           's
           first
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           Horse
           .
           His
           Son-in-law
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Charôt
           ,
           with
           his
           Wife
           ,
           were
           order'd
           to
           Anceni
           in
           Bretaigne
           ;
           and
           Bailly
           ,
           Advocate-General
           of
           the
           Great
           Council
           ,
           was
           commanded
           to
           retire
           to
           his
           Abbey
           of
           St.
           Thierry
           ,
           because
           he
           pleaded
           for
           him
           with
           too
           much
           eagerness
           .
        
         
           The
           Difference
           between
           the
           Tempers
           of
           Colbert
           and
           Fouquet
           ,
           appears
           plainly
           by
           their
           Carriage
           to
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Burlesque
             Gazette
          
           ,
           who
           besides
           a
           Pension
           of
           two
           hundred
           Livres
           from
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             Monpensier
          
           ,
           had
           another
           
           of
           two
           hundred
           Crowns
           allow'd
           him
           by
           Fouquet
           .
           This
           Gazetteer
           after
           his
           unfortunate
           Benefactour
           was
           apprehended
           ,
           spoke
           advantageously
           of
           him
           in
           his
           Gazette
           ,
           protesting
           that
           though
           he
           would
           not
           meddle
           with
           Affairs
           of
           State
           ,
           he
           cou'd
           not
           forbear
           expressing
           his
           Gratitude
           for
           the
           Obligations
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           .
           Colbert
           ,
           knowing
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Pension
           ,
           took
           it
           from
           him
           ;
           which
           Fouquet
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           in
           the
           Bastile
           ,
           had
           no
           sooner
           heard
           ,
           but
           he
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           up
           that
           Loss
           with
           Advantage
           ,
           tho'
           he
           was
           depriv'd
           of
           all
           his
           Estate
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Condition
           that
           requir'd
           vast
           Summs
           of
           Money
           to
           defray
           his
           necessary
           Charges
           .
           For
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             Scudery
          
           ,
           at
           his
           desire
           ,
           sent
           fifteen
           hundred
           Livres
           to
           Loret
           by
           a
           trusty
           Messenger
           ,
           who
           after
           he
           had
           discours'd
           with
           him
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           took
           occasion
           to
           leave
           that
           Summ
           in
           a
           Purse
           without
           his
           Knowledge
           .
        
         
           
             Bruant
             des
             Carrieres
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           and
           
           Fouquet's
           first
           Deputy
           ,
           made
           his
           escape
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           retir'd
           to
           Liege
           assoon
           as
           his
           Master
           was
           secur'd
           .
           But
           the
           Chamber
           indited
           him
           for
           Contempt
           ,
           and
           condemn'd
           him
           to
           be
           hang'd
           ;
           after
           which
           his
           Office
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           was
           suppress'd
           .
           He
           had
           bought
           of
           
             Margaret
             Ranchin
          
           ,
           Widow
           of
           
             Claude
             Vanel
          
           ,
           a
           House
           in
           New-street
           in
           the
           
             Little
             Fields
          
           ,
           for
           150000
           Livres
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Joan
             de
             Chaumont
          
           ,
           Widow
           of
           
             Claude
             Girardin
          
           .
           This
           House
           stood
           very
           convenient
           for
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           liv'd
           in
           another
           contiguous
           to
           it
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           purchas'd
           of
           Batru
           :
           and
           the
           Temptation
           was
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           he
           us'd
           all
           his
           
           Art
           to
           make
           himself
           Master
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           without
           putting
           his
           hand
           in
           his
           Purse
           .
           At
           last
           he
           took
           advantage
           of
           several
           Orders
           or
           Sentences
           of
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Widow
           and
           Heirs
           of
           Vanel
           were
           fin'd
           in
           350000
           Livres
           ,
           and
           under
           that
           pretext
           procur'd
           Widow
           Girardin
           to
           be
           assign'd
           in
           a
           Declaration
           of
           Mortgage
           .
           But
           since
           these
           Proceedings
           were
           of
           no
           greater
           Force
           in
           Law
           than
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           same
           Chamber
           ,
           by
           which
           a
           great
           Tax
           was
           already
           laid
           on
           
             Claude
             Girardin
          
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Joan
             Chaumont
             ,
             Colbert
          
           tax'd
           or
           assess'd
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           
             Claude
             Girardin
          
           ,
           the
           Father
           ,
           at
           a
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           Livres
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           never
           been
           concern'd
           in
           the
           King's
           Affairs
           ,
           nor
           had
           ever
           enjoy'd
           any
           other
           Office
           than
           that
           of
           Comptroller
           of
           the
           Sallaries
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Parliament
           at
           Rhoan
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           not
           at
           all
           liable
           to
           account
           .
           By
           Virtue
           of
           these
           Sentences
           a
           Decree
           was
           obtain'd
           ,
           no
           less
           irregular
           than
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           was
           adjudg'd
           to
           Colbert
           ,
           against
           the
           Heirs
           both
           of
           Vanel
           and
           Girardin
           ,
           for
           a
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           thousand
           Livres
           ,
           deducting
           the
           Summs
           due
           to
           the
           King
           :
           but
           Colbert
           suspecting
           the
           Validity
           of
           his
           Title
           ,
           procur'd
           a
           Grant
           of
           it
           from
           his
           Majesty
           .
           During
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           
           Fouquet's
           Deputies
           and
           Farmers
           ,
           Bruant
           stay'd
           at
           Liege
           ,
           where
           he
           performed
           such
           considerable
           Services
           to
           the
           State
           in
           1672
           ,
           that
           he
           obtain'd
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           returned
           to
           Paris
           after
           
           Colbert's
           Death
           ,
           thinking
           to
           be
           reinstated
           in
           the
           Possession
           of
           his
           
           House
           :
           but
           he
           had
           only
           the
           Advantage
           of
           venting
           his
           Passion
           in
           his
           Writings
           ,
           for
           the
           Council
           would
           not
           meddle
           with
           what
           had
           been
           decreed
           by
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           .
        
         
           
             Paul
             Pelisson
          
           had
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           escape
           the
           Fate
           of
           his
           Fellow-Deputy
           :
           For
           
           Colbert's
           Ambition
           to
           be
           thought
           Learned
           ,
           and
           to
           acquire
           the
           Esteem
           of
           those
           who
           were
           really
           so
           ,
           prompted
           him
           not
           only
           to
           procure
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           to
           take
           him
           into
           his
           own
           Service
           ,
           after
           his
           late
           Master's
           Condemnation
           .
           Pelisson
           was
           the
           younger
           Son
           of
           a
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Judicature
           establish'd
           by
           the
           Edict
           of
           Castres
           :
           his
           Patrimony
           was
           inconsiderable
           ,
           but
           his
           Learning
           and
           Politeness
           supply'd
           the
           Defects
           of
           his
           Fortune
           .
           His
           Elder
           Brother
           bought
           a
           Counsellour's
           Place
           in
           the
           Supreme
           Court
           of
           Bresse
           ,
           which
           was
           afterwards
           united
           to
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Mets
           :
           and
           our
           Cadet
           went
           to
           Paris
           with
           Isarn
           ,
           Brother
           to
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           above-mention'd
           Court
           ,
           instituted
           by
           the
           Edict
           .
           These
           two
           Adventurers
           were
           intimate
           Friends
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           a
           great
           Affinity
           between
           their
           Tempers
           :
           they
           were
           both
           remarkable
           for
           Sweetness
           of
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           could
           write
           as
           well
           in
           Verse
           as
           in
           Prose
           .
           But
           there
           was
           not
           the
           same
           Resemblance
           between
           their
           Faces
           ;
           for
           the
           Small-pox
           had
           very
           much
           disfigur'd
           
           Pelisson's
           ,
           (
           whose
           Features
           were
           not
           very
           regular
           before
           ,
           )
           by
           leaving
           Marks
           of
           its
           Fury
           on
           his
           Fore-head
           and
           Cheeks
           ,
           and
           so
           distorting
           his
           Eye-lids
           ,
           that
           the
           White
           was
           too
           much
           uncover'd
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Isarn
           was
           form'd
           for
           Love
           ,
           his
           Stature
           ,
           
           Complexion
           ,
           Features
           ,
           Hair
           (
           which
           was
           black
           ,
           curl'd
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           abundance
           )
           ,
           and
           every
           thing
           else
           were
           graceful
           and
           agreeable
           .
           They
           address'd
           themselves
           both
           together
           to
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             Scudery
          
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           divert
           her
           with
           the
           Productions
           of
           their
           Wit
           :
           Pelisson
           made
           Stanza's
           on
           a
           Linget
           that
           was
           her
           Favourite
           ;
           and
           Isarn
           wrote
           the
           
             Louis
             d'
             Or
          
           ,
           a
           small
           Miscellany
           of
           Prose
           and
           Verse
           .
           But
           at
           last
           she
           declar'd
           for
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           preferr'd
           his
           Linget
           to
           the
           other
           's
           
             Louis
             d'
             Or.
          
           She
           describ'd
           in
           her
           Cyrus
           her
           Amours
           with
           Pelisson
           ,
           under
           the
           Names
           of
           Sappho
           and
           Phaon
           ;
           and
           to
           shew
           that
           her
           Passion
           was
           beyond
           the
           Reach
           of
           Matter
           ,
           and
           would
           never
           make
           her
           throw
           her self
           into
           the
           Sea
           after
           the
           Example
           of
           that
           Learned
           Graecian
           Lady
           ,
           she
           drew
           in
           her
           Clelia
           a
           Scheme
           of
           her
           Love
           ,
           which
           she
           call'd
           
             Tender
             Friendship
          
           .
           And
           even
           she
           could
           not
           forbear
           discovering
           to
           Pelisson
           her
           Inclination
           toward
           him
           ,
           in
           these
           Extemporary
           Verses
           .
        
         
           
             Enfin
             ,
             Acanthe
             ,
             il
             se
             faut
             rendre
             ,
          
           
             Vôtre
             Esprit
             a
             charmé
             le
             mien
             ;
          
           
             Je
             vous
             fais
             Citoyen
             de
             Tendre
             ,
          
           
             Mais
             de
             grace
             n'en
             dites
             rien
             .
          
        
         
           
             At
             last
             ,
             Acanthus
             ,
             I
             must
             yield
             ,
          
           
             Charm'd
             by
             the
             Beauties
             of
             thy
             Wit
             ;
          
           
             But
             never
             let
             it
             be
             reveal'd
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             to
             Tender
             thee
             admit
             .
          
        
         
           This
           Union
           of
           Minds
           was
           so
           much
           taken
           notice
           of
           at
           Paris
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           so
           pleasant
           an
           
           Adventure
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           made
           the
           Subject
           of
           a
           Song
           ,
           which
           grew
           very
           common
           .
        
         
           
             L'Amour
             met
             tous
             sous
             son
             Empire
             ,
          
           
             Et
             ce
             n'est
             pas
             une
             Chanson
             ;
          
           
             Sapho
             même
             soùpire
          
           
             Pour
             le
             doctè
             Pelisson
             ?
          
        
         
           
             What
             Man
             is
             he
             that
             dares
             defie
          
           
             The
             universal
             Monarch
             ,
             Love
             ;
          
           
             Who
             makes
             
               Platonic
               Sapho
            
             sigh
             ,
          
           
             The
             Learn'd
             
             Pelisson's
             Heart
             to
             move
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           that
           Learned
           Person
           had
           too
           great
           a
           Mind
           to
           be
           satisfy'd
           with
           such
           Trifles
           .
           The
           
             French
             Academy
          
           had
           so
           great
           an
           Esteem
           for
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           admitted
           him
           into
           their
           Number
           ,
           though
           there
           was
           no
           Place
           vacant
           .
           He
           wrote
           the
           History
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           enrich'd
           with
           an
           Account
           of
           its
           Institution
           and
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           the
           Lives
           of
           its
           Members
           :
           The
           Subject
           he
           undertook
           is
           describ'd
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Exactness
           ,
           and
           the
           Reader
           is
           sometimes
           diverted
           with
           a
           pleasant
           Mixture
           of
           Praise
           and
           Satyr
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Account
           of
           Voiture
           .
           This
           Work
           was
           very
           much
           esteem'd
           ,
           and
           rais'd
           the
           Reputation
           of
           its
           Author
           :
           Fouquet
           ,
           who
           had
           read
           it
           ,
           receiv'd
           very
           favourably
           the
           Proposal
           which
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             Scudery
          
           made
           him
           ,
           of
           making
           that
           Historian
           one
           of
           his
           Deputies
           ;
           and
           from
           that
           time
           entrusted
           him
           with
           the
           Care
           of
           Framing
           the
           Draughts
           of
           all
           the
           Letters
           of
           Importance
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           write
           .
           He
           plac'd
           an
           entire
           Confidence
           in
           
           him
           ,
           and
           bestow'd
           on
           him
           a
           newly-erected
           Office
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           ,
           Aids
           ,
           and
           Finances
           at
           Montpelier
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           receiv'd
           in
           November
           1659
           ,
           when
           the
           Court
           pass'd
           that
           way
           .
           He
           gave
           him
           a
           very
           signal
           Mark
           of
           his
           Affection
           ,
           when
           ,
           upon
           his
           bare
           Recommendation
           ,
           he
           protected
           
             de
             Mance
          
           ,
           Farmer
           of
           the
           Gabels
           in
           Languedoc
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           Zeal
           and
           Eagerness
           against
           the
           whole
           Province
           ,
           who
           had
           conspir'd
           that
           Officer's
           Ruine
           .
           Nor
           was
           Pelisson
           an
           ingrateful
           Servant
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           well
           known
           with
           what
           Vigour
           and
           Eloquence
           he
           vindicated
           his
           Master
           from
           the
           Crimes
           that
           were
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           .
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           had
           seen
           the
           Collection
           of
           all
           those
           Pieces
           ,
           printed
           in
           Holland
           in
           Six
           Volumes
           ,
           conceiv'd
           so
           high
           an
           Esteem
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           that
           he
           resolv'd
           not
           only
           to
           set
           him
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           but
           to
           gain
           him
           entirely
           ,
           by
           bestowing
           Favours
           upon
           him
           :
           and
           Pelisson
           transferr'd
           all
           the
           Fidelity
           with
           which
           he
           had
           serv'd
           Fouquet
           ,
           to
           his
           new
           Master
           .
           'T
           was
           he
           who
           inspir'd
           that
           Minister
           with
           a
           Desire
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           
             French
             Academy
          
           ,
           into
           which
           he
           was
           receiv'd
           in
           the
           Place
           of
           
             Silhon
             ,
             An.
             1667.
             
             Colbert
          
           entertain'd
           also
           in
           his
           Service
           
             des
             Chiens
          
           ,
           another
           of
           
           Fouquet's
           Deputies
           ,
           but
           for
           a
           different
           Reason
           ;
           for
           he
           thought
           he
           ow'd
           no
           less
           a
           Recompence
           to
           one
           that
           had
           done
           him
           such
           acceptable
           Service
           ,
           by
           furnishing
           him
           with
           Instructions
           against
           his
           Master
           .
           But
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           love
           a
           Traitour
           long
           ,
           and
           Colbert
           shortly
           after
           turn'd
           away
           that
           unfaithful
           Servant
           .
        
         
         
           Notwithstanding
           my
           Resolution
           to
           observe
           the
           Order
           of
           Time
           with
           as
           much
           Exactness
           as
           a
           Work
           of
           this
           Nature
           will
           admit
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           make
           an
           uninterrupted
           Relation
           of
           the
           Fall
           and
           Disgrace
           of
           Fouquet
           and
           his
           Deputies
           ;
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           new
           Regulation
           of
           the
           Finances
           ,
           and
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Colbert
           on
           the
           Ruines
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           Officer
           .
        
         
           Immediately
           after
           
           Fouquet's
           Imprisonment
           ,
           the
           Office
           of
           Superintendant
           was
           suppress'd
           ,
           and
           a
           Council
           of
           the
           Finances
           establish'd
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           
             Mareschal
             de
             Villeroy
          
           was
           declar'd
           the
           Chief
           .
           Colbert
           claim'd
           Admittance
           into
           that
           Council
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           Intendant
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           Virtue
           of
           his
           Office
           of
           Comptroller-General
           ,
           which
           he
           enjoy'd
           alone
           ,
           though
           it
           was
           formerly
           divided
           between
           Bretenil
           and
           Marin
           ▪
           and
           the
           other
           three
           Intendants
           ,
           with
           the
           two
           Directors
           of
           the
           
             Finances
             ,
             d'
             Aligre
          
           and
           Morangis
           ,
           were
           also
           admitted
           into
           the
           Council
           .
           Though
           Colbert
           had
           not
           the
           Name
           of
           Superintendant
           ,
           he
           had
           all
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           that
           ever
           was
           enjoy'd
           by
           Fouquet
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           difference
           ,
           that
           all
           his
           Orders
           were
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           for
           his
           Approbation
           .
        
         
           They
           left
           off
           discharging
           the
           old
           Exchequer-Tickets
           ,
           which
           pass'd
           Current
           in
           Trade
           ,
           at
           the
           Rate
           of
           the
           
             Tenth
             Peny
          
           ,
           because
           the
           Farmers
           gave
           them
           in
           part
           of
           Payment
           for
           their
           Taxes
           ,
           after
           the
           full
           Pardon
           that
           was
           granted
           them
           on
           Condition
           of
           discharging
           the
           Tickets
           by
           an
           Edict
           publish'd
           in
           
             December
             ,
             1665
          
           ,
           and
           verify'd
           by
           the
           Parliament
           on
           the
           
           21st
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ;
           after
           which
           the
           Price
           of
           these
           Tickets
           fell
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           Livres
           has
           been
           sold
           for
           fifty
           Pistols
           .
           Colbert
           took
           that
           occasion
           to
           buy
           up
           a
           great
           number
           of
           'em
           ,
           and
           by
           recovering
           their
           full
           Value
           ,
           made
           himself
           Master
           of
           those
           immense
           Summs
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           purchas'd
           the
           Marquisates
           of
           Seignelay
           ,
           and
           Blainville
           ,
           and
           the
           Baronies
           of
           
             Monetau
             ,
             Chesny
             ,
             Beaumont
          
           ,
           and
           Sceaux
           ,
           with
           several
           other
           considerable
           Estates
           .
        
         
           The
           new
           Rents
           which
           yielded
           excessive
           Incomes
           were
           suppress'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Proprietors
           ordain'd
           to
           deliver
           up
           their
           Contracts
           to
           be
           discuss'd
           ,
           to
           
             de
             Seve
          
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           ,
           commission'd
           by
           the
           King
           for
           that
           Effect
           .
           The
           Reimbursement
           was
           intended
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           Taxes
           of
           those
           that
           were
           accountable
           ,
           their
           Heirs
           ,
           Deputies
           ,
           and
           Partners
           :
           and
           for
           those
           who
           had
           never
           been
           concern'd
           with
           the
           King's
           Affairs
           ,
           the
           Possession
           was
           laid
           upon
           the
           actual
           Payment
           of
           the
           Finance
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           the
           Proprietors
           recover'd
           very
           little
           .
           Nor
           was
           this
           all
           ,
           for
           even
           those
           were
           tax'd
           who
           in
           their
           Treaties
           had
           transferr'd
           Reimbursements
           of
           Rents
           or
           other
           Rights
           and
           Duties
           held
           of
           the
           King.
           And
           there
           was
           a
           particular
           Office
           erected
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Pussort
           ,
           Colbert's
           Uncle
           ,
           for
           re-purchas'd
           Rents
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           an
           Edict
           dated
           January
           1665
           ,
           and
           verify'd
           or
           approv'd
           on
           the
           14th
           of
           the
           same
           Month.
           
        
         
           The
           Suppression
           of
           the
           Rents
           procur'd
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           Enemies
           to
           Colbert
           :
           and
           
           even
           one
           day
           going
           to
           visit
           Chancellour
           Seguier
           ,
           he
           was
           besieg'd
           in
           the
           Court
           by
           the
           Tenants
           who
           held
           the
           Rents
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           had
           the
           Confidence
           to
           threaten
           him
           .
           He
           seem'd
           to
           hear
           their
           Reasons
           ,
           but
           his
           Design
           was
           to
           learn
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Mutiniers
           :
           and
           at
           night
           he
           inform'd
           the
           King
           of
           what
           had
           happen'd
           ,
           who
           order'd
           'em
           to
           be
           apprehended
           .
           He
           thought
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           those
           who
           were
           most
           forward
           ,
           would
           have
           impos'd
           Silence
           on
           the
           rest
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           deceiv'd
           ,
           for
           some
           one
           or
           other
           appear'd
           every
           day
           to
           fright
           him
           .
           His
           Deputies
           ,
           who
           were
           more
           fearful
           than
           he
           ,
           endeavour'd
           to
           disswade
           him
           from
           proceeding
           in
           that
           Affair
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           prevail
           .
           It
           happen'd
           one
           Night
           ,
           that
           Picon
           ,
           his
           chief
           Deputy
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Misfortune
           to
           love
           Wine
           too
           much
           ,
           started
           out
           of
           his
           Sleep
           ,
           imagining
           that
           the
           Tenants
           held
           him
           by
           the
           Throat
           .
           The
           Noise
           he
           made
           alarm'd
           the
           whole
           House
           ,
           and
           Colbert
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           being
           inform'd
           of
           the
           Occasion
           of
           the
           Disturbance
           ,
           turn'd
           away
           the
           poor
           Drunkard
           next
           Morning
           ;
           tho'
           ,
           at
           the
           Desire
           of
           some
           Persons
           whom
           he
           could
           not
           deny
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Assurance
           they
           gave
           him
           that
           the
           Man
           was
           reform'd
           ,
           he
           receiv'd
           him
           again
           some
           Years
           after
           ,
           and
           kept
           him
           till
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           'T
           was
           not
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           take
           the
           Reimbursements
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           Taxations
           ;
           but
           the
           Offices
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Houses
           ,
           and
           other
           immoveable
           Goods
           belonging
           to
           the
           Three
           Treasurers
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           the
           two
           
           
             Monerots
             ,
             Languet
          
           and
           Bansse
           were
           seiz'd
           and
           adjudg'd
           to
           the
           King's
           Use
           .
           Several
           Courtiers
           made
           advantage
           of
           these
           Spoils
           :
           The
           House
           of
           
             Sevre
             de
             Monerot
          
           the
           Elder
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           to
           be
           united
           to
           his
           Park
           at
           S.
           Cloud
           ;
           his
           House
           at
           Paris
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Luxemburg
           ;
           and
           Monerot
           the
           Younger's
           House
           was
           bestow'd
           on
           the
           
             Mareschal
             de
             Gramont
          
           .
           They
           did
           not
           content
           themselves
           with
           seizing
           the
           Estates
           of
           the
           actual
           Possessours
           ;
           but
           the
           same
           Judgment
           was
           awarded
           against
           Children
           ,
           even
           though
           they
           had
           renounc'd
           their
           Fathers
           Inheritance
           ;
           and
           against
           Purchasers
           ,
           who
           had
           paid
           the
           Price
           of
           the
           Estates
           in
           Ready
           Money
           ;
           nor
           could
           they
           prevent
           their
           Ruine
           ,
           by
           sheltering
           themselves
           under
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Decree
           ,
           which
           clears
           all
           Mortgages
           ,
           and
           takes
           away
           all
           Encumbrances
           .
           The
           Sons-in-law
           of
           those
           who
           had
           been
           concern'd
           in
           these
           Affairs
           ,
           not
           only
           lost
           all
           the
           Immoveable
           or
           Real
           Estates
           they
           had
           receiv'd
           in
           Dowry
           with
           their
           Wives
           ,
           but
           were
           forc'd
           to
           pay
           the
           Taxations
           that
           were
           impos'd
           on
           their
           Fathers-in
           law
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Regard
           to
           their
           Dignities
           ;
           for
           Soldiers
           were
           quarter'd
           in
           the
           Houses
           of
           *
           Presidents
           
             a
             Mortier
          
           ,
           merely
           because
           they
           had
           marry'd
           the
           Daughters
           of
           Farmers
           .
           Thus
           't
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           these
           Persons
           could
           no
           longer
           be
           call'd
           the
           King's
           Tutors
           ,
           who
           attempted
           to
           usurp
           the
           Sovereign
           Authority
           during
           the
           King's
           Minority
           .
           The
           Offices
           of
           the
           Treasurers
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           were
           suppress'd
           ;
           and
           Bartillac
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           Treasurer
           to
           the
           Queen-Mother
           ,
           
           was
           made
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Royal
           Treasure
           .
           These
           violent
           Proceedings
           interrupted
           the
           Trade
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           without
           bringing
           any
           considerable
           Summs
           into
           the
           King's
           Coffers
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           great
           Charge
           which
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           Design
           requir'd
           :
           and
           therefore
           Colbert
           perceiving
           that
           he
           had
           made
           himself
           the
           Object
           of
           the
           publick
           Hatred
           ,
           agreed
           with
           Twelve
           of
           the
           richest
           Farmers
           ,
           who
           undertook
           the
           Affair
           on
           Condition
           that
           they
           should
           be
           exempted
           from
           the
           Payment
           of
           their
           own
           Taxes
           ;
           like
           Soldiers
           ,
           who
           save
           themselves
           from
           the
           Gallows
           by
           performing
           the
           Office
           of
           Executioner
           upon
           their
           Companions
           .
           But
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           all
           those
           Troubles
           ,
           the
           Family
           of
           
             Launay
             Gravé
          
           remain'd
           free
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           Prosecutions
           :
           and
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           still
           retain'd
           a
           Kindness
           for
           the
           Marchioness
           of
           Pienes
           ,
           procur'd
           all
           her
           Reimbursements
           to
           be
           given
           her
           ;
           a
           Favour
           which
           she
           ow'd
           to
           his
           delightful
           Remembrance
           of
           his
           old
           Amours
           .
        
         
           Hitherto
           I
           have
           shew'd
           Colbert
           on
           the
           most
           disadvantageous
           side
           ,
           but
           now
           I
           must
           turn
           the
           Reverse
           of
           the
           Medal
           .
           France
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           this
           Minister
           for
           the
           Establishment
           of
           her
           Trade
           with
           the
           East
           and
           West-Indies
           :
           he
           consider'd
           that
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           who
           inhabit
           a
           barren
           Country
           void
           of
           all
           Conveniencies
           ,
           owe
           their
           Power
           and
           Riches
           to
           their
           Trade
           ;
           from
           whence
           he
           concluded
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           possess'd
           in
           his
           own
           Dominions
           all
           that
           his
           Neighbours
           wanted
           ,
           had
           a
           much
           fairer
           Prospect
           of
           Success
           in
           such
           an
           Undertaking
           .
           He
           
           form'd
           and
           brought
           together
           two
           Companies
           ,
           one
           for
           the
           East
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           the
           West-Indies
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           declar'd
           himself
           Protector
           of
           both
           ,
           granting
           'em
           great
           Privileges
           ,
           and
           obliging
           himself
           by
           Contract
           ,
           to
           lend
           'em
           Six
           Millions
           ,
           without
           Interest
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           to
           encrease
           the
           Fund
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           engag'd
           the
           Judges
           and
           Merchants
           in
           the
           same
           Design
           ,
           who
           were
           tax'd
           proportionably
           to
           their
           Estates
           .
           These
           Companies
           have
           since
           settl'd
           Factories
           in
           the
           Principal
           Cities
           of
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           of
           Siam
           ,
           who
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           powerful
           Princes
           of
           Asia
           ,
           sent
           Ambassadours
           to
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           Year
           1686.
           
        
         
           On
           the
           8th
           of
           
             January
             ,
             1664.
             
             Colbert
          
           bought
           of
           Ratabon
           the
           Office
           of
           Superintendant
           of
           the
           Buildings
           ,
           and
           from
           that
           time
           forward
           apply'd
           himself
           with
           so
           much
           Industry
           and
           Success
           to
           the
           Enlargement
           and
           Embellishment
           of
           the
           Royal
           Houses
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           at
           present
           so
           many
           Master-Pieces
           of
           Architecture
           .
           He
           began
           with
           the
           Palace
           of
           the
           Tuilleries
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           join'd
           the
           Garden
           that
           was
           separated
           from
           it
           by
           the
           Street
           .
           He
           order'd
           a
           large
           Parterre
           or
           Flower-Garden
           to
           be
           made
           before
           the
           Building
           ,
           with
           three
           Basons
           ,
           dispos'd
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Triangle
           .
           By
           his
           Directions
           the
           Bird-house
           ,
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
          
           Guise's
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           other
           Houses
           as
           far
           as
           the
           Gate
           of
           Conference
           ,
           were
           beaten
           down
           ,
           to
           make
           room
           for
           the
           Terrass
           that
           runs
           along
           the
           River
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           another
           opposite
           to
           this
           ,
           towards
           the
           Manage
           of
           the
           Great
           Stables
           .
           A
           large
           Alley
           was
           planted
           there
           with
           
           Indian
           Chesnut-Trees
           ,
           with
           two
           small
           ones
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           reaching
           to
           
           Renard's
           Garden
           ,
           which
           was
           taken
           in
           within
           the
           Inclosure
           of
           the
           Tuilleries
           ,
           where
           the
           Terrass
           is
           cut
           through
           the
           Middle
           ,
           to
           leave
           the
           Prospect
           of
           the
           *
           Cours
           unobstructed
           ,
           with
           a
           Passage
           to
           ascend
           thither
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           and
           a
           large
           Bason
           or
           Vase
           of
           a
           Fountain
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Garden
           ,
           that
           takes
           up
           the
           greatest
           Part
           of
           it
           .
           On
           the
           right
           hand
           a
           Theatre
           was
           erected
           on
           a
           Grass-plot
           ,
           for
           the
           Representation
           of
           Comedies
           ,
           separated
           by
           a
           kind
           of
           Parterre
           ,
           from
           an
           Amphitheatre
           ,
           which
           is
           capable
           of
           containing
           above
           a
           thousand
           Persons
           ,
           who
           may
           from
           thence
           conveniently
           behold
           the
           Shows
           that
           are
           presented
           on
           the
           Theatre
           .
           'T
           would
           be
           an
           endless
           Labour
           to
           describe
           all
           the
           Curiosities
           that
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Tuilleries
           ;
           such
           as
           the
           Labyrinth
           ,
           the
           Orange-house
           ,
           and
           the
           Marble
           Statue
           that
           represents
           Time
           ,
           treading
           on
           Envy
           and
           Falshood
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1665.
           
           Colbert
           sent
           to
           Rome
           for
           
             Cavalier
             Bernin
          
           ,
           to
           frame
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Louvre
           ,
           and
           procur'd
           him
           a
           Pension
           of
           two
           thousand
           Crowns
           .
           That
           Illustrious
           Italian
           ,
           whose
           excellent
           Skill
           extended
           equally
           to
           Sculpture
           and
           Architecture
           ,
           made
           the
           Bust
           or
           Half-Statue
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           adorns
           his
           Majesty's
           Cabinet
           .
           That
           admirable
           Piece
           not
           only
           represents
           all
           the
           Features
           of
           that
           great
           Monarch
           to
           the
           Life
           ,
           but
           discovers
           that
           stately
           Mien
           which
           makes
           his
           Enemies
           tremble
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           his
           Armies
           ,
           without
           losing
           the
           least
           Grace
           of
           that
           mild
           and
           sweet
           Air
           
           which
           charms
           his
           Subjects
           :
           And
           besides
           it
           seems
           to
           express
           that
           vast
           and
           piercing
           Judgment
           which
           was
           never
           guilty
           of
           an
           Oversight
           ,
           and
           that
           Piety
           which
           excites
           him
           to
           leave
           nothing
           unattempted
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           Religion
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Minister
           repair'd
           the
           Royal
           Houses
           of
           S.
           
             Germain
             en
             Laye
             ,
             Fontainbleau
          
           and
           Chambord
           .
           He
           caus'd
           four
           additional
           Buildings
           to
           be
           join'd
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           which
           make
           that
           House
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           convenient
           than
           't
           was
           formerly
           :
           and
           he
           made
           use
           of
           Sir
           
             S.
             Moreland
          
           an
           English
           Mathematician
           ,
           to
           embellish
           it
           with
           Water-Spouts
           of
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           height
           ,
           that
           the
           chief
           of
           'em
           is
           above
           30.
           foot
           higher
           than
           the
           Dome
           that
           contains
           the
           Bell.
           As
           for
           Versailles
           it
           may
           be
           said
           that
           he
           rais'd
           it
           from
           the
           ground
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           by
           Enchantment
           :
           'T
           was
           formerly
           a
           Dog-kennel
           ,
           where
           Lewis
           XIII
           .
           kept
           his
           Hunting-furniture
           ;
           and
           at
           present
           't
           is
           a
           Palace
           worthy
           of
           the
           great
           Monarch
           that
           lives
           in
           't
           .
           A
           long
           Avenue
           of
           four
           Rows
           of
           Trees
           leads
           to
           it
           ,
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Castle
           of
           Clagny
           ,
           which
           his
           Majesty
           built
           for
           the
           Marchioness
           of
           Montespan
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           seated
           near
           the
           ancient
           Barony
           of
           Clagny
           ,
           at
           the
           side
           of
           a
           little
           and
           very
           old
           Building
           ,
           the
           Beauty
           of
           which
           engag'd
           the
           King
           in
           this
           vast
           and
           chargeable
           Design
           .
           The
           Situation
           of
           this
           Castle
           is
           almost
           the
           same
           with
           that
           of
           Versailles
           ;
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Building
           has
           no
           separate
           Parts
           ,
           but
           consists
           of
           a
           single
           Piece
           ,
           with
           two
           double
           turning
           Wings
           ,
           under
           
           which
           there
           are
           two
           other
           single
           oblique
           Wings
           on
           the
           Fore-Front
           .
           The
           Court
           is
           30.
           
           *
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           and
           32.
           deep
           ,
           without
           reckoning
           a
           Half-Moon
           which
           encloses
           it
           before
           ,
           and
           increases
           its
           Largeness
           .
           You
           ascend
           to
           the
           lower
           Story
           by
           five
           square
           Steps
           ,
           which
           raise
           the
           Story
           between
           four
           and
           five
           Foot
           high
           .
           Here
           there
           is
           a
           large
           Gallery
           35.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           25.
           
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           compos'd
           of
           three
           Halls
           ,
           somewhat
           broader
           than
           the
           Spaces
           left
           between
           '
           em
           .
           The
           History
           of
           Aeneas
           is
           describ'd
           in
           several
           Pictures
           on
           the
           Vault
           ,
           and
           above
           the
           Cornice
           that
           supports
           the
           Frames
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           Complications
           of
           Figures
           in
           
             Basso
             relievo
          
           ,
           representing
           several
           Deities
           ,
           the
           
             Elements
             ,
             Seasons
          
           ,
           and
           
             Parts
             of
             the
             Earth
          
           ,
           with
           their
           respective
           Qualities
           .
           The
           Vault
           of
           the
           great
           Hall
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           which
           is
           higher
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           is
           born
           by
           four
           Tromps
           :
           At
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Gallery
           you
           descend
           some
           Steps
           to
           an
           Orange-House
           pav'd
           with
           Marble
           ,
           24.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           25.
           broad
           .
           The
           Chapel
           is
           at
           the
           other
           Corner
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           ;
           its
           Ground-plot
           is
           round
           ,
           and
           30.
           
           Foot
           in
           Diameter
           .
           The
           great
           Stair-Case
           is
           in
           the
           right
           wing
           at
           the
           Entry
           ;
           't
           is
           of
           an
           unusual
           Structure
           ,
           and
           the
           Stones
           are
           very
           ingeniously
           dispos'd
           :
           it
           leads
           to
           a
           Porch
           join'd
           to
           the
           great
           Hall
           that
           separates
           two
           Apartments
           contiguous
           to
           two
           smaller
           ones
           ;
           from
           whence
           in
           Tribunes
           or
           rail'd
           Places
           ,
           Mass
           may
           be
           heard
           in
           the
           Chapel
           .
           Mansard
           was
           the
           Designer
           and
           Architect
           of
           this
           Building
           .
           The
           great
           Pavilion
           or
           Apartment
           in
           the
           Middle
           ,
           is
           cover'd
           
           with
           a
           Dome
           ;
           the
           Ground-plot
           is
           square
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Castle
           is
           cover'd
           with
           parted
           Roofs
           or
           Timber-work
           ,
           after
           the
           Fashion
           introduc'd
           by
           Mansard
           .
        
         
           The
           principal
           Ornaments
           of
           the
           Garden
           are
           a
           Wood
           of
           high
           Trees
           ,
           several
           Parterres
           interwoven
           with
           Box
           into
           various
           Figures
           ,
           Bowling-Greens
           of
           several
           Figures
           ,
           Groves
           and
           Arbors
           of
           Lattice-Work
           embellish'd
           with
           Architecture
           .
           There
           are
           also
           very
           fair
           Hedge-Rows
           of
           Myrtles
           ,
           which
           are
           full
           enough
           to
           contain
           Chests
           full
           of
           Orange-Trees
           ,
           and
           other
           Shrubs
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           grow
           out
           of
           the
           Hedge-Rows
           ,
           for
           the
           Chests
           are
           not
           seen
           .
           The
           Pond
           call'd
           
             de
             Clagny
          
           serves
           also
           for
           a
           Canal
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           Castle
           .
           The
           Ornaments
           with
           which
           Colbert
           beautify'd
           this
           House
           ,
           are
           not
           at
           all
           comparable
           to
           those
           with
           which
           he
           embellish'd
           Versailles
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Avenue
           terminates
           in
           a
           spacious
           Plot
           of
           Ground
           that
           contains
           180.
           
           Toises
           in
           Front
           ,
           and
           two
           other
           Avenues
           ,
           which
           end
           in
           the
           same
           Place
           ,
           form
           a
           kind
           of
           Figure
           resembling
           a
           Goose's
           Foot.
           Here
           are
           the
           Great
           and
           Little
           Stables
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           Officers
           have
           their
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           these
           Buildings
           are
           separated
           from
           the
           Castle
           by
           the
           above-mention'd
           void
           Place
           .
        
         
           Each
           of
           the
           Stables
           consists
           of
           five
           Courts
           ,
           the
           greatest
           of
           which
           is
           narrowest
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           being
           only
           enclos'd
           before
           by
           a
           Rail
           32.
           
           Toises
           in
           Length
           ,
           and
           the
           Pavilions
           or
           additional
           Buildings
           of
           9.
           
           Toises
           ,
           which
           flank
           the
           Wings
           that
           are
           37.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           return
           towards
           the
           Bottom
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           ending
           in
           a
           
           Half-Moon
           made
           by
           two
           Arches
           of
           a
           Circle
           ,
           which
           join
           a
           large
           outer
           Building
           in
           which
           is
           the
           Principal
           Gate
           .
           The
           two
           middle
           Courts
           are
           surrounded
           with
           Buildings
           20
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           12.
           broad
           .
           On
           each
           side
           without
           is
           a
           little
           Court
           for
           the
           Dung-hills
           ,
           containing
           20.
           
           Toises
           in
           Length
           ,
           and
           9.
           in
           Breadth
           ,
           enclos'd
           before
           by
           a
           Partition-wall
           equal
           in
           Heigth
           to
           the
           first
           Story
           .
           These
           Buildings
           are
           contriv'd
           so
           low
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           obstruct
           the
           Sight
           of
           the
           Castle
           ;
           for
           the
           Level
           of
           the
           Tops
           answers
           within
           a
           little
           to
           the
           Marble
           Pavement
           of
           the
           little
           Court.
           From
           the
           great
           Arch
           at
           the
           Bottom
           of
           the
           little
           Court
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           outward
           Court
           ,
           you
           enter
           into
           a
           large
           cover'd
           
             Manage
             20
             Toises
          
           long
           ,
           and
           8
           broad
           ,
           at
           the
           sides
           of
           which
           are
           two
           Stables
           .
           Behind
           the
           Stable
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Manage
           for
           Justs
           and
           Turnaments
           ,
           before
           which
           is
           the
           Dog-Kennel
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           little
           Stables
           ,
           the
           Coach-Houses
           are
           under
           the
           Arches
           of
           the
           Half-moon
           ,
           at
           the
           Bottom
           of
           the
           Court
           :
           From
           the
           Gate
           of
           the
           Front-Building
           you
           enter
           into
           the
           largest
           Stable
           between
           two
           Ranks
           of
           Horses
           ,
           25.
           in
           each
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           End
           there
           is
           a
           large
           Cop
           or
           Spherical
           Vault
           ,
           containing
           12.
           
           Toises
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           which
           separates
           the
           two
           other
           Stables
           .
           There
           is
           an
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Dog-Kennel
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Garden
           rail'd
           in
           with
           Balisters
           ,
           that
           takes
           up
           all
           the
           Front
           of
           the
           Building
           .
           This
           Structure
           is
           compos'd
           of
           a
           Story
           next
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           another
           above
           that
           ,
           without
           any
           apparent
           Roof
           .
           The
           great
           Court
           is
           oblique
           ,
           and
           the
           Passage
           to
           it
           lies
           thro'
           two
           other
           smaller
           Courts
           .
           A
           Draw-bridge
           
           leads
           into
           a
           large
           outward
           Court
           ,
           more
           long
           than
           broad
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           Iron
           Rails
           ,
           with
           two
           Apartments
           one
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           to
           which
           you
           ascend
           by
           two
           Stair-Cases
           of
           Brick
           very
           large
           and
           uncover'd
           .
           Here
           the
           Cooks
           ,
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Buttery
           ,
           Pantry
           ,
           Fruitery
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Servants
           have
           their
           Lodgings
           .
           At
           the
           other
           End
           of
           the
           outward
           Court
           are
           two
           great
           Arch'd
           Gates
           ,
           one
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           which
           open
           into
           the
           Town
           overagainst
           the
           Church
           and
           Market-Place
           .
           From
           this
           Court
           you
           pass
           into
           another
           square
           Court
           ,
           pav'd
           with
           black
           and
           white
           Marble
           ,
           with
           Fillets
           of
           another
           sort
           of
           white
           and
           red
           Marble
           :
           in
           the
           Midst
           of
           this
           Court
           there
           is
           a
           Vase
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           with
           a
           Groupe
           or
           Complication
           of
           Figures
           of
           Brass
           ,
           gilt
           .
           The
           Building
           consists
           of
           two
           Sides
           ,
           and
           two
           Wings
           ,
           which
           look
           into
           the
           Garden
           :
           The
           Chapel
           is
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           towards
           the
           King's
           Apartment
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ministers
           are
           lodg'd
           below
           ,
           on
           the
           two
           Sides
           .
        
         
           The
           Stair-Case
           that
           leads
           to
           the
           King's
           Apartment
           is
           a
           Master-Piece
           of
           Architecture
           .
           'T
           is
           11.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           5.
           broad
           ,
           comprehending
           the
           lower
           Steps
           ,
           and
           those
           between
           the
           Stories
           or
           Resting-places
           .
           Three
           Arches
           in
           Front
           open
           an
           Entry
           into
           a
           Porch
           39
           Foot
           broad
           and
           13
           deep
           ,
           which
           below
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           Compartments
           of
           Marble
           .
           On
           the
           upper
           part
           of
           the
           Stair
           and
           the
           Vault
           ,
           there
           are
           Ornaments
           and
           Trophies
           in
           
             Basso
             relievo
          
           ;
           from
           hence
           you
           ascend
           by
           three
           Steps
           ,
           and
           three
           opposite
           Arches
           ,
           to
           the
           first
           Landing-place
           
           or
           broad
           Step
           ,
           containing
           15
           Foot
           in
           Breadth
           ,
           which
           is
           likewise
           overcast
           with
           Compartments
           of
           Marble
           .
           Facing
           these
           Arches
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Stair-Case
           in
           Pannels
           of
           eleven
           Steps
           of
           Marble
           :
           The
           broad
           ,
           or
           Resting-place
           above
           is
           of
           eleven
           Steps
           square
           .
           In
           the
           Thickness
           of
           the
           Wall
           there
           is
           a
           flat
           Nich
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           a
           Marble
           Vase
           supported
           by
           two
           Dolphins
           of
           Brass
           :
           two
           Tritons
           which
           are
           above
           bear
           a
           double
           Scallop
           or
           Shell
           of
           Marble
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           a
           Head
           spouting
           Water
           into
           a
           Panier
           or
           Basket
           full
           of
           Shells
           ,
           which
           forms
           a
           Nape
           that
           falls
           into
           the
           Marble
           Vase
           ,
           and
           runs
           thro'
           another
           Head
           ,
           and
           thro'
           the
           two
           Dolphins
           .
           The
           whole
           is
           of
           Brass
           .
        
         
           The
           Spaces
           between
           the
           Stories
           or
           Landing-places
           ,
           are
           ten
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           consist
           each
           of
           twenty
           Marble
           Steps
           .
           The
           Buttresses
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Matter
           ,
           supported
           by
           Balisters
           of
           Brass
           ,
           cut
           into
           Flowers
           and
           gilt
           .
           The
           two
           Resting-places
           are
           also
           overlaid
           with
           Compartments
           of
           Marble
           ,
           and
           ten
           Foot
           broad
           ;
           on
           each
           of
           which
           are
           four
           Doors
           richly
           adorn'd
           with
           Sculpture
           ,
           that
           lead
           into
           the
           Apartments
           .
           On
           the
           same
           Resting-places
           there
           are
           Marble
           Columns
           and
           Pilasters
           of
           the
           Ionic
           Order
           ,
           with
           Bases
           and
           Chapitres
           of
           Brass
           ,
           gilt
           .
           The
           Bust
           of
           the
           King
           is
           plac'd
           against
           the
           Wall
           ,
           and
           accompany'd
           with
           several
           Ornaments
           of
           the
           same
           Matter
           .
        
         
           The
           four
           massive
           or
           solid
           Places
           at
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           four
           Doors
           of
           the
           Apartments
           ,
           between
           the
           Pilasters
           ,
           are
           full
           of
           Ornaments
           and
           Figures
           on
           a
           Ground
           of
           Gold
           ,
           resembling
           
           Tapestry
           .
           In
           the
           four
           middle
           Spaces
           there
           are
           several
           Pictures
           representing
           his
           Majesty's
           Conquests
           .
           In
           the
           Intervals
           between
           the
           Massives
           and
           middle
           Spaces
           there
           are
           Galleries
           on
           each
           side
           of
           the
           same
           Ionic
           Order
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           same
           Model
           ,
           Pillars
           on
           which
           are
           represented
           Persons
           of
           several
           Nations
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           were
           going
           into
           the
           Galleries
           .
           There
           are
           also
           Galleries
           above
           the
           first
           Cornish
           ,
           and
           two
           more
           in
           the
           length
           of
           the
           Faces
           supported
           by
           Terms
           .
           On
           the
           Angles
           and
           at
           the
           End
           are
           large
           Sterns
           of
           Ships
           ,
           bearing
           four
           Trophies
           of
           Arms
           like
           to
           those
           of
           the
           four
           Parts
           of
           the
           World.
           These
           Sterns
           are
           supported
           with
           Brackets
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           arch'd
           Buttresses
           ,
           fortify'd
           with
           Horns
           of
           Plenty
           ,
           and
           Scallops
           of
           Brass
           ,
           at
           the
           Sides
           of
           which
           are
           Captives
           in
           Sculpture
           ,
           and
           underneath
           Victory
           .
        
         
           The
           Cieling
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           octangular
           
             Basso
             Relievo's
          
           full
           of
           Figures
           suitable
           to
           the
           Subject
           ;
           and
           the
           antique
           Pieces
           are
           cover'd
           with
           large
           Curtains
           ,
           the
           strings
           of
           which
           are
           held
           by
           Terms
           .
           In
           this
           Stair-case
           they
           have
           also
           found
           room
           to
           place
           all
           the
           Muses
           ,
           the
           Arts
           of
           Painting
           and
           Sculpture
           ,
           Captives
           ,
           the
           four
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           with
           their
           several
           Properties
           ,
           all
           the
           Kings
           Actions
           ,
           Poesie
           ,
           History
           ,
           Fame
           ,
           and
           Mercury
           .
           All
           these
           Ornaments
           represent
           a
           Festival
           solemniz'd
           by
           the
           Deities
           of
           Parnassus
           ,
           who
           are
           met
           together
           to
           receive
           the
           King
           at
           his
           return
           from
           the
           War.
           'T
           is
           suppos'd
           that
           the
           Painting
           is
           the
           Work
           of
           Genius's
           who
           appear
           in
           the
           Air
           adorning
           the
           
           Vault
           and
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           magnificent
           place
           with
           Festoons
           .
           His
           Majesty
           is
           plac'd
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           to
           denote
           that
           the
           Festival
           is
           kept
           for
           him
           :
           and
           the
           People
           of
           all
           Nations
           who
           seem
           to
           pass
           into
           the
           Galleries
           ,
           being
           variously
           habited
           according
           to
           the
           fashion
           of
           their
           several
           Countries
           ,
           take
           a
           view
           of
           all
           these
           Wonders
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           respective
           Characters
           in
           their
           passage
           to
           see
           that
           great
           Prince
           whose
           Reputation
           has
           charm'd
           '
           em
           .
           All
           the
           Pictures
           are
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Le
             Brun
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Stair-case
           by
           Mansard
           .
        
         
           The
           Great
           Hall
           leads
           into
           the
           Gallery
           which
           is
           40
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           36
           Foot
           broad
           :
           here
           the
           History
           of
           the
           King
           is
           painted
           from
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Pyrenees
           to
           that
           of
           Nimeghen
           ,
           where
           all
           his
           Majesties
           Actions
           are
           represented
           under
           Allegorical
           Figures
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           
             Le
             Brun.
          
           Eight
           Niches
           in
           the
           Gallery
           contain
           the
           Antique
           Figures
           of
           
             Apollo
             ,
             Venus
          
           of
           
             Savona
             ,
             Diana
          
           of
           
             Ephesus
             ,
             Venus
          
           of
           
             Arles
             ,
             Bacchus
             ,
             Sleep
          
           ,
           and
           two
           Senatours
           .
           The
           three
           first
           were
           repair'd
           by
           Girardin
           ,
           who
           also
           fitted
           Draperies
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Busts
           ,
           to
           twelve
           Heads
           of
           Porphyry
           that
           represent
           the
           
             Twelve
             Caesars
          
           ,
           and
           to
           four
           others
           of
           Touchstone
           or
           Jett
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Heads
           of
           Illustrious
           Men.
           Colbert
           took
           care
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Building
           of
           this
           Gallery
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           its
           Ornaments
           and
           Furniture
           ;
           as
           Vessels
           ,
           Boxes
           of
           Orange-Trees
           ,
           Cisterns
           ,
           Rows
           of
           Stands
           for
           Tapers
           ,
           Silver
           Stands
           garnish'd
           with
           Branches
           and
           Candle-sticks
           of
           the
           same
           Metal
           ,
           Vessels
           of
           Porphyry
           plac'd
           above
           and
           under
           Tables
           
           full
           of
           precious
           Stones
           ,
           which
           are
           multiplied
           by
           the
           Glasses
           that
           surround
           the
           Place
           .
           And
           he
           caus'd
           all
           those
           Pieces
           of
           Silver-Work
           to
           be
           wrought
           and
           carv'd
           with
           inconceivable
           Care
           and
           Exactness
           .
        
         
           From
           this
           Gallery
           ,
           the
           Way
           to
           the
           King's
           Apartment
           ,
           lies
           through
           the
           Hall
           of
           Mars
           ,
           which
           is
           full
           of
           Pictures
           ,
           representing
           Battles
           and
           Sieges
           of
           Towns
           under
           Allegorical
           Figures
           .
           The
           Apartment
           contains
           a
           long
           Row
           of
           Pieces
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           Place
           the
           Throne
           ,
           which
           is
           Silver
           ,
           and
           eight
           Foot
           high
           .
           The
           Seat
           and
           Back
           are
           supported
           by
           Children
           carrying
           Baskets
           of
           Flowers
           :
           and
           on
           the
           highest
           Part
           of
           the
           Seat
           which
           forms
           the
           Back
           ,
           stands
           Apollo
           holding
           his
           Lyre
           ,
           and
           crown'd
           with
           Laurel
           .
           On
           each
           side
           are
           Justice
           and
           Strength
           sitting
           ,
           and
           below
           two
           Silver
           Stools
           with
           Cushions
           :
           at
           the
           two
           Angles
           are
           Stands
           for
           Tapers
           eight
           Foot
           high
           ;
           and
           four
           branch'd
           Candle-sticks
           supported
           by
           Silver
           Stands
           six
           Foot
           high
           adorn
           the
           four
           Corners
           of
           the
           Room
           .
           The
           next
           Chamber
           is
           that
           of
           Mercury
           ,
           then
           those
           of
           Mars
           and
           Diana
           ,
           and
           the
           Halls
           of
           Venus
           and
           Abundance
           .
           The
           last
           leads
           into
           the
           Cabinet
           of
           Knacks
           or
           little
           Curiosities
           ,
           so
           call●d
           because
           't
           is
           full
           of
           'em
           :
           't
           is
           of
           an
           octangular
           Figure
           ,
           with
           Niches
           in
           the
           Angles
           ;
           the
           Vault
           is
           fram'd
           Dome-wise
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           is
           in
           the
           Middle
           .
           All
           the
           Work
           in
           this
           Cabinet
           is
           of
           Sculpture
           ,
           of
           which
           a
           great
           part
           is
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           :
           't
           is
           surrounded
           with
           Glasses
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           Degrees
           in
           the
           Niches
           before
           the
           Glasses
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           
           the
           Cabinet
           is
           full
           of
           Brackets
           ,
           which
           as
           well
           as
           the
           degrees
           in
           the
           Niches
           are
           full
           of
           Curiosities
           ;
           as
           Agats
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           and
           fram'd
           into
           a
           thousand
           different
           Figures
           ;
           Crystals
           of
           great
           value
           for
           the
           Fashion
           in
           which
           they
           are
           cut
           ;
           little
           antique
           Figures
           of
           Brass
           ,
           Figures
           of
           Gold
           cover'd
           with
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           number
           of
           curious
           works
           and
           precious
           Stones
           of
           several
           Figures
           .
           There
           is
           a
           very
           fine
           Ship
           of
           Gold
           (
           for
           a
           device
           to
           cover
           the
           King's
           Meat
           )
           on
           the
           Chimney
           ,
           and
           a
           large
           and
           rich
           Chest
           of
           Drawers
           in
           the
           Middle
           ,
           full
           of
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           ancient
           and
           modern
           Medals
           .
           There
           is
           also
           a
           Table
           eight
           Foot
           and
           a
           half
           long
           ,
           and
           two
           and
           a
           half
           broad
           ;
           the
           Ground
           is
           of
           White
           Marble
           ,
           on
           which
           there
           is
           a
           Map
           of
           France
           ,
           compos'd
           of
           inlaid
           Pieces
           of
           Marble
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           exactest
           and
           latest
           Astronomical
           Observations
           .
           Each
           Province
           is
           distinguish'd
           by
           a
           Piece
           of
           Marble
           of
           a
           peculiar
           Colour
           ,
           and
           cut
           exactly
           according
           to
           the
           irregular
           Figure
           ,
           which
           the
           Frontiers
           of
           the
           Provinces
           make
           by
           entering
           into
           one
           another
           .
           The
           Names
           of
           the
           Provinces
           are
           mark'd
           in
           Capital
           Letters
           of
           Gold
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Principal
           Towns
           in
           Italick
           Characters
           .
           The
           most
           contrary
           Colours
           are
           plac'd
           next
           each
           other
           ,
           to
           heighten
           their
           Lustre
           :
           thus
           the
           Isle
           of
           France
           is
           of
           a
           clear
           blue
           ,
           Champaigne
           of
           red
           Porphyry
           ,
           Orleanois
           of
           Opal
           ,
           and
           Beauce
           of
           a
           Fueille-mort
           Colour
           .
           But
           the
           Curiousness
           of
           the
           Workman
           appears
           particularly
           in
           the
           Intersections
           which
           the
           Earth
           makes
           with
           the
           Sea
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           Capes
           and
           Bays
           are
           observ'd
           with
           an
           unconceivable
           
           Exactness
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Lakes
           and
           Rivers
           that
           are
           preserv'd
           out
           of
           the
           Ground
           of
           the
           Table
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           Smallness
           of
           the
           Lines
           which
           frequently
           exceed
           not
           the
           breadth
           of
           a
           Thread
           near
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           their
           winding
           Course
           .
           In
           the
           Space
           of
           white
           Marble
           that
           denotes
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Mariner's
           Compass
           of
           different
           Pieces
           of
           Marble
           curiously
           wrought
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           other
           Space
           that
           stands
           for
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Cartridges
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           which
           is
           written
           
             Carte
             de
             la
             France
          
           ,
           with
           those
           words
           borrow'd
           from
           Virgil
           ,
           which
           make
           a
           kind
           of
           Devise
           of
           which
           France
           is
           the
           Body
           :
           
             Has
             tibi
             exerit
             Artes
          
           :
           The
           other
           Cartridge
           contains
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Person
           who
           gave
           this
           Map
           to
           the
           King.
           The
           Ocean
           is
           bounded
           on
           the
           North
           with
           the
           nearest
           Parts
           of
           the
           Coast
           of
           England
           .
           The
           Border
           is
           compos'd
           of
           two
           Fillets
           of
           blue
           Marble
           (
           one
           of
           which
           is
           accompany'd
           with
           a
           Moulding
           or
           Edging
           )
           and
           one
           of
           black
           mark'd
           with
           the
           Degrees
           of
           Longitude
           and
           Latitude
           by
           little
           oblong
           Squares
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           preserv'd
           out
           of
           the
           Ground
           of
           the
           Table
           .
        
         
           Above
           the
           King's
           Apartment
           is
           that
           call'd
           the
           
             Marble
             Apartment
          
           ,
           which
           is
           furnish'd
           with
           Ornaments
           ,
           and
           embellish'd
           with
           several
           Columns
           all
           of
           precious
           Marble
           .
           At
           the
           End
           of
           this
           is
           the
           
             Cabinet
             of
             Baths
          
           ,
           where
           nothing
           appears
           but
           Gold
           ,
           Marble
           ,
           and
           very
           fine
           Pictures
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           and
           Conveniencies
           suitable
           to
           such
           a
           Place
           .
           The
           
           Dauphin's
           Apartment
           is
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           ,
           opposite
           to
           
           the
           King
           's
           ,
           and
           compos'd
           of
           a
           like
           number
           of
           Chambers
           ,
           which
           are
           all
           lin'd
           and
           overcast
           with
           the
           same
           sorts
           of
           Marble
           ,
           but
           variously
           join'd
           and
           inlaid
           .
           The
           Cabinet
           of
           Knacks
           ,
           or
           little
           Curiosities
           ,
           that
           belongs
           to
           this
           Apartment
           ,
           contains
           three
           Rooms
           and
           a
           Half-Room
           ,
           and
           the
           Floor
           is
           inlaid
           .
           The
           Painting
           of
           the
           Cieling
           is
           by
           Mignard
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           such
           a
           prodigious
           number
           of
           Rarities
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           that
           the
           astonish'd
           Spectatour
           can
           hardly
           forbear
           concluding
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           East
           were
           drain'd
           to
           adorn
           it
           .
           The
           Porch
           that
           fronts
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           little
           Court
           ,
           leads
           into
           the
           Park
           ;
           and
           passing
           under
           vaulted
           Galleries
           you
           come
           to
           the
           great
           Terrass
           at
           the
           Entry
           of
           the
           Garden
           .
           And
           here
           it
           was
           that
           Colbert
           display'd
           and
           even
           exhausted
           all
           the
           most
           pleasant
           and
           magnificent
           Productions
           both
           of
           Nature
           and
           Art.
           
        
         
           The
           vast
           Extent
           of
           this
           stately
           Edifice
           comprehending
           the
           Front
           and
           returning
           Wing
           on
           that
           side
           alone
           which
           faces
           the
           Garden
           ,
           contains
           above
           three
           hundred
           Toises
           ,
           and
           more
           than
           four
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           large
           cross-barr'd
           Windows
           ,
           twenty
           outer
           Buildings
           ,
           with
           Columns
           surmounted
           with
           Figures
           ,
           and
           over
           these
           ,
           Trophies
           intermixt
           with
           Vessels
           plac'd
           along
           the
           Balisters
           that
           surround
           the
           whole
           Structure
           .
           The
           Figures
           that
           adorn
           the
           side
           which
           faces
           the
           Garden
           ,
           are
           Apollo
           and
           Diana
           ,
           the
           four
           Seasons
           ,
           and
           twelve
           Months
           of
           the
           Year
           ;
           along
           the
           Gallery
           there
           are
           twelve
           Figures
           of
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           Nymphs
           of
           Fountains
           ;
           the
           Nymph
           
             Echo
             ,
             Narcissus
             ,
             Thetis
          
           ,
           
           and
           Galataea
           ,
           with
           Hebe
           and
           Ganymede
           in
           two
           Niches
           :
           on
           the
           Front
           of
           the
           King
           's
           great
           Apartment
           ,
           on
           that
           side
           where
           the
           Grotto
           was
           formerly
           ,
           which
           faces
           the
           Northern
           Parterre
           ,
           are
           
             Pomona
             ,
             Vertumnus
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Nymphs
           Hesperides
           ,
           the
           Nymph
           
             Amalthaea
             ,
             Thalia
             ,
             Momus
             ,
             Terpsichore
             ,
             Pan
             ,
             Flora
             ,
             Zephyrus
             ,
             Hyacinthus
             ,
             Clitia
             ,
          
           and
           (
           in
           two
           Niches
           )
           Musick
           and
           Dancing
           .
           These
           Figures
           are
           on
           the
           Wing
           that
           belongs
           to
           the
           Dauphin
           :
           and
           that
           call'd
           the
           Prince's
           Wing
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           Deities
           and
           the
           Virtues
           ,
           which
           are
           very
           numerous
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Length
           of
           that
           Wing
           ,
           over-against
           which
           there
           is
           another
           built
           since
           the
           Death
           of
           Colbert
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Piece
           that
           salutes
           those
           who
           descend
           from
           the
           Terrass
           ,
           is
           the
           Vase
           of
           Latona
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           which
           that
           Goddess
           is
           represented
           with
           her
           Children
           Apollo
           and
           Diana
           :
           the
           Peasants
           metamorphos'd
           into
           Frogs
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           Vase
           ,
           and
           the
           Borders
           of
           it
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           several
           Figures
           of
           those
           Animals
           .
           In
           the
           Northern
           Parterre
           before
           the
           Terrass
           are
           two
           Vases
           with
           Tritons
           and
           Syrens
           supporting
           rich
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           spouting
           Water
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           End
           of
           it
           there
           is
           a
           long
           Alley
           that
           leads
           to
           the
           Canal
           ,
           fenc'd
           on
           both
           sides
           with
           Hedge-Rows
           ,
           along
           which
           there
           are
           several
           Figures
           representing
           the
           four
           Seasons
           ,
           four
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           four
           Ages
           ,
           four
           kinds
           of
           Poesie
           ,
           four
           Parts
           of
           Day
           and
           Night
           ,
           and
           the
           four
           Elements
           .
           All
           these
           Figures
           were
           design'd
           by
           
             le
             Brun
          
           ,
           and
           made
           after
           his
           Models
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           another
           Alley
           ,
           call'd
           the
           Water
           ,
           or
           Cascade-Alley
           ;
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           which
           there
           is
           another
           form'd
           by
           two
           Ranks
           of
           complicated
           Figures
           ,
           representing
           Cupids
           ,
           young
           Boys
           and
           Girls
           ,
           little
           Tritons
           ,
           and
           Terms
           ,
           which
           are
           half-body'd
           Figures
           ,
           without
           Arms
           :
           Some
           of
           these
           carry
           on
           their
           Heads
           great
           Shells
           ,
           in
           form
           of
           Basons
           ,
           fill'd
           with
           Coral
           .
           and
           various
           kinds
           of
           Shells
           ;
           and
           others
           bear
           Baskets
           full
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           several
           sorts
           of
           Fruit.
           The
           Water
           that
           flows
           out
           of
           these
           Baskets
           and
           Basons
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Nape
           or
           Table-Cloath
           ,
           gave
           this
           Walk
           the
           Name
           by
           which
           't
           is
           usually
           known
           .
           At
           the
           end
           of
           this
           Alley
           ,
           you
           enter
           into
           that
           of
           the
           Pyramide
           ;
           the
           Fountain
           (
           so
           call'd
           )
           is
           compos'd
           of
           four
           Basons
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           one
           above
           another
           ,
           and
           decreasing
           gradually
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           height
           .
           The
           first
           contains
           twelve
           Feet
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           and
           a
           Top
           or
           Cover
           of
           one
           Piece
           of
           Marble
           ,
           being
           supported
           by
           four
           Tritons
           greater
           than
           the
           Life
           ;
           and
           the
           rest
           differ
           only
           in
           the
           bigness
           of
           the
           Figures
           and
           Vessels
           .
           The
           whole
           Work
           is
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           saving
           only
           the
           Pedestals
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           coloured
           Marble
           :
           The
           Figures
           and
           Ornaments
           are
           of
           Brass
           ;
           and
           altogether
           make
           a
           Water-work
           resembling
           a
           Table-cloth
           ,
           thro'
           which
           the
           Figures
           appear
           .
           The
           Water
           is
           receiv'd
           below
           in
           a
           great
           square
           Bason
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           a
           Basso-relievo
           of
           eight
           or
           ten
           Nymphs
           bathing
           themselves
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           seen
           thro'
           the
           Water
           that
           covers
           'em
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Table-cloth
           :
           
           And
           besides
           ,
           there
           are
           other
           
           Basso-relievo's
           ,
           representing
           Rivers
           ,
           Nymphs
           ,
           and
           Children
           ,
           all
           as
           big
           as
           the
           Life
           ,
           and
           made
           by
           Girardon
           .
        
         
           On
           both
           sides
           of
           the
           Great
           Alley
           there
           are
           Groves
           ,
           enclosed
           with
           Lattice-Work
           ,
           which
           are
           distinguish'd
           by
           peculiar
           Names
           .
           The
           first
           that
           appears
           on
           the
           Right-hand
           is
           the
           Triumphal-Arch
           ,
           so
           call'd
           from
           the
           representation
           of
           one
           at
           the
           bottom
           :
           It
           contains
           three
           Portico's
           ,
           with
           seven
           Basons
           above
           'em
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           arise
           as
           many
           Water-spouts
           that
           fall
           back
           into
           the
           same
           Basons
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           into
           several
           others
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           forming
           divers
           Napes
           ,
           or
           Figures
           of
           a
           Table-cloth
           :
           And
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Portico's
           three
           Water-Spouts
           arise
           out
           of
           high
           Basons
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           Water-works
           .
           You
           ascend
           to
           the
           Portico's
           by
           several
           Steps
           ,
           which
           are
           also
           full
           of
           Water-Spouts
           that
           fall
           into
           a
           great
           Bason
           below
           .
           On
           both
           sides
           of
           the
           Triumphal-Arch
           there
           are
           two
           Obelisks
           between
           as
           many
           Scabelons
           or
           Pedestals
           fram●d
           like
           Stools
           ,
           on
           which
           there
           are
           Basons
           that
           spout
           forth
           Water
           .
           Returning
           from
           thence
           ,
           you
           meet
           with
           two
           high
           Pyramids
           ,
           consisting
           of
           several
           Steps
           or
           Degrees
           ,
           and
           throwing
           up
           Water
           in
           a
           square
           Figure
           ,
           which
           is
           divided
           into
           several
           Spouts
           .
           On
           both
           sides
           of
           these
           Pyramids
           are
           two
           other
           Pedestals
           or
           Stools
           ,
           with
           Basons
           and
           Water-Spouts
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Obelisks
           ,
           one
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           between
           two
           Scabelons
           ,
           with
           Ornaments
           ,
           Basons
           ,
           and
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           like
           the
           first
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Fourth
           Front
           which
           faces
           the
           Triumphal-Arch
           is
           beautifi'd
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Ornaments
           ,
           tho'
           part
           of
           it
           is
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           Entrance
           into
           that
           place
           :
           For
           on
           both
           sides
           there
           are
           Pedestals
           ,
           with
           Basons
           ,
           Cascades
           ,
           and
           Figures
           representing
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           France
           ;
           and
           the
           part
           that
           remains
           empty
           is
           fill'd
           with
           Water
           ,
           which
           mounting
           up
           into
           those
           void
           Spaces
           ,
           makes
           'em
           appear
           like
           so
           many
           Works
           of
           Crystal
           ,
           enrich'd
           with
           many
           Ornaments
           ,
           where
           Gold
           is
           not
           spar'd
           .
           The
           whole
           was
           design'd
           by
           
             le
             Nostre
          
           ,
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Garden
           of
           the
           Tuilleries
           .
        
         
           In
           your
           passage
           from
           the
           Triumphal-Arch
           to
           the
           
             Theatre
             of
             Water
          
           ,
           you
           meet
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Fountain
             of
             the
             Dragon
          
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           which
           there
           is
           a
           Dragon
           of
           Brass
           ,
           that
           spouts
           Water
           from
           several
           parts
           of
           his
           Body
           ;
           and
           then
           with
           the
           
             Bason
             of
             Neptune
          
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Figure
           of
           that
           Deity
           is
           plac'd
           ,
           with
           all
           its
           Attributes
           or
           Properties
           .
           The
           
             Theatre
             of
             Water
          
           derives
           its
           Name
           from
           the
           various
           Figures
           represented
           by
           the
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           of
           which
           't
           is
           full
           .
           First
           you
           perceive
           three
           Alleys
           of
           Water
           ,
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Goose-Paw
           ,
           border'd
           with
           a
           Trellis
           ;
           they
           are
           on
           a
           rising
           Ground
           ,
           and
           higher
           than
           the
           part
           where
           you
           stand
           to
           view
           '
           em
           .
           The
           middle
           Alley
           is
           divided
           on
           each
           side
           from
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           by
           a
           hollow
           place
           enclos'd
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           a
           Trellis
           ;
           and
           before
           these
           Enclosures
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Basons
           containing
           other
           smaller
           and
           higher
           
           Basons
           ,
           disposed
           in
           such
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           the
           Water-Spouts
           which
           rise
           up
           from
           'em
           ,
           fall
           down
           again
           ,
           and
           filling
           all
           the
           Basons
           ,
           makes
           Napes
           of
           Water
           all
           around
           .
           There
           are
           like
           Works
           beyond
           the
           other
           two
           Alleys
           ,
           so
           that
           each
           Alley
           has
           some
           of
           'em
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           The
           middle
           Alley
           is
           higher
           than
           the
           rest
           ,
           containing
           Cascades
           that
           make
           fourteen
           or
           fifteen
           Napes
           of
           Water
           one
           above
           another
           :
           And
           both
           the
           Cascades
           and
           Water-works
           are
           form'd
           by
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           which
           running
           in
           five
           Rows
           along
           the
           whole
           Alley
           ,
           divide
           it
           into
           six
           little
           Alleys
           .
           At
           the
           end
           of
           it
           is
           a
           large
           Bason
           ,
           which
           takes
           up
           the
           whole
           Front
           of
           the
           Cascades
           ,
           and
           receives
           their
           Water
           ;
           and
           below
           that
           another
           Bason
           fill'd
           by
           six
           great
           Water-Spouts
           .
           The
           other
           two
           Alleys
           have
           each
           two
           Rows
           of
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           which
           divide
           'em
           into
           three
           Parts
           ,
           or
           small
           Alleys
           .
           They
           are
           in
           a
           Bason
           which
           is
           continu'd
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Alleys
           to
           the
           other
           :
           And
           since
           their
           Situation
           is
           sloping
           ,
           by
           stopping
           the
           Course
           of
           the
           Water
           in
           several
           places
           ,
           there
           are
           Water-Works
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Table-Cloth
           ,
           and
           Cascades
           form'd
           along
           the
           Alleys
           that
           accompany
           those
           of
           the
           middle
           Alley
           .
           Between
           the
           Trellises
           and
           the
           Water-Spouts
           of
           all
           the
           Three
           Alleys
           ,
           there
           are
           six
           Rows
           of
           small
           Trees
           ,
           variously
           cut
           ,
           and
           representing
           several
           Figures
           :
           And
           since
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Contrivers
           was
           to
           imitate
           the
           Embellishments
           of
           Theatres
           ;
           these
           Water-Spouts
           
           undergo
           five
           several
           Changes
           ;
           for
           they
           mount
           up
           streight
           at
           first
           ,
           afterwards
           they
           bend
           into
           crooked
           Figures
           ,
           and
           form
           Arbors
           on
           the
           In-side
           ,
           and
           then
           behind
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           they
           form
           Circles
           before
           ,
           which
           changing
           on
           a
           sudden
           ,
           appear
           behind
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Marsh
             of
             Water
          
           is
           an
           oblong
           Square
           ,
           eight
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           and
           twelve
           long
           :
           In
           the
           middle
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Oak-Tree
           ,
           encompass'd
           with
           the
           Representations
           of
           all
           the
           usual
           Productions
           of
           Fenny-Grounds
           ;
           and
           the
           Banks
           are
           full
           of
           Reeds
           ,
           among
           which
           there
           are
           Swans
           in
           the
           Corners
           .
           All
           the
           Branches
           of
           the
           Oak
           ,
           the
           Herbs
           that
           surround
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           Reeds
           and
           Swans
           casting
           forth
           Water
           together
           ,
           give
           the
           Spectator
           the
           pleasure
           of
           seeing
           a
           Million
           of
           Water-Spouts
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           some
           higher
           ,
           and
           others
           lower
           ,
           which
           form
           as
           it
           were
           a
           Field
           of
           Water
           ,
           and
           washing
           the
           Plants
           ,
           make
           their
           greenness
           appear
           more
           natural
           .
           About
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           two
           Wings
           of
           the
           Marish
           ,
           in
           two
           hollow
           places
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Marble
           Tables
           rais'd
           on
           some
           Steps
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           all
           the
           Furniture
           of
           a
           Cupboard
           :
           But
           since
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           these
           Ornaments
           have
           only
           Circles
           ,
           or
           other
           Pieces
           gilt
           ,
           the
           use
           of
           'em
           does
           not
           appear
           ,
           'till
           the
           Water
           begins
           to
           play
           .
           The
           Situation
           of
           this
           Grove
           is
           low
           ,
           and
           the
           rising
           Grounds
           that
           surround
           it
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           Vessels
           of
           Porcelain
           ,
           on
           several
           sorts
           of
           Pedestals
           before
           the
           Trellises
           ,
           which
           make
           a
           very
           fine
           and
           Pleasant
           sight
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           same
           part
           of
           the
           Garden
           there
           are
           two
           Basons
           which
           are
           not
           enclos'd
           ;
           one
           is
           call'd
           the
           
             Fountain
             of
             Ceres
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           has
           its
           Name
           from
           Flora.
           These
           Basons
           ,
           with
           those
           of
           Bacchus
           and
           Saturn
           ,
           which
           are
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           are
           call'd
           the
           
             Fountains
             of
             the
             Four
             Seasons
             .
             Ceres
          
           with
           her
           Sickle
           appears
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           Hexagonal
           Bason
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           Ears
           of
           Corn
           gilt
           .
           Flora
           is
           in
           a
           leaning
           Posture
           ,
           environ'd
           with
           eight
           large
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           small
           ones
           ,
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Heron's
           Tuft
           .
        
         
           The
           Grove
           of
           the
           
             Mountain
             of
             Water
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Star
           ,
           takes
           its
           Name
           from
           the
           Five
           Walks
           that
           represent
           a
           Star
           ,
           meeting
           near
           the
           principal
           Fountain
           .
           The
           Water-Spouts
           that
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           Rock
           on
           both
           sides
           of
           the
           Alleys
           ,
           fall
           into
           a
           little
           Ditch
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Shower
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           which
           is
           the
           principal
           Fountain
           surrounded
           with
           a
           Trellis
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Architecture
           and
           Pilasters
           :
           And
           about
           it
           there
           are
           hollow
           parts
           ,
           enclos'd
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Portico's
           ,
           and
           containing
           Barriers
           that
           keep
           the
           same
           Figure
           .
           The
           Top
           of
           the
           Trellises
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           Vessels
           of
           several
           Figures
           ,
           full
           of
           Flowers
           and
           green
           Herbs
           .
           The
           Water-Spouts
           of
           the
           chief
           Bason
           are
           unequal
           ,
           and
           form
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Mountain
             of
             Water
          
           ,
           from
           the
           top
           of
           which
           issues
           a
           large
           Water-Spout
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           two
           ends
           of
           the
           Grove
           of
           
             Apollo's
             Baths
          
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           square
           Pavilions
           ,
           equally
           rich
           and
           handsom
           ,
           invented
           by
           Mansard
           ,
           each
           of
           'em
           containing
           eight
           Pannels
           ,
           between
           
           fourteen
           and
           fifteen
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           twenty
           foot
           high
           .
           They
           are
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           each
           being
           adorn'd
           with
           eight
           Columns
           of
           colour'd
           Marble
           ,
           and
           Pilasters
           cut
           out
           of
           the
           white
           Marble
           .
           The
           Ascents
           of
           the
           little
           Pannels
           or
           Pieces
           in
           the
           Corners
           are
           full
           of
           Trophies
           of
           Brass
           ,
           representing
           the
           Arms
           us'd
           by
           several
           Nations
           :
           And
           there
           are
           also
           like
           Trophies
           on
           the
           out-side
           ,
           between
           the
           Pilasters
           .
           The
           Domes
           are
           enrich'd
           with
           several
           Metallic
           Ornaments
           ,
           and
           end
           in
           a
           Vessel
           .
           Over-against
           the
           Entry
           of
           the
           Grove
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           two
           sides
           ,
           are
           the
           fine
           Marble
           Figures
           ,
           made
           by
           Girardon
           ,
           representing
           the
           Sun
           with
           Thetis
           ,
           and
           her
           Nymphs
           washing
           his
           Feet
           ,
           pouring
           Water
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           wiping
           him
           :
           And
           in
           the
           hollow
           parts
           of
           the
           sides
           ,
           there
           are
           complicated
           Figures
           of
           Tritons
           holding
           
           Apollo's
           Horses
           .
           This
           Grove
           is
           surrounded
           with
           a
           Terrass
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Balisters
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           :
           And
           the
           Arms
           us'd
           in
           Battle
           by
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           Europe
           are
           represented
           in
           eighty
           two
           Basso-relievo's
           about
           the
           Terrass
           .
           In
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Spot
           of
           Ground
           environ'd
           by
           the
           Terrass
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           octangular
           Bason
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           Balisters
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           ,
           of
           a
           different
           Design
           from
           those
           of
           the
           Terrass
           :
           And
           every
           one
           of
           the
           Pedestals
           that
           are
           scatter'd
           up
           and
           down
           in
           this
           Place
           ,
           spouts
           out
           Water
           ,
           which
           makes
           a
           little
           Ditch
           about
           the
           Balisters
           ,
           from
           whence
           the
           Water
           spreading
           it's
           self
           ,
           forms
           a
           Nape
           .
           There
           are
           also
           four
           large
           Pedestals
           adorn'd
           
           with
           Marble
           Figures
           :
           On
           the
           first
           is
           the
           
             Break
             of
             Day
          
           ,
           represented
           by
           a
           young
           Man
           holding
           a
           Flambeau
           ,
           with
           Clouds
           at
           his
           Feet
           ,
           an
           Owl
           flying
           away
           ,
           and
           Zephyrus
           blowing
           .
           The
           Morning
           is
           on
           the
           Second
           ,
           strewing
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           alighting
           from
           her
           Chariot
           :
           On
           the
           Third
           Arion
           is
           represented
           ,
           invoking
           the
           Gods
           ,
           and
           mounted
           on
           a
           Dolphin
           :
           And
           on
           the
           Fourth
           Leucothoe
           ,
           receiving
           Offerings
           from
           the
           Mariners
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           a
           Grove
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Trellis-Work
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           large
           Bason
           ,
           containing
           Enceladus
           almost
           buried
           under
           the
           Rocks
           he
           had
           pil'd
           up
           to
           scale
           Heaven
           .
           That
           which
           appears
           of
           him
           is
           four
           times
           bigger
           than
           the
           Life
           :
           He
           casts
           out
           of
           his
           Mouth
           a
           Water-Spout
           twenty
           four
           Foot
           high
           ,
           and
           bigger
           than
           a
           Man's
           Arm
           ;
           and
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           smaller
           Streams
           gush
           forth
           among
           the
           Stones
           that
           over-whelm
           him
           .
           Besides
           these
           ,
           several
           large
           Water-Spouts
           arise
           out
           of
           twelve
           Heaps
           of
           Stones
           that
           lie
           at
           some
           distance
           from
           the
           Giant
           ,
           surrounding
           the
           Bason
           and
           Arbors
           of
           Trellis-Work
           :
           And
           on
           a
           sloping
           Grass-Plot
           ,
           there
           are
           divers
           little
           Basons
           of
           pieces
           of
           Rocks
           ,
           in
           each
           of
           which
           there
           is
           a
           Water-Spout
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Hall
             of
             Feasts
          
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           is
           more
           long
           than
           broad
           ;
           it
           has
           a
           Grass-Plot
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           Gravel-Walks
           ,
           at
           the
           four
           Corners
           of
           which
           are
           round
           Basons
           ,
           jutting
           out
           over
           a
           Ditch
           full
           of
           Water
           that
           environs
           this
           Place
           .
           The
           Figure
           of
           the
           Borders
           of
           the
           Ditch
           is
           odd
           but
           pleasant
           ;
           
           for
           it
           comprehends
           in
           its
           Circumference
           above
           thirty
           Angles
           ,
           stretching
           outwards
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           bending
           inwards
           .
           Over-against
           the
           midst
           of
           each
           side
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Bason
           without
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Hall
           seems
           encompass'd
           with
           Basons
           ,
           comprehending
           also
           those
           in
           the
           Corners
           :
           And
           besides
           the
           Water-Spouts
           in
           the
           Basons
           ,
           the
           Ditch
           is
           full
           of
           '
           em
           .
           Every
           Spout
           both
           in
           the
           Ditch
           and
           Basons
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           a
           Combination
           of
           gilt
           Figures
           of
           Children
           in
           various
           Postures
           .
           The
           Draw-Bridges
           by
           which
           you
           enter
           into
           the
           Hall
           ,
           are
           remov'd
           ,
           and
           drawn
           under-ground
           by
           a
           sort
           of
           Spring
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           may
           be
           imprison'd
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           Between
           this
           Grove
           and
           the
           Colomnade
           ,
           you
           meet
           on
           the
           out-side
           with
           the
           Fountains
           of
           Saturn
           and
           Bacchus
           ,
           opposite
           to
           those
           of
           Ceres
           and
           
             Flora.
             Saturn
          
           is
           in
           a
           round
           Bason
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           several
           Children
           ,
           carrying
           the
           old
           Man's
           Properties
           ,
           which
           cast
           forth
           many
           Water-Spouts
           .
           He
           holds
           a
           Stone
           presented
           to
           him
           by
           his
           Wife
           ,
           who
           makes
           him
           believe
           she
           was
           brought
           to
           Bed
           of
           it
           :
           This
           Bason
           represents
           Winter
           .
           That
           of
           Bacchus
           ,
           which
           denotes
           Autumn
           ,
           is
           of
           an
           octangular
           Figure
           ,
           where
           that
           Deity
           appears
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           several
           Satyrs
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           all
           his
           Attributes
           ;
           and
           all
           together
           cast
           forth
           several
           Water-Spouts
           .
           Besides
           ,
           there
           are
           four
           other
           Satyrs
           at
           an
           equal
           distance
           from
           him
           ;
           and
           every
           one
           of
           'em
           spouts
           out
           Water
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Colomnade
           (
           or
           Range
           of
           Pillars
           )
           is
           in
           the
           Place
           where
           the
           Springs
           were
           formerly
           ,
           on
           an
           Ascent
           which
           at
           present
           makes
           a
           part
           of
           that
           Grove
           .
           The
           Enclosure
           is
           an
           exact
           Square
           ,
           twenty
           one
           Toises
           and
           a
           half
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           environ'd
           with
           thirty
           two
           Columns
           of
           several
           kinds
           of
           Marble
           ,
           of
           the
           Ionic
           Order
           ,
           twenty
           Inches
           about
           ,
           and
           fourteen
           Foot
           high
           ,
           comprehending
           the
           Attic
           Bases
           ,
           and
           the
           quadrangular
           Chapiters
           of
           white
           Marble
           .
           These
           Columns
           are
           accompany'd
           with
           their
           Pilasters
           ,
           which
           stand
           by
           themselves
           ,
           about
           two
           Diameters
           and
           a
           half
           distant
           from
           the
           Columns
           behind
           ,
           they
           are
           both
           crown'd
           with
           Entablatures
           ,
           which
           are
           only
           Cornices
           architrav'd
           ,
           turning
           on
           each
           Pillar
           ,
           and
           leaning
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Plat-band
           on
           the
           Pilasters
           .
           The
           Columns
           and
           Pilasters
           are
           both
           plac'd
           on
           Marble
           Socles
           ,
           somewhat
           higher
           than
           they
           are
           broad
           ;
           and
           the
           first
           are
           join'd
           together
           by
           Arches
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           their
           Archivoltes
           ,
           with
           Heads
           in
           their
           Keys
           ,
           representing
           the
           Rural
           and
           Marine
           Deities
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Nymphs
             ,
             Naiads
             ,
             Dryads
             ,
             Hamadryads
             ,
             Sylvans
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           whole
           is
           crown'd
           with
           a
           Corinthian
           Cornice
           ,
           which
           turning
           into
           it-self
           ,
           makes
           a
           perfect
           Circle
           .
           Above
           the
           Cornice
           is
           a
           Socle
           adorn'd
           with
           Gates
           in
           Bas-relief
           ;
           and
           the
           Socle
           turning
           round
           above
           each
           Column
           ,
           bears
           a
           Vessel
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           carv'd
           ,
           and
           ending
           in
           a
           Pine-Apple
           .
           The
           Triangular
           Tympans
           between
           the
           Arches
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           thirty
           two
           Bas-reliefs
           of
           Children
           ,
           among
           whom
           the
           Sports
           
           and
           Loves
           are
           represented
           .
           The
           whole
           Machine
           is
           plac'd
           in
           a
           round
           Bason
           or
           Ditch
           that
           runs
           quite
           round
           ,
           and
           receives
           the
           Water
           that
           falls
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Table-cloth
           from
           thirty
           one
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           in
           a
           like
           number
           of
           Basons
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           each
           plac'd
           on
           a
           Foot
           adorn'd
           with
           three
           Corbels
           .
           The
           Entrance
           takes
           up
           the
           place
           of
           the
           thirty
           second
           Bason
           ,
           which
           stands
           before
           it
           in
           a
           Nich
           of
           Trellis-Work
           ,
           at
           the
           meeting
           of
           the
           two
           Walks
           that
           lead
           to
           the
           place
           .
           The
           Area
           in
           the
           middle
           is
           gravell'd
           ,
           and
           shut
           up
           with
           five
           Steps
           distant
           about
           thirteen
           or
           fourteen
           foot
           from
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Ditch
           ;
           and
           that
           Interval
           forms
           another
           gravell'd
           Walk
           .
           The
           whole
           Structure
           is
           built
           of
           solid
           white
           Marble
           without
           Incrustation
           ;
           the
           Wood
           that
           surrounds
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           Trellis-Work
           which
           adorn
           the
           Twigs
           of
           the
           Trees
           ,
           make
           an
           excellent
           Ground
           for
           the
           more
           distinct
           view
           of
           the
           Architecture
           ;
           and
           this
           piece
           which
           was
           only
           design'd
           for
           Magnificence
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           admir'd
           for
           the
           neatness
           of
           the
           Work
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           richness
           of
           the
           Matter
           .
        
         
           The
           Water-Gallery
           is
           full
           of
           Antick
           Statues
           ,
           that
           form
           its
           Wings
           ,
           at
           the
           side
           of
           which
           there
           are
           two
           Rows
           of
           Trees
           ,
           so
           cut
           as
           not
           to
           obscure
           or
           hide
           the
           Figures
           .
           The
           Statues
           at
           the
           two
           Ends
           are
           not
           at
           all
           bigger
           than
           the
           Life
           ;
           and
           the
           Trees
           are
           succeeded
           by
           two
           Rows
           of
           Water-Spouts
           .
           At
           each
           end
           of
           the
           Gallery
           there
           is
           a
           great
           broad
           Bason
           ,
           into
           which
           the
           Water
           falls
           
           back
           ;
           and
           the
           Ends
           jut
           out
           at
           the
           middle
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Basons
           contains
           three
           large
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           a
           small
           high-rais'd
           Bason
           ,
           that
           forms
           a
           Water-Work
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Table-Cloth
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Royal
             Island
          
           is
           a
           large
           Canal
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           which
           there
           is
           an
           Island
           eight
           Foot
           deep
           ,
           and
           one
           hundred
           and
           sixty
           foot
           long
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           another
           less
           Canal
           at
           the
           end
           of
           this
           .
           In
           the
           place
           call'd
           the
           
             Branch'd
             Candlestick
          
           ,
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Water-Works
           is
           exactly
           suitable
           to
           the
           Name
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Hall
             of
             Balls
          
           is
           Hexagonal
           ;
           four
           advanc'd
           Stairs
           of
           four
           Steps
           each
           ,
           open
           a
           Passage
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           surrounded
           with
           a
           double
           Ditch
           full
           of
           Water
           of
           the
           same
           Figure
           .
           The
           Banks
           of
           the
           Ditches
           are
           cover'd
           with
           Shells
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           several
           Vessels
           of
           Porcelain
           round
           the
           third
           Enclosure
           that
           encompasses
           the
           Hall.
           Over-against
           the
           four
           Perrons
           ,
           or
           advanc'd
           Stairs
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Cascades
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Entries
           :
           There
           are
           also
           six
           Benches
           for
           Seats
           ,
           and
           this
           place
           is
           cover'd
           with
           a
           Trellis
           .
           Each
           of
           the
           Cascades
           consists
           of
           seventeen
           Rows
           of
           Basons
           of
           Shell-Work
           ,
           rais'd
           with
           seven
           Basons
           one
           above
           another
           ;
           but
           five
           of
           the
           Rows
           are
           compos'd
           of
           nine
           Basons
           .
           The
           tops
           of
           those
           that
           have
           no
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           Vessels
           of
           Metal
           ,
           four
           of
           which
           represent
           the
           Bacchanalia
           on
           Sea
           and
           Land
           :
           These
           Representations
           are
           very
           suitable
           to
           the
           design'd
           use
           of
           the
           place
           ;
           for
           the
           Dancing-Figures
           have
           so
           natural
           an
           Air
           ,
           
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           look
           on
           'em
           without
           feeling
           some
           Motions
           of
           Joy.
           Under
           each
           Cascade
           there
           are
           large
           Taper-Candlesticks
           for
           the
           Conveniency
           of
           Illuminations
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           for
           the
           Glittering
           of
           the
           Water
           contributes
           very
           much
           to
           please
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Spectatour
           .
           The
           Sides
           of
           the
           two
           Entries
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           Hatch'd-Work
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           top
           with
           Vessels
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           of
           these
           Groves
           or
           little
           Woods
           ,
           is
           the
           Labyrinth
           :
           it
           contains
           thirty
           eight
           Fountains
           ,
           contriv'd
           to
           represent
           a
           like
           number
           of
           
           Aesop's
           Fables
           ,
           and
           embellish'd
           with
           many
           Water-Spouts
           .
           Every
           Fountain
           has
           a
           Bason
           ,
           in
           which
           its
           proper
           Fable
           is
           represented
           by
           Metallic
           Figures
           in
           Relief
           ,
           with
           Characters
           declaring
           the
           Subject
           .
           The
           Ornaments
           which
           resemble
           those
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Arches
           enclos'd
           in
           the
           Hedge-Rows
           ,
           are
           half-cover'd
           and
           environ'd
           with
           Leaves
           and
           Reeds
           spouting
           Water
           .
           The
           greatest
           part
           of
           'em
           are
           of
           Tin
           or
           some
           other
           convenient
           Matter
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Branches
           thro'
           which
           the
           Water
           passes
           ;
           and
           painted
           green
           with
           so
           natural
           a
           Verdure
           ,
           that
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           re-really
           what
           they
           represent
           ,
           till
           the
           spurting
           of
           the
           Water
           undeceives
           the
           Spectatour
           .
           The
           Name
           of
           this
           Place
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Indication
           that
           't
           is
           full
           of
           Windings
           ,
           and
           variously
           intermingl'd
           Walks
           ,
           which
           are
           so
           intricate
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           are
           engag'd
           in
           'em
           cannot
           without
           some
           difficulty
           avoid
           returning
           to
           the
           same
           Parts
           they
           had
           already
           visited
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Orange-house
           is
           one
           of
           the
           finest
           Ornaments
           of
           Versailles
           :
           It
           was
           design'd
           by
           Mansard
           ,
           and
           is
           so
           large
           and
           bold
           a
           Structure
           ,
           that
           the
           World
           cannot
           produce
           a
           more
           finish'd
           Work
           of
           that
           Kind
           .
           On
           the
           left
           hand
           't
           is
           expos'd
           to
           the
           South
           ,
           and
           supports
           the
           Earth
           that
           encloses
           a
           large
           Parterre
           ,
           which
           fronts
           the
           lateral
           Face
           of
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           great
           Isle
           or
           Wing
           .
           This
           Building
           consists
           of
           a
           large
           Gallery
           80.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           accompany'd
           by
           two
           others
           turning
           inwards
           of
           60.
           
           Toises
           each
           :
           the
           Breadth
           of
           these
           Galleries
           on
           the
           North-side
           of
           the
           Wall
           amounts
           to
           38.
           
           Feet
           ,
           and
           their
           Height
           to
           the
           Scutheon
           or
           Key
           ,
           to
           seven
           Toises
           .
           The
           Vault
           is
           divided
           into
           as
           many
           Parts
           as
           there
           are
           Cross-works
           by
           Branches
           Ogiv'd
           or
           Semi-circular
           Arches
           ,
           supported
           by
           little
           Buttresses
           that
           jut
           out
           the
           length
           of
           a
           Foot
           :
           and
           the
           lateral
           Galleries
           communicate
           with
           that
           at
           the
           End
           or
           Bottom
           of
           the
           Building
           ,
           by
           two
           round
           Towers
           or
           Segments
           of
           a
           Circle
           jutting
           outwards
           ,
           and
           of
           equal
           Breadth
           within
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Galleries
           .
           On
           the
           Side
           next
           the
           great
           Isle
           ,
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Wall
           at
           the
           inward
           Angle
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           two
           large
           Niches
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           at
           the
           other
           End
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Arches
           with
           advanc'd
           Stairs
           that
           lead
           into
           a
           Hall
           or
           round
           Porch
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           principal
           Entry
           into
           the
           Orange-house
           from
           the
           Park
           .
           Besides
           those
           Niches
           there
           is
           one
           in
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           main
           Gallery
           over-against
           the
           great
           Door
           ;
           it
           contains
           a
           Statue
           of
           the
           King
           on
           Foot
           of
           white
           Marble
           ,
           which
           was
           presented
           to
           
           his
           Majesty
           by
           the
           late
           Duke
           
             de
             la
             Feüillade
          
           ,
           who
           had
           caus'd
           it
           to
           be
           made
           with
           a
           Design
           to
           erect
           it
           in
           the
           
             Place
             of
             Victories
          
           ,
           in
           the
           room
           of
           that
           which
           is
           there
           at
           present
           .
           These
           Niches
           are
           large
           enough
           to
           contain
           complicated
           Figures
           of
           Colosses
           ,
           such
           as
           those
           of
           the
           Baths
           of
           Thetis
           and
           Caracalla
           ,
           where
           the
           Statues
           of
           Hercules
           and
           Flora
           stood
           .
           The
           largest
           Gallery
           receives
           Light
           thro'
           thirteen
           Windows
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Arches
           :
           the
           Inside
           is
           not
           adorn'd
           either
           with
           Architecture
           or
           Sculpture
           ,
           as
           the
           Rules
           of
           that
           kind
           of
           Building
           require
           :
           its
           main
           Beauty
           consisting
           in
           the
           Artificial
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Vault
           .
           The
           outward
           Decoration
           consists
           only
           of
           Bossages
           of
           the
           Heighth
           of
           one
           Module
           ,
           or
           half
           the
           Diameter
           of
           the
           Columns
           which
           are
           of
           the
           Tuscan
           Order
           ,
           containing
           four
           Feet
           and
           two
           Inches
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           and
           their
           Thickness
           being
           the
           seventh
           part
           of
           their
           Heighth
           .
           There
           are
           but
           two
           outward
           or
           Front-Buildings
           ,
           of
           which
           that
           in
           the
           Middle
           consists
           of
           eight
           Columns
           coupl'd
           together
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           of
           four
           Columns
           each
           :
           and
           there
           are
           also
           two
           Columns
           at
           the
           Royal
           Door
           of
           the
           Hall
           or
           Entry
           ;
           being
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           less
           Diameter
           .
           These
           Columns
           are
           crown'd
           with
           a
           regular
           Entablature
           ,
           and
           the
           Front-Buildings
           on
           the
           sides
           are
           contiguous
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Level
           of
           the
           Terrass
           which
           leans
           on
           the
           Vaults
           ;
           so
           that
           by
           two
           large
           Pair
           of
           Stairs
           ,
           each
           ten
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           you
           may
           descend
           to
           the
           lower
           Part
           of
           the
           Orange-house
           .
           The
           Steps
           are
           interrupted
           by
           two
           Landing-Places
           ;
           
           and
           there
           are
           low
           or
           creeping
           Arches
           under
           'em
           to
           give
           light
           to
           the
           Vault
           .
           All
           this
           great
           Theatre
           encloses
           a
           Parterre
           of
           Compartments
           of
           Turf
           adorn'd
           with
           a
           Bason
           in
           the
           Middle
           :
           the
           Fore-part
           of
           the
           Parterre
           is
           rail'd
           in
           with
           Balisters
           on
           a
           sloping
           Wall
           ,
           that
           makes
           one
           of
           the
           Sides
           of
           a
           little
           Ditch
           or
           Canal
           full
           of
           Water
           ;
           the
           Counterscarp
           is
           much
           lower
           than
           the
           Wall
           ,
           so
           that
           those
           who
           pass
           by
           on
           the
           High-way
           have
           a
           full
           and
           very
           pleasant
           View
           of
           the
           Building
           .
           The
           principal
           Entries
           are
           equal
           in
           Breadth
           to
           the
           Edges
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           two
           great
           Jaums
           of
           a
           Wall
           ,
           each
           of
           which
           is
           beautify'd
           with
           two
           distinct
           Tuscan
           Columns
           coupl'd
           together
           ,
           and
           crown'd
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Columns
           with
           a
           regular
           Entablature
           .
           The
           North
           part
           of
           the
           Jaums
           is
           cover'd
           above
           with
           Bossages
           like
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Orange-house
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Columns
           is
           a
           Socle
           of
           a
           Medley
           of
           Figures
           between
           the
           Jaums
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           hinder
           Part
           of
           'em
           to
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           Stairs
           .
           The
           Space
           between
           the
           Stairs
           and
           the
           principal
           Gates
           is
           inclos'd
           with
           an
           Iron
           Grate
           ,
           so
           that
           you
           may
           go
           up
           to
           the
           Parterre
           above
           ,
           without
           entering
           into
           the
           Orange-house
           .
           These
           Grates
           are
           kept
           firm
           by
           Stone
           Pillars
           on
           which
           are
           plac'd
           Vessels
           full
           of
           Flowers
           and
           Fruits
           :
           the
           Gates
           are
           crown'd
           with
           rich
           Iron-Work
           in
           two
           Divisions
           ,
           with
           the
           King's
           Arms
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           the
           Locks
           are
           gilded
           .
           The
           Parterre
           is
           divided
           into
           six
           large
           Squares
           with
           Compartments
           of
           Turf
           ,
           separated
           by
           Gravel
           of
           the
           same
           Heighth
           with
           the
           Walks
           :
           and
           in
           
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Squares
           ,
           next
           the
           middle
           Gallery
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           round
           Bason
           or
           Fountain
           border'd
           with
           Turf
           .
           In
           the
           Cross-Walk
           that
           separates
           these
           four
           Pannels
           or
           Squares
           from
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Complication
           of
           Figures
           of
           white
           Marble
           on
           a
           Pedestal
           ,
           where
           Fame
           is
           represented
           writing
           the
           History
           of
           the
           King.
           In
           her
           left
           hand
           she
           holds
           his
           Majesty's
           Picture
           in
           Profile
           ,
           in
           an
           Oval
           Medal
           ,
           which
           she
           places
           on
           a
           Book
           denoting
           History
           :
           She
           is
           represented
           by
           a
           great
           wing'd
           Figure
           ,
           magnificently
           apparell'd
           ,
           and
           seated
           on
           Trophies
           :
           she
           tramples
           on
           Envy
           ,
           who
           tears
           a
           Heart
           ,
           and
           with
           her
           left
           hand
           pulls
           Fame
           by
           the
           Gown
           ,
           to
           hinder
           her
           from
           Writing
           .
           Among
           the
           Trophies
           there
           are
           Medals
           with
           the
           Portraictures
           of
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Alexander
             ,
             Caesar
          
           ,
           and
           Trajan
           .
           This
           Mass
           of
           Figures
           stands
           by
           it self
           ,
           and
           is
           bounded
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           making
           a
           very
           fine
           and
           glorious
           Sight
           :
           it
           was
           made
           at
           Rome
           by
           
             Dominico
             Guidi
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Urbin
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Famous
           Sculptors
           in
           Italy
           ,
           and
           Disciple
           of
           
             Alexander
             Algondy
          
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Artists
           of
           his
           Age.
           In
           this
           Parterre
           the
           Orange-Trees
           are
           plac'd
           ,
           when
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           Year
           permits
           .
        
         
           The
           Kitchin-Garden
           is
           without
           the
           Limits
           of
           the
           Park
           that
           includes
           the
           Orange-house
           ,
           being
           situated
           on
           the
           Side
           next
           the
           great
           Wing
           of
           the
           Castle
           and
           parallel
           to
           the
           Mall
           ,
           from
           which
           't
           is
           separated
           by
           a
           large
           Bason
           of
           Water
           :
           't
           is
           a
           quadrangular
           Enclosure
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           seven
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           a
           hundred
           
           and
           thirty
           four
           broad
           ,
           divided
           into
           thirty
           one
           little
           Gardens
           separated
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           and
           enclos'd
           with
           Walls
           ;
           which
           communicating
           together
           encompass
           a
           large
           Garden
           ,
           containing
           100.
           
           Toises
           in
           Length
           ,
           and
           84.
           in
           Breadth
           ,
           with
           a
           round
           Fountain
           or
           Bason
           of
           Water
           in
           the
           Middle
           ,
           of
           20.
           
           Toises
           border'd
           with
           Turf
           .
           The
           King
           enters
           into
           this
           Place
           by
           a
           Gate
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Royal
             Gate
          
           in
           the
           Walk
           parallel
           to
           the
           Mall
           .
           The
           Body
           of
           the
           Edifice
           almost
           to
           the
           corner
           of
           the
           Wall
           of
           the
           Enclosure
           ,
           consists
           of
           two
           Sides
           or
           distinct
           Structures
           ,
           join'd
           together
           by
           two
           Galleries
           one
           above
           another
           ,
           call'd
           the
           Figuerie
           ,
           which
           is
           25.
           
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           the
           Garden
           usually
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Meloniere
           ,
           or
           Melon-Garden
           ,
           is
           also
           very
           large
           .
           All
           those
           Gardens
           are
           appointed
           for
           Fruit-Trees
           ,
           and
           so
           artificially
           dispos'd
           ,
           that
           each
           Row
           of
           Trees
           enjoys
           the
           Warmth
           of
           the
           Sun
           agreebly
           to
           their
           peculiar
           Natures
           ,
           some
           more
           and
           others
           less
           ,
           some
           at
           one
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           and
           some
           at
           another
           .
           Every
           Garden
           has
           also
           the
           Conveniency
           of
           a
           Fountain
           to
           furnish
           it
           with
           Water
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Terrass
           ,
           under
           which
           are
           vaulted
           Arbours
           that
           serve
           for
           Fruit-Houses
           in
           Winter
           .
           The
           Pond
           that
           separates
           the
           Kitchin-Garden
           from
           the
           Mall
           ,
           was
           dug
           by
           Switzers
           ,
           from
           whom
           it
           took
           the
           Name
           that
           still
           it
           bears
           :
           't
           is
           very
           large
           and
           ought
           rather
           to
           be
           call'd
           a
           Lake
           or
           great
           Pond
           ,
           than
           a
           Fountain
           or
           Bason
           of
           Water
           .
        
         
           Colbert
           did
           not
           content
           himself
           with
           embellishing
           this
           Garden
           with
           all
           the
           Curiosities
           that
           Europe
           could
           furnish
           ;
           he
           took
           care
           also
           
           to
           replenish
           the
           Menagerie
           or
           Vivarium
           with
           the
           rarest
           Animals
           that
           were
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Four
           Parts
           of
           the
           World.
           The
           great
           Canal
           leads
           to
           that
           
             Rural
             House
          
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           to
           Trianon
           on
           the
           other
           :
           and
           tho'
           the
           former
           is
           design'd
           only
           as
           a
           Lodge
           for
           Animals
           ,
           as
           its
           Name
           imports
           ,
           it
           has
           the
           stately
           Aspect
           of
           a
           magnificent
           Palace
           ,
           and
           presents
           a
           lovely
           Prospect
           of
           four
           Pavilions
           and
           a
           Dome
           to
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           Beholder
           .
           The
           Passage
           to
           it
           lies
           thro'
           a
           large
           Avenue
           or
           Walk
           of
           Trees
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           first
           Place
           brings
           you
           to
           a
           Court
           enclos'd
           with
           Iron-Rails
           ,
           from
           whence
           you
           enter
           into
           another
           ,
           at
           the
           opposite
           End
           of
           which
           there
           is
           an
           octangular
           Dome
           ,
           that
           forms
           a
           Hall
           of
           the
           same
           Figure
           ,
           whither
           you
           ascend
           by
           a
           few
           Steps
           to
           an
           Entry
           that
           leads
           into
           the
           Hall
           that
           is
           surrounded
           with
           several
           Chambers
           .
           Beneath
           these
           there
           is
           a
           Grotto
           with
           a
           wheeling
           Water-Spout
           in
           the
           Middle
           that
           besprinkles
           the
           whole
           Grotto
           ;
           and
           the
           Floor
           is
           full
           of
           little
           Holes
           ,
           from
           whence
           there
           arises
           a
           Shower
           of
           Water
           .
           The
           Hall
           is
           environ'd
           with
           an
           octogonal
           Court
           ,
           surrounded
           with
           Iron
           Rails
           ,
           in
           which
           you
           meet
           with
           seven
           Iron
           Doors
           at
           a
           convenient
           distance
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           that
           open
           into
           a
           like
           number
           of
           Courts
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           are
           appointed
           for
           Stables
           ,
           some
           for
           Sheep-Houses
           ,
           and
           others
           contain
           Stalls
           for
           several
           sorts
           of
           Animals
           .
           In
           one
           of
           these
           Courts
           there
           is
           a
           very
           fine
           Bird-House
           ,
           for
           those
           Birds
           that
           must
           be
           kept
           in
           Cages
           or
           Coops
           ;
           and
           a
           Fish-Pond
           in
           another
           for
           the
           use
           of
           Pelicans
           ,
           and
           
           several
           other
           sorts
           of
           Fowl
           that
           feed
           on
           Fishes
           .
           On
           the
           right
           hand
           in
           places
           enclos'd
           with
           Rails
           ,
           such
           Animals
           are
           kept
           that
           they
           may
           be
           safely
           suffer'd
           to
           range
           about
           ;
           for
           they
           may
           easily
           pass
           between
           the
           Rails
           :
           Here
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           different
           Lodges
           ,
           
             Ermins
             ,
             Civet-Cats
             ,
             Castors
             ,
             Muscovia-Cats
          
           and
           Rats
           ,
           and
           
             Barbary
             Cats
          
           .
           The
           left
           side
           of
           the
           same
           Court
           is
           appointed
           for
           wild
           and
           voracious
           Animals
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Lyons
             ,
             Tygres
             ,
             Leopards
             ,
             Lynxes
             ,
             Bears
             ,
          
           and
           Wolves
           .
           Such
           Beasts
           as
           are
           made
           use
           of
           for
           Labour
           are
           lodg'd
           in
           another
           Court
           ,
           and
           next
           to
           that
           are
           Mews
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Fowls
           .
        
         
           Trianon
           is
           seated
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Canal
           .
           Before
           that
           fine
           and
           pleasant
           House
           there
           is
           a
           Hollow
           or
           Bottom
           resembling
           a
           Half-Oval
           ,
           with
           a
           Door
           on
           each
           Side
           ,
           and
           one
           at
           the
           End
           ,
           opposite
           to
           the
           Entry
           ,
           which
           leads
           into
           the
           Principal
           Court
           ,
           as
           those
           on
           each
           Side
           do
           into
           two
           other
           separate
           Courts
           ,
           that
           reach
           along
           the
           Oval
           .
           At
           the
           End
           of
           these
           two
           Courts
           ,
           following
           the
           Oval
           ,
           you
           meet
           with
           two
           Doors
           that
           open
           into
           the
           Court
           ,
           at
           the
           opposite
           End
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Principal
           Apartment
           consisting
           only
           of
           one
           Story
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           on
           the
           outside
           with
           so
           vast
           number
           of
           Vessels
           of
           several
           Figures
           representing
           Porcelane
           ,
           that
           nothing
           else
           appears
           to
           the
           Eye
           .
           The
           Inside
           also
           is
           painted
           in
           Imitation
           of
           Porcelane
           ;
           the
           Walls
           are
           all
           cover'd
           with
           Looking-Glasses
           ,
           and
           the
           Furniture
           is
           equally
           Rich
           and
           Genteel
           .
           The
           Sides
           of
           this
           Building
           are
           border'd
           with
           two
           Square
           Pavilions
           ,
           
           built
           and
           adorn'd
           after
           the
           same
           Fashion
           ▪
           And
           there
           are
           two
           other
           Pavilions
           lower
           down
           ,
           which
           terminate
           the
           fore-part
           of
           the
           Structure
           .
           This
           place
           was
           design'd
           for
           a
           Magazine
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           which
           are
           preserv'd
           here
           both
           in
           Winter
           and
           Summer
           .
           All
           the
           Basons
           either
           are
           ,
           or
           appear
           to
           be
           of
           Porcelain
           ,
           and
           Water-Spouts
           arise
           out
           of
           the
           Urns.
           The
           Flowers
           and
           Shrubs
           are
           kept
           in
           Pots
           of
           Procelain
           ,
           or
           in
           Boxes
           that
           resemble
           it
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           long
           Walks
           of
           Orange-Trees
           planted
           in
           the
           Ground
           ,
           with
           Hedge-Rows
           of
           Jasmins
           and
           Myrtles
           under
           a
           Gallery
           of
           Timber
           that
           remains
           open
           during
           the
           Summer
           ,
           but
           in
           Winter
           is
           cover'd
           with
           Dung
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Trees
           from
           the
           Cold.
           
        
         
           But
           Colbert
           thought
           there
           were
           still
           some
           finishing
           Strokes
           wanting
           to
           compleat
           the
           Beauty
           of
           Versailles
           .
           There
           was
           no
           other
           Water
           but
           what
           was
           pump'd
           out
           of
           a
           Pond
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           distributed
           by
           Canals
           ,
           to
           the
           places
           that
           requir'd
           its
           Moisture
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           free
           from
           the
           usual
           defects
           of
           stagnating
           Water
           ,
           Stench
           ,
           and
           Muddiness
           .
           The
           Consideration
           of
           these
           Inconveniences
           made
           Colbert
           undertake
           to
           bring
           Water
           from
           the
           River
           Eure
           to
           Versailles
           ,
           by
           an
           Aqueduct
           ,
           which
           reaches
           from
           the
           Hill
           of
           Picardon
           to
           the
           Cisterns
           or
           Reservers
           of
           Water
           .
           Five
           large
           Basons
           contain
           both
           the
           Water
           of
           that
           River
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           supplies
           the
           Machine
           of
           Marly
           :
           Four
           of
           'em
           are
           oblong
           Squares
           ,
           eighty
           five
           Toises
           loing
           ,
           and
           fifty
           four
           
           broad
           ,
           with
           Pannels
           of
           eighteen
           Toises
           at
           the
           outward
           Angles
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           these
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           little
           Bason
           of
           ten
           Toises
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           call'd
           the
           
             Receptacle
             of
             Water
          
           ,
           because
           it
           receives
           all
           the
           Water
           ,
           and
           distributes
           it
           to
           the
           great
           Basons
           at
           the
           Corners
           ,
           which
           are
           hollow'd
           and
           fram'd
           into
           Arches
           of
           a
           Circle
           .
           These
           five
           Basons
           are
           separated
           by
           Walks
           of
           eighteen
           Foot
           in
           breadth
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           another
           of
           eight
           Toises
           ,
           which
           reaches
           from
           the
           outward
           Brink
           of
           the
           Basons
           to
           the
           Glacis
           of
           the
           Earth
           that
           is
           enclos'd
           with
           a
           Wall.
           The
           great
           Basons
           are
           eighteen
           Foot
           deep
           ,
           and
           fill'd
           with
           Water
           to
           the
           height
           of
           twelve
           Feet
           ;
           so
           that
           each
           of
           'em
           contains
           8000
           Cubical
           Toises
           of
           Water
           ,
           or
           224000
           Muids
           ,
           amounting
           in
           all
           the
           four
           to
           896000
           Muids
           or
           Hogsheads
           of
           Water
           .
           To
           retain
           the
           Water
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Lay
           of
           Clay
           eighteen
           Inches
           thick
           ,
           both
           at
           the
           Bottom
           ,
           and
           round
           the
           Edges
           of
           the
           Basons
           or
           Reservers
           ,
           supported
           by
           a
           Wall
           four
           Foot
           broad
           above
           ,
           and
           five
           below
           ,
           founded
           on
           a
           Woodden
           Grate
           laid
           over
           the
           Clay
           with
           Platforms
           ;
           't
           is
           call'd
           
             The
             Wall
             of
             Douvre
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Talus
           or
           Sloping
           is
           on
           the
           inside
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           loses
           a
           Foot
           of
           its
           breadth
           .
           The
           Aqueduct
           is
           500
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           its
           greatest
           height
           amounts
           to
           fourteen
           or
           fifteen
           .
           The
           Basis
           or
           Ground-Work
           extends
           to
           fourteen
           Feet
           ,
           which
           are
           reduc'd
           to
           six
           on
           the
           top
           ;
           and
           of
           that
           number
           the
           Canal
           takes
           up
           three
           ,
           in
           which
           breadth
           it
           contains
           648
           
           Inches
           of
           Water
           .
           The
           River
           Eure
           is
           brought
           to
           Versailles
           from
           Pontgoin
           ,
           seven
           Leagues
           from
           Chartres
           ;
           the
           Canal
           between
           Pontgoin
           and
           
             Berchere
             la
             Margot
          
           ,
           containing
           20000
           Toises
           .
           This
           Canal
           is
           brought
           along
           the
           Surface
           of
           the
           Earth
           according
           to
           its
           Level
           ,
           and
           fifteen
           Foot
           downwards
           :
           Its
           height
           rises
           or
           falls
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           situation
           of
           the
           Ground
           ;
           and
           the
           Talus
           or
           Slopeness
           of
           the
           Banks
           is
           double
           of
           the
           depth
           .
           In
           the
           Bottom
           or
           Valley
           of
           Berchere
           ,
           where
           the
           Aqueduct
           of
           Mason's-Work
           begins
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Bank
           or
           Aqueduct
           of
           Earth
           erected
           ,
           which
           accompanies
           that
           of
           Stone-Work
           for
           the
           Space
           of
           3607
           Toises
           .
           The
           Canal
           of
           this
           Earthen
           Aqueduct
           is
           fifteen
           Foot
           broad
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           and
           six
           ,
           seven
           ,
           or
           eight
           Foot
           broad
           at
           the
           top
           ,
           the
           Talus
           being
           double
           the
           height
           .
           The
           Sides
           or
           Banks
           are
           supported
           by
           a
           Causey
           nine
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           with
           a
           Talus
           double
           the
           height
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           Earth
           from
           falling
           .
           In
           the
           Valley
           of
           Berchere
           ,
           the
           height
           of
           the
           Earthen
           Bank
           amounts
           to
           100
           Feet
           ,
           in
           other
           parts
           to
           70
           ,
           50
           ,
           40
           ,
           and
           20
           Feet
           ;
           and
           towards
           Maintenon
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           joyn'd
           to
           the
           Stone-Aqueduct
           ,
           its
           height
           rises
           to
           79
           Feet
           .
           The
           Stone
           Aqueduct
           is
           2960
           Toises
           long
           ,
           consisting
           of
           242
           Arches
           :
           The
           breadth
           of
           the
           Arches
           amounts
           to
           forty
           Feet
           ;
           their
           Piles
           are
           forty
           eight
           Foot
           long
           ,
           and
           twenty
           four
           broad
           ,
           with
           Buttresses
           reaching
           eleven
           Feet
           in
           breadth
           ,
           and
           six
           in
           Projecture
           ,
           or
           out-bearing
           .
           In
           the
           deepest
           part
           there
           are
           three
           
           Arches
           one
           over
           another
           ,
           like
           those
           at
           
             Pont
             du
             Guard
          
           in
           Languedoc
           .
           Towards
           Berchere
           there
           are
           thirty
           three
           single
           Arches
           ,
           seventy
           one
           double
           ,
           forty
           six
           treble
           ;
           then
           seventy
           two
           double
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           last
           place
           twenty
           single
           ,
           which
           rejoin
           the
           Earthen
           Aqueduct
           coming
           from
           towards
           Versailles
           ,
           at
           the
           height
           of
           sixty
           five
           Feet
           ,
           which
           is
           gradually
           diminish'd
           for
           the
           space
           of
           6055
           Toises
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           reduc'd
           even
           with
           the
           Terrasses
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           Versailles
           't
           is
           brought
           along
           the
           Surface
           of
           the
           Ground
           ,
           as
           between
           Pontgoin
           and
           Berchere
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           25000
           Toises
           ,
           unless
           in
           some
           parts
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Stone
           Aqueduct
           hollow'd
           in
           the
           Ground
           .
           The
           greatest
           height
           of
           the
           Aqueduct
           in
           the
           Valley
           of
           Maintenon
           ,
           thro'
           which
           the
           Rivers
           of
           Eure
           and
           Gaillardon
           pass
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           treble
           Arches
           are
           ,
           amounts
           to
           216
           Feet
           and
           six
           Inches
           ,
           to
           the
           Pavement
           of
           the
           upper
           Wreaths
           or
           Edges
           ,
           without
           reckoning
           the
           Foundations
           ,
           which
           are
           fifteen
           or
           sixteen
           Foot
           deep
           ,
           or
           the
           Parapet
           of
           three
           Foot
           and
           six
           Inches
           .
           The
           height
           of
           the
           first
           or
           lower
           Arches
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Concavity
           of
           the
           Vault
           ,
           amounts
           to
           seventy
           six
           Feet
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Pavement
           of
           the
           second
           Arches
           eighty
           one
           Foot
           and
           six
           Inches
           .
           The
           Second
           Arches
           are
           seventy
           Foot
           high
           to
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Concavity
           ,
           and
           eighty
           five
           to
           the
           Pavement
           of
           the
           Third
           ,
           which
           are
           thirty
           Foot
           and
           three
           Inches
           high
           to
           the
           Concavity
           of
           their
           Vault
           ,
           and
           nine
           Foot
           nine
           Inches
           more
           to
           the
           upper
           Wreaths
           ,
           on
           which
           
           there
           are
           Parapets
           of
           three
           Feet
           and
           six
           Inches
           .
           The
           Canal
           is
           seven
           Foot
           broad
           at
           the
           bottom
           ,
           and
           widens
           by
           degrees
           till
           the
           breadth
           is
           encreas'd
           to
           seven
           Feet
           and
           seven
           Inches
           at
           the
           height
           of
           four
           Feet
           ,
           where
           the
           sides
           begin
           to
           bow
           inwards
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Vault
           .
           On
           each
           side
           of
           the
           Canal
           there
           is
           a
           Corridore
           three
           Foot
           ,
           and
           a
           Parapet
           seventeen
           Inches
           broad
           :
           The
           Piles
           of
           the
           Arches
           are
           perpendicular
           above
           the
           Ground
           on
           the
           inside
           ,
           and
           both
           the
           sides
           .
           Thro'
           the
           whole
           Aqueduct
           every
           Toise
           of
           Work
           has
           an
           Inch
           of
           Talus
           or
           Sloping
           ;
           but
           the
           Buttresses
           have
           more
           above
           the
           first
           or
           lower
           Arches
           ;
           for
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           the
           Reclination
           or
           Narrowing
           amounts
           to
           about
           seven
           Feet
           ,
           and
           to
           almost
           six
           above
           the
           second
           Arches
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Door
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           each
           Pile
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           second
           and
           third
           Arches
           ,
           for
           the
           conveniency
           of
           passing
           along
           the
           Aqueduct
           ;
           the
           Doors
           in
           the
           second
           Arches
           are
           four
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           those
           in
           the
           third
           three
           Foot
           six
           Inches
           broad
           ,
           and
           seven
           Foot
           high
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Description
           of
           the
           Castle
           of
           Versailles
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           subjoin
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           the
           Church
           that
           Colbert
           caus'd
           to
           be
           new-built
           from
           top
           to
           bottom
           of
           hewn
           Stone
           ,
           in
           the
           
             Ruë
             de
             Paris
          
           ,
           facing
           
             Ruë
             Daufine
          
           ,
           which
           leads
           to
           the
           Place
           or
           Square
           of
           the
           same
           Name
           .
           The
           Portal
           ,
           comprehending
           the
           two
           Towers
           ,
           is
           nineteen
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           embellish'd
           with
           four
           Columns
           of
           the
           Doric
           Order
           in
           Front
           ;
           over
           
           which
           are
           four
           other
           Columns
           of
           the
           Ionic
           Order
           ,
           crown'd
           with
           a
           Fronton
           .
           The
           Towers
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           the
           last-nam'd
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           with
           Sculpture
           ;
           the
           length
           of
           the
           Church
           without
           the
           Walls
           amounts
           to
           forty
           Toises
           ,
           and
           within
           ,
           from
           the
           greater
           Altar
           to
           the
           great
           Door
           ,
           to
           thirty
           .
           The
           Nave
           is
           thirty
           two
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           the
           Cross
           is
           seventeen
           Toises
           long
           .
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Cupola
           vaulted
           with
           Stone
           ,
           six
           Foot
           and
           a
           half
           high
           .
           The
           Lantern
           contains
           twenty
           Feet
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           and
           leans
           on
           the
           outside
           on
           a
           great
           Square
           of
           Stone-Work
           eight
           Toises
           broad
           .
           The
           height
           from
           the
           Key
           of
           the
           Vault
           on
           the
           inside
           ,
           amounts
           to
           nine
           Toises
           and
           a
           half
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           Cope
           or
           Cupola
           of
           the
           Lantern
           to
           the
           Pavement
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           there
           are
           in
           all
           eighteen
           Toises
           .
           The
           inside
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           the
           Doric
           Order
           ;
           and
           the
           great
           Altar
           is
           enrich'd
           with
           forty
           Corinthian
           Columns
           of
           Marble
           ,
           containing
           two
           Feet
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           and
           crown'd
           with
           their
           Entablatures
           and
           Frontons
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           all
           the
           Altars
           are
           garnish'd
           with
           Pictures
           ,
           by
           the
           best
           Hands
           .
           At
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Church
           Colbert
           caus'd
           a
           great
           Building
           to
           be
           erected
           ,
           containing
           Lodgings
           for
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Mission
           who
           serve
           here
           .
           It
           runs
           parallel
           to
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           reaching
           forty
           four
           Toises
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           is
           contiguous
           to
           the
           Houses
           in
           the
           Street
           .
           It
           encloses
           a
           low
           Court
           ,
           thirteen
           Toises
           square
           ,
           and
           the
           thickness
           of
           the
           Building
           amounts
           
           to
           six
           Toises
           and
           two
           Feet
           .
           Below
           it
           includes
           a
           great
           Corridore
           ,
           forty
           three
           Toises
           in
           circumference
           ,
           and
           twelve
           broad
           ,
           with
           five
           great
           Halls
           on
           the
           out-side
           .
           The
           Refectory
           is
           at
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           great
           Stair-case
           .
           The
           lowest
           and
           highest
           Story
           have
           each
           a
           great
           Corridore
           ,
           and
           contain
           above
           sixty
           Cells
           ,
           and
           ten
           small
           Apartments
           of
           two
           Rooms
           .
           The
           whole
           Building
           ,
           including
           the
           Places
           or
           Rooms
           for
           the
           service
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           contains
           above
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Rooms
           ,
           or
           distinct
           Places
           .
           Both
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Edifice
           were
           design'd
           by
           Mansard
           .
        
         
           The
           Machine
           to
           raise
           Waters
           gave
           Colbert
           occasion
           to
           embellish
           Marly
           ,
           whither
           the
           King
           frequently
           retires
           from
           the
           Hurry
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           attended
           only
           by
           those
           who
           are
           capable
           of
           Diverting
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           necessary
           Servants
           .
           'T
           is
           seated
           in
           the
           Park
           of
           Versailles
           ,
           and
           enclos'd
           with
           another
           distinct
           Park
           on
           the
           Road
           that
           leads
           to
           St.
           Germain
           :
           At
           the
           end
           of
           the
           bottom
           where
           it
           stands
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           View
           open'd
           to
           the
           Castle
           of
           St.
           Germain
           ,
           and
           the
           places
           about
           it
           ,
           which
           makes
           one
           of
           the
           loveliest
           Prospects
           imaginable
           .
           The
           most
           considerable
           Charge
           of
           this
           Building
           was
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           draining
           and
           filling
           up
           of
           the
           Fenny-Grounds
           to
           clear
           a
           space
           for
           the
           Garden
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Ground-Plot
           as
           that
           of
           the
           Situation
           of
           this
           House
           ;
           for
           the
           Disposition
           of
           its
           Plan
           is
           wholly
           singular
           .
           Passing
           along
           the
           Road
           of
           St.
           Germain
           ,
           
           assoon
           as
           you
           come
           to
           Marly
           ,
           you
           enter
           into
           a
           round
           Court
           of
           fifty
           Toises
           ,
           with
           Courts
           of
           Guard
           ,
           Coach-Houses
           ,
           and
           Stables
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           you
           perceive
           the
           Castle
           at
           the
           end
           of
           a
           long
           Avenue
           or
           Walk
           ,
           of
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifteen
           Toises
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           ten
           in
           breadth
           ,
           enclos'd
           with
           Walls
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           to
           keep
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           planted
           with
           Trees
           .
           This
           Walk
           brings
           you
           to
           the
           outward
           Court.
           The
           Castle
           is
           a
           distinct
           Building
           ,
           separated
           from
           twelve
           other
           Pavilions
           ,
           six
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           as
           they
           also
           are
           from
           one
           another
           .
           The
           greatest
           of
           these
           Pavilions
           is
           twenty
           one
           Toises
           large
           in
           all
           its
           Dimensions
           ,
           being
           a
           large
           and
           distinct
           Structure
           ,
           with
           four
           equal
           Faces
           :
           You
           ascend
           to
           it
           by
           round
           Steps
           bow'd
           inwards
           on
           both
           Sides
           .
           The
           Lower
           Story
           is
           magnificent
           ,
           containing
           four
           Entries
           ,
           which
           lead
           into
           a
           great
           Octangular
           Hall
           ,
           and
           separate
           four
           large
           Apartments
           ,
           call'd
           
             The
             Four
             Seasons
          
           .
           The
           Hall
           is
           the
           chief
           Room
           ,
           consisting
           of
           eight
           Pannels
           ,
           four
           great
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           small
           ;
           't
           is
           eight
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           chanell'd
           Pilasters
           of
           the
           Compound
           Order
           ,
           with
           their
           Ornaments
           .
           The
           Doors
           of
           the
           four
           Entries
           are
           in
           the
           large
           Pannels
           ;
           and
           in
           each
           of
           the
           small
           ones
           there
           is
           a
           Statue
           of
           Marble
           ,
           plac'd
           on
           a
           jutting
           Pedestal
           .
           The
           Order
           is
           crown'd
           with
           its
           Entablatures
           ,
           fram'd
           after
           an
           unusual
           manner
           with
           Corbels
           .
           Above
           is
           an
           Attic
           adorn'd
           with
           half-body'd
           Statues
           of
           Women
           ,
           sustain'd
           by
           Garlands
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           Hands
           
           supporting
           over
           their
           Heads
           an
           Entablature
           consisting
           of
           an
           Architrav'd
           Cornice
           .
           The
           Hall
           receives
           the
           Light
           thro'
           four
           Windows
           in
           the
           Attic
           ,
           under
           which
           ,
           on
           the
           Compound
           Cornice
           in
           the
           inside
           ,
           are
           four
           Balconies
           born
           by
           Eagles
           .
           The
           Vault
           that
           begins
           above
           the
           Cornice
           of
           the
           Attic
           consists
           of
           eight
           Pannels
           ,
           which
           meet
           ,
           and
           are
           united
           at
           a
           great
           round
           Moulding
           ,
           cut
           by
           a
           rich
           Wreath
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           that
           serves
           for
           a
           Cornice
           ,
           and
           a
           Spherical
           Vault
           .
           All
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           the
           Hall
           are
           of
           *
           Stuc
           ,
           curiously
           wrought
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Vault
           there
           hangs
           a
           prodigiously
           big
           Branch'd-Candlestick
           of
           Rock-Crystal
           ,
           ten
           Foot
           high
           ,
           and
           six
           broad
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           several
           Rows
           of
           Branches
           ,
           supported
           by
           a
           large
           double
           Eagle
           of
           Crystal
           ,
           and
           surrounded
           with
           eight
           other
           less
           Candlesticks
           ,
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Crown
           .
           The
           four
           Entries
           are
           longer
           than
           broad
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           their
           depth
           ,
           containing
           four
           Toises
           in
           one
           Dimension
           ,
           and
           five
           and
           a
           half
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           are
           embellish'd
           with
           Architecture
           ,
           Sculpture
           ,
           and
           Marble
           Busts
           .
           In
           each
           Entry
           there
           are
           two
           great
           Tables
           of
           precious
           Marble
           ,
           and
           two
           large
           Pictures
           by
           Vander-Meulen
           ,
           eight
           Foot
           long
           ,
           and
           five
           Foot
           high
           ,
           representing
           the
           Sieges
           carry'd
           on
           ,
           and
           Cities
           taken
           by
           His
           Majesty
           .
           Every
           one
           of
           these
           great
           Apartments
           is
           compos'd
           of
           three
           Rooms
           ,
           an
           Anti-Chamber
           ,
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           Closet
           ;
           and
           the
           Upper
           Story
           to
           which
           you
           ascend
           by
           two
           Stair-cases
           ,
           consists
           of
           four
           Halls
           ,
           one
           in
           the
           
           middle
           of
           every
           Face
           .
           They
           are
           sixteen
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           serve
           for
           Anti-Chambers
           to
           eight
           of
           the
           twelve
           little
           Apartments
           ,
           which
           consist
           of
           two
           Rooms
           each
           .
           The
           Dome
           of
           the
           great
           Hall
           is
           surrounded
           with
           an
           Octangular
           Terrass
           twelve
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           little
           Corridores
           of
           half
           that
           breadth
           .
           The
           external
           Decoration
           consists
           in
           Pictures
           in
           Fresco
           ,
           after
           the
           Italian
           manner
           ,
           being
           a
           great
           Corinthian
           Order
           of
           Marble
           Pilasters
           ,
           having
           only
           the
           Cornice
           in
           Relievo
           ,
           to
           crown
           the
           Mass
           of
           the
           Building
           .
           On
           each
           Face
           a
           Fronton
           crowns
           the
           Front-Building
           ,
           without
           any
           apparent
           Projecture
           ,
           but
           what
           it
           borrows
           from
           the
           Shadows
           of
           the
           Painting
           .
           Between
           the
           Windows
           of
           the
           first
           Story
           that
           are
           even
           with
           the
           Ground
           ,
           there
           are
           Basso-relievo's
           ,
           Trophies
           ,
           and
           Devises
           :
           And
           the
           Angles
           are
           adorn'd
           with
           cleft
           Stones
           ;
           because
           if
           the
           Cieling
           were
           Angular
           ,
           the
           Projecture
           or
           jutting
           forth
           of
           the
           Bases
           and
           Chapiters
           would
           appear
           mutilated
           .
           The
           whole
           Edifice
           is
           terminated
           with
           Balisters
           ,
           and
           has
           no
           apparent
           Roof
           :
           All
           the
           Sculptures
           ,
           Bases
           ,
           Chapiters
           ,
           and
           Balisters
           are
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           ;
           and
           the
           Architecture
           is
           of
           Marble
           of
           several
           Colours
           .
           The
           other
           twelve
           Pavilions
           are
           adorn'd
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           ;
           and
           six
           of
           'em
           are
           of
           the
           Ionic
           Order
           :
           Each
           Pavilion
           contains
           two
           Apartments
           ,
           one
           below
           ,
           and
           another
           in
           the
           first
           Story
           ;
           every
           one
           of
           'em
           has
           six
           Toises
           in
           Front
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           thirty
           two
           Toises
           distant
           from
           each
           other
           .
           Besides
           these
           thirteen
           Pavilions
           ,
           there
           
           are
           two
           on
           the
           right
           side
           of
           the
           Castle
           that
           faces
           the
           Paterre
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           which
           is
           the
           Chapel
           ,
           embellish'd
           in
           the
           inside
           with
           Pilasters
           of
           the
           Corinthian
           Order
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           even
           with
           the
           Ground
           ,
           is
           the
           Guard-Chamber
           ,
           and
           above
           that
           the
           Officers
           Lodgings
           .
           To
           these
           Pavilions
           they
           have
           since
           added
           two
           Wings
           ,
           which
           being
           joyn'd
           to
           two
           Walls
           built
           in
           form
           of
           an
           Arch
           of
           a
           Circle
           ,
           form
           an
           outward
           Court
           ,
           containing
           thirty
           five
           Toises
           in
           Diameter
           .
           At
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Descent
           from
           the
           Avenue
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           and
           over-against
           these
           two
           Pavilions
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           others
           of
           the
           like
           Structure
           ,
           which
           make
           one
           half
           of
           the
           Building
           ,
           and
           comprehend
           the
           Kitchens
           ,
           and
           other
           Offices
           or
           Work-Houses
           ,
           being
           thirty
           Toises
           in
           Front
           ,
           and
           inclosing
           a
           Court
           for
           that
           use
           .
           These
           two
           Pavilions
           are
           adorn'd
           on
           the
           out-side
           like
           those
           that
           are
           opposite
           to
           'em
           ,
           and
           hide
           all
           that
           Building
           which
           is
           appointed
           for
           the
           service
           of
           the
           Palace
           :
           They
           are
           joyn'd
           together
           by
           a
           Wall
           painted
           by
           Rousseau
           in
           Perspective
           ,
           which
           surprizes
           and
           charms
           the
           Beholder
           .
           All
           these
           Pavilions
           ,
           both
           the
           twelve
           of
           equal
           bigness
           ,
           and
           those
           last
           mentioned
           ,
           communicate
           together
           by
           Trellis'd
           Arbours
           ,
           fifteen
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           which
           form
           a
           Half-Moon
           behind
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Arches
           of
           a
           Circle
           that
           compose
           'em
           ,
           end
           in
           Pavilions
           of
           Trellis-Work
           .
           The
           Garden
           is
           so
           intermix'd
           with
           the
           Building
           ,
           that
           the
           Coaches
           never
           pass
           beyond
           the
           Grate
           between
           the
           two
           Pavilions
           
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Descent
           .
           'T
           is
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Disposition
           of
           the
           Garden
           is
           as
           new
           as
           unusual
           ,
           consisting
           of
           several
           Falls
           of
           Terasses
           ,
           supported
           by
           sloping
           Turfs
           ,
           with
           Ever-green
           Trees
           ,
           such
           as
           
             Firs
             ,
             Yews
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           you
           descend
           from
           one
           to
           another
           by
           Stone
           Steps
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           bigness
           ,
           and
           various
           Contrivance
           .
           The
           Parterres
           are
           enclos'd
           with
           Basons
           of
           divers
           Figures
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           several
           Water-Spouts
           :
           The
           Bason
           behind
           the
           Castle
           is
           most
           considerable
           ;
           't
           is
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Half-Moon
           ,
           thirty
           eight
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           and
           its
           Water-Spout
           rises
           one
           hundred
           Foot
           high
           .
           The
           Basons
           of
           the
           Parterre
           are
           in
           number
           seven
           ;
           the
           first
           you
           meet
           with
           before
           the
           great
           Descent
           of
           Steps
           ,
           has
           Three
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           and
           contains
           twenty
           Toises
           in
           one
           Dimension
           ,
           and
           forty
           in
           the
           other
           .
           The
           greatest
           containing
           five
           Water-Spouts
           ,
           is
           one
           hundred
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           fifty
           broad
           ;
           and
           the
           last
           consisting
           of
           Pannels
           below
           ,
           is
           seventy
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           thirty
           two
           broad
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           three
           Water-Spouts
           .
           The
           other
           four
           are
           round
           ,
           of
           which
           two
           at
           the
           foot
           of
           the
           Castle
           are
           smaller
           ,
           each
           of
           'em
           containing
           ten
           Toises
           in
           Diameter
           ;
           but
           the
           Diameter
           of
           those
           above
           contains
           sixteen
           Toises
           .
           Both
           the
           Terrasses
           and
           Pavilions
           run
           sloping
           ,
           tho'
           they
           are
           all
           plac'd
           level
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Basons
           :
           And
           't
           is
           impossible
           to
           behold
           at
           a
           distance
           without
           an
           agreeable
           Surprize
           ,
           that
           unusual
           Scene
           of
           Buildings
           ,
           Terrasses
           ,
           and
           Basons
           ,
           variously
           intermixt
           ,
           without
           Confusion
           ,
           
           like
           curious
           Works
           appearing
           distinctly
           on
           an
           advantageous
           Ground
           .
           The
           Park
           of
           this
           House
           is
           enclos'd
           with
           a
           Wall
           ,
           and
           divided
           by
           Cross-Walks
           ,
           some
           eight
           ,
           and
           others
           six
           Toises
           broad
           ,
           where
           you
           have
           sometimes
           the
           Prospect
           of
           the
           Castle
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           of
           the
           Iron
           Grates
           before
           its
           Entry
           :
           and
           that
           none
           of
           the
           Advantages
           of
           the
           Situation
           might
           be
           lost
           ,
           there
           are
           Groves
           of
           divers
           Figures
           contriv'd
           in
           the
           Wood.
           The
           Park-Pale
           encloses
           several
           large
           Ponds
           ,
           among
           which
           there
           are
           Three
           that
           have
           twelve
           Foot
           of
           Water
           ;
           the
           greatest
           is
           in
           the
           Middle
           ,
           and
           its
           superficial
           Extent
           amounts
           to
           18000.
           
           Toises
           of
           Water
           ,
           whereas
           the
           other
           two
           together
           make
           but
           2000
           :
           and
           besides
           there
           are
           two
           other
           larger
           Ponds
           ,
           of
           a
           Regular
           Figure
           .
           The
           Surface
           of
           the
           Water
           in
           the
           first
           Pond
           is
           higher
           than
           that
           of
           the
           last
           Bason
           of
           the
           Parterre
           by
           thirty
           three
           Toises
           :
           and
           besides
           the
           Cross-ways
           for
           Coaches
           ,
           there
           are
           Walks
           along
           the
           Walls
           of
           the
           Enclosure
           ,
           which
           open
           a
           Passage
           thro'
           all
           the
           Parts
           of
           the
           Garden
           .
           The
           Conveniency
           Colbert
           had
           to
           make
           advantageous
           Bargains
           with
           the
           Work-men
           that
           were
           employ'd
           in
           building
           the
           
             Royal
             Houses
          
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           address
           themselves
           to
           him
           for
           Payment
           ,
           gave
           him
           an
           Opportunity
           to
           make
           his
           House
           of
           Sceaux
           a
           magnificent
           Palace
           .
           I
           will
           not
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           a
           particular
           Description
           of
           all
           its
           Beauties
           ,
           but
           content
           my self
           with
           mentioning
           the
           finest
           Parts
           of
           the
           Garden
           .
           After
           you
           have
           pass'd
           
           thro'
           several
           lovely
           Walks
           fenc'd
           with
           Hedge-Rows
           ,
           you
           come
           to
           the
           
             Pavilion
             of
             the
             Morning
          
           ,
           so
           call'd
           ,
           either
           because
           the
           earliest
           Glimmerings
           of
           the
           Light
           are
           discover'd
           there
           sooner
           than
           in
           any
           other
           part
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Morning
           seems
           only
           to
           break
           forth
           with
           a
           design
           to
           shine
           upon
           so
           beautiful
           a
           Place
           ,
           or
           because
           that
           Goddess
           is
           painted
           there
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           
             le
             Brun.
          
           This
           Pavilion
           has
           twelve
           Openings
           ,
           reckoning
           that
           of
           the
           Door
           ;
           and
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           somewhat
           rais'd
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Stair-Cases
           opposite
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           ascend
           to
           it
           .
           Going
           from
           thence
           to
           the
           
             Hall
             of
             Chesnut-Trees
          
           ,
           you
           meet
           with
           a
           fine
           Pond
           or
           Canal
           ,
           at
           the
           Side
           of
           the
           Castle
           :
           there
           are
           five
           lovely
           Fountains
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           four
           towards
           the
           Corners
           ,
           and
           one
           in
           the
           Middle
           ;
           and
           somewhat
           lower
           there
           is
           a
           little
           Wood
           ,
           made
           after
           the
           fashion
           of
           a
           Labyrinth
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Water
           .
           Then
           you
           come
           to
           the
           Water-Walk
           ,
           which
           is
           adorn'd
           on
           both
           sides
           with
           Busts
           ,
           plac'd
           on
           small
           Pedestals
           like
           Stools
           ,
           and
           Water-Spouts
           mounting
           as
           high
           as
           the
           Trellis
           .
           Each
           Water-Spout
           appears
           between
           two
           Busts
           ,
           and
           every
           Bust
           between
           two
           Water-Spouts
           .
           On
           each
           Side
           of
           the
           Walk
           there
           is
           a
           little
           Ditch
           or
           Furrow
           ,
           to
           receive
           the
           Water
           that
           falls
           from
           so
           great
           a
           number
           of
           Spouts
           ;
           and
           at
           each
           of
           the
           four
           Corners
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Shell
           for
           the
           same
           use
           .
           Behind
           the
           Busts
           and
           Water-Spouts
           there
           is
           a
           green
           Wall
           form'd
           by
           large
           Trellisses
           ;
           and
           ,
           leaving
           this
           beautiful
           Place
           ,
           you
           enter
           into
           the
           
             Pavilion
             of
             the
             four
             Winds
          
           ,
           where
           you
           have
           a
           charming
           Prospect
           .
           
           From
           thence
           you
           pass
           to
           the
           Canal
           ,
           and
           descending
           somewhat
           lower
           ,
           you
           meet
           with
           a
           Piece
           of
           Water
           ,
           containing
           about
           six
           Acres
           ,
           which
           fronts
           a
           Cascade
           at
           the
           other
           End
           of
           the
           Garden
           .
           'T
           is
           on
           the
           Brow
           of
           a
           Hillock
           ,
           forming
           three
           Water-Walks
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           several
           Vessels
           of
           Brass
           between
           the
           Basons
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           the
           Water-Spouts
           arise
           .
           It
           may
           be
           justly
           said
           to
           be
           altogether
           natural
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           fill'd
           with
           Running
           Water
           .
           Colbert
           did
           not
           only
           design
           to
           make
           this
           Place
           a
           House
           of
           Pleasure
           ;
           for
           he
           annex'd
           a
           great
           Revene
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           transporting
           thither
           the
           Oxe-Market
           that
           was
           formerly
           kept
           at
           Long-jumeau
           ,
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           Trade
           ,
           which
           was
           diminish'd
           by
           that
           Alteration
           .
        
         
           The
           Desire
           that
           Minister
           had
           to
           display
           in
           all
           Parts
           ,
           the
           Grandeur
           and
           Magnificence
           of
           his
           Master
           ,
           made
           him
           also
           form
           several
           Designs
           ,
           to
           encrease
           the
           Beauty
           and
           Conveniency
           of
           the
           Capital
           City
           .
           He
           began
           the
           Cours
           on
           Ramparts
           with
           four
           Rows
           of
           Trees
           ,
           reaching
           from
           the
           Gate
           of
           S.
           Honoré
           to
           that
           of
           S.
           Anthony
           :
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           River
           't
           was
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           make
           the
           Descent
           of
           the
           Hill
           somewhat
           easier
           between
           the
           Gates
           of
           S.
           Marcel
           and
           S.
           Victor
           .
           He
           order'd
           the
           Old
           Gates
           of
           S.
           Denis
           and
           S.
           Martin
           to
           be
           beaten
           down
           ;
           and
           ,
           instead
           of
           these
           ,
           Triumphal
           Arches
           to
           be
           erected
           in
           Memory
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Conquest
           of
           the
           greatest
           Part
           of
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
          
           ,
           in
           1672.
           
           He
           built
           the
           Key
           call'd
           
           Pelletier's
           ,
           or
           the
           New-Key
           ,
           with
           a
           Parapet
           ,
           from
           
             Our
             Lady's
             Gate
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
           Greve
           or
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           which
           it
           encompasses
           on
           the
           side
           next
           the
           Seine
           :
           and
           he
           caus'd
           the
           Key
           to
           be
           lin'd
           with
           Stone
           ,
           from
           the
           first
           Wicket
           of
           the
           Louvre
           ,
           near
           the
           Watering-Place
           for
           Horses
           to
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Old
           Cours
           .
           The
           Streets
           were
           also
           enlarg'd
           by
           his
           Orders
           ,
           which
           gave
           Occasion
           to
           the
           President
           
             de
             Fourcy
          
           to
           make
           two
           New
           ones
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Provostship
           or
           Mayoralty
           ;
           one
           of
           'em
           reaching
           from
           S.
           
             Anthony's
             Street
          
           to
           the
           Bridge
           that
           leads
           to
           
             Our
             Lady's
             Island
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           continuing
           the
           Street
           
             des
             Provaires
          
           to
           Pont-Neuf
           .
        
         
           The
           Publick
           is
           oblig'd
           to
           the
           same
           Minister
           for
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Academy
           for
           Painting
           and
           Sculpture
           ,
           in
           1664.
           
           The
           
           King's
           Painters
           and
           Sculptors
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           of
           the
           most
           skilful
           Professours
           of
           those
           Arts
           ,
           being
           prosecuted
           at
           Law
           by
           the
           Master-Painters
           of
           Paris
           ,
           join'd
           together
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           form
           a
           Society
           ,
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Academy
             for
             Sculpture
             and
             Painting
             .
          
           Their
           Design
           was
           to
           keep
           publick
           Exercises
           to
           improve
           those
           ingenious
           Arts
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           'em
           to
           the
           highest
           Degree
           of
           Perfection
           .
           They
           put
           themselves
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           Cardinal
           Mazarin
           ,
           and
           chose
           Chancellour
           Seguier
           for
           their
           Vice-Protectour
           :
           after
           which
           they
           presented
           a
           Petition
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           containing
           an
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           Prosecutions
           that
           were
           set
           on
           foot
           against
           'em
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           Art
           of
           Painting
           and
           Sculpture
           ,
           which
           their
           Enemies
           design'd
           to
           deprive
           of
           that
           Noble
           Liberty
           which
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           
           make
           it
           subject
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           a
           Mechanical
           and
           Servile
           Trade
           .
           This
           Petition
           was
           favourably
           receiv'd
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           ,
           bearing
           Date
           the
           20th
           of
           January
           ,
           1648.
           all
           Persons
           were
           prohibited
           to
           disturb
           or
           molest
           the
           Academy
           in
           its
           Exercises
           .
           The
           Society
           was
           ,
           in
           its
           Infancy
           ,
           compos'd
           of
           twenty
           five
           Members
           ;
           twelve
           Officers
           call'd
           Elders
           ,
           who
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           attend
           monthly
           ,
           and
           give
           publick
           Lessons
           ;
           eleven
           Academicians
           ,
           and
           two
           Syndics
           .
           The
           twelve
           Elders
           were
           
             le
             Brun
             ,
             Erard
             ,
             Bourdon
             ,
             de
             la
             Hyre
             ,
             Sarrazin
             ,
             Corneille
             ,
             Perrier
             ,
             de
             Beaubrun
             ,
             le
             Sueur
             ,
             Juste
             d'
             Egtimont
             ,
             Vanostad
             ,
          
           and
           Guillemin
           :
           The
           eleven
           Academicians
           were
           
             du
             Garnier
             ,
             Vanmol
             ,
             Ferdinand
             ,
             Boulogne
             ,
             Montpecher
             ,
             Hans
             ,
             Tertelin
          
           senior
           ,
           
             Gerard
             Gosin
             ,
             Pinage
             ,
             Benard
             ,
          
           and
           
             de
             Seve
          
           senior
           ;
           and
           the
           two
           Syndics
           ,
           now
           call'd
           Ushers
           ,
           were
           Bellot
           and
           
             l'
             Eveque
          
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           the
           Promulgation
           of
           the
           Order
           of
           Council
           ,
           't
           was
           thought
           convenient
           to
           regulate
           the
           respective
           Duties
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Students
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           February
           following
           ,
           the
           Society
           drew
           up
           
             Thirteen
             Articles
          
           of
           Regulation
           ,
           which
           were
           approv'd
           and
           ratify'd
           by
           Letters-Patents
           granted
           the
           same
           Month.
           Five
           or
           six
           Years
           after
           't
           was
           found
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           necessary
           for
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           to
           make
           some
           Additions
           to
           the
           former
           Statutes
           ;
           and
           
             Twenty
             one
             New
             Articles
          
           were
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           ratify'd
           by
           Letters
           Patents
           in
           
             January
             1655.
          
           
           Since
           that
           time
           his
           Majesty
           perceiving
           with
           Satifaction
           the
           Progress
           made
           by
           the
           
           Academy
           in
           the
           Design
           of
           their
           Institution
           ,
           granted
           'em
           new
           Statutes
           much
           more
           ample
           than
           the
           first
           ,
           supplying
           the
           Omissions
           ,
           and
           correcting
           the
           Faults
           that
           were
           observ'd
           in
           the
           former
           Regulation
           .
           And
           these
           three
           Collections
           of
           Statutes
           ,
           with
           the
           several
           Patents
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           'em
           ,
           were
           register'd
           in
           the
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Chamber
             of
             Accounts
          
           ,
           and
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Opposition
           of
           the
           Master-Painters
           .
           After
           Cardinal
           
           Mazarin's
           death
           ,
           in
           1663
           ,
           the
           Academy
           begg'd
           the
           Protection
           of
           Chancellor
           Seguier
           ,
           and
           made
           Colbert
           their
           Vice-Protector
           ;
           at
           whose
           solicitation
           they
           were
           finally
           establish'd
           by
           a
           Patent
           ,
           containing
           new
           Privileges
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1664.
           
           They
           were
           first
           lodg'd
           in
           the
           Gallery
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             College
          
           of
           the
           University
           ;
           but
           afterwards
           his
           Majesty
           granted
           'em
           more
           spacious
           Lodgings
           near
           the
           Tuilleries
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           another
           more
           convenient
           place
           ,
           in
           the
           Gallery
           of
           the
           Louvre
           .
           From
           thence
           they
           were
           remov'd
           to
           the
           Palace
           Brion
           ,
           behind
           the
           
             Palace
             Royal
          
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           House
           was
           annex'd
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Chartres's
           Lodgings
           ,
           they
           were
           plac●d
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Louvre
          
           .
           There
           was
           also
           a
           Fund
           settl'd
           by
           his
           Majesty
           in
           the
           Register
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Buildings
          
           ,
           to
           raise
           a
           considerable
           Pension
           for
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           and
           to
           defray
           the
           Charges
           of
           Models
           ,
           and
           other
           necessary
           Expences
           of
           that
           Society
           .
           All
           Suits
           and
           Causes
           relating
           to
           their
           Functions
           ,
           Works
           ,
           and
           Publick
           Exercises
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           examin'd
           by
           the
           
             Council
             of
             State
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Academy
           it
           
           self
           being
           assembl'd
           ,
           is
           declar'd
           Judge
           of
           all
           differences
           that
           may
           arise
           about
           the
           Arts
           of
           Painting
           and
           Sculpture
           .
           He
           that
           presides
           in
           the
           Assemblies
           receives
           an
           Oath
           of
           those
           that
           are
           deem'd
           capable
           of
           being
           admitted
           Members
           of
           the
           Academy
           :
           And
           the
           Deliberations
           agreed
           on
           in
           these
           Meetings
           ,
           have
           the
           force
           of
           Statutes
           .
           The
           Academy
           alone
           is
           empower'd
           to
           lay
           down
           Models
           ,
           issue
           out
           Advertisements
           ,
           and
           give
           publick
           Lessons
           concerning
           the
           Arts
           of
           Painting
           and
           Sculpture
           ,
           and
           what
           relates
           to
           ,
           or
           depends
           upon
           '
           em
           .
           And
           that
           none
           may
           be
           admitted
           to
           profess
           these
           Arts
           by
           any
           other
           way
           or
           Method
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           prohibited
           all
           Persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           assume
           the
           Title
           or
           Quality
           of
           his
           Painters
           ,
           or
           Sculptors
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Academy
           ;
           revoking
           and
           making
           void
           all
           Grants
           or
           Briefs
           that
           might
           have
           been
           obtain'd
           for
           that
           purpose
           :
           So
           that
           all
           those
           who
           were
           in
           that
           Post
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           enter
           into
           that
           Society
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           losing
           their
           Places
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Academy
           may
           keep
           publick
           Exercises
           in
           other
           Places
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           erect
           
             Academical
             Schools
          
           in
           all
           the
           Cities
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           a
           Patent
           ,
           and
           Order
           of
           Regulation
           ,
           granted
           by
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           
             November
             1676.
          
           
           The
           same
           Monarch
           establish'd
           an
           Academy
           at
           Rome
           ,
           where
           a
           Model
           is
           kept
           ,
           and
           Pensions
           allow'd
           to
           young
           Students
           ,
           who
           travel
           thither
           to
           study
           these
           Arts
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           gain'd
           the
           Prize
           in
           the
           Academy
           ;
           and
           that
           Society
           sends
           one
           of
           its
           Rectors
           to
           preside
           
           there
           .
           Those
           who
           are
           possest
           of
           the
           chief
           Places
           and
           Offices
           in
           the
           Academy
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           forty
           ,
           are
           exempted
           from
           all
           Obligations
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           undertake
           the
           charge
           of
           Guardians
           or
           Curators
           ,
           or
           to
           keep
           Watch
           and
           Ward
           ,
           and
           have
           a
           right
           to
           the
           great
           Committimus
           ,
           or
           special
           Privileges
           for
           that
           purpose
           .
           Those
           who
           are
           brought
           up
           in
           those
           Arts
           by
           any
           Member
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           tho'
           they
           have
           not
           sufficient
           Merit
           to
           be
           receiv'd
           into
           that
           Society
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Office
           and
           Dignity
           of
           a
           Master
           in
           any
           place
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           by
           Virtue
           of
           a
           Certificate
           from
           the
           Person
           by
           whom
           they
           were
           educated
           ,
           seen
           and
           approv'd
           by
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           counter-sign'd
           by
           the
           Secretary
           ;
           and
           that
           Certificate
           has
           in
           all
           respects
           the
           Force
           of
           a
           Brief
           ,
           or
           Writ
           of
           Apprenticeship
           .
           And
           the
           Works
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Academy
           cannot
           be
           moulded
           or
           copied
           without
           their
           permission
           .
           The
           Officers
           that
           compose
           this
           Society
           are
           ,
           first
           ,
           a
           Director
           ,
           call'd
           by
           the
           first
           Statutes
           the
           Head
           ,
           who
           may
           be
           chang'd
           or
           continu'd
           every
           Year
           ;
           and
           the
           Company
           may
           choose
           either
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Members
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ,
           whom
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           to
           discharge
           that
           Office
           :
           It
           was
           first
           possest
           by
           Charmois
           ,
           and
           in
           1656
           by
           Ratabon
           ,
           Superintendant
           of
           the
           Buildings
           .
           A
           Chancellor
           ,
           whose
           Office
           is
           for
           Life
           ;
           he
           approves
           all
           Dispatches
           ,
           and
           affixes
           the
           Seal
           ,
           which
           has
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           the
           Image
           of
           the
           Protector
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Arms
           of
           the
           Academy
           :
           This
           Office
           was
           
           first
           executed
           by
           
             le
             Brun
          
           ,
           who
           not
           only
           as
           Chancellor
           ,
           but
           also
           as
           his
           Majesty's
           
             Chief
             Painter
          
           ,
           presided
           in
           all
           the
           Assemblies
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           the
           Oath
           .
           Four
           Rectors
           ,
           also
           for
           Life
           ;
           and
           two
           Adjuncts
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           Places
           of
           those
           that
           are
           absent
           :
           Their
           Office
           is
           to
           serve
           quarterly
           ,
           and
           to
           meet
           at
           the
           Academy
           with
           the
           Professor
           ,
           who
           is
           in
           Waiting
           ,
           to
           correct
           the
           Students
           ,
           judge
           of
           those
           who
           excel
           their
           Fellows
           ,
           and
           deserve
           some
           Recompence
           ,
           and
           to
           dispatch
           all
           other
           Affairs
           .
           Twelve
           Professors
           ,
           two
           of
           whom
           may
           be
           chang'd
           every
           Year
           by
           Lot
           ;
           and
           Eight
           Adjuncts
           :
           The
           Professors
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           serve
           by
           turns
           Monthly
           ,
           and
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Waiting
           ,
           to
           give
           Daily
           Attendance
           at
           the
           Academy
           ,
           to
           correct
           the
           Students
           ,
           order
           the
           Model
           and
           Postures
           for
           designing
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           care
           of
           other
           Affairs
           .
           There
           is
           also
           a
           Professor
           of
           Geometry
           ,
           and
           another
           of
           Anatomy
           ,
           who
           read
           Lessons
           twice
           a
           Week
           .
           A
           Treasurer
           ,
           who
           receives
           and
           distributes
           the
           King's
           Pensions
           ,
           and
           is
           entrusted
           with
           the
           principal
           Care
           of
           the
           Pictures
           ,
           Sculptures
           ,
           Furniture
           ,
           and
           Tools
           belonging
           to
           the
           Academy
           .
           Several
           Counsellors
           ,
           who
           are
           divided
           into
           two
           Classes
           ;
           the
           first
           consisting
           of
           those
           who
           have
           already
           discharg'd
           the
           other
           Offices
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           of
           Persons
           of
           Merit
           ,
           who
           for
           their
           Love
           and
           Knowledge
           of
           those
           Arts
           ,
           are
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Academy
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           
             Counsellors
             ,
             Lovers
             of
             Art
          
           ;
           but
           can
           never
           rise
           to
           any
           higher
           Post
           ,
           because
           their
           Skill
           is
           confin'd
           to
           some
           part
           ,
           and
           they
           
           do
           not
           profess
           the
           Art
           in
           its
           full
           extent
           :
           All
           these
           Counsellors
           have
           a
           Deliberative
           Voice
           in
           the
           Meetings
           of
           the
           Society
           .
           The
           Secretary
           takes
           care
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           keeps
           the
           Registers
           ,
           and
           counter-signs
           Dispatches
           .
           The
           Academy
           may
           also
           have
           two
           Ushers
           to
           serve
           them
           on
           all
           Occasions
           ,
           who
           are
           to
           enjoy
           the
           Privileges
           of
           that
           Society
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           either
           Painters
           or
           Sculptors
           .
           The
           
             Roman
             Academy
          
           that
           has
           its
           Name
           from
           St.
           Luke
           ,
           being
           inform'd
           of
           the
           erection
           of
           that
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Merit
           of
           its
           Members
           ,
           was
           desirous
           to
           entertain
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           'em
           ,
           both
           by
           way
           of
           Friendship
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           the
           Arts
           they
           profess'd
           .
           And
           to
           engage
           the
           French
           to
           a
           Complyance
           with
           her
           desires
           ,
           she
           made
           the
           first
           Step
           by
           choosing
           
             le
             Brun
          
           for
           her
           Head
           two
           Years
           successively
           ,
           tho'
           that
           Dignity
           is
           never
           bestow'd
           on
           any
           Person
           that
           lives
           out
           of
           Rome
           .
           This
           Advance
           gave
           the
           King
           Occasion
           to
           grant
           Letters
           of
           Union
           of
           these
           two
           Societies
           ,
           in
           November
           1676
           ,
           which
           were
           afterwards
           ratify'd
           by
           the
           Parliament
           .
           The
           Academy
           receives
           none
           into
           its
           Body
           but
           those
           whose
           Merit
           has
           rais'd
           'em
           above
           the
           common
           Excellencies
           of
           Vulgar
           Artists
           :
           Those
           who
           profess
           the
           entire
           Art
           ,
           may
           aspire
           to
           the
           highest
           Offices
           in
           that
           Society
           ;
           but
           they
           who
           are
           only
           Masters
           of
           some
           particular
           Talents
           ,
           and
           apply
           themselves
           wholly
           to
           
             Pictures
             ,
             Landskips
             ,
             Flowers
          
           or
           Fruits
           ,
           tho'
           they
           may
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           Academy
           ,
           can
           never
           rise
           above
           the
           Degree
           of
           
           Counsellors
           :
           And
           skilful
           Engravers
           are
           also
           receiv'd
           on
           the
           same
           Conditions
           .
           The
           Order
           of
           their
           Reception
           is
           thus
           :
           Those
           who
           apply
           themselves
           to
           Figures
           and
           History
           ,
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           work
           a
           whole
           Month
           after
           a
           Model
           ,
           in
           presence
           of
           the
           Waiting-Professor
           :
           After
           which
           there
           is
           a
           Subject
           prescrib'd
           to
           'em
           ,
           describing
           the
           King
           's
           Heroical
           Actions
           in
           Allegorical
           Figures
           .
           The
           Piece
           being
           finished
           ,
           is
           presented
           to
           the
           Academy
           ,
           who
           determine
           by
           plurality
           of
           Voices
           ,
           whether
           the
           Design
           ought
           to
           be
           receiv'd
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Candidate
           receive
           a
           favourable
           Sentence
           ,
           he
           is
           order'd
           to
           draw
           a
           Picture
           of
           a
           certain
           bigness
           ,
           and
           that
           being
           examin'd
           and
           approv'd
           by
           the
           Majority
           of
           Voices
           ,
           he
           is
           sworn
           before
           the
           Chancellor
           ,
           and
           admitted
           into
           the
           Academy
           .
           They
           who
           pretend
           only
           to
           some
           particular
           Talent
           ,
           present
           their
           Works
           as
           the
           others
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           oblig'd
           to
           draw
           from
           the
           Life
           .
           Colbert
           being
           made
           Protector
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           Chancellor
           Seguier
           ,
           thought
           fit
           that
           there
           should
           be
           a
           Historiographer
           appointed
           ,
           to
           collect
           all
           useful
           and
           curious
           Observations
           that
           were
           made
           at
           the
           Conferrences
           ,
           and
           persuaded
           his
           Majesty
           to
           create
           one
           ,
           with
           a
           Salary
           of
           300
           Livres
           .
           This
           Employment
           was
           bestow'd
           on
           
             Guillet
             de
             St.
             Georges
          
           ,
           whom
           
             le
             Brun
          
           presented
           to
           that
           Minister
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           since
           acquir'd
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Honour
           by
           the
           Works
           he
           has
           communicated
           to
           the
           Publick
           ;
           and
           among
           others
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Ancient
             and
             Modern
             Athens
          
           ,
           his
           
             Dictionary
             of
             Arts
          
           ,
           and
           his
           
             History
             of
             
             Sultan
             Mahomet
          
           II.
           He
           was
           receiv'd
           on
           the
           thirty
           first
           of
           January
           ,
           1682
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           very
           fine
           Discourse
           in
           Praise
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           and
           its
           Protector
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           finish
           this
           Account
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           present
           the
           Reader
           with
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           
             le
             Brun
          
           ,
           its
           first
           Director
           .
           He
           painted
           the
           Battle
           and
           Triumph
           of
           Constantine
           ,
           the
           Design
           of
           five
           Pieces
           of
           Tapestry
           ,
           representing
           a
           like
           number
           of
           the
           most
           glorious
           Actions
           of
           Alexander
           ,
           the
           Battle
           of
           Porus
           ,
           the
           Family
           of
           Darius
           ,
           the
           Battle
           of
           Arbella
           ,
           the
           Passage
           of
           the
           Granicum
           ,
           and
           that
           Prince's
           Triumph
           ;
           the
           Angel's
           Crucifix
           ,
           the
           King
           on
           Horse-back
           at
           large
           ,
           a
           Representation
           of
           the
           same
           Monarch
           granting
           Peace
           ,
           the
           Plat-fonds
           of
           
             Vaux
             le
             Vicomté
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Sceaux
           ,
           the
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Innocents
           ,
           the
           Fall
           of
           the
           Rebellious
           Angels
           ,
           St.
           Stephen
           at
           Nôtre-dame
           ,
           the
           Presentation
           of
           the
           Virgin
           at
           the
           Temple
           ,
           Christ
           in
           the
           Garden
           of
           Olivet
           ,
           a
           Crucifix
           ,
           a
           Magdalen
           ,
           the
           Descent
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           St.
           Anthony
           ,
           the
           Twelve
           Apostles
           ,
           the
           Martyrdom
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           
             Japan
             ,
             Christ
          
           in
           the
           Desert
           serv'd
           by
           Angels
           ,
           the
           Cupola
           of
           Sceaux
           ,
           St.
           Teresa
           ,
           St.
           Charles
           ,
           whose
           Picture
           is
           in
           his
           Chapel
           ;
           St.
           
             Mary
             Magdalen
          
           at
           the
           instant
           of
           her
           Conversion
           ,
           the
           Brazen
           Serpent
           at
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Recollects
           of
           Picpus
           ,
           the
           Pentecost
           at
           St.
           
           Sulpicius's
           ,
           and
           the
           Sepulchre
           on
           the
           High
           Altar
           .
           There
           are
           four
           of
           his
           Pictures
           at
           the
           Carmelites
           ;
           a
           Presentation
           of
           the
           Virgin
           at
           the
           Capuchins
           Church
           
           in
           St.
           
           James's
           Suburbs
           ,
           and
           the
           Massacre
           of
           the
           Innocents
           ,
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           
             du
             Mets
          
           ,
           formerly
           Treasurer
           of
           the
           Money
           rais'd
           by
           the
           Sale
           of
           Offices
           .
           The
           President
           
           Lambert's
           Gallery
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Apollo
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Louvre
          
           ,
           were
           also
           painted
           by
           him
           .
           And
           there
           are
           some
           Pieces
           begun
           by
           him
           at
           Ramboüillet
           ,
           in
           the
           Guard-Chamber
           of
           the
           Palace-Royal
           ,
           at
           St.
           
             Germans
             en
             Laye
          
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           House
           of
           the
           
             United
             Farms
          
           ,
           where
           Chancellor
           Seguier
           then
           liv'd
           .
        
         
           The
           Learned
           World
           is
           also
           oblig'd
           to
           Colbert
           for
           the
           Erection
           of
           the
           
             Academy
             of
             Sciences
          
           ,
           that
           meets
           twice
           every
           Week
           in
           one
           of
           the
           Halls
           of
           the
           King's
           Library
           in
           the
           Street
           Viviene
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           so
           many
           curious
           and
           useful
           Discoveries
           .
           On
           Wednesdays
           they
           treat
           of
           
             Natural
             Philosophy
          
           ,
           and
           on
           Saturdays
           of
           Astronomy
           ,
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Mathematicks
           .
           They
           have
           invented
           a
           Method
           to
           determine
           the
           Longitude
           of
           Places
           ,
           which
           has
           been
           try'd
           in
           Denmark
           by
           his
           Majesty's
           Order
           ;
           at
           Cayene
           in
           America
           ,
           and
           in
           several
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Directions
           of
           the
           Astronomers
           .
           These
           Observations
           were
           made
           ,
           and
           are
           still
           carry'd
           on
           every
           Year
           by
           
             Picard
             ,
             Richer
          
           ,
           and
           
             de
             la
             Hyre
          
           ,
           who
           are
           Members
           of
           that
           Body
           .
           And
           during
           the
           Voyages
           that
           are
           undertaken
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           Cassini
           remains
           still
           in
           the
           Observatory
           at
           Paris
           ,
           to
           make
           like
           Observations
           at
           the
           same
           time
           with
           the
           Travellers
           .
           They
           are
           all
           so
           just
           and
           exact
           ,
           that
           the
           Longitude
           may
           be
           certainly
           found
           
           out
           at
           any
           Distance
           ,
           without
           incurring
           an
           Error
           of
           above
           one
           hundred
           Toises
           ,
           which
           bear
           no
           proportion
           to
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           
             Terraqueous
             Globe
          
           .
           When
           the
           Academy
           was
           founded
           ,
           Carcavy
           ,
           Intendant
           of
           the
           King's
           Library
           ,
           was
           made
           Moderator
           of
           it
           ,
           who
           was
           succeeded
           by
           the
           Abbot
           
             de
             Lanion
          
           ,
           and
           he
           by
           Thevenot
           .
           The
           present
           Moderator
           is
           the
           Abbot
           
             le
             Tellier
          
           ,
           who
           presides
           in
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           tho'
           he
           is
           very
           young
           .
           Huguens
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Astronomers
           ,
           discover'd
           the
           
             Ring
             of
             Saturn
          
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           that
           
             Planet's
             Satellites
          
           ,
           and
           has
           oblig'd
           the
           Publick
           with
           a
           Treatise
           
             de
             Horologio
             Oscillatorio
          
           ,
           which
           we
           call
           a
           Pendulum
           :
           And
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Learned
           and
           Ingenious
           Pieces
           extant
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
           
             Blondel
             ,
             Camp-Maréchal
          
           ,
           and
           formerly
           Teacher
           of
           Mathematicks
           to
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           has
           compos'd
           a
           
             Course
             of
             Architecture
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Solutions
           of
           the
           four
           principal
           Problems
           of
           that
           Science
           .
           Cassini
           ,
           who
           was
           esteem'd
           at
           Bologna
           the
           chief
           Astronomer
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           has
           publish'd
           several
           Treatises
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           one
           concerning
           the
           Satellites
           of
           Jupiter
           ,
           with
           their
           Ephemerides
           ,
           the
           discovery
           of
           two
           Satellites
           of
           Saturn
           ,
           different
           from
           that
           of
           Huguens
           ,
           a
           Planisphere
           ,
           and
           a
           Discourse
           of
           the
           Comet
           in
           1680
           ,
           and
           1681.
           
           Picard
           wrote
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Voyage
           to
           Uraneburg
           ,
           enrich'd
           with
           all
           the
           
             Coelestial
             Observations
          
           he
           made
           in
           the
           same
           place
           where
           
             Tycho
             Brahé
          
           contemplated
           the
           Heavens
           .
           
             La
             Hyre
          
           compos'd
           two
           Treatises
           of
           Conics
           ,
           containing
           an
           Explication
           of
           that
           
           hardest
           part
           of
           Geometry
           ,
           to
           which
           in
           1679
           ,
           he
           added
           new
           Elements
           of
           the
           
             Conic
             Sections
             ,
             Geometrical
             Places
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Construction
           of
           
             Aequations
             .
             Roëmer
          
           invented
           two
           Machines
           with
           Wheels
           ,
           the
           first
           representing
           in
           a
           moment
           the
           Motion
           of
           the
           Planets
           ,
           and
           their
           Aspects
           ,
           for
           any
           Year
           or
           Day
           ;
           and
           the
           second
           shewing
           the
           Day
           and
           Hour
           in
           which
           Eclipses
           either
           have
           happen'd
           ,
           or
           shall
           happen
           .
           He
           left
           Paris
           to
           return
           to
           the
           North
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Denmark
           being
           desirous
           to
           see
           him
           again
           .
           Mariotte
           wrote
           three
           Books
           concerning
           the
           Organ
           of
           Vision
           ,
           a
           Treatise
           of
           Libellation
           ,
           another
           of
           the
           Collision
           of
           Bodies
           ,
           an
           
             Essay
             of
             Logic
          
           ,
           a
           
             Treatise
             of
             Colours
          
           ,
           and
           three
           small
           Discourses
           or
           
             Physical
             Essays
          
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Vegetation
             of
             Plants
          
           ,
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           of
           Heat
           and
           
             Cold.
             Duclos
          
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           two
           Treatises
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           
             Mineral
             Waters
          
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           
             Salts
             .
             Perrault
          
           translated
           Vitruvius
           ,
           and
           illustrated
           his
           Author
           with
           learned
           Annotations
           ,
           and
           an
           Explication
           of
           the
           Terms
           of
           Art
           ;
           besides
           which
           he
           publish'd
           three
           Discourses
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Physical
             Essays
          
           ,
           of
           Noise
           ,
           of
           Mechanics
           ,
           of
           Animals
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Circulation
             of
             the
             Blood.
             Dodard
          
           drew
           a
           Scheme
           of
           
             Plants
             .
             Bailly
          
           apply'd
           himself
           with
           extraordinary
           Success
           to
           the
           contriving
           of
           Objective-Glasses
           for
           Telescopes
           ,
           or
           large
           Prospective-Glasses
           ;
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           made
           one
           seventy
           Foot
           long
           ,
           which
           is
           at
           present
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           
             Parisian
             Observatory
             .
             Du
             Verney
          
           labour'd
           to
           improve
           Anatomy
           ;
           and
           Bourdelin
           has
           made
           
           new
           Discoveries
           in
           Chymistry
           .
           The
           Abbot
           Gallois
           wrote
           the
           
             Journal
             des
             Savans
          
           ,
           from
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           January
           1666
           ,
           to
           the
           17th
           .
           of
           
             December
             1674.
             
             Du
             Hamel
          
           publish'd
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1670
           ,
           a
           Treatise
           in
           Two
           Volumes
           ,
           
             De
             Corporum
             Affectionibus
          
           ;
           and
           another
           also
           in
           Two
           Volumes
           ,
           
             De
             Corpore
             animato
             &
             de
             Mente
             humanâ
             :
          
           And
           in
           1682
           ,
           he
           communicated
           to
           the
           Publick
           a
           Work
           in
           five
           Volumes
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Philosophia
             vetus
             &
             nova
             ad
             usum
             Scholae
             accommodata
             .
          
           Besides
           these
           Productions
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Academy
           ,
           the
           Curious
           have
           been
           oblig'd
           with
           the
           Anatomical
           part
           of
           the
           
             History
             of
             Animals
          
           ,
           publish'd
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           whole
           Society
           .
           And
           to
           make
           this
           Foundation
           more
           useful
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           Colbert
           caus'd
           an
           Observatory
           to
           be
           erected
           at
           the
           end
           of
           St.
           
           James's
           Suburbs
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1667.
           
           
        
         
           The
           Observatory
           is
           situated
           in
           the
           highest
           place
           in
           the
           City
           towards
           the
           South
           ,
           that
           the
           Prospect
           of
           the
           Stars
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           the
           Planets
           which
           move
           towards
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           might
           not
           be
           obstructed
           by
           the
           Vapours
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           or
           the
           Smoke
           that
           ascends
           from
           the
           Houses
           on
           the
           other
           side
           .
           'T
           is
           of
           a
           square
           Figure
           ,
           containing
           about
           fifteen
           Toises
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           with
           two
           Octangular
           Towers
           ,
           at
           the
           Corners
           of
           the
           South
           Front
           ,
           of
           seven
           Toises
           in
           Diameter
           ;
           and
           another
           square
           ,
           and
           somewhat
           less
           Tower
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           opposite
           Face
           ,
           where
           the
           Entry
           is
           :
           And
           all
           the
           three
           Towers
           are
           of
           the
           same
           height
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Building
           .
           The
           Eastern
           Tower
           is
           open
           from
           the
           second
           Story
           ;
           and
           its
           two
           opposite
           Faces
           that
           front
           
           the
           South
           and
           North
           ,
           are
           cleft
           or
           divided
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           Telescopes
           of
           above
           fifty
           Foot
           in
           length
           ,
           for
           the
           conveniency
           of
           observing
           the
           Passage
           of
           the
           Planets
           thro'
           the
           Meridian
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           North
           side
           to
           view
           the
           
             fix'd
             Stars
          
           ,
           at
           their
           coming
           to
           the
           Meridian
           ,
           both
           above
           and
           under
           the
           Pole
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           finding
           of
           the
           Latitude
           or
           Elevation
           of
           the
           Pole
           above
           our
           Horizon
           .
           The
           Tower
           in
           the
           North
           Front
           is
           cover'd
           with
           Flints
           by
           way
           of
           Plat-form
           ,
           as
           is
           also
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Edifice
           on
           the
           East
           side
           :
           And
           the
           Platform
           of
           the
           Northern
           Tower
           is
           open
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           that
           those
           who
           are
           employ'd
           in
           observing
           the
           Stars
           may
           be
           shelter'd
           from
           the
           Wind.
           The
           Building
           below
           comprehends
           two
           Stories
           vaulted
           with
           hewn
           Stone
           ,
           the
           Walls
           being
           nine
           foot
           thick
           ,
           and
           sixty
           six
           Foot
           high
           ,
           comprehending
           the
           Rail'd
           Gallery
           on
           the
           Platform
           .
           The
           lower
           or
           half-Story
           of
           the
           whole
           Building
           ,
           is
           on
           the
           South
           side
           ,
           back'd
           with
           a
           Terrass
           rais'd
           more
           than
           twenty
           Foot
           high
           above
           the
           Field
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           first
           Story
           lies
           almost
           level
           with
           the
           Terrass
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Pole
           or
           Mast
           that
           carries
           a
           Telescope
           seventy
           Foot
           long
           ,
           and
           a
           Tower
           of
           Timber-Work
           one
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           Foot
           high
           .
           The
           Building
           rises
           ten
           Toises
           and
           a
           half
           above
           the
           Ground
           ,
           but
           reaches
           deeper
           under
           it
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Quarries
           on
           which
           't
           is
           built
           :
           And
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           these
           there
           are
           winding
           Stairs
           ,
           that
           seem
           to
           hang
           in
           the
           Air
           by
           the
           middle
           ;
           where
           there
           is
           a
           void
           Place
           fourteen
           Toises
           deep
           .
           These
           Stairs
           are
           directly
           under
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Building
           ;
           and
           
           there
           are
           round
           Holes
           about
           three
           Foot
           in
           Diameter
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Vault
           of
           the
           Ground-Floor
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Vaults
           of
           the
           two
           Stories
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           the
           Platform
           .
           The
           Centres
           of
           these
           four
           Holes
           are
           perpendicularly
           over
           the
           Centre
           of
           the
           void
           place
           ,
           in
           the
           winding
           Stairs
           :
           So
           that
           all
           together
           make
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           one
           continu'd
           Pit
           twenty
           four
           Toises
           and
           an
           half
           ,
           or
           one
           hundred
           forty
           seven
           Foot
           deep
           ;
           which
           was
           design'd
           ,
           and
           has
           been
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           Trial
           of
           several
           Experiments
           ;
           as
           to
           examine
           whether
           the
           Stars
           in
           the
           Zenith
           might
           be
           seen
           in
           the
           Day
           from
           the
           bottom
           of
           this
           depth
           ;
           to
           observe
           the
           Degrees
           of
           Acceleration
           in
           the
           descent
           and
           fall
           of
           Bodies
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           the
           Vibrations
           of
           Pendulums
           under
           one
           hundred
           forty
           seven
           Feet
           in
           length
           ,
           without
           danger
           of
           any
           Alteration
           from
           the
           Motion
           of
           the
           Air
           ;
           to
           make
           Observations
           with
           Barometers
           above
           eighty
           Foot
           long
           ,
           both
           with
           Mercury
           alone
           ,
           and
           Water
           alone
           ;
           and
           to
           try
           with
           Tin-Pipes
           of
           the
           same
           length
           ,
           what
           height
           of
           Water
           is
           requir'd
           to
           break
           the
           Pipes
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           known
           how
           strong
           those
           Pipes
           must
           be
           made
           ,
           that
           are
           made
           use
           of
           for
           the
           Conveyance
           of
           Water
           from
           a
           high
           place
           to
           another
           of
           like
           heighth
           .
           There
           were
           also
           Chambers
           dug
           out
           of
           the
           Quarries
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           observed
           whether
           Grains
           and
           Fruits
           cou'd
           be
           preserv'd
           in
           '
           em
           .
           Besides
           there
           have
           been
           Enquiries
           made
           to
           discover
           the
           different
           Properties
           of
           the
           free
           and
           open
           Air
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           is
           inclos'd
           under-ground
           ;
           
           and
           a
           hundred
           Experiments
           have
           been
           try'd
           both
           with
           Thermometers
           and
           Hydrometers
           ,
           to
           observe
           the
           various
           Effects
           that
           proceed
           from
           the
           different
           Degrees
           of
           Moisture
           ,
           Driness
           ,
           Heat
           ,
           and
           Cold
           both
           in
           Winter
           and
           Summer
           ;
           which
           curious
           and
           instructive
           Improvements
           of
           natural
           Knowledge
           ,
           may
           with
           excellent
           Success
           be
           apply'd
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Medicine
           .
           From
           the
           lower
           Apartment
           you
           ascend
           to
           the
           first
           and
           second
           Story
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           the
           Platform
           of
           the
           whole
           Building
           ,
           by
           a
           Stair-Case
           as
           large
           as
           't
           is
           bold
           and
           beautiful
           ;
           'T
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           rich
           Iron
           Balisters
           ,
           and
           seems
           to
           hang
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           having
           a
           void
           Place
           in
           the
           middle
           .
           Since
           the
           Faces
           of
           the
           Building
           look
           directly
           to
           the
           Four
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Windows
           of
           the
           second
           Story
           are
           each
           eight
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           and
           twenty
           six
           Foot
           high
           ,
           the
           inquisitive
           Astronomer
           has
           a
           full
           Prospect
           of
           the
           whole
           Heavens
           ,
           and
           enjoys
           the
           double
           Conveniency
           of
           fixing
           his
           Instruments
           in
           the
           Walls
           ,
           and
           of
           satisfying
           his
           Curiosity
           in
           a
           cover'd
           Room
           ,
           with
           Telescopes
           of
           fifteen
           or
           twenty
           Foot
           ;
           for
           those
           Observations
           that
           require
           Instruments
           of
           a
           greater
           Length
           must
           be
           made
           on
           the
           Terrass
           .
           In
           this
           Edifice
           there
           is
           a
           Collection
           of
           all
           the
           Machines
           us'd
           by
           Artificers
           ,
           and
           the
           Warlike
           Engines
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ;
           so
           that
           here
           a
           Man
           may
           in
           a
           little
           time
           be
           sufficiently
           instructed
           ,
           and
           fitted
           either
           to
           serve
           as
           an
           Engineer
           ,
           or
           to
           teach
           the
           Arts
           of
           Fortification
           and
           Navigation
           in
           an
           Academy
           .
           Here
           is
           also
           a
           Burning-Glass
           ,
           that
           
           melts
           Lead
           in
           an
           Instant
           ,
           assoon
           as
           't
           is
           plac'd
           on
           its
           Focus
           ;
           a
           Planisphere
           ,
           containing
           all
           the
           Stars
           that
           are
           visible
           above
           the
           Horizon
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           shewing
           their
           Situation
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ;
           and
           a
           Copper
           Machine
           ,
           compos'd
           of
           the
           Circles
           of
           the
           Sphere
           ,
           carrying
           an
           Objective-Glass
           one
           hundred
           and
           forty
           Foot
           distant
           from
           the
           Solar
           Focus
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           Motion
           of
           a
           Watch
           follows
           that
           of
           a
           Star
           ,
           when
           't
           is
           only
           two
           or
           three
           Degrees
           elevated
           above
           the
           Horizon
           :
           The
           Engine
           must
           be
           rais'd
           to
           the
           heighth
           of
           six
           or
           seven
           Feet
           ,
           till
           the
           Surface
           of
           the
           Glass
           be
           parallel
           to
           the
           Disk
           of
           the
           Star
           ;
           then
           retiring
           in
           a
           streight
           Line
           to
           the
           distance
           of
           one
           hundred
           and
           forty
           Foot
           ,
           place
           the
           Eye-Glass
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           four
           Centres
           of
           the
           Star
           ,
           of
           the
           Surface
           of
           the
           Objective-Glass
           ,
           of
           the
           Eye-Glass
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Ball
           of
           the
           Eye
           be
           in
           one
           streight
           Line
           :
           If
           the
           Star
           be
           considerably
           elevated
           about
           the
           Horizon
           ,
           the
           Machine
           must
           be
           rais'd
           proportionably
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           by
           a
           Rope
           ,
           towards
           the
           Angles
           or
           Corners
           of
           the
           above-mention'd
           woodden
           Tower
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Foot
           high
           ,
           and
           stands
           before
           the
           South-Front
           of
           the
           Observatory
           ;
           but
           you
           must
           learn
           by
           several
           Trials
           ,
           and
           a
           long
           continu'd
           Use
           ,
           to
           follow
           the
           Star
           with
           the
           Eye-Glass
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Eye
           may
           describe
           a
           Circle
           of
           almost
           a
           hundred
           and
           forty
           one
           Foot
           of
           Rays
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Glass
           is
           the
           Centre
           .
           Here
           is
           also
           to
           be
           seen
           a
           large
           Astronomical
           Ring
           ,
           that
           serves
           to
           find
           by
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           Hour
           and
           Minute
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
           the
           Declination
           of
           the
           Magnet
           ,
           
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           Navigation
           ;
           a
           Level
           with
           a
           Prospective-Glass
           ,
           that
           comes
           quickly
           to
           an
           Aequilibrium
           ;
           and
           a
           very
           exact
           Figure
           of
           the
           Moon
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           hollow
           and
           rising
           Parts
           that
           are
           observ'd
           in
           its
           Surface
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Machine
           for
           the
           Planets
           (
           fram'd
           according
           to
           
           Copernicus's
           System
           )
           which
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           
             Speaking
             Ephemeris
          
           ,
           to
           find
           the
           Position
           of
           the
           Heavens
           at
           any
           time
           propos'd
           ,
           whether
           past
           ,
           present
           ,
           or
           to
           come
           ;
           the
           Longitude
           and
           Latitude
           of
           each
           Planet
           ,
           and
           consequently
           its
           true
           Place
           in
           the
           Heavens
           at
           any
           time
           whatsover
           ,
           only
           by
           turning
           a
           Handle
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           above
           mention'd
           Machine
           .
           It
           shews
           also
           the
           Swiftness
           and
           Slowness
           of
           each
           Planet
           ,
           its
           Excentricity
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           appears
           to
           us
           to
           stand
           still
           or
           move
           backwards
           ;
           for
           the
           Machine
           is
           so
           contriv'd
           ,
           that
           it
           must
           of
           necessity
           follow
           both
           the
           swift
           and
           slow
           Motion
           of
           every
           Planet
           ,
           as
           it
           approaches
           to
           its
           nearest
           ,
           or
           retires
           to
           its
           greatest
           Distance
           from
           the
           Sun.
           There
           is
           also
           a
           Pneumatical
           Engine
           for
           the
           Experiments
           of
           Vacuum
           ;
           a
           Machine
           to
           make
           Stuffs
           ;
           one
           to
           wind
           a
           hundred
           Hanks
           of
           Thread
           at
           once
           ,
           another
           to
           cleanse
           Sea-Ports
           ,
           and
           a
           Catapulta
           of
           the
           Ancients
           .
           By
           what
           has
           been
           said
           the
           Reader
           will
           be
           easily
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           Usefulness
           of
           the
           Observatory
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Ingenious
           World
           is
           highly
           oblig'd
           to
           Colbert
           for
           employing
           his
           Interest
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Care
           and
           Industry
           for
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Erection
           of
           that
           Edifice
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Directions
           of
           those
           great
           Men
           that
           are
           now
           lodg'd
           in
           it
           .
        
         
         
           But
           these
           are
           not
           the
           only
           Obligations
           France
           has
           to
           that
           Minister
           :
           
           She
           owes
           to
           him
           all
           the
           Advantages
           she
           receives
           by
           the
           Union
           of
           the
           two
           Seas
           .
           The
           Success
           of
           that
           Attempt
           is
           so
           much
           the
           more
           surprizing
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           always
           before
           esteem'd
           impossible
           .
           The
           Glory
           of
           the
           Invention
           is
           due
           to
           Riquet
           ,
           a
           Native
           of
           Beziers
           ,
           a
           Person
           of
           a
           happy
           Genius
           ,
           and
           an
           admirably
           quick
           and
           piercing
           Judgment
           ;
           for
           't
           was
           he
           that
           found
           the
           Secret
           which
           had
           never
           before
           enter'd
           into
           the
           Imagination
           of
           any
           Man.
           The
           several
           Offices
           he
           enjoy'd
           in
           that
           Part
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           gave
           him
           an
           opportunity
           to
           consider
           it
           with
           great
           Care
           and
           Attention
           ;
           and
           the
           exact
           Knowledge
           he
           had
           of
           it
           convinc'd
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           way
           that
           leads
           from
           Higher
           to
           
             Lower
             Languedoc
          
           was
           the
           only
           thing
           that
           render'd
           the
           Design
           practicable
           ;
           since
           on
           both
           sides
           there
           are
           Mountains
           of
           a
           prodigious
           height
           ,
           the
           
             Pyrenean
             Hills
          
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           the
           
             Black
             Mountain
          
           ,
           neither
           of
           which
           cou'd
           ever
           have
           been
           divided
           by
           the
           united
           Labors
           of
           the
           whole
           Kingdom
           .
           He
           discover'd
           also
           that
           there
           was
           only
           one
           place
           where
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Rivers
           that
           fall
           into
           the
           Ocean
           cou'd
           be
           united
           to
           those
           that
           fall
           into
           the
           Mediterranean
           .
           That
           place
           is
           call'd
           Naurouse
           ,
           being
           a
           little
           Eminency
           or
           Rising-ground
           ,
           bounded
           with
           two
           Valleys
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           runs
           sloping
           from
           West
           to
           East
           ,
           and
           is
           wash'd
           by
           a
           little
           River
           that
           falls
           into
           the
           Fresque
           ,
           as
           that
           does
           into
           the
           River
           Aude
           above
           Carcassone
           :
           And
           the
           Aude
           empties
           it self
           on
           one
           side
           ,
           by
           its
           natural
           Chanel
           ,
           into
           the
           Lake
           of
           Vandres
           ,
           that
           communicates
           with
           the
           Mediterranean
           ;
           
           
           and
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           is
           convey'd
           by
           an
           Artificial
           Canal
           to
           Narbon
           ,
           from
           whence
           it
           runs
           to
           the
           Sea.
           The
           other
           Valley
           that
           descends
           from
           East
           to
           West
           ,
           is
           cross'd
           by
           the
           River
           Lers
           ,
           which
           enters
           into
           the
           Garonne
           below
           Tholouse
           .
           Now
           the
           Springs
           of
           these
           two
           little
           Rivers
           of
           Aude
           and
           Lers
           ,
           being
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           two
           Valleys
           ,
           about
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           League
           distant
           from
           each
           other
           ;
           Riquet
           concluded
           that
           if
           they
           were
           Navigable
           ,
           the
           Boats
           that
           past
           along
           their
           Chanels
           might
           be
           brought
           very
           near
           each
           other
           .
           All
           the
           difficulty
           was
           to
           know
           whether
           a
           Bason
           or
           Pond
           cou'd
           be
           dug
           on
           the
           Eminency
           of
           Naurouse
           ,
           and
           two
           Canals
           made
           to
           descend
           on
           one
           side
           to
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Lers
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           to
           the
           Source
           of
           the
           River
           Fresques
           ,
           that
           falls
           into
           the
           Aude
           ;
           and
           supposing
           such
           a
           Pond
           cou'd
           be
           made
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           possible
           to
           gather
           and
           bring
           together
           a
           sufficient
           quantity
           of
           Water
           to
           fill
           the
           Canals
           ,
           and
           make
           'em
           Navigable
           .
           To
           clear
           these
           Doubts
           ,
           he
           visited
           all
           the
           neighbouring
           Mountains
           ,
           examin'd
           the
           height
           of
           the
           Sources
           of
           several
           Rivers
           that
           arise
           among
           'em
           ,
           run
           over
           all
           the
           Country
           ,
           consider'd
           every
           part
           attentively
           ,
           and
           measur'd
           the
           Ground
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           so
           exactly
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           at
           last
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           Easiness
           of
           the
           Attempt
           ,
           to
           gather
           together
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           little
           Rivers
           of
           
             Alsau
             ,
             Bernasson
             ,
             Lampy
             ,
             Lampillon
             ,
             Rieutort
             ,
          
           and
           Sor
           ,
           which
           fall
           from
           these
           Mountains
           into
           the
           Plain
           of
           Revel
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Countries
           of
           Laurageois
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           he
           concluded
           that
           
           by
           digging
           a
           Canal
           along
           the
           side
           of
           the
           Hills
           ,
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Rivers
           might
           be
           convey'd
           down
           to
           the
           Hillock
           of
           Naurouse
           ,
           which
           he
           consider'd
           as
           the
           Point
           of
           Division
           from
           whence
           the
           Waters
           might
           be
           distributed
           on
           both
           sides
           towards
           the
           Ocean
           and
           Mediterranean
           ,
           to
           fill
           the
           Canals
           that
           might
           be
           made
           for
           the
           conveniency
           of
           Navigation
           .
           These
           Considerations
           having
           encourag'd
           him
           to
           undertake
           the
           Project
           ,
           and
           convinc'd
           him
           of
           a
           possibility
           of
           Success
           ;
           he
           address'd
           himself
           to
           Colbert
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           prevail'd
           to
           mention
           the
           Design
           to
           the
           King.
           But
           that
           Minister
           being
           unwilling
           to
           engage
           his
           Majesty
           in
           an
           unprofi●able
           Expence
           ,
           propos'd
           that
           there
           might
           be
           a
           Tryal
           made
           with
           a
           little
           Ditch
           ,
           which
           was
           accordingly
           begun
           in
           the
           
             Black
             Mountain
          
           ,
           above
           the
           Town
           of
           Revel
           ,
           and
           carry'd
           on
           so
           happily
           ,
           that
           it
           brought
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           above-mention'd
           Rivers
           to
           Naurouse
           .
           So
           encouraging
           a
           Success
           of
           the
           first
           Essay
           ,
           gave
           a
           reasonable
           Hope
           ,
           or
           rather
           Assurance
           of
           the
           happy
           Accomplishment
           of
           the
           Main
           Design
           ,
           which
           was
           undertaken
           and
           carried
           on
           with
           Vigour
           :
           And
           the
           little
           Ditch
           was
           turn'd
           to
           a
           Canal
           of
           a
           convenient
           largeness
           and
           depth
           ,
           for
           the
           conveyance
           of
           a
           sufficient
           quantity
           of
           Water
           .
           It
           begins
           near
           the
           Forest
           of
           Ramondins
           ,
           a
           little
           above
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Alsau
           ,
           and
           descending
           to
           the
           little
           Rivulets
           of
           Comberouge
           and
           Coudiere
           takes
           in
           the
           River
           of
           Bernasson
           ,
           with
           another
           Brook
           of
           the
           same
           name
           a
           little
           
           lower
           ,
           after
           which
           it
           receives
           the
           Rivers
           of
           Lampy
           and
           Lampillon
           ,
           with
           the
           Brook
           Costere
           ,
           and
           empties
           all
           these
           Waters
           into
           the
           Sor
           above
           Campinase
           .
           The
           whole
           Course
           of
           the
           Canal
           is
           full
           of
           Windings
           ,
           and
           contains
           10761
           Toises
           in
           length
           .
           That
           the
           Water
           of
           those
           Rivers
           might
           enter
           into
           the
           Canal
           ,
           't
           was
           found
           necessary
           to
           to
           stop
           their
           wonted
           Course
           with
           several
           Banks
           or
           Dams
           of
           well-cemented
           Earth
           ,
           which
           were
           built
           of
           so
           convenient
           a
           height
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Water
           rises
           too
           high
           ,
           it
           may
           run
           over
           the
           Banks
           ,
           and
           fall
           into
           its
           natural
           Chanels
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           design'd
           to
           leave
           the
           Beds
           of
           those
           Rivers
           perfectly
           dry
           ,
           after
           the
           Basons
           of
           Communication
           were
           furnish'd
           with
           a
           sufficient
           Stock
           of
           Water
           ;
           and
           therefore
           there
           were
           several
           Sluces
           made
           in
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           call'd
           in
           that
           Country
           Escampadous
           .
           The
           Sor
           having
           receiv'd
           so
           considerable
           an
           Addition
           of
           Waters
           ,
           carries
           'em
           along
           with
           it
           for
           the
           space
           of
           3449
           Toises
           ,
           to
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           Mountain
           ,
           where
           its
           Course
           is
           stopt
           by
           Banks
           like
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           to
           bring
           it
           into
           a
           new
           Canal
           ;
           which
           ,
           nevertheless
           ,
           is
           only
           a
           Continuation
           of
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           and
           creeps
           along
           the
           Hillocks
           to
           Naurouse
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           19378
           Toises
           .
           But
           least
           the
           Water
           of
           all
           those
           Rivulets
           should
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           fill
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           especially
           in
           the
           Summer
           when
           most
           of
           'em
           are
           dry
           ,
           't
           was
           judg'd
           convenient
           to
           seek
           out
           a
           fit
           place
           in
           the
           Mountain
           to
           make
           so
           considerable
           a
           Receptacle
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           on
           all
           Occasions
           to
           
           supply
           that
           defect
           .
           The
           place
           appointed
           for
           this
           purpose
           is
           a
           Valley
           ,
           a
           quarter
           of
           a
           League
           below
           the
           Town
           of
           Revel
           ,
           call'd
           
             The
             Valley
             of
             S.
             Ferreol
          
           ,
           from
           a
           great
           Farm
           of
           the
           same
           name
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ;
           and
           't
           was
           presum'd
           that
           it
           might
           be
           fill'd
           with
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Audaut
           that
           runs
           thro'
           it
           ,
           together
           with
           that
           which
           proceeds
           from
           the
           Snow
           and
           Rains
           that
           happen
           very
           frequently
           in
           the
           Mountain
           .
           The
           Valley
           is
           760
           Toises
           long
           ,
           and
           550
           broad
           ,
           being
           very
           narrow
           at
           the
           Head
           ,
           wide
           in
           the
           Middle
           ,
           and
           contracted
           again
           at
           the
           End
           ,
           by
           the
           approaching
           Mountains
           that
           bound
           it
           on
           both
           sides
           ;
           and
           to
           keep
           in
           the
           Water
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Lake
           ,
           the
           Mountains
           are
           join'd
           by
           a
           Causey
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           call'd
           a
           
             Third
             Hill
          
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           great
           thickness
           and
           height
           .
           It
           s
           breadth
           amounts
           to
           sixty
           one
           Toises
           ,
           and
           its
           Base
           is
           a
           solid
           body
           of
           Stone-Work
           ,
           founded
           on
           the
           Rock
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           mortais'd
           into
           it
           ,
           having
           only
           one
           small
           opening
           or
           hole
           vaulted
           above
           ,
           and
           level
           with
           the
           Ground
           ,
           to
           let
           out
           the
           Water
           .
           'T
           was
           thought
           convenient
           to
           follow
           the
           Course
           of
           the
           Brook
           Audaut
           that
           runs
           thro'
           the
           Valley
           ,
           and
           to
           contrive
           the
           Passage
           on
           that
           side
           whither
           the
           Stream
           naturally
           tends
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Ruines
           or
           Breaches
           in
           the
           Work
           ,
           that
           might
           have
           been
           occasion'd
           by
           a
           violent
           alteration
           of
           its
           Course
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Passage
           was
           made
           nine
           Foot
           broad
           ,
           twelve
           Foot
           high
           ,
           and
           ninety
           six
           Toises
           long
           ,
           in
           a
           crooked
           Line
           .
           On
           the
           Body
           of
           Stone-Work
           there
           is
           a
           thick
           Wall
           ,
           
           reaching
           in
           a
           streight
           Line
           from
           the
           Head
           to
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           Dam
           ,
           and
           exceeding
           by
           some
           Toises
           the
           height
           of
           the
           vaulted
           Aqueduct
           .
           In
           the
           thickness
           of
           the
           Wall
           there
           is
           another
           Vault
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Gallery
           ,
           the
           Entry
           of
           which
           is
           towards
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           Causey
           ;
           and
           its
           height
           as
           well
           as
           breadth
           is
           parallel
           to
           that
           of
           the
           former
           .
           The
           Gallery
           growing
           insensibly
           narrow
           towards
           the
           bottom
           ,
           contains
           but
           one
           Toise
           in
           breadth
           ,
           and
           a
           Toise
           and
           a
           half
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Work
           :
           'T
           is
           only
           sixty
           one
           Toises
           long
           ,
           because
           it
           runs
           in
           a
           streight
           Line
           ;
           whereas
           the
           length
           of
           the
           Aqueduct
           amounts
           to
           ninety
           four
           Toises
           .
           Above
           ,
           or
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Causey
           ,
           it
           answers
           perpendicularly
           to
           the
           Orifice
           of
           the
           Aqueduct
           ;
           and
           below
           't
           is
           on
           the
           left
           side
           of
           its
           Mouth
           .
           Things
           being
           thus
           dispos'd
           ,
           there
           were
           three
           Cross-Walls
           built
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Causey
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           being
           founded
           on
           the
           Stone-Work
           that
           makes
           the
           Basis
           of
           the
           Structure
           .
           They
           are
           not
           only
           interlac'd
           with
           the
           Stone-Work
           of
           the
           Gallery
           ,
           thro'
           which
           they
           pass
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Cross
           ,
           but
           are
           also
           inserted
           into
           the
           two
           Hillocks
           that
           surround
           the
           Valley
           .
           The
           first
           Wall
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Causey
           is
           seven
           Toises
           high
           ,
           eight
           or
           ten
           broad
           ,
           and
           twelve
           Foot
           thick
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           being
           largest
           below
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           slopeing
           .
           The
           second
           being
           the
           highest
           of
           all
           the
           three
           ,
           is
           one
           hundred
           and
           eighteen
           Toises
           long
           ,
           fifteen
           Foot
           thick
           ,
           and
           sixteen
           Toises
           and
           two
           Foot
           high
           :
           'T
           is
           plac'd
           almost
           in
           
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Causey
           ,
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           thirty
           three
           Toises
           from
           the
           first
           ;
           and
           the
           length
           of
           it
           may
           be
           extended
           to
           two
           hundred
           ninety
           nine
           Toises
           and
           more
           .
           The
           third
           makes
           the
           Foot
           of
           the
           Causey
           ,
           and
           is
           thirty
           one
           Toises
           distant
           from
           the
           second
           :
           'T
           is
           eight
           Foot
           thick
           ,
           and
           equal
           to
           the
           first
           in
           height
           and
           breadth
           .
           Of
           the
           two
           above-mention'd
           Vaults
           ,
           the
           lower
           lets
           out
           the
           Waters
           of
           the
           Magazine
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           serves
           for
           an
           Entry
           to
           those
           who
           go
           to
           open
           ,
           or
           shut
           the
           Passage
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           two
           Brazen
           Trap-Doors
           ,
           plac'd
           horizontally
           in
           a
           Tower
           call'd
           
             The
             Drum
          
           ,
           which
           is
           join'd
           to
           the
           first
           or
           inward
           Wall
           ;
           the
           Openings
           of
           the
           two
           Vaults
           being
           in
           the
           third
           or
           outward
           Wall.
           As
           for
           the
           Bason
           or
           Pond
           of
           Naurouse
           ,
           whether
           the
           Waters
           of
           the
           
             Black
             Mountain
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Magazin
           of
           St.
           Ferreol
           ,
           are
           brought
           by
           the
           Canal
           of
           Derivation
           ;
           't
           is
           call'd
           
             The
             Point
             of
             Division
          
           ,
           because
           from
           thence
           the
           Water
           is
           distributed
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           to
           the
           Canals
           that
           convey
           it
           to
           the
           two
           Seas
           .
           The
           Figure
           of
           this
           Bason
           is
           an
           Octangular
           Oval
           ,
           its
           greatest
           Diameter
           containg
           200
           Toises
           ,
           and
           its
           least
           150
           :
           'T
           is
           lin'd
           with
           hewn
           Stone
           .
           It
           receives
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           Ditch
           by
           one
           of
           its
           Angles
           ,
           and
           distributes
           it
           by
           two
           Canals
           ,
           that
           issue
           out
           of
           the
           two
           other
           Angles
           .
           One
           of
           these
           Canals
           bends
           its
           Course
           towards
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           and
           reaching
           the
           Valley
           of
           Lers
           ,
           falls
           into
           the
           Garonne
           :
           It
           has
           eighteen
           Sluces
           ,
           both
           double
           and
           single
           ,
           which
           
           make
           twenty
           seven
           Bodies
           of
           Sluces
           in
           the
           space
           of
           28142
           Toises
           ,
           or
           fourteen
           French
           Leagues
           .
           The
           other
           Canal
           ,
           which
           runs
           towards
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           to
           the
           Lake
           of
           Thun
           ,
           contains
           forty
           six
           Sluces
           ,
           double
           ,
           treble
           ,
           quadruple
           ,
           and
           octuple
           ,
           in
           the
           length
           of
           99443
           Toises
           ,
           or
           almost
           fifty
           French
           Leagues
           .
           Besides
           these
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           other
           Canals
           ,
           one
           to
           empty
           the
           Bason
           when
           't
           is
           too
           full
           ,
           by
           discharging
           the
           superfluous
           Water
           into
           the
           River
           Lers
           :
           The
           second
           which
           is
           not
           united
           to
           the
           Bason
           at
           its
           coming
           out
           of
           the
           Ditch
           ,
           to
           drain
           away
           the
           foul
           and
           muddy
           Water
           ,
           that
           the
           Bason
           or
           Pond
           receiving
           only
           pure
           and
           clean
           Water
           ,
           may
           be
           freed
           from
           the
           usual
           Inconveniencies
           of
           other
           Ponds
           that
           are
           apt
           to
           be
           gorg'd
           with
           Mud
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           cleans'd
           and
           hollow'd
           from
           time
           to
           time
           .
           The
           River
           Garonne
           contributed
           very
           much
           to
           promote
           the
           design'd
           Communication
           of
           the
           two
           Seas
           ,
           by
           opening
           a
           free
           and
           commodious
           Passage
           to
           the
           Ocean
           :
           But
           the
           same
           Conveniency
           was
           not
           to
           be
           found
           among
           the
           Rivers
           that
           fall
           into
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           along
           the
           Coast
           of
           Languedoc
           ;
           for
           the
           Aude
           was
           not
           Navigable
           above
           Narbon
           ,
           and
           besides
           it
           enters
           into
           the
           Sea
           by
           the
           Lakes
           of
           Bayes
           and
           Vandres
           ,
           where
           the
           Road
           or
           Shoar
           is
           so
           shallow
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           impossible
           to
           make
           a
           Haven
           .
           After
           an
           exact
           View
           of
           all
           the
           Coast
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           place
           found
           but
           
             Cape
             de
             Sete
          
           ,
           of
           a
           sufficient
           depth
           for
           Vessels
           of
           five
           or
           six
           hundred
           Tun
           ;
           and
           therefore
           't
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           a
           Harbour
           there
           .
           Sete
           is
           
           a
           Promontory
           ,
           
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           of
           the
           little
           Town
           of
           Frontignan
           ,
           famous
           for
           its
           Muscadine
           Wine
           .
           The
           Sea
           is
           on
           one
           side
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           it
           has
           the
           Lakes
           of
           
             Thun
             ,
             Maguelone
          
           ,
           and
           Peraut
           ,
           border'd
           with
           the
           Plains
           of
           
             lower
             Languedoc
          
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           Right
           and
           Left-hand
           't
           is
           bounded
           with
           the
           Strand
           ,
           between
           those
           Lakes
           and
           the
           Sea.
           This
           Mountain
           thrusts
           a
           long
           Point
           into
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           Sea
           advances
           into
           the
           Land
           ,
           making
           a
           Bay
           ,
           where
           the
           above-mention'd
           Depth
           was
           found
           .
           The
           Shoar
           along
           the
           Strand
           is
           full
           of
           Sand
           ,
           as
           are
           all
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Languedoc
           about
           the
           Gulf
           of
           Leon
           ;
           the
           Cape
           sinks
           deeper
           ,
           and
           all
           around
           the
           Depth
           amounts
           to
           twenty
           or
           twenty
           four
           Feet
           .
           Now
           these
           Lakes
           or
           Ponds
           have
           no
           Water
           but
           what
           they
           receive
           by
           the
           Inlets
           or
           Passages
           ,
           which
           the
           Sea
           makes
           when
           it
           beats
           strongly
           against
           the
           Shore
           ;
           and
           these
           Inlets
           that
           open
           a
           Communication
           between
           the
           Lakes
           and
           the
           Sea
           ,
           are
           chang'd
           according
           to
           the
           various
           alterations
           of
           the
           Wind
           :
           So
           that
           there
           was
           only
           a
           Passage
           for
           small
           Vessels
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Shallowness
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Lakes
           ,
           Inlets
           ,
           and
           parts
           of
           the
           Sea
           where
           they
           enter
           :
           And
           therefore
           to
           accomplish
           the
           intended
           Communication
           of
           the
           Seas
           ,
           't
           was
           necessary
           to
           make
           a
           fit
           Harbour
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Ships
           .
           In
           order
           to
           the
           Execution
           of
           that
           Design
           ,
           the
           Lake
           of
           Thun
           was
           chosen
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           largest
           and
           deepest
           of
           all
           those
           Lakes
           ,
           and
           not
           far
           from
           the
           Cape
           of
           Sete
           :
           'T
           is
           
           of
           great
           extent
           ,
           and
           is
           twenty
           five
           or
           thirty
           Foot
           deep
           in
           several
           places
           :
           'T
           is
           equally
           safe
           and
           commodious
           for
           sailing
           ,
           and
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           might
           serve
           for
           a
           Harbour
           .
           For
           these
           reasons
           't
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           bring
           the
           Canals
           that
           come
           from
           Naurouse
           ,
           and
           communicate
           with
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           to
           the
           Lake
           on
           one
           side
           ;
           and
           a
           Canal
           was
           also
           dug
           between
           the
           other
           side
           and
           the
           Mediterranean
           .
           The
           last
           Canal
           is
           two
           Toises
           deep
           ,
           sixteen
           broad
           at
           the
           Surface
           ,
           and
           eight
           at
           the
           Base
           ,
           and
           about
           eight
           hundred
           in
           length
           .
           The
           whole
           Work
           was
           begun
           in
           1666
           ,
           after
           Riquet
           had
           undertaken
           to
           warrant
           the
           Success
           ,
           and
           was
           finish'd
           before
           his
           Death
           ,
           which
           happen'd
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           October
           1680.
           tho'
           it
           was
           not
           brought
           to
           the
           utmost
           degree
           of
           Perfection
           ,
           till
           afterwards
           ,
           by
           the
           care
           of
           his
           Sons
           ,
           Bonrepos
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Requests
           ,
           and
           Caraman
           ,
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guards
           ;
           and
           his
           two
           Sons-in-Law
           ,
           Grammont
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Lanta
           ,
           and
           Lombre●il
           Treasurer
           of
           France
           at
           Tholouse
           .
        
         
           After
           so
           many
           and
           so
           useful
           Designs
           for
           the
           Publick
           Good
           so
           happily
           accomplish'd
           ,
           Colbert
           thought
           he
           might
           justly
           aspire
           to
           some
           distinguishing
           Marks
           of
           Honour
           ;
           and
           in
           that
           Design
           ,
           on
           the
           27th
           .
           of
           August
           1665
           ,
           he
           purchas'd
           the
           Office
           of
           
             Treasurer
             of
             the
             King's
             Orders
          
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Nouveau
           ,
           Superintendant
           of
           the
           Post-Office
           .
           The
           Order
           of
           St.
           Michael
           was
           instituted
           on
           the
           first
           of
           August
           1469
           ,
           by
           King
           Lewis
           XI
           .
           the
           number
           of
           the
           Knights
           being
           fixt
           to
           thirty
           six
           ,
           
           tho'
           it
           was
           afterwards
           encreas'd
           to
           one
           hundred
           .
           All
           the
           Knights
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           are
           made
           Knights
           of
           St.
           Michael
           some
           days
           before
           they
           receive
           the
           Collar
           of
           their
           own
           Order
           .
           The
           Order
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           was
           instituted
           at
           Paris
           ,
           on
           the
           first
           Day
           of
           the
           Year
           1579
           ,
           by
           Henry
           III.
           in
           memory
           of
           his
           having
           been
           advanc'd
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Poland
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           that
           of
           France
           ,
           on
           the
           Festival
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           .
           The
           late
           King
           Lewis
           XIII
           .
           conferr'd
           it
           on
           fifty
           Lords
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1633.
           
           There
           were
           seventy
           created
           in
           1662
           ,
           and
           seventy
           four
           in
           1669.
           
           The
           Badge
           of
           the
           Order
           is
           a
           
             Cross
             of
             Gold
          
           ,
           fasten'd
           to
           a
           blue
           Ribban
           four
           Fingers
           broad
           ,
           and
           one
           embroider'd
           with
           Silver
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           in
           the
           middle
           ,
           on
           the
           Justaucor
           .
           The
           four
           Officers
           are
           the
           
             Chancellor
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             ,
             Great
             Treasurer
             ,
          
           and
           Secretary
           ,
           who
           wear
           the
           same
           Badges
           that
           are
           used
           by
           the
           Knights
           ,
           even
           after
           they
           have
           sold
           their
           Offices
           .
        
         
           The
           liberty
           which
           the
           Sons
           of
           the
           Farmers
           of
           the
           King's
           Revenue
           had
           obtain'd
           to
           possess
           Employments
           in
           the
           superior
           Courts
           ,
           had
           rais'd
           the
           price
           of
           those
           Offices
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           the
           Trade
           was
           considerably
           decay'd
           .
           The
           Office
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           ,
           was
           sold
           for
           40000
           Crowns
           ,
           that
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           
             Great
             Council
          
           for
           50000
           ,
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           Parliament
           for
           70000
           ,
           of
           Master
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Accounts
           for
           80000
           ,
           of
           Master
           of
           Requests
           for
           100000
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           
             President
             à
             Mortier
          
           for
           400000.
           
           The
           King
           by
           
           
           Colbert's
           advice
           ,
           publish'd
           an
           Edict
           in
           
             December
             1665
          
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Rates
           of
           these
           Offices
           were
           fixt
           ;
           that
           of
           
             President
             à
             Mortier
          
           at
           400000
           Livres
           ,
           of
           President
           in
           the
           
             Chamber
             of
             Accounts
          
           at
           300000
           ,
           of
           President
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           at
           200000
           ,
           of
           
             Master
             of
             Requests
          
           at
           150000
           ,
           (
           but
           was
           afterwards
           encreas'd
           to
           200000
           )
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           Parliament
           at
           100000
           ,
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           
             Great
             Council
          
           at
           90000
           ,
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           at
           80000
           Livres
           ,
           of
           
             President
             à
             Mortier
          
           in
           the
           other
           Parliaments
           ,
           and
           President
           in
           the
           
             Chambers
             of
             Accounts
          
           at
           40000
           Crowns
           ,
           of
           the
           Counsellors
           at
           20000
           Crowns
           ,
           except
           those
           of
           Rhoan
           ,
           that
           were
           rais'd
           to
           70000
           ,
           and
           of
           Mets
           ,
           who
           were
           reduc'd
           to
           36000.
           
           These
           Regulations
           were
           not
           at
           first
           attended
           with
           the
           desir'd
           Success
           ;
           for
           the
           Purchasers
           eluded
           the
           Force
           and
           Design
           of
           the
           Edict
           by
           private
           Bargains
           ,
           which
           rais'd
           the
           Prizes
           very
           high
           above
           the
           appointed
           Rates
           .
           And
           therefore
           Colbert
           perceiving
           that
           there
           was
           no
           other
           way
           to
           moderate
           the
           Prizes
           of
           those
           Offices
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           lessen
           their
           Jurisdiction
           .
           During
           the
           King's
           Minority
           ,
           the
           Superiour
           Courts
           were
           ambitious
           of
           raising
           their
           Privileges
           ,
           in
           imitation
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           claims
           a
           share
           in
           the
           Royal
           Authority
           .
           The
           King
           himself
           carry'd
           his
           Edicts
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           sent
           'em
           to
           the
           
             Chamber
             of
             Accounts
          
           by
           his
           Uncle
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           by
           the
           Prince
           of
           Condé
           .
           The
           Edicts
           were
           order'd
           to
           be
           register'd
           in
           the
           King's
           Presence
           ,
           after
           
           which
           the
           Parliament
           examin'd
           'em
           ,
           and
           agreed
           to
           'em
           with
           several
           Limitations
           ;
           by
           that
           means
           assuming
           a
           kind
           of
           Sovereign
           Power
           ,
           not
           much
           different
           from
           that
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           according
           to
           its
           Original
           Institution
           ,
           had
           a
           right
           to
           take
           Cognizance
           of
           all
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           that
           Body
           being
           compos'd
           of
           the
           Three
           Orders
           ,
           represented
           the
           States-General
           of
           France
           .
           At
           that
           time
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Parliament
           was
           both
           useful
           and
           innocent
           :
           Nor
           could
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           King
           be
           invaded
           by
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           since
           they
           met
           only
           at
           a
           certain
           time
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           and
           their
           Session
           was
           confin'd
           to
           Six
           Weeks
           .
           But
           after
           
             Lewis
             Hutin
          
           had
           render'd
           the
           Parliament
           a
           perpetual
           and
           fixt
           Court
           ,
           he
           reduc'd
           its
           Authority
           to
           a
           Right
           of
           judging
           the
           Differences
           of
           Private
           Persons
           :
           And
           this
           Abridgement
           of
           its
           Jurisdiction
           became
           still
           more
           necessary
           when
           Henry
           II.
           expos'd
           the
           Offices
           to
           Sale
           ;
           for
           Merit
           was
           no
           longer
           a
           necessary
           Qualification
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           that
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           the
           Secrets
           of
           the
           State
           could
           not
           be
           safely
           entrusted
           to
           young
           and
           unexperienc'd
           Persons
           .
           Besides
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           if
           the
           Power
           and
           Jurisdiction
           of
           the
           Sovereign
           Courts
           had
           not
           been
           restrain'd
           within
           their
           ancient
           Bounds
           ,
           France
           had
           not
           been
           at
           present
           a
           Monarchical
           State
           ,
           the
           Government
           wou'd
           have
           been
           reduc'd
           to
           an
           Aristocracy
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           made
           a
           Doge
           of
           Venice
           .
           For
           't
           is
           only
           that
           unlimited
           Power
           he
           now
           enjoys
           ,
           
           that
           has
           enabl'd
           him
           to
           execute
           those
           great
           Designs
           which
           make
           his
           Reign
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           Admiration
           .
           The
           Abuses
           that
           crept
           into
           the
           Administration
           of
           Affairs
           during
           the
           Regency
           ,
           made
           the
           Government
           subject
           to
           two
           Inconveniencies
           ,
           that
           wou'd
           have
           infallibly
           ruin'd
           the
           best
           contriv'd
           Projects
           :
           Secrecy
           and
           Diligence
           are
           two
           necessary
           Qualifications
           in
           all
           those
           that
           are
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Management
           of
           great
           Attempts
           ;
           neither
           of
           which
           cou'd
           have
           been
           expected
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           had
           been
           oblig'd
           to
           take
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           Parliament
           .
           For
           what
           Method
           cou'd
           have
           been
           taken
           to
           prevent
           the
           divulging
           of
           those
           Deliberations
           that
           depended
           upon
           the
           Votes
           of
           so
           many
           Persons
           ?
           nor
           had
           it
           ever
           been
           in
           the
           King's
           Power
           to
           take
           Advantage
           of
           any
           favourable
           Juncture
           ,
           if
           he
           cou'd
           not
           have
           dispatch'd
           his
           Orders
           without
           summoning
           a
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Chambers
           .
           The
           Ease
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           People
           on
           which
           these
           Innovations
           were
           pretended
           to
           be
           grounded
           ,
           was
           a
           meer
           frivolous
           pretext
           ;
           and
           never
           were
           they
           so
           miserably
           oppress'd
           as
           in
           those
           unhappy
           Times
           .
           These
           were
           the
           convincing
           Reasons
           that
           Colbert
           urg'd
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           in
           complyance
           with
           which
           ,
           that
           Monarch
           laid
           aside
           the
           usual
           Custom
           of
           keeping
           his
           Seat
           of
           Justice
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           of
           sending
           the
           Princes
           with
           his
           Edicts
           to
           the
           
             Chamber
             of
             Accounts
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           he
           sav'd
           100000
           Livres
           which
           he
           must
           have
           given
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           
           and
           50000
           to
           the
           Prince
           of
           Condé
           .
           All
           the
           Edicts
           pass'd
           without
           dispute
           :
           And
           the
           Parliament
           was
           afterwards
           humbl'd
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           Colbert
           contented
           himself
           with
           sending
           the
           Edicts
           to
           that
           Assembly
           by
           one
           of
           the
           Conmmissaries
           of
           his
           Nephew
           Desmarets
           :
           And
           by
           this
           means
           the
           Rates
           of
           Offices
           in
           that
           Company
           fell
           so
           low
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           now
           sold
           for
           70000
           Livres
           .
           About
           the
           same
           time
           a
           stop
           was
           put
           to
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           Farmers
           ;
           and
           an
           Amnesty
           was
           granted
           'em
           by
           an
           Edict
           in
           December
           1665
           ,
           on
           condition
           they
           shou'd
           pay
           the
           Summs
           at
           which
           they
           were
           assess'd
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           these
           important
           Affairs
           of
           State
           cou'd
           not
           make
           Colbert
           forget
           the
           embellishment
           of
           Versailles
           .
           The
           Architecture
           was
           already
           brought
           to
           perfection
           ;
           there
           was
           nothing
           wanting
           to
           compleat
           that
           vast
           Design
           but
           suitable
           Furniture
           ,
           and
           the
           Ornaments
           of
           the
           inside
           ;
           and
           these
           he
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           the
           Object
           of
           his
           next
           Care.
           He
           settl'd
           a
           Manufactory
           at
           the
           Gobelins
           ,
           and
           committed
           the
           Management
           of
           it
           to
           
             le
             Brun
          
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           fit
           Person
           for
           such
           an
           Employment
           :
           That
           place
           was
           already
           famous
           for
           dying
           of
           Scarlet
           ,
           the
           Water
           of
           the
           River
           of
           Gobelins
           being
           endu'd
           with
           a
           peculiar
           quality
           to
           brighten
           the
           Colour
           ,
           and
           give
           it
           that
           shining
           Lustre
           which
           dazzles
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Beholder
           .
           There
           Colbert
           order'd
           Tapestry-Hangings
           to
           be
           made
           for
           the
           King's
           use
           ,
           after
           le
           Brun's
           Designs
           :
           And
           in
           the
           same
           place
           he
           employ'd
           Artists
           about
           
             Inlaid
             Stone-Work
          
           ,
           
           of
           such
           exquisite
           and
           costly
           contrivance
           ,
           that
           a
           square
           Foot
           of
           it
           amounted
           to
           above
           1000
           Crowns
           .
           Only
           precious
           Stones
           were
           made
           use
           of
           in
           this
           Work
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           'em
           were
           cut
           so
           small
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           almost
           impossible
           to
           discern
           'em
           before
           they
           were
           put
           in
           their
           proper
           Places
           .
           This
           kind
           of
           Work
           is
           very
           tedious
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           hardness
           of
           the
           Materials
           ,
           and
           it
           requires
           several
           Years
           to
           finish
           one
           Square
           .
           There
           he
           also
           caus'd
           those
           vast
           pieces
           of
           Goldsmith's-Work
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           that
           were
           since
           carry'd
           to
           Versailles
           ;
           such
           as
           Tables
           ,
           Stands
           ,
           Pitchers
           ,
           Bathing-Tubs
           ,
           Boxes
           for
           Orange-Trees
           ,
           and
           Candlesticks
           ,
           which
           were
           equally
           admirable
           for
           their
           Largeness
           ,
           and
           the
           Curiousness
           of
           the
           Sculpture
           .
           In
           the
           same
           place
           there
           was
           a
           Gondola
           built
           for
           the
           Canal
           of
           Versailles
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Ornaments
           were
           wrought
           for
           the
           great
           Gallery
           .
           The
           Pilasters
           ,
           Cornices
           ,
           and
           generally
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           Architecture
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Work
           is
           of
           
             Lapis
             Lazuli
          
           ,
           garnish'd
           with
           Ornaments
           of
           Brass
           gilt
           ,
           according
           to
           
           Mansard's
           Design
           .
           The
           great
           Pannels
           between
           the
           Pilasters
           are
           full
           of
           large
           Looking-Glasses
           ,
           the
           Junctures
           of
           which
           are
           hid
           by
           Branches
           of
           Ornaments
           and
           Grotesque
           Figures
           ,
           spread
           over
           the
           Glasses
           with
           so
           artful
           a
           Negligence
           ,
           that
           twenty
           of
           the
           largest
           of
           'em
           seem
           to
           be
           only
           one
           Piece
           .
        
         
           
           The
           difficulty
           of
           bringing
           those
           large
           Glasses
           from
           Venice
           ,
           made
           Colbert
           set
           up
           a
           Glass-House
           in
           the
           Fauxburg
           of
           St.
           Anthony
           ,
           
           which
           he
           committed
           to
           the
           inspection
           of
           Ranchin
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           
             Finances
             ,
             Pecquot
          
           ,
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Council
           of
           Casualties
           ,
           and
           Poquelain
           .
           Thither
           the
           rough
           and
           unwrought
           Glasses
           are
           brought
           from
           Normandy
           ;
           and
           there
           they
           are
           polish'd
           and
           sold
           .
           There
           also
           the
           Quicksilver
           is
           laid
           on
           those
           that
           are
           design'd
           for
           Looking-Glasses
           ,
           which
           are
           less
           chargeable
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           'em
           much
           larger
           than
           those
           that
           are
           brought
           from
           Venice
           ,
           tho'
           they
           are
           not
           so
           fine
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           he
           settl'd
           a
           Manufactory
           of
           
             French
             Point
          
           ,
           to
           lessen
           the
           excessive
           chargeableness
           of
           the
           Point
           of
           Venice
           and
           Genoa
           ,
           the
           price
           of
           which
           was
           risen
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           one
           pair
           of
           〈…〉
           was
           sold
           for
           7000
           Livres
           .
           The
           Count
           of
           Marsan
           ,
           youngest
           Son
           of
           the
           Count
           of
           Harcourt
           ,
           having
           sent
           to
           Brussels
           for
           
             Mademoiselle
             du
             Mont
          
           his
           Nurse
           ,
           with
           her
           four
           Daughters
           ,
           
             Petronille
             ,
             Manque
             ,
             Lisbette
          
           ,
           and
           Janeton
           :
           She
           intreated
           that
           Prince
           ,
           for
           a
           Reward
           of
           the
           Care
           she
           had
           taken
           of
           him
           during
           his
           Infancy
           ,
           to
           obtain
           a
           Privilege
           for
           her
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Manufactory
           of
           
             French
             Point
          
           at
           Paris
           .
           The
           Count
           spoke
           to
           Colbert
           in
           her
           favour
           ,
           who
           ,
           liking
           the
           Proposal
           ,
           settl'd
           her
           in
           the
           Fauxburg
           of
           St.
           Anthony
           ,
           and
           gave
           her
           one
           of
           the
           King
           's
           
             Hundred
             Switzers
          
           to
           guard
           her
           Door
           .
           Immediately
           she
           apply'd
           her self
           to
           the
           prosecution
           of
           her
           Project
           ,
           and
           gather'd
           together
           above
           two
           hundred
           Young-Women
           ,
           among
           whom
           were
           several
           Daughters
           of
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           by
           whose
           assistance
           she
           made
           such
           
           fine
           Work
           that
           the
           
           Venice-Point
           was
           generally
           slighted
           .
           The
           Manufactory
           was
           afterwards
           remov'd
           to
           St.
           Saviours-street
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           Chaumont-House
           ,
           near
           St.
           
           Denis's-Gate
           .
           
             Mademoiselle
             du
             Mont
          
           having
           marry'd
           her
           eldest
           Daughter
           to
           a
           Norman
           call'd
           Marsan
           ,
           went
           to
           Portugal
           with
           Manque
           and
           Lisbette
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           charge
           of
           her
           Manufactory
           to
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             Marsan
          
           .
           But
           as
           all
           Modes
           and
           Fashions
           are
           subject
           to
           frequent
           changes
           in
           France
           ,
           People
           grew
           weary
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           Point
           ,
           both
           because
           of
           the
           difficulty
           of
           blanching
           it
           ,
           (
           for
           they
           were
           forc'd
           to
           raise
           the
           Embroidery
           at
           each
           Washing
           ,
           )
           and
           because
           its
           thickness
           made
           it
           seem
           less
           becoming
           on
           the
           Face
           .
           There
           was
           
             Spanish
             Point
          
           made
           with
           little
           Flowers
           ,
           which
           being
           very
           fine
           ,
           was
           esteem'd
           more
           graceful
           by
           the
           Ladies
           :
           And
           at
           last
           the
           Mechlin-Lace
           coming
           in
           fashion
           ,
           that
           Manufactory
           was
           entirely
           laid
           aside
           .
        
         
           
           Tho'
           Colbert
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           doubt
           of
           his
           Master's
           Favour
           ,
           he
           thought
           fit
           to
           secure
           his
           Fortune
           by
           powerful
           Alliances
           .
           On
           the
           2d
           .
           of
           February
           1667
           ,
           he
           marry'd
           his
           Daughter
           
             Joan
             Mary
             Teresa
          
           to
           
             Charles
             Honoré
             d'
             Albert
          
           ,
           Duke
           
             de
             Chevreuse
          
           ,
           Peer
           of
           France
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Orders
          
           ,
           Count
           of
           Montfort
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Chars
           ,
           Lord
           of
           
             Marigni
             ,
             Maran
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           Captain-Lieutenant
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Light-Horse
           .
           The
           Duke
           
             de
             Chevreuse
          
           is
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Lewis
             Charles
             Albert
          
           ,
           Duke
           
             de
             Luines
          
           ,
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Albert
          
           ,
           Count
           
             de
             Tours
          
           ,
           Baron
           of
           Rochecorbon
           and
           Samblancey
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           
             King's
             Orders
          
           ,
           and
           Colonel
           of
           the
           
           Regiment
           of
           Auvergne
           ,
           who
           after
           the
           death
           of
           his
           first
           Wife
           ,
           
             Louise
             Mary
             Seguier
          
           ,
           the
           only
           Daughter
           of
           
             Lewis
             Seguier
          
           ,
           Marquiss
           d'O
           ,
           which
           happen'd
           on
           the
           14th
           .
           of
           
             September
             1651
          
           ,
           took
           for
           his
           second
           Wife
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1661
           ,
           
             Ann
             de
             Rohan
          
           Daughter
           of
           
             Hercules
             de
             Rohan
          
           Duke
           of
           Montbason
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Mary
             d'
             Avaugour
          
           his
           second
           Wife
           .
           Charles
           Marquiss
           
             d'
             Albert
          
           ,
           Grandfather
           of
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Chevreuse
          
           ,
           Favorite
           of
           Lewis
           XIII
           ,
           and
           Constable
           of
           France
           ,
           procur'd
           the
           Baronies
           of
           
             Luines
             ,
             Rochecorbon
          
           ,
           and
           Samblancey
           to
           be
           erected
           into
           a
           Dutchy
           and
           Peerage
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           
             The
             Dutchy
             of
             Luines
          
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Charge
           the
           King
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           maintain
           during
           the
           War
           against
           Spain
           ,
           had
           oblig'd
           him
           to
           alienate
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           his
           Demaine
           :
           But
           Colbert
           being
           desirous
           to
           clear
           his
           Majesty's
           Revenues
           ,
           persuaded
           him
           to
           re-unite
           the
           alienated
           Crown-Lands
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Demaine
           ;
           which
           was
           put
           in
           execution
           by
           Virtue
           of
           an
           Edict
           set
           forth
           in
           April
           1667
           ,
           on
           condition
           to
           reimburse
           the
           Purchasers
           ;
           but
           since
           most
           of
           'em
           had
           been
           tax'd
           ,
           the
           King
           had
           but
           little
           to
           pay
           .
           The
           same
           Minister
           undertook
           the
           
             Reformation
             of
             Justice
          
           ;
           and
           the
           ill
           success
           of
           that
           Design
           was
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           owing
           either
           to
           the
           Unskilfulness
           of
           Pussort
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           whom
           he
           employ'd
           in
           compiling
           the
           Code
           ,
           or
           to
           their
           Unwillingness
           to
           remove
           the
           Foundations
           of
           Wrangling
           ,
           lest
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           shou'd
           remain
           without
           Employment
           .
           To
           demonstrate
           the
           Uselesness
           
           of
           the
           new
           Regulation
           it
           must
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Litigious
           Wrangling
           of
           Lawyers
           proceeds
           from
           Four
           Causes
           ;
           the
           various
           Degrees
           of
           Officers
           or
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Contests
           about
           their
           Jurisdiction
           ,
           frivolous
           Suits
           and
           Forms
           ,
           and
           the
           confounding
           of
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           with
           Matter
           of
           Law
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           impossible
           to
           refer
           every
           Particular
           to
           its
           proper
           Head.
           The
           first
           Inconveniency
           might
           have
           been
           easily
           remedy'd
           ,
           by
           bringing
           the
           Appeals
           from
           the
           Sentences
           of
           the
           Judges
           of
           Signiories
           to
           the
           
             Presidial
             Courts
          
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           are
           subordinate
           ,
           where
           the
           Cause
           shou'd
           be
           finally
           judg'd
           without
           any
           further
           Appeal
           ;
           and
           by
           bringing
           the
           Appeals
           from
           the
           Royal
           Jurisdictions
           immediately
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           without
           stopping
           at
           the
           Presidial
           Courts
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           objected
           ,
           That
           the
           Parties
           wou'd
           by
           such
           a
           Regulation
           be
           engag'd
           in
           long
           and
           chargeable
           Voyages
           ;
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           consider'd
           ,
           that
           there
           lies
           always
           an
           Appeal
           to
           the
           Parliament
           from
           the
           Sentence
           of
           the
           Presidial
           Courts
           ,
           that
           have
           condemn'd
           or
           approv'd
           the
           Judgment
           of
           their
           subordinate
           Royal
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           .
           And
           besides
           the
           Jurisdiction
           or
           District
           of
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           which
           is
           certainly
           too
           wide
           ,
           might
           be
           divided
           into
           several
           Parts
           ,
           by
           creating
           two
           other
           Parliaments
           ,
           one
           at
           Lyons
           ,
           and
           another
           at
           Poictiers
           ;
           as
           likewise
           
             Lower
             Languedoc
          
           might
           be
           taken
           from
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Thoulouse
           ,
           by
           erecting
           another
           at
           Nîmes
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Contests
           between
           Courts
           concerning
           their
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           are
           chiefly
           occasion'd
           either
           because
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           has
           a
           Right
           to
           cite
           before
           it
           ,
           all
           the
           Causes
           in
           which
           the
           King's
           Farmers
           are
           concern'd
           ,
           or
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Audiences
           erected
           in
           the
           
             Courts
             of
             Inquest
          
           ;
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           ancient
           Custom
           ,
           belong
           only
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Chamber
          
           ,
           as
           that
           alone
           has
           a
           Registry
           of
           Enrollments
           ;
           for
           every
           Court
           reclaiming
           its
           Jurisdiction
           under
           Pretext
           of
           some
           incidental
           Controversie
           ,
           there
           are
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Disputes
           occasion'd
           .
           And
           besides
           these
           ,
           Contests
           are
           frequently
           owing
           to
           the
           Opposition
           against
           Sentences
           or
           Decrees
           obtain'd
           for
           want
           of
           Appearance
           ,
           or
           of
           defending
           the
           Farmer
           at
           the
           
             Great
             Chamber
          
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Petitions
           were
           presented
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Chambers
           of
           Inquest
           .
           The
           Code
           requires
           these
           Cases
           to
           be
           judg'd
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           true
           way
           to
           make
           the
           Decision
           of
           the
           Incident
           or
           Bye-matter
           last
           longer
           than
           the
           Judgment
           of
           the
           Main
           Suit
           ,
           because
           the
           Advocates
           cannot
           be
           made
           to
           confer
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           always
           a
           Return
           in
           Law
           against
           the
           Sentences
           given
           according
           to
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Bar.
           The
           only
           way
           to
           redress
           these
           Inconveniencies
           is
           ,
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           First
           ,
           to
           restrain
           the
           
             Courts
             of
             Requests
          
           of
           the
           Palace
           ,
           and
           other
           ordinary
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           from
           taking
           Cognizance
           of
           Matters
           belonging
           to
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           ;
           or
           else
           to
           hinder
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           from
           withdrawing
           a
           Cause
           from
           the
           other
           Courts
           of
           which
           they
           are
           actually
           possess'd
           .
           And
           the
           
           Second
           might
           be
           easily
           remedy'd
           ,
           by
           reducing
           the
           Courts
           of
           Inquest
           to
           their
           Primitive
           State
           ,
           and
           by
           ordering
           all
           Incidents
           to
           be
           judg'd
           in
           the
           Court
           call'd
           
             The
             Chamber
             of
             the
             Council
          
           ,
           and
           all
           Petitions
           to
           be
           carry'd
           thither
           ;
           and
           either
           join'd
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           a
           Relation
           to
           the
           main
           Suit
           ,
           or
           judg'd
           on
           the
           Verbal
           Relation
           of
           the
           Reporter
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           conditional
           or
           include
           a
           Proviso
           .
           This
           Regulation
           would
           also
           reddress
           another
           Abuse
           :
           for
           the
           Hearings
           at
           several
           Courts
           of
           Inquest
           falling
           out
           in
           one
           day
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           also
           an
           Audience
           at
           the
           Court
           ,
           call'd
           the
           
             Tournelle
             Civile
          
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           same
           Hour
           ,
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           the
           Advocates
           or
           Counsellours
           at
           Law
           to
           be
           present
           in
           all
           those
           places
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           forc'd
           to
           incur
           the
           Penalty
           for
           want
           of
           Appearance
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           prevented
           if
           there
           were
           no
           Audiences
           at
           the
           Courts
           of
           Inquest
           ,
           for
           then
           they
           wou'd
           all
           remain
           at
           the
           
             Tournelle
             Civile
          
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           are
           Hearings
           at
           the
           same
           Hour
           at
           the
           Courts
           of
           Requests
           ,
           in
           the
           Palace
           and
           in
           the
           Town-House
           ;
           but
           that
           Inconveniency
           might
           be
           also
           regulated
           ,
           by
           excluding
           the
           Advocates
           under
           Ten
           Years
           standing
           from
           the
           Superior
           Courts
           ,
           and
           by
           restraining
           the
           old
           Advocates
           from
           pleading
           before
           the
           subaltern
           or
           inferior
           Courts
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           consider
           the
           idle
           and
           unprofitable
           Pleadings
           or
           Forms
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           that
           the
           Code
           ought
           to
           cut
           off
           the
           Contradictions
           ,
           Rejoinders
           ,
           Replications
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           New
           or
           Additional
           Proofs
           and
           Reviews
           ,
           which
           only
           
           make
           way
           for
           the
           Repetition
           of
           what
           had
           been
           urg'd
           a
           hundred
           times
           before
           .
           And
           besides
           there
           is
           another
           great
           Abuse
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Defaults
           for
           want
           of
           timely
           Defence
           ;
           for
           the
           Attorneys
           to
           gain
           time
           ,
           demand
           in
           the
           general
           a
           Copy
           of
           all
           the
           Instruments
           or
           Pleadings
           ,
           without
           mentioning
           particularly
           which
           are
           necessary
           to
           'em
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           have
           incurr'd
           the
           Default
           ,
           they
           are
           receiv'd
           as
           Opponents
           ,
           without
           any
           previous
           Examination
           ,
           whether
           their
           Exceptions
           are
           well
           or
           ill-grounded
           .
           The
           only
           effectual
           way
           to
           redress
           this
           Abuse
           ,
           is
           to
           ordain
           that
           the
           Cause
           shall
           be
           judg'd
           only
           by
           those
           Pieces
           or
           Instruments
           of
           which
           Copies
           have
           been
           given
           ,
           with
           an
           Express
           Prohibition
           to
           make
           use
           of
           any
           others
           ;
           and
           this
           being
           suppos'd
           ,
           if
           the
           Proctor
           or
           Attorney
           do
           not
           put
           in
           his
           Defence
           within
           the
           time
           limited
           by
           the
           Regulation
           ,
           that
           in
           that
           Case
           he
           may
           and
           shall
           be
           fin'd
           in
           his
           own
           Name
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           the
           Judge's
           Power
           to
           moderate
           the
           Fine
           .
           And
           besides
           the
           Attorneys
           ought
           to
           be
           restrain'd
           from
           withdrawing
           their
           Allegations
           ,
           and
           oblig'd
           to
           communicate
           'em
           to
           the
           Reporter
           :
           for
           tho'
           the
           Regulation
           has
           made
           'em
           liable
           to
           a
           Pecuniary
           Mulct
           ,
           instead
           of
           Bodily
           Restraint
           ,
           they
           never
           pay
           any
           thing
           ,
           tho'
           by
           this
           means
           they
           have
           gain'd
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           time
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           Article
           is
           of
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           since
           it
           relates
           to
           the
           Manifestation
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           which
           the
           Advocates
           endeavour
           to
           disguise
           with
           their
           Forms
           and
           Pleadings
           ,
           so
           
           that
           't
           is
           almost
           impossible
           for
           the
           Judge
           to
           discover
           it
           .
           For
           't
           is
           their
           constant
           Practice
           to
           spend
           the
           time
           allow'd
           'em
           in
           several
           Audiences
           in
           the
           Pleading
           of
           one
           Cause
           ,
           which
           is
           often
           referr'd
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Claims
           are
           not
           dispatch'd
           ;
           besides
           that
           ,
           the
           Cause
           being
           put
           off
           from
           Week
           to
           Week
           ,
           it
           becomes
           a
           hard
           Task
           to
           remember
           what
           has
           been
           already
           alledg'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           prevent
           such
           an
           useless
           Waste
           of
           Time
           ,
           the
           Plantiff
           ought
           to
           present
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           which
           the
           Defendant
           shou'd
           return
           corrected
           .
           And
           if
           the
           two
           Proctors
           or
           Attorneys
           cannot
           come
           to
           an
           Agreement
           concerning
           the
           Manner
           of
           Pleading
           ,
           the
           Advocates
           shou'd
           endeavour
           to
           agree
           at
           the
           Bar
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           cannot
           reconcile
           their
           Differences
           ,
           they
           shou'd
           sign
           a
           Referment
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           indors'd
           ,
           and
           no
           Cause
           brought
           to
           Hearing
           ,
           till
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           be
           unexceptionably
           clear
           ,
           and
           only
           some
           Questions
           of
           Law
           remain
           to
           be
           decided
           :
           Then
           he
           that
           pleads
           first
           shou'd
           read
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           alledge
           his
           Reasons
           ,
           to
           prove
           his
           Claim
           in
           Law
           ;
           expecting
           the
           Reply
           of
           the
           Opponent
           .
           Thus
           ,
           only
           rare
           and
           nice
           Causes
           wou'd
           be
           pleaded
           ,
           and
           the
           Audience
           being
           freed
           from
           the
           overwhelming
           Multitude
           of
           Suits
           ,
           wou'd
           quickly
           dispatch
           all
           that
           came
           before
           'em
           ;
           nor
           wou'd
           there
           be
           any
           occasion
           for
           Rolls
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           same
           Custom
           that
           is
           sometimes
           observ'd
           at
           the
           Chastelet
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           be
           introduc'd
           into
           the
           Subaltern
           Courts
           :
           
           The
           Attorneys
           shou'd
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           regulate
           petty
           Affairs
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           cannot
           agree
           ,
           to
           referr
           the
           Case
           to
           an
           old
           Practitioner
           ,
           endorsing
           the
           Referment
           ,
           from
           whence
           an
           Appeal
           might
           be
           brought
           before
           the
           
             Tournelle
             Civile
          
           ;
           and
           since
           't
           is
           to
           be
           suppos'd
           that
           only
           important
           Cases
           wou'd
           be
           pleaded
           ,
           a
           farther
           Appeal
           might
           be
           made
           to
           the
           
             Great
             Chamber
          
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           proceed
           to
           some
           particular
           Instances
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           usual
           Practice
           with
           relation
           to
           Seizures
           ,
           Arrests
           ,
           Executions
           ,
           and
           Decrees
           or
           Orders
           for
           Sale
           of
           Goods
           .
           As
           for
           Seizures
           and
           Attachments
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           finds
           himself
           unable
           to
           pay
           his
           Debts
           ,
           he
           is
           reduc'd
           to
           Beggary
           ,
           with
           the
           seiz'd
           Goods
           in
           his
           possession
           ;
           and
           during
           the
           time
           that
           is
           spent
           in
           the
           Valuation
           ,
           he
           becomes
           insolvent
           ,
           or
           the
           Summs
           that
           were
           seiz'd
           are
           consum'd
           by
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Distribution
           .
           This
           Abuse
           might
           be
           prevented
           ,
           by
           ordaining
           that
           the
           Debtor
           should
           immediately
           consign
           ,
           assoon
           as
           the
           Goods
           are
           seiz'd
           in
           his
           Possession
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Distribution
           be
           made
           by
           an
           old
           Attorney
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           charge
           than
           six
           Deniers
           in
           the
           Livre
           .
           As
           for
           Executions
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Sale
           consumes
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           what
           it
           amounts
           to
           ;
           whereas
           it
           might
           be
           enacted
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           procures
           the
           Execution
           shall
           take
           the
           distrain'd
           Goods
           at
           the
           price
           set
           upon
           'em
           by
           the
           Sergeant
           ,
           and
           
           that
           the
           Owner
           may
           claim
           and
           recover
           'em
           ,
           before
           a
           Month
           be
           expir'd
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           find
           one
           who
           will
           allow
           him
           a
           greater
           Price
           .
           The
           case
           is
           still
           worse
           with
           respect
           to
           Decrees
           for
           Sale
           of
           Goods
           ,
           the
           charge
           of
           which
           amounts
           to
           excessive
           Summs
           :
           But
           this
           Grievance
           might
           be
           also
           redress'd
           ,
           by
           granting
           to
           the
           Attacher
           the
           Enjoyment
           and
           Possession
           of
           the
           seiz'd
           Goods
           ,
           who
           shou'd
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           restore
           the
           Over-plus
           of
           the
           Price
           ,
           (
           after
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           his
           own
           Claim
           )
           to
           be
           distributed
           among
           the
           Opponents
           ,
           on
           condition
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           be
           cast
           by
           the
           same
           Opponents
           within
           a
           Year
           ,
           reimbursing
           the
           principal
           Summ
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Charge
           .
           I
           could
           add
           many
           other
           Remarks
           on
           the
           Forms
           of
           Proceeding
           at
           Law
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           already
           said
           as
           much
           on
           that
           Subject
           as
           the
           succinctness
           of
           my
           intended
           History
           will
           allow
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           same
           time
           
             Nicholas
             de
             la
             Regnie
          
           ,
           then
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           and
           now
           Counsellor
           of
           State
           ,
           was
           made
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           or
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Paris
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           certainly
           receiv'd
           great
           Advantages
           by
           this
           new-created
           Office
           ,
           if
           a
           larger
           Jurisdiction
           had
           been
           annex'd
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           the
           same
           time
           some
           necessary
           Regulations
           had
           been
           made
           for
           the
           security
           of
           the
           City
           and
           of
           Trade
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           that
           new
           Magistrate
           has
           redress'd
           several
           Abuses
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           suppress'd
           the
           Insolency
           of
           Robbers
           ,
           which
           was
           grown
           so
           
           intolerable
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           not
           safe
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           Night
           without
           a
           Guard.
           But
           the
           City
           is
           not
           perfectly
           freed
           from
           that
           inconveniency
           ;
           for
           the
           Watch-men
           are
           either
           Robbers
           themselves
           ,
           or
           in
           League
           with
           others
           that
           are
           so
           ;
           and
           the
           Commissaries
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           are
           too
           remiss
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           their
           Duty
           in
           their
           respective
           Wards
           ;
           either
           out
           of
           Carelesness
           ,
           or
           for
           fear
           of
           hazarding
           their
           Lives
           Nevertheless
           there
           might
           be
           several
           Ways
           found
           out
           to
           put
           an
           entire
           stop
           to
           these
           Disorders
           .
           The
           First
           is
           ,
           to
           oblige
           the
           Owners
           of
           Houses
           ,
           or
           their
           principal
           Tenants
           ,
           when
           the
           Land-lords
           do
           not
           live
           in
           their
           own
           Houses
           ,
           to
           keep
           their
           Doors
           lock'd
           after
           Nine
           a-clock
           at
           night
           in
           Winter
           ,
           and
           Ten
           in
           Summer
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           can
           go
           out
           or
           come
           in
           without
           their
           knowledge
           ;
           and
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           of
           those
           who
           are
           wont
           to
           go
           abroad
           too
           frequently
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           proceed
           against
           'em
           as
           he
           shall
           think
           fit
           .
           In
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           the
           Land-lords
           or
           their
           chief
           Tenants
           ,
           might
           be
           enjoin'd
           to
           seize
           on
           all
           the
           Fire-Arms
           that
           are
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           restore
           'em
           to
           the
           Owners
           ,
           till
           they
           take
           Horse
           to
           go
           into
           the
           Countrey
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           all
           Persons
           should
           be
           forbidden
           to
           go
           to
           the
           places
           whither
           the
           People
           resort
           to
           smoke
           Tobacco
           ,
           under
           pain
           of
           being
           sent
           to
           the
           Galleys
           ;
           for
           those
           places
           are
           the
           Rendezvous
           of
           Rogues
           and
           Disorderly
           Persons
           .
           The
           Fourth
           and
           surest
           way
           to
           prevent
           these
           Abuses
           ,
           would
           be
           to
           put
           
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Citizens
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           concern'd
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           consequently
           be
           most
           diligent
           in
           the
           preservation
           of
           its
           Peace
           and
           Security
           :
           And
           ,
           for
           that
           effect
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           expedient
           in
           all
           the
           Quarters
           or
           Wards
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           establish
           Captains
           with
           their
           Officers
           ,
           who
           might
           be
           chang'd
           every
           three
           Years
           .
           These
           Captains
           might
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           keep
           Registers
           of
           all
           Persons
           in
           their
           respective
           Wards
           ,
           of
           their
           Age
           ,
           Profession
           ,
           and
           Estate
           ;
           whether
           they
           are
           Boys
           or
           Girls
           ;
           in
           the
           state
           of
           Marriage
           or
           of
           Widowhood
           :
           So
           that
           no
           Person
           cou'd
           come
           to
           live
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           City
           without
           the
           knowledge
           and
           leave
           of
           the
           Captain
           of
           that
           Ward
           ,
           who
           might
           be
           injoyn'd
           not
           to
           grant
           a
           permission
           to
           that
           effect
           ,
           till
           a
           Certificate
           were
           produc'd
           from
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Ward
           ,
           where
           the
           New-comer
           had
           his
           last
           abode
           ,
           testifying
           that
           there
           were
           no
           Complaints
           against
           him
           all
           the
           while
           he
           liv'd
           there
           ,
           and
           showing
           the
           reason
           of
           his
           Removal
           .
           And
           if
           it
           be
           a
           Stranger
           newly
           come
           to
           Town
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           bring
           a
           Certificate
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           from
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           City
           where
           he
           liv'd
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           since
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Ward
           cou'd
           not
           be
           in
           justice
           oblig'd
           to
           undergo
           so
           much
           trouble
           without
           some
           reward
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           a
           moderate
           Fee
           appointed
           to
           be
           given
           for
           every
           Certificate
           .
           And
           besides
           't
           wou'd
           be
           convenient
           ,
           in
           every
           publick
           place
           where
           Streets
           meet
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           a
           Bell
           of
           a
           sufficient
           bigness
           to
           be
           heard
           at
           
           the
           Captain
           's
           Lodging
           ,
           and
           to
           ring
           an
           Alarum
           on
           occasion
           of
           any
           Disorder
           or
           Tumult
           ,
           whether
           by
           Night
           or
           by
           Day
           .
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Citziens
           listed
           in
           the
           Company
           of
           the
           Ward
           might
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           take
           Arms
           ,
           and
           attend
           the
           Captain
           ,
           who
           is
           to
           march
           with
           his
           Company
           to
           the
           Place
           where
           the
           Alarum
           was
           rung
           ,
           to
           quiet
           the
           Tumult
           ,
           secure
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           draw
           up
           an
           Information
           to
           be
           sign'd
           by
           all
           the
           Assistants
           ,
           and
           produc'd
           before
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           ,
           as
           a
           sufficient
           Evidence
           for
           passing
           Sentence
           against
           the
           Rioteers
           .
           Besides
           ,
           the
           Captain
           alone
           should
           be
           impower'd
           to
           cause
           any
           Citizen
           within
           the
           Bounds
           of
           his
           Ward
           ,
           to
           be
           Arrested
           or
           Apprehended
           either
           for
           Debt
           or
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           to
           serve
           Executions
           on
           Moveable
           Goods
           ;
           which
           would
           be
           a
           means
           to
           prevent
           the
           Roguish
           Tricks
           of
           Sergeants
           ,
           who
           are
           oftentimes
           wont
           to
           rob
           those
           Houses
           whither
           they
           are
           sent
           to
           serve
           an
           Execution
           ,
           or
           arrest
           a
           Prisoner
           .
           And
           ,
           finally
           ,
           there
           might
           be
           a
           certain
           Day
           appointed
           in
           every
           Week
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           shou'd
           be
           inform'd
           of
           all
           Occurrences
           by
           the
           Captains
           of
           the
           Wards
           ,
           and
           give
           'em
           such
           Instructions
           and
           Orders
           as
           he
           shou'd
           judge
           fit
           to
           be
           executed
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           also
           another
           Abuse
           ,
           no
           less
           intollerable
           than
           those
           already
           mention'd
           ,
           relating
           to
           Women
           that
           make
           a
           Trade
           of
           Debauchery
           ;
           who
           are
           treated
           either
           with
           too
           much
           Rigour
           or
           Indulgence
           on
           several
           Occasions
           :
           For
           the
           Commissaries
           are
           brib'd
           
           to
           connive
           at
           those
           infamous
           Practices
           ;
           and
           if
           at
           any
           time
           they
           seize
           and
           imprison
           lewd
           Women
           ,
           they
           are
           commonly
           such
           as
           retain
           some
           sence
           of
           Decency
           ,
           whose
           Houses
           are
           best
           stor'd
           with
           Furniture
           ,
           and
           their
           Persons
           may
           be
           apprehended
           with
           less
           danger
           ;
           while
           common
           Prostitutes
           are
           suffer'd
           to
           live
           unmolested
           ,
           secur'd
           by
           their
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           their
           Guard
           of
           Bullies
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           this
           Method
           is
           directly
           opposite
           to
           that
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           observ'd
           ;
           neither
           ought
           the
           Officers
           to
           content
           themselves
           barely
           with
           dislodging
           those
           unhappy
           Creatures
           ,
           since
           they
           only
           remove
           to
           another
           Street
           ,
           where
           they
           set
           up
           the
           same
           Trade
           as
           before
           .
           The
           care
           of
           redressing
           those
           Abuses
           ought
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Ward
           ,
           who
           being
           inform'd
           of
           the
           lewd
           Practices
           of
           those
           Whores
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Women
           that
           procure
           'em
           ,
           shou'd
           either
           banish
           'em
           out
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           shut
           'em
           up
           for
           ever
           in
           the
           Hospital
           .
           This
           Regulation
           wou'd
           be
           attended
           with
           two
           very
           advantageous
           Consequences
           ;
           for
           Paris
           wou'd
           at
           once
           be
           freed
           from
           Debauchery
           ,
           and
           dispeopl'd
           of
           Ruffians
           ,
           who
           are
           maintain'd
           by
           those
           Women
           .
           But
           those
           who
           make
           a
           considerable
           Figure
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           if
           they
           occasion
           no
           scandal
           in
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           keep
           constant
           to
           one
           Man
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           molested
           ;
           and
           even
           they
           who
           take
           a
           greater
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           willing
           to
           be
           confin'd
           to
           one
           Person
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           rich
           ,
           and
           receive
           none
           but
           civil
           Persons
           into
           their
           Houses
           ,
           
           shou'd
           only
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           wear
           some
           Marks
           of
           Distinction
           ,
           as
           at
           Rome
           .
           Thus
           they
           might
           be
           order'd
           never
           to
           go
           abroad
           in
           Coaches
           or
           Chairs
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           wear
           Hoods
           ,
           Coifs
           ,
           Scarves
           or
           Gloves
           ,
           that
           their
           Character
           and
           Occupation
           might
           be
           known
           by
           their
           Dress
           ;
           for
           that
           wou'd
           be
           the
           most
           effectual
           Method
           to
           lessen
           their
           Numbers
           insensibly
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Fines
           that
           are
           impos'd
           on
           those
           who
           play
           at
           forbidden
           Games
           ,
           have
           in
           some
           measure
           produc'd
           the
           Effect
           for
           which
           they
           were
           design'd
           ;
           yet
           there
           are
           still
           some
           Houses
           where
           Gaming
           is
           very
           frequent
           ,
           and
           runs
           very
           high
           ;
           and
           (
           which
           is
           worse
           )
           there
           are
           profess'd
           Rooks
           ,
           who
           live
           on
           what
           they
           get
           by
           cheating
           ,
           and
           are
           supported
           by
           their
           Confederate
           Hectors
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           share
           their
           dishonest
           Gain
           .
           To
           suppress
           those
           Abuses
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           convenient
           to
           limit
           the
           Summs
           that
           are
           hazarded
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           might
           lose
           above
           
             Ten
             Pistoles
          
           at
           any
           sort
           of
           Game
           ,
           condemning
           those
           that
           suffer
           higher
           Gaming
           in
           their
           Houses
           ,
           to
           be
           fin'd
           1000
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           cheat
           at
           Play
           ,
           to
           the
           Galleys
           ;
           to
           be
           convicted
           by
           the
           Complaints
           of
           the
           bubbl'd
           Losers
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           Spectators
           .
           The
           Captain
           of
           the
           Ward
           might
           be
           empower'd
           and
           order'd
           to
           make
           diligent
           Search
           after
           those
           who
           are
           guilty
           of
           these
           Disorders
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           his
           Enquiry
           the
           more
           successful
           ,
           the
           third
           part
           of
           the
           Fine
           might
           be
           given
           to
           the
           Informer
           ;
           and
           since
           there
           wou'd
           be
           a
           Man
           out
           of
           
           each
           House
           ,
           in
           the
           Company
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           impossible
           to
           conceal
           or
           disguise
           the
           Truth
           .
        
         
           There
           cannot
           be
           a
           more
           pernicious
           Practice
           than
           the
           Usury
           of
           those
           who
           lend
           Money
           on
           Pledges
           :
           But
           the
           care
           that
           is
           taken
           to
           punish
           Usurers
           ,
           serves
           only
           to
           encrease
           the
           Abuse
           .
           For
           since
           they
           dare
           not
           drive
           their
           Trade
           openly
           ,
           they
           make
           use
           of
           He
           and
           She-Brokers
           ,
           who
           bring
           the
           Pledges
           ,
           and
           carry
           away
           the
           Money
           .
           Now
           these
           Brokers
           are
           mere
           pilferring
           Vagabonds
           ,
           who
           ,
           having
           nothing
           to
           lose
           ,
           assume
           a
           Privilege
           to
           commit
           any
           Villany
           .
           Thus
           they
           give
           but
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Money
           to
           the
           Borrowers
           ,
           and
           make
           'em
           pay
           more
           than
           they
           receiv'd
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           desirous
           to
           redeem
           their
           Clothes
           ,
           which
           are
           oftentimes
           utterly
           lost
           ,
           because
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           'em
           to
           discover
           whither
           the
           Brokers
           carry'd
           '
           em
           .
           So
           that
           't
           were
           certainly
           better
           to
           tolerate
           the
           lending
           of
           Money
           on
           Pawns
           ;
           for
           then
           People
           wou'd
           give
           their
           Clothes
           to
           responsible
           Persons
           ,
           who
           wou'd
           oblige
           themselves
           to
           restore
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           also
           great
           Abuses
           committed
           in
           the
           retailing
           of
           Commodities
           ,
           since
           the
           Prizes
           are
           not
           fix'd
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           other
           Countries
           .
           Now
           the
           Price
           of
           Corn
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           of
           Bread
           ,
           might
           be
           regulated
           immediately
           after
           Harvest
           .
           And
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           only
           two
           Prizes
           permitted
           to
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           Wine
           sold
           in
           Taverns
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           from
           Three
           to
           Four
           Sous
           for
           Tradesmen
           ,
           
           and
           from
           Six
           to
           Eight
           for
           the
           better
           sort
           of
           Citizens
           :
           Nor
           shou'd
           these
           Vintners
           be
           suffer'd
           to
           escape
           unpunish'd
           ,
           who
           mingle
           Drugs
           with
           their
           Wine
           ,
           that
           are
           prejudicial
           to
           the
           Health
           of
           the
           Drinker
           .
           Besides
           ,
           about
           Easter
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           Price
           set
           for
           the
           whole
           Year
           on
           the
           Meat
           in
           the
           Shambles
           ,
           by
           the
           Pound
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           Provisions
           in
           the
           Market
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           useless
           Precaution
           to
           restrain
           the
           Cooks
           from
           buying
           till
           after
           Nine
           a-clock
           ,
           for
           the
           Peasants
           will
           sell
           nothing
           to
           private
           Persons
           till
           the
           Cooks
           are
           provided
           .
           To
           prevent
           these
           Abuses
           ,
           the
           Cooks
           shou'd
           be
           order'd
           in
           the
           Morning
           to
           set
           a
           Price
           on
           each
           sort
           of
           Fowl
           ,
           and
           a
           Bill
           with
           the
           several
           Prizes
           hung
           up
           at
           each
           End
           of
           the
           Market
           :
           and
           the
           the
           Country-People
           shou'd
           be
           oblig'd
           ,
           under
           Pain
           of
           Forfeiting
           their
           Panniers
           ,
           to
           let
           Private
           Persons
           have
           their
           Goods
           for
           
             Two
             Pence
          
           more
           in
           the
           
             Pound
             Weight
          
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           better
           Execution
           of
           these
           Regulations
           ,
           a
           Commissary
           shou'd
           be
           appointed
           to
           inspect
           the
           Sale
           of
           Provisions
           till
           
             Eleven
             a
             Clock
          
           .
           'T
           is
           an
           astonishing
           Effect
           of
           Luxury
           ,
           to
           give
           50
           Crowns
           for
           a
           *
           Litron
           of
           
             Green
             Pease
          
           ,
           as
           some
           Persons
           have
           actually
           done
           ;
           and
           therefore
           't
           wou'd
           be
           convenient
           to
           regulate
           the
           Prizes
           of
           Pulse
           and
           Fruit
           ,
           at
           their
           first
           coming
           into
           Season
           ;
           and
           care
           shou'd
           also
           be
           taken
           to
           hinder
           the
           Country-People
           from
           filling
           their
           Baskets
           with
           Leaves
           ,
           and
           putting
           only
           so
           much
           Fruit
           ,
           as
           appears
           outwardly
           on
           the
           Top.
           
        
         
         
           The
           Usurpation
           of
           
             Noble
             Titles
          
           was
           none
           of
           the
           least
           Abuses
           that
           crept
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           during
           the
           Troubles
           .
           'T
           was
           the
           usual
           Practice
           of
           those
           who
           were
           scarce
           Gentlemen
           ,
           to
           assume
           the
           Title
           of
           Counts
           and
           Marquisses
           ;
           and
           the
           Sons
           of
           Merchants
           had
           the
           Impudence
           to
           add
           a
           Coronet
           to
           their
           
             Coat
             of
             Arms
          
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           possess'd
           of
           some
           Offices
           .
           These
           Rhodomontado's
           occasion'd
           the
           Pun
           of
           one
           of
           our
           
             Comical
             Poets
          
           ;
        
         
           
             Depuis
             que
             dans
             Paris
             on
             s'
             est
             emmarquisé
          
           
             On
             trouve
             à
             chaque
             pas
             un
             Marquis
             supposé
             .
          
        
         
           In
           order
           to
           the
           redressing
           of
           this
           Abuse
           ,
           Colbert
           order'd
           the
           Claims
           of
           those
           counterfeit
           Nobles
           to
           be
           examin'd
           :
           and
           all
           those
           who
           pretended
           a
           Right
           to
           the
           Privileges
           of
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           produc'd
           their
           Titles
           before
           the
           Intendants
           of
           the
           respective
           Provinces
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           they
           who
           had
           in
           publick
           Deeds
           assum'd
           the
           Title
           of
           Knight
           or
           Esquire
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           able
           to
           prove
           their
           Claim
           to
           those
           Honours
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           made
           liable
           to
           the
           common
           Taxes
           ,
           but
           were
           forced
           to
           submit
           to
           an
           extraordinory
           Assessment
           .
        
         
           
           Thus
           you
           see
           how
           diligently
           Colbert
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           neglected
           not
           the
           Advancement
           of
           his
           Family
           .
           The
           King
           had
           declar'd
           War
           against
           Spain
           ,
           in
           Pursuance
           of
           his
           Right
           to
           those
           Countries
           in
           the
           Netherlands
           that
           were
           laps'd
           and
           devolv'd
           to
           the
           
           Queen
           ;
           and
           had
           already
           made
           himself
           Master
           of
           several
           Places
           ,
           the
           Principal
           of
           which
           were
           
             Doüay
             ,
             Tournay
             ,
             Lille
             ,
             Courtray
             ,
             Oudenarde
             ,
          
           and
           Charleroy
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           
             Franche-Comté
             .
             Clement
          
           IX
           .
           who
           was
           lately
           made
           Pope
           ,
           had
           employ'd
           his
           Ministers
           to
           negotiate
           a
           Peace
           between
           the
           two
           Crowns
           ,
           and
           the
           Conferences
           were
           appointed
           to
           be
           held
           at
           
             Aix
             la
             Chapelle
             .
             Colbert
          
           procur'd
           the
           Dignity
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Plenipotentiary
           for
           his
           Brother
           Charles
           ,
           who
           arriv'd
           at
           that
           City
           with
           a
           Magnificent
           Equipage
           ,
           and
           was
           shortly
           after
           follow'd
           by
           the
           Baron
           
             de
             Bergeyk
          
           ,
           sent
           in
           the
           same
           Quality
           by
           his
           Catholick
           Majesty
           ;
           Franciotti
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           Nuncio
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Temple
          
           ,
           the
           English
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           Beverning
           ,
           Ambassador
           from
           the
           States-General
           ,
           performing
           the
           Office
           of
           Mediatours
           .
           The
           French
           maintain'd
           that
           by
           Right
           of
           Devolution
           ,
           which
           takes
           place
           and
           is
           in
           force
           in
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Brabant
           ,
           the
           Lordship
           of
           Mechlin
           ,
           the
           Marquisate
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Empire
          
           ,
           the
           County
           of
           Aloste
           ,
           High
           Guelderland
           ,
           of
           which
           Ruremond
           is
           the
           Capital
           City
           ,
           the
           County
           of
           Namur
           ,
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Limburg
           ,
           the
           Lordships
           of
           
             Dalem
             ,
             Valquemburg
          
           or
           
             Fauquemont
             ,
             Roder-le-Duc
          
           ,
           and
           other
           places
           beyond
           the
           Meuse
           ,
           the
           County
           of
           Arlon
           ,
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           
             Cambray
             ,
             Franche-Comté
          
           and
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Luxemburg
           ,
           the
           Daughters
           of
           the
           first
           Marriage
           excluded
           the
           Males
           born
           in
           the
           second
           .
           To
           this
           Right
           the
           Spaniards
           oppos'd
           the
           Queen's
           Renunciation
           by
           her
           Contract
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           of
           her
           Claim
           to
           the
           Inheritance
           
           of
           the
           Estates
           belonging
           to
           her
           Father
           and
           Mother
           ,
           pretending
           that
           her
           Renunciation
           was
           a
           Part
           of
           the
           Pyrenean
           Treaty
           .
           The
           French
           wou'd
           not
           allow
           of
           that
           Connexion
           ,
           affirming
           that
           they
           were
           two
           separate
           Acts
           ,
           and
           besides
           ,
           that
           the
           Renunciation
           was
           void
           ,
           as
           relating
           to
           an
           Inheritance
           that
           was
           not
           yet
           fall'n
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           cou'd
           not
           abrogate
           the
           local
           Custom
           of
           those
           Provinces
           ;
           especially
           since
           the
           Condition
           of
           the
           Renunciation
           was
           not
           accomplish'd
           ,
           the
           Dowry
           stipulated
           by
           the
           Contract
           not
           being
           paid
           :
           and
           't
           was
           further
           alledg'd
           ,
           that
           she
           never
           renounc'd
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           her
           Brother
           ,
           Prince
           Baltasar
           ,
           who
           inherited
           the
           Dowry
           of
           Elizabeth
           of
           France
           his
           Mother
           .
           Tho'
           all
           these
           Reasons
           were
           more
           than
           sufficient
           to
           assert
           the
           Queen's
           Right
           ,
           and
           tho'
           the
           King
           was
           able
           to
           maintain
           her
           Title
           by
           his
           Arms
           ,
           he
           chose
           rather
           to
           relinquish
           part
           of
           it
           for
           the
           Love
           of
           Peace
           .
           He
           offer'd
           to
           restore
           Franche-Comté
           ,
           that
           belong'd
           to
           him
           both
           by
           Right
           of
           Succession
           and
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           and
           to
           content
           himself
           with
           the
           Places
           he
           had
           taken
           in
           
             Flanders
             .
             Charles
             Colbert
          
           made
           the
           Spaniards
           and
           Mediators
           so
           sensible
           of
           the
           Reasons
           on
           which
           the
           King
           his
           Master's
           Claim
           was
           founded
           ,
           that
           the
           Baron
           
             de
             Bergeyk
          
           receiv'd
           as
           a
           Favour
           the
           Offers
           of
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty
           .
           Thus
           the
           Treaty
           was
           sign'd
           on
           the
           second
           of
           May
           ,
           1668.
           and
           the
           Brother
           of
           our
           Minister
           by
           so
           successful
           a
           Negotiation
           ,
           open'd
           a
           way
           to
           a
           higher
           Preferment
           .
        
         
         
           
           Colbert
           had
           no
           reason
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           Ingratitude
           of
           his
           Master
           :
           He
           was
           made
           Secretary
           of
           State
           in
           the
           room
           of
           Guenegaud
           ,
           and
           was
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Management
           of
           Affairs
           relating
           to
           the
           Sea
           ;
           nor
           were
           his
           Performances
           in
           that
           Post
           unsuitable
           to
           the
           Confidence
           his
           Majesty
           repos'd
           in
           him
           .
           For
           he
           was
           so
           industrious
           to
           augment
           the
           Naval
           Forces
           ,
           that
           the
           King
           may
           style
           himself
           Master
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           since
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Peace
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           that
           dares
           refuse
           to
           salute
           his
           Flags
           .
        
         
           That
           Minister
           who
           made
           it
           his
           principal
           Care
           to
           enrich
           his
           Master
           ,
           by
           suppressing
           all
           the
           Rights
           and
           Offices
           that
           might
           be
           chargeable
           to
           him
           ,
           began
           with
           the
           Parisis
           ,
           and
           the
           Rents
           upon
           the
           Entries
           ,
           that
           were
           created
           on
           the
           
             Third
             Peny
          
           and
           a
           half
           ,
           and
           yielded
           Interest
           at
           the
           
             Seventh
             Peny
          
           ,
           there
           being
           only
           a
           Fund
           for
           two
           Quarters
           .
           The
           Duties
           on
           the
           Gabels
           of
           Languedoc
           ,
           and
           the
           Offices
           of
           the
           King's
           Advocate
           and
           Attorney
           ,
           for
           the
           Garners
           and
           Chambers
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           had
           the
           same
           Fate
           :
           and
           since
           he
           cou'd
           easily
           exact
           the
           Taxes
           impos'd
           on
           those
           who
           had
           been
           concern'd
           in
           publick
           Business
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Reimbursements
           that
           were
           due
           to
           'em
           from
           the
           suppress'd
           Rights
           ,
           Rents
           and
           Offices
           ;
           he
           procur'd
           by
           the
           Edict
           that
           abrogated
           the
           Chamber
           of
           Justice
           ,
           all
           those
           that
           were
           tax'd
           to
           be
           restor'd
           to
           their
           Lands
           or
           Immoveable
           Estates
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           seiz'd
           ,
           and
           even
           order'd
           to
           be
           sold
           ;
           contenting
           himself
           with
           retaining
           their
           Reimbursements
           .
           But
           he
           excluded
           
           from
           receiving
           any
           Benefit
           by
           that
           
             Act
             of
             Grace
          
           ,
           the
           three
           Treasurers
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           the
           
           Monerot's
           ,
           
             Languet
             ,
             Bance
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Heirs
           of
           Girardin
           ,
           for
           the
           Reasons
           alledg'd
           in
           the
           Beginning
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           perceiving
           the
           King's
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Extirpation
           of
           Heresie
           ,
           he
           suppress'd
           the
           Chamber
           instituted
           by
           the
           Edicts
           of
           Paris
           and
           Rhoan
           ,
           tho'
           they
           were
           not
           equally
           divided
           as
           those
           of
           Castres
           and
           Guien
           (
           which
           were
           abrogated
           some
           Years
           before
           )
           ,
           but
           admitted
           only
           one
           Huguenot
           ,
           Counsellour
           ,
           every
           Year
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           there
           was
           also
           one
           of
           that
           Perswasion
           in
           each
           of
           the
           Courts
           of
           Inquest
           ,
           but
           afterwards
           as
           their
           Places
           became
           vacant
           ,
           they
           were
           supply'd
           by
           Catholicks
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           there
           was
           a
           
             Tournelle
             Civile
          
           erected
           ,
           to
           judge
           of
           all
           Causes
           under
           1000
           Crowns
           ,
           to
           ease
           the
           Great
           Chamber
           and
           Courts
           of
           Inquest
           ,
           whither
           all
           the
           Suits
           were
           transferr'd
           ,
           that
           were
           depending
           in
           the
           Chamber
           of
           the
           Edict
           at
           the
           time
           of
           its
           Suppression
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Vacations
           was
           chang'd
           ;
           for
           whereas
           formerly
           each
           President
           
             à
             Mortier
          
           presided
           in
           it
           for
           the
           Space
           of
           a
           Week
           ,
           and
           Affairs
           of
           small
           Importance
           were
           determin'd
           there
           ,
           by
           a
           definitive
           Sentence
           :
           two
           Presidents
           were
           appointed
           every
           Year
           ,
           one
           to
           preside
           in
           the
           others
           Absence
           ,
           from
           the
           9th
           of
           September
           to
           S.
           Simon
           and
           
           Jude's
           Day
           ,
           and
           its
           Jurisdiction
           was
           confin'd
           to
           Matters
           implying
           a
           Condition
           or
           Proviso
           .
           These
           new
           Creations
           are
           of
           no
           great
           Importance
           ,
           nor
           
           do
           they
           afford
           Matter
           for
           Variety
           of
           Reflections
           :
           but
           't
           will
           not
           be
           improper
           to
           insist
           somewhat
           longer
           on
           the
           Examination
           of
           the
           Criminal
           Code
           ,
           the
           Regulation
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           the
           Orders
           for
           the
           Committimus
           or
           Special
           Letters
           of
           Priviledge
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Criminal
             Code
          
           is
           as
           useless
           as
           the
           Civil
           :
           for
           Affairs
           of
           small
           Importance
           are
           oftentimes
           kept
           longer
           in
           Agitation
           ,
           than
           Prosecutions
           for
           the
           most
           enormous
           Crimes
           ;
           and
           the
           Judges
           neglect
           these
           Cases
           in
           which
           the
           Publick
           is
           most
           deeply
           concern'd
           ,
           especially
           if
           there
           be
           no
           private
           Person
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Pursuit
           at
           his
           proper
           Cost
           .
           These
           Abuses
           proceed
           from
           a
           twofold
           Cause
           :
           First
           ,
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           is
           overcharg'd
           with
           Multiplicity
           of
           Business
           ;
           for
           I
           mention
           only
           that
           Officer
           ,
           because
           in
           other
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           Affairs
           are
           dispatch'd
           with
           greater
           Expedition
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Forms
           of
           Proceeding
           are
           too
           long
           ,
           both
           at
           the
           first
           hearing
           ,
           and
           after
           an
           Appeal
           .
           Now
           to
           enable
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           to
           use
           greater
           Expedition
           in
           the
           dispatching
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           neglect
           those
           that
           are
           not
           manag'd
           by
           a
           private
           Person
           ,
           I
           wou'd
           appropriate
           to
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           in
           the
           Palace
           ,
           the
           Cognizance
           and
           Judgment
           of
           all
           Actions
           and
           Pursuits
           against
           Gentlemen
           ;
           and
           to
           restrain
           private
           Persons
           from
           entering
           their
           Accusations
           against
           Noble
           Persons
           before
           the
           above-mention'd
           Officer
           ;
           I
           would
           have
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           in
           the
           Palace
           abrogate
           and
           cancel
           all
           that
           is
           done
           at
           
           the
           Chastelet
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           their
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           and
           if
           Gentlemen
           be
           not
           directly
           comprehended
           in
           the
           Accusation
           ,
           but
           involv'd
           in
           it
           by
           the
           Examination
           of
           others
           that
           are
           accus'd
           ,
           in
           that
           Case
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           shou'd
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           remit
           the
           Process
           to
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           ,
           and
           in
           Case
           of
           Failure
           shou'd
           be
           liable
           to
           be
           call'd
           in
           question
           ,
           and
           even
           interdicted
           by
           those
           Courts
           if
           they
           think
           fit
           .
           I
           wou'd
           also
           appropriate
           to
           the
           Provost
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           short
           Robe
           ,
           the
           Cognizance
           of
           all
           Causes
           and
           Criminal
           Actions
           against
           Persons
           that
           have
           no
           Habitation
           ,
           in
           which
           number
           shou'd
           be
           comprehended
           all
           Pages
           or
           
             Valets
             de
             Chambre
          
           ,
           Servants
           that
           wear
           Livery
           ,
           and
           Vagabonds
           that
           have
           no
           other
           Employment
           than
           to
           wander
           about
           the
           Streets
           ,
           tho'
           they
           lodge
           not
           in
           a
           furnish'd
           Room
           :
           One
           of
           these
           Officers
           might
           be
           appointed
           to
           judge
           and
           take
           Cognizance
           of
           all
           Crimes
           committed
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           are
           committed
           in
           the
           City
           ;
           with
           an
           express
           Prohibition
           to
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           ,
           and
           Commissaries
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           ,
           to
           proceed
           against
           Persons
           of
           that
           Character
           .
           And
           to
           oblige
           the
           King's
           Attorney
           and
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Short
           Robe
           not
           to
           suffer
           those
           to
           go
           unpunish'd
           who
           are
           not
           charg'd
           by
           a
           private
           Person
           ;
           I
           wou'd
           have
           all
           those
           that
           are
           condemn'd
           to
           undergo
           corporal
           Punishment
           by
           the
           Lieutenant
           Criminal
           or
           Courts
           of
           Request
           ,
           to
           be
           fin'd
           also
           in
           considerable
           Summs
           ;
           which
           shou'd
           remain
           as
           a
           
           Fund
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           the
           Receiver
           ,
           never
           to
           be
           diverted
           to
           any
           other
           Use
           ,
           but
           only
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           Charges
           and
           Damages
           of
           those
           who
           shall
           pursue
           these
           Vagabonds
           ,
           who
           have
           nothing
           to
           lose
           ,
           and
           can
           make
           no
           Reparation
           :
           for
           private
           Persons
           wou'd
           willingly
           become
           Prosecutors
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           recover
           their
           Damages
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Forms
           of
           Proceeding
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           convenient
           to
           abolish
           all
           Assignments
           or
           Appointments
           over
           ,
           to
           be
           heard
           on
           a
           Personal
           Summons
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Summons
           on
           an
           Order
           for
           Corporal
           Seizure
           .
           If
           there
           be
           no
           cause
           to
           require
           a
           Warrant
           for
           Corporal
           Seizure
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           sufficient
           to
           take
           out
           an
           Order
           of
           the
           Judge
           to
           cite
           the
           Person
           accus'd
           to
           appear
           before
           him
           ,
           on
           such
           a
           Day
           and
           Hour
           ,
           there
           to
           be
           examin'd
           and
           interrogated
           ;
           and
           in
           case
           of
           Non-appearance
           ,
           for
           the
           Profit
           of
           the
           Failure
           ,
           the
           Reparations
           awarded
           by
           a
           definitive
           Sentence
           might
           be
           adjudg'd
           to
           the
           King's
           Attorney
           and
           the
           Accuser
           ,
           without
           leaving
           room
           for
           an
           Appeal
           .
           But
           the
           Judges
           ought
           to
           proceed
           with
           more
           Caution
           ,
           in
           issuing
           out
           Orders
           of
           Corporal
           Seizure
           against
           Gentlemen
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           give
           any
           such
           Warrants
           but
           in
           case
           of
           Capital
           Crimes
           :
           whereas
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           Vagabonds
           shou'd
           begin
           with
           Seizure
           of
           their
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           shou'd
           be
           immediately
           follow'd
           with
           Examination
           on
           the
           Complaint
           made
           against
           'em
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           Information
           .
           Banishment
           is
           ,
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           a
           Punishment
           that
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           inflicted
           on
           those
           who
           
           have
           no
           Reputation
           or
           Sense
           of
           Honour
           ;
           for
           to
           what
           purpose
           shou'd
           a
           Sentence
           be
           given
           against
           a
           Criminal
           who
           is
           neither
           afraid
           of
           its
           Execution
           ,
           nor
           will
           perform
           what
           it
           ordains
           .
           'T
           is
           plain
           then
           that
           't
           wou'd
           be
           a
           great
           deal
           better
           to
           order
           the
           Men
           into
           the
           King's
           Service
           ,
           and
           the
           Women
           to
           be
           imprison'd
           ,
           or
           (
           for
           great
           Offences
           )
           to
           be
           transported
           to
           the
           American
           Colonies
           :
           and
           the
           best
           way
           to
           punish
           those
           that
           are
           rich
           ,
           is
           to
           drain
           their
           Purses
           .
           As
           for
           Prosecutions
           of
           Persons
           without
           a
           particular
           Description
           of
           the
           Party
           accus'd
           ,
           the
           Action
           ought
           never
           to
           be
           prepar'd
           for
           Hearing
           ,
           nor
           proceed
           further
           than
           a
           bare
           Information
           ;
           for
           under
           that
           Disguise
           a
           Design
           may
           be
           carry'd
           on
           against
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           to
           charge
           'em
           with
           Crimes
           of
           which
           they
           were
           never
           guilty
           .
           And
           besides
           't
           wou'd
           be
           highly
           convenient
           to
           regulate
           the
           Jurisdictions
           of
           Courts
           and
           Officers
           of
           Justice
           ,
           that
           there
           might
           be
           no
           Contests
           between
           'em
           ,
           either
           by
           settling
           the
           Extent
           of
           their
           Authority
           ,
           or
           by
           ordaining
           that
           every
           Action
           shou'd
           remain
           where
           't
           was
           first
           enter'd
           ,
           till
           it
           be
           determin'd
           by
           a
           definitive
           Sentence
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Council
           ,
           I
           wou'd
           take
           away
           all
           Evocations
           or
           Removals
           of
           Causes
           from
           one
           Court
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           of
           Judges
           ,
           which
           put
           the
           Parties
           to
           a
           vast
           Charge
           ,
           without
           deciding
           the
           Main
           Suit
           ;
           and
           create
           for
           that
           Effect
           a
           
             Court
             of
             Evocations
          
           ,
           to
           sit
           at
           Lions
           or
           Poictiers
           ,
           which
           shou'd
           be
           compos'd
           of
           a
           
             President
             à
             Mortier
          
           ,
           and
           two
           Counsellours
           of
           the
           
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           a
           President
           and
           two
           Counsellers
           of
           the
           
             Great
             Council
          
           ,
           a
           President
           and
           two
           Counsellours
           of
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           ,
           and
           two
           Counsellours
           out
           of
           each
           Parliament
           and
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           one
           from
           the
           Seniors
           ,
           and
           another
           from
           the
           Juniors
           ,
           and
           chang'd
           yearly
           .
           This
           Court
           shou'd
           judge
           all
           Causes
           remov'd
           or
           transferr'd
           from
           any
           other
           Court
           whatsoever
           ;
           and
           to
           avoid
           troublesome
           Enquiries
           into
           contested
           Parentages
           ,
           all
           the
           Officers
           of
           each
           Company
           shou'd
           be
           oblig'd
           to
           remit
           their
           Genealogies
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Attorney-General
           ,
           containing
           16.
           
           Quarters
           ,
           of
           which
           a
           Book
           shou'd
           be
           compos'd
           and
           re-printed
           every
           Year
           ,
           as
           the
           State
           of
           France
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Changes
           and
           Alterations
           happening
           by
           Death
           ,
           Marriage
           ,
           or
           Sale
           of
           Office.
           Thus
           when
           a
           Cause
           shou'd
           happen
           to
           be
           transferr'd
           ,
           the
           Book
           of
           the
           Genealogies
           of
           the
           Company
           ,
           where
           the
           Cause
           was
           in
           dependence
           ,
           might
           be
           consulted
           for
           a
           Proof
           of
           the
           controverted
           Parentage
           ;
           and
           without
           further
           Trouble
           ,
           Letters
           might
           be
           granted
           under
           the
           
             Great
             Seal
          
           ,
           importing
           a
           Referment
           to
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Evocations
          
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Rules
           of
           Judges
           ,
           assoon
           as
           a
           Conflict
           is
           form'd
           ,
           instead
           of
           taking
           out
           a
           Writ
           in
           pursuance
           of
           a
           Judge's
           Rule
           ,
           Letters
           of
           Referment
           wou'd
           be
           dispatch'd
           to
           the
           
             Court
             of
             Evocations
          
           .
           The
           same
           Court
           might
           also
           be
           impower'd
           to
           judge
           of
           Reviews
           or
           Appeals
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           after
           the
           Council
           ,
           upon
           a
           Petition
           communicated
           to
           the
           Party
           ,
           and
           his
           Answer
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Instruction
           ,
           shou'd
           conclude
           
           that
           there
           was
           an
           Overture
           for
           a
           Repeal
           or
           Review
           .
           The
           Constitution
           of
           this
           Court
           wou'd
           be
           attended
           with
           one
           very
           considerable
           Advantage
           ,
           as
           being
           compos'd
           of
           Officers
           belonging
           to
           all
           the
           other
           Courts
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           cou'd
           not
           be
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Customs
           and
           Manner
           of
           Proceeding
           in
           the
           Companies
           from
           whence
           any
           Suit
           might
           happen
           to
           be
           transferr'd
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           usual
           Inconveniency
           of
           the
           Removal
           of
           a
           Cause
           to
           another
           Parliament
           or
           
             Court
             of
             Aids
          
           ,
           tho'
           next
           to
           that
           where
           the
           Cause
           was
           depending
           ;
           since
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           is
           not
           better
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Customs
           and
           Manner
           of
           Proceeding
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Rhoan
           ,
           than
           with
           those
           that
           are
           observ'd
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Thoulouse
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Remark
           is
           equally
           applicable
           to
           the
           rest
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Reviews
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           remitted
           to
           the
           same
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           Sentence
           formerly
           given
           is
           very
           rarely
           annull'd
           afterwards
           .
        
         
           It
           must
           be
           acknowledg'd
           that
           the
           New
           Regulation
           of
           Committimus's
           ,
           or
           Special
           Commissions
           in
           behalf
           of
           priviledg'd
           Persons
           to
           their
           proper
           Judges
           ,
           has
           in
           a
           very
           considerable
           measure
           taken
           care
           to
           prevent
           the
           abusing
           of
           that
           Privilege
           ,
           by
           depriving
           those
           who
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           it
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           making
           use
           of
           it
           for
           small
           Summs
           ,
           or
           of
           lending
           their
           Name
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           signifie
           and
           give
           notice
           of
           the
           Assignments
           they
           have
           obtain'd
           ,
           a
           Year
           before
           they
           can
           put
           in
           their
           
           Claims
           at
           the
           Courts
           of
           Requests
           either
           in
           the
           Palace
           or
           Town-house
           ,
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           what
           is
           made
           over
           to
           '
           em
           .
           But
           't
           is
           no
           less
           certain
           ,
           that
           many
           important
           Additions
           might
           be
           made
           to
           that
           Regulation
           ;
           for
           tho'
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           other
           priviledg'd
           Persons
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           diverted
           from
           giving
           personal
           Attendance
           ,
           by
           going
           to
           manage
           Law-Suits
           in
           Places
           remote
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           yet
           their
           Privileges
           are
           attended
           with
           this
           Inconveniency
           ,
           that
           many
           Persons
           are
           forc'd
           to
           relinquish
           their
           undoubted
           Rights
           ,
           merely
           to
           avoid
           a
           chargeable
           Journey
           to
           Paris
           .
           And
           therefore
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           a
           middle
           way
           found
           out
           to
           save
           the
           Privileges
           of
           one
           Party
           ,
           and
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           other
           .
           Thus
           the
           Intendants
           of
           the
           Place
           where
           such
           Differences
           arise
           ,
           might
           take
           cognizance
           of
           those
           Cases
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           reconcile
           the
           contending
           Parties
           :
           but
           if
           the
           Agreement
           seem
           impracticable
           ,
           the
           same
           Officers
           might
           transmit
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Masters
           of
           Requests
           ,
           the
           respective
           Instructions
           and
           Claims
           of
           both
           Parties
           ,
           with
           an
           Extract
           of
           'em
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Opinion
           at
           the
           end
           of
           it
           :
           And
           a
           Report
           of
           those
           Pieces
           might
           be
           made
           to
           the
           Council
           without
           further
           Charge
           or
           other
           Writings
           ,
           on
           which
           a
           Mandamus
           might
           be
           issu'd
           out
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           since
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           in
           the
           Palace
           ought
           not
           in
           Justice
           to
           be
           left
           without
           Employment
           ,
           besides
           the
           Right
           of
           Judging
           in
           Criminal
           Cases
           ,
           in
           which
           Gentlemen
           are
           concern'd
           ,
           these
           Courts
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           first
           Hearing
           
           of
           all
           Suits
           and
           Cases
           relating
           to
           Marriage
           ,
           Separation
           ,
           Controversies
           about
           Estates
           ,
           Reclaiming
           of
           Vows
           ,
           Testaments
           ,
           Substitutions
           or
           Deputations
           ,
           Deeds
           of
           Gift
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           provisional
           Cases
           ,
           whether
           the
           Parties
           concern'd
           have
           a
           Right
           to
           the
           Committimus
           or
           not
           .
           For
           't
           is
           not
           suitable
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           these
           Courts
           ,
           that
           consist
           of
           Members
           of
           Parliament
           to
           determine
           Controversies
           concerning
           Heirs
           ,
           Seizures
           ,
           Repairing
           of
           Houses
           ,
           Conditions
           of
           Service
           ,
           Servants
           Wages
           ,
           and
           other
           petty
           Cases
           that
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           remov'd
           out
           of
           the
           Chastelet
           .
           Besides
           since
           there
           are
           two
           of
           those
           Courts
           ,
           they
           might
           by
           Turns
           ,
           and
           from
           Month
           to
           Month
           ,
           take
           cognizance
           of
           Civil
           and
           Criminal
           Cases
           :
           and
           't
           wou'd
           be
           sufficient
           for
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           in
           the
           Town-House
           ,
           to
           meddle
           only
           with
           those
           Cases
           which
           they
           are
           empower'd
           to
           determine
           Sovereignly
           ,
           and
           without
           Appeal
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           also
           
             Two
             Edicts
          
           publish'd
           in
           1669
           ,
           one
           for
           the
           Controllment
           of
           Warrants
           or
           Dispatches
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           relating
           to
           the
           Fines
           that
           are
           to
           be
           consign'd
           for
           Appeals
           .
           The
           first
           is
           most
           certainly
           advantageous
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           because
           it
           prevents
           Ante-dates
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           frequent
           before
           ;
           tho'
           at
           the
           same
           time
           't
           wou'd
           be
           no
           less
           convenient
           to
           hinder
           the
           counterfeiting
           of
           Warrants
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           easily
           done
           ,
           by
           obliging
           the
           Sergeants
           to
           cause
           'em
           to
           be
           sign'd
           by
           those
           on
           whom
           they
           are
           serv'd
           ,
           or
           in
           case
           of
           Refusal
           ,
           by
           any
           other
           Persons
           ,
           who
           might
           be
           
           call'd
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           and
           the
           Refusers
           might
           be
           fin'd
           on
           the
           Verbal
           Report
           of
           the
           Sergeant
           ,
           attested
           by
           two
           Witnesses
           signing
           the
           same
           with
           him
           .
           But
           the
           same
           Character
           cannot
           be
           given
           of
           the
           other
           Edict
           ,
           which
           augments
           the
           Charges
           of
           those
           who
           have
           the
           best
           Right
           ;
           since
           they
           must
           advance
           the
           Fine
           before
           the
           Appeal
           can
           be
           judg'd
           .
           And
           therefore
           to
           make
           this
           Edict
           useful
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           provided
           that
           the
           Sentence
           might
           be
           executed
           without
           giving
           Bail
           ,
           till
           the
           Appealer
           had
           consign'd
           the
           Fine
           ,
           which
           wou'd
           be
           more
           effectual
           if
           it
           were
           augmented
           :
           And
           besides
           't
           wou'd
           be
           convenient
           to
           oblige
           the
           Opponents
           to
           acquiesce
           in
           the
           Sentence
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           to
           consign
           before
           they
           be
           admitted
           to
           oppone
           :
           for
           such
           a
           Regulation
           wou'd
           lessen
           the
           Number
           of
           Judgments
           on
           Default
           .
           The
           Parliament
           of
           Thoulouse
           resolving
           to
           hinder
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Edict
           for
           the
           Controllment
           of
           Warrants
           ,
           issu'd
           out
           an
           Order
           to
           oblige
           those
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           levy
           that
           Duty
           ,
           to
           restore
           a
           Horse
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           sold
           for
           the
           Payment
           of
           the
           Fine
           awarded
           against
           Deficients
           .
           The
           first
           President
           was
           not
           accessory
           to
           the
           passing
           of
           the
           Order
           ;
           but
           Colbert
           gave
           him
           to
           understand
           that
           't
           was
           expected
           the
           Parliament
           wou'd
           cancel
           it
           ,
           unless
           they
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           draw
           a
           severe
           Punishment
           on
           the
           whole
           Body
           .
           The
           same
           Minister
           wrote
           also
           to
           the
           Sollicitor-General
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Advocates-General
           ,
           exhorting
           'em
           to
           a
           more
           diligent
           Performance
           of
           their
           Duties
           for
           the
           future
           .
           The
           Parliament
           
           endeavour'd
           to
           ward
           the
           Blow
           ,
           and
           propos'd
           several
           other
           Expedients
           ;
           by
           which
           they
           thought
           to
           save
           their
           Honour
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           buy
           their
           Peace
           by
           cancelling
           the
           Order
           .
           But
           they
           were
           not
           the
           only
           Objects
           of
           
           Colbert's
           Severity
           ;
           for
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           met
           with
           a
           no
           less
           rigorous
           Treatment
           ,
           for
           endeavouring
           to
           oppose
           the
           Lease
           of
           the
           little
           Shops
           that
           belong
           to
           the
           King's
           Domaine
           ,
           under
           Pretext
           that
           it
           wou'd
           occasion
           a
           Mutiny
           among
           the
           Herring-Sellers
           :
           nevertheless
           the
           Lease
           pass'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Lieutenant
           was
           forc'd
           to
           truckle
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           Design
           of
           that
           Minister
           in
           reforming
           the
           Manner
           of
           Proceeding
           at
           Law
           ,
           was
           to
           give
           the
           People
           more
           leisure
           to
           apply
           themselves
           to
           Trading
           ;
           for
           the
           Advancement
           of
           which
           he
           procur'd
           an
           Edict
           ,
           containing
           29
           Articles
           ,
           to
           be
           register'd
           the
           same
           Year
           ,
           importing
           the
           Creation
           of
           a
           Company
           or
           Office
           ,
           for
           Ensuring
           the
           Adventurers
           of
           France
           in
           the
           City
           of
           Paris
           .
           Several
           Merchants
           had
           found
           a
           way
           to
           avoid
           considerable
           Losses
           ,
           by
           paying
           moderate
           Rates
           for
           Ensuring
           their
           Vessels
           and
           Goods
           .
           And
           that
           all
           Traders
           might
           have
           the
           same
           Advantage
           ,
           of
           lessening
           the
           Hazards
           they
           run
           in
           the
           ordinary
           Course
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           for
           their
           further
           Encouragement
           to
           undertake
           and
           carry
           on
           considerable
           Adventures
           with
           more
           Ease
           and
           Security
           ;
           Colbert
           caus'd
           a
           Company
           for
           a
           General
           Ensuring-Office
           ,
           with
           Common
           Stock
           and
           Seals
           ,
           to
           be
           incorporated
           and
           settled
           in
           St.
           Martin's-Street
           ,
           which
           being
           in
           the
           
           Middle
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           was
           the
           most
           convenient
           place
           for
           all
           Parties
           concern'd
           .
           There
           a
           House
           was
           hir'd
           and
           Meetings
           held
           ,
           to
           treat
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           with
           a
           Permission
           to
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           Adventurers
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Cities
           of
           
             Rohan
             ,
             Nantes
          
           ,
           St.
           
             Malo
             ,
             Rochel
          
           and
           other
           Places
           ,
           who
           were
           already
           engag'd
           in
           a
           like
           Project
           ,
           to
           continue
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           before
           .
           The
           Edict
           requires
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           a
           Principal
           Stock
           or
           Fund
           of
           300000
           Livres
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Company
           shall
           consist
           of
           Thirty
           Officers
           ,
           Five
           of
           'em
           to
           be
           elected
           by
           Plurality
           of
           Voices
           ,
           to
           execute
           the
           Office
           of
           Directors
           for
           a
           limited
           Time
           ;
           Two
           of
           the
           Five
           to
           be
           remov'd
           six
           Months
           after
           their
           Election
           ,
           Three
           more
           after
           other
           six
           Months
           ,
           and
           so
           every
           six
           Months
           successively
           ,
           a
           like
           Number
           being
           always
           chosen
           to
           succeed
           'em
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           are
           still
           two
           or
           three
           Directors
           who
           cannot
           be
           continu'd
           for
           above
           two
           successive
           Elections
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           Number
           there
           must
           always
           be
           three
           Traders
           .
           The
           Contract
           of
           the
           Society
           containing
           43
           Articles
           ,
           was
           presented
           to
           the
           King
           by
           the
           thirty
           Associates
           :
           whose
           Names
           are
           here
           inserted
           ;
           
             de
             Lagni
          
           ,
           Director-General
           of
           Trade
           ;
           
             Soulete
             Desvieus
             ,
             le
             Fevre
             ,
             Rousseau
             ,
             le
             Javiel
             ,
             Matry
             ,
             de
             Vitri
             la
             Ville
             ,
             T.
             de
             Lile
             ,
             Charles
             le
             Brun
             ,
             Chauvin
             ,
             Tardif
             ,
             Poquelin
             ,
             Hebert
             ,
             P.
             Chauvin
             ,
             Cl.
             le
             Brun
             ,
             Pasquier
             ,
             Paignon
             ,
             A.
             Pelletier
             ,
             Molliere
             ,
             Barry
             ,
             Cousinet
             ,
             N.
             Soullet
             ,
             Gaillart
             ,
             de
             Loubert
             ,
             Franchepin
             ,
             Herson
             ,
             de
             la
             Rivoire
             ,
             de
             Meur
             ,
          
           and
           Ceberet
           .
        
         
           
           Amidst
           such
           a
           vast
           multiplicity
           of
           Business
           Colbert
           was
           still
           mindful
           of
           his
           being
           a
           Parent
           of
           Children
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Minister
           of
           State.
           
        
         
         
           On
           the
           21th
           of
           January
           ,
           1671.
           he
           marry'd
           his
           Daughter
           Henrietta
           to
           
             Paul
             de
             Beauvilliers
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           S.
           Aignan
           ,
           Peer
           of
           France
           ,
           Knight
           of
           the
           King's
           Orders
           ,
           first
           Gentleman
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Bed-Chamber
           ,
           Governour
           and
           Lieutenant-General
           of
           the
           Town
           and
           Cittadel
           of
           
             Havre
             de
             Grace
          
           ,
           Camp-Master
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           S.
           Aignan
           ,
           Son
           of
           
             Francis
             de
             Beauvilliers
          
           ,
           Count
           and
           afterwards
           Duke
           of
           S.
           Aignan
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Antoinette
             de
             Servien
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           
             Nicholas
             Servien
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Mary
             Groulard
          
           .
           The
           Country
           of
           S.
           Aignan
           fell
           to
           the
           House
           of
           Beauvilliers
           ,
           by
           the
           Marriage
           of
           
             Emeri
             de
             Beauvilliers
          
           ,
           Bayliff
           and
           Governour
           of
           Berry
           ,
           with
           
             Loüise
             de
             Husson-Tonnere
          
           .
        
         
           
           Hitherto
           Colbert
           seem'd
           to
           have
           made
           it
           a
           main
           part
           of
           his
           Care
           to
           ease
           Pleaders
           ,
           by
           abridging
           the
           tedious
           and
           wrangling
           Forms
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           preventing
           Abuses
           ;
           but
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           
             Mark'd
             Paper
          
           and
           Parchment
           rais'd
           the
           Charge
           of
           Suits
           to
           so
           prodigious
           a
           heighth
           ,
           that
           it
           ruin'd
           most
           of
           those
           who
           were
           engag'd
           in
           '
           em
           .
           If
           it
           had
           been
           only
           appointed
           to
           be
           us'd
           for
           writing
           the
           Instruments
           or
           Deeds
           of
           Notaries
           ,
           and
           Sentences
           ,
           it
           might
           have
           been
           look'd
           upon
           as
           an
           Invention
           to
           prevent
           Ante-dates
           ,
           since
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           frequent
           Alteration
           of
           the
           Marks
           ,
           't
           wou'd
           be
           hard
           to
           find
           immediately
           any
           Paper
           or
           Parchment
           that
           was
           in
           use
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           false
           Date
           .
           But
           to
           what
           purpose
           shou'd
           Petitions
           ,
           Inventories
           ,
           and
           Replications
           be
           written
           on
           
             Mark'd
             Paper
          
           ?
           And
           why
           shou'd
           the
           Grievance
           be
           made
           still
           more
           intolerable
           ,
           by
           obliging
           Attorneys
           not
           to
           exceed
           a
           certain
           
           Number
           of
           Lines
           in
           every
           Page
           ,
           and
           even
           fixing
           the
           Number
           of
           Words
           that
           are
           to
           be
           contain'd
           in
           each
           Line
           ?
        
         
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           was
           desirous
           to
           obtain
           the
           Reversion
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           Secretary
           of
           State
           for
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           sent
           him
           abroad
           to
           visit
           the
           principal
           Courts
           of
           Europe
           ,
           under
           the
           Inspection
           of
           Isarn
           ,
           who
           was
           recommended
           to
           him
           by
           Pelisson
           .
           The
           Young
           Traveller
           took
           a
           View
           of
           
             Italy
             ,
             Germany
          
           ,
           and
           England
           ,
           and
           on
           his
           Father's
           Account
           was
           receiv'd
           every
           where
           with
           extraordinary
           Respect
           .
           His
           Tutor
           Isarn
           ,
           had
           the
           Misfortune
           to
           die
           in
           an
           Inn
           at
           his
           Return
           to
           Paris
           ;
           for
           the
           Door
           of
           his
           Chamber
           being
           double-lock'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Key
           carry'd
           away
           by
           the
           Marquess's
           Servants
           ,
           he
           was
           suddenly
           taken
           ill
           ,
           and
           having
           in
           vain
           attempted
           to
           come
           forth
           ,
           he
           fell
           down
           dead
           as
           he
           was
           endeavouring
           to
           call
           out
           for
           Assistance
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Marquess
           at
           his
           Return
           from
           his
           Travels
           ,
           eas'd
           his
           Father
           of
           part
           of
           that
           prodigious
           Load
           of
           Business
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           sustain
           ;
           as
           being
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Care
           of
           all
           the
           Home-Affairs
           of
           the
           State.
           The
           earnest
           Desire
           he
           had
           to
           compleat
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Abuses
           ,
           made
           him
           perswade
           the
           King
           to
           suppress
           the
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           that
           were
           kept
           by
           several
           Lords
           in
           Paris
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           Contests
           that
           usually
           happen'd
           between
           the
           Chastelet
           and
           the
           Judges
           of
           those
           Courts
           ,
           about
           their
           Authority
           and
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           those
           Judges
           were
           apt
           to
           be
           corrupted
           ,
           as
           knowing
           that
           they
           were
           only
           to
           execute
           
           their
           Office
           ,
           during
           the
           Life
           of
           their
           Masters
           .
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           Paris
           had
           his
           Bayliff
           ,
           and
           King's
           Attorney
           at
           
             Fort
             l'
             Evêque
          
           ,
           the
           Abbot
           of
           S.
           Germain
           in
           his
           Abbey
           ,
           the
           Grand
           Prior
           of
           France
           at
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           the
           Abbess
           of
           Montmartre
           at
           Ville-Neuve
           .
           The
           Chastelet
           being
           over-crowded
           with
           Affairs
           after
           the
           Suppression
           of
           these
           Courts
           ,
           was
           divided
           into
           two
           Parts
           ,
           their
           Jurisdictions
           being
           separated
           by
           the
           River
           .
           The
           Lieutenant-Civil
           ,
           Lieutenant-Criminal
           ,
           Lieutenant-Particular
           ,
           and
           King's
           Attorney
           of
           the
           new
           Chastelet
           ,
           were
           to
           serve
           by
           turns
           from
           Year
           to
           Year
           in
           the
           in
           the
           Old
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Old
           to
           remove
           to
           their
           respective
           Places
           in
           the
           New.
           
             Peter
             Girardin
          
           was
           made
           Lieutenant-Civil
           of
           the
           New
           ,
           
             Antony
             le
             Ferron
          
           Lieutenant-Criminal
           ,
           
             Lewis
             de
             Vienne
          
           Lieutenant-Particular
           ,
           
             Claude
             Robert
          
           King's
           Attorney
           ,
           
             James
             Brichard
          
           and
           
             Nicholas
             Meraut
          
           Advocates-General
           .
           The
           New
           Chastelet
           sate
           at
           the
           Abbey
           of
           S.
           Germain
           ,
           in
           the
           Hall
           of
           the
           Bailiwick
           ,
           till
           the
           Building
           began
           at
           the
           Old
           was
           finish'd
           :
           after
           which
           both
           Courts
           sitting
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           the
           Advocates
           and
           Attorneys
           cou'd
           with
           more
           Ease
           and
           Conveniency
           go
           from
           one
           Audience
           to
           plead
           at
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           
           While
           Colbert
           was
           busi'd
           in
           regulating
           the
           State
           at
           home
           ,
           a
           War
           broke
           out
           between
           France
           and
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           occasion'd
           by
           several
           Actions
           of
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           to
           the
           Prejudice
           of
           the
           Kings
           of
           France
           and
           England
           .
           A
           League
           was
           concluded
           between
           those
           two
           Monarchs
           by
           the
           Mediation
           of
           the
           Dutchess
           
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           and
           by
           Virtue
           of
           the
           Treaty
           which
           they
           sign'd
           ,
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
          
           were
           to
           be
           divided
           between
           '
           em
           .
           But
           the
           King
           of
           England
           growing
           jealous
           of
           his
           most
           Christian
           Majesty's
           Victories
           ,
           who
           in
           40
           Days
           conquer'd
           4
           Provinces
           ,
           and
           took
           40
           Cities
           ,
           withdrew
           from
           the
           League
           ,
           and
           became
           the
           Mediator
           of
           a
           Peace
           .
           The
           Conferences
           were
           begun
           at
           Cologn
           ,
           and
           interrupted
           by
           the
           carrying
           away
           of
           
             William
             Egon
          
           of
           Furstemberg
           ,
           Plenipotentiary
           of
           the
           Elector
           of
           that
           Name
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Grana
          
           having
           arrested
           him
           by
           the
           Emperour's
           Order
           .
           But
           the
           Treaty
           was
           again
           set
           on
           foot
           by
           the
           Pope's
           Mediation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Potentates
           concern'd
           in
           the
           War
           sent
           their
           Plenipotentiaries
           to
           Nimmegen
           ,
           the
           Place
           appointed
           for
           the
           New
           Conferences
           .
           
             Charles
             Colbert
          
           went
           thither
           for
           France
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Marechal
             d'
             Estrade
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Avaux
          
           :
           and
           while
           he
           was
           at
           Nimmegen
           his
           Brother
           procur'd
           for
           him
           the
           Office
           of
           President
           
             à
             Mortier
          
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Resignation
           of
           
             Nicholas
             Potier
          
           ,
           Lord
           of
           Novien
           ,
           who
           was
           made
           first
           President
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           
             John
             Baptist
             Colbert
          
           was
           made
           Minister
           of
           State
           ;
           and
           forgetting
           his
           Birth
           ,
           and
           the
           Modesty
           he
           had
           till
           then
           affected
           ,
           assum'd
           the
           Title
           of
           Grandeur
           .
           His
           Office
           of
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           in
           Ordinary
           ,
           was
           given
           to
           
             Claude
             Pelletier
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           
             de
             Semestre
          
           ,
           or
           for
           six
           Months
           ,
           and
           Bignon
           ,
           formerly
           Advocate-General
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           was
           made
           Counsellour
           
             de
             Semestre
          
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           Colbert
           obtain'd
           the
           Reversion
           
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           Secretary
           of
           State
           for
           his
           Eldest
           Son
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Superintendancy
           of
           the
           Buildings
           for
           his
           Younger
           Brother
           ,
           
             Julius
             Armand
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Marquess
           of
           Ormoy
           .
        
         
           This
           Marquess
           ,
           who
           was
           no
           Enemy
           to
           Love
           ,
           cou'd
           not
           resist
           the
           Charms
           of
           
             Mademoiselle
             de
             la
             Sale
          
           ,
           a
           Young
           Lady
           of
           Quality
           ,
           but
           of
           small
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           the
           Youngest
           of
           Three
           Sisters
           .
           She
           cou'd
           not
           boast
           a
           regular
           Beauty
           ,
           for
           her
           Mouth
           was
           somewhat
           large
           ,
           and
           her
           Complexion
           too
           ruddy
           ,
           but
           she
           had
           the
           Advantage
           of
           a
           fine
           Sett
           of
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           Sparkling
           Eyes
           ;
           her
           Hair
           was
           of
           a
           lovely
           light
           Ash-colour
           ;
           she
           sung
           prettily
           ,
           danc'd
           with
           a
           becoming
           Grace
           ,
           and
           her
           pleasant
           Humour
           made
           her
           Conversation
           very
           agreeable
           .
           Her
           large
           Stature
           ,
           and
           fine
           Shape
           appear'd
           with
           Advantage
           in
           the
           Habit
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           in
           which
           Dress
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Ormoy
           made
           her
           often
           come
           to
           Versailles
           ,
           and
           even
           gave
           her
           a
           Key
           to
           the
           Park
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           go
           there
           to
           wait
           for
           him
           .
           It
           happen'd
           one
           day
           ,
           that
           she
           made
           use
           of
           her
           Key
           to
           introduce
           her
           into
           that
           Place
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           had
           given
           Orders
           to
           suffer
           no
           Person
           whatsoever
           to
           enter
           .
           Bontemps
           ,
           Governour
           of
           the
           Park
           ,
           perceiving
           her
           at
           a
           considerable
           distance
           ,
           took
           her
           for
           a
           Man
           ;
           and
           coming
           up
           to
           her
           ,
           ask'd
           her
           how
           she
           came
           thither
           .
           So
           unexpected
           a
           Salutation
           put
           her
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ,
           and
           not
           being
           able
           to
           conceal
           her
           Sex
           ,
           she
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           her
           Mother
           having
           attempted
           to
           force
           her
           Inclinations
           in
           the
           Choice
           of
           a
           
           Husband
           ,
           she
           came
           to
           beg
           his
           Majesty's
           Protection
           :
           and
           the
           Governour
           assur'd
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           wou'd
           do
           her
           all
           the
           Service
           he
           cou'd
           ,
           and
           speak
           to
           the
           King
           in
           her
           Favour
           .
           Nor
           was
           he
           unmindful
           of
           his
           Promise
           ,
           for
           he
           acquainted
           his
           Majesty
           with
           the
           Adventure
           ,
           whose
           Curiosity
           at
           the
           hearing
           of
           so
           rare
           an
           Accident
           ,
           was
           so
           great
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           along
           with
           Bontemps
           into
           the
           Park
           to
           discourse
           with
           her
           .
           She
           repeated
           to
           him
           the
           Story
           she
           had
           invented
           to
           conceal
           her
           Intrigue
           with
           the
           Marquess
           ,
           and
           he
           promis'd
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Matter
           ,
           and
           to
           secure
           her
           from
           any
           Violence
           that
           shou'd
           be
           offer'd
           to
           her
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           told
           her
           that
           't
           was
           fit
           she
           shou'd
           have
           some
           regard
           to
           the
           Decency
           of
           her
           Sex
           ,
           and
           desir'd
           her
           to
           go
           to
           
           Bontemps's
           House
           ,
           who
           wou'd
           furnish
           her
           with
           a
           more
           suitable
           Dress
           ,
           and
           after
           Dinner
           conduct
           her
           to
           a
           Convent
           ,
           where
           she
           shou'd
           be
           safe
           from
           her
           Mother's
           Persecutions
           .
           In
           obedience
           to
           the
           King's
           Desire
           ,
           the
           Governour
           carry'd
           her
           home
           with
           him
           ;
           where
           having
           chang'd
           her
           Habit
           ,
           she
           was
           put
           into
           one
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Coaches
           ,
           and
           conducted
           by
           two
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Guard
           ,
           to
           the
           Monastery
           of
           
             Benedictin
             Nuns
          
           ,
           at
           Argenteüil
           ,
           where
           she
           liv'd
           two
           Years
           at
           the
           King's
           Charge
           ;
           who
           being
           afterwards
           inform'd
           that
           the
           Relation
           she
           made
           him
           of
           her
           Fortune
           was
           a
           mere
           contriv'd
           Story
           ,
           order'd
           her
           to
           be
           set
           at
           Liberty
           ;
           after
           which
           she
           return'd
           to
           her
           Mother
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           so
           long
           an
           Absence
           had
           wrought
           such
           a
           perfect
           Cure
           on
           the
           Marquess
           ,
           that
           he
           
           never
           thought
           of
           renewing
           his
           Intrigue
           ;
           and
           she
           repair'd
           the
           Loss
           of
           that
           Lover
           with
           fresh
           Conquests
           .
        
         
           
           Colbert's
           Sister
           made
           a
           better
           use
           of
           the
           Company
           and
           Example
           of
           the
           Bernardin
           Nuns
           ;
           for
           she
           was
           admitted
           into
           their
           Society
           at
           Port-Royal
           ,
           a
           Convent
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           .
           Her
           own
           Piety
           and
           Modesty
           recommended
           her
           no
           less
           effectually
           than
           her
           Brother's
           Interest
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           who
           made
           her
           Abbess
           of
           Lys
           ,
           near
           Melun
           .
           She
           receiv'd
           the
           Benediction
           at
           Port-Royal
           from
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Paris
           ,
           in
           May
           1667
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Court
           assisted
           at
           the
           Ceremony
           .
        
         
           
           After
           Colbert
           had
           considerably
           augmented
           the
           number
           of
           the
           King's
           Vessels
           ,
           his
           next
           Care
           was
           to
           furnish
           'em
           with
           Artillery
           .
           About
           six
           Years
           before
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Manufactory
           of
           Iron-Guns
           set
           up
           in
           some
           Forges
           in
           Nivernois
           ,
           those
           especially
           that
           are
           next
           to
           the
           City
           of
           Nevers
           ,
           and
           River
           of
           Loire
           :
           But
           the
           hope
           of
           Success
           in
           that
           Undertaking
           was
           much
           abated
           ,
           after
           't
           was
           discover'd
           that
           the
           Metal
           of
           the
           Mines
           in
           that
           Country
           was
           so
           little
           fit
           for
           such
           an
           Use
           ,
           that
           the
           cast
           Pieces
           were
           not
           able
           to
           abide
           the
           Tryals
           which
           the
           King's
           Commissioners
           requir'd
           to
           be
           made
           of
           'em
           ,
           before
           they
           wou'd
           receive
           'em
           on
           Board
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           in
           1678
           ,
           
           two
           Strangers
           and
           a
           Man
           of
           Dauphine
           undertook
           to
           correct
           the
           Fault
           of
           the
           Metal
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           their
           Promise
           ,
           submitted
           to
           a
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           was
           perform'd
           by
           Commissioner
           Du-Clos
           ,
           with
           a
           
           great
           deal
           of
           Exactness
           and
           Rigour
           .
           All
           the
           Guns
           that
           were
           made
           by
           the
           Strangers
           burst
           at
           the
           first
           Shot
           ;
           and
           those
           that
           were
           cast
           by
           the
           Native
           of
           Dauphiné
           were
           thrice
           discharg'd
           without
           receiving
           any
           Damage
           .
           But
           this
           Trial
           did
           not
           satisfie
           Du-Clos
           ,
           who
           cou'd
           hardly
           give
           credit
           to
           his
           own
           Eyes
           ;
           he
           appointed
           two
           other
           Days
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           charg'd
           ,
           and
           shot
           off
           with
           the
           greatest
           Exactness
           imaginable
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Success
           as
           before
           :
           Yet
           he
           still
           suspected
           the
           Event
           ,
           till
           on
           the
           third
           Day
           he
           saw
           'em
           bear
           the
           Shock
           of
           twenty
           Discharges
           that
           were
           made
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           without
           suffering
           the
           Guns
           to
           cool
           .
           At
           last
           one
           and
           twenty
           of
           'em
           were
           sent
           to
           Brest
           ,
           to
           be
           put
           on
           board
           the
           Ships
           ,
           and
           were
           there
           try'd
           by
           the
           Captains
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           exactness
           as
           if
           they
           had
           never
           been
           discharg'd
           before
           :
           For
           most
           of
           the
           other
           Guns
           that
           were
           brought
           from
           Nivernois
           were
           so
           shatter'd
           and
           weaken'd
           by
           
           Du-Clos's
           Tryal
           ,
           that
           they
           cou'd
           not
           endure
           a
           second
           at
           Brest
           without
           bursting
           to
           pieces
           .
           Prior
           Frantot
           was
           the
           Inventer
           of
           this
           Secret
           ;
           he
           had
           four
           Brothers
           kill'd
           in
           the
           King's
           Service
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Soldier
           himself
           ,
           till
           several
           Wounds
           he
           receiv'd
           in
           the
           Wars
           ,
           oblig'd
           him
           to
           leave
           that
           Profession
           .
        
         
           
           Several
           other
           ingenious
           Persons
           came
           afterwards
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           his
           Work
           at
           Nevers
           ;
           and
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           his
           own
           Country
           brought
           thither
           a
           certain
           Powder
           ,
           being
           a
           Secret
           of
           his
           Invention
           ,
           to
           refine
           and
           purifie
           the
           Mines
           .
        
         
         
           
             Nicholas
             Desmarets
          
           ,
           the
           eldest
           Son
           of
           
             Mary
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Sister
           of
           the
           Minister
           of
           that
           Name
           ,
           had
           for
           some
           time
           serv'd
           his
           Uncle
           in
           the
           Quality
           of
           his
           
             Chief
             Commissary
          
           ,
           tho'
           he
           was
           already
           one
           of
           the
           
             Masters
             of
             Requests
          
           ,
           and
           marry'd
           to
           the
           Daughter
           of
           
             Lewis
             Bechamel
          
           ,
           Secretary
           to
           the
           Council
           .
           But
           Colbert
           resolv'd
           to
           raise
           his
           Nephew's
           Fortune
           higher
           ,
           and
           procur'd
           him
           the
           Office
           of
           
             Intendant
             of
             the
             Finances
          
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           
             Claude
             Marin
          
           :
           And
           by
           the
           same
           Minister's
           Interest
           ,
           
             James
             Desmarets
          
           ,
           the
           Intendant's
           Brother
           ,
           was
           made
           Agent
           of
           the
           French
           Clergy
           ,
           with
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Bezons
           ;
           a
           Preferment
           that
           is
           usually
           a
           Step
           to
           a
           Bishoprick
           .
           
             James
             Nicholas
             Colbert
          
           ,
           the
           Minister's
           second
           Son
           ,
           Licentiate
           of
           the
           Sorbon
           ,
           Abbot
           of
           Bec
           ,
           and
           Prior
           of
           
             la
             Charité
          
           ,
           was
           the
           same
           Year
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           
             French
             Academy
          
           in
           the
           room
           of
           Esprit
           ,
           
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           several
           Persons
           of
           Note
           .
           
             Anthony
             Martin
             Colbert
          
           ,
           his
           third
           Son
           ,
           who
           follow'd
           Arms
           ,
           was
           admitted
           
             Knight
             of
             Malta
          
           very
           young
           ,
           tho'
           't
           is
           plain
           by
           the
           Account
           of
           his
           Descent
           in
           the
           begining
           of
           this
           Work
           ,
           that
           he
           cou'd
           produce
           but
           very
           slender
           Proofs
           of
           his
           Nobility
           ;
           but
           his
           Father's
           Grandeur
           supply'd
           that
           Defect
           ,
           and
           his
           Proofs
           were
           receiv'd
           without
           a
           rigorous
           Examination
           .
           Some
           time
           after
           he
           obtain'd
           the
           Commandery
           of
           Boncourt
           ,
           and
           was
           afterwards
           made
           Colonel
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           Champaign
           .
        
         
           
           On
           the
           12th
           .
           of
           February
           1679
           ,
           
             Mary
             Ann
             Colbert
          
           ,
           the
           Minister's
           youngest
           Daughter
           ,
           was
           marry'd
           at
           St.
           
             Germain
             en
             Laye
          
           ,
           to
           
             Lewis
             
             de
             Rochechoüart
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Mortemar
           ,
           and
           Peer
           of
           France
           ,
           who
           had
           obtain'd
           a
           Right
           of
           Survivorship
           to
           the
           Office
           of
           General
           of
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Lewis
             Victor
             de
             Rochechoüart
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Vivone
           ,
           Peer
           and
           Mareschal
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           Governour
           of
           Champaign
           and
           Brie
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Antoinette
             Louise
             de
             Mesmes
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           
             Henry
             de
             Mesmes
          
           ,
           Lord
           of
           Roissy
           ,
           second
           President
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Mary
             de
             la
             Vallée-Fossez
          
           ,
           Marchioness
           of
           Everly
           .
           Abbot
           Colbert
           was
           receiv'd
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Sorbonne
           ,
           in
           the
           following
           April
           ;
           and
           the
           Ceremony
           of
           giving
           him
           the
           Cap
           was
           perform'd
           by
           
             Francis
             de
             Harlay
             de
             Chanvalon
          
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Paris
           .
        
         
           The
           Treaty
           of
           Nimmeghen
           having
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           War
           ,
           Colbert
           gave
           Orders
           to
           
             du
             Mets
          
           ,
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Royal
           Treasury
           ,
           to
           repay
           the
           Summs
           that
           were
           lent
           in
           1674
           ,
           by
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Civil
           Government
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           for
           supplying
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           State
           :
           and
           those
           who
           were
           unwilling
           to
           receive
           their
           Reimbursements
           ,
           had
           Rents
           assign'd
           '
           em
           .
           The
           Archbishop
           of
           Paris
           perceiving
           that
           
           Colbert's
           Power
           ,
           and
           Favour
           with
           his
           Master
           encreas'd
           daily
           ,
           took
           occasion
           to
           oblige
           him
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           his
           Nephew
           ,
           the
           Abbot
           Desmarets
           ,
           on
           whom
           he
           bestow'd
           a
           Canonship
           of
           Nôtre-Dame
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Abbot
           Salo
           ,
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             Paris
             .
             Charles
             Colbert
          
           at
           his
           return
           from
           Nimmeghen
           ,
           took
           possession
           of
           his
           Office
           of
           
             President
             à
             Mortier
          
           in
           the
           Parliament
           
           of
           Paris
           ,
           in
           September
           1679.
           
           The
           Marquiss
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           having
           had
           only
           one
           Daughter
           (
           who
           died
           in
           her
           Infancy
           )
           of
           his
           first
           Wife
           
             Mary
             Margaret
          
           ,
           Marchioness
           of
           Alegre
           ,
           was
           marry'd
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           on
           the
           sixth
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ,
           to
           
             Catharin
             Teresa
             de
             Matignon
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           Henry
           Count
           of
           Thorigny
           ,
           his
           Majesty's
           Lieutenant-General
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Frances
             de
             Luthumieres
          
           .
           On
           the
           
             11th
             .
             Colbert
          
           carry'd
           all
           the
           Company
           that
           were
           present
           at
           his
           Son's
           Marriage
           ,
           to
           Sceaux
           ,
           and
           regal'd
           'em
           with
           a
           magnificent
           Treat
           .
           The
           Family
           of
           Matignon
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           ancient
           Houses
           in
           Normandy
           ;
           and
           the
           Count
           of
           Thorigny
           can
           reckon
           five
           or
           six
           Knights
           of
           the
           Order
           among
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           since
           the
           time
           of
           
             Maréchal
             de
             Matignon
          
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Men
           of
           his
           Age.
           His
           Mother
           Eleonora
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           was
           a
           Princess
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Longueville
           ,
           and
           Daughter
           of
           Mary
           or
           
             Margaret
             de
             Bourbon
             ,
             Henry
          
           IV's
           Aunt
           .
           The
           Marquiss
           de
           Seignelay
           ,
           after
           a
           short
           stay
           with
           his
           Bride
           ,
           took
           Post
           for
           Marseilles
           ,
           where
           he
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           25th
           .
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ;
           and
           having
           visited
           the
           Arsenal
           ,
           took
           a
           Review
           of
           eight
           Galleys
           that
           were
           ready
           to
           depart
           ;
           after
           which
           he
           proceeded
           on
           his
           Journey
           to
           Dauphiné
           ,
           stopping
           at
           Toulon
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Places
           where
           his
           Presence
           was
           necessary
           ;
           and
           having
           seen
           the
           above-mention'd
           Guns
           of
           a
           new
           Invention
           at
           St.
           Servais
           ,
           above
           St.
           Marcellin
           ,
           on
           the
           Banks
           of
           the
           Isere
           ,
           he
           return'd
           to
           Paris
           by
           the
           way
           of
           Lyons
           .
           
           During
           his
           abode
           at
           Toulon
           ,
           he
           order'd
           two
           Companies
           ,
           of
           one
           hundred
           Men
           each
           ,
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Soldiers
             ,
             Guardians
             of
             the
             Ships
             ,
          
           to
           be
           levy'd
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Port
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Levy
          
           ,
           Aid-Major
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Naval
           Forces
           .
           The
           last
           of
           these
           Officers
           rais'd
           his
           Company
           of
           one
           hundred
           chosen
           Men
           ,
           who
           had
           serv'd
           in
           the
           Marine
           ,
           consisting
           of
           twenty
           five
           Sergeants
           ,
           as
           many
           Corporals
           ,
           and
           fifty
           private
           Centinels
           ,
           all
           neatly
           cloath'd
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           the
           President
           Colbert
           took
           Journey
           for
           Munich
           ,
           to
           treat
           of
           the
           
           Dauphin's
           Marriage
           with
           the
           Princess
           of
           Bavaria
           .
           Assoon
           as
           he
           had
           concluded
           the
           Match
           ,
           he
           sent
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Negotiation
           to
           his
           Brother
           ,
           who
           receiv'd
           it
           before
           that
           which
           was
           directed
           to
           his
           Majesty
           came
           to
           the
           Hands
           of
           Pompone
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           was
           gone
           into
           the
           Country
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           order'd
           some
           Buildings
           to
           be
           erected
           .
           Colbert
           went
           immediately
           to
           Compliment
           the
           King
           on
           the
           happy
           success
           of
           the
           Treaty
           ,
           who
           was
           extreamly
           surpriz'd
           that
           he
           had
           not
           the
           first
           notice
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           Pompone
           came
           afterwards
           to
           give
           him
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           return
           home
           ,
           since
           he
           was
           so
           full
           of
           Business
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           would
           take
           care
           to
           put
           another
           into
           his
           Place
           ,
           who
           wou'd
           be
           more
           diligent
           in
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           Duty
           .
           'T
           is
           thought
           this
           Affair
           was
           concerted
           between
           the
           two
           
           Brothers
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           Courier
           was
           dispatch'd
           to
           Colbert
           before
           there
           was
           one
           sent
           to
           Pompone
           ;
           to
           lay
           a
           Snare
           for
           that
           Minister
           ,
           that
           his
           Disgrace
           might
           be
           a
           step
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           President
           's
           Fortune
           .
           However
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           Colbert
           obtain'd
           the
           vacant
           Place
           for
           his
           Brother
           ,
           and
           perform'd
           the
           Duties
           of
           it
           during
           his
           Absence
           .
           There
           was
           no
           need
           of
           this
           new
           Accession
           to
           that
           vast
           Load
           of
           Business
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           sustain
           ;
           for
           his
           Mind
           was
           so
           fatigu'd
           with
           such
           a
           multiplicity
           of
           Cares
           ,
           that
           ,
           notwithstanding
           his
           accustom'd
           Gravity
           ,
           he
           chose
           rather
           to
           commit
           an
           Action
           that
           was
           equally
           inconsistent
           with
           his
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           the
           Rules
           of
           Civility
           ,
           than
           to
           bear
           the
           importunity
           of
           a
           Lady
           of
           great
           Quality
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           Day
           urging
           him
           to
           do
           her
           a
           Piece
           of
           Service
           which
           he
           judg'd
           to
           be
           impracticable
           .
           The
           Lady
           perceiving
           his
           Inflexibility
           ,
           threw
           her self
           at
           his
           Feet
           in
           the
           Hall
           of
           Audience
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           above
           one
           hundred
           Persons
           ,
           and
           bursting
           forth
           into
           Tears
           ,
           cry'd
           out
           ,
           
             I
             beg
             Your
             Grandeur
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             grant
             me
             this
             Favour
             :
          
           And
           he
           kneeling
           down
           over-against
           her
           ,
           reply'd
           in
           the
           same
           mournful
           Tone
           ,
           
             I
             conjure
             You
             ,
             Madam
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             to
             disturb
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Francis
             de
             Roxel
             de
             Medavy
             de
             Grancey
             ,
          
           Archbishop
           of
           Roüen
           ,
           having
           demanded
           a
           Coadjutor
           to
           assist
           him
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           Colbert
           obtain'd
           of
           the
           King
           the
           Nomination
           to
           that
           Dignity
           for
           his
           Son
           ,
           the
           Abbot
           .
           And
           while
           that
           Prelate
           was
           
           expecting
           his
           Bulls
           from
           Rome
           ,
           
           his
           Brother-in-Law
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Mortemar
           ,
           began
           his
           Travels
           to
           Italy
           ,
           with
           a
           resolution
           to
           visit
           all
           the
           Courts
           in
           that
           Countrey
           .
           He
           began
           with
           that
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           passing
           to
           Parma
           and
           Modena
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           Bologna
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           receiv'd
           with
           great
           Marks
           of
           Honour
           by
           the
           Cardinal
           Guastaldi
           ,
           Legat
           of
           that
           place
           .
           Proceeding
           on
           his
           Journey
           ,
           he
           visited
           the
           
             Great
             Duke
          
           at
           Florence
           ,
           and
           arriving
           at
           Rome
           ,
           met
           with
           a
           very
           favourable
           Treatment
           from
           Pope
           Innocent
           XI
           .
           in
           consideration
           of
           his
           Father
           ,
           the
           Mareschal
           Duke
           
             de
             Vivone
          
           ,
           who
           was
           Generalissimo
           of
           the
           Galleys
           of
           the
           the
           Holy
           See
           at
           Candy
           .
        
         
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           immediately
           after
           his
           return
           from
           Provence
           ,
           began
           another
           Journey
           to
           
             Rochefort
             ,
             Bourdeaux
          
           ,
           and
           Bayonne
           ;
           and
           after
           he
           had
           given
           some
           Orders
           concerning
           those
           places
           ,
           he
           accompany'd
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Progress
           to
           the
           Coast
           of
           Picardy
           .
           His
           Majesty
           began
           with
           the
           Port
           of
           Ambleteuse
           ,
           the
           Situation
           of
           which
           he
           examin'd
           with
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Vauban
          
           ,
           Mareschal
           
             de
             Camp.
          
           From
           thence
           he
           went
           to
           the
           Port
           of
           Wissan
           ,
           two
           Leagues
           from
           Ambleteuse
           ;
           and
           after
           he
           had
           visited
           the
           Fort
           of
           Mulon
           ,
           arriv'd
           at
           Calice
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           return'd
           to
           Versailles
           .
           Thus
           Colbert
           had
           the
           pleasure
           to
           see
           how
           well
           his
           Relations
           employ'd
           their
           time
           ,
           and
           with
           how
           much
           Care
           and
           Success
           they
           made
           their
           Court
           ;
           but
           his
           Joy
           was
           moderated
           by
           the
           News
           he
           receiv'd
           
           of
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Sister
           ,
           the
           Abbess
           of
           St.
           Clare
           at
           Rheims
           ,
           who
           was
           much
           lamented
           by
           all
           the
           Nuns
           that
           were
           under
           her
           Government
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           King
           persisted
           in
           his
           Resolution
           to
           extirpate
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           by
           
           Colbert's
           advice
           ,
           establish'd
           a
           Regulation
           concerning
           the
           Royal
           Farms
           or
           Leases
           ,
           ordaining
           that
           none
           but
           Catholicks
           shou'd
           be
           afterwards
           admitted
           to
           take
           either
           Farms
           ,
           or
           Under-Farms
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Protestants
           shou'd
           be
           employ'd
           as
           Directors
           ,
           Commissaries
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           Office
           whatsoever
           ,
           for
           the
           levying
           and
           collecting
           of
           Money
           .
        
         
           The
           Abbot
           Colbert
           having
           receiv'd
           his
           Bulls
           ,
           was
           consecrated
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Sorbonne
           ,
           Titulary
           Archbishop
           of
           Carthage
           ,
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           assisted
           by
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Bayeux
           and
           Lizieux
           his
           Suffragans
           ;
           after
           which
           he
           set
           forward
           to
           take
           possession
           of
           his
           Coadjutorship
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           accompany'd
           by
           the
           Coadjutor
           of
           Arles
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lizieux
           ,
           and
           the
           Abbot
           of
           Grignan
           ,
           nam'd
           to
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Eureux
           ,
           and
           arriving
           at
           Gaillon
           ,
           was
           receiv'd
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Magnificence
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           to
           whom
           that
           House
           belong'd
           ,
           and
           there
           complimented
           by
           
             Lewis
             le
             Blanc
          
           ,
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Generality
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           and
           Mascarany
           ,
           Great-Master
           of
           the
           Waters
           and
           Forests
           .
           The
           next
           Day
           in
           the
           After-noon
           he
           departed
           with
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Lizieux
           ,
           and
           arriving
           about
           five
           a-clock
           at
           Port
           St.
           Oüen
           ,
           was
           attended
           by
           above
           thirty
           of
           his
           Canons
           ,
           with
           
           several
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           :
           Proceeding
           further
           ,
           he
           was
           met
           by
           
             Claude
             Pelot
          
           ,
           first
           President
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Members
           of
           the
           other
           Companies
           ,
           who
           made
           a
           Convoy
           or
           Cavalcade
           of
           above
           fifty
           Coaches
           ,
           to
           conduct
           him
           to
           his
           Archiepiscopal
           Palace
           ,
           where
           he
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           28th
           .
           of
           September
           ,
           1680
           ,
           and
           after
           he
           had
           given
           Audience
           to
           the
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           went
           to
           St.
           Heibland
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           Curate
           of
           the
           Parish
           .
           There
           he
           put
           off
           his
           Shooes
           and
           Stockings
           ,
           and
           clothing
           himself
           with
           a
           Rochet
           and
           Camail
           ,
           march'd
           barefoot
           towards
           the
           Cathedral
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           the
           Priors
           and
           Monks
           of
           the
           Abbey
           of
           St.
           Oüen
           ,
           all
           in
           Copes
           ,
           the
           Ancient
           and
           Reform'd
           Monks
           having
           each
           their
           Prior.
           He
           found
           all
           the
           Way
           from
           that
           Parish
           to
           Nôtre-Dame
           matted
           ,
           and
           was
           receiv'd
           at
           the
           Gate
           by
           
             Bretel
             de
             Gremonville
          
           ,
           Dean
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Canons
           and
           Curates
           of
           the
           Chapel
           ,
           in
           rich
           Copes
           .
           After
           the
           Dean
           had
           presented
           the
           Holy
           Water
           ,
           and
           given
           the
           Cross
           to
           the
           Coadjutor
           to
           kiss
           it
           ,
           the
           Prior
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Monks
           ,
           addressing
           himself
           to
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           ,
           
             We
             give
             you
          
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             our
             Archbishop
             alive
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             restore
             him
             dead
             .
          
           The
           meaning
           of
           that
           Expression
           depends
           on
           the
           usual
           Custom
           of
           exposing
           the
           Bodies
           of
           the
           dead
           Archbishops
           in
           State
           at
           this
           Monastery
           .
           That
           Ceremony
           being
           finish'd
           ,
           the
           Dean
           presenting
           his
           Church
           to
           him
           ,
           ask'd
           his
           Protection
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           swear
           the
           usual
           Oath
           
           on
           the
           Gospels
           .
           Then
           the
           Coadjutor
           put
           on
           his
           Shooes
           and
           Stockings
           at
           St.
           
           Peter's
           Altar
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           offer'd
           a
           Crown
           of
           Gold
           at
           the
           Altar
           of
           Vows
           .
           At
           last
           having
           been
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Chapter
           as
           a
           Canon
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Pontifical
           Chair
           in
           the
           Choir
           as
           Archbishop
           ,
           he
           heard
           Mass
           sung
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           treated
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           at
           three
           Tables
           ,
           which
           were
           serv'd
           with
           equal
           Delicacy
           and
           Profusion
           .
        
         
           That
           Prelate's
           Father
           having
           accompany'd
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Journey
           to
           the
           Netherlands
           ,
           was
           attack'd
           with
           a
           Fever
           ,
           the
           Fits
           of
           which
           lasted
           fifteen
           Hours
           :
           He
           was
           cur'd
           with
           the
           
             Peruvian
             Bark
          
           ,
           prepar'd
           by
           an
           English
           Physician
           ;
           and
           so
           considerable
           a
           Success
           brought
           that
           Remedy
           into
           Vogue
           .
           About
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Torsy
          
           ,
           Son
           of
           
             Charles
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           defended
           Theses
           dedicated
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           he
           presented
           to
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           in
           magnificent
           Boxes
           .
           There
           that
           Monarch
           was
           represented
           ,
           giving
           Peace
           with
           one
           hand
           to
           Europe
           ,
           who
           was
           arm'd
           to
           denote
           Power
           ,
           and
           accompany'd
           with
           a
           Tiara
           and
           Keys
           ,
           to
           signifie
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Christian
           part
           of
           
             Europe
             .
             Discord
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Fury
             of
             War
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           King
           had
           vanquish'd
           ,
           were
           under
           his
           Feet
           ;
           and
           with
           his
           other
           Hand
           he
           stopp'd
           the
           Course
           of
           Victory
           ,
           who
           was
           inciting
           him
           to
           new
           Conquests
           .
           Love
           and
           Peace
           held
           his
           Majesty's
           Thunder
           ;
           and
           the
           latter
           was
           follow'd
           by
           
             Abundance
             ,
             Magnificence
          
           ,
           and
           Tranquillity
           .
           Above
           the
           King
           was
           Glory
           setting
           
           a
           Crown
           on
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Love
             of
             Immoratality
          
           holding
           another
           ,
           and
           just
           ready
           to
           Crown
           him
           .
           Behind
           Glory
           appear'd
           Piety
           and
           Mildness
           ,
           who
           was
           busy'd
           in
           shutting
           the
           Temple
           of
           Janus
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           was
           Fame
           displaying
           the
           Banner
           held
           by
           Victory
           ,
           to
           expose
           the
           History
           of
           those
           Actions
           to
           be
           read
           which
           she
           had
           already
           publish'd
           with
           her
           Trumpet
           .
           Below
           ,
           Philosophy
           was
           represented
           by
           a
           venerable
           Woman
           ,
           to
           whom
           Nature
           imparted
           all
           her
           Secrets
           :
           Nature
           appear'd
           under
           the
           Figure
           of
           another
           Woman
           ,
           crown'd
           with
           the
           Zodiac
           ,
           and
           accompany'd
           with
           a
           Lion
           for
           the
           Symbole
           of
           Fire
           ;
           Fruits
           and
           fruitful
           Animals
           ,
           representing
           Water
           ;
           and
           a
           Vultur
           devouring
           a
           Bird
           ,
           to
           signifie
           the
           perpetual
           Round
           of
           Things
           ,
           which
           Nature
           re-produces
           by
           their
           Destruction
           .
           All
           these
           Figures
           seem
           to
           be
           enlighten'd
           and
           discover'd
           to
           the
           Spectator
           by
           a
           Flambeau
           ,
           held
           by
           the
           
             Love
             of
             Wisdom
          
           ,
           who
           shew'd
           the
           King
           the
           Beauties
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           display'd
           her
           Mantle
           ,
           the
           Folds
           of
           which
           were
           as
           so
           many
           Steps
           to
           ascend
           to
           the
           Top
           or
           Perfection
           of
           Wisdom
           :
           And
           the
           same
           Love
           represented
           the
           Genius
           of
           him
           who
           defended
           the
           Theses
           .
        
         
           
           Colbert
           continu'd
           still
           to
           apply
           himself
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Industry
           and
           Diligence
           to
           the
           management
           of
           Naval
           Affairs
           :
           And
           in
           pursuance
           of
           that
           Design
           ,
           he
           employ'd
           some
           Persons
           at
           Versailles
           ,
           under
           the
           inspection
           of
           the
           Chevalier
           
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           now
           Mareschal
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           build
           a
           Frigat
           after
           a
           new
           
           Contrivance
           ,
           which
           resembl'd
           the
           English
           way
           of
           Building
           ,
           but
           was
           thought
           to
           exceed
           it
           ,
           both
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Materials
           ,
           and
           the
           Frame
           of
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           to
           make
           her
           carry
           her
           Sails
           well
           ,
           and
           render
           her
           Light
           ,
           tho'
           she
           were
           loaded
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Guns
           .
           This
           Frigat
           being
           only
           thirty
           Foot
           in
           the
           Keel
           ,
           cou'd
           nevertheless
           carry
           sixty
           Guns
           ;
           and
           if
           that
           Design
           shou'd
           be
           brought
           to
           perfection
           ,
           as
           it
           afterwards
           was
           ,
           't
           was
           resolv'd
           that
           she
           shou'd
           serve
           as
           a
           Model
           for
           the
           Future
           .
           This
           Undertaking
           was
           attended
           with
           extraordinary
           Success
           ;
           and
           Trade
           encreas'd
           so
           fast
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Year
           1681
           ,
           the
           Town
           of
           St.
           Malo
           alone
           set
           forth
           in
           one
           Month
           sixty
           five
           well-rigg'd
           Ships
           ,
           the
           least
           of
           'em
           being
           of
           150
           Tun
           ,
           for
           the
           Fishery
           of
           Cods
           at
           Newfoundland
           ,
           without
           reckoning
           those
           that
           were
           employ'd
           in
           the
           
             Levant
             ,
             Spanish
          
           ,
           and
           West-India
           Trade
           ,
           besides
           ten
           that
           were
           on
           the
           Stocks
           .
           St.
           Malo
           is
           a
           little
           Town
           in
           Bretaign
           ;
           its
           Situation
           is
           admirable
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Rock
           on
           which
           't
           is
           built
           ;
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           entrusted
           with
           the
           Guard
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           a
           Privilege
           due
           to
           their
           unshaken
           Loyalty
           .
           The
           Advancement
           of
           Trade
           was
           not
           the
           only
           Object
           of
           
           Colbert's
           Care
           and
           Application
           ;
           for
           he
           made
           his
           Majesty's
           Arms
           as
           terrible
           at
           Sea
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           already
           at
           Land.
           To
           make
           the
           Reader
           sensible
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Assertion
           ,
           't
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           put
           him
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Mortemar's
           Expedition
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           
           Galleys
           in
           June
           1681.
           
           No
           sooner
           did
           he
           appear
           before
           Majorca
           ,
           but
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           that
           Island
           deliver'd
           all
           their
           French
           Prisoners
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           List
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Deputies
           of
           Marseilles
           ,
           and
           gave
           Money
           for
           those
           that
           cou'd
           not
           be
           found
           .
           Then
           the
           General
           returning
           to
           Marseilles
           ,
           left
           the
           ten
           Galleys
           that
           were
           under
           his
           command
           ,
           and
           immediately
           put
           to
           Sea
           again
           with
           a
           like
           number
           of
           others
           .
           He
           gave
           Chase
           to
           the
           Pyrates
           ,
           and
           having
           secur'd
           the
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           of
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           was
           returning
           from
           Corsica
           to
           Marseilles
           ,
           when
           before
           Leghorn
           he
           fell
           in
           with
           a
           Fleet
           of
           9
           Dutch
           Merchant-Ships
           ,
           from
           25
           to
           40
           Guns
           each
           ,
           under
           the
           Convoy
           of
           two
           Men
           of
           War
           of
           60
           Guns
           ,
           commanded
           by
           the
           Count
           of
           Stirum
           ,
           Vice-Admiral
           of
           Holland
           ,
           who
           refusing
           to
           salute
           the
           Reale
           ,
           the
           Duke
           resolv'd
           to
           bring
           him
           to
           reason
           ;
           and
           having
           secur'd
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Wind
           of
           all
           the
           Ships
           in
           the
           Road
           ,
           he
           order'd
           his
           Men
           to
           take
           breath
           (
           who
           had
           row'd
           all
           the
           way
           from
           Porto-Ferrato
           to
           Leghorn
           )
           that
           they
           might
           be
           afterwards
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           attack
           and
           burn
           the
           Vessels
           ,
           and
           drive
           'em
           foul
           of
           each
           other
           .
           But
           the
           Execution
           of
           his
           Design
           was
           prevented
           by
           the
           Arrival
           of
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Port
           in
           a
           Felucca
           from
           the
           City
           ,
           with
           advice
           that
           the
           Dutch
           were
           resolv'd
           to
           comply
           :
           And
           after
           several
           Messages
           ,
           't
           was
           agreed
           that
           the
           Count
           of
           Stirum
           shou'd
           salute
           the
           Reale
           with
           nine
           Guns
           ,
           and
           only
           be
           answer'd
           with
           two
           ,
           which
           was
           accordingly
           executed
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Terror
           of
           the
           King's
           Flags
           was
           not
           confin'd
           to
           the
           Mediterranean
           :
           The
           Chevalier
           
             de
             Bethune
          
           ,
           Captain
           of
           a
           Frigat
           call'd
           the
           Mutine
           ,
           set
           sail
           from
           Port-Lewis
           ,
           on
           the
           23d
           .
           of
           June
           ,
           to
           rejoyn
           the
           Chevalier
           
             de
             Château-Regnaut
          
           ,
           and
           rang'd
           the
           Coast
           to
           the
           Road
           of
           Cascais
           ,
           about
           seven
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           Lisbon
           ,
           where
           he
           anchor'd
           July
           1
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           Day
           set
           sail
           again
           ,
           on
           advice
           that
           Captain
           Bart
           ,
           Commander
           of
           two
           Dunkirk
           Frigats
           ,
           had
           taken
           a
           Vessel
           belonging
           to
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           Salley
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           was
           another
           of
           16
           Guns
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           Portugal
           .
           The
           Vessel
           which
           Bart
           forc'd
           ashore
           ,
           was
           mann'd
           with
           103
           Moors
           ,
           who
           escap'd
           to
           Land
           ,
           but
           were
           afterwards
           deliver'd
           up
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Orders
           of
           the
           Prince-Regent
           :
           The
           Nephew
           of
           the
           Governour
           of
           Salley
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Persons
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           were
           found
           among
           the
           Prisoners
           ;
           and
           eighteen
           Christians
           were
           set
           at
           liberty
           .
           The
           Chevalier
           
             de
             Bethune
          
           being
           inform'd
           of
           that
           Action
           ,
           cruis'd
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           Portugal
           till
           the
           fourth
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ,
           when
           about
           ten
           a-clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           he
           descry'd
           a
           Ship
           at
           the
           height
           of
           40
           Degrees
           ,
           five
           or
           six
           Leagues
           South-South-West
           of
           the
           Berlingues
           .
           He
           chas'd
           her
           till
           eight
           at
           Night
           ,
           when
           being
           too
           near
           the
           Shore
           ,
           he
           gave
           Orders
           to
           tack
           about
           for
           Sea-room
           :
           Next
           Morning
           about
           half
           an
           Hour
           after
           four
           ,
           he
           perceiv'd
           the
           Pyrate
           sailing
           close
           by
           the
           Shore
           ,
           in
           Chase
           of
           a
           
             Portuguese
             Caravelle
          
           ,
           whom
           she
           left
           when
           
           she
           saw
           the
           Mutine
           stand
           in
           after
           her
           ,
           and
           endeavour'd
           to
           escape
           ;
           but
           finding
           that
           she
           cou'd
           not
           otherwise
           avoid
           fighting
           ,
           she
           chose
           rather
           to
           run
           a-shore
           about
           half
           an
           Hour
           after
           two
           a-clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           .
           Before
           she
           took
           that
           Resolution
           ,
           she
           fir'd
           ten
           or
           twelve
           Shot
           ,
           without
           reaching
           the
           Frigat
           ;
           and
           then
           tack'd
           towards
           the
           Shore
           ,
           five
           Leagues
           South
           (
           declining
           a
           little
           towards
           the
           West
           )
           of
           Montaign
           .
           Assoon
           as
           the
           Vessel
           struck
           a-ground
           ,
           all
           the
           Men
           leap'd
           over-board
           except
           eighteen
           Christians
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           taken
           and
           made
           Slaves
           .
           Immediately
           the
           Frigat
           cast
           Anchor
           in
           seven
           Fathom
           Water
           ,
           and
           Denoy
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Lieutenants
           ,
           with
           six
           or
           seven
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guard
           ,
           went
           in
           the
           Boat
           to
           see
           whether
           there
           were
           any
           Turks
           in
           the
           Vessel
           ;
           where
           they
           learn'd
           that
           there
           were
           125
           of
           'em
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           all
           made
           their
           escape
           .
           After
           the
           Boat
           went
           off
           from
           the
           Frigat
           ,
           the
           Baron
           
             des
             Adrets
          
           ,
           Lieutenant
           ,
           the
           Chevalier
           
             de
             Blenac
          
           ,
           Ensign
           ,
           and
           the
           Chevalier
           
             de
             la
             Barre
          
           ,
           with
           some
           Soldiers
           ,
           mann'd
           the
           Pinnace
           ,
           and
           stood
           away
           to
           join
           Denoy
           ,
           whom
           they
           found
           on
           board
           the
           Pyrate
           .
           Then
           they
           began
           to
           consider
           whether
           the
           Vessel
           cou'd
           be
           gotten
           off
           ,
           but
           the
           Sea
           was
           so
           high
           ,
           and
           she
           had
           receiv'd
           so
           violent
           a
           Shock
           ,
           that
           they
           quickly
           lost
           all
           hope
           of
           saving
           her
           .
           Finding
           none
           but
           Christians
           in
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           the
           Baron
           
             des
             Adrets
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Blenac
          
           ,
           with
           some
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guard
           ,
           went
           a-shore
           in
           pursuit
           of
           
           the
           Turks
           ,
           if
           perhaps
           they
           cou'd
           meet
           with
           any
           of
           'em
           straggling
           :
           And
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           Denoy
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             la
             Barre
          
           endeavour'd
           to
           set
           Fire
           to
           the
           Ship
           ;
           but
           finding
           they
           cou'd
           not
           compass
           their
           Design
           ,
           the
           Chevalier
           went
           back
           in
           the
           Pinnace
           with
           ten
           Frenchmen
           ,
           to
           the
           Frigat
           ,
           and
           return'd
           with
           the
           Master-Gunner
           to
           burn
           the
           Ship
           with
           artificial
           Fire-Works
           ;
           but
           she
           was
           so
           over-set
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           impossible
           to
           get
           on
           board
           ;
           and
           immediately
           after
           she
           was
           broken
           to
           pieces
           with
           so
           much
           Violence
           ,
           that
           nothing
           but
           her
           Flags
           cou'd
           be
           sav'd
           .
           Denoy
           and
           six
           or
           seven
           more
           ,
           who
           were
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Vessel
           ,
           leap'd
           over-board
           ,
           and
           got
           to
           the
           Shore
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             la
             Barre
          
           finding
           that
           he
           cou'd
           not
           approach
           so
           near
           as
           to
           take
           'em
           in
           ,
           return'd
           with
           the
           Pinnace
           to
           the
           Frigat
           .
           Two
           Days
           after
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             la
             Bethune
          
           went
           to
           
             D.
             Pedro
          
           ,
           the
           Prince-Regent
           ,
           now
           King
           of
           Portugal
           ,
           to
           demand
           the
           Turks
           who
           had
           thrown
           their
           Arms
           into
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           made
           their
           escape
           a-shore
           :
           His
           Request
           was
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           Infidels
           were
           deliver'd
           to
           him
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           ,
           Lieutenant-General
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Armies
           ,
           chas'd
           some
           Tripolin
           Pyrates
           into
           the
           Port
           of
           Chio
           ,
           where
           he
           Cannonaded
           'em
           ,
           and
           almost
           quite
           destroy'd
           the
           Fortress
           ,
           because
           it
           fir'd
           some
           Guns
           at
           the
           Fleet
           under
           his
           Command
           .
           The
           Pyrates
           offer'd
           to
           buy
           their
           Peace
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           300
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           to
           be
           restor'd
           without
           Ransom
           ,
           and
           were
           at
           last
           constrain'd
           to
           deliver
           'em
           
           all
           to
           the
           Marquess
           .
           'T
           was
           stipulated
           by
           the
           Treaty
           with
           the
           Divan
           of
           Tripoli
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           French
           that
           were
           to
           be
           found
           in
           their
           Squadron
           ,
           or
           on
           board
           any
           Ship
           that
           had
           come
           out
           of
           their
           Port
           that
           Year
           ,
           shou'd
           be
           set
           at
           liberty
           ;
           that
           Captain
           
           Courcillier's
           Ship
           which
           had
           been
           taken
           under
           French
           Colours
           ,
           and
           was
           at
           that
           time
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           Chio
           ,
           with
           16
           Guns
           mounted
           ,
           shou'd
           be
           restor'd
           ,
           with
           her
           Men
           ,
           Arms
           ,
           and
           Ammunition
           ;
           That
           the
           Ship
           call'd
           Europe
           ,
           taken
           under
           the
           Colours
           of
           Majorca
           ,
           and
           then
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           Chio
           ,
           shou'd
           remain
           under
           the
           Authority
           and
           Protection
           of
           the
           Captain
           Basha
           ,
           till
           it
           shou'd
           be
           decided
           whether
           she
           ought
           to
           be
           reckon'd
           a
           French
           Vessel
           ;
           That
           no
           Tripolin
           Ships
           shou'd
           search
           any
           Vessel
           Trading
           under
           French
           Colours
           ,
           nor
           injure
           or
           molest
           the
           Persons
           ,
           Ships
           ,
           or
           Goods
           of
           those
           who
           shou'd
           produce
           a
           Pass-port
           from
           the
           Admiral
           of
           France
           ;
           That
           all
           Strangers
           who
           shou'd
           be
           found
           on
           board
           any
           Vessel
           bearing
           French
           Colours
           ,
           shou'd
           remain
           free
           and
           unmolested
           ,
           both
           with
           respect
           to
           their
           Persons
           and
           Goods
           ;
           and
           likewise
           Frenchmen
           who
           shou'd
           happen
           to
           be
           embark'd
           on
           Vessels
           under
           strange
           Colours
           ,
           tho'
           Enemies
           to
           that
           State
           ;
           That
           neither
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           nor
           Prizes
           taken
           by
           the
           Enemies
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           shou'd
           be
           permitted
           to
           be
           sold
           in
           the
           Ports
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Tripoli
           ;
           that
           a
           French
           Consul
           shou'd
           be
           settl'd
           there
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           Prize
           shou●d
           be
           taken
           within
           ten
           Miles
           of
           the
           Coast
           of
           France
           .
        
         
         
           Colbert
           was
           not
           unmindful
           of
           
             James
             Desmarets
             de
             Vauburgh
          
           ,
           Brother
           to
           the
           Intendant
           and
           Abbot
           of
           that
           Name
           :
           for
           to
           recompense
           the
           care
           he
           took
           to
           ease
           him
           in
           the
           Discharge
           of
           his
           Ministry
           ,
           he
           bought
           for
           him
           one
           of
           the
           Places
           of
           
             Master
             of
             Requests
          
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           
             Peter
             Forcoal
             .
             Desmarets
          
           was
           ,
           by
           his
           Uncle's
           Interest
           ,
           admitted
           to
           the
           Exercise
           of
           that
           Office
           ,
           tho'
           he
           was
           not
           above
           25
           Years
           old
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           already
           been
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           Parliament
           as
           the
           Age
           of
           22.
           
           He
           marry'd
           afterwards
           the
           Daughter
           of
           
             de
             Voisin
          
           ,
           another
           
             Master
             of
             Requests
          
           ,
           who
           had
           successively
           executed
           the
           Offices
           of
           Intendant
           of
           
             Picardy
             ,
             Normandy
          
           ,
           and
           Tourain
           .
           The
           Ceremony
           of
           the
           Marriage
           was
           perform'd
           in
           St.
           
           Bennet's
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Feast
           of
           the
           Wedding
           was
           kept
           in
           the
           House
           of
           
             Daniel
             Voisin
          
           ,
           the
           Bride's
           Uncle
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           *
           Provost
           of
           the
           Merchants
           .
           Vousy
           ,
           the
           
           Intendant's
           Fourth
           Brother
           ,
           was
           first
           Lieutenant
           ,
           then
           Captain
           of
           a
           Ship
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           made
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guard.
           There
           were
           two
           other
           Brothers
           ,
           one
           of
           whom
           di'd
           in
           Candie
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           perish'd
           at
           Sea.
           And
           of
           the
           Three
           Sisters
           ,
           Two
           are
           Nuns
           at
           
             Nôtre-Dame
             de
             Soissons
          
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           was
           marry'd
           to
           
             Andrew
             Jubert
             de
             Bouville
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Requests
           ,
           who
           was
           since
           made
           Intendant
           of
           Limosin
           ;
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           indiscreet
           Zeal
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           the
           Lieutenant-General
           of
           Limoges
           ,
           who
           was
           accus'd
           of
           Bribery
           and
           Exaction
           ,
           was
           suspected
           by
           the
           whole
           Province
           to
           have
           shar'd
           the
           Booty
           with
           him
           whom
           he
           protected
           .
        
         
         
           On
           the
           16th
           .
           of
           December
           ,
           1681.
           the
           King
           came
           to
           Paris
           ,
           and
           visited
           the
           Orchard
           or
           Nursery
           of
           Fruit-Trees
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Royal
           Houses
           ;
           from
           whence
           he
           went
           to
           the
           Louvre
           ,
           where
           he
           saw
           his
           Cabinet
           of
           Pictures
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           his
           Library
           in
           the
           Street
           Vivienne
           ,
           where
           the
           Coadjutor
           of
           Rohan
           shew'd
           him
           the
           most
           curious
           Books
           ,
           and
           the
           Cabinet
           of
           Ancient
           and
           Modern
           Medals
           ,
           and
           engrav'd
           Agats
           .
           His
           Majesty
           went
           also
           to
           the
           Academy
           of
           Sciences
           ,
           the
           Chymical
           Laboratory
           ,
           and
           the
           Rolling-Press
           for
           Prints
           ,
           and
           expressed
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Satisfaction
           at
           the
           Sight
           of
           so
           many
           Marks
           of
           
           Colbert's
           Diligence
           in
           ordering
           all
           things
           that
           were
           committed
           to
           his
           Care.
           At
           the
           same
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           went
           to
           Dunkirk
           to
           be
           present
           at
           the
           Tryal
           of
           some
           newly-invented
           Machines
           ,
           the
           Success
           of
           which
           gave
           a
           fair
           Prospect
           of
           great
           Advantages
           in
           time
           of
           War.
           The
           Frigat
           call'd
           Echole
           was
           set
           apart
           by
           his
           Order
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           the
           young
           Officers
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Ships
           and
           the
           Marine
           Guards
           ,
           and
           disarm'd
           by
           the
           
             Chevaler
             le
             Bret
          
           of
           Flacourt
           ,
           who
           had
           commanded
           her
           ,
           and
           cruis'd
           six
           Weeks
           on
           the
           Coast
           about
           Rochefort
           .
           And
           the
           same
           Officer
           was
           made
           Captain
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guards
           on
           that
           side
           .
        
         
           The
           Terrour
           which
           the
           King's
           Galleys
           had
           spread
           over
           all
           the
           Mediterranean
           ,
           occasion'd
           an
           Embassy
           to
           his
           Majesty
           from
           
             Mula
             Ismael
          
           ,
           King
           of
           Morocco
           ,
           and
           Brother
           of
           
             Muley
             Axid
          
           ,
           who
           was
           called
           King
           of
           Tafilet
           .
           That
           Country
           
           is
           of
           a
           considerable
           Extent
           ,
           being
           part
           of
           the
           ancient
           Numidia
           ,
           at
           present
           call'd
           Biledulgerit
           ,
           and
           is
           situated
           between
           Fez
           and
           the
           Mediterranean
           .
           The
           above-mention'd
           King
           of
           Tafilet
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Conquerours
           in
           Afric
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           one
           day
           managing
           his
           Horse
           ,
           struck
           his
           Head
           against
           the
           Branch
           of
           a
           Fig-Tree
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           a
           mortal
           Blow
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           died
           some
           days
           after
           ;
           tho'
           others
           say
           he
           was
           poison'd
           by
           one
           of
           his
           Concubines
           .
           But
           whatever
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           Death
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           that
           when
           he
           felt
           it
           approaching
           ,
           he
           deliver'd
           his
           Sword
           as
           the
           Badge
           of
           Royalty
           to
           his
           Brother
           
             Mula
             Ismael
          
           ,
           telling
           him
           that
           his
           two
           Sons
           ,
           (
           the
           Eldest
           of
           whom
           was
           but
           4
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           3
           Years
           old
           )
           were
           incapable
           of
           sustaining
           the
           Weight
           of
           a
           Crown
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           foresaw
           that
           all
           the
           Countries
           he
           had
           conquer'd
           wou'd
           revolt
           after
           his
           Death
           .
           Nor
           was
           he
           mistaken
           in
           his
           Prediction
           ;
           for
           the
           People
           took
           Arms
           ;
           and
           Mula
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Negro's
           and
           some
           other
           Troops
           ,
           was
           oblig'd
           to
           re-conquer
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           Fez
           and
           Morocco
           ,
           the
           Principalities
           of
           
             Tetuan
             ,
             Salley
          
           ,
           and
           Arcassa
           ,
           and
           a
           Part
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Sus.
           His
           Subjects
           are
           compos'd
           of
           several
           Nations
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           only
           name
           some
           of
           the
           most
           remarkable
           .
           The
           Cities
           are
           inhabited
           by
           the
           Moors
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Posterity
           of
           the
           ancient
           Saracens
           .
           The
           Barbarians
           live
           in
           houses
           conver'd
           with
           Stubble
           ,
           on
           the
           vast
           Mountains
           of
           Atlas
           ,
           which
           cross
           the
           whole
           Country
           .
           The
           Alarbs
           or
           Arabs
           possess
           the
           
           Plains
           ,
           and
           are
           divided
           into
           Tribes
           :
           The
           Head
           or
           Oldest
           Man
           of
           a
           Family
           ,
           is
           the
           Commander
           ,
           and
           is
           call'd
           the
           Checq
           or
           Captain
           .
           They
           pass
           their
           whole
           Life
           in
           Tents
           made
           of
           Wooll
           and
           Goat's
           Hair
           ,
           and
           the
           Plains
           are
           strew'd
           with
           their
           Adoüards
           ,
           which
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Hamlets
           ,
           consisting
           of
           40
           or
           50
           Tents
           ,
           set
           up
           together
           in
           a
           round
           Figure
           :
           and
           some
           of
           the
           most
           numerous
           Tribes
           inhabit
           50
           Adoüards
           .
           To
           all
           the
           Conquests
           I
           have
           already
           mention'd
           ,
           
             Mula
             Ismael
          
           added
           that
           of
           Mammora
           on
           the
           Ocean
           ,
           which
           he
           took
           from
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           and
           of
           Tangier
           ,
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           
             Mauritania
             Tingitana
          
           ,
           which
           the
           English
           were
           forc'd
           to
           abandon
           .
           He
           is
           of
           the
           Race
           of
           Mahomet
           surnam'd
           Cherif
           ,
           whose
           Name
           he
           bears
           in
           his
           Signet
           in
           the
           Arabic
           Tongue
           ,
           together
           with
           that
           of
           the
           
             Saviour
             of
             the
             World
          
           ,
           whom
           the
           Moors
           call
           
             Cydy
             Nayssa
          
           ,
           but
           only
           acknowledge
           that
           he
           was
           a
           great
           Prophet
           .
           In
           the
           same
           Signet
           is
           the
           Name
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           of
           Mahomet
           ,
           the
           Author
           of
           their
           Religion
           :
           for
           all
           other
           Coats
           of
           Arms
           are
           forbidden
           by
           their
           Law
           ,
           which
           expresly
           prohibits
           all
           sorts
           of
           Figures
           .
           They
           pretend
           to
           be
           the
           only
           Professors
           of
           the
           true
           Mahometan
           Religion
           ,
           and
           affirm
           that
           't
           was
           begun
           by
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           they
           make
           the
           First
           of
           all
           the
           Moors
           ,
           and
           the
           Inventer
           of
           their
           usual
           Habit
           .
           They
           wear
           neither
           Gold
           ,
           Silver
           ,
           nor
           Silk
           ,
           and
           are
           only
           cloath'd
           with
           a
           Piece
           of
           Stuff
           ,
           wrapp'd
           two
           or
           three
           times
           about
           their
           Body
           ,
           and
           leaving
           their
           Arms
           and
           Legs
           bare
           ▪
           They
           call
           this
           Garment
           a
           Hocque
           ,
           and
           it
           
           ought
           always
           to
           be
           made
           of
           
             White
             Stuff
          
           .
           Nor
           are
           they
           less
           Religious
           Observers
           of
           that
           Part
           of
           their
           Law
           which
           contains
           Regulations
           about
           Meat
           ,
           for
           they
           eat
           no
           Flesh
           but
           of
           such
           Beasts
           as
           are
           kill'd
           by
           Persons
           of
           their
           own
           Sect.
           He
           who
           supplies
           the
           place
           of
           a
           Butcher
           ,
           presents
           the
           Animal
           with
           its
           Throat
           towards
           Mecca
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             behold
             a
             Victim
             which
             I
             am
             going
             to
             sacrifice
             to
             thee
             ,
             I
             pray
             thee
             that
             our
             Eating
             of
             it
             may
             be
             for
             thy
             Glory
             ,
          
           and
           then
           cuts
           its
           Throat
           .
           They
           perform
           their
           Sala
           or
           Devotion
           ,
           exactly
           five
           times
           every
           Day
           :
           first
           they
           wash
           their
           Feet
           and
           Legs
           up
           to
           the
           Knees
           ,
           and
           their
           Hands
           and
           Arms
           to
           the
           Elbows
           ;
           then
           seating
           themselves
           on
           the
           Ground
           ,
           with
           their
           Face
           turn'd
           East-ward
           ,
           they
           invoke
           their
           
             Cydy
             Mahomet
          
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           
             Cydy
             Bellabec
          
           ,
           (
           whom
           they
           interpret
           to
           be
           St.
           Augustin
           )
           and
           several
           others
           .
           Among
           their
           Saints
           they
           reckon
           also
           
             Cydy
             Nayssa
          
           ,
           for
           so
           they
           call
           the
           Saviour
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           who
           ,
           they
           believe
           was
           born
           of
           a
           Virgin
           ,
           and
           conceiv'd
           by
           the
           Breath
           of
           GOD
           ,
           but
           they
           cannot
           comprehend
           that
           Breath
           to
           be
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           there
           are
           
             Three
             Persons
          
           who
           are
           
             One
             God.
             Mula
             Ismael
          
           perceiving
           that
           the
           Squadron
           of
           six
           Ships
           commanded
           by
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Château-Regnaut
          
           ,
           had
           quite
           ruin'd
           the
           Trade
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           by
           lying
           before
           his
           Ports
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           send
           an
           Ambassadour
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           gave
           that
           Commission
           to
           
             Hagdi
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           ,
           Governour
           of
           Tetuan
           ,
           who
           embark'd
           on
           the
           Vessel
           commanded
           by
           
             la
             Barre
          
           in
           
           Château-Regnaut's
           
           Squadron
           ,
           and
           arriv'd
           at
           Brest
           ,
           where
           he
           stay'd
           for
           his
           Majesty's
           Orders
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           at
           Strasburg
           ,
           and
           came
           afterwards
           to
           Paris
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           of
           
             Vannes
             ,
             Nantes
             ,
             Anger
             's
             ,
             Saumur
             ,
             Blois
             ,
          
           and
           Orleans
           .
           His
           Wit
           was
           every-where
           admir'd
           ,
           and
           convinc'd
           those
           who
           convers'd
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           Master
           of
           all
           that
           Politeness
           for
           which
           the
           ancient
           Moors
           were
           famous
           .
           In
           every
           Town
           thro'
           which
           he
           pass'd
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           Queen
           and
           an
           Ambassadress
           :
           One
           day
           a
           Lady
           ,
           whom
           he
           had
           honour'd
           with
           the
           first
           of
           these
           Titles
           ,
           seem'd
           to
           be
           jealous
           ,
           and
           complain'd
           ,
           that
           She
           whom
           he
           call'd
           Ambassadress
           engross'd
           all
           his
           Eloquence
           and
           Kindness
           :
           
             You
             are
             Queen
          
           ,
           reply'd
           he
           immediately
           ,
           
             and
             my
             Duty
             is
             to
             admire
             you
             in
             Silence
          
           ;
           after
           which
           he
           continu'd
           his
           Discourse
           with
           the
           Ambassadress
           .
           Another
           Lady
           blaming
           the
           Custom
           of
           his
           Country
           Men
           who
           take
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           Wives
           .
           
             If
             our
             Women
             were
             as
             handsome
             as
             you
             ,
          
           answer'd
           he
           ,
           
             we
             wou'd
             never
             marry
             more
             than
             one
             .
          
           After
           the
           King
           had
           granted
           him
           Audience
           ,
           
             Colbert
             de
             Croissy
          
           ,
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Seignelay
           were
           appointed
           to
           hear
           his
           Poposals
           .
           At
           last
           he
           concluded
           a
           Treaty
           for
           Commerce
           ,
           and
           left
           France
           ,
           extremely
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           charm'd
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           Grandeur
           .
        
         
           
           We
           have
           already
           seen
           with
           what
           Zeal
           Colbert
           apply'd
           himself
           to
           the
           Advancement
           of
           some
           of
           his
           Relations
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           not
           less
           mindful
           of
           his
           Brother
           Edward-Francis
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1658
           ,
           he
           marry'd
           him
           to
           
             Mary-Magdalen
             
             Bautru
          
           ,
           Daughter
           to
           the
           Count
           of
           Serran
           ,
           Chancellor
           to
           Philip
           of
           France
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           the
           King's
           Brother
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           buy
           the
           County
           of
           Maulevrier
           .
           He
           procur'd
           him
           to
           be
           made
           Captain-Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Second
           Company
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Musquetiers
           ,
           
             Maréchal
             de
             Camp
          
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Lieutenant-General
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           obtain'd
           for
           him
           the
           Government
           of
           Tournay
           ,
           in
           
             May
             1682.
             
             Tournay
          
           is
           a
           very
           strong
           Place
           ,
           defended
           by
           a
           Castle
           ,
           which
           is
           said
           to
           have
           been
           built
           by
           the
           English
           :
           't
           is
           seated
           on
           the
           Scheld
           ,
           and
           is
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           a
           little
           Territory
           call'd
           Tournaisis
           .
           Besides
           the
           Cathedral-Church
           of
           Nôtre-Dame
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           fine
           Structure
           ;
           it
           contains
           Ten
           Parishes
           ,
           Two
           Abbeys
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Religious
           Houses
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1521.
           the
           Emperour
           Charles
           V.
           took
           it
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           had
           seiz'd
           it
           Three
           Years
           before
           :
           It
           was
           again
           conquer'd
           by
           his
           Majesty
           in
           1667.
           and
           yielded
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Treaty
           of
           
             Aix
             la
             Chapelle
          
           ,
           as
           I
           intimated
           before
           .
           This
           City
           is
           very
           ancient
           ,
           and
           its
           Bishop
           is
           a
           Suffragan
           of
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           Cambray
           .
        
         
           The
           Insolence
           of
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           Algier
           ,
           who
           wou'd
           not
           be
           taught
           Wisdom
           by
           the
           Example
           of
           those
           of
           Tripoli
           ,
           provok'd
           the
           King
           to
           send
           thither
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           with
           his
           Squadron
           .
           He
           sail'd
           from
           the
           Port
           of
           
             Thoulon
             ,
             July
          
           12.
           1682.
           on
           the
           18th
           .
           he
           join'd
           the
           Galleys
           that
           expected
           him
           at
           Yvica
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           23.
           anchor'd
           before
           Algier
           ,
           where
           the
           Galleys
           stopp'd
           a
           Bark
           they
           had
           taken
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           which
           was
           bound
           with
           Provisions
           
           for
           the
           City
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           was
           join'd
           in
           the
           Road
           by
           some
           Men
           of
           War
           and
           Bomb-Vessels
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           whole
           Fleet
           consisted
           of
           15
           Galleys
           ,
           11
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           5
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           2
           Fire-Ships
           ,
           and
           3
           arm'd
           Barks
           ,
           besides
           Tenders
           and
           other
           Vessels
           laden
           with
           Ammunition
           .
           The
           Coast
           of
           Afric
           makes
           a
           crooked
           Line
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           forms
           the
           Bay
           of
           Algier
           ;
           the
           City
           is
           built
           on
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Shore
           that
           reaches
           from
           South
           to
           North
           ,
           and
           looks
           towards
           the
           East
           .
           It
           s
           Situation
           on
           the
           Brow
           of
           a
           Hill
           yields
           a
           very
           pleasant
           Prospect
           to
           those
           who
           are
           at
           Sea
           ;
           for
           they
           have
           a
           full
           view
           of
           all
           the
           Houses
           which
           are
           roof'd
           with
           Terrasses
           and
           whited
           without
           .
           'T
           is
           defended
           with
           strong
           Walls
           ,
           and
           several
           irregular
           Works
           all
           of
           different
           Figures
           :
           besides
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Castle
           in
           the
           highest
           part
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Fortifications
           which
           reach
           along
           the
           Shore
           there
           are
           above
           50
           Pieces
           of
           Cannon
           mounted
           .
           The
           Harbour
           is
           overagainst
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           cover'd
           on
           the
           Side
           next
           the
           Sea
           with
           a
           little
           Island
           fortifi'd
           with
           several
           Works
           ,
           and
           about
           50
           Pieces
           of
           Cannon
           .
           At
           the
           North
           End
           of
           the
           Island
           is
           the
           Watch-Tower
           ,
           furnish'd
           with
           27
           Piece
           of
           Cannon
           on
           three
           Batteries
           :
           On
           the
           North
           Sides
           the
           Harbour
           is
           cover'd
           by
           a
           Mole
           that
           joins
           the
           Island
           to
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           shut
           up
           with
           a
           Chain
           toward
           the
           South
           .
           About
           1000
           Paces
           without
           the
           City
           on
           the
           North
           side
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           little
           Fort
           ,
           call'd
           the
           
             Englishmens
             Fort
          
           ,
           defended
           by
           10
           or
           12
           Pieces
           of
           Cannon
           ;
           and
           nearer
           
           the
           City
           is
           
             Fort
             Babaloüet
          
           with
           15
           Pieces
           of
           Artillery
           .
           On
           the
           South
           side
           of
           the
           City
           near
           the
           Shore
           ,
           stands
           the
           Fort
           of
           Babassan
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           10
           or
           12
           great
           Guns
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           also
           another
           Fort
           on
           the
           top
           of
           the
           Hill
           call'd
           the
           
             Emperour's
             Fort
          
           ,
           from
           Charles
           V.
           who
           encamp'd
           there
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           unfortunate
           Expedition
           in
           1541.
           
           Thus
           't
           was
           impossible
           for
           the
           French
           to
           bombard
           Algier
           ,
           without
           exposing
           themselves
           to
           the
           Fire
           of
           above
           160
           Pieces
           of
           Cannon
           ,
           80
           of
           which
           carry'd
           from
           24
           to
           60
           Pound
           Ball.
           All
           the
           Forces
           of
           the
           State
           were
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Vessels
           of
           the
           Pyrates
           ,
           except
           one
           Galley
           ,
           left
           the
           Sea
           assoon
           as
           the
           King's
           Ships
           appear'd
           ,
           and
           got
           into
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           disarm'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Chain
           drawn
           up
           .
           Besides
           the
           Road
           is
           very
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           pester'd
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Rocks
           :
           The
           Currents
           that
           run
           there
           almost
           perpetually
           ,
           and
           the
           East
           ,
           South-East
           ,
           North
           ,
           and
           North-West
           Winds
           ,
           which
           usually
           reign
           there
           ,
           make
           it
           very
           unsafe
           for
           Ships
           .
           But
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           was
           so
           far
           from
           being
           deterr'd
           from
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           his
           Design
           by
           the
           discouraging
           Prospect
           of
           so
           many
           Difficulties
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           waited
           the
           Conveniency
           of
           calm
           Weather
           to
           put
           it
           in
           execution
           .
           The
           Galleys
           were
           to
           tow
           in
           the
           Ships
           and
           Bomb-Vessels
           within
           half
           Cannon-shot
           on
           the
           North
           side
           of
           the
           City
           ;
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           'em
           were
           to
           draw
           up
           in
           a
           Line
           in
           Figure
           of
           a
           Half-Moon
           on
           the
           North-East
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           along
           the
           Shore
           to
           batter
           the
           Englishmens
           
           Fort
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Babaloüet
           ,
           while
           the
           former
           play'd
           on
           the
           City
           .
           On
           the
           6th
           .
           of
           August
           the
           Weather
           was
           calm
           ,
           and
           immediately
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           gave
           Orders
           to
           prepare
           for
           the
           Cannonading
           of
           the
           City
           .
           But
           the
           Galleys
           and
           Galliots
           had
           hardly
           weigh'd
           Anchor
           ,
           when
           there
           arose
           such
           a
           fresh
           Gale
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           defer
           the
           Attempt
           :
           and
           on
           the
           13th
           .
           there
           happen'd
           so
           violent
           a
           Storm
           of
           Wind
           from
           the
           West-South-West
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           Thunder
           ,
           that
           they
           cou'd
           not
           without
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Difficulty
           ,
           get
           clear
           of
           the
           Shoar
           .
           The
           Marquess
           seeing
           the
           Weather
           so
           rough
           ,
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           Year
           so
           far
           advanc'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Miseries
           with
           which
           the
           Galleys
           were
           threaten'd
           for
           want
           of
           Water
           ,
           sent
           'em
           back
           to
           France
           on
           the
           15th
           .
           and
           after
           their
           departure
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Galliots
           to
           throw
           Bombs
           into
           the
           City
           .
           And
           that
           they
           might
           stand
           in
           ,
           and
           come
           off
           without
           danger
           ,
           he
           commanded
           Forant
           ,
           a
           Captain
           of
           a
           Ship
           ,
           to
           cause
           five
           Anchors
           to
           be
           let
           down
           on
           the
           North-East
           side
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           to
           which
           there
           were
           Cables
           fasten'd
           of
           1500
           Fathoms
           in
           length
           ,
           their
           Ends
           being
           distributed
           among
           the
           Vessels
           call'd
           the
           
             Vigilant
             ,
             Valiant
             ,
             Prudent
             ,
             Laurel
             ,
          
           and
           Star
           ,
           commanded
           by
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           Lieutenant-General
           of
           the
           Navy
           ,
           Captain
           
             Beaulieu
             ,
             Lery
          
           ,
           Commander
           of
           the
           Squadron
           ,
           and
           the
           Captains
           ,
           Forant
           and
           Bellile
           .
           The
           first
           of
           these
           Officers
           was
           posted
           on
           the
           South
           ,
           and
           the
           last
           on
           the
           North
           ;
           and
           the
           Cables
           were
           appointed
           for
           the
           Conveniency
           
           of
           sending
           in
           and
           bringing
           off
           the
           Galliots
           or
           Bomb-Vessels
           .
           While
           they
           were
           executing
           these
           Orders
           ,
           the
           Algerines
           fir'd
           above
           a
           hundred
           Cannon-shot
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Ship
           call'd
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           receiv'd
           one
           in
           her
           Top-Mast
           ,
           and
           the
           Assuré
           ,
           two
           under
           Water
           ,
           and
           one
           in
           her
           Sails
           .
           The
           22th
           .
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           the
           Weather
           proving
           fair
           ,
           with
           a
           perfect
           Calm
           ,
           the
           Five
           Ships
           stood
           in
           to
           come
           to
           an
           Anchor
           in
           their
           respective
           Posts
           ,
           and
           the
           Five
           Bomb-Vessels
           approach'd
           the
           Town
           till
           they
           were
           a-peak
           of
           their
           Anchors
           ;
           the
           Cruel
           ,
           commanded
           by
           Ponti
           ,
           was
           posted
           on
           the
           South
           ,
           and
           after
           her
           in
           order
           ,
           the
           Menaçante
           ,
           commanded
           by
           Goetton
           ,
           the
           Bombard
           by
           
             de
             Combe
          
           ,
           on
           which
           Comarin
           ,
           Captain
           of
           the
           Bombardiers
           ,
           was
           embark'd
           ;
           the
           Thunderer
           by
           
             du
             Herbier
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Brulante
           ,
           by
           Beaussier
           .
           When
           all
           things
           were
           in
           a
           readiness
           ,
           and
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           were
           moor'd
           without
           the
           least
           opposion
           from
           the
           Algerines
           ,
           they
           threw
           some
           Bombs
           ,
           to
           try
           the
           reach
           of
           the
           Mortars
           .
           But
           't
           was
           found
           by
           Experience
           that
           they
           were
           at
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           ,
           since
           few
           of
           the
           Bombs
           reach'd
           the
           City
           ;
           and
           therefore
           all
           the
           Vessels
           came
           to
           an
           Anchor
           the
           same
           night
           in
           their
           usual
           Posts
           .
           Afterwards
           Lery
           and
           Bellile
           undertook
           to
           carry
           the
           Anchors
           nearer
           the
           Town
           ;
           the
           first
           caus'd
           the
           Anchor
           of
           the
           three
           first
           Bomb-Vessels
           to
           be
           dropp'd
           on
           the
           East
           side
           of
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           that
           of
           the
           two
           last
           on
           the
           North-East
           ;
           tho'
           during
           the
           Execution
           of
           that
           Attempt
           ,
           the
           
           Enemy
           made
           a
           continual
           Fire
           with
           Cannon
           and
           Musquet-shot
           .
           The
           30th
           .
           in
           the
           Evening
           the
           Weather
           proving
           fair
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Villefons
             ,
             du
             Chalard
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevaliere
             d'
             Aire
          
           ,
           and
           several
           Officers
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guards
           ,
           besides
           Voluntiers
           ,
           went
           on
           board
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           which
           stood
           in
           to
           their
           Posts
           ,
           and
           were
           by
           the
           Marquess
           du
           Quêne's
           Orders
           ,
           supported
           by
           two
           Arm'd
           Barks
           ,
           ten
           Pinnaces
           ,
           and
           the
           Prize
           which
           he
           had
           order'd
           to
           be
           arm'd
           .
           The
           Bomb-Vessels
           being
           moor'd
           began
           to
           throw
           their
           Bombs
           with
           very
           good
           Success
           ,
           for
           in
           four
           hours
           they
           threw
           in
           120
           ,
           which
           almost
           all
           reach'd
           the
           City
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Enemy
           made
           a
           continual
           Fire
           with
           Musquet-shot
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           an
           hour
           ,
           without
           doing
           the
           least
           Execution
           ,
           because
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           were
           at
           too
           great
           a
           distance
           ;
           and
           besides
           they
           fir'd
           1000
           or
           1200
           Cannon-shot
           ,
           taking
           their
           time
           to
           fire
           always
           when
           the
           Bombs
           were
           discharg'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Flashing
           at
           the
           Touch-hole
           might
           serve
           'em
           for
           a
           Mark
           to
           level
           at
           .
           About
           two
           hours
           before
           Day
           they
           were
           hal'd
           off
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           not
           one
           Man
           kill'd
           or
           wounded
           in
           the
           whole
           Action
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           was
           not
           long
           ignorant
           of
           the
           successful
           Effects
           of
           the
           Bombs
           ,
           for
           the
           Approach
           of
           the
           Fleet
           gave
           an
           opportunity
           to
           a
           considerable
           Number
           of
           Slaves
           to
           make
           their
           Escape
           ;
           and
           those
           who
           came
           off
           the
           Day
           after
           the
           Action
           ,
           among
           whom
           was
           an
           English
           Captain
           ,
           whose
           Ransom
           was
           fixt
           at
           6000
           Crowns
           ,
           related
           that
           the
           Bombs
           had
           kill'd
           several
           Persons
           ,
           and
           
           thrown
           down
           a
           great
           Number
           of
           Houses
           ;
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Bombs
           falling
           into
           the
           great
           Mosque
           ,
           where
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Town
           were
           at
           Prayers
           ,
           kill'd
           above
           100
           Persons
           ,
           and
           ruin'd
           one
           side
           of
           the
           Building
           ;
           that
           the
           Town
           was
           in
           a
           great
           Consternation
           ;
           that
           the
           Women
           and
           Children
           were
           sent
           away
           ;
           that
           several
           Turks
           and
           Moors
           were
           retir'd
           to
           the
           Fields
           ,
           and
           that
           a
           considerable
           Party
           in
           the
           Town
           had
           already
           declar'd
           for
           a
           Peace
           .
           The
           Night
           between
           the
           third
           and
           fourth
           of
           September
           ,
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           stood
           into
           their
           former
           Posts
           without
           any
           opposition
           ,
           but
           they
           had
           scarce
           thrown
           two
           Bombs
           ,
           when
           they
           begun
           to
           cry
           ,
           
             A
             Galley
             ,
             A
             Galley
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Alarm
           proving
           true
           ,
           all
           things
           were
           put
           in
           a
           fit
           Posture
           to
           receive
           the
           Enemy
           .
           The
           Galley
           follow'd
           by
           three
           Brigantines
           and
           some
           Barks
           ,
           advanc'd
           towards
           the
           nearest
           Bomb-Vessel
           call'd
           the
           Cruel
           ,
           on
           board
           of
           which
           were
           Renard
           and
           Landouillet
           ,
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Marine
           ,
           and
           discharg'd
           a
           Broad-side
           of
           Cannon
           and
           Musquet-shot
           against
           her
           ,
           which
           kill'd
           only
           one
           Soldier
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             la
             Porte
          
           had
           got
           into
           the
           Cruel
           ,
           and
           she
           gave
           the
           Galley
           so
           warm
           a
           Return
           with
           her
           Musquets
           and
           great
           Guns
           charg'd
           with
           Small-shot
           ,
           that
           she
           stood
           off
           to
           attack
           the
           second
           Bomb-Vessel
           call'd
           the
           Menaçante
           ,
           where
           she
           thought
           to
           meet
           with
           less
           Resistance
           .
           Immediately
           Beaulieu
           ,
           Captain
           of
           the
           Valiant
           ,
           who
           was
           order'd
           to
           support
           that
           Vessel
           ,
           got
           on
           board
           with
           Major
           Raymundis
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Comenge
          
           ,
           leaving
           
           his
           Pindace
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           his
           Lieutenant
           
             Isarn
             de
             Monclair
          
           .
           The
           Musquet-shot
           on
           both
           Sides
           lasted
           about
           a
           Quarter
           of
           an
           Hour
           ,
           and
           the
           Patereroes
           and
           Cannons
           of
           the
           Bomb-Vessel
           play'd
           with
           very
           good
           Success
           .
           Beaulieu
           himself
           levell'd
           a
           Cannon
           so
           exactly
           against
           the
           Galley
           ,
           as
           she
           was
           closing
           with
           the
           Menaçante
           to
           board
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           cover'd
           the
           whole
           Vessel
           with
           Small-shot
           consisting
           of
           broken
           Pieces
           of
           Iron
           ,
           kill'd
           and
           wounded
           a
           great
           number
           of
           her
           Men
           ,
           and
           so
           shatter'd
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           bore
           away
           as
           fast
           as
           she
           cou'd
           ,
           without
           once
           tacking
           about
           .
           And
           she
           was
           even
           in
           so
           great
           a
           Disorder
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           cou'd
           have
           follow'd
           her
           ,
           she
           might
           have
           been
           easily
           taken
           .
           She
           had
           not
           yet
           enter'd
           the
           Port
           ,
           when
           the
           Bombs
           began
           to
           flie
           at
           the
           Town
           ,
           which
           very
           much
           surpriz'd
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           concluded
           that
           their
           Galley
           had
           at
           least
           brought
           off
           two
           of
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           .
           They
           left
           off
           shooting
           till
           their
           Galley
           was
           got
           into
           the
           Harbour
           ;
           but
           assoon
           as
           they
           saw
           her
           safe
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           shoot
           from
           their
           Batteries
           ,
           and
           fir'd
           five
           or
           six
           hundred
           Cannon-shot
           .
           This
           Night
           there
           were
           almost
           eighty
           Bombs
           thrown
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           with
           no
           less
           Success
           than
           before
           :
           In
           the
           coming
           off
           ,
           
             du
             Herbier
          
           receiv'd
           a
           Cannon-shot
           in
           his
           Poop
           ,
           which
           burst
           one
           of
           his
           Guns
           ,
           kill'd
           six
           Men
           ,
           and
           wounded
           two
           :
           but
           in
           the
           whole
           Action
           there
           were
           only
           fourteen
           Men
           kill'd
           ,
           besides
           some
           that
           were
           wounded
           .
           The
           next
           Day
           ,
           being
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           September
           ,
           the
           Algerines
           sent
           to
           
           the
           Admiral
           to
           desire
           a
           Peace
           :
           The
           Missionary
           
             le
             Vacher
          
           was
           entrusted
           with
           that
           Commission
           ,
           who
           before
           the
           Rupture
           executed
           the
           Office
           of
           Consul
           of
           the
           French
           Nation
           in
           that
           City
           .
           He
           deliver'd
           his
           Message
           from
           the
           Divan
           ,
           who
           had
           order'd
           him
           to
           desire
           a
           Cessation
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           Person
           might
           be
           sent
           to
           treat
           of
           the
           Conditions
           of
           a
           Peace
           :
           To
           which
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           made
           answer
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           had
           any
           Proposals
           to
           make
           ,
           he
           wou'd
           hear
           'em
           on
           board
           his
           Ship
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           continue
           the
           Bombarding
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           acts
           of
           Hostility
           against
           'em
           ,
           'till
           they
           grew
           tamer
           ,
           and
           were
           willing
           to
           submit
           to
           reasonable
           Conditions
           .
           
             Le
             Vacher
          
           added
           ,
           that
           the
           Bombs
           had
           ruin'd
           above
           one
           hundred
           Houses
           ,
           and
           kill'd
           above
           seven
           hundred
           Men
           ;
           that
           several
           others
           were
           buried
           under
           the
           Ruines
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Shore
           was
           cover'd
           with
           dead
           Bodies
           ,
           which
           were
           order'd
           to
           be
           laid
           there
           by
           the
           
             Dey
             ,
             Baba
             Hassan
          
           ,
           least
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           brought
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           the
           sight
           of
           'em
           shou'd
           cause
           an
           Insurrection
           .
           The
           same
           Day
           in
           the
           Evening
           about
           seventy
           Bombs
           were
           thrown
           in
           ,
           which
           were
           almost
           all
           levell'd
           at
           the
           Harbour
           with
           a
           design
           to
           burn
           the
           Ships
           .
           One
           of
           the
           Bombs
           sunk
           a
           Bark
           ;
           and
           another
           falling
           between
           two
           Vessels
           ,
           broke
           off
           a
           part
           of
           their
           Keels
           .
           But
           the
           Season
           of
           the
           Year
           being
           far
           advanc'd
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           return'd
           to
           Toulon
           ,
           leaving
           Lery
           with
           the
           Ships
           commanded
           by
           St.
           
             Aubin
             ,
             Bellile
          
           ,
           and
           Bellefontaine
           ,
           
           to
           cruise
           before
           Algiers
           ,
           and
           curb
           the
           Insolency
           of
           the
           Pyrates
           .
           Nor
           did
           they
           alone
           disturb
           the
           Commerce
           of
           those
           Infidels
           ;
           for
           a
           Vessel
           call'd
           the
           Regle
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           seiz'd
           near
           Maromas
           ,
           was
           retaken
           by
           Forant
           ,
           Commander
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Ships
           .
           They
           had
           sold
           her
           to
           two
           Jews
           ,
           who
           mann'd
           her
           with
           Dutch
           Seamen
           ,
           and
           sent
           her
           to
           Holland
           to
           be
           laden
           with
           War-like
           Ammunition
           ,
           and
           other
           Furniture
           for
           Ships
           .
           In
           her
           Return
           she
           joyn'd
           in
           Company
           with
           a
           Fleet
           of
           thirty
           Dutch
           Merchant
           Ships
           under
           the
           Convoy
           of
           three
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           arriv'd
           in
           sight
           of
           Alicant
           about
           the
           begining
           of
           
             November
             1682.
             
             Forant
          
           and
           S.
           Aubin
           ,
           who
           were
           cruising
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           had
           notice
           of
           her
           Arrival
           ,
           and
           sent
           their
           Pinnaces
           to
           discover
           her
           with
           some
           Seamen
           of
           S.
           Malo
           ,
           who
           found
           her
           ridingat
           Anchor
           between
           the
           Forts
           of
           Alicant
           and
           the
           Fleet.
           The
           Night
           between
           the
           18
           and
           19th
           .
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ,
           they
           mann'd
           their
           two
           Pinnaces
           ,
           and
           sent
           'em
           under
           the
           command
           of
           Pallieres
           and
           
             Sainte
             Maure
          
           ,
           with
           Orders
           to
           seize
           on
           the
           Vessel
           ;
           which
           they
           executed
           very
           happily
           ,
           and
           without
           Noise
           ,
           and
           tow'd
           her
           out
           thro'
           a
           Fleet
           of
           above
           fifty
           Vessels
           of
           divers
           Nations
           .
           The
           Commanders
           of
           the
           Dutch
           Men
           of
           War
           sent
           to
           expostulate
           with
           Forant
           ,
           complaining
           that
           he
           had
           seiz'd
           on
           a
           Ship
           that
           carry'd
           the
           Colours
           of
           the
           Republick
           ,
           and
           was
           under
           their
           protection
           :
           But
           he
           reply'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Vessel
           belong'd
           to
           the
           Jews
           of
           Algiers
           ;
           that
           she
           was
           bound
           thither
           ,
           and
           had
           neither
           a
           Protection
           ,
           
           nor
           Bill
           of
           Lading
           .
           These
           Reasons
           were
           unanswerable
           ,
           and
           the
           Commanders
           permitted
           the
           Ship
           to
           be
           carry'd
           off
           .
        
         
           Colbert
           ,
           who
           neglected
           nothing
           that
           might
           tend
           to
           the
           promoting
           of
           Trade
           ,
           being
           inform'd
           that
           that
           there
           were
           very
           fine
           Horses
           in
           the
           Isles
           of
           Antilles
           ,
           communicated
           that
           Advice
           to
           Coulon
           ,
           Master
           of
           an
           Academy
           in
           the
           
             Rue
             Ferou
          
           in
           the
           
             Fauxbourg
             S.
             Germain
          
           ,
           who
           in
           compliance
           with
           so
           advantageous
           a
           Proposal
           ,
           sent
           his
           Kinsmen
           ,
           Pair
           ,
           and
           
             du
             Cornet
          
           ,
           two
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Grooms
           ,
           to
           the
           Islands
           of
           
             Bonaire
             ,
             Curassol
          
           ,
           and
           Roubes
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           brought
           Horses
           of
           an
           admirable
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           surprizing
           Fleetness
           .
           Gabaret
           ,
           Commander
           of
           a
           Squadron
           ,
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           Antilles
           with
           three
           Ships
           ,
           the
           
             Furious
             ,
             Pearl
          
           ,
           and
           Tempest
           ,
           under
           the
           command
           of
           the
           
             Chevalier
             d'
             Arbouville
             ,
             d'
             Amblimont
             ,
          
           and
           Machaut
           :
           This
           Squadron
           sail'd
           from
           the
           River
           Charante
           ,
           on
           the
           8th
           .
           of
           May
           1682
           ,
           and
           anchor'd
           in
           the
           Road
           of
           Rochel
           ,
           at
           the
           Point
           call'd
           
             Chef
             de
             Bois
          
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           set
           sail
           on
           the
           25th
           .
           for
           Martinico
           ,
           where
           after
           forty
           Days
           sailing
           ,
           they
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           and
           anchor'd
           at
           Fort-Royal
           ,
           to
           salute
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Blenac
           ,
           General
           of
           the
           Isles
           .
           The
           Pearl
           sailing
           close
           by
           the
           Shore
           to
           get
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           Wind
           ,
           touch'd
           on
           certain
           Rocks
           ,
           from
           which
           she
           got
           clear
           by
           the
           help
           of
           her
           Anchors
           ;
           but
           tho'
           she
           felt
           no
           dammage
           at
           present
           ,
           she
           was
           afterwards
           sensible
           of
           the
           ill
           Effects
           of
           that
           Accident
           .
           Next
           Day
           they
           
           weigh'd
           Anchor
           ,
           steering
           towards
           
             Fort
             S.
             Peter
          
           ,
           where
           they
           arriv'd
           betimes
           .
           This
           is
           a
           considerable
           Place
           with
           respect
           to
           its
           Inhabitants
           ,
           but
           inferiour
           in
           strength
           to
           
             Fort-Royal
             .
             Martinico
          
           is
           the
           chief
           of
           all
           the
           American
           Islands
           that
           are
           inhabited
           by
           the
           French
           :
           'T
           is
           all
           over
           Mountainous
           ,
           and
           full
           of
           Wood
           ,
           but
           extremely
           fertil
           in
           Sugar-Canes
           ,
           from
           which
           the
           Inhabitants
           draw
           their
           principal
           Revenue
           .
           It
           produces
           good
           Melons
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           pleasant
           kind
           of
           Fruit
           call'd
           Anana
           ;
           besides
           several
           other
           sorts
           of
           Fruit
           ,
           as
           Gogaves
           ,
           Potato's
           ,
           Banana's
           ,
           and
           Figs
           ,
           which
           are
           different
           from
           those
           of
           France
           .
           The
           Squadron
           sail'd
           from
           hence
           on
           the
           15th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           and
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           17th
           .
           at
           Granada
           ,
           an
           Island
           Inhabited
           by
           the
           French
           and
           the
           Wild
           Natives
           ,
           abounding
           with
           Sugar-Canes
           ,
           Tobacco
           ,
           and
           Tortoises
           ,
           and
           defended
           by
           a
           Fort
           of
           no
           great
           strength
           ;
           from
           whence
           they
           continu'd
           their
           Course
           with
           a
           fore-wind
           to
           the
           Lee-ward
           (
           for
           the
           Land
           stretches
           Westerly
           ,
           and
           the
           Eastern
           Winds
           reign
           perpetually
           in
           those
           Seas
           )
           and
           had
           so
           quick
           a
           Passage
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           24th
           .
           they
           descry'd
           
             Cape
             de
             la
             Velle
          
           in
           New-Spain
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           discover'd
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           
             Mount
             St.
             Martha
          
           ,
           call'd
           in
           that
           Country
           
             Sierra
             Neuada
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             Snowy
             Hill
          
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           Mountain
           in
           the
           World.
           It
           lies
           in
           the
           Torrid-Zone
           ,
           in
           the
           303
           Degree
           of
           Longitude
           ,
           and
           8
           of
           Latitude
           ,
           containing
           about
           thirty
           or
           forty
           Leagues
           in
           circumference
           .
           'T
           is
           sixty
           Leagues
           from
           
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           yet
           may
           be
           distinctly
           perceived
           from
           
             Cape
             S.
             Tiberin
          
           in
           Dominico
           ,
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           150
           Leagues
           .
           It
           s
           perpendicular
           height
           from
           the
           top
           to
           the
           level
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           is
           reckon'd
           to
           amount
           to
           two
           Leagues
           ,
           tho'
           Geographers
           affirm
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Hill
           in
           the
           World
           half
           so
           high
           :
           But
           the
           Snow
           that
           covers
           its
           top
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           excessive
           heat
           of
           the
           Climate
           ,
           is
           a
           convincing
           Proof
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           Computation
           .
           It
           s
           Foot
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           its
           Sides
           are
           inhabited
           by
           People
           of
           a
           very
           low
           Stature
           ,
           who
           may
           pass
           for
           the
           Pigmies
           mention'd
           by
           Pliny
           .
           They
           never
           venture
           their
           little
           Bodies
           beyond
           the
           Confines
           of
           their
           own
           Territory
           ,
           nor
           entertain
           any
           correspondence
           with
           their
           Neighbours
           ;
           for
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           Man
           of
           ordinary
           Stature
           puts
           'em
           to
           flight
           ,
           and
           they
           run
           into
           their
           Holes
           at
           his
           approach
           .
           During
           the
           excessive
           Heats
           ,
           they
           leave
           their
           usual
           Habitations
           ,
           and
           live
           higher
           up
           in
           the
           Mountain
           ;
           but
           assoon
           as
           the
           Weather
           begins
           to
           grow
           Cold
           ,
           they
           return
           to
           their
           former
           Abodes
           .
           They
           live
           on
           a
           sort
           of
           Grain
           of
           which
           they
           make
           both
           Bread
           and
           Drink
           ;
           and
           their
           Ouicou
           ,
           or
           Drink
           is
           also
           made
           of
           the
           Root
           of
           a
           Shrub
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           press'd
           out
           the
           poisonous
           Juice
           .
           Their
           Religion
           is
           only
           known
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           never
           any
           Traveller
           cou'd
           hitherto
           discover
           its
           Nature
           .
           On
           the
           26th
           .
           the
           Squadron
           rode
           an
           hour
           or
           two
           before
           Cartagena
           ,
           bringing
           the
           Ships
           to
           a
           Lee
           without
           Cannon-shot
           of
           the
           Town
           ,
           which
           is
           seated
           
           in
           a
           Peninsula
           ,
           the
           Harbour
           being
           on
           one
           of
           the
           Sides
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           City
           of
           indifferent
           bigness
           ;
           and
           its
           Figure
           is
           as
           irregular
           as
           its
           Fortifications
           :
           'T
           is
           commanded
           by
           a
           rising
           Ground
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           a
           Fort
           flank'd
           with
           four
           Bastions
           lin'd
           with
           Earth
           .
           It
           stands
           in
           300.
           
           Degrees
           of
           Longitude
           ,
           and
           10
           Degrees
           ,
           30
           Minutes
           of
           North-Latitude
           .
           On
           the
           29th
           .
           they
           set
           sail
           to
           discover
           the
           Coast
           of
           
             Nombre
             di
             Dios
          
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Day
           anchor'd
           before
           Portobelo
           .
           This
           is
           a
           little
           ,
           but
           very
           famous
           City
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           places
           of
           the
           Spanish
           Dominions
           in
           America
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Advantage
           of
           its
           Harbour
           ,
           and
           the
           conveniency
           of
           its
           Situation
           :
           For
           't
           is
           but
           eighteen
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           Panama
           ,
           where
           all
           the
           Peruvian
           Riches
           are
           unladed
           ,
           to
           be
           afterwards
           transported
           on
           Mules
           to
           Portobelo
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           embark'd
           for
           Havana
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           carry'd
           to
           Spain
           .
           The
           Harbour
           is
           very
           large
           and
           fair
           ,
           and
           so
           clear
           of
           Sands
           or
           Rocks
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           every
           where
           safe
           Anchorage
           for
           Ships
           of
           the
           greatest
           Burthen
           .
           When
           the
           French
           Squadron
           arriv'd
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           laden
           Ship
           in
           the
           Port
           ready
           to
           Sail
           ,
           under
           the
           Convoy
           of
           a
           great
           Galeon
           ,
           which
           cou'd
           not
           protect
           her
           from
           the
           Bucaniers
           ,
           who
           took
           her
           in
           her
           Passage
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           surprizing
           Neglect
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           that
           they
           take
           no
           care
           to
           fortify
           a
           place
           of
           so
           great
           importance
           ;
           for
           the
           Entry
           of
           the
           Harbour
           is
           defended
           only
           by
           a
           paltry
           Fort
           of
           a
           very
           irregular
           Figure
           ,
           nowhere
           flank'd
           ,
           and
           commanded
           by
           the
           Hillock
           
           at
           the
           Foot
           of
           which
           't
           is
           built
           .
           The
           Town
           which
           is
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Bay
           ,
           and
           appears
           not
           to
           those
           who
           are
           at
           Sea
           ,
           till
           they
           come
           just
           before
           it
           ,
           has
           no
           Walls
           ,
           and
           is
           only
           cover'd
           with
           two
           small
           Works
           on
           the
           above-mention'd
           Hillock
           .
           'T
           is
           altogether
           defenceless
           on
           the
           side
           next
           the
           Mountain
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           other
           two
           sides
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           communicates
           with
           the
           Land.
           The
           side
           next
           the
           Sea
           is
           only
           flank'd
           with
           two
           small
           Bastions
           ,
           containing
           about
           nine
           Foot
           in
           the
           Flank
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Bay
           there
           is
           a
           Redoubt
           about
           twelve
           Toises
           square
           .
           I
           have
           nothing
           more
           to
           add
           to
           this
           succinct
           Description
           of
           Portobelo
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Spaniards
           pretend
           it
           will
           be
           quickly
           fortify'd
           with
           a
           Cittadel
           of
           six
           Bastions
           ,
           between
           two
           Rivers
           ,
           half
           a
           Cannon-shot
           from
           the
           Forts
           .
           The
           Squadron
           anchor'd
           near
           the
           Fort
           that
           defends
           the
           Entrance
           into
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           where
           the
           Spaniards
           keep
           always
           a
           Guard
           ,
           which
           was
           doubled
           during
           the
           stay
           of
           the
           
             French.
             Gabaret
          
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           Humours
           and
           Inclinations
           of
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           immediately
           after
           his
           Arrival
           ,
           sent
           Septeme
           ,
           Major
           of
           the
           Squadron
           ,
           who
           having
           spoken
           with
           the
           Commander
           of
           the
           Fort
           at
           the
           Entry
           ,
           was
           sent
           forwards
           to
           the
           Governour
           .
           As
           he
           drew
           near
           to
           the
           City
           in
           his
           Boat
           ,
           with
           his
           Colours
           display'd
           ,
           he
           was
           met
           by
           a
           Pinnace
           with
           Spanish
           Colours
           ,
           which
           came
           to
           receive
           him
           :
           And
           having
           had
           Audience
           of
           the
           Governour
           ,
           he
           return'd
           to
           give
           Gabaret
           an
           account
           of
           his
           Negotiation
           .
           The
           Subject
           of
           
           that
           Conference
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           that
           were
           afterwards
           manag'd
           by
           other
           Deputies
           ,
           was
           never
           perfectly
           known
           :
           Only
           't
           was
           given
           out
           that
           Septeme
           was
           sent
           to
           enquire
           after
           French
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           told
           there
           were
           none
           in
           the
           Town
           .
           Nevertheless
           ,
           the
           same
           Night
           very
           late
           ,
           there
           came
           a
           Man
           swimming
           to
           D'
           Amblimont's
           Ship
           ,
           which
           rode
           next
           the
           Shore
           ;
           and
           that
           Officer
           receiving
           him
           into
           his
           Boat
           ,
           sent
           him
           immediately
           to
           Gabaret
           ,
           whom
           he
           inform'd
           that
           there
           were
           seventeen
           or
           eighteen
           Frenchmen
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           but
           said
           nothing
           of
           their
           being
           Prisoners
           .
           Next
           Morning
           the
           Commander
           sent
           to
           discover
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           he
           had
           learn'd
           ,
           and
           to
           demand
           the
           Frenchmen
           of
           the
           Governour
           ,
           who
           acknowledg'd
           that
           there
           were
           some
           of
           that
           Nation
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           kept
           Prisoners
           ,
           but
           serv'd
           for
           Wages
           ;
           adding
           ,
           that
           the
           Commander
           might
           ,
           if
           he
           pleas'd
           ,
           carry
           'em
           along
           with
           him
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           those
           ragged
           ,
           lean
           ,
           and
           disfigur'd
           Creatures
           were
           restor'd
           and
           distributed
           among
           the
           three
           Ships
           .
           This
           Accident
           was
           not
           attended
           with
           the
           least
           disorder
           ;
           for
           the
           Affair
           was
           transacted
           on
           both
           sides
           in
           the
           most
           amicable
           manner
           imaginable
           ;
           and
           their
           only
           Contest
           seem'd
           to
           be
           to
           out-strip
           each
           other
           in
           Civility
           .
           The
           Governour
           made
           the
           first
           step
           ,
           by
           sending
           a
           Present
           to
           Gabaret
           of
           two
           fat
           Oxen
           ,
           Spanish
           Wine
           ,
           Sweet-meats
           ,
           Oranges
           ,
           and
           Citrons
           ;
           and
           the
           French
           Officer
           in
           his
           turn
           presented
           
           the
           Spaniard
           with
           a
           Case
           of
           Pistols
           ,
           a
           Castor
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           of
           that
           Nature
           .
           The
           Deputies
           of
           the
           Squadron
           were
           regal'd
           on
           Shore
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           Commander
           were
           treated
           on
           board
           his
           Ship
           ,
           where
           they
           drank
           several
           times
           to
           the
           Health
           of
           the
           two
           Kings
           of
           France
           and
           Spain
           with
           the
           usual
           Ceremonies
           ,
           making
           a
           confus'd
           ,
           but
           not
           unpleasant
           ,
           Noise
           ,
           by
           striking
           a
           Knife
           against
           a
           Plate
           .
           The
           place
           where
           the
           French
           cast
           Anchor
           at
           their
           first
           coming
           into
           the
           Harbour
           being
           somewhat
           incommodious
           ,
           the
           Governour
           very
           civilly
           sent
           'em
           a
           Pilot
           to
           bring
           'em
           farther
           in
           ,
           to
           a
           place
           where
           they
           might
           Anchor
           more
           safely
           .
           Two
           Armadilla's
           that
           were
           unrigg'd
           ,
           began
           to
           put
           themselves
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           Defence
           ,
           assoon
           as
           the
           Squadron
           appear'd
           ,
           but
           resolv'd
           to
           stay
           in
           the
           Harbour
           .
           On
           the
           Second
           of
           August
           the
           French
           left
           Portobelo
           ,
           and
           were
           by
           contrary
           Winds
           carry'd
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           Cattives
           ,
           which
           are
           above
           fifty
           inhabited
           Islands
           .
           On
           the
           11th
           .
           they
           made
           the
           Isle
           of
           Rotan
           ,
           in
           the
           Gulf
           of
           Honduras
           ,
           which
           lies
           in
           286
           Degrees
           of
           Longitude
           ,
           and
           16
           of
           Latitude
           ,
           and
           is
           only
           inhabited
           by
           Pyrates
           ,
           who
           land
           there
           for
           the
           conveniency
           of
           Refreshment
           .
           Here
           the
           French
           found
           a
           forsaken
           Ship
           ,
           and
           concluded
           that
           her
           Men
           were
           either
           taken
           ,
           kill'd
           ,
           or
           drown'd
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Vessel
           was
           a
           Prize
           ,
           taken
           by
           the
           Bucaneers
           from
           the
           Spaniards
           .
           For
           besides
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Horse-Shooes
           that
           remain'd
           of
           her
           Cargo
           ,
           there
           were
           several
           
           Jars
           of
           Spanish
           Wine
           ,
           and
           Letters
           in
           that
           Language
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           appear'd
           that
           she
           set
           out
           in
           June
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           she
           had
           been
           taken
           not
           long
           before
           .
           The
           13th
           .
           they
           discover'd
           a
           small
           Pyrate
           cruising
           about
           that
           part
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           have
           chas'd
           him
           ,
           if
           the
           Booty
           cou'd
           have
           made
           amends
           for
           their
           trouble
           ;
           for
           he
           wou'd
           not
           come
           near
           the
           Squadron
           ,
           tho'
           the
           usual
           Signal
           by
           the
           firing
           of
           a
           Gun
           was
           made
           for
           him
           to
           approach
           .
           The
           Passage
           from
           Portobelo
           to
           Rotan
           is
           dangerous
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Banks
           of
           Sand
           with
           which
           those
           Seas
           are
           pester'd
           ;
           and
           the
           Water
           is
           so
           shallow
           ,
           that
           the
           Pilots
           are
           oftentimes
           puzzl'd
           to
           find
           the
           Chanel
           .
           The
           25th
           .
           they
           made
           the
           Isle
           
             des
             Pans
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Capes
           of
           
             Las
             Corrientes
          
           ,
           and
           Sant-Anton
           ,
           at
           the
           Western
           end
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Cuba
           ,
           and
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           wait
           several
           Days
           for
           a
           favourable
           Wind
           ,
           before
           they
           cou'd
           double
           the
           last
           of
           those
           Capes
           .
           The
           3d.
           of
           September
           they
           past
           by
           
             Porto
             Cavano
          
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Island
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           6th
           .
           came
           before
           Havana
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Metropolis
           of
           the
           Island
           ,
           and
           the
           usual
           Residence
           of
           the
           Captain-General
           .
           The
           Spaniards
           have
           been
           very
           diligent
           in
           improving
           the
           Fortifications
           of
           so
           considerable
           a
           Place
           :
           for
           its
           Harbour
           is
           the
           Rendezvous
           of
           all
           the
           Galeons
           that
           bring
           the
           Silver
           from
           the
           Indies
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Ships
           that
           come
           from
           
             St.
             Martha
             ,
             Cartagena
             ,
             Nombre
             de
             Dios
             ,
             Portobelo
             ,
             Vera
             Cruz
             ,
             Campesche
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           other
           Ports
           of
           Mexico
           .
           The
           7th
           .
           they
           anchor'd
           at
           
             las
             Matanças
          
           in
           the
           
           same
           Island
           ,
           where
           they
           took
           notice
           of
           the
           Comet
           that
           appear'd
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           was
           illustrated
           with
           several
           Observations
           :
           They
           perceiv'd
           it
           first
           in
           the
           Night
           between
           the
           25th
           .
           and
           26th
           .
           of
           August
           ,
           its
           Head
           being
           North-North-East
           ,
           and
           its
           Tail
           South
           and
           by
           West
           .
           Here
           they
           stood
           into
           the
           Bay
           to
           refresh
           themselves
           ,
           and
           took
           in
           fresh
           Water
           ,
           Wood
           ,
           Flesh
           ,
           Fish
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           necessary
           Provisions
           .
           The
           Bay
           is
           large
           ,
           but
           not
           every-where
           fit
           for
           Anchorage
           ;
           nor
           is
           that
           its
           only
           Inconveniency
           ,
           for
           t
           is
           wholly
           destitute
           of
           Inhabitants
           ;
           but
           those
           Defects
           are
           in
           some
           measure
           supply'd
           by
           the
           great
           abundance
           of
           all
           sorts
           of
           Game
           ,
           as
           Wild
           Oxen
           ,
           Herons
           ,
           Parrots
           ,
           and
           a
           prodigious
           Number
           of
           other
           Fowls
           that
           are
           sit
           to
           be
           eaten
           .
           Among
           other
           Animals
           ,
           there
           are
           certain
           Rats
           much
           larger
           and
           thicker
           than
           our
           Cats
           ,
           that
           sit
           on
           Trees
           along
           the
           Rivers
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           scar'd
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Hunters
           .
           And
           for
           the
           Refreshment
           of
           those
           whose
           Stomachs
           are
           disorder'd
           after
           a
           tedious
           Voyage
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           Colewort
           that
           grows
           on
           the
           top
           of
           a
           very
           spongy
           Stem
           ,
           from
           thirty
           to
           fifty
           Foot
           high
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           eaten
           several
           ways
           ,
           as
           in
           Sallads
           ,
           Broth
           or
           Pottage
           .
           The
           Bay
           abounds
           with
           excellent
           Fishes
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           take
           the
           Diversion
           of
           Fishing
           in
           the
           Rivers
           that
           fall
           into
           it
           ,
           may
           gather
           as
           much
           Cresses
           as
           they
           please
           ,
           which
           is
           like
           to
           that
           we
           have
           in
           Europe
           .
           And
           besides
           all
           those
           Marks
           of
           the
           bounty
           of
           Nature
           that
           appear
           in
           this
           place
           ;
           it
           yields
           store
           of
           Salt
           ,
           
           and
           produces
           several
           kinds
           of
           Fruits
           ,
           among
           which
           there
           are
           Plums
           call'd
           Mourbin
           ,
           and
           two
           sorts
           of
           Grapes
           .
           This
           pleasant
           Country
           is
           ,
           as
           I
           intimated
           before
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Island
           of
           Cuba
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Observations
           of
           Geographers
           ,
           contains
           280
           Leagues
           in
           length
           ,
           and
           40
           in
           breadth
           ,
           extending
           between
           289
           and
           300
           Degrees
           of
           Longitude
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           20
           to
           the
           22d
           .
           Degree
           of
           Latitude
           ,
           its
           Northern
           side
           being
           30
           Leagues
           distant
           from
           the
           Tropic
           of
           Cancer
           .
           On
           the
           19th
           .
           the
           French
           set
           Sail
           from
           Matanças
           ,
           standing
           in
           to
           the
           Frith
           of
           Bahama
           ,
           where
           the
           North-Wind
           being
           imprison'd
           between
           the
           Coast
           of
           the
           Main-Land
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           the
           Islands
           ,
           which
           bound
           the
           Straight
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           breaks
           forth
           with
           so
           violent
           an
           impetuosity
           ,
           that
           the
           Ships
           which
           are
           engag'd
           in
           this
           dangerous
           Passage
           ,
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           being
           dash'd
           to
           pieces
           on
           one
           of
           the
           opposite
           Shores
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           the
           agitation
           of
           the
           Sea
           by
           those
           Tempestuous
           Winds
           ,
           is
           encreas'd
           by
           the
           Rapidity
           of
           the
           Currents
           ,
           which
           are
           oftentimes
           fatal
           to
           such
           small
           Vessels
           as
           those
           that
           compos'd
           this
           Squadron
           :
           Yet
           they
           had
           the
           good
           fortune
           to
           escape
           the
           Danger
           of
           this
           Canal
           ,
           which
           is
           60
           Leagues
           long
           ,
           and
           25
           broad
           ,
           between
           24
           and
           27
           Degrees
           of
           Latitude
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           sail'd
           along
           the
           Coast
           of
           Florida
           ,
           to
           the
           height
           of
           the
           Bermudas
           ,
           where
           they
           met
           with
           a
           fair
           Wind
           for
           Martinico
           ,
           which
           they
           discover'd
           on
           the
           24th
           .
           of
           October
           ,
           and
           Anchor'd
           the
           26th
           .
           at
           
           
             Fort
             S.
             Peter
          
           .
           The
           2d
           .
           of
           November
           ,
           they
           set
           sail
           for
           Granada
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           Governour
           of
           that
           Island
           ,
           who
           was
           
           Gabaret's
           Brother
           ,
           with
           his
           Wife
           ,
           to
           Martinico
           ,
           where
           she
           was
           desirous
           to
           Lie
           in
           .
           In
           their
           Passage
           they
           descry'd
           a
           small
           Skiff
           ,
           and
           made
           towards
           it
           by
           
           Gabaret's
           Orders
           ,
           who
           was
           extremely
           surpriz'd
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           four
           or
           five
           Wretches
           ,
           that
           cou'd
           hardly
           stir
           an
           Oar
           to
           approach
           the
           Ship
           ,
           being
           starv'd
           ,
           and
           quite
           spent
           with
           Hunger
           ,
           Thirst
           ,
           ill
           Weather
           ,
           and
           the
           beating
           of
           the
           Waves
           .
           At
           last
           he
           receiv'd
           'em
           on
           board
           ,
           and
           learnt
           that
           they
           were
           Englishmen
           of
           the
           Isle
           of
           Tabago
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           so
           cruelly
           us'd
           ,
           that
           in
           a
           Fit
           of
           Despair
           ,
           they
           resolv'd
           to
           commit
           themselves
           to
           the
           less-dreaded
           fury
           of
           the
           Waves
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           small
           stock
           of
           Provision
           was
           consum'd
           five
           Days
           before
           they
           were
           taken
           up
           .
           On
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           
             December
             ,
             Gabaret
          
           arriv'd
           at
           
             S.
             Christopher
          
           ,
           where
           he
           left
           the
           Englishmen
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           Day
           sail'd
           for
           France
           ,
           directing
           his
           Course
           to
           the
           Port
           of
           Brest
           ,
           where
           he
           landed
           .
        
         
           The
           favourable
           Treatment
           which
           Gabaret
           receiv'd
           from
           the
           Spaniards
           in
           America
           ,
           was
           a
           glorious
           Effect
           of
           his
           Master's
           Power
           :
           And
           the
           kind
           reception
           of
           the
           French
           Ambassador
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           Morocco
           ,
           is
           a
           convincing
           Proof
           of
           the
           Awe
           and
           Respect
           with
           which
           that
           great
           Monarch
           inspires
           the
           most
           barbarous
           Nations
           .
           The
           Count
           of
           S.
           Amand
           embark'd
           on
           the
           Valiant
           ,
           a
           Ship
           of
           60
           Guns
           ,
           commanded
           by
           Beaulieu
           ,
           and
           came
           before
           
           Algier
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           present
           at
           that
           memorable
           Action
           I
           have
           already
           describ'd
           .
           From
           thence
           he
           set
           sail
           for
           Tetuan
           ,
           where
           he
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           2d
           .
           of
           October
           1682
           ,
           and
           sent
           some
           Persons
           a-shore
           in
           his
           Pinnace
           ,
           who
           were
           inform'd
           by
           the
           Turks
           that
           were
           come
           to
           the
           Sea-side
           ,
           that
           for
           two
           Months
           they
           had
           been
           daily
           expecting
           the
           Ambassador's
           Arrival
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           Orders
           to
           intreat
           him
           not
           to
           Land
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           heard
           from
           the
           Vice-Roy
           of
           the
           Province
           ,
           because
           they
           cou'd
           not
           receive
           him
           according
           to
           his
           Dignity
           ,
           during
           the
           absence
           of
           that
           Alcayd
           .
           The
           
             4th
             .
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           ,
           who
           was
           formerly
           Ambassador
           in
           France
           ,
           came
           on
           board
           ,
           with
           the
           Lieutenant-Governour
           ,
           and
           the
           Commander
           .
           They
           were
           saluted
           at
           their
           Entry
           with
           the
           firing
           of
           eleven
           Guns
           ,
           and
           conducted
           to
           the
           Council-Chamber
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           Count
           of
           S.
           Amand
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           eight
           Officers
           of
           Ships
           ,
           twelve
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guards
           ,
           and
           several
           Gentlemen
           .
           After
           they
           had
           all
           taken
           their
           Places
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           began
           the
           Discourse
           with
           telling
           
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           ,
           that
           at
           his
           return
           from
           the
           Campaign
           in
           Chio
           ,
           he
           had
           heard
           of
           his
           being
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Witness
           of
           the
           Universal
           Acknowledgments
           that
           were
           paid
           to
           his
           Wit
           and
           Merit
           .
           Thummin
           reply'd
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           oblig'd
           for
           so
           flattering
           a
           Compliment
           to
           that
           Candor
           which
           is
           so
           natural
           to
           the
           French
           Nation
           :
           And
           those
           mutual
           Returns
           of
           Civility
           were
           continu'd
           
           for
           some
           time
           on
           both
           sides
           .
           Then
           the
           Ambassador
           took
           occasion
           to
           Discourse
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
           Morocco's
           Greatness
           ,
           of
           his
           Conquests
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Titles
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           .
           The
           Moors
           were
           very
           attentive
           to
           what
           he
           said
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           extolling
           their
           Prince's
           Valour
           ,
           to
           whom
           they
           always
           gave
           the
           Title
           of
           Emperour
           .
           After
           they
           had
           been
           entertain'd
           with
           a
           Collation
           ,
           the
           Ambassador
           shut
           himself
           up
           with
           'em
           ,
           making
           use
           of
           
             la
             Croix
          
           for
           his
           Interpreter
           ,
           with
           whose
           performance
           he
           was
           very
           well
           satisfy'd
           .
           The
           Conference
           lasted
           an
           Hour
           and
           a
           half
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           so
           late
           before
           they
           came
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           Moors
           were
           forc'd
           to
           lie
           on
           board
           .
           They
           order'd
           a
           clean
           Table-Cloth
           to
           be
           spread
           on
           the
           Boards
           ,
           and
           stepping
           upon
           it
           with
           their
           bare
           Feet
           ,
           began
           to
           pray
           ,
           crying
           often
           
             Alla
             ,
             Alla
          
           ,
           which
           signifies
           God
           ;
           and
           kneeling
           thirty
           times
           in
           the
           space
           of
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           Hour
           .
           They
           sate
           upon
           their
           Heels
           ,
           and
           from
           time
           to
           time
           stretch'd
           themselves
           on
           their
           left
           Side
           ;
           and
           after
           they
           had
           remain'd
           a
           Moment
           in
           that
           Posture
           ,
           they
           stroak'd
           their
           Forehead
           and
           Face
           with
           their
           Right-hand
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Badge
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           as
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           is
           of
           Christianity
           .
           The
           next
           Day
           after
           Dinner
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           a
           Banquet
           of
           Fruits
           ,
           they
           visited
           
             la
             Gallissoniere
          
           ,
           who
           conducted
           'em
           to
           the
           Shore
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           Landing
           were
           saluted
           with
           eleven
           Guns
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           a
           Bark
           appear'd
           under
           Algerine
           Colours
           ,
           without
           a
           Skiff
           ,
           standing
           into
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           River
           ;
           she
           
           was
           known
           to
           belong
           to
           Salley
           ,
           and
           had
           taken
           a
           French
           Vessel
           laden
           with
           Cod-Fish
           .
           The
           6th
           .
           the
           Ambassador
           wrote
           to
           Mehemed
           ,
           requiring
           Satisfaction
           for
           the
           Injury
           done
           to
           his
           Nation
           ;
           and
           was
           answer'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Bark
           was
           arrested
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prize
           shou'd
           be
           restor'd
           .
           The
           7th
           .
           a
           Messenger
           was
           dispatch'd
           to
           Tetuan
           ,
           which
           is
           situated
           two
           Leagues
           from
           the
           Shore
           ,
           for
           the
           French
           Consul
           ,
           who
           sent
           word
           that
           he
           cou'd
           not
           come
           without
           the
           Governour
           's
           Permission
           .
           The
           same
           Day
           Mehemed
           gave
           the
           Ambassador
           notice
           that
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           an
           Answer
           from
           the
           Alcayd
           ,
           who
           had
           desir'd
           him
           to
           carry
           his
           Son
           on
           board
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           entreated
           the
           Pinnace
           might
           be
           sent
           a-shore
           next
           Morning
           .
           His
           desire
           was
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           Pinnace
           waited
           upon
           him
           at
           the
           time
           appointed
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           embark
           alone
           ,
           for
           the
           Youth
           was
           afraid
           to
           venture
           on
           the
           Sea
           ,
           which
           happen'd
           at
           that
           time
           to
           be
           very
           rough
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Alcayd
           wrote
           to
           the
           Ambassador
           ,
           to
           congratulate
           his
           Arrival
           ,
           assuring
           him
           that
           he
           wou'd
           come
           with
           all
           possible
           haste
           to
           receive
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Emperour
           his
           Master
           had
           commanded
           him
           to
           treat
           him
           with
           the
           highest
           respect
           .
           The
           9th
           .
           several
           Boats
           came
           to
           the
           Ship
           to
           Land
           the
           Ambassador's
           Retinue
           ;
           and
           Mehemed
           went
           on
           board
           to
           compliment
           him
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Alcayd
           ,
           who
           waited
           on
           the
           Shore
           to
           receive
           him
           :
           But
           't
           was
           so
           late
           that
           the
           Ambassador
           thought
           fit
           to
           put
           off
           
           his
           Landing
           till
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           assuring
           Mehemed
           (
           who
           resolv'd
           to
           lie
           that
           Night
           on
           board
           )
           that
           at
           Sun-rising
           he
           wou'd
           give
           Orders
           to
           salute
           the
           Alcayd
           with
           thirteen
           Guns
           ,
           and
           a
           triple
           discharge
           of
           Musquet-shot
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Evening
           he
           sent
           two
           Officers
           to
           compliment
           him
           .
           Next
           Morning
           the
           promis'd
           Salutation
           was
           perform'd
           ;
           and
           after
           the
           Ambassador
           had
           heard
           Mass
           ,
           and
           din'd
           with
           Mehemed
           ,
           he
           embark'd
           with
           all
           his
           Retinue
           ,
           besides
           several
           Officers
           of
           the
           Ship
           and
           Marine
           Guards
           ,
           and
           Landed
           about
           nine
           a-clock
           .
           He
           found
           the
           Shore
           lin'd
           with
           400
           Musquetiers
           ,
           and
           was
           met
           by
           the
           Alcayd
           and
           his
           Son
           ,
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           200
           Horse
           .
           At
           their
           Meeting
           ,
           he
           told
           that
           Officer
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           glad
           he
           had
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           enter
           the
           Dominions
           of
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Morocco
           in
           a
           place
           that
           was
           under
           his
           Government
           .
           The
           Alcayd
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           welcome
           ,
           He
           and
           all
           his
           Company
           ,
           and
           enquir'd
           concerning
           his
           Health
           .
           He
           was
           cloath'd
           in
           Yellow
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Cowl
           or
           Hood
           of
           the
           same
           Colour
           on
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           a
           Lance
           of
           the
           length
           of
           a
           Pike
           in
           his
           Right-hand
           .
           One
           half
           of
           the
           Horsemen
           carry'd
           Lances
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Fire-locks
           ,
           which
           they
           discharg'd
           ,
           and
           were
           follow'd
           by
           a
           Volley
           from
           the
           Infantry
           ,
           Then
           the
           Squadron
           broke
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           'em
           gallop'd
           along
           the
           Shore
           ,
           turning
           and
           managing
           their
           Horses
           with
           a
           considerable
           Dexterity
           .
           At
           the
           same
           time
           the
           Ambassador
           was
           conducted
           by
           Mehemed
           to
           the
           
           Alcayd's
           Tent
           ,
           where
           there
           
           was
           a
           large
           Table-Cloath
           spread
           on
           the
           Ground
           ,
           with
           an
           Indian
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           a
           Coverlet
           over
           all
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           largeness
           .
           Assoon
           as
           the
           Ambassador
           enter'd
           ,
           he
           sat
           down
           on
           the
           Coverlet
           ,
           and
           Cushions
           were
           brought
           to
           the
           Alcayd
           :
           Then
           the
           Ambassador
           rose
           up
           ,
           saying
           ,
           that
           Frenchmen
           were
           not
           accustom'd
           to
           sit
           so
           low
           ;
           but
           the
           Alcayd
           ,
           who
           knew
           his
           meaning
           ,
           reply'd
           ,
           that
           this
           Enterview
           was
           not
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Precedent
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           did
           not
           pretend
           to
           entertain
           him
           with
           all
           the
           Ceremonies
           of
           a
           formal
           Reception
           ;
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           he
           order'd
           two
           Cushions
           to
           be
           laid
           one
           above
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           Ambassador
           sate
           down
           upon
           '
           em
           .
           After
           they
           had
           discours'd
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           Hour
           ,
           the
           Collation
           was
           brought
           in
           ,
           consisting
           of
           March-panes
           ,
           which
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           a
           Wicker-Basket
           ,
           and
           laid
           upon
           a
           piece
           of
           
           Spanish-Leather
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Table-Cloth
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           some
           Cyphers
           :
           Then
           they
           presented
           Nuts
           and
           Raisins
           ,
           with
           very
           white
           ,
           but
           very
           bad
           ,
           Bread.
           All
           the
           Company
           drunk
           outof
           the
           same
           Pot
           or
           Dish
           ,
           which
           was
           made
           of
           Wood
           in
           form
           of
           a
           Porringer
           ,
           and
           adorn'd
           on
           the
           out-side
           with
           Silver-Gilt
           .
           The
           Banquet
           ended
           ,
           they
           mounted
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           the
           Infantry
           marching
           in
           the
           Wings
           ,
           and
           the
           Horse
           in
           the
           Front
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           often
           as
           they
           met
           with
           plain
           Fields
           ,
           divided
           themselves
           into
           two
           Squadrons
           ,
           representing
           the
           Moorish
           way
           of
           fighting
           with
           Lances
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           bravest
           of
           'em
           broke
           out
           of
           their
           Ranks
           ,
           and
           having
           
           darted
           their
           Lances
           into
           the
           opposite
           Squadron
           ,
           gallop'd
           back
           to
           their
           own
           ,
           with
           some
           of
           the
           other
           Party
           at
           their
           Heels
           .
           Then
           the
           whole
           Squadrons
           engag'd
           without
           observing
           any
           Order
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           had
           fir'd
           ,
           the
           Commander
           ,
           who
           march'd
           in
           the
           Front
           ,
           fell
           back
           to
           the
           Rear
           ,
           galloping
           ,
           and
           calling
           on
           his
           Men
           ,
           whom
           he
           rally'd
           ,
           and
           put
           into
           Order
           :
           And
           sometimes
           one
           of
           the
           Squadrons
           kept
           their
           Ground
           ,
           expecting
           the
           Assault
           of
           the
           Enemy
           .
           They
           engag'd
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           nine
           or
           ten
           times
           before
           they
           reach'd
           the
           Town
           ,
           where
           the
           French
           arriv'd
           about
           four
           a-clock
           ,
           and
           the
           Ambassador
           was
           carry'd
           to
           a
           little
           and
           ill-furnish'd
           ,
           but
           not
           unpleasant
           ,
           House
           ,
           which
           they
           told
           him
           was
           the
           King's
           .
           There
           is
           a
           Bason
           or
           Pond
           surrounded
           with
           Orange-Trees
           before
           the
           Gate
           ;
           and
           the
           Garden
           is
           adorn'd
           with
           several
           Arbours
           of
           Fruit-Trees
           .
           The
           Alcayd
           sent
           to
           inform
           the
           King
           of
           the
           Ambassador's
           Arrival
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           an
           Answer
           on
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           November
           ;
           but
           the
           bad
           Weather
           which
           lasted
           till
           the
           14th
           .
           and
           the
           Ambassador's
           Indisposition
           retarded
           his
           Journey
           for
           some
           time
           .
           Mehemed
           brought
           the
           Horses
           that
           were
           prepar'd
           for
           him
           ,
           magnifying
           the
           Care
           he
           had
           taken
           to
           procure
           so
           great
           a
           number
           :
           And
           when
           he
           was
           ready
           to
           depart
           ,
           the
           Alcayd
           came
           to
           him
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           and
           enquir'd
           whether
           he
           wanted
           any
           thing
           ;
           after
           which
           he
           went
           to
           the
           
           Alcayd's
           House
           ,
           and
           thank'd
           him
           for
           all
           his
           Civilities
           ;
           and
           that
           Officer
           not
           only
           return'd
           a
           
           very
           obliging
           Answer
           ,
           but
           offer'd
           the
           Ambassadour
           three
           or
           four
           Thousand
           Crowns
           ,
           if
           he
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           such
           a
           Summ.
           Then
           the
           Company
           took
           Horse
           ,
           and
           the
           Musquetiers
           who
           were
           at
           the
           Gate
           ,
           saluted
           the
           Ambassador
           ,
           as
           he
           pass●d
           by
           ,
           with
           a
           Volley
           of
           all
           their
           Musquets
           .
           The
           first
           Village
           they
           saw
           on
           the
           Road
           is
           call'd
           Dezutburg
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           of
           the
           Place
           accommodates
           all
           Persons
           with
           Lodgings
           gratis
           ,
           and
           has
           sometimes
           fed
           two
           hundred
           at
           one
           time
           .
           They
           travell●d
           till
           the
           14th
           .
           thro'
           a
           Mountainous
           and
           almost
           uninhabited
           Country
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           Water
           ,
           but
           great
           abundance
           of
           Partridges
           .
           The
           14th
           .
           they
           encamp'd
           near
           Alcaza
           ,
           where
           the
           Ambassador
           was
           complimented
           by
           the
           Alcayd
           ,
           Brother
           to
           him
           of
           Tetuan
           .
           He
           wore
           a
           large
           Robe
           or
           Gown
           of
           black
           Velvet
           spangl'd
           with
           Gold
           ,
           and
           rode
           on
           a
           very
           fine
           Horse
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           a
           large
           size
           for
           one
           of
           Barbary
           ,
           and
           magnificently
           harnass'd
           with
           red
           Velvet
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           little
           Plates
           of
           Gold
           :
           Two
           Slaves
           held
           the
           Reins
           of
           his
           Bridle
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           massy
           Gold
           on
           the
           Head-Stall
           and
           Throat-Band
           .
           He
           was
           accompany'd
           with
           his
           Son
           ,
           who
           was
           mounted
           on
           a
           Horse
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ;
           and
           his
           Train
           consisted
           of
           100
           Horse
           ,
           and
           a
           like
           number
           of
           Foot.
           After
           some
           mutual
           Compliments
           he
           retir'd
           ,
           wheeling
           ,
           and
           managing
           his
           Horse
           ,
           he
           and
           all
           his
           Horsemen
           ,
           as
           his
           Brother
           and
           his
           Company
           did
           at
           Tetuan
           .
           The
           whole
           Journey
           to
           Salley
           was
           very
           troublesome
           
           to
           the
           Ambassadour's
           Retinue
           ;
           the
           Ways
           were
           generally
           hard
           to
           be
           found
           ,
           the
           Meat
           was
           bad
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           forc'd
           to
           keep
           themselves
           always
           in
           a
           Posture
           of
           Defence
           ,
           both
           because
           of
           the
           Robbers
           ,
           who
           came
           very
           near
           their
           Tents
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           and
           the
           Lions
           with
           which
           that
           Country
           abounds
           .
           On
           the
           20th
           .
           they
           were
           met
           by
           
             Midy
             Aly
             Manino
          
           ,
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           or
           Civil
           Government
           of
           Salley
           ,
           and
           Brother
           of
           the
           Alcayd
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           where
           they
           arriv'd
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           and
           abode
           two
           days
           ,
           their
           Tables
           being
           much
           better
           furnish'd
           than
           they
           were
           upon
           the
           Road.
           The
           Ambassadour
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           usual
           Custom
           ,
           receiv'd
           many
           Compliments
           and
           Presents
           of
           
             Passara
             ,
             Dates
          
           ,
           and
           some
           Hens
           ,
           and
           Sheep
           .
           The
           Inhabitants
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Villages
           thro'
           which
           they
           pass'd
           ,
           receiv'd
           'em
           with
           loud
           Acclamations
           of
           Joy
           ,
           some
           of
           'em
           shew'd
           their
           Dexterity
           in
           Leaping
           ,
           and
           Horse-Races
           were
           never
           omitted
           .
           They
           found
           neither
           Bridges
           nor
           Boats
           on
           the
           Rivers
           ,
           but
           were
           forc'd
           to
           pass
           'em
           on
           Leathern
           Bags
           stuff'd
           with
           Wind.
           Two
           Days
           before
           they
           arriv'd
           in
           the
           Camp
           ,
           they
           pass'd
           by
           a
           Place
           where
           there
           are
           150
           Wells
           or
           Pits
           ,
           call'd
           in
           the
           Map
           ,
           
             Centum
             Putei
          
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           great
           use
           in
           a
           Country
           wholly
           destitute
           of
           Water
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           proceeds
           from
           Rain
           ,
           and
           is
           preserv'd
           in
           those
           Pits
           .
           The
           9th
           .
           of
           December
           they
           pass'd
           by
           a
           paltry
           Fort
           ,
           where
           the
           Grand
           Vizier
           lay
           ,
           having
           been
           lately
           wounded
           with
           a
           Musquet-shot
           by
           a
           certain
           Moor
           ,
           who
           fled
           to
           
             Muly
             Hamet
          
           ,
           King
           of
           
           Suz
           :
           and
           they
           observ'd
           a
           Guard
           of
           150
           Musquetiers
           at
           the
           Gate
           .
           The
           10th
           .
           the
           King
           sent
           four
           Horse-Men
           for
           the
           Ambassadour
           ,
           who
           immediately
           set
           forward
           ,
           and
           arriv'd
           in
           the
           Camp
           on
           the
           Day
           of
           the
           Great
           Festival
           of
           the
           Bayran
           ,
           which
           the
           Moors
           were
           celebrating
           with
           many
           Expressions
           of
           Joy
           ,
           and
           Sacrifices
           of
           Camels
           and
           Sheep
           .
           As
           the
           French
           approach'd
           the
           Place
           of
           Sacrifices
           they
           perceiv'd
           four
           Men
           mounted
           on
           Mules
           full
           of
           little
           Bells
           ,
           who
           were
           stain'd
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           Victims
           which
           they
           had
           sacrific'd
           before
           the
           King.
           All
           the
           Alcayds
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           are
           oblig'd
           to
           be
           present
           at
           that
           Solemnity
           ,
           and
           that
           Monarch
           sent
           to
           tell
           the
           Count
           of
           S.
           Amand
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           advance
           further
           and
           take
           a
           nearer
           View
           of
           the
           Ceremonies
           .
           Assoon
           as
           he
           approach'd
           ,
           the
           King
           retir'd
           unseen
           ,
           and
           put
           himself
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           2000
           Horse
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           attack'd
           a
           like
           Number
           of
           others
           :
           the
           Engagement
           lasted
           3
           Hours
           ,
           and
           they
           fir'd
           their
           Musquets
           charg'd
           with
           Powder
           in
           one
           anothers
           Faces
           ;
           after
           which
           the
           King
           sent
           an
           Alcayd
           to
           compliment
           the
           Ambassador
           ,
           and
           to
           acquaint
           him
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Solemnity
           of
           the
           Festival
           he
           cou'd
           not
           give
           him
           Audience
           till
           the
           next
           Day
           .
           Then
           the
           Ambassadour
           with
           his
           Train
           was
           carry'd
           to
           a
           Place
           50
           Paces
           distant
           from
           the
           Camp
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           attended
           next
           Morning
           by
           an
           Alcayd
           ,
           who
           conducted
           him
           to
           the
           Audience
           .
           All
           the
           Company
           took
           Horse
           ,
           and
           alighted
           when
           they
           drew
           near
           to
           the
           King's
           Tent
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           perceiv'd
           the
           Ambassadour
           
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           10
           Paces
           ,
           said
           to
           him
           thrice
           ,
           Cayba
           ,
           which
           signifies
           ,
           
             You
             are
             welcome
          
           .
           Then
           all
           the
           Ambassadour's
           Attendants
           put
           on
           their
           Hats
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           surpriz'd
           at
           their
           Boldness
           ,
           broke
           forth
           into
           this
           Expression
           ,
           That
           the
           French
           were
           not
           Cowards
           like
           those
           of
           other
           Nations
           :
           after
           which
           preventing
           the
           Ambassadour
           he
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           glad
           to
           see
           him
           in
           good
           Health
           ;
           that
           the
           Country
           from
           whence
           he
           came
           was
           much
           more
           remote
           than
           Constantinople
           ;
           that
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           execute
           the
           Treaty
           of
           Peace
           concluded
           by
           his
           Ambassadours
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Mussulmans
           were
           always
           Religious
           Observers
           of
           their
           Word
           .
           Then
           he
           enter'd
           into
           a
           Discourse
           concerning
           Religion
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             There
             was
             only
             One
             God
             ,
             the
             Lord
             of
             all
             things
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Ambassadour
           answer'd
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Christians
             were
             of
             the
             same
             Opinion
             .
          
           The
           King
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           what
           he
           said
           was
           only
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Precepts
           of
           his
           Religion
           ,
           which
           oblig'd
           him
           to
           advise
           all
           Men
           to
           embrace
           the
           Mussulman
           Faith
           ,
           which
           he
           believ'd
           was
           the
           best
           :
           and
           the
           Ambassadour
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           extremely
           oblig'd
           to
           his
           Majesty
           for
           his
           kind
           Intentions
           ;
           but
           that
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           never
           to
           forsake
           that
           Religion
           in
           which
           he
           was
           educated
           .
           Then
           the
           King
           ,
           insisting
           still
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           ask'd
           the
           Reason
           ,
           Why
           Christians
           believe
           that
           there
           is
           a
           
             God
             the
             Son
          
           :
           but
           the
           Ambassador
           being
           persuaded
           that
           't
           wou'd
           be
           in
           vain
           for
           him
           to
           return
           a
           Formal
           Answer
           ,
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           he
           cou'd
           not
           pretend
           to
           so
           much
           Skill
           in
           Divinity
           ,
           as
           to
           dispute
           
           with
           his
           Majesty
           about
           those
           Controversies
           .
           He
           had
           prepar'd
           a
           Harangue
           ,
           but
           the
           King
           always
           interrupted
           him
           with
           asking
           Questions
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           sensible
           of
           the
           Difference
           between
           the
           Emperour
           of
           France
           and
           other
           Monarchs
           ,
           who
           do
           not
           govern
           by
           their
           own
           Authority
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           't
           was
           very
           reasonable
           that
           two
           so
           great
           Emperours
           ,
           who
           agreed
           in
           their
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           observ'd
           the
           same
           Methods
           of
           Government
           ,
           shou'd
           be
           link'd
           together
           by
           the
           mutual
           Ties
           of
           a
           perfect
           Friendship
           .
           Then
           he
           presented
           his
           Majesty's
           Letter
           ,
           enclos'd
           in
           a
           Case
           of
           Leather
           brought
           from
           the
           Levant
           ,
           embroider'd
           with
           Gold
           and
           Silver
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Interpretation
           in
           Arabic
           Characters
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Morocco
           receiv'd
           it
           smiling
           ;
           and
           smelling
           the
           Case
           as
           he
           open'd
           it
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           admir'd
           the
           Embroidery
           ,
           he
           ask'd
           ,
           whether
           they
           dress'd
           Leather
           with
           Amber-grise
           ;
           and
           the
           Ambassador
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           wholly
           ignorant
           of
           those
           Matters
           .
           Then
           the
           King
           call'd
           two
           
             English
             Renegado's
          
           ,
           his
           Secretaries
           ,
           and
           order'd
           'em
           to
           read
           and
           interpret
           the
           French
           Letter
           ,
           which
           he
           heard
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           expressing
           his
           Satisfaction
           by
           the
           Motions
           of
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           spent
           some
           time
           in
           considering
           his
           Majesty's
           Subscription
           ,
           and
           the
           Seal
           which
           was
           in
           a
           distinct
           Paper
           ,
           cut
           all
           around
           into
           the
           Figure
           of
           a
           Sun
           ,
           and
           enclos'd
           in
           the
           Letter
           .
           After
           which
           he
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           very
           well
           that
           the
           King
           was
           descended
           in
           a
           right
           Line
           from
           Heraclius
           ,
           
           and
           that
           never
           any
           Emperour
           before
           him
           ,
           had
           advanc'd
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           French
           Monarchy
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Heighth
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           answer'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           ignorant
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Royal
           Descent
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           Aly
           ,
           who
           marry'd
           the
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           all
           his
           Predecessors
           were
           the
           Off-spring
           of
           Kings
           .
           The
           King
           reply'd
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           not
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Race
           of
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           adding
           that
           he
           sent
           into
           
             France
             Agy-Aly
             Manino
          
           ,
           who
           was
           of
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Families
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           without
           mentioning
           
             Agy
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           ,
           who
           pass'd
           for
           the
           Ambassador
           .
           The
           Count
           of
           S.
           Amand
           was
           inform'd
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           King
           of
           
           Morocco's
           Letter
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           was
           put
           instead
           of
           
             Aly
             Manino
          
           ,
           by
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Patron
           ,
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Timur
          
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           most
           powerful
           Subject
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           The
           Ambassadour
           in
           Answer
           to
           the
           King
           's
           last
           Compliment
           assur'd
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           was
           universally
           admir'd
           in
           France
           for
           his
           Politeness
           ,
           and
           Skill
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           State-Affairs
           .
           Then
           they
           brought
           some
           Dates
           that
           were
           newly
           gather'd
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           invited
           the
           Ambassador
           to
           eat
           ;
           and
           after
           they
           had
           done
           eating
           he
           mounted
           his
           Horse
           ,
           telling
           the
           Ambassador
           that
           he
           was
           going
           to
           run
           with
           Lances
           ,
           and
           desiring
           him
           to
           keep
           his
           Eye
           upon
           him
           .
           These
           Exercises
           lasted
           about
           two
           Hours
           ,
           tho'
           it
           rain'd
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           after
           which
           he
           gave
           Orders
           to
           retire
           .
           Not
           long
           after
           the
           Presents
           were
           brought
           to
           him
           ,
           consisting
           of
           two
           
           Fusees
           very
           finely
           wrought
           ,
           two
           Cases
           of
           Pistols
           ,
           two
           large
           Pendulums
           for
           a
           Closet
           ,
           two
           dozen
           of
           Watches
           ,
           twelve
           Pieces
           of
           Gold
           Brocard
           ,
           as
           many
           Pieces
           of
           very
           fine
           English
           Cloth
           ,
           and
           some
           Bottles
           embroider'd
           with
           Gold
           ,
           of
           the
           same
           Leather
           with
           the
           Letter
           Case
           ,
           which
           was
           brought
           from
           Constantinople
           .
           He
           admir'd
           above
           all
           a
           Cannon
           six
           Foot
           long
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           mounted
           ;
           and
           ,
           kissing
           the
           ground
           ,
           said
           ,
           He
           perceiv'd
           by
           those
           Presents
           that
           the
           French
           were
           Men
           ;
           for
           they
           call
           all
           other
           Nations
           Gyon
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           
             a
             Nation
             less
             than
             Men.
          
           The
           Letter-Case
           was
           put
           into
           a
           Jubira
           or
           little
           Bag
           of
           Mo-hair
           ,
           and
           order'd
           to
           be
           safely
           preserv'd
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Day
           was
           spent
           in
           Discourses
           concerning
           the
           Ratification
           of
           the
           Peace
           :
           and
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Aly
          
           ,
           who
           was
           appointed
           Commissioner
           for
           that
           Purpose
           ,
           with
           
             Aly
             Manino
          
           and
           
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           went
           to
           the
           Ambassador's
           Tent
           ,
           and
           confer'd
           with
           him
           till
           Two
           in
           the
           Morning
           :
           But
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           coming
           to
           any
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           they
           tore
           all
           that
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           alledging
           that
           the
           Ambassador's
           Proposals
           did
           not
           tend
           to
           a
           Peace
           .
           On
           the
           12th
           .
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Aly
          
           with
           his
           two
           Associates
           return'd
           to
           the
           Tent
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           had
           spent
           two
           Hours
           in
           a
           private
           Conference
           ,
           took
           horse
           to
           attend
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           know
           his
           Pleasure
           .
           Three
           hours
           after
           
             Aly
             Manino
          
           brought
           back
           word
           ,
           that
           his
           Majesty
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           grant
           all
           that
           the
           Ambassadour
           shou'd
           desire
           ,
           and
           even
           more
           if
           it
           was
           possible
           .
           The
           next
           day
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Aly
          
           return'd
           with
           
             Aly
             Manino
          
           ,
           and
           concluded
           the
           Treaty
           with
           the
           Ambassador
           ,
           
           who
           ,
           two
           hours
           after
           ,
           went
           to
           receive
           his
           Audience
           of
           Leave
           .
           He
           found
           the
           King
           on
           Horse-back
           ,
           engag'd
           in
           his
           usual
           Exercises
           ,
           which
           lasted
           till
           Night
           ,
           after
           which
           his
           Majesty
           sent
           word
           to
           the
           Ambassador
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           the
           Hour
           of
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           wou'd
           speak
           with
           him
           at
           his
           coming
           out
           ;
           and
           assoon
           as
           he
           came
           forth
           he
           sent
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Lucas
          
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           Ambassador
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           him
           that
           he
           had
           granted
           all
           his
           Proposals
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           reply'd
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           nothing
           more
           to
           desire
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           esteem'd
           himself
           too
           happy
           in
           being
           an
           Eye-witness
           of
           so
           firm
           a
           Peace
           concluded
           between
           two
           such
           potent
           Emperours
           :
           after
           which
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Lucas
          
           return'd
           with
           that
           Answer
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           who
           order'd
           him
           to
           bring
           the
           Count
           of
           S.
           Amand
           before
           him
           .
           He
           found
           his
           Majesty
           standing
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           his
           Camp
           ,
           who
           receiv'd
           him
           in
           a
           very
           kind
           and
           friendly
           Manner
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Ambassador
           had
           thank'd
           him
           for
           the
           favourable
           Treatment
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           that
           Monarch
           charg'd
           him
           to
           salute
           the
           Emperour
           of
           France
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           him
           the
           Salutation
           of
           Peace
           ,
           which
           is
           esteem'd
           a
           very
           eloquent
           Phrase
           in
           that
           Country
           to
           express
           a
           sincere
           Affection
           ,
           nor
           do
           they
           ever
           use
           it
           in
           speaking
           to
           Christians
           .
           The
           King
           of
           Morocco
           is
           of
           a
           middle
           Stature
           ,
           neither
           too
           great
           ,
           nor
           too
           small
           ;
           his
           Air
           is
           courteous
           and
           inspires
           Respect
           ,
           his
           Gate
           lofty
           ,
           and
           his
           Mouth
           somewhat
           little
           ;
           he
           has
           black
           Hair
           ,
           sparkling
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           a
           Hawk-Nose
           .
           He
           had
           on
           his
           Head
           a
           red
           Cap
           
           wrapt
           about
           with
           a
           Muslin
           Turbant
           ,
           a
           Dara
           of
           a
           sort
           of
           very
           White
           Wooll
           ,
           
           with
           another
           about
           it
           of
           Yellow
           Damask
           .
           The
           Habit
           he
           wore
           consisted
           of
           a
           Cafetan
           of
           Nut-colour'd
           Cloth
           ,
           a
           wide
           and
           sleeveless
           Coat
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silk
           ,
           and
           under
           that
           a
           Haique
           of
           white
           Muslin
           girt
           round
           his
           Body
           like
           a
           Cloth
           ,
           with
           a
           Shirt
           of
           Mail
           to
           secure
           him
           against
           private
           Attempts
           ,
           a
           Piece
           of
           Caution
           that
           may
           be
           excus'd
           in
           one
           that
           has
           been
           three
           or
           four
           times
           in
           danger
           of
           Assassination
           ;
           a
           green
           Wast-Coat
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           Shirt
           with
           Sleeves
           like
           those
           of
           a
           Surplice
           .
           His
           Boots
           ,
           or
           rather
           Buskins
           ,
           were
           of
           red
           Leather
           plaited
           all
           over
           ;
           and
           his
           Spurrs
           of
           Iron
           gilt
           ,
           with
           a
           Prick
           as
           long
           as
           a
           Bodkin
           .
           He
           had
           about
           200
           Horses
           who
           were
           not
           very
           beautiful
           ,
           but
           they
           were
           of
           a
           large
           Size
           ,
           and
           seem'd
           to
           be
           very
           good
           .
           His
           Army
           consisted
           of
           between
           40
           and
           50000
           Men
           ,
           encamp'd
           (
           as
           they
           fight
           )
           without
           any
           Order
           ,
           on
           Mount
           Atlas
           .
           Sometimes
           he
           puts
           himself
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           10000
           Horse
           to
           enure
           'em
           to
           War
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           only
           a
           sort
           of
           undisciplin'd
           Militia
           .
           His
           usual
           Guard
           was
           then
           compos'd
           of
           7000
           Negro's
           ,
           and
           300
           Renegado's
           cloath'd
           in
           Red
           and
           Green
           ,
           besides
           200
           Pages
           both
           Moors
           and
           Blacks
           ,
           who
           are
           his
           Slaves
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           in
           his
           Return
           was
           conducted
           by
           Bengaraya
           Son
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Talmenin
           ,
           who
           provided
           much
           better
           Entertainment
           for
           him
           on
           the
           Road
           ,
           than
           
             Mehemed
             Thummin
          
           did
           in
           his
           Journey
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           tho'
           he
           was
           treated
           with
           all
           possible
           Civility
           in
           France
           .
           It
           
           happen'd
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Ambassador's
           Servants
           was
           slightly
           wounded
           by
           a
           Barbarian
           ,
           with
           a
           Fire-Lock
           charg'd
           with
           Hail-shot
           :
           Immediately
           Bengaraya
           ,
           without
           speaking
           a
           word
           ,
           laid
           his
           Hand
           on
           his
           Horse
           ,
           and
           drawing
           out
           his
           Scymitar
           ,
           cut
           off
           the
           Heads
           of
           three
           Men
           ,
           without
           once
           enquiring
           who
           discharg'd
           the
           Piece
           ,
           and
           ask'd
           the
           Ambassador
           whether
           he
           wou'd
           have
           him
           cut
           off
           Fifty
           Heads
           more
           ,
           who
           reply'd
           that
           he
           was
           more
           than
           satisfi'd
           with
           what
           he
           had
           done
           already
           :
           then
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           you
           must
           give
           me
           an
           Acquittance
           under
           your
           Hand
           ,
           for
           ,
           without
           that
           ,
           if
           the
           King
           shou'd
           be
           inform'd
           that
           I
           have
           only
           cut
           off
           three
           Heads
           ,
           he
           wou'd
           certainly
           take
           off
           mine
           .
           The
           Ambassador
           granted
           his
           Desire
           ,
           and
           learn'd
           afterwards
           that
           the
           Bassa
           of
           Morocco
           ,
           who
           commands
           under
           the
           King's
           Brother
           ,
           passing
           by
           the
           Place
           where
           the
           Accident
           happen'd
           ,
           had
           caus'd
           20
           Barbarians
           to
           be
           beheaded
           ,
           and
           sent
           50
           more
           to
           Morocco
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           kept
           Prisoners
           .
           In
           most
           Places
           the
           Ambassador
           was
           receiv'd
           with
           extraordinary
           Respect
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Women
           came
           forth
           to
           meet
           him
           shouting
           for
           Joy
           ,
           tho'
           that
           Honour
           is
           by
           Custom
           appropriated
           to
           the
           King.
           He
           arriv'd
           at
           Tetuan
           on
           the
           19th
           .
           and
           the
           22th
           .
           the
           Consul
           of
           
             Salley
             ,
             Aly
             Manino
             ,
             Benachey
             ,
          
           the
           Admiral
           
             Ben
             Joseph
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Alcayd
             Lucas
          
           ,
           Keeper
           of
           the
           Seals
           ,
           gave
           him
           the
           Letters
           directed
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           which
           were
           seal'd
           on
           the
           Out-side
           .
           And
           after
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           Satisfaction
           for
           the
           Vessel
           taken
           by
           the
           
           Salley-Bark
           ,
           
           he
           went
           on
           board
           the
           Valiant
           ,
           
           and
           arriv'd
           at
           Toulon
           on
           the
           14th
           .
           of
           April
           1683
           ,
           with
           twenty
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           whom
           the
           Emperour
           of
           Morocco
           sent
           for
           a
           Present
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           same
           time
           that
           Colbert
           neglected
           no
           Opportunities
           of
           displaying
           his
           Master's
           Grandeur
           in
           foreign
           Countries
           ,
           he
           apply'd
           himself
           with
           his
           usual
           Diligence
           to
           the
           Regulation
           of
           Affairs
           at
           Home
           :
           He
           injoyn'd
           a
           rigorous
           Execution
           of
           the
           Orders
           that
           exclude
           those
           who
           are
           not
           arriv'd
           at
           the
           Age
           appointed
           by
           Law
           ,
           or
           have
           Relations
           in
           the
           prohibited
           Degrees
           already
           in
           Office
           ,
           from
           being
           admitted
           into
           the
           Superiour
           Courts
           :
           But
           when
           he
           perceiv'd
           how
           much
           the
           Offices
           of
           Judicature
           were
           disregarded
           since
           their
           Prices
           were
           fixt
           ,
           he
           thought
           fit
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           to
           mitigate
           that
           Severity
           ;
           and
           to
           facilitate
           the
           filling
           up
           of
           those
           places
           ,
           he
           persuaded
           the
           King
           to
           grant
           Dispensations
           till
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Year
           1686
           ,
           at
           the
           rate
           of
           1500
           Livres
           for
           each
           prohibited
           Relation
           ,
           and
           as
           much
           for
           the
           defect
           of
           Age.
           The
           same
           Minister
           being
           inform'd
           that
           the
           Money
           rais'd
           by
           the
           Duties
           granted
           to
           the
           Cities
           and
           Corporations
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           their
           Debts
           ,
           was
           diverted
           to
           other
           uses
           ,
           procur'd
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           bearing
           Date
           the
           13th
           .
           of
           March
           1683
           ,
           by
           which
           the
           Mayors
           ,
           Echevins
           ,
           Consuls
           ,
           and
           other
           Officers
           who
           had
           receiv'd
           those
           Summs
           ,
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           'em
           in
           three
           Months
           ,
           before
           the
           Intendants
           of
           their
           
           respective
           Generalities
           .
           
           Colbert
           obtain'd
           also
           the
           Publication
           of
           another
           Edict
           ,
           to
           restrain
           those
           that
           were
           possess'd
           of
           Offices
           in
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           ,
           from
           making
           use
           of
           their
           Authority
           to
           defraud
           their
           Creditors
           :
           And
           the
           better
           to
           regulate
           the
           Distribution
           of
           the
           Valuation
           ,
           't
           was
           ordain'd
           by
           the
           same
           Edict
           ,
           that
           Opponents
           to
           the
           Seal
           shall
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           all
           other
           Creditors
           ,
           tho'
           they
           be
           priviledg'd
           Persons
           ,
           who
           have
           neglected
           that
           Circumstance
           ,
           and
           even
           before
           those
           who
           have
           obtain'd
           an
           actual
           Seizure
           of
           the
           Benefits
           of
           the
           Offices
           ;
           and
           that
           of
           those
           Opponents
           such
           as
           are
           priviledg'd
           shall
           be
           first
           paid
           ;
           that
           afterwards
           the
           Mortgagees
           shall
           be
           rank'd
           according
           to
           the
           order
           of
           their
           respective
           Mortgages
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Overplus
           of
           the
           Valuation
           shall
           be
           shar'd
           among
           the
           Creditors
           that
           have
           only
           Bills
           or
           Notes
           for
           their
           Assurance
           .
           The
           same
           Edict
           ordains
           ,
           that
           six
           Months
           after
           the
           seizure
           of
           the
           Benefits
           of
           Offices
           in
           Superiour
           Courts
           ,
           and
           three
           Months
           in
           the
           Subaltern
           Courts
           ,
           the
           Creditors
           may
           obtain
           an
           Order
           ,
           obliging
           the
           Titulary
           Possessor
           to
           constitute
           an
           Attorney
           
             ad
             resignandum
          
           ,
           in
           default
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Judgment
           awarded
           shall
           have
           the
           force
           of
           a
           Warrant
           of
           Attorney
           ;
           and
           that
           three
           Years
           after
           the
           Declaration
           of
           a
           Judgment
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           confirm'd
           by
           a
           Sentence
           ,
           or
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Appeal
           made
           from
           it
           ,
           the
           Officer
           shall
           remain
           absolutely
           prohibited
           and
           incapacitated
           to
           discharge
           his
           Office.
           
        
         
         
           
           Colbert
           being
           inform'd
           that
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           Algiers
           continu'd
           still
           to
           disturb
           his
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           their
           Trade
           ,
           resolv'd
           either
           to
           destroy
           'em
           irrecoverably
           ,
           or
           to
           force
           'em
           to
           beg
           a
           Peace
           :
           And
           in
           order
           to
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           that
           Design
           ,
           he
           sent
           his
           Son
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           to
           Provence
           ,
           to
           hasten
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Fleet.
           Immediately
           after
           his
           Arrival
           at
           Marseilles
           ,
           he
           took
           a
           review
           of
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           which
           he
           found
           in
           very
           good
           order
           ,
           especially
           the
           sixteen
           that
           were
           fitted
           out
           by
           his
           Majesty's
           Orders
           .
           He
           visited
           also
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           Magazins
           ,
           and
           Hospital
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           to
           Toulon
           ,
           to
           dispatch
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           on
           the
           design'd
           Expedition
           ,
           with
           the
           Galleys
           and
           other
           Vessels
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Navy
           .
           After
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Lery
          
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           took
           a
           Pyrate
           of
           Algiers
           ,
           of
           eighteen
           Guns
           ,
           and
           one
           hundred
           and
           fifty
           Men
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           found
           thirty
           Christian
           Slaves
           ,
           whom
           he
           set
           at
           liberty
           .
           And
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           sunk
           a
           Bark
           belonging
           to
           the
           same
           Pyrates
           ,
           and
           retook
           a
           Vessel
           laden
           with
           Marble
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           sending
           to
           Algiers
           .
           The
           News
           of
           this
           Expedition
           drove
           all
           the
           Pyrates
           into
           their
           Harbour
           ,
           except
           two
           Caravells
           ,
           two
           Barks
           ,
           and
           another
           Vessel
           ,
           that
           were
           sail'd
           to
           Constantinople
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           set
           sail
           from
           
             Toulon
             ,
             May
             6th
          
           .
           1683
           ,
           with
           six
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           having
           order'd
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           Pinnaces
           ,
           and
           other
           Vessels
           ,
           to
           meet
           at
           the
           Islands
           call'd
           Fromentieres
           ,
           
           near
           Yvica
           .
           Some
           Days
           after
           he
           met
           with
           a
           Storm
           ,
           and
           was
           forc'd
           to
           spend
           some
           time
           in
           refitting
           his
           Ships
           ;
           after
           which
           he
           set
           sail
           on
           the
           18th
           .
           and
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           4th
           .
           of
           June
           at
           the
           appointed
           Rendezvous
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           scowr'd
           the
           Coast
           of
           Catalonia
           .
           He
           was
           joyn'd
           on
           the
           9th
           .
           by
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           and
           Pinnaces
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           on
           his
           intended
           Voyage
           without
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           yet
           come
           up
           .
           On
           the
           18th
           .
           he
           discover'd
           the
           Road
           of
           Algiers
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           ,
           who
           had
           lately
           retaken
           an
           English
           Ship
           from
           a
           Pyrate
           that
           pretended
           to
           belong
           to
           Tetuan
           ,
           but
           had
           a
           Commission
           from
           Algiers
           :
           And
           in
           the
           same
           place
           he
           was
           joyn'd
           by
           
             Septeme
             ,
             Vilette
             ,
             du
             Merré
             ,
          
           and
           S.
           Mars-Colbert
           .
           He
           order'd
           his
           Ships
           to
           Anchor
           as
           near
           the
           Port
           as
           they
           cou'd
           ,
           but
           without
           Cannon-shot
           ,
           and
           posted
           nine
           of
           'em
           at
           equal
           distances
           ,
           in
           a
           crooked
           Line
           ,
           resembling
           the
           Figure
           of
           the
           Mole
           .
           These
           were
           the
           
             Fleuron
             ,
             Firm
             ,
             Syren
             ,
             Prudent
             ,
             Amiable
             ,
             Vigilant
             ,
             Laurel
             ,
             Sea-horse
             ,
          
           and
           Star
           ,
           commanded
           by
           the
           Count
           
             d'
             Etrées
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Sepville
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Lery
             ,
             Septeme
          
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           the
           Son
           ,
           Bellile
           ,
           and
           the
           Commander
           
             des
             Goutes
          
           .
           The
           seven
           first
           were
           order'd
           to
           carry
           each
           an
           Anchor
           ,
           with
           middle-siz'd
           Cables
           ,
           having
           one
           end
           fasten'd
           to
           the
           Ship
           ,
           within
           600
           Toises
           of
           the
           Mole
           ,
           to
           serve
           for
           the
           Towing
           of
           the
           Galleys
           to
           their
           respective
           Posts
           ;
           and
           the
           Sea-horse
           and
           
           Star
           had
           orders
           to
           carry
           their
           Anchors
           for
           Towing
           nearer
           the
           Town
           than
           the
           other
           seven
           ,
           that
           advancing
           by
           the
           help
           of
           their
           Anchors
           ,
           they
           might
           lie
           on
           the
           Wings
           and
           Flank
           ,
           and
           support
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           if
           they
           shou'd
           be
           attack'd
           by
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           for
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           had
           receiv'd
           Advice
           ,
           that
           the
           Algerines
           had
           prepar'd
           two
           arm'd
           Galleys
           ,
           and
           other
           light
           Vessels
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           he
           order'd
           the
           Anchors
           to
           be
           cast
           nearer
           to
           each
           other
           than
           the
           distances
           between
           the
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           that
           their
           Front
           being
           contracted
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           more
           easily
           supported
           by
           the
           Men
           of
           War
           posted
           on
           the
           Wings
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Vessels
           might
           not
           be
           endanger'd
           by
           the
           changes
           of
           Wind
           and
           Tide
           .
           The
           Bomb-Vessels
           were
           the
           
             Fulminant
             ,
             Thunderer
             ,
             Brulante
             ,
             Bombard
             ,
             Cruel
             ,
             Menaçante
             ,
          
           and
           Ardent
           ,
           commanded
           by
           
             Chevigny
             ,
             Piaudiere
             ,
             la
             Motte
             d'
             Eran
             ,
             de
             Combes
             ,
             de
             Poenti
             ,
             Goestin
             ,
          
           and
           
             du
             Quêne-Monier
          
           .
           Besides
           the
           usual
           Complement
           of
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           order'd
           ten
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Marine
           Guard
           ,
           ten
           Granadiers
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           chosen
           Soldiers
           to
           embark
           on
           each
           of
           'em
           ;
           and
           appointed
           two
           Pinnaces
           or
           arm'd
           Boats
           to
           attend
           each
           Bomb-Vessel
           ,
           and
           two
           
             Corps
             de
             Guard
          
           of
           those
           Boats
           to
           support
           the
           rest
           .
           The
           21st
           .
           and
           22d
           .
           were
           spent
           in
           taking
           up
           the
           Posts
           ,
           and
           other
           necessary
           Preparations
           .
           The
           23d
           .
           the
           Captains
           of
           the
           Ships
           carry'd
           in
           their
           Towing-Anchors
           ;
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tourville
          
           carry'd
           the
           Anchor
           of
           the
           Vessel
           that
           was
           to
           be
           posted
           next
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           the
           Anchor
           of
           that
           which
           was
           to
           be
           posted
           towards
           the
           South
           .
           The
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Lery
          
           carry'd
           the
           middle
           Anchor
           ;
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Intervals
           were
           carry'd
           by
           the
           Commanders
           of
           the
           Ships
           to
           which
           the
           Cables
           were
           fasten'd
           .
           All
           these
           Orders
           were
           executed
           without
           the
           least
           Opposition
           from
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           imagin'd
           that
           the
           French
           made
           these
           Motions
           only
           to
           observe
           the
           Mole
           ,
           and
           try
           the
           reach
           of
           their
           Guns
           ;
           for
           the
           Work
           was
           carry'd
           on
           with
           so
           much
           exactness
           ,
           that
           the
           Enemy
           saw
           neither
           the
           Anchors
           nor
           Cables
           .
           The
           rest
           of
           the
           Day
           was
           spent
           in
           preparing
           the
           Bombs
           and
           Mortars
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           Evening
           Raymondis
           ,
           Major
           of
           the
           Fleet
           ,
           receiv'd
           Orders
           to
           appoint
           a
           Guard
           of
           Pinnaces
           to
           prevent
           the
           Enemies
           from
           weighing
           the
           Anchors
           during
           the
           Night
           ;
           but
           they
           kept
           close
           in
           the
           Port.
           The
           24th
           .
           no
           Attempt
           cou'd
           be
           made
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           bad
           Weather
           ,
           which
           continu'd
           also
           on
           the
           25th
           ,
           but
           at
           Night
           was
           succeeded
           by
           a
           perfect
           Calm
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           gave
           the
           Signal
           for
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           to
           advance
           in
           order
           ;
           the
           Men
           of
           War
           took
           up
           their
           Posts
           on
           the
           Wings
           ,
           and
           the
           Major
           sent
           part
           of
           the
           arm'd
           Boats
           towards
           the
           Vessels
           on
           the
           North
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           towards
           those
           on
           the
           South
           .
           Each
           Bomb-Vessel
           was
           accompany'd
           with
           two
           Boats
           ,
           and
           two
           others
           were
           plac'd
           near
           the
           Entry
           of
           the
           Port
           ,
           with
           two
           light
           Boats
           furnish'd
           with
           Matches
           and
           Trains
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           
           order'd
           to
           fire
           if
           the
           Enemy
           shou'd
           venture
           out
           of
           the
           Port
           ,
           for
           a
           Signal
           to
           all
           the
           arm'd
           Boats
           on
           the
           Wings
           to
           advance
           to
           the
           relief
           of
           the
           Galleys
           .
           The
           Bomb-Vessels
           did
           not
           begin
           to
           play
           till
           one
           a-clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           because
           the
           roughness
           of
           the
           Sea
           hinderd
           their
           Approach
           :
           They
           continu'd
           firing
           two
           Hours
           ,
           and
           threw
           ninety
           Bombs
           ,
           which
           fell
           (
           at
           least
           almost
           all
           of
           'em
           )
           either
           in
           the
           Port
           ,
           on
           the
           Mole
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           City
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           
             Chevaliers
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           and
           
             de
             Lery
          
           ,
           with
           the
           principal
           Officers
           ,
           went
           about
           in
           their
           Boats
           to
           give
           necessary
           Orders
           ,
           with
           an
           extraordinary
           Bravery
           and
           Diligence
           .
           Assoon
           as
           the
           Enemy
           saw
           the
           Mortars
           planted
           ,
           they
           play'd
           furiously
           with
           their
           Great
           Guns
           ,
           and
           fir'd
           above
           600
           Shot
           .
           They
           had
           kindl'd
           great
           Fires
           on
           the
           Mole
           ,
           to
           discover
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           and
           Boats
           ;
           and
           always
           when
           they
           perceiv'd
           the
           Fire
           of
           the
           Mortars
           ,
           they
           immediately
           discharg'd
           all
           their
           Guns
           ,
           but
           without
           doing
           any
           Execution
           .
           The
           Bombs
           made
           a
           prodigious
           havock
           ,
           as
           the
           Slaves
           afterwards
           related
           :
           Several
           arm'd
           Barks
           that
           were
           in
           the
           Port
           were
           sunk
           in
           an
           instant
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Bombs
           falling
           on
           the
           Batteries
           ,
           dismounted
           several
           Pieces
           of
           Cannon
           ;
           and
           those
           which
           fell
           into
           the
           City
           kill'd
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Persons
           .
           Several
           Houses
           were
           thrown
           down
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           buried
           under
           the
           Ruins
           .
           After
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           had
           continu'd
           firing
           for
           two
           Hours
           with
           so
           great
           Success
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           thought
           fit
           to
           give
           the
           Signal
           of
           Retreat
           by
           firing
           two
           Guns
           ,
           because
           there
           arose
           a
           Land-Wind
           which
           wou'd
           have
           endanger'd
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           .
           The
           27th
           .
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           perceiving
           the
           Sea
           to
           be
           calm
           ,
           he
           commanded
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           to
           advance
           in
           the
           same
           Order
           as
           before
           ;
           and
           they
           threw
           in
           about
           120
           Bombs
           with
           extraordinary
           Success
           ,
           while
           the
           Enemy
           made
           a
           continual
           fire
           with
           their
           Cannon
           .
           The
           French
           lost
           only
           
             Choiseul
             d'
             Ambouville
          
           ,
           Ensign
           of
           the
           Prudent
           ,
           who
           was
           kill'd
           ,
           with
           two
           Soldiers
           in
           a
           Boat
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           Shot
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Enemy's
           Bullets
           reach'd
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           and
           the
           Ardent
           ,
           commanded
           by
           
             du
             Quêne
             Monier
          
           ,
           which
           lay
           next
           the
           Mole
           ,
           receiv'd
           several
           Shot
           without
           any
           damage
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           singlar
           Artifice
           with
           which
           she
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           were
           contriv'd
           .
           At
           last
           there
           arose
           so
           furious
           a
           Land-Wind
           ,
           and
           the
           Sea
           grew
           so
           rough
           ,
           that
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           were
           forc'd
           to
           retire
           to
           the
           Ships
           that
           supported
           'em
           ,
           because
           all
           the
           Towing-Anchors
           were
           set
           a-drift
           by
           the
           Storm
           .
           The
           Bombs
           that
           were
           thrown
           this
           Night
           did
           greater
           execution
           than
           before
           :
           For
           one
           of
           'em
           falling
           upon
           the
           Watch-Tower
           ,
           and
           rolling
           downwards
           ,
           disorder'd
           the
           Batteries
           ,
           and
           kill'd
           several
           Officers
           of
           the
           Artillery
           ;
           and
           most
           of
           the
           rest
           fell
           either
           into
           the
           City
           ,
           or
           upon
           the
           Mole
           ,
           which
           were
           very
           much
           shatter'd
           by
           '
           em
           .
           Assoon
           as
           the
           Galleys
           retir'd
           ,
           there
           arose
           a
           Mutiny
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           number
           
           of
           Women
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           support
           the
           cruelty
           of
           their
           Disasters
           ,
           went
           in
           a
           desperate
           manner
           to
           the
           
             Bassa
             ,
             Dey
          
           ,
           and
           principal
           Officers
           ,
           some
           carrying
           their
           mangl'd
           Children
           ,
           and
           others
           the
           Arms
           and
           Heads
           of
           their
           Husbands
           and
           Relations
           that
           were
           kill'd
           by
           the
           Bombs
           .
           The
           Soldiery
           were
           also
           accessory
           to
           the
           Mutiny
           ,
           and
           accus'd
           Baba-Hassan
           in
           a
           threatning
           manner
           ,
           as
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           Breach
           with
           France
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           the
           Misery
           of
           Algiers
           :
           Their
           Commanders
           protested
           they
           were
           and
           wou'd
           always
           be
           ready
           to
           march
           against
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           but
           added
           ,
           that
           they
           wou'd
           not
           be
           thus
           kill'd
           in
           their
           Houses
           ;
           and
           went
           boldly
           to
           the
           
           Bassa's
           House
           ,
           requiring
           him
           to
           inflict
           a
           due
           Punishment
           on
           Baba-Hassan
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Peace
           with
           France
           .
           In
           compliance
           with
           their
           Desires
           ,
           the
           Bassa
           ,
           whose
           Office
           does
           not
           entitle
           him
           to
           an
           absolute
           Authority
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           call'd
           a
           meeting
           of
           the
           Divan
           ,
           on
           the
           20th
           .
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           after
           he
           had
           prepar'd
           their
           Minds
           with
           a
           pathetic
           Declamation
           against
           Baba-Hassan
           ,
           he
           endeavour'd
           to
           convince
           'em
           of
           the
           nenecessity
           of
           desiring
           a
           Peace
           from
           the
           General
           of
           the
           French
           Fleet
           ,
           adding
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           refus'd
           to
           take
           that
           Course
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           only
           way
           to
           save
           the
           City
           from
           utter
           Destruction
           ,
           he
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           retire
           to
           Tunis
           ,
           and
           write
           to
           the
           
             Grand
             Signior
          
           that
           Baba-Hassan
           had
           ruin'd
           Algiers
           ,
           and
           made
           it
           incapable
           of
           paying
           the
           usual
           Tribute
           to
           his
           Highness
           .
           The
           Principal
           Members
           of
           the
           
           Divan
           and
           Military
           Officers
           were
           so
           mov'd
           by
           these
           Remonstrances
           ,
           that
           they
           agreed
           unanimously
           to
           follow
           his
           Advice
           :
           And
           in
           pursuance
           of
           that
           Resolution
           ,
           they
           deputed
           a
           particular
           Friend
           of
           Baba-Hassan
           ,
           whom
           they
           sent
           ,
           with
           an
           Interpreter
           ,
           in
           a
           Pinnace
           with
           a
           white
           Flag
           ,
           and
           oblig'd
           the
           Missionary
           
             le
             Vacher
          
           ,
           to
           accompany
           him
           .
           They
           arriv'd
           about
           nine
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           at
           the
           Admiral
           's
           Vessel
           ,
           who
           without
           suffering
           'em
           to
           come
           on
           board
           ,
           order'd
           'em
           to
           retire
           behind
           the
           Ship
           ,
           where
           they
           might
           deliver
           their
           Proposals
           ,
           and
           receive
           an
           Answer
           from
           the
           Deck
           :
           But
           being
           inform'd
           by
           
             le
             Vacher
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Secret
           of
           the
           Message
           ,
           he
           permitted
           the
           Deputy
           and
           his
           Interpreter
           to
           come
           on
           board
           ,
           and
           answer'd
           'em
           in
           Writing
           ,
           to
           prevent
           both
           Mistakes
           and
           Misrepresentations
           ;
           that
           he
           wou'd
           not
           hearken
           to
           any
           Proposals
           of
           Peace
           ,
           till
           they
           had
           freely
           discharg'd
           and
           set
           at
           liberty
           all
           their
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           even
           those
           of
           other
           Nations
           whom
           they
           had
           taken
           on
           board
           French
           Ships
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           after
           several
           Comings
           and
           Goings
           ,
           141
           Slaves
           were
           brought
           on
           board
           the
           Admiral
           ,
           among
           whom
           was
           Beaujeu
           ,
           a
           Captain
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Ships
           ,
           who
           was
           taken
           in
           a
           small
           Vessel
           ,
           and
           sold
           for
           11200
           Piasters
           ;
           and
           the
           Deputy
           who
           accompany'd
           'em
           ,
           assur'd
           the
           Admiral
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           Orders
           given
           to
           gather
           together
           all
           the
           French
           Slaves
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           were
           taken
           under
           the
           Banner
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           to
           restore
           'em
           without
           delay
           .
           He
           demanded
           
           also
           (
           in
           
           Baba-Hassan's
           Name
           )
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Reys
           ,
           and
           other
           Algerines
           that
           were
           taken
           by
           
             de
             Lery
          
           in
           his
           way
           to
           Algiers
           ,
           but
           cou'd
           not
           obtain
           a
           favourable
           Answer
           .
           On
           the
           30th
           .
           of
           June
           ,
           and
           1st
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           he
           brought
           276
           Slaves
           more
           ;
           and
           after
           several
           earnest
           Solicitations
           ,
           obtain'd
           the
           liberty
           of
           the
           Reys
           .
           The
           remaining
           Slaves
           were
           also
           freed
           ,
           and
           brought
           on
           board
           before
           the
           5th
           .
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           four
           Women
           ,
           one
           of
           Marseilles
           ,
           and
           three
           of
           Messina
           .
           Thus
           his
           Majesty
           humbl'd
           the
           Insolence
           of
           those
           haughty
           Pyrates
           ,
           who
           imagin'd
           themselves
           to
           be
           secur'd
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           being
           attack'd
           in
           their
           Port
           ,
           after
           the
           unsuccessful
           Attempt
           of
           the
           Emperour
           Charles
           V.
           
        
         
           The
           Joy
           with
           which
           Colbert
           receiv'd
           the
           News
           of
           the
           happy
           Success
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Arms
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           his
           desire
           to
           outstrip
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Louvois
           ,
           who
           for
           a
           long
           time
           had
           been
           the
           Object
           of
           his
           Jealousie
           ,
           made
           him
           strive
           with
           so
           much
           eagerness
           to
           discharge
           the
           Duties
           of
           so
           many
           several
           Offices
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           he
           sunk
           under
           that
           perpetual
           and
           insupportable
           Load
           of
           Cares
           ,
           and
           the
           fatal
           violence
           of
           his
           last
           Disease
           ,
           occasion'd
           by
           a
           Stone
           in
           the
           Kidneys
           ,
           which
           put
           an
           end
           to
           his
           Life
           on
           the
           6th
           .
           of
           September
           1683
           ,
           at
           the
           Age
           of
           Sixty
           four
           Years
           .
           He
           was
           assisted
           at
           his
           Death
           by
           Cornoüaille
           ,
           Vicar
           of
           St.
           Eustachius
           ,
           and
           that
           celebrated
           Preacher
           ,
           Father
           Bourdaloüe
           ,
           the
           Jesuit
           :
           And
           the
           Ceremony
           of
           his
           Interrment
           was
           perform'd
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           under
           a
           Guard
           
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Watch
           ,
           to
           prevent
           the
           Fury
           of
           his
           implacable
           Enemies
           ,
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Paris
           .
        
         
           His
           Children
           erected
           a
           stately
           Monument
           to
           his
           Memory
           ,
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           St.
           Eustachius
           ,
           where
           his
           Bust
           of
           White
           Marble
           is
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           of
           very
           curious
           Workmanship
           .
           His
           Death
           was
           made
           the
           Subject
           of
           many
           Verses
           ,
           of
           which
           those
           that
           follow
           are
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Account
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           this
           History
           :
        
         
           
             
             Colbert's
             dead
             —
             I
             'm
             sure
             he
             's
             dead
             ;
          
           
             I
             saw
             his
             breathless
             Body
             laid
          
           
             On
             a
             Bed
             of
             mournful
             State
             ,
          
           
             With
             all
             the
             solemn
             Pomp
             of
             Fate
             .
          
           
             I
             softly
             walk'd
             ,
             and
             often
             stood
             ,
          
           
             And
             long
             the
             pleasing
             Object
             view'd
             .
          
           
             Each
             Room
             Death's
             Sable
             Liv'ry
             wore
             ,
          
           
             And
             all
             the
             Marks
             of
             Sorrow
             bore
             ;
          
           
             Splendid
             Sorrow
             reign'd
             o'er
             all
             ;
          
           
             Sorrow
             cover'd
             every
             Wall.
          
           
             At
             last
             I
             spy'd
             a
             Fellow
             grinning
             ,
          
           
             And
             heard
             him
             whisper
             out
             his
             meaning
             :
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             what
             makes
             you
             look
             so
             sullen
             ?
          
           
             D'
             ye
             grudge
             the
             waste
             of
             so
             much
             Woollen
             ?
          
           
             Cou'd
             less
             be
             done
             ,
             good
             Mr.
             Gaper
             ,
          
           
             In
             honour
             of
             old
             Dad
             the
             Draper
             ?
          
        
         
           The
           Manuscripts
           and
           most
           curious
           Pieces
           of
           that
           numerous
           Collection
           of
           Books
           which
           he
           left
           ,
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           Cardinal
           
           Mazarin's
           Library
           ,
           who
           entrusted
           him
           with
           the
           Administration
           of
           that
           part
           of
           his
           Goods
           :
           
           for
           he
           sent
           only
           the
           most
           common
           Pieces
           to
           the
           College
           of
           the
           
             Four
             Nations
          
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           his
           Benefactor
           ,
           who
           left
           his
           Library
           for
           the
           Use
           and
           Instruction
           of
           the
           Students
           of
           that
           College
           .
        
         
           His
           Offices
           were
           divided
           after
           his
           Death
           :
           That
           of
           
             Comptroller-General
             of
             the
             Finances
          
           was
           given
           to
           
             Claude
             le
             Pelletier
          
           ,
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           ,
           who
           had
           formerly
           been
           Counsellour
           in
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           President
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Inquests
           ,
           Provost
           of
           the
           Merchants
           ,
           and
           was
           afterwards
           made
           Counsellour
           of
           State
           in
           Ordinary
           :
           He
           had
           also
           been
           Tutor
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           
             John-Baptist
             Gaston
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           and
           acquir'd
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Honour
           by
           his
           wise
           Management
           of
           that
           Trust
           .
           He
           was
           an
           exact
           and
           judicious
           Person
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           Judge
           ;
           but
           his
           unacquaintedness
           with
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Finances
           made
           him
           so
           slow
           in
           dispatching
           'em
           ,
           that
           no
           less
           skilful
           a
           Successor
           than
           Pontchartrain
           ,
           cou'd
           have
           prevented
           the
           ill
           consequences
           of
           his
           Remissness
           .
           The
           Office
           of
           
             Superintendant
             of
             the
             Buildings
          
           was
           bestow'd
           on
           
             Michael-Francis
             le
             Tellier
          
           ,
           Marquess
           of
           Louvois
           ,
           Minister
           and
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           with
           the
           
             Protectorship
             of
             the
             Academy
             of
             Painting
          
           ;
           tho'
           
             Julius-Armand
             Colbert
          
           ,
           Marquess
           of
           Blainville
           ,
           Son
           of
           the
           Deceas'd
           ,
           had
           obtain'd
           the
           Reversion
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           Superintendant
           .
           So
           that
           of
           all
           his
           Places
           ,
           only
           the
           Offices
           of
           
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Commander
             and
             Great
             Treasurer
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Orders
          
           remain'd
           in
           the
           Family
           ,
           which
           were
           given
           
           to
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Seignelay
           ,
           whose
           Character
           was
           perfectly
           opposite
           to
           that
           of
           his
           Father
           .
           For
           the
           Son's
           Magnificence
           was
           as
           remarkable
           as
           his
           Father's
           Frugality
           :
           His
           Table
           was
           sumptuous
           ,
           and
           his
           Furniture
           splendid
           and
           rich
           :
           He
           had
           a
           Closet
           set
           round
           with
           Looking-Glasses
           ,
           and
           another
           Wainscotted
           with
           
           Calamba-Wood
           ,
           which
           was
           brought
           by
           his
           Orders
           from
           Siam
           :
           He
           bought
           of
           Alvarez
           a
           Collection
           of
           Italian
           Pictures
           and
           Statues
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           300000
           Livres
           ,
           part
           of
           which
           he
           paid
           in
           Pass-ports
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Ships
           that
           he
           lent
           him
           .
           He
           was
           Master
           of
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Learning
           and
           Politeness
           ;
           but
           never
           any
           Man
           exceeded
           him
           in
           Vanity
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           an
           immoderate
           lover
           of
           Pleasures
           .
           He
           was
           twice
           Marry'd
           ,
           first
           with
           
             Mary
             Margaret
          
           ,
           Marchioness
           of
           Alegre
           ,
           whose
           Fortune
           amounted
           to
           above
           60000
           Livres
           ,
           Yearly
           Revenue
           ,
           and
           after
           her
           Death
           with
           
             Katharin
             Teresa
             de
             Matignen
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Thorigny
          
           ,
           his
           Majesty's
           Lieutenant-General
           in
           Normandy
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Frances
             de
             le
             Luthumiere
          
           .
           The
           Marchioness
           of
           Alegre
           cou'd
           not
           easily
           be
           persuaded
           to
           Marry
           a
           Husband
           of
           so
           mean
           birth
           ,
           but
           Colbert
           had
           gain'd
           the
           Marquesses
           
             d'
             Alegre
          
           and
           
             d'
             Urfé
          
           ,
           the
           Uncles
           and
           Guardians
           of
           that
           rich
           Heiress
           .
           In
           consideration
           of
           this
           Match
           ,
           the
           Bishoprick
           of
           Limoges
           was
           bestow'd
           on
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Sommerive
          
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           the
           latter
           ;
           and
           the
           Father
           obtain'd
           recommendatory
           Letters
           to
           the
           principal
           Officers
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Bourdeaux
           ,
           
           where
           he
           had
           an
           important
           Suit
           depending
           ,
           against
           his
           Nephew
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Mailly
          
           ,
           about
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Crouy
           .
           The
           Marchioness
           de
           Seignelay's
           Contempt
           of
           her
           Husband
           occasion'd
           frequent
           Quarrels
           between
           'em
           ;
           and
           the
           Marquess
           ,
           who
           was
           naturally
           of
           a
           haughty
           Temper
           ,
           was
           once
           so
           transported
           with
           Fury
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           her
           a
           Blow
           ,
           which
           cost
           him
           a
           Drubbing
           that
           his
           Father
           bestow'd
           on
           him
           ,
           for
           the
           Improvement
           of
           his
           Manners
           :
           But
           the
           Bastinadoe
           produc'd
           no
           other
           effect
           on
           him
           ,
           than
           the
           Indian
           Root
           ,
           with
           which
           
           Boccace's
           Joseph
           attempted
           to
           cure
           his
           Wife
           of
           her
           Sawciness
           .
           After
           that
           Lady's
           Death
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Bournonville
           offer'd
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           who
           was
           also
           very
           rich
           ,
           to
           supply
           her
           place
           ;
           but
           Colbert
           refus'd
           the
           Match
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           Duke
           (
           who
           was
           
           Fouquet's
           intimate
           Friend
           )
           hop'd
           by
           that
           means
           to
           be
           reinstated
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           Paris
           ,
           which
           he
           injoy'd
           during
           Cardinal
           
           Mazarin's
           Life
           .
        
         
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Blainville
          
           having
           lost
           all
           hope
           of
           his
           Superintendantship
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           depend
           on
           his
           Sword
           for
           the
           Advancement
           of
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           and
           contented
           himself
           at
           present
           with
           the
           mean
           Preferment
           of
           a
           Lieutenant's
           Place
           in
           the
           Regiment
           of
           
             Picardy
             .
             Anthony
             Martin
             Colbert
          
           ,
           tho'
           scarce
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           was
           (
           as
           I
           hinted
           before
           )
           receiv'd
           Knight
           of
           Malta
           ,
           during
           the
           Life
           of
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           a
           Commander
           ,
           to
           flatter
           both
           ,
           said
           aloud
           at
           his
           coming
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           young
           Pretender
           had
           
           pass'd
           his
           Four
           Quarters
           .
           Moreri
           derives
           
           Colbert's
           Pedigree
           from
           an
           ancient
           Scotch
           Family
           that
           settl'd
           in
           Champaign
           in
           the
           XIII
           .
           Age
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           Author's
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           he
           grounds
           on
           the
           Epitaph
           of
           
             Richard
             Colbert
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Cordeliers
           at
           Rheims
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           the
           Arms
           of
           that
           Family
           :
           But
           that
           Proof
           is
           of
           no
           force
           ,
           for
           the
           alledg'd
           Inscription
           was
           placed
           there
           ,
           when
           Colbert
           design'd
           to
           procure
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Maltese
           Knighthood
           for
           his
           Son
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Testimony
           of
           the
           old
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           who
           affirm
           that
           formerly
           there
           was
           no
           Engraving
           on
           the
           Tomb.
           
             Giles
             Menage
          
           ,
           a
           profess'd
           Wit
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           
           Colbert's
           Pensioners
           ,
           attempted
           to
           squeeze
           some
           new
           Favours
           out
           of
           him
           by
           composing
           his
           Genealogy
           ,
           which
           he
           deduc'd
           from
           the
           ancient
           Kings
           of
           Scotland
           ;
           but
           that
           Minister
           perceiving
           the
           obvious
           grossness
           of
           the
           Flattery
           ,
           instead
           of
           rewarding
           his
           Zeal
           ,
           depriv'd
           him
           of
           his
           Pension
           .
           A
           memorable
           Example
           for
           those
           designing
           Panegyrists
           ,
           who
           over-act
           their
           Parts
           ,
           and
           injure
           their
           Patrons
           by
           strain'd
           and
           fulsom
           Encomiums
           .
           The
           
             Chevalier
             Colbert
          
           was
           so
           fortunate
           in
           his
           new
           Dignity
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           made
           Grand
           
             Croix
             de
             Grace
          
           ,
           and
           General
           of
           the
           Galleys
           of
           the
           Order
           :
           But
           that
           Preferment
           serv'd
           only
           to
           hasten
           his
           Disgrace
           ,
           by
           discovering
           his
           Unfitness
           for
           the
           suitable
           Discharge
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Trust
           :
           For
           with
           seven
           Galleys
           that
           were
           under
           his
           command
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           the
           
           Courage
           to
           attack
           three
           Tripolin
           Vessels
           which
           he
           found
           becalm'd
           ;
           and
           his
           Cowardice
           wou'd
           have
           infallibly
           ruin'd
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           protected
           by
           the
           Authority
           of
           his
           Brother
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           .
           After
           that
           Disaster
           he
           left
           the
           Sea-Service
           ,
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           recover
           his
           Honour
           ,
           lost
           his
           Life
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           Champaign
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           Colonel
           .
           
             James
             Nicholas
             Colbert
          
           ,
           at
           present
           Archbishop
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           tho'
           he
           had
           renounc'd
           the
           Fair
           Sex
           ,
           by
           entring
           into
           the
           Episcopal
           Order
           ,
           cou'd
           not
           forbear
           espousing
           the
           Quarrel
           of
           his
           old
           Mistress
           ,
           
             la
             Certain
          
           ,
           and
           even
           carry'd
           his
           Complaisance
           so
           high
           ,
           as
           to
           punish
           the
           Inconstancy
           of
           her
           new
           Lover
           ,
           Lully
           ,
           who
           had
           forsaken
           her
           for
           the
           young
           Brunet
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           give
           him
           a
           severe
           Reprimand
           ,
           and
           causing
           him
           to
           be
           shut
           up
           in
           St.
           
           Lazarus's
           .
        
         
           The
           difference
           that
           happen'd
           shortly
           after
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Republick
           of
           Genoa
           ,
           gave
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           an
           opportunity
           of
           discovering
           the
           Extent
           and
           Variety
           of
           his
           Abilities
           .
           His
           Majesty
           complain'd
           that
           the
           Genoese
           entertain'd
           a
           closer
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Melgar
          
           ,
           Governour
           of
           Milan
           ,
           than
           was
           consistent
           with
           the
           Neutrality
           they
           promis'd
           to
           observe
           between
           the
           two
           Crowns
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           fitting
           out
           four
           new
           Galleys
           to
           join
           those
           they
           usually
           kept
           in
           his
           Catholick
           Majesty's
           Service
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Tursis
           ;
           that
           they
           sent
           Powder
           
           and
           Bombs
           to
           the
           Algarins
           ,
           for
           the
           burning
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Galleys
           in
           the
           Port
           of
           Marseilles
           ;
           That
           they
           refus'd
           to
           grant
           a
           Passage
           for
           the
           Transportation
           of
           the
           Salt
           ,
           that
           by
           Virtue
           of
           an
           agreement
           with
           the
           Duke
           of
           Mantua
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           carry'd
           thither
           from
           France
           ,
           and
           wou'd
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           settle
           Magazins
           at
           Savona
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           wou'd
           not
           do
           Justice
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Fiesque
          
           ,
           by
           restoring
           to
           him
           the
           Inheritance
           of
           the
           Count
           de
           Lavagne's
           Estate
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             St.
             Olon
          
           ,
           the
           French
           Resident
           at
           Genoa
           ,
           represented
           all
           those
           Injuries
           to
           the
           Senate
           ,
           demanding
           Satisfaction
           in
           his
           Master's
           Name
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           declar'd
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           persisted
           in
           their
           Resolution
           to
           launch
           four
           new
           Galleys
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           wou'd
           interpret
           that
           as
           an
           Act
           of
           Hostility
           ,
           and
           command
           his
           Subjects
           to
           seize
           not
           only
           on
           these
           Vessels
           ,
           but
           on
           all
           that
           belong'd
           to
           the
           Republick
           .
           But
           all
           his
           Remonstrances
           and
           Threatenings
           were
           slighted
           by
           the
           Genoese
           ,
           who
           wou'd
           not
           be
           persuaded
           to
           give
           his
           Majesty
           any
           Satisfaction
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Resident
           took
           his
           Audience
           of
           Leave
           ,
           and
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           was
           order'd
           to
           make
           necessary
           preparations
           for
           a
           Naval
           Expedition
           ,
           
           and
           even
           for
           the
           Landing
           of
           some
           Forces
           ,
           if
           the
           Obstinacy
           of
           the
           Genoese
           shou'd
           constrain
           his
           Majesty
           to
           use
           'em
           with
           the
           utmost
           Rigour
           .
        
         
           Assoon
           as
           the
           Marquess
           receiv'd
           these
           Orders
           ,
           he
           wrote
           to
           Bonrepos
           ,
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Marine
           ,
           to
           put
           'em
           in
           execution
           ,
           without
           
           acquainting
           him
           with
           the
           Design
           ;
           and
           not
           long
           after
           set
           forward
           for
           Toulon
           ,
           where
           he
           arriv'd
           on
           the
           26th
           .
           of
           April
           1684
           ,
           and
           took
           a
           Review
           of
           the
           Ships
           and
           Galleys
           .
           On
           the
           5th
           .
           of
           May
           he
           embark'd
           for
           the
           Isles
           of
           Hieres
           ,
           where
           the
           General
           Rendezvous
           of
           the
           Fleet
           was
           appointed
           ;
           and
           set
           sail
           on
           the
           12th
           .
           with
           fourteen
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           three
           light
           Frigats
           ,
           ten
           Galiots
           or
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           two
           Fire-Ships
           ,
           eight
           Fly-Boats
           ,
           seventeen
           Tartans
           ,
           end
           twenty
           Galleys
           .
           The
           Men
           of
           War
           were
           the
           
             Ardent
             ,
             Ferme
             ,
             Valiant
             ,
             Vigilant
             ,
             Amiable
             ,
             Parfait
             ,
             Assuré
             ,
             Fortuné
             ,
             S.
             Jacques
             ,
             Fleuron
             ,
             Aquilon
             ,
             Indien
             ,
             Capable
             ,
          
           and
           Bizarre
           ,
           commanded
           by
           the
           Marquess
           
             du
             Quêne
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tourville
          
           ,
           Lieutenant-Generals
           ;
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Lery
          
           ,
           Commanders
           of
           a
           Squadron
           ,
           
             S.
             Aubin
          
           ,
           the
           Commander
           
             des
             Goutes
             ,
             Belle-Ile-Erard
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             du
             Mené
             ,
             Septeme
          
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             la
             Porte
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Bellefontain
             ,
             Forant
             ,
             la
             Motte
             ,
          
           and
           Chaumont
           .
           The
           three
           light
           Frigats
           ,
           the
           
             Vipere
             ,
             Trompeuse
          
           ,
           and
           Subtile
           ,
           were
           commanded
           by
           
             Clarier
             ,
             Flôte
          
           ,
           and
           Pelerin
           .
           The
           Galleys
           were
           the
           
             Reale
             ,
             Patrone
             ,
             Invincible
             ,
             Forte
             ,
             Victoire
             ,
             Reine
             ,
             Valeur
             ,
             Sirene
             ,
             Grande
             ,
             Belle
             ,
             Françoise
             ,
             Hardie
             ,
             Amazone
             ,
             Galante
             ,
             Ferme
             ,
             Dauphine
             ,
             Fleur-de-lis
             ,
             Couronne
             ,
          
           and
           Perle
           ;
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Mortemar
          
           ,
           General
           of
           the
           Galleys
           ;
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Noüailles
          
           ,
           Lieutenant-General
           ;
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Bethomas
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Breteüil
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Janson
             ,
             Montaulieu
             ,
             le
             Sornier
             ,
             Forville
             ,
             
             Maubousquet
             ,
          
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Beüil
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Pennes
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             S.
             Herem
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Rochechoüart
             ,
             Montfuron
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             du
             Cher
          
           ,
           the
           Viscount
           
             de
             Lauzun
          
           ,
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             la
             Fare
          
           ,
           the
           Count
           
             du
             Luc
             ,
             Bourse
             Ville
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tancour
          
           .
           The
           Fleet
           arriv'd
           before
           Genoa
           on
           the
           17th
           .
           of
           May
           ,
           and
           the
           ten
           Bomb-Vessels
           which
           carry'd
           two
           Mortars
           each
           ,
           were
           drawn
           up
           in
           a
           Line
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           Cannon-Shot
           from
           the
           Walls
           ,
           stretching
           from
           the
           Watch-Tower
           on
           the
           Left
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Fauxbourg
             de
             Bisagno
          
           on
           the
           Right
           .
           The
           Men
           of
           War
           made
           another
           Line
           behind
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           ,
           at
           the
           distance
           of
           200
           Toises
           ,
           with
           the
           Galleys
           divided
           into
           two
           Squadrons
           .
           The
           Day
           after
           their
           Arrival
           ,
           the
           Senate
           deputed
           six
           of
           their
           Body
           to
           offer
           Proposals
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Excuse
           ,
           to
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           which
           he
           rejected
           ,
           because
           there
           was
           no
           mention
           made
           of
           giving
           Satisfaction
           to
           his
           Majesty
           .
           And
           they
           were
           even
           so
           little
           inclinable
           to
           an
           Accommodation
           ,
           that
           after
           the
           Deputies
           were
           return'd
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           fire
           at
           the
           French
           Fleet
           ;
           which
           was
           a
           sufficient
           Provocation
           to
           oblige
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           to
           begin
           the
           Bombardment
           ,
           with
           the
           Success
           of
           ruining
           several
           Palaces
           ,
           and
           other
           Buildings
           in
           the
           Prado
           .
           The
           20th
           .
           some
           of
           the
           Bomb-Vessels
           were
           order'd
           to
           stand
           in
           nearer
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           to
           play
           upon
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           City
           that
           had
           not
           yet
           receiv'd
           any
           Damage
           ;
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Bombs
           that
           were
           thrown
           in
           after
           that
           Motion
           ,
           
           fell
           upon
           a
           Palace
           at
           a
           great
           distance
           ,
           whither
           several
           Ladies
           of
           Quality
           had
           retir'd
           ;
           nor
           was
           the
           Havock
           they
           made
           in
           the
           Port
           less
           considerable
           ,
           where
           several
           Barks
           were
           shatter'd
           to
           pieces
           .
           The
           French
           Bombs
           wou'd
           have
           quickly
           frighted
           the
           Genoese
           into
           a
           Complyance
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           Desires
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           animated
           by
           the
           Spaniards
           whom
           they
           had
           receiv'd
           into
           the
           City
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           seeing
           that
           they
           persisted
           in
           their
           Obstinacy
           ,
           resolv'd
           to
           make
           a
           Descent
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           destroy
           the
           fine
           Palaces
           in
           the
           Fauxbourg
           of
           
             S.
             Pietro
             d'
             Arena
          
           .
           To
           execute
           this
           Design
           ,
           1500
           Men
           were
           detach'd
           from
           the
           Men
           of
           War
           ,
           and
           2000
           from
           the
           Galleys
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Mortemar
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Tourville
          
           :
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           a
           false
           Attack
           was
           made
           with
           700
           Men
           ,
           towards
           Bisagno
           ,
           by
           the
           Marquess
           
             d'
             Amfreville
          
           ,
           who
           executed
           his
           Commission
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Vigour
           ,
           tho'
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Engagement
           he
           receiv'd
           a
           Wound
           in
           the
           Thigh
           ,
           which
           was
           very
           troublesome
           to
           him
           for
           a
           long
           time
           after
           .
           They
           who
           were
           appointed
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           true
           Attack
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           made
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           a
           Fort
           that
           might
           have
           cut
           off
           their
           Retreat
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           drove
           the
           Enemy
           from
           House
           to
           House
           ,
           possessing
           themselves
           of
           the
           same
           Posts
           which
           they
           abandon'd
           .
           And
           after
           they
           had
           almost
           wholly
           ruin'd
           that
           Fauxbourg
           ,
           they
           retir'd
           on
           board
           the
           Ships
           ,
           having
           
           lost
           the
           
             Chevalier
             de
             Lery
          
           ,
           and
           four
           or
           five
           inferiour
           Officers
           .
           The
           29th
           .
           of
           the
           same
           Month
           ,
           the
           Fleet
           set
           sail
           ,
           and
           arrived
           at
           Toulon
           on
           the
           first
           of
           June
           .
           The
           Pope
           offer'd
           his
           Mediation
           for
           a
           Treaty
           of
           Peace
           ,
           which
           was
           concluded
           on
           the
           12th
           .
           of
           February
           1685
           ,
           
           on
           the
           Terms
           propos'd
           by
           his
           Majesty
           .
           For
           to
           obtain
           an
           entire
           Cessation
           of
           all
           Hostilities
           ,
           the
           Genoese
           submitted
           to
           ,
           (
           and
           afterwards
           punctually
           perform'd
           )
           these
           Conditions
           ;
           That
           the
           Doge
           ,
           accompany'd
           with
           four
           Senators
           ,
           shou'd
           come
           in
           Person
           to
           give
           Satisfaction
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           at
           their
           return
           ,
           re-enter
           into
           the
           Possession
           and
           Exercises
           of
           their
           Offices
           ;
           That
           the
           Republick
           shou'd
           dismiss
           all
           the
           Spanish
           Troops
           ,
           reduce
           the
           Galleys
           to
           their
           ancient
           Number
           ,
           restore
           or
           make
           good
           all
           that
           they
           had
           taken
           from
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           pay
           100000
           Crowns
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Fiesque
          
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           was
           so
           pleas'd
           with
           the
           happy
           Success
           of
           this
           Expedition
           ,
           that
           't
           was
           almost
           the
           only
           Subject
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ;
           and
           he
           caus'd
           his
           Picture
           to
           be
           drawn
           ,
           as
           he
           stood
           in
           the
           
           Reale-Galley
           ,
           with
           a
           General
           's
           Batoon
           in
           his
           Hand
           .
        
         
           
           The
           first
           Office
           of
           State
           that
           he
           perform'd
           after
           his
           Return
           ,
           was
           the
           giving
           Audience
           to
           the
           Ambassadors
           of
           Siam
           .
           For
           that
           Prince
           being
           inform'd
           that
           his
           first
           Ambassadors
           to
           France
           were
           unfortunately
           lost
           at
           Sea
           ,
           made
           choice
           of
           two
           Officers
           of
           his
           Houshold
           to
           undertake
           that
           Voyage
           in
           the
           
           
           same
           Quality
           ,
           and
           to
           settle
           a
           free
           Trade
           and
           Commerce
           between
           his
           Subjects
           and
           the
           
             French
             East-India
          
           Company
           .
           And
           the
           Confidence
           he
           repos'd
           in
           the
           Apostolical
           Missionaries
           that
           were
           in
           his
           Dominions
           ,
           made
           him
           desire
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Metellopolis
           to
           appoint
           one
           of
           these
           Fathers
           to
           accompany
           his
           Ambassadors
           in
           their
           Voyage
           to
           Siam
           .
           In
           complyance
           with
           so
           just
           a
           Desire
           ,
           that
           Prelate
           made
           choice
           of
           Vachet
           ,
           an
           old
           Missionary
           of
           Cochin-China
           ,
           who
           ,
           with
           the
           two
           Ambassadors
           ,
           
             Okoane
             Pichey
             Vallite
          
           ,
           and
           
             Khonne
             Pichise
          
           or
           Aiti
           ,
           six
           other
           Siamese
           ,
           and
           an
           Interpreter
           of
           the
           same
           Nation
           ,
           embark'd
           on
           an
           English
           Vessel
           January
           13.
           1684.
           which
           brought
           'em
           to
           England
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           pass'd
           to
           Calice
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           receiv'd
           by
           the
           Marquess
           de
           Seignelay's
           Order
           ,
           and
           conducted
           to
           Paris
           at
           the
           King's
           Charge
           .
           Afterwards
           the
           Marquess
           sent
           two
           Coaches
           to
           bring
           'em
           to
           the
           Audience
           he
           had
           granted
           'em
           ,
           and
           receiv'd
           'em
           in
           his
           Closet
           .
           The
           Ambassadors
           at
           their
           Entry
           bowed
           thrice
           with
           their
           Faces
           to
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           their
           Hands
           joyn'd
           and
           lifted
           up
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           their
           Head
           ,
           after
           the
           Fashion
           of
           their
           Country
           :
           Then
           they
           sate
           down
           on
           a
           piece
           of
           Tapestry
           ,
           and
           having
           repeated
           the
           principal
           Articles
           of
           their
           Commission
           ,
           regulated
           some
           of
           the
           Articles
           with
           him
           ;
           after
           which
           they
           had
           Audience
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Croissy
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           concluded
           the
           Treaty
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           who
           succeeded
           his
           Father
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           Affairs
           relating
           to
           Trade
           ,
           procur'd
           an
           Order
           of
           Council
           ,
           bearing
           date
           January
           6
           ,
           1685
           ,
           by
           which
           his
           Majesty
           not
           only
           confirms
           the
           Licence
           granted
           to
           the
           
           Senega-Company
           to
           Trade
           on
           the
           Coast
           of
           Afric
           ,
           from
           Cape-Blanc
           to
           the
           River
           of
           Sierra-Leona
           ;
           but
           expresly
           prohibits
           all
           other
           Persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           to
           drive
           any
           Trade
           or
           Traffick
           in
           those
           Parts
           ,
           under
           the
           pain
           of
           forfeiting
           their
           Ships
           and
           Commodities
           ,
           and
           paying
           a
           Fine
           of
           3000
           Livres
           :
           Revoking
           ,
           nevertheless
           ,
           the
           Privilege
           granted
           to
           the
           same
           Company
           ,
           to
           engross
           the
           whole
           Trade
           of
           the
           Coast
           of
           Guinea
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Cape
             of
             Good
             Hope
          
           ;
           and
           giving
           free
           leave
           and
           permission
           to
           all
           his
           Majesty's
           Subjects
           to
           Trade
           on
           any
           part
           of
           the
           Coast
           between
           the
           Cape
           and
           the
           River
           of
           Sierra-Leona
           .
           In
           February
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Blainville
          
           purchas'd
           the
           Office
           of
           
             Great
             Master
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Rodes
          
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           usual
           Oath
           before
           Julius-Henry
           ,
           then
           Duke
           
             d'
             Enguien
          
           ,
           and
           now
           Prince
           of
           Condé
           ,
           Great
           Master
           of
           the
           King's
           Houshold
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           same
           time
           the
           King
           call'd
           a
           Meeting
           of
           the
           Clergy
           at
           St.
           
             Germain
             en
             Laye
          
           ,
           to
           conclude
           on
           the
           most
           proper
           Methods
           for
           the
           utter
           extirpation
           of
           Calvinism
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           .
           His
           Majesty
           sent
           
             Lewis
             Boucherat
          
           ,
           at
           present
           Chancellor
           of
           France
           ,
           and
           
             Claude
             Pelletier
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           to
           communicate
           his
           Design
           
           to
           the
           Prelates
           and
           other
           Members
           of
           that
           Assembly
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           14th
           .
           of
           July
           the
           Clergy
           sent
           Deputies
           to
           acquaint
           his
           Majesty
           with
           their
           Resolutions
           ,
           who
           were
           conducted
           to
           their
           Audience
           ,
           by
           the
           Marquess
           .
           In
           pursuance
           of
           that
           Advice
           ,
           the
           King
           set
           forth
           an
           Edict
           ,
           revoking
           and
           abrogating
           the
           Edict
           of
           Nantes
           in
           1698
           ,
           that
           of
           Nimes
           in
           1629
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Edicts
           and
           Declarations
           granted
           in
           favour
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           .
           The
           principal
           Traders
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Paris
           ,
           professing
           that
           Religion
           ,
           met
           according
           to
           the
           Edict
           ,
           in
           the
           Marquess
           de
           Seignelay's
           House
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Achilles
             de
             Harlay
          
           ,
           then
           Attorney-General
           ,
           and
           now
           chief
           President
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           and
           of
           
             Nicholas
             de
             la
             Reynie
          
           ,
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Polity
           ,
           promised
           to
           embrace
           the
           
             Catholick
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           their
           Example
           was
           follow'd
           by
           a
           great
           number
           of
           the
           Masters
           of
           the
           incorporated
           Companies
           of
           Trades-Men
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           resolving
           to
           sup
           at
           the
           Marquess
           de
           Seignelay's
           House
           at
           Sceaux
           on
           the
           16th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1685.
           the
           Marquess
           prepar'd
           to
           Regale
           him
           with
           his
           usual
           Magnificence
           .
           His
           Majesty
           arriving
           about
           half
           an
           hour
           after
           Six
           ,
           was
           receiv'd
           at
           his
           Coming
           out
           of
           his
           Coach
           by
           the
           Marquess
           ,
           who
           conducted
           him
           to
           the
           Garden
           ,
           where
           he
           with
           the
           Dauphiness
           ,
           and
           the
           Dutchess
           of
           Orleans
           ,
           took
           their
           Seats
           in
           a
           large
           Chair
           with
           four
           Places
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           Umbrella's
           ,
           carry'd
           by
           Men
           ;
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Ladies
           of
           the
           Court
           took
           the
           Conveniency
           of
           other
           Chairs
           which
           they
           
           found
           there
           ,
           the
           Princes
           and
           Lords
           attending
           his
           Majesty
           on
           Foot.
           First
           they
           enter'd
           into
           the
           
             Pavilion
             of
             the
             Morning
          
           ,
           where
           in
           a
           Corner
           there
           were
           some
           of
           the
           most
           able
           Masters
           of
           Instrumental
           Musick
           ,
           who
           diverted
           the
           Court
           with
           their
           Consorts
           for
           a
           Quarter
           of
           an
           Hour
           ,
           after
           which
           they
           continu'd
           their
           Walk
           .
           When
           his
           Majesty
           arriv'd
           at
           the
           Cascade
           he
           heard
           the
           agreeable
           Noise
           of
           several
           Haut-Boys
           mixt
           with
           the
           Murmuring
           of
           the
           Water
           ;
           the
           Musicians
           walking
           behind
           the
           Hedge-Row
           ,
           which
           kept
           them
           a
           long
           time
           from
           being
           perceiv'd
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Diversion
           was
           renew'd
           in
           several
           Places
           of
           the
           Garden
           ,
           where
           the
           Flutes
           and
           Haut-Boys
           lay
           conceal'd
           in
           the
           Thickets
           ;
           in
           the
           Orange-House
           his
           Majesty
           was
           Regal'd
           with
           a
           Consort
           of
           Musick
           prepar'd
           for
           that
           Occasion
           .
           The
           Seats
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Gallery
           that
           ends
           in
           the
           Orange-House
           ,
           and
           was
           separated
           from
           it
           by
           large
           Pilasters
           of
           Marble
           ,
           leaning
           on
           Façades
           to
           which
           five
           great
           Candlesticks
           were
           fasten'd
           ,
           it
           being
           already
           dark
           .
           The
           same
           Order
           was
           observ'd
           throughout
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           End
           of
           the
           Place
           there
           appear'd
           two
           Benches
           or
           Stools
           ,
           on
           each
           side
           along
           the
           Declivity
           of
           an
           Amphitheatre
           ,
           above
           which
           there
           was
           a
           Gallery
           ;
           All
           these
           Parts
           were
           lighted
           by
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           little
           Lamps
           .
           The
           Fronts
           and
           Pilasters
           were
           adorn'd
           with
           flat
           Pieces
           of
           Gold-Smiths
           Work
           ,
           and
           Candlesticks
           for
           Tapers
           ;
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Orange-House
           was
           hung
           with
           Tapestry
           representing
           a
           Hunting
           Match
           ,
           and
           the
           twelve
           Months
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           and
           
           embellish'd
           with
           two
           Rows
           of
           Lamps
           from
           one
           end
           to
           the
           other
           .
           The
           Consort
           being
           ended
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           came
           forth
           at
           a
           great
           Door
           in
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           Orange-House
           ,
           and
           saw
           on
           his
           Right-hand
           several
           Walks
           of
           Orange-Trees
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Lights
           plac'd
           before
           the
           Boxes
           ;
           And
           after
           he
           had
           march'd
           about
           30
           Paces
           in
           in
           one
           of
           those
           Walks
           ,
           he
           discover'd
           a
           Table
           in
           a
           Green
           Arbour
           .
           The
           Table
           was
           four
           Foot
           and
           three
           Inches
           broad
           ,
           reaching
           quite
           round
           the
           Canal
           ,
           but
           cover'd
           only
           in
           those
           places
           that
           were
           under
           the
           Arbours
           on
           the
           Banks
           of
           the
           Canal
           ,
           to
           the
           Angles
           on
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           Flanks
           that
           were
           form'd
           into
           an
           Amphitheatre
           ,
           descending
           by
           three
           Degrees
           towards
           the
           Water
           .
           The
           King
           took
           his
           Seat
           at
           the
           Table
           in
           the
           Midst
           of
           an
           Arbour
           ,
           at
           one
           of
           the
           Ends
           of
           the
           Canal
           ,
           and
           the
           Dauphin
           was
           plac'd
           in
           the
           opposite
           Arbour
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           were
           38
           Foot
           of
           Water
           between
           'em
           ;
           the
           two
           sides
           of
           the
           Table
           were
           adorn'd
           with
           a
           Wreath
           of
           Baskets
           and
           Vessels
           of
           Porcelane
           full
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           between
           the
           branch'd
           Candlesticks
           ,
           and
           other
           Machines
           of
           Goldsmiths-Work
           carrying
           25
           Tapers
           ;
           besides
           which
           there
           were
           others
           somewhat
           lower
           .
           The
           Machines
           of
           Light
           were
           all
           of
           a
           different
           Contrivance
           ,
           representing
           his
           Majesty's
           Actions
           under
           Allegorical
           Figures
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           two
           Degrees
           were
           adorn'd
           after
           the
           the
           same
           Manner
           .
           The
           Arbours
           at
           each
           End
           of
           the
           Canal
           ,
           which
           cover'd
           the
           two
           parts
           of
           the
           Table
           where
           his
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Dauphin
           
           sate
           ,
           were
           18
           Foot
           high
           ,
           being
           arch'd
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           a
           Porch
           ,
           and
           so
           artificially
           contriv'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Cornices
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           Architecture
           were
           easily
           distinguish'd
           .
           The
           Plafond
           of
           the
           place
           where
           the
           King
           sate
           was
           encompass'd
           with
           a
           rais'd
           Work
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           the
           two
           Wings
           were
           flat
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Portico's
           were
           arch'd
           and
           adorn'd
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           Arms
           and
           Cyphers
           in
           the
           Middle
           .
           Several
           Busts
           and
           Garlands
           of
           Flowers
           hung
           also
           in
           the
           Middle
           of
           the
           Arches
           ,
           and
           the
           King's
           Arbour
           was
           cover'd
           with
           the
           like
           Ornaments
           .
           All
           the
           Cornices
           were
           border'd
           with
           150
           branch'd
           Candlesticks
           ,
           bearing
           six
           Tapers
           each
           ,
           with
           a
           silver
           Basket
           full
           of
           Flowers
           between
           every
           two
           Candlesticks
           .
           All
           the
           Arches
           were
           furnish'd
           with
           Damask
           Curtains
           ,
           ty'd
           back
           to
           the
           Pilasters
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           Company
           from
           Rain
           ,
           if
           there
           shou'd
           be
           occasion
           ;
           and
           over-against
           the
           sides
           of
           the
           Table
           there
           were
           two
           Cupboards
           of
           State
           ,
           supported
           by
           great
           Arches
           ,
           and
           crown'd
           with
           Arbours
           ,
           containing
           20
           Foot
           in
           Front
           ,
           and
           rising
           by
           three
           Degrees
           ,
           adorn'd
           with
           Multiplying-Glasses
           ,
           besides
           several
           Curious
           Pieces
           of
           Gold
           and
           Silver-Work
           ,
           among
           which
           there
           was
           a
           great
           number
           of
           branch'd
           Candlesticks
           ,
           carrying
           several
           Tapers
           ,
           and
           besides
           they
           were
           border'd
           with
           Boxes
           of
           Orange-Trees
           .
           The
           Entertainment
           consisted
           of
           five
           Courses
           of
           the
           rarest
           Kinds
           of
           Meat
           and
           Fruit
           which
           cou'd
           be
           procur'd
           in
           that
           Season
           .
           The
           King
           was
           serv'd
           by
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           ,
           the
           Dauphiness
           by
           
             le
             
             Bailly
             Colbert
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           Orleans
           by
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Blainville
          
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           other
           end
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           and
           Madam
           by
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Maulevrier
          
           ,
           During
           the
           Repast
           ,
           they
           were
           by
           turns
           diverted
           with
           the
           Harmonious
           Sounds
           of
           Trumpets
           ,
           Violins
           ,
           Flutes
           ,
           Hautboys
           ,
           and
           Kettle-Drums
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           there
           were
           two
           Tables
           prepar'd
           in
           the
           Castle
           ,
           with
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           cover'd
           Places
           at
           each
           ,
           for
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           attending
           on
           the
           Court
           ;
           and
           several
           others
           were
           plac'd
           in
           the
           Garden
           and
           Court
           for
           the
           Officers
           ,
           not
           forgetting
           even
           the
           Foot-men
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           was
           displaying
           his
           Magnificence
           at
           Home
           ,
           his
           Brother-in-Law
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Mortemar
          
           ,
           gave
           illustrious
           Proofs
           of
           his
           Vigour
           and
           Conduct
           in
           the
           Treaty
           which
           he
           concluded
           with
           the
           Pyrates
           of
           Tripoli
           .
           He
           arriv'd
           before
           that
           Place
           the
           28th
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1686
           ,
           and
           sent
           such
           a
           peremptory
           Letter
           to
           the
           Dey
           ,
           that
           he
           assembl'd
           the
           Divan
           the
           same
           Day
           ;
           where
           't
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           grant
           all
           that
           the
           Duke
           demanded
           ,
           excepting
           only
           the
           entire
           Payment
           of
           the
           60000
           Crowns
           ,
           being
           part
           of
           the
           Summ
           which
           they
           were
           oblig'd
           to
           pay
           by
           the
           Treaty
           concluded
           in
           1685
           :
           For
           they
           were
           not
           then
           able
           to
           advance
           so
           considerable
           a
           Summ
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           bad
           Harvest
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Civil
           War
           that
           had
           harass'd
           their
           Country
           since
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           was
           just
           then
           terminated
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Dey
           ,
           whom
           the
           Moors
           endeavour'd
           to
           make
           Sovereign
           of
           the
           Country
           .
           In
           the
           
           mean
           time
           they
           laded
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Ships
           with
           ●orn
           ;
           and
           since
           they
           cou'd
           not
           restore
           seven
           of
           the
           Frenchmen
           that
           were
           ask'd
           of
           'em
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           sold
           in
           several
           parts
           of
           the
           Levant
           ,
           from
           whence
           they
           cou'd
           not
           possibly
           bring
           'em
           back
           ,
           they
           deliver'd
           thirty
           Strangers
           instead
           of
           the
           twenty
           French
           Slaves
           that
           were
           demanded
           of
           'em
           ,
           with
           eleven
           young
           Ship-Boys
           of
           Provence
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           forc'd
           to
           renounce
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           never
           before
           granted
           by
           any
           Treaty
           whatsoever
           .
           The
           Duke
           
             de
             Mortemar
          
           at
           his
           Arrival
           ,
           found
           five
           Venetian
           Men
           of
           War
           and
           Fly-Boats
           that
           were
           come
           to
           Land
           the
           Garison
           and
           Inhabitants
           of
           Navarrens
           and
           Modon
           ,
           which
           were
           surrenderd
           on
           Articles
           to
           the
           
             Generalissimo
             Morosini
          
           .
           The
           Commander
           of
           this
           Squadron
           had
           retain'd
           some
           Women
           ,
           under
           pretext
           that
           they
           were
           willing
           to
           embrace
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ;
           and
           the
           Dey
           of
           Tripoli
           ,
           on
           the
           Complaints
           made
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Husbands
           and
           Relations
           of
           those
           Women
           ,
           had
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Reprizal
           ,
           seiz'd
           on
           the
           whole
           Crew
           of
           a
           Pinnace
           belonging
           to
           the
           Venetians
           .
           But
           the
           Difference
           was
           accommodated
           by
           the
           Duke's
           Mediation
           ,
           the
           Women
           being
           restor'd
           to
           the
           Turks
           ,
           and
           the
           Mariners
           of
           the
           Pinnace
           to
           the
           Venetians
           .
           After
           which
           the
           Duke
           wrote
           to
           the
           Dey
           of
           Tunis
           ,
           who
           sent
           in
           the
           Vessel
           call'd
           the
           
             Granade
             ▪
          
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Slaves
           that
           were
           taken
           under
           the
           Banner
           of
           France
           .
           The
           next
           Year
           the
           
             Dey
             ,
             Divan
          
           ,
           and
           Soldiery
           of
           Tripoli
           sent
           
           to
           
             France
             ,
             Khelyt
             Aga
          
           the
           
           Bassa's
           Deputy
           ,
           and
           
             Hector
             Aga
          
           ,
           a
           Naval
           Officer
           ,
           to
           present
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Tribute
           ,
           two
           Dromedaries
           ,
           six
           of
           the
           finest
           Horses
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           some
           Ostriches
           .
           These
           Envoys
           arriv'd
           at
           Toulon
           on
           the
           3d.
           of
           
             May
             ,
             1687
          
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           receiv'd
           by
           Vauvre
           ,
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Marine
           ,
           and
           maintain'd
           at
           the
           King's
           Charge
           ,
           with
           their
           eight
           Attentendants
           ,
           during
           the
           forty
           Days
           they
           remain'd
           in
           that
           Place
           ,
           to
           repose
           themselves
           and
           those
           Animals
           who
           had
           suffer'd
           very
           much
           in
           the
           Voyage
           .
           At
           last
           they
           set
           forward
           by
           an
           Order
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           accompany'd
           by
           
             de
             Magrie
          
           ,
           a
           Marine
           Officer
           in
           the
           Toulon
           Division
           ,
           and
           
             Antonio
             Boyer
          
           ,
           a
           Native
           of
           Malta
           ,
           to
           perform
           the
           Office
           of
           an
           Interpreter
           on
           the
           Road.
           On
           the
           10th
           .
           of
           August
           they
           came
           to
           Charenton
           ,
           and
           
             de
             Magna
          
           went
           immediately
           to
           inform
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           of
           their
           Arrival
           .
           The
           22d
           .
           they
           were
           brought
           to
           Versailles
           ,
           and
           introduc'd
           to
           his
           Majesty's
           Presence
           by
           the
           Marquess
           .
           After
           they
           had
           made
           their
           Compliment
           in
           Turkish
           ,
           which
           was
           interpreted
           by
           Dipy
           ,
           they
           presented
           the
           Animals
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           after
           which
           a
           Moor
           about
           eighteen
           Years
           old
           ,
           of
           a
           very
           large
           Stature
           both
           for
           height
           and
           thickness
           ,
           mounted
           one
           of
           the
           Dromedaries
           ,
           harness'd
           after
           the
           Mode
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           galloping
           about
           the
           Court
           ,
           he
           rais'd
           himself
           with
           wonderful
           agility
           on
           the
           Back
           of
           that
           Animal
           ,
           and
           having
           made
           several
           whirling
           Turns
           ,
           fell
           back
           into
           his
           
           former
           Posture
           .
           Some
           Days
           after
           the
           Ambassadors
           went
           to
           see
           the
           Marquess
           de
           Seignelay's
           House
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           regal'd
           by
           his
           Officers
           ,
           tho'
           they
           had
           receiv'd
           neither
           Orders
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           ,
           nor
           so
           much
           as
           Notice
           of
           their
           coming
           .
           At
           their
           departure
           the
           Marquess
           gave
           each
           of
           'em
           in
           the
           King's
           Name
           ,
           a
           Gold
           Chain
           and
           Medal
           ,
           with
           his
           Majesty's
           Picture
           .
        
         
           In
           October
           1689
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           was
           made
           Minister
           of
           State
           ;
           but
           he
           did
           not
           long
           enjoy
           that
           Dignity
           ,
           for
           he
           dy'd
           the
           next
           Year
           ,
           three
           Months
           after
           the
           Dauphiness
           ,
           as
           his
           Father
           deceas'd
           some
           Days
           after
           the
           Queen
           .
           His
           Death
           was
           believ'd
           to
           be
           occasion'd
           by
           his
           Debauches
           ,
           and
           especially
           by
           the
           Excesses
           he
           committed
           with
           Women
           .
           He
           was
           extremely
           in
           Love
           with
           one
           of
           his
           Mistresses
           ,
           but
           did
           not
           take
           care
           to
           raise
           her
           Fortune
           ,
           tho'
           it
           was
           not
           suitable
           to
           her
           Birth
           .
           When
           she
           was
           inform'd
           that
           there
           was
           no
           hope
           of
           his
           Recovery
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           suffer'd
           no
           Ladies
           to
           be
           brought
           into
           his
           Presence
           ,
           she
           disguis'd
           her self
           in
           the
           Habit
           of
           a
           Courier
           ,
           and
           pretending
           that
           she
           had
           a
           Pacquet
           concerning
           some
           important
           Affair
           to
           deliver
           to
           the
           Marquess
           .
           She
           was
           introduc'd
           into
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           where
           she
           discover'd
           her self
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           hearing
           he
           was
           about
           to
           undertake
           a
           long
           Journey
           ,
           she
           cou'd
           not
           forbear
           bidding
           him
           adieu
           before
           his
           departure
           ;
           and
           withal
           ,
           intreated
           him
           to
           remember
           her
           Condition
           .
           He
           easily
           understood
           
           her
           meaning
           ,
           but
           having
           more
           pressing
           Debts
           to
           pay
           ,
           sent
           her
           away
           with
           a
           Promise
           that
           he
           would
           think
           of
           her
           .
           The
           Abbot
           
             de
             Fenelon
          
           gave
           him
           notice
           of
           his
           approaching
           Death
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           so
           much
           the
           more
           surpriz'd
           with
           so
           unwelcom
           a
           Message
           ,
           that
           two
           Days
           before
           he
           had
           spent
           eight
           Hours
           in
           doing
           Business
           with
           his
           Commissaries
           .
           His
           Body
           being
           open'd
           ,
           there
           were
           found
           twelve
           small
           and
           very
           hard
           Glands
           in
           his
           Breast
           ,
           and
           the
           Rudiments
           of
           some
           others
           in
           his
           Kindneys
           ;
           his
           Lungs
           were
           found
           sticking
           to
           his
           Sides
           ,
           all
           his
           Blood
           was
           congeal'd
           ,
           and
           his
           Stomach
           so
           hard
           ,
           that
           they
           cou'd
           not
           open
           it
           without
           some
           difficulty
           .
           The
           Inventory
           of
           his
           Estate
           amounted
           to
           1700000
           Livres
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           been
           much
           greater
           ,
           if
           his
           Expences
           had
           been
           less
           extravagant
           .
           He
           left
           five
           Boys
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           eldest
           ,
           call'd
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Loure
          
           ,
           being
           then
           about
           seven
           or
           eight
           Years
           old
           ,
           some
           time
           after
           obtain'd
           the
           Reversion
           of
           the
           Office
           of
           Master
           of
           the
           Wardrobe
           ,
           at
           present
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             la
             Sale.
          
           
        
         
           
             Lewis
             Phelippeaux
          
           ,
           Count
           of
           Pontchartrain
           ,
           was
           made
           Minister
           and
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           in
           room
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seignelay
          
           .
           He
           had
           already
           pass'd
           thro'
           the
           Offices
           of
           Counsellor
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Requests
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Paris
           ,
           Master
           of
           Requests
           ,
           First
           President
           in
           the
           Parliament
           of
           Bretaign
           ,
           and
           Intendant
           of
           the
           Finances
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           (
           as
           he
           is
           still
           )
           Comptroller-General
           of
           the
           
           Finances
           .
           The
           Marquess
           
             de
             Louvois
          
           had
           the
           Titles
           of
           Governour
           of
           the
           Fortifications
           of
           Maritime
           places
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fortifications
           ;
           Great
           Master
           of
           the
           Races
           ,
           and
           Director
           of
           the
           Cloth-Manufactory
           .
           And
           the
           Office
           of
           Commander
           and
           Great
           Treasurer
           of
           the
           King's
           Orders
           ,
           formerly
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Seigdelay
          
           ,
           was
           given
           to
           his
           Uncle
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Croissy
          
           ,
           Minister
           and
           Secretary
           of
           State.
           Of
           all
           
           Colbert's
           Sons
           ,
           at
           present
           there
           are
           only
           two
           remaining
           ,
           
             James
             Nicholas
          
           ,
           Archbishop
           of
           Rohan
           ,
           and
           Lewis
           ,
           formerly
           Abbot
           of
           Bonport
           ,
           and
           Prior
           of
           
             Nogent
             le
             Rotru
          
           ,
           who
           after
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Brother
           Charles
           Count
           
             de
             Sceaux
          
           ,
           who
           was
           kill'd
           in
           Flanders
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Regiment
           of
           Champaign
           ,
           left
           a
           Religious
           for
           a
           Military
           Life
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           Commander
           of
           the
           same
           Regiment
           which
           the
           Marquess
           
             de
             Blanville
          
           had
           commanded
           before
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           TABLE
           OF
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           
             
             COlberts's
             Character
             Page
             1
          
           
             His
             Birth
             and
             Education
             3
          
           
             His
             Advancement
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             
               le
               Tellier
            
             ,
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ibid.
             
          
           
             An
             Instance
             of
             his
             Exactness
             and
             Fidelity
             to
             his
             Master
             4
          
           
             Cardinal
             Mazarin
             receives
             him
             into
             his
             Service
             5
          
           
             His
             Marriage
             and
             Mistresses
             6
             ,
             7
          
           
             He
             is
             made
             Intendant
             of
             the
             Finances
             9
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Proceedings
             against
             Fouquet
             ,
             Superintendant
             of
             the
             
               Finances
               10
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             
             Fouquet's
             Kindness
             to
             the
             Burlesque
             Gazettier
             18
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Avarice
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Pelisson
             comes
             to
             Paris
             20
          
           
             His
             Amours
             with
             
               Mademoiselle
               de
               Scudery
            
             21
          
           
             He
             writes
             the
             History
             of
             the
             French
             Academy
             22
          
           
             He
             serves
             
               Fouquet
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             And
             afterwards
             Colbert
             23
          
           
             The
             Council
             of
             the
             Finances
             erected
             24
          
           
             
             The
             New
             Regulation
             of
             the
             
               Finances
               Page
            
             24
          
           
             Colbert
             hated
             and
             affronted
             26
          
           
             His
             violent
             Proceedings
             against
             the
             Officers
             and
             Farmers
             of
             the
             Revenue
             27
          
           
             He
             settles
             the
             East
             and
             West-India
             Companies
             29
          
           
             Enlarges
             and
             beautifies
             the
             
               Tuilleries
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             A
             Description
             of
             the
             King's
             Statue
             made
             by
             
               Cavalier
               Bernin
            
             30
          
           
             Colbert
             repairs
             S.
             Germain
             ,
             and
             other
             Royal
             Houses
             31
          
           
             The
             Castle
             of
             Clagny
             describ'd
             ibid.
             
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             Versailles
             33
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             —
             of
             Trianon
             63
          
           
             —
             of
             the
             Aqueduct
             of
             
               Versailles
               64
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             —
             of
             a
             Church
             built
             by
             Colbert
             68
          
           
             —
             of
             Marly
             70
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             —
             of
             
             Colbert's
             Palace
             at
             Sceaux
             76
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Care
             to
             adorn
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
             78
          
           
             The
             Academy
             of
             Painting
             and
             Sculpture
             erected
             by
             his
             Interest
             79
          
           
             Of
             the
             Origin
             ,
             Constitution
             ,
             and
             Progress
             of
             that
             Society
             80
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             A
             Catalogue
             of
             le
             Brun's
             Pieces
             87
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Academy
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             with
             the
             Works
             and
             Inventions
             of
             its
             Members
             88
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             A
             Description
             of
             the
             Parisian
             Observatory
             91
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             uniting
             of
             the
             two
             Seas
             undertaken
             97
          
           
             An
             exact
             Account
             of
             that
             Work
             98
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Colbert
             purchases
             the
             Office
             of
             Treasurer
             of
             the
             
               King's
               Orders
            
             106
          
           
             Of
             the
             Institution
             of
             the
             Orders
             of
             S.
             Michael
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             
               Holy
               Ghost
            
             106
             ,
             107
          
           
             The
             Prices
             of
             Offices
             regulated
             108
          
           
             
             The
             Authority
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             lessen'd
             
               Page
               108
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             Several
             fine
             Pieces
             of
             Workmanship
             made
             by
             
             Colbert's
             Order
             for
             the
             Embellishment
             of
             
               Versailles
               111
            
             ,
             112
          
           
             He
             sets
             up
             a
             Glass-House
             112
          
           
             And
             establishes
             a
             Point-Manufactory
             113
          
           
             His
             Daughter
             marry'd
             to
             the
             D.
             of
             Chevreuse
             114
          
           
             He
             undertakes
             the
             Reformation
             of
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ,
             but
             without
             Success
             115
          
           
             The
             Causes
             of
             the
             Litigious
             Wrangling
             of
             Lawyers
             ,
             and
             other
             Inconveniencies
             relating
             to
             the
             
               Civil
               Code
            
             ,
             with
             their
             proper
             Remedies
             116
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Proposals
             concerning
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Paris
             ,
             and
             the
             Redressing
             of
             several
             Abuses
             that
             are
             usually
             committed
             there
             123
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Of
             lewd
             Women
             125
             ,
             126
          
           
             Of
             Gaming
             127
          
           
             Of
             Lending
             Money
             on
             Pledges
             128
          
           
             Of
             Regulating
             the
             Prices
             of
             Bread
             ,
             Wine
             ,
             Flesh
             ,
             &c.
             
             128
             ,
             129
          
           
             Colbert
             examines
             the
             Usurpation
             of
             Noble
             Titles
             130
          
           
             Of
             the
             Treaty
             at
             
               Aix
               la
               Chapelle
            
             131
             ,
             132
          
           
             Colbert
             made
             Secretary
             of
             State
             133
          
           
             Suppresses
             several
             Offices
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Excludes
             Protestants
             from
             the
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             134
          
           
             Proposals
             for
             several
             New
             Regulations
             concerning
             Criminal
             Courts
             135
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Reflexions
             on
             two
             Edicts
             142
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Severity
             to
             the
             Parliament
             of
             
               Tholouse
               143
            
          
           
             
             He
             procures
             the
             Erection
             of
             an
             
               Ensuring-Office
               Page
            
             144
          
           
             Another
             of
             his
             Daughters
             marry'd
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             S.
             Aignan
             146
          
           
             The
             Inconveniencies
             of
             
               Mark'd
               Paper
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Colbert
             sends
             his
             Son
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
            
             ,
             to
             travel
             147
          
           
             He
             suppresses
             Private
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Nimmeghen
             149
          
           
             Colbert
             made
             Minister
             of
             State
             ibid.
             
          
           
             An
             amorous
             Adventure
             of
             the
             Marquess
             
               d'
               Ormoy
               Colbert
            
             150
             ,
             151
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Sister
             made
             an
             Abbess
             152
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Casting
             of
             Great
             Guns
             for
             the
             Navy
             ibid.
             
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Care
             to
             advance
             his
             Family
             154
          
           
             He
             marries
             his
             Youngest
             Daughter
             to
             the
             Duke
             
               de
               Mortemar
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
            
             twice
             marri'd
             156
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Brother
             negotiates
             and
             concludes
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Marriage
             between
             the
             Dauphin
             and
             the
             Princess
             of
             Bavaria
             157
          
           
             And
             is
             made
             Secretary
             of
             State
             158
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Incivility
             to
             a
             Lady
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
            
             accompanies
             the
             King
             to
             Picardy
             159
          
           
             Colbert
             excludes
             Protestants
             from
             the
             Royal
             Farms
             160
          
           
             His
             Son
             ,
             the
             Abbot
             ,
             made
             titulary
             Archbishop
             of
             Carthage
             ,
             and
             Coadjutor
             to
             the
             Archbp.
             of
             
               Roan
               ib.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Ceremonies
             of
             his
             Reception
             at
             Rohan
             161
          
           
             Theses
             dedicated
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             presented
             in
             magnificent
             Boxes
             ,
             adorn'd
             with
             Emblematical
             Figures
             162
          
           
             
             A
             Frigat
             built
             after
             a
             New
             Model
             Page
             163
          
           
             Encrease
             of
             Trade
             at
             S.
             Malo
             164
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             
             Mortemar's
             Expedition
             with
             his
             Majesty's
             Galleys
             165
          
           
             The
             
               Chevalier
               de
               Bethune
            
             takes
             a
             Pyrate
             of
             Salley
             166
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               du
               Quêne
            
             chases
             some
             Vessels
             of
             Tripoli
             into
             the
             Port
             of
             Chio
             168
          
           
             The
             Articles
             of
             the
             Treaty
             of
             Peace
             between
             the
             French
             and
             the
             Divan
             of
             Tripoli
             169
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Kindness
             to
             his
             Nephew
             Desmarets
             170
          
           
             Of
             
             Colbert's
             Three
             Sisters
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             King
             views
             several
             Curiosities
             at
             Paris
             171
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
            
             goes
             to
             
               Dunkirk
               ib.
            
             
          
           
             A
             brief
             Account
             of
             the
             present
             King
             of
             
             Morocco's
             Accession
             to
             the
             Throne
             ,
             his
             Wars
             and
             Conquests
             172
          
           
             The
             various
             Customs
             and
             Habits
             of
             his
             Subjects
             172
             ,
             173
          
           
             Some
             of
             their
             Religious
             Rites
             ,
             with
             their
             Opinion
             concerning
             Christ
             174
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             Morocco
             sends
             an
             Ambassador
             to
             
               France
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             Some
             Instances
             of
             the
             Wit
             and
             Politeness
             of
             that
             Envoy
             175
          
           
             Colbert
             promotes
             his
             Brother
             
               Edward
               Francis
               ib.
            
             
          
           
             A
             short
             Description
             of
             Tournay
             176
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             du
             Quêne's
             Expedition
             against
             
               Algier
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Fortifications
             of
             the
             Town
             and
             Port
             177
          
           
             An
             exact
             Relation
             of
             the
             Bombarding
             of
             that
             City
             178
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
             An
             Algerin
             Ship
             taken
             by
             the
             
               French
               Pag.
            
             185
          
           
             Fine
             Horses
             brought
             from
             the
             American
             Islands
             186
          
           
             
             Gabaret's
             Voyage
             to
             
               Martinico
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             A
             Description
             of
             that
             Island
             ,
             and
             Granada
             187
          
           
             Of
             Mount
             S.
             Martha
             ,
             the
             highest
             Hill
             in
             the
             World
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Nation
             of
             Pigmies
             that
             inhabit
             the
             Skirts
             of
             the
             Mountain
             188
          
           
             Portobelo
             describ'd
             189
          
           
             Description
             of
             Havana
             193
          
           
             Of
             the
             Bay
             of
             
               las
               Matanças
            
             in
             the
             Island
             of
             Cuba
             194
          
           
             Of
             the
             Streight
             of
             Bahama
             195
          
           
             A
             desperate
             Action
             of
             4
             or
             5
             Englishmen
             196
          
           
             The
             French
             King
             sends
             the
             Count
             of
             S.
             Amand
             Ambassadour
             to
             the
             King
             of
             
               Morocco
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             His
             Arrival
             and
             Reception
             at
             Tetuan
             197
          
           
             He
             sets
             forwards
             to
             Alcazan
             203
          
           
             And
             arrives
             at
             Salley
             204
          
           
             Of
             the
             Manner
             of
             Rejoicing
             ,
             and
             Sacrifices
             of
             the
             Moors
             205
          
           
             A
             particular
             Relation
             of
             the
             first
             Audience
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Discourse
             that
             pass'd
             between
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Ambassadour
             206
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Presents
             209
          
           
             Of
             the
             Audience
             of
             Leave
             ,
             and
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             the
             Treaty
             210
          
           
             The
             King
             of
             
             Morocco's
             Person
             and
             Habit
             describ'd
             210
             ,
             211
          
           
             Of
             his
             Forces
             and
             Guard
             211
          
           
             An
             Instance
             of
             Moorish
             Severity
             212
          
           
             The
             Ambassadour
             returns
             to
             
               Tetuan
               ibid.
            
             
          
           
             
             Colbert
             regulates
             some
             Abuses
             Page
             213
          
           
             And
             procures
             an
             Edict
             about
             the
             Payment
             of
             Debts
             214
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             du
             Quêne's
             second
             Expedition
             against
             Algiers
             ,
             with
             a
             particular
             Account
             of
             the
             Bombarding
             of
             that
             City
             215
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Algerines
             beg
             a
             Peace
             ,
             and
             restore
             the
             French
             Slaves
             222
          
           
             
             Colbert's
             Death
             and
             Burial
             223
          
           
             His
             Monument
             224
          
           
             Verses
             on
             that
             Occasion
             ibid.
             
          
           
             His
             Library
             ibid.
             
          
           
             How
             his
             Offices
             were
             divided
             after
             his
             Death
             225
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             de
             Seignelay's
             Character
             226
          
           
             His
             first
             and
             second
             Marriage
             ibid.
             
          
           
             He
             beats
             his
             Wife
             227
          
           
             Of
             
             Colbert's
             pretended
             Descent
             from
             a
             Scotch
             Family
             228
          
           
             The
             Preferment
             ,
             Disgrace
             ,
             and
             Death
             of
             one
             of
             his
             Sons
             ,
             who
             was
             made
             a
             Knight
             of
             
               Malta
               228
            
             ,
             229
          
           
             An
             Instance
             of
             the
             Archbishop
             of
             
             Rohan's
             Affection
             to
             his
             Mistress
             229
          
           
             The
             Causes
             of
             the
             French
             King
             's
             quarreling
             with
             the
             Republick
             of
             Genoa
             229
             ,
             230
          
           
             An
             Account
             of
             the
             Bombarding
             of
             that
             City
             
               ibid.
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Conditions
             impos'd
             on
             the
             Genoese
             234
          
           
             Of
             the
             Arrival
             and
             Negotiation
             of
             the
             Ambassadors
             of
             Siam
             235
          
           
             The
             New
             Regulation
             of
             the
             African
             Trade
             236
          
           
             The
             Revocation
             of
             the
             Edict
             of
             Nantes
             237
          
           
             
             The
             King
             is
             magnificently
             Regal'd
             by
             the
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
               Page
               237
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Duke
             
               de
               Mortemar
            
             compels
             the
             Tripolins
             to
             restore
             their
             French
             Slaves
             241
             ,
             242
          
           
             An
             Embassy
             from
             Tripoli
             to
             France
             243
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             
               de
               Seignelay
            
             made
             Minister
             of
             State
             244
          
           
             His
             Death
             ibid.
             
          
           
             A
             Story
             of
             one
             of
             his
             Mistresses
             ibid.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             Dissection
             of
             his
             Body
             245.
             
          
           
             Pontchartrain
             made
             Minister
             of
             State
             ibid.
             
          
           
             The
             Marquess
             de
             Louvois's
             Offices
             246
          
           
             Of
             
             Colbert's
             Children
             ,
             who
             are
             alive
             at
             present
             ibid.
             
          
        
         
           The
           END
           of
           the
           TABLE
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A34769-e300
           
             *
             
               History
               of
            
             Emeric
             
               Count
               of
            
             Tekeli
             ,
             p.
             2.
             
          
        
         
           Notes for div A34769-e1910
           
             *
             So
             called
             from
             a
             certain
             Cap
             they
             usually
             wear
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             name
             is
             given
             to
             publick
             places
             of
             Resort
             ,
             (
             such
             as
             Hide-Park
             )
             where
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             take
             the
             Air.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Toise
             commonly
             contains
             six
             Feet
             .
          
           
             *
             A
             fine
             sort
             of
             Clay
             or
             Plaister
             .
          
           
             *
             Somewhat
             more
             than
             a
             Pint.
             
          
           
             *
             The
             Provost
             of
             the
             Merchants
             
               may
               be
               called
               ,
               in
               some
               sense
               ,
            
             Mayor
             of
             Paris
             .
          
           
             Which
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             Cloth.