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           Felltham, Owen, 1602?-1668. -- Brief character of the Low-Countries under the states.
           Netherlands -- Economic conditions.
           Netherlands -- Social conditions.
           Netherlands -- Civilization -- 17th century.
        
      
    
     
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           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           LATE
           Ill-natur'd
           Libel
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           A
           TRIP
           to
           HOLLAND
           :
           BEING
           A
           Real
           Description
           of
           the
           Country
           ;
           the
           Bravery
           ,
           Wisdom
           and
           Industry
           of
           its
           Inhabitants
           ;
           and
           the
           several
           Vertues
           which
           have
           their
           Growth
           and
           Encouragement
           in
           the
           
             SEVEN
             UNITED
             PROVINCES
          
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Dutch
           Merchant
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             J.
             Nutt
          
           ,
           near
           Stationers-Hall
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           best
           of
           Princes
           ?
           But
           Ingratitude
           is
           the
           chief
           ingredient
           of
           a
           Poet
           ;
           and
           to
           Lampoon
           a
           Patron
           who
           has
           kept
           him
           from
           starving
           ,
           if
           he
           in
           the
           least
           chanceth
           to
           slacken
           his
           Hand
           ,
           is
           as
           common
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           his
           wants
           are
           familiar
           ,
           and
           I
           need
           not
           tell
           the
           Reader
           how
           often
           a
           Rhiming
           Fool
           is
           in
           Necessity
           :
           Tho'
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           what
           our
           Male-Contented
           Common-Wealth
           hates
           ,
           has
           said
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Vices
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           gives
           us
           an
           opportunity
           of
           inspecting
           their
           Vertues
           ;
           and
           since
           he
           acts
           the
           part
           of
           so
           faithless
           an
           Historian
           ,
           as
           partially
           to
           pass
           by
           their
           Excellencies
           ,
           the
           following
           Discourse
           shall
           give
           as
           many
           instances
           in
           their
           commendation
           ,
           as
           his
           has
           in
           their
           dispraise
           .
           Our
           Author
           is
           not
           unlike
           to
           a
           Man
           in
           the
           Yellow
           Jaundice
           ,
           who
           thinks
           every
           one
           of
           the
           same
           Complection
           with
           himself
           ;
           for
           how
           could
           he
           heap
           so
           many
           Vices
           upon
           so
           Virtuous
           a
           People
           ,
           unless
           he
           had
           been
           a
           practitioner
           in
           those
           very
           Vices
           he
           would
           fasten
           on
           his
           Neighbour
           ?
           But
           least
           the
           Gentleman
           should
           be
           angry
           ,
           for
           he
           's
           a
           little
           Tasty
           Fellow
           ,
           I
           'll
           abstain
           from
           railery
           ,
           and
           be
           for
           once
           the
           Reverse
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           the
           Dutch
           are
           of
           Humanity
           .
           All
           that
           I
           have
           to
           urge
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           following
           Paper
           ,
           is
           that
           the
           decency
           of
           Expression
           ,
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           People
           it
           Treats
           of
           ,
           the
           truth
           of
           every
           particular
           ,
           Instance
           ,
           and
           the
           industry
           which
           is
           in
           practise
           among
           them
           ,
           must
           needs
           take
           off
           from
           the
           prejudices
           which
           the
           Reader
           may
           have
           imbib'd
           from
           the
           Paper
           which
           this
           is
           designed
           as
           an
           Answer
           to
           .
           And
           I
           shall
           have
           said
           enough
           to
           ingratiate
           my self
           with
           the
           Reader
           ,
           if
           to
           shake
           of
           Tyranny
           and
           Slavery
           ,
           to
           be
           Lovers
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Assistants
           to
           those
           that
           are
           in
           Distress
           ,
           has
           so
           near
           a
           resemblance
           of
           our
           English
           Constitution
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           give
           no
           manner
           of
           approbation
           to
           our
           Actions
           ,
           should
           we
           disallow
           of
           the
           practise
           of
           them
           in
           theirs
           ;
           then
           we
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           World
           to
           be
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           unless
           we
           would
           be
           against
           our selves
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ANSWER
           To
           a
           LATE
           Ill-natur'd
           Libel
           ,
           ENTITULED
           ,
           A
           TRIP
           to
           
             HOLLAND
             ,
             &c.
          
           
        
         
           AS
           the
           People
           we
           are
           now
           to
           treat
           of
           are
           grown
           to
           such
           a
           prodigious
           Highth
           of
           Riches
           and
           Greatness
           as
           to
           be
           render'd
           equal
           to
           the
           most
           Sovereign
           Powers
           ,
           so
           the
           Means
           by
           which
           they
           have
           acquir'd
           those
           Honours
           which
           are
           paid
           only
           to
           them
           and
           Crown'd
           Heads
           ,
           well
           deserve
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
        
         
           Solomon
           
             tells
             us
          
           ofFour
           Things
           
             that
             are
             small
             ,
             and
             full
             of
          
           Wisdom
           ;
           The
           Pismire
           ,
           the
           Grass-hopper
           ,
           the
           Coney
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           Spider
           .
        
         
           For
           Providence
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           Pismires
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           having
           nothing
           but
           what
           Grass
           affords
           them
           ,
           are
           yet
           for
           almost
           all
           Provisions
           ,
           the
           Store-house
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           What
           is
           it
           which
           there
           may
           not
           be
           found
           in
           plenty
           ?
           They
           make
           by
           their
           Industry
           ,
           all
           the
           Fruits
           of
           the
           vast
           Earth
           their
           own
           .
           What
           Land
           can
           ,
           boast
           a
           Privilege
           that
           they
           do
           not
           partake
           of
           ?
           They
           have
           not
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           enough
           Materials
           to
           compile
           one
           Ship
           ;
           yet
           how
           many
           Nations
           do
           they
           furnish
           ?
           The
           Remoter
           Angles
           of
           the
           World
           do
           ,
           by
           their
           Pains
           ,
           deliver
           them
           their
           Sweets
           ;
           and
           and
           being
           of
           themselves
           in
           want
           ,
           their
           Diligence
           hath
           made
           them
           both
           Indies
           nearer
           home
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           Frugal
           ,
           to
           the
           saving
           of
           Egg-shells
           ;
           and
           maintain
           it
           for
           a
           Maxim
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Thing
             lasts
             longer
             Mended
             ,
             than
             New.
             
          
        
         
         
           Their
           Cities
           are
           their
           Mole-Hills
           ;
           their
           Schutes
           and
           Fly-Boats
           creep
           and
           return
           with
           their
           Store
           for
           Winter
           :
           Every
           one
           is
           busie
           ,
           and
           carries
           his
           Grain
           ;
           as
           if
           every
           City
           were
           a
           several
           Hive
           ,
           and
           the
           Bees
           not
           permitting
           a
           Drone
           to
           inhabit
           ;
           for
           Idle
           Persons
           must
           find
           some
           other
           Mansion
           .
           And
           lest
           Necessity
           bereave
           Men
           of
           Means
           to
           set
           them
           on
           work
           ,
           there
           are
           Publick
           Banks
           ,
           that
           (
           without
           Use
           )
           lend
           upon
           Pawns
           to
           all
           the
           Poor
           that
           want
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Season
           when
           the
           Pismires
           fly
           ;
           and
           so
           each
           Summer
           they
           likewise
           swarm
           abroad
           with
           their
           Armies
           .
        
         
           The
           Ant
           ,
           says
           one
           ,
           
             is
             a
             wise
             Creature
             ,
             but
             a
             shrewd
             thing
             in
             a
             Garden
             or
             Orchard
             .
          
           And
           truly
           ,
           so
           are
           they
           ;
           for
           they
           look
           upon
           others
           too
           little
           ,
           and
           themselves
           too
           much
           :
           And
           wheresoever
           they
           light
           in
           a
           pleasant
           or
           rich
           Soil
           ,
           like
           Suckers
           and
           lower
           Plants
           ,
           they
           rob
           from
           the
           Root
           of
           that
           Tree
           which
           gives
           them
           Shade
           and
           Protection
           .
           So
           their
           Wisdom
           is
           not
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           Heroick
           ,
           or
           Numnial
           ,
           as
           courting
           an
           Universal
           Good
           ;
           but
           rather
           Narrow
           and
           Restrictive
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Wisdom
           but
           for
           themselves
           ;
           which
           ,
           to
           speak
           plainty
           ,
           is
           descending
           into
           Craft
           ,
           and
           is
           but
           the
           Sinister
           Part
           of
           that
           which
           is
           really
           Noble
           and
           Celestial
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           in
           all
           they
           hold
           so
           true
           a
           Proportion
           with
           the
           Emmet
           ,
           as
           you
           shall
           not
           sind
           they
           want
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Sting
           .
        
         
           For
           dwelling
           in
           Rocks
           ,
           they
           are
           Coneys
           ;
           and
           while
           the
           Spanish
           Tumbler
           plays
           about
           them
           ,
           they
           rest
           secure
           in
           their
           own
           
             Inaccessible
             Burrows
          
           .
           Where
           have
           you
           ,
           under
           Heaven
           ,
           such
           Impregnable
           Fortifications
           ,
           where
           Art
           beautifies
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Nature
           makes
           Art
           invincible
           ?
           Herein
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           they
           differ
           ;
           the
           Coneys
           find
           Rocks
           ,
           and
           they
           make
           them
           :
           And
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           invert
           the
           Miracle
           of
           Moses
           ,
           they
           raise
           them
           in
           the
           Bosom
           of
           the
           Waves
           :
           Where
           ,
           within
           these
           few
           Years
           ,
           Ships
           furrow'd
           in
           the
           Pathless
           Ocean
           ,
           the
           Peaceful
           Plough
           now
           unbowels
           the
           Fertile
           Earth
           ,
           which
           at
           Night
           is
           carry'd
           home
           to
           the
           fairest
           Mansions
           in
           Holland
           .
        
         
           Every
           Town
           has
           its
           Garrison
           ;
           and
           the
           Keys
           of
           the
           Gates
           ,
           in
           the
           Night-time
           ,
           are
           not
           trusted
           but
           in
           the
           Stadt-house
           .
           From
           these
           Holds
           they
           bolt
           abroad
           for
           Provisions
           ,
           and
           then
           return
           to
           their
           Fastnesses
           ,
           replenish'd
           .
        
         
           For
           War
           ,
           they
           are
           Grass-hoppers
           ;
           and
           ,
           without
           a
           King
           ,
           go
           forth
           in
           Bands
           ,
           to
           conquer
           Kings
           .
           They
           have
           not
           only
           defended
           themselves
           at
           their
           own
           Home
           ,
           but
           have
           brav'd
           the
           Spaniard
           at
           his
           .
           In
           Anno
           1599.
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           
             Vander
             Does
          
           ,
           was
           the
           
             Grand
             Canary
          
           taken
           ,
           the
           Chief
           City
           sack'd
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           
           Spain's
           Ensigns
           taken
           down
           ,
           and
           the
           Colours
           of
           his
           Excellency
           set
           up
           in
           their
           Room
           .
           In
           the
           Year
           1600
           ,
           the
           Battel
           of
           Nieuport
           was
           a
           gallant
           piece
           ,
           when
           with
           the
           Loss
           of
           a
           Thousand
           Men
           ,
           or
           little
           more
           ,
           they
           slew
           Seven
           Thousand
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           took
           above
           an
           hundred
           Ensigns
           ,
           the
           Admiral
           of
           Arragon
           was
           made
           Prisoner
           ;
           
           the
           very
           Furniture
           of
           the
           
           Arch-Duke's
           own
           Chamber
           and
           Cabinet
           ,
           yea
           ,
           the
           Signet
           that
           belong'd
           to
           his
           Hand
           .
        
         
           In
           1607
           ,
           they
           assail'd
           the
           Armada
           of
           Spain
           ,
           in
           the
           Bay
           of
           Gibraltar
           ,
           under
           Covert
           of
           the
           Castle
           and
           Town-Ordnance
           ;
           and
           with
           the
           Loss
           only
           of
           an
           Hundred
           and
           Fifty
           Men
           ,
           slew
           above
           two
           Thousand
           ,
           and
           ruin'd
           the
           whole
           Fleet.
           Certainly
           ,
           a
           bolder
           Attempt
           has
           scarce
           ever
           been
           done
           .
           The
           
             Indian
             Mastiff
          
           never
           was
           more
           fierce
           against
           the
           angry
           Lion
           :
           Nor
           can
           the
           Cock
           ,
           in
           his
           Crowing
           Valour
           ,
           become
           more
           prodigal
           of
           his
           Blood
           than
           they
           .
        
         
           There
           hardly
           is
           upon
           Earth
           such
           a
           School
           of
           Martial
           Discipline
           :
           'T
           is
           the
           
             Christian
             World's
             Academy
          
           for
           Arms
           ,
           whither
           all
           the
           Neighbour-Nations
           resort
           to
           be
           instructed
           ;
           where
           they
           may
           observe
           how
           unresistable
           a
           Blow
           many
           small
           Grains
           of
           Powder
           will
           make
           ,
           being
           heap'd
           together
           ;
           which
           yet
           if
           you
           separate
           ,
           can
           do
           nothing
           but
           sparkle
           and
           die
           .
        
         
           Their
           Recreation
           is
           the
           
             Practice
             of
             Arms
          
           ,
           and
           they
           learn
           to
           be
           Soldiers
           sooner
           than
           Men
           :
           Nay
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           placed
           a
           Religion
           in
           Arms
           ,
           every
           Sunday
           is
           concluded
           with
           the
           Train'd-bands
           marching
           through
           their
           Cities
           .
        
         
           For
           Industry
           ,
           they
           are
           Spiders
           ,
           and
           are
           in
           the
           Palaces
           of
           Kings
           .
           Of
           old
           they
           were
           the
           Guard
           of
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           Roman
           Emperor
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           Romans
           themselves
           ,
           declar'd
           to
           be
           their
           
             Friends
             and
             Companions
          
           .
           There
           are
           none
           have
           the
           like
           Intelligence
           .
           Their
           Merchants
           at
           this
           Day
           are
           the
           greatest
           of
           the
           Universe
           .
           What
           Nation
           is
           it
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           not
           insinuated
           ;
           nay
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           not
           almost
           Anatomis'd
           ,
           and
           even
           discover'd
           the
           intrinsick
           Veins
           on
           't
           .
        
         
           Even
           among
           us
           ,
           they
           shame
           us
           with
           their
           Industry
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           seem
           as
           if
           they
           had
           a
           faculty
           from
           the
           World's
           Creation
           ,
           out
           of
           Water
           to
           make
           dry
           Land
           appear
           .
           They
           win
           our
           drowned
           Grounds
           ,
           which
           we
           cannot
           recover
           ,
           and
           chase
           back
           Neptune
           to
           his
           own
           old
           Banks
           .
        
         
           All
           that
           they
           do
           ,
           is
           by
           such
           Labour
           as
           it
           seems
           extracted
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Bowels
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           wary
           Thrift
           ,
           they
           hang
           by
           such
           a
           slender
           Sustentation
           of
           Life
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           their
           own
           weight
           should
           be
           enought
           to
           crack
           it
           .
        
         
           Want
           of
           Idleness
           keeps
           them
           from
           want
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           their
           diligence
           makes
           them
           Rich.
           
        
         
           A
           fruitful
           Soil
           encreaseth
           the
           Harvest
           ,
           a
           plentiful
           Sun
           augments
           the
           Store
           ;
           and
           seasonable
           showers
           drop
           fatness
           on
           the
           Crop
           we
           reap
           .
           But
           no
           Rain
           fructifies
           more
           than
           the
           due
           of
           Sweat.
           
        
         
           You
           would
           think
           ,
           being
           with
           them
           ,
           you
           were
           in
           old
           Israel
           ;
           for
           you
           find
           not
           a
           Begger
           among
           them
           :
           Nor
           are
           they
           mindful
           of
           their
           own
           alone
           ,
           but
           Strangers
           also
           partake
           of
           their
           Care
           and
           Bounty
           ;
           if
           they
           will
           depart
           ,
           they
           have
           
             Money
             for
             their
             Convoy
          
           ;
           if
           they
           stay
           ,
           
             they
             have
             Work
             provided
          
           ;
           if
           unable
           ,
           
             they
             find
             an
             Hospital
          
           .
           Their
           Providence
           extends
           even
           from
           the
           Prince
           to
           the
           catching
           of
           Flies
           .
           And
           lest
           you
           lose
           an
           Afternoon
           by
           fruitless
           
           Mourning
           ,
           by
           two
           of
           the
           Clock
           all
           Burials
           must
           end
           ;
           wherein
           to
           prevent
           the
           waste
           of
           Ground
           ,
           they
           pile
           Coffin
           upon
           Coffin
           till
           the
           Sepulchre
           be
           full
           .
        
         
           In
           all
           their
           Manufactures
           they
           hold
           a
           truth
           and
           constancy
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           as
           Fruits
           from
           Trees
           ,
           the
           same
           every
           Year
           they
           are
           at
           first
           ;
           not
           Apples
           one
           Year
           ,
           and
           Crabs
           the
           next
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           ever
           after
           .
           In
           the
           sale
           of
           these
           they
           also
           are
           at
           a
           word
           ,
           they
           will
           gain
           rather
           than
           exact
           ;
           and
           have
           not
           that
           way
           whereby
           our
           Citizens
           abuse
           the
           Wise
           ,
           and
           cozen
           the
           Ignorant
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           infinite
           over-asking
           for
           Commodities
           ,
           proclaim
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           cheat
           all
           if
           it
           were
           in
           their
           power
           .
        
         
           The
           depravation
           of
           Manners
           they
           punish
           with
           Contempt
           ;
           but
           the
           Defects
           of
           Nature
           they
           favour
           with
           Charity
           .
           Even
           their
           Bedlam
           is
           a
           Place
           so
           curious
           ,
           that
           a
           Lord
           might
           live
           in
           it
           :
           Their
           Hospital
           might
           lodge
           a
           Lady
           .
           So
           that
           safely
           you
           may
           conclude
           ,
           amongst
           them
           even
           Poverty
           and
           Madness
           do
           both
           inhabit
           handsomely
           .
           And
           tho'
           Vice
           makes
           every
           thing
           turn
           sordid
           ,
           yet
           the
           State
           will
           have
           the
           very
           Correction
           of
           it
           to
           be
           neat
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           shew
           ,
           that
           though
           Obedience
           fail
           ,
           yet
           Government
           must
           be
           still
           it self
           ,
           and
           descent
           .
           To
           prove
           this
           ,
           they
           that
           do
           but
           view
           their
           Bridewel
           ,
           will
           think
           it
           may
           receive
           a
           Gentleman
           tho'
           a
           Gallant
           :
           And
           so
           their
           Prison
           ,
           a
           wealthy
           Citizen
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           poor
           Man
           ,
           't
           is
           his
           best
           Policy
           to
           be
           laid
           there
           ,
           
             for
             he
             that
             casts
             him
             in
             must
             maintain
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           Language
           ,
           tho'
           it
           differ
           from
           the
           higher
           Germany
           ,
           yet
           has
           it
           the
           same
           Ground
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           old
           as
           Babel
           ;
           and
           albeit
           harsh
           ,
           yet
           so
           lofty
           and
           full
           a
           Tongue
           ,
           as
           made
           
             Goropius
             Becanus
          
           maintain
           it
           for
           the
           Speech
           of
           Adam
           in
           his
           Paradice
           .
           And
           surely
           if
           there
           were
           not
           other
           Reasons
           against
           it
           ,
           the
           significancy
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Teutonic
           might
           carry
           it
           from
           the
           primest
           Dialect
           .
           Steven
           of
           Bruges
           reckons
           up
           Two
           thousand
           one
           hundred
           seventy
           Monosyllables
           ,
           which
           being
           compounded
           ,
           how
           richly
           do
           they
           grace
           a
           Tongue
           ?
           A
           Tongue
           ,
           that
           for
           the
           general
           profession
           ,
           is
           extended
           further
           than
           any
           that
           I
           know
           .
           Through
           both
           the
           
             Germanies
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
             Norway
             ,
             Sueden
             ,
          
           and
           sometimes
           
             France
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           and
           Spain
           :
           And
           still
           among
           us
           ,
           all
           our
           Words
           are
           Dutch
           ,
           with
           yet
           so
           little
           change
           ,
           that
           certainly
           't
           is
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           same
           that
           it
           was
           two
           thousand
           Years
           ago
           ,
           without
           the
           too
           much
           mingled
           Borrowings
           of
           their
           Neighbour
           Nations
           .
        
         
           The
           Germans
           are
           a
           People
           ,
           that
           more
           than
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           may
           boast
           Sincerity
           ,
           as
           being
           for
           some
           thousand
           of
           Years
           a
           pure
           and
           unmixed
           People
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           I
           see
           not
           but
           their
           Conduction
           by
           Tuisco
           ,
           from
           the
           building
           of
           Babel
           ,
           may
           pass
           as
           unconfuted
           Story
           ,
           they
           yet
           retaining
           the
           Appellation
           from
           his
           Name
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           a
           large
           and
           numerous
           People
           ,
           having
           ever
           kept
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           transported
           Colonies
           into
           other
           Nations
           ;
           in
           Italy
           were
           the
           Longobards
           ;
           in
           Spain
           the
           Goths
           and
           Vandals
           ;
           in
           France
           the
           
           Franks
           ,
           or
           Franconians
           ,
           in
           England
           the
           Saxons
           :
           having
           in
           all
           these
           left
           Reverend
           Steps
           of
           their
           Antiquity
           and
           Language
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           a
           noble
           Testimony
           that
           so
           grave
           an
           Historian
           as
           Tacitus
           hath
           left
           still
           extant
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           Written
           above
           fifteen
           hundred
           Years
           ago
           ;
           
             Deliberant
             dum
             fingere
             nésciunt
             :
             Constituunt
             dum
             errare
             non
             possunt
             .
          
           They
           deliberate
           when
           they
           cannot
           Dissemble
           ,
           and
           resolve
           when
           they
           cannot
           err
           .
        
         
           Two
           hundred
           and
           ten
           Years
           the
           Romans
           were
           in
           conquering
           them
           ,
           in
           which
           space
           on
           either
           side
           were
           the
           losses
           sad
           and
           fatal
           ;
           so
           as
           neither
           the
           Samnites
           ,
           the
           Carthagenians
           ,
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           the
           Gauls
           ,
           no
           nor
           the
           Parthians
           ever
           troubled
           them
           like
           the
           Germans
           .
           They
           slew
           and
           took
           Prisoners
           several
           Commanders
           of
           the
           highest
           Rank
           ,
           as
           
             Carbo
             ,
             Cassius
             ,
             S.
             Cauras
             ,
             Aurelius
             ,
             Cervillius
             ,
             Cepio
             ,
          
           and
           
             M.
             Manlius
          
           .
           They
           defeated
           five
           
             Consulary
             Armies
          
           ,
           and
           Varus
           with
           three
           Legions
           ;
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           he
           concludes
           ,
           
             Triumphati
             magis
             quam
             victi
             sunt
          
           .
           They
           were
           rather
           triumph'd
           over
           than
           conquered
           .
           To
           confirm
           this
           ,
           the
           keeping
           of
           their
           own
           Language
           is
           an
           Argument
           answerable
           ;
           the
           change
           whereof
           ever
           follows
           upon
           the
           fully
           vanquished
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           see
           it
           did
           in
           
             Italy
             ,
             France
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           and
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           Nation
           in
           general
           :
           Nor
           was
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Romans
           less
           worthy
           in
           particular
           ,
           concerning
           these
           Lower
           Provinces
           ,
           which
           made
           them
           for
           their
           Valour
           and
           warlike
           Minds
           ,
           stile
           them
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Gallia
             Belgica
          
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           the
           Batavians
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           Hollanders
           ,
           and
           part
           of
           Guelders
           .
           You
           may
           hear
           in
           what
           honourable
           terms
           he
           mentions
           them
           ,
           where
           speaking
           of
           the
           several
           People
           of
           Germany
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             Omnium
             harum
             Gentium
             virtute
             proecipui
             Batavi
             :
             Nam
             nec
             tributis
             contemnuntur
             ,
             nec
             publicanus
             atterit
             :
             exemptioneribus
             &
             collationibus
             ,
             &
             tantum
             in
             usum
             proeliorum
             sepositi
             ,
             velut
             tela
             atque
             arma
             bellis
             reservantur
             .
          
           Of
           all
           these
           Nations
           ,
           the
           Principal
           in
           valiant
           Vertue
           are
           the
           Batavians
           ;
           for
           neither
           are
           they
           become
           despicable
           by
           paying
           of
           Tribute
           ,
           nor
           oppressed
           too
           much
           by
           the
           Farmer
           of
           publick
           Revenues
           ,
           but
           free
           from
           Taxes
           and
           Contributions
           for
           Servility
           ;
           they
           are
           specially
           set
           a-part
           for
           the
           Fight
           ,
           as
           Armour
           and
           Weapons
           only
           reserved
           for
           War.
           
        
         
           All
           this
           even
           at
           this
           Day
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           make
           good
           ;
           for
           of
           all
           they
           World
           they
           are
           the
           People
           that
           Thrive
           and
           grow
           Rich
           by
           the
           War
           ,
           like
           the
           Porcipice
           ,
           that
           plays
           in
           the
           Storm
           ,
           but
           at
           other
           times
           lies
           still
           and
           sober
           under
           the
           Water
           .
        
         
           War
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           World's
           Ruin
           ,
           and
           ravins
           upon
           the
           Beauty
           of
           all
           ,
           is
           to
           them
           Prosperity
           and
           Ditation
           .
           And
           surely
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           is
           ,
           their
           strength
           in
           Shipping
           ,
           the
           open
           Sea
           ,
           their
           many
           fortified
           Towns
           ,
           and
           the
           Country
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           lowness
           and
           plentiful
           irrigation
           ,
           becoming
           impassable
           for
           an
           Army
           when
           the
           Winter
           but
           approaches
           :
           Otherwise
           it
           is
           hardly
           possible
           ,
           that
           so
           small
           a
           parcel
           of
           Mankind
           should
           brave
           the
           most
           Potent
           Monarch
           of
           Christendom
           ,
           who
           in
           his
           own
           Hands
           hold
           the
           Mines
           
           of
           the
           Wars
           Sinews
           ,
           Money
           ;
           and
           has
           now
           got
           a
           Command
           so
           wide
           ,
           that
           out
           of
           his
           Dominions
           the
           Sun
           can
           neither
           rise
           nor
           set
           .
        
         
           The
           whole
           
             Seventeen
             Provinces
          
           are
           not
           above
           a
           thousand
           English
           Miles
           in
           Circuit
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           States
           Hands
           there
           is
           not
           seven
           of
           those
           ;
           yet
           have
           they
           in
           the
           Field
           sometimes
           sixty
           thousand
           Soldiers
           ,
           besides
           those
           which
           they
           always
           keep
           in
           Garrison
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           but
           a
           considerable
           number
           ,
           near
           thirty
           thousand
           ;
           there
           being
           in
           the
           whole
           Country
           above
           two
           hundred
           Wall'd
           Towns
           and
           Cities
           .
           So
           that
           if
           they
           have
           People
           for
           the
           War
           ,
           one
           would
           wonder
           where
           they
           should
           get
           Money
           to
           pay
           them
           ,
           they
           being
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           an
           Army
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           at
           a
           thousnnd
           pound
           a
           Day
           charge
           extraordinary
           .
        
         
           To
           maintain
           this
           ,
           their
           Excise
           is
           an
           unwasted
           Mine
           ,
           which
           with
           the
           infiniteness
           of
           their
           Traffick
           ,
           and
           their
           untired
           industry
           ,
           is
           by
           every
           part
           of
           the
           World
           in
           something
           or
           other
           contributed
           to
           .
        
         
           The
           Sea
           yields
           them
           by
           two
           sorts
           of
           Fish
           only
           ,
           Herring
           ,
           and
           Cod
           ,
           sixty
           thousand
           pound
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ;
           for
           which
           they
           go
           out
           sometimes
           seven
           or
           eight
           hundred
           Boats
           at
           once
           ;
           and
           for
           greater
           Ships
           ,
           they
           are
           able
           to
           set
           out
           double
           the
           number
           :
        
         
           Their
           Merchandise
           amounted
           in
           
           Guicciardine's
           time
           to
           Fourteen
           Millions
           
             per
             Annum
          
           .
           Whereas
           England
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           compass
           almost
           as
           large
           again
           ,
           and
           hath
           the
           Ocean
           as
           a
           Ring
           about
           her
           ,
           made
           not
           above
           six
           Millions
           yearly
           ;
           so
           sedulous
           are
           these
           Bees
           to
           labour
           and
           enrich
           their
           Hive
           .
        
         
           As
           they
           on
           the
           Sea
           ,
           so
           the
           Women
           are
           busie
           on
           Land
           in
           weaving
           of
           Nets
           ,
           and
           helping
           to
           add
           to
           the
           heap
           .
           And
           though
           a
           Husband
           's
           long
           absence
           might
           tempt
           them
           to
           lacivious
           ways
           ,
           yet
           they
           hate
           Adultery
           ,
           and
           are
           resolute
           in
           Matrimonial
           Chastity
           .
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           that
           ever
           I
           read
           in
           Story
           ,
           of
           any
           great
           Lady
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           that
           hath
           been
           tax'd
           with
           looseness
           :
           And
           questionless
           ,
           't
           is
           their
           ever
           being
           busie
           ,
           makes
           them
           have
           no
           leisure
           for
           Lust
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           idleness
           that
           is
           
           Cnpid's
           Nurse
           ,
           but
           business
           breaks
           his
           Bow
           ,
           and
           makes
           his
           Arrows
           useless
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           both
           Merchants
           and
           Farmers
           ;
           an
           their
           act
           parts
           ,
           which
           Men
           can
           but
           discharge
           with
           us
           :
           As
           if
           they
           would
           shew
           ,
           thrt
           the
           Souls
           in
           all
           are
           Masculine
           ,
           and
           not
           varied
           into
           weaker
           Sex
           ,
           as
           are
           the
           Bodies
           that
           they
           wear
           about
           them
           .
        
         
           Whether
           this
           be
           from
           the
           Nature
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           not
           laborious
           ,
           they
           cannot
           live
           ;
           or
           from
           an
           Innate
           Genius
           of
           People
           ,
           by
           a
           superiour
           Providence
           adapted
           to
           them
           of
           such
           a
           Situation
           ;
           from
           their
           own
           Inclinations
           ,
           addicted
           to
           Pasimony
           ;
           from
           Custom
           in
           their
           Way
           of
           Breeding
           ;
           from
           any
           Transcendency
           of
           Active
           Parts
           ,
           more
           than
           other
           Nations
           ;
           or
           from
           being
           in
           their
           Country
           ,
           like
           People
           in
           a
           City
           besieg'd
           ,
           whereby
           their
           own
           Vertues
           do
           more
           compact
           ,
           and
           fortifie
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           determine
           .
           But
           ,
           certainly
           ,
           in
           general
           ,
           they
           are
           the
           most
           painful
           and
           diligent
           People
           on
           Earth
           ;
           and
           ,
           of
           all
           other
           ,
           the
           most
           truly
           
           of
           
           Vespacian's
           Opinion
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           
             Ex
             re
             qualibet
             bonus
             Odor
             lucri
             :
          
           Be
           it
           rais'd
           from
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           the
           Smell
           of
           Gain
           is
           pleasant
           .
        
         
           Yet
           they
           are
           ,
           in
           some
           sort
           ,
           Gods
           ;
           for
           they
           set
           Bounds
           to
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           list
           let
           it
           pass
           again
           .
           Even
           their
           Dwelling
           is
           a
           Miracle
           ;
           they
           live
           lower
           than
           the
           Fishes
           ,
           in
           the
           very
           Lap
           of
           the
           Floods
           ,
           and
           incircl'd
           in
           their
           Watry
           Arms
           :
           They
           are
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           passing
           through
           the
           
             Red
             Sea
          
           ,
           the
           Waters
           wall
           them
           in
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           set
           open
           their
           Sluces
           ,
           shall
           drown
           their
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           They
           have
           struggl'd
           long
           with
           
           Spain's
           Pharaoh
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           at
           length
           enforc'd
           him
           to
           let
           them
           go
           .
           They
           are
           a
           
           Gideon's
           Army
           upon
           the
           March
           again
           .
           They
           are
           the
           
             Indian
             Rat
          
           ,
           gnawing
           the
           Bowels
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Crocodile
          
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           got
           when
           he
           gap'd
           to
           swallow
           them
           .
           They
           are
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           wreath'd
           about
           the
           Legs
           of
           that
           Elephant
           .
           They
           are
           the
           little
           Sword-fish
           ,
           pricking
           the
           Belly
           of
           the
           Whale
           .
           They
           are
           the
           
             Wane
             of
             that
             Empire
          
           which
           increas'd
           under
           Isabella
           ,
           and
           in
           Charles
           V's
           Time
           was
           at
           full
           .
        
         
           They
           are
           a
           Glass
           ,
           wherein
           Kings
           may
           see
           ,
           
             that
             though
             they
             be
             Sovereigns
             over
             Lives
             and
             Goods
             ,
             yet
             when
             they
             usurp
             upon
             God's
             Part
             ,
             and
             will
             be
             Kings
             over
             Conscience
             too
             ,
             they
             are
             sometimes
             punish'd
             with
             the
             Loss
             of
             that
             which
             lawfully
             is
             their
             own
             :
          
           That
           Religion
           too
           fiercely
           urg'd
           ,
           is
           to
           stretch
           a
           String
           till
           it
           not
           only
           jars
           ,
           but
           cracks
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           breaking
           ,
           whips
           (
           perhaps
           )
           the
           Streiner's
           Eye
           out
           .
        
         
           That
           an
           Extream
           Taxation
           is
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Honey
           while
           the
           Bees
           keep
           the
           Hive
           ;
           whereas
           ,
           he
           that
           would
           do
           that
           ,
           should
           first
           either
           burn
           them
           ,
           or
           drive
           them
           out
           :
           That
           Tyrants
           in
           their
           Government
           ,
           are
           the
           greatest
           Traytors
           to
           their
           own
           States
           :
           That
           a
           Desire
           of
           being
           too
           Absolute
           ,
           is
           to
           walk
           upon
           Pinacles
           and
           the
           Tops
           of
           Piramids
           ,
           where
           not
           only
           the
           Footing
           is
           full
           of
           Hazard
           ,
           but
           even
           the
           Sharpness
           of
           that
           they
           tread
           on
           may
           run
           into
           their
           Foot
           ,
           and
           wound
           them
           :
           That
           too
           much
           to
           regrate
           on
           the
           Patience
           of
           but
           fickle
           Subjects
           ,
           is
           to
           press
           a
           Thorn
           till
           it
           prick
           your
           Finger
           :
           That
           nothing
           makes
           a
           more
           desperate
           Rebel
           ,
           than
           a
           Prerogative
           inforc'd
           too
           far
           .
        
         
           That
           Liberty
           in
           Man
           is
           as
           the
           Skin
           to
           the
           Body
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           put
           off
           ,
           but
           together
           with
           Life
           .
           That
           they
           which
           will
           command
           more
           than
           they
           ought
           ,
           shall
           not
           at
           last
           command
           so
           much
           as
           is
           fit
           .
        
         
           That
           Moderate
           Princes
           sit
           faster
           in
           their
           Regalities
           ,
           than
           such
           as
           being
           but
           Men
           ,
           would
           yet
           have
           their
           Power
           over
           their
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           the
           
             Gods
             ,
             Unlimited
          
           .
           That
           Oppression
           is
           an
           
             Iron
             heated
             till
             it
             burns
             the
             Hand
             .
          
           That
           to
           debar
           some
           States
           of
           
             Ancient
             Privileges
          
           ,
           is
           ,
           for
           a
           Falcon
           to
           undertake
           to
           beat
           a
           Flock
           of
           
             Wild
             Geese
          
           out
           of
           the
           Fens
           .
           That
           to
           go
           about
           to
           compel
           a
           sullen
           Reason
           to
           submit
           to
           a
           wilful
           Peremptoriness
           ,
           is
           so
           long
           
             to
             beat
             a
             chain'd
             Mastiff
             into
             his
             Kennel
             ,
             till
             at
             last
             he
             turns
             ,
             and
             flies
             at
             your
          
           
           Throat
           .
           That
           unjust
           Policy
           is
           to
           shoot
           as
           they
           did
           at
           Ostend
           ,
           into
           the
           Mouth
           of
           a
           charg'd
           Cannon
           ,
           to
           have
           
             two
             Bullets
             return'd
             for
             one
          
           .
           That
           he
           doth
           but
           endanger
           himself
           ,
           that
           riding
           with
           too
           weak
           a
           Bitt
           ,
           provokes
           an
           Head-strong
           Horse
           with
           a
           Spur.
           That
           't
           is
           safer
           to
           meet
           a
           valiant
           Man
           Weaponless
           ,
           than
           almost
           a
           Coward
           in
           Armour
           .
           That
           even
           a
           weak
           Cause
           ,
           with
           a
           strong
           Castle
           ,
           will
           boil
           
             Solt
             Blood
             to
             a
             Rebellious
             Itch.
          
           That
           't
           is
           better
           keeping
           a
           Crazy
           Body
           in
           an
           equal
           Temper
           ,
           than
           to
           anger
           Humours
           by
           too
           sharp
           a
           Physick
           .
        
         
           That
           Admonitions
           from
           a
           dying
           Man
           ,
           are
           too
           serious
           to
           be
           neglected
           .
           That
           there
           is
           nothing
           certain
           ,
           that
           is
           not
           impossible
           .
           That
           a
           Cobler
           of
           Flushing
           was
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Enemies
           the
           greatest
           Enemies
           the
           King
           of
           Spain
           ever
           had
           .
        
         
           The
           People
           in
           it
           are
           Jews
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ,
           that
           have
           exchang'd
           nothing
           but
           the
           Law
           for
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           rather
           profess
           ,
           than
           practise
           .
           Together
           ,
           a
           
             Man
             of
             War
          
           ,
           riding
           at
           Anchor
           in
           the
           Downs
           of
           Germany
           .
        
         
           For
           Foreign
           Princes
           to
           help
           them
           ,
           is
           wise
           Self-Policy
           :
           When
           they
           have
           made
           them
           able
           to
           defend
           themselves
           against
           Spain
           ,
           they
           are
           at
           the
           Pale
           ;
           if
           they
           enable
           them
           to
           offend
           others
           ,
           they
           go
           beyond
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           questionless
           ,
           were
           this
           Thorn
           out
           of
           the
           
           Spaniard's
           Side
           ,
           he
           might
           be
           fear'd
           too
           soon
           to
           grasp
           his
           Long-intended
           Monarchy
           .
           And
           were
           the
           Spaniard
           but
           possessed
           Lord
           of
           the
           Low-Countries
           ,
           or
           had
           the
           States
           but
           the
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           of
           Spain
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           Europe
           might
           be
           like
           People
           at
           Sea
           in
           a
           Ship
           on
           fire
           ,
           that
           could
           only
           chuse
           whether
           they
           would
           drown
           or
           burn
           .
           Now
           ,
           their
           War
           is
           the
           Peace
           of
           their
           Neighbours
           .
           So
           Rome
           ,
           when
           busy'd
           in
           her
           Civil
           Broils
           ,
           the
           Parthians
           liv'd
           at
           rest
           ;
           but
           those
           concluded
           once
           ,
           by
           Caesar
           ,
           next
           are
           they
           design'd
           for
           Conquest
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           Man
           wonder
           at
           these
           Contraries
           ,
           let
           him
           look
           in
           his
           own
           Body
           for
           as
           many
           several
           Humours
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Brain
           for
           as
           many
           different
           Fancies
           ,
           in
           his
           own
           Heart
           for
           as
           various
           Passions
           ;
           and
           from
           all
           these
           he
           may
           learn
           ,
           
             that
             there
             is
             not
             in
             all
             the
             World
             such
             another
             Beast
             as
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             OF
             AMSTERDAM
             .
          
           
             AS
             this
             famous
             City
             was
             one
             the
             first
             which
             shook
             off
             the
             Spanish
             Yoak
             ,
             so
             the
             Courage
             it
             shew'd
             ,
             at
             a
             Juncture
             when
             their
             Lives
             and
             Liberties
             were
             in
             the
             utmost
             Danger
             ,
             has
             entitl'd
             it
             more
             to
             be
             the
             Metropolis
             of
             the
             
               Seven
               Provinces
            
             ,
             than
             the
             Splendour
             of
             its
             Buildings
             ,
             the
             Advantages
             of
             its
             Situation
             ,
             and
             the
             Abundance
             of
             its
             Riches
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             confess'd
             ,
             (
             as
             our
             Trip-Master
             will
             have
             it
             ,
             )
             several
             Vices
             are
             Inhabitants
             of
             this
             place
             ;
             but
             here
             are
             Vertues
             which
             drown
             the
             Appearance
             of
             them
             :
             Here
             is
             Industry
             ,
             with-Necessity
             ;
             Hospitality
             ,
             without
             Design
             ;
             Charity
             ,
             without
             Boasting
             ;
             Obedience
             ,
             without
             Compulsion
             ;
             Magistracy
             ,
             without
             Knavery
             ;
             Jnstice
             ,
             without
             Bribery
             ;
             and
             Frugality
             ,
             without
             Covetousness
             .
          
           
             The
             People
             are
             Lovers
             of
             Freedom
             ,
             and
             fearless
             of
             Asserting
             it
             ;
             wonderful
             Cautious
             ,
             yet
             Daring
             to
             a
             Miracle
             ;
             Inimitable
             in
             Times
             of
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Unconquerable
             in
             War
             ;
             have
             Immunities
             above
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             yet
             never
             make
             use
             of
             them
             to
             their
             Neighbours
             Disadvantage
             .
          
           
             The
             Story
             of
             Japan
             was
             forg'd
             against
             them
             by
             Stubbs
             ,
             in
             the
             late
             Dutch
             War
             ,
             when
             to
             be
             Inveterate
             was
             to
             tell
             Truth
             ,
             and
             to
             invent
             a
             plausible
             Lye
             was
             to
             be
             counted
             a
             good
             Patriot
             .
             There
             was
             something
             in
             it
             ,
             't
             is
             true
             ;
             but
             nothing
             but
             what
             savour'd
             more
             of
             Policy
             ,
             than
             Dishonesty
             .
             For
             ,
             how
             could
             it
             be
             Denying
             CHRIST
             ,
             to
             write
             themselves
             HOLLANDERS
             ?
             Or
             ,
             by
             what
             Means
             can
             they
             be
             stil'd
             Heathens
             ,
             who
             made
             such
             Evasions
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             Professing
             the
             Gospel
             without
             Disturbance
             .
          
           
             If
             they
             were
             so
             irreligious
             as
             our
             Author
             would
             have
             them
             ,
             they
             would
             never
             have
             Revolted
             from
             the
             Spaniard
             on
             Account
             of
             their
             Religion
             :
             And
             if
             they
             were
             so
             easily
             to
             be
             persuaded
             to
             deny
             their
             SAVIOUR
             ,
             certainly
             they
             would
             never
             have
             been
             so
             difficult
             in
             submitting
             to
             a
             Religion
             ,
             which
             ,
             though
             it
             differ'd
             from
             theirs
             in
             several
             Points
             ,
             yet
             own'd
             the
             REDEEMER
             ,
             who
             suffer'd
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             their
             hatred
             to
             the
             Spanish
             King
             ,
             it
             appears
             in
             nothing
             but
             their
             unwillingness
             to
             joyn
             in
             a
             Communion
             which
             was
             disonant
             
             to
             their
             Principles
             ,
             and
             impracticable
             by
             those
             of
             another
             Profession
             ,
             and
             if
             to
             relieve
             him
             in
             the
             highest
             extremity
             ,
             and
             support
             him
             when
             his
             whole
             Kingdom
             was
             threatned
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             be
             Hatred
             truly
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             to
             seek
             for
             a
             definition
             of
             Love.
             
          
           
             And
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             would
             scarce
             have
             an
             Ambassador
             there
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             not
             in
             his
             Interests
             .
          
           
             Their
             Clergy
             ,
             tho'
             Calvinists
             ,
             a
             Title
             which
             is
             their
             Glory
             ,
             tho'
             our
             Author
             would
             brand
             them
             with
             it
             ,
             are
             mien
             in
             their
             Dispositions
             ,
             courteous
             in
             their
             Behaviour
             ,
             without
             Affectation
             ,
             without
             Pride
             ,
             without
             Hypocrisie
             .
          
           
             They
             rail
             at
             no
             Religion
             ,
             tho'
             they
             have
             made
             choice
             of
             One
             which
             they
             think
             to
             be
             the
             Best
             ,
             and
             disputes
             about
             Religious
             matters
             are
             as
             rare
             here
             as
             they
             are
             common
             in
             
               London
               ▪
            
             Every
             one
             is
             suffer'd
             to
             go
             on
             in
             his
             own
             way
             ,
             though
             if
             he
             be
             thought
             to
             be
             in
             the
             wrong
             ,
             he
             has
             the
             Prayers
             of
             those
             who
             think
             themselves
             in
             the
             right
             to
             convert
             him
             .
          
           
             Here
             are
             no
             Bishops
             with
             costly
             Equipages
             ,
             no
             Deans
             with
             fifteen
             hundred
             Pounds
             
               per
               Annum
            
             ,
             no
             greasie
             Prebendaries
             with
             their
             double
             Chins
             as
             big
             as
             their
             Paunches
             ;
             but
             a
             competency
             is
             allowed
             from
             the
             State
             to
             each
             Minister
             ,
             which
             makes
             them
             too
             low
             to
             think
             themselves
             above
             their
             Fellow
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             too
             high
             to
             be
             dispis'd
             by
             them
             .
          
           
             Two
             hundred
             Pounds
             a
             Year
             is
             their
             respective
             Salary
             ,
             and
             by
             these
             means
             are
             kept
             in
             a
             dependence
             on
             the
             States
             ,
             who
             has
             it
             in
             their
             power
             to
             discard
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             ,
             like
             the
             English
             Clergy
             ,
             meddle
             with
             affairs
             which
             belong
             to
             the
             Supream
             Rulers
             .
          
           
             Their
             Churches
             are
             large
             ,
             their
             Principles
             not
             so
             starch'd
             as
             those
             of
             our
             English
             Presbyterians
             ;
             their
             Preaching
             Doctrinal
             and
             Persuasive
             ,
             their
             lives
             Pious
             and
             Instructive
             ,
             and
             their
             whole
             constitution
             of
             so
             exemplary
             a
             frame
             ,
             as
             it
             not
             only
             takes
             off
             from
             those
             odious
             aspersions
             which
             are
             laid
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             adds
             to
             the
             glory
             of
             an
             Establishment
             which
             scarce
             can
             suffer
             any
             further
             increase
             .
          
           
             Their
             Merchants
             are
             the
             greatest
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             their
             Magistrates
             the
             justest
             ,
             and
             their
             Laws
             so
             strictly
             put
             in
             execution
             ,
             that
             to
             hear
             of
             a
             robbery
             in
             Amsterdam
             is
             to
             be
             told
             a
             thing
             which
             increases
             your
             Wonder
             ;
             and
             to
             detect
             People
             in
             dishonest
             practices
             there
             ,
             is
             less
             frequent
             than
             to
             see
             them
             executed
             for
             dishonesty
             here
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             tho'
             all
             Religions
             are
             tolerated
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             but
             what
             may
             think
             the
             True
             incouraged
             ;
             and
             tho'
             Policy
             in
             this
             Place
             is
             in
             its
             highest
             perfection
             ,
             yet
             Probity
             and
             Equity
             are
             not
             eclips'd
             by
             it
             ;
             and
             it
             no
             more
             takes
             off
             from
             the
             Glory
             of
             the
             Renowned
             City
             of
             Amsterdam
             ,
             than
             the
             
               De
               Witts
            
             who
             were
             Enemies
             to
             his
             present
             Majesty
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             were
             Born
             here
             ,
             then
             that
             so
             many
             Monarchy-haters
             have
             their
             Residence
             and
             Nativity
             in
             London
             .
          
           
           
             To
             conclude
             ,
             if
             to
             be
             Preservers
             of
             their
             own
             liberties
             ,
             and
             Defenders
             of
             that
             of
             others
             ;
             if
             to
             furnish
             Examples
             for
             the
             security
             of
             this
             and
             succeeding
             Ages
             ;
             if
             to
             have
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             to
             kiss
             each
             other
             ,
             whilst
             Plenty
             and
             Peace
             walk
             Hand
             in
             hand
             together
             ,
             be
             Blessings
             ,
             as
             instructive
             as
             they
             are
             valuable
             ,
             then
             had
             our
             Author
             no
             reason
             to
             wish
             
               Amsterdam
               to
               set
               Sail
            
             ,
             unless
             
               Industry
               ,
               Goodness
            
             ,
             and
             Justice
             ,
             be
             so
             many
             Eye-sores
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             be
             as
             far
             from
             receiving
             good
             Instructions
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             from
             giving
             them
             .
          
           
             
               AND
               now
               ,
               O'
               Land
               !
               from
               whom
               at
               first
               I
               drew
            
             
               My
               Breath
               ;
               to
               whom
               ,
               again
               ,
               my
               Breath
               is
               due
               !
            
             
               If
               any
               thing
               be
               written
               ,
               or
               is
               done
               ,
            
             
               Unworthy
               of
               a
               Parent
               ,
               or
               a
               Son
               :
            
             
               If
               I
               've
               forgot
               the
               Duties
               of
               my
               Birth
               ;
            
             
               And
               Praising
               ,
               have
               not
               prais'd
               Thee
               to
               thy
               Worth
               ,
            
             
               Grant
               me
               Thy
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               forgive
               the
               Faults
            
             
               Of
               unconsider'd
               Lines
               ,
               and
               hasty
               Thoughts
               ,
            
             
               Till
               some
               bold
               Pen
               ,
               to
               Fame
               and
               Merit
               known
               ,
            
             
               Shall
               justifie
               thy
               Cause
               ,
               which
               is
               its
               own
               .
            
             
               Tho'
               Deeds
               like
               Thine
               ,
               and
               Vertues
               ,
               are
               so
               bright
               ,
            
             
               They
               ,
               of
               themselves
               ,
               can
               to
               themselves
               do
               Right
               :
            
             
               And
               tho'
               one
               English
               Pen
               has
               vainly
               chose
            
             
               To
               blame
               Thy
               People
               ,
               and
               his
               own
               expose
               :
            
             
               Yet
               still
               Thy
               Arms
               with
               English
               Forces
               join
               ,
            
             
               And
               win
               their
               Hearts
               by
               Friendship
               to
               be
               Thine
               .
            
             
               Then
               shall
               Britannia
               midst
               the
               Ocean
               Reign
               ,
            
             
               And
               Neptune
               yield
               the
               Taxes
               of
               the
               Main
               :
            
             
               Whilst
               
               Belgia's
               Fleets
               ,
               with
               Hers
               ,
               United
               Ride
               ,
            
             
               And
               Heav'n
               ,
               and
               Fame
               ,
               and
               Conquest
               's
               on
               her
               Side
               ,
            
             
               No
               Harms
               shall
               hurt
               'em
               ,
               and
               no
               Ills
               molest
               ,
            
             
               Whilst
               One
               reclines
               Her
               Head
               on
               t'
               
               Other
               's
               Breast
               .
            
          
           
             
               So
               the
               Tall
               Oak
               ,
               the
               Pride
               of
               all
               the
               Grove
               ,
            
             
               Whom
               Winds
               insult
               ,
               and
               Storms
               attempt
               to
               move
               ,
            
             
               If
               it
               's
               with
               the
               Supporting
               Ivy
               Crown'd
               ,
            
             
               Secure
               it
               stands
               ,
               scarce
               nodding
               on
               the
               Ground
               :
            
             
               In
               vain
               the
               Tempests
               on
               it
               blow
               ,
            
             
               Its
               Friend
               ,
               the
               Ivy
               ,
               props
               it
               from
               its
               Foe
               ;
            
             
               Which
               whistling
               through
               its
               kind
               Embraces
               ,
               wastes
            
             
               Its
               Fruitless
               Strength
               in
               Unsuccessful
               Blasts
               .
            
             
               When
               if
               on
               
               Ida's
               Yop
               it
               stands
               alone
               ,
            
             
               Divested
               of
               all
               Coverts
               but
               its
               own
               ,
            
             
               Up
               from
               the
               Roots
               (
               it
               self
               a
               Wood
               )
               't
               is
               torn
               ,
            
             
               And
               
               Ida's
               Ecchoing
               Nymphs
               the
               spacious
               Ruin
               mourn
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .