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             The Congress at The Hague
             C. W.
          
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             London :
             1691.
          
           
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           THE
           CONGRESS
           AT
           THE
           HAGUE
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   LICENS'D
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     
                       May
                       8.
                       1691.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     J.
                     FRASER
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           near
           the
           
             Oxford-Arms-Inn
             ,
             Warwick-Lane
          
           .
           1691.
           
        
         
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Noble
           THE
           MARQUESS
           of
           CARMARTHEN
           ,
           EARL
           of
           DANBY
           ,
           &c.
           
           LORD
           PRESIDENT
           of
           Their
           Majesties
           Most
           Honourable
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           and
           Knight
           of
           the
           Most
           Noble
           ORDER
           of
           the
           GARTER
           .
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Humbly
           entreat
           your
           LORDSHIP
           to
           throw
           an
           eye
           upon
           these
           few
           Papers
           I
           have
           written
           about
           the
           Congress
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           upon
           the
           eager
           sollicitations
           of
           some
           worthy
           persons
           of
           my
           acquaintance
           ,
           who
           being
           curious
           to
           
           know
           what
           had
           past
           there
           ,
           were
           not
           perhaps
           left
           at
           liberty
           to
           consider
           how
           uncapable
           I
           was
           either
           to
           refuse
           ,
           or
           to
           satisfy
           them
           ,
           especially
           in
           so
           nice
           a
           Language
           ,
           as
           the
           English
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           afraid
           that
           by
           some
           uneasie
           Words
           ,
           and
           by
           some
           struggling
           Expressions
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           easily
           discovered
           that
           I
           am
           a
           Stranger
           to
           that
           Language
           ,
           and
           consequently
           I
           run
           the
           hazard
           to
           be
           thought
           a
           Stranger
           to
           the
           Subject
           too
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           I
           am
           between
           fear
           and
           hopes
           ;
           and
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           LORDSHIP
           to
           redeem
           me
           from
           that
           pain
           .
           If
           your
           LORDSHIP
           can
           persuade
           your self
           to
           begin
           to
           read
           this
           little
           Book
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           do
           not
           throw
           it
           away
           before
           you
           have
           finisht
           it
           ,
           that
           will
           be
           an
           infallible
           sign
           of
           my
           success
           ;
           and
           your
           bare
           indifferency
           will
           do
           me
           more
           Honour
           ,
           than
           the
           applauding-Praises
           of
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           others
           .
           And
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           I
           
           humbly
           desire
           your
           LORDSHIP
           to
           present
           it
           to
           Her
           Majesty
           ;
           to
           tell
           Her
           that
           the
           Author
           does
           humbly
           dedicate
           it
           to
           Her
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           he
           has
           not
           done
           it
           in
           the
           usual
           manner
           ,
           it
           is
           only
           because
           he
           endeavoured
           well
           to
           manage
           the
           profound
           Respect
           and
           Veneration
           he
           has
           for
           Her
           Majesty's
           Sacred
           Name
           .
           I
           do
           not
           question
           but
           Her
           Majesty
           will
           peruse
           it
           ,
           seeing
           it
           is
           recommended
           by
           so
           Great
           a
           hand
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           think
           my self
           extream
           happy
           to
           have
           once
           in
           my
           Life
           ,
           for
           one
           half
           hour
           ,
           entertained
           the
           most
           Pious
           ,
           most
           Vertuous
           ,
           and
           most
           Beautiful
           Queen
           in
           the
           World.
           It
           is
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           a
           very
           great
           presumption
           in
           a
           Foreigner
           to
           desire
           so
           signal
           a
           Favour
           from
           the
           chief
           Minister
           of
           State
           ;
           but
           that
           very
           Name
           of
           Foreigner
           seems
           to
           soften
           the
           boldness
           ,
           and
           carries
           with
           it
           an
           Argument
           so
           much
           received
           by
           all
           Civilized
           
           Nations
           ,
           that
           pleads
           for
           your
           generous
           Patronage
           .
           The
           mighty
           weight
           of
           the
           publick
           Affairs
           ,
           lies
           indeed
           very
           heavy
           upon
           you
           ;
           yet
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           your
           
           LORD-SHIP's
           vast
           Capacity
           and
           Courage
           ,
           you
           seem
           still
           to
           be
           able
           to
           bear
           a
           greater
           one
           ;
           you
           have
           still
           some
           Moments
           to
           distribute
           amongst
           your
           Friends
           and
           Clients
           ;
           and
           I
           humbly
           beseech
           your
           LORDSHIP
           to
           be
           pleased
           to
           receive
           me
           amongst
           the
           Number
           of
           the
           last
           .
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           careful
           not
           to
           render
           my self
           unworthy
           of
           that
           Name
           ;
           and
           I
           intend
           to
           make
           it
           mybusiness
           ,
           to
           convince
           your
           LORDSHIP
           ,
           by
           all
           my
           Thoughts
           and
           Actions
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           no
           body
           in
           the
           world
           with
           more
           respect
           and
           submission
           ,
           than
           ,
        
         
           
             My
             LORD
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               Lordship
               's
               most
               Humble
               ,
               and
               most
               Obedient
               Servant
               ,
            
             C.
             W.
             
          
           
             London
             ,
             
               May
               5.
               1691.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CONGRESS
           AT
           THE
           HAGUE
           .
        
         
           BEing
           desirous
           to
           see
           the
           famous
           Congress
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           the
           immortal
           Glory
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           met
           by
           most
           Princes
           of
           the
           German
           Empire
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           make
           the
           greatest
           figure
           in
           it
           ;
           where
           the
           ablest
           and
           most
           refin'd
           Ministers
           of
           Europe
           ,
           in
           the
           illustrious
           sight
           of
           so
           many
           Potentates
           ,
           were
           to
           signalize
           their
           Eloquence
           ,
           Experience
           ,
           Counsels
           ,
           Skill
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           Faith
           ,
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           could
           make
           them
           recommendable
           to
           the
           Wisest
           and
           Most
           Discerning
           of
           Princes
           in
           the
           Universe
           :
           Being
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           impatient
           to
           see
           this
           August
           Assembly
           ,
           I
           parted
           from
           
             London
             ,
             January
          
           
           the
           30th
           .
           1690
           /
           1.
           and
           arriv'd
           at
           Harwich
           the
           31st
           at
           Night
           .
           It
           was
           certainly
           in
           the
           worst
           Season
           for
           Travellers
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           worst
           Weather
           of
           that
           Season
           .
           The
           Rain
           that
           had
           lasted
           several
           days
           ,
           and
           did
           still
           continue
           ,
           accompanied
           by
           a
           very
           high
           North-east
           Wind
           ,
           gave
           us
           but
           a
           very
           melancholy
           prospect
           of
           our
           Voyage
           .
        
         
           February
           the
           1st
           ,
           Wind
           and
           Weather
           were
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           at
           a
           time
           we
           entertain'd
           our selves
           with
           the
           little
           success
           we
           were
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           in
           our
           little
           Voyage
           ,
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Pacquet-Boat
           ,
           call'd
           the
           Vine
           ,
           came
           to
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           set
           Sail
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ;
           and
           that
           whoever
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           go
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           must
           be
           ready
           at
           that
           time
           .
           He
           told
           us
           ,
           That
           a
           Messenger
           was
           arriv'd
           from
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           with
           the
           Particulars
           of
           my
           Lord
           
           Preston's
           and
           his
           Complices
           Trial
           ;
           and
           I
           fancy
           ,
           with
           somewhat
           of
           greater
           consequence
           ,
           and
           that
           required
           a
           greater
           expedition
           ;
           That
           he
           had
           express
           Orders
           to
           depart
           immediately
           ;
           and
           though
           it
           was
           a
           hazardous
           enterprize
           to
           put
           to
           Sea
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           those
           that
           were
           upon
           it
           would
           certainly
           wish
           themselves
           ,
           tho
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           that
           was
           less
           dear
           to
           them
           than
           their
           Lives
           ,
           to
           be
           a
           Shore
           ;
           yet
           he
           could
           not
           but
           be
           obedient
           .
        
         
         
           Prince
           
             Charles
             Rudolphe
          
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           Brother
           to
           that
           brave
           General
           that
           Commands
           the
           Auxiliary
           Troops
           of
           Denmark
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           was
           then
           at
           Harwich
           ,
           waiting
           for
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           go
           over
           into
           Holland
           .
           This
           Prince
           ,
           tho
           in
           the
           prime
           of
           his
           Age
           ,
           being
           but
           Twenty
           three
           years
           old
           ,
           had
           already
           given
           great
           proofs
           of
           his
           Courage
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           during
           three
           Campaigns
           in
           Morea
           ,
           being
           Collonel
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Regiments
           the
           Prince
           Regent
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           his
           Cousin
           ,
           had
           sent
           to
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           Republick
           of
           Venice
           ;
           but
           being
           informed
           (
           as
           the
           News
           of
           great
           and
           Noble
           Enterprises
           is
           soon
           spread
           over
           the
           World
           ,
           )
           That
           the
           King
           was
           going
           himself
           to
           Head
           his
           Army
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           he
           immediately
           resolv'd
           to
           leave
           those
           ungrateful
           Fields
           ,
           dyed
           with
           the
           Blood
           of
           so
           many
           brave
           Germans
           ,
           that
           have
           lost
           ,
           and
           still
           lose
           their
           Lives
           ,
           worth
           a
           better
           fate
           ,
           in
           the
           ignoble
           Service
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Empire
           of
           some
           few
           grave
           and
           easie
           Politicians
           ,
           and
           to
           signalize
           his
           early
           and
           better
           bestowed
           Valour
           ,
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           bravest
           of
           Generals
           ,
           and
           best
           of
           Monarchs
           .
           Much
           time
           was
           required
           to
           pass
           over
           the
           wide
           Mediterranean
           ;
           and
           though
           there
           was
           but
           too
           little
           given
           to
           the
           tender
           embraces
           of
           the
           Princess
           his
           Mother
           ;
           yet
           
             Germany
             ,
             Holland
          
           ,
           the
           
             Channel
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Irish
           Sea
           were
           
           not
           so
           soon
           cross'd
           ,
           but
           the
           impatient
           Prince
           hearing
           ,
           that
           two
           obscure
           names
           ,
           the
           Boyne
           and
           Limmerick
           were
           Nobilitated
           ,
           by
           the
           Intrepedity
           ,
           Skill
           ,
           Travels
           ,
           and
           Conduct
           of
           their
           Royal
           Sire
           ,
           he
           applauded
           the
           King's
           ,
           and
           grieved
           at
           his
           own
           destiny
           .
           The
           Season
           was
           spent
           ,
           and
           no
           hopes
           left
           for
           an
           opportunity
           to
           exercise
           his
           Courage
           this
           year
           ,
           when
           upon
           a
           sudden
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Marlborough
           was
           Commanded
           by
           the
           King
           to
           Embarque
           ,
           with
           a
           considerable
           Body
           of
           Men.
           Every
           body
           knows
           the
           success
           of
           this
           enterprise
           ,
           and
           how
           soon
           this
           fortunate
           General
           rendred
           himself
           Master
           of
           Cork
           and
           Kingsale
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           in
           so
           critical
           a
           time
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           King's
           Campaign
           in
           Ireland
           that
           year
           ,
           the
           Expedition
           of
           my
           Lord
           Malborough
           will
           certainly
           serve
           for
           a
           glorious
           Postscript
           .
           There
           were
           many
           illustrious
           Voluntiers
           that
           served
           in
           this
           Expedition
           ;
           brave
           Grafton
           fell
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Prince
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           same
           quality
           served
           in
           the
           Troops
           Commanded
           by
           his
           Brother
           ,
           did
           escape
           the
           danger
           ,
           he
           may
           thank
           his
           kinder
           Destiny
           for
           it
           .
           He
           did
           all
           that
           could
           be
           expected
           from
           one
           ,
           that
           neglecting
           the
           advantages
           he
           enjoys
           by
           an
           Honour
           derived
           from
           his
           Ancestors
           ,
           desires
           to
           render
           himself
           Illustrious
           by
           his
           own
           Merits
           .
           He
           was
           constantly
           in
           the
           Trenches
           ;
           no
           Assault
           given
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           amongst
           the
           most
           advanc'd
           ;
           and
           
           He
           made
           Prisoner
           with
           his
           own
           Hands
           the
           late
           Governor
           of
           
           Kingsale's
           Brother
           ,
           who
           offering
           a
           considerable
           Sum
           for
           his
           Ransom
           ,
           he
           gave
           him
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Commanding
           Officers
           ,
           reserving
           only
           for
           himself
           the
           Honour
           and
           Consciousnes
           of
           that
           Action
           .
           He
           was
           now
           come
           from
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           wait
           on
           His
           Majesty
           at
           the
           Hague
           ;
           and
           I
           having
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           be
           known
           by
           him
           some
           years
           ago
           at
           Paris
           ,
           I
           waited
           on
           him
           ,
           to
           hear
           if
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           part
           ;
           he
           with
           a
           smiling
           Countenance
           ,
           despising
           the
           Danger
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           he
           would
           make
           use
           of
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           be
           as
           soon
           in
           Holland
           as
           was
           possible
           ;
           That
           he
           had
           already
           sent
           his
           Baggage
           on
           Board
           the
           Pacquet-boat
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           would
           immediately
           follow
           :
           I
           ,
           thinking
           by
           my self
           ,
           
             Caesarem
             Vehet
          
           ,
           without
           any
           more
           ado
           resolved
           to
           follow
           him
           .
        
         
           Most
           of
           the
           Passengers
           ,
           stay'd
           behind
           ,
           and
           wise
           they
           were
           ;
           for
           having
           scarce
           made
           four
           Miles
           in
           five
           hours
           time
           ,
           and
           suffered
           all
           the
           torments
           an
           excessive
           Cold
           ,
           a
           terrible
           Storm
           ,
           and
           an
           enraged
           Sea
           ,
           can
           cause
           men
           to
           suffer
           ,
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           return
           into
           the
           Harbour
           ,
           where
           we
           lay
           till
           February
           the
           third
           .
        
         
         
           We
           had
           that
           day
           Full
           Moon
           ;
           and
           by
           its
           influence
           Mariners
           commonly
           expect
           some
           change
           of
           Weather
           .
           The
           Sun
           rose
           indeed
           very
           bright
           ,
           the
           Sea
           was
           less
           rough
           ;
           but
           the
           Wind
           was
           still
           contrary
           :
           We
           set
           Sail
           however
           ,
           in
           hopes
           to
           get
           over
           with
           the
           Tide
           ;
           which
           we
           did
           in
           three
           days
           time
           .
           We
           had
           no
           sooner
           lost
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           British
           Coast
           ,
           but
           we
           espied
           a
           French
           Privateer
           ,
           that
           was
           making
           up
           towards
           us
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           find
           that
           any
           body
           in
           our
           Boat
           was
           in
           the
           least
           concern'd
           at
           it
           :
           The
           Cannons
           were
           immediately
           charged
           with
           Bullets
           ,
           Arms
           distributed
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           made
           ready
           for
           a
           Fight
           ;
           but
           the
           Monsieur
           being
           come
           near
           enough
           to
           distinguish
           the
           Pacquet-boat
           ,
           away
           he
           went
           ,
           without
           leaving
           us
           the
           least
           sign
           of
           his
           good
           breeding
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           but
           Three
           Pacquet-Boats
           that
           are
           employed
           to
           entertain
           a
           correspondency
           with
           the
           Continent
           ;
           they
           are
           all
           extraordinory
           Sailers
           ,
           and
           their
           Equipage
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           their
           bigness
           ,
           is
           very
           considerable
           .
           Ours
           was
           mounted
           by
           Sixteen
           pieces
           of
           Cannon
           ,
           and
           Fourty
           Mariners
           ;
           and
           though
           Their
           Majesties
           pay
           for
           Fifty
           ,
           yet
           some
           invincible
           accident
           or
           other
           will
           happen
           ,
           that
           excuses
           some
           from
           doing
           their
           
           Duty
           ;
           and
           the
           want
           of
           half-a-score
           does
           not
           break
           the
           square
           .
        
         
           The
           Captain
           of
           our
           Vine
           had
           indeed
           no
           outward
           appearance
           of
           that
           current
           name
           ,
           that
           by
           a
           meaner
           Courtesy
           of
           the
           English
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           better
           acquaintance
           ,
           is
           thrown
           away
           upon
           every
           Red-Coat
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           scandalous
           ;
           his
           look
           (
           with
           reverence
           to
           his
           Sword
           be
           it
           said
           )
           was
           not
           much
           bigger
           than
           that
           of
           a
           lusty
           Countrey
           Farmer
           ;
           but
           in
           times
           of
           Danger
           ,
           that
           's
           to
           say
           of
           Blows
           ,
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           did
           still
           discover
           so
           jolly
           an
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Peril
           ,
           and
           so
           hearty
           a
           negligence
           of
           his
           Ease
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           not
           but
           admire
           the
           simplicity
           of
           his
           Courage
           .
           The
           French
           King
           was
           some
           months
           ago
           at
           a
           great
           loss
           to
           get
           intelligence
           of
           our
           designs
           .
           William
           the
           third
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           own
           opinion
           ,
           was
           ,
           
             le
             meilleur
             homme
             de
             Cabinet
          
           ,
           That
           's
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           Prince
           that
           knows
           how
           to
           chuse
           such
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           besides
           their
           unquestioned
           experience
           in
           State
           Affairs
           ,
           have
           the
           Pistoleproof
           Talent
           of
           Keeping
           Counsel
           .
           Some
           little
           remains
           of
           the
           late-coyned
           Plate
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           were
           promis'd
           to
           such
           Privateers
           as
           would
           attempt
           to
           render
           themselves
           Masters
           of
           one
           of
           our
           Pacquet-Boats
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           one
           of
           our
           Mails
           .
           
           Three
           of
           the
           boldest
           of
           them
           ,
           allured
           by
           the
           gain
           ,
           offered
           their
           Service
           :
           They
           had
           the
           good
           luck
           to
           attack
           our
           Captain
           ,
           who
           considering
           the
           odds
           ,
           immediately
           threw
           the
           Mail
           overboard
           ,
           and
           defended
           himself
           afterwards
           with
           so
           much
           Vigour
           and
           Conduct
           ,
           that
           with
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           Man
           only
           ,
           and
           one
           Wounded
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           he
           Killed
           numbers
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           who
           valuing
           themselves
           upon
           having
           escap'd
           so
           unciviliz'd
           an
           Antagonist
           ,
           brought
           the
           French
           King
           no
           other
           News
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           writ
           in
           Bloody
           Characters
           ,
           upon
           their
           own
           harass'd
           Carcasses
           .
        
         
           The
           5th
           ,
           We
           came
           within
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Zealand
           ,
           and
           towards
           Night
           to
           an
           Anchor
           .
           The
           6th
           .
           we
           Weighed
           Anchor
           about
           Two
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           advancing
           by
           favour
           of
           the
           Moon
           and
           the
           Tide
           :
           Being
           awakened
           by
           the
           Noise
           of
           our
           Crew
           ,
           I
           went
           upon
           the
           Deck
           ,
           and
           looking
           round
           about
           me
           ,
           I
           fancied
           we
           were
           near
           the
           Coasts
           of
           Greenland
           or
           Nova-Zembla
           .
           I
           did
           not
           see
           but
           swimming
           Mountains
           of
           Ice
           ,
           striking
           by
           intervals
           ,
           with
           such
           violence
           against
           our
           Boat
           ,
           that
           some
           weaker
           Brothers
           of
           our
           Company
           were
           not
           a
           little
           apprehensive
           of
           a
           far
           greater
           Night
           than
           that
           which
           equally
           divides
           the
           year
           in
           those
           unfortunate
           Climates
           .
           The
           Captain
           
           ordered
           several
           Guns
           to
           be
           discharged
           ,
           to
           inform
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           Helvetsluys
           of
           our
           Danger
           ;
           and
           a
           little
           time
           after
           we
           spy'd
           a
           Sail
           ,
           that
           coming
           to
           our
           assistance
           ,
           took
           us
           on
           her
           Board
           ,
           and
           brought
           us
           safely
           into
           the
           Habour
           .
        
         
           The
           Prince
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           my
           Lord
           
             John
             Hamilton
          
           ,
           the
           Young
           Marquess
           
             de
             la
             Barre
          
           ,
           and
           I
           ,
           with
           some
           other
           Gentlemen
           ,
           went
           to
           the
           next
           Inn
           ,
           where
           we
           found
           some
           little
           Refreshments
           the
           Countrey
           could
           afford
           ;
           and
           how
           little
           soever
           the
           reputation
           of
           a
           Turf-Fire
           in
           England
           be
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           sure
           we
           found
           it
           very
           comfortable
           .
           From
           Helversluys
           we
           went
           to
           the
           Brill
           ,
           from
           thence
           to
           Masdandslays
           ,
           being
           about
           three
           hours
           a
           crossing
           the
           Maese
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Ice
           that
           was
           floating
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           through
           which
           we
           were
           forc'd
           to
           make
           our
           way
           ;
           and
           towards
           Night
           we
           arrived
           at
           Rotterdam
           .
        
         
           Walking
           through
           one
           of
           the
           finest
           Streets
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           I
           saw
           some
           little
           Remains
           of
           a
           House
           belonging
           to
           the
           
             Heer
             Nifelt
          
           ,
           the
           chief
           Magistrate
           of
           that
           Place
           ,
           that
           was
           some
           time
           ago
           raz'd
           to
           the
           Ground
           by
           the
           Multitude
           upon
           this
           occasion
           .
           One
           being
           made
           Ensign
           of
           the
           Militia
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           was
           accompanied
           by
           some
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           carrying
           some
           Galons
           of
           Rhinish
           to
           the
           Guard-House
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           treat
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Officers
           according
           to
           the
           Custom
           
           of
           that
           Place
           .
           Some
           Officers
           of
           the
           Custom-House
           meeting
           them
           in
           the
           Street
           ,
           offered
           to
           seize
           the
           Wine
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           they
           had
           not
           paid
           the
           Excise
           ;
           and
           tho
           they
           were
           told
           that
           it
           was
           upon
           an
           occasion
           that
           excus'd
           them
           from
           paying
           it
           ,
           yet
           a
           quarrel
           arose
           ,
           in
           which
           one
           of
           the
           Officers
           of
           the
           Customs
           lost
           his
           Life
           :
           They
           did
           not
           fail
           to
           secure
           one
           of
           the
           Company
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Crime
           could
           not
           be
           positively
           fasten'd
           on
           him
           ,
           yet
           the
           Scout
           (
           which
           is
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Chief
           Magistrate
           )
           sentenc'd
           him
           to
           have
           his
           Head
           cut
           off
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           accordingly
           .
           The
           man
           had
           a
           good
           Reputation
           amongst
           all
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           died
           with
           a
           masculine
           Constancy
           ,
           temper'd
           by
           a
           Christian
           Humility
           :
           He
           told
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           tho
           no
           man
           could
           positively
           say
           he
           had
           committed
           the
           Crime
           for
           which
           he
           suffer'd
           ,
           yet
           he
           himself
           could
           not
           say
           neither
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           not
           done
           it
           :
           He
           prayed
           fervently
           ,
           and
           then
           submitted
           to
           the
           Stroke
           ,
           that
           depriving
           him
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           gave
           birth
           to
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Monster
           in
           a
           Body
           Politick
           .
           It
           was
           reported
           ,
           That
           the
           Scout
           had
           a
           pique
           against
           this
           man
           ,
           for
           having
           once
           hindered
           the
           advancement
           of
           some
           Affairs
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           might
           have
           turn'd
           to
           his
           advantage
           :
           Some
           pretended
           to
           have
           heard
           him
           say
           ,
           That
           if
           ever
           he
           had
           the
           good
           luck
           to
           fall
           into
           his
           clutches
           ,
           he
           would
           remember
           him
           for
           his
           Kindness
           ;
           which
           being
           spread
           all
           the
           Town
           over
           ,
           made
           
           some
           sad
           impressions
           upon
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           preparing
           the
           most
           forward
           of
           them
           for
           an
           Insurrection
           :
           Numbers
           of
           them
           were
           seen
           walking
           together
           in
           the
           Streets
           ,
           carrying
           some
           mischievous
           marks
           of
           indignation
           in
           their
           countenances
           ;
           all
           of
           them
           speaking
           ,
           and
           none
           hearing
           ;
           when
           upon
           a
           sudden
           one
           of
           the
           Soldiers
           of
           the
           Militia
           (
           a
           consciencious
           Rebel
           )
           came
           to
           tell
           them
           ,
           That
           he
           himself
           had
           had
           the
           misfortune
           to
           kill
           the
           Officer
           of
           the
           Customs
           ,
           shewing
           the
           bloody
           Sword
           with
           which
           he
           had
           perpetrated
           the
           Crime
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           other
           was
           fallen
           an
           innocent
           Victim
           to
           the
           revengeful
           Scout
           ;
           That
           he
           was
           sorry
           —
           but
           they
           would
           hear
           no
           more
           ;
           they
           got
           Arms
           ,
           and
           away
           they
           marched
           to
           the
           
           Scout's
           House
           ,
           and
           by
           going
           ,
           their
           strength
           did
           increase
           .
           It
           was
           observ'd
           that
           the
           Women
           were
           the
           most
           forward
           ,
           beating
           some
           rusty
           Kettles
           for
           want
           of
           Drums
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           homely
           Noise
           encouraged
           the
           weaker
           Men
           to
           do
           Mischief
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           the
           House
           was
           pulled
           down
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           and
           the
           Scout
           and
           his
           Son
           did
           narrowly
           escape
           the
           fury
           of
           the
           Mobb
           ,
           by
           changing
           their
           Clothes
           with
           two
           Soldiers
           of
           Baron
           
           Fricksem's
           Regiment
           ,
           that
           by
           the
           order
           of
           the
           States
           was
           advanced
           to
           appease
           the
           Tumult
           .
           To
           do
           the
           Scout
           justice
           ,
           he
           has
           the
           Reputation
           amongst
           sober
           Men
           ,
           of
           being
           a
           Person
           of
           sound
           Principles
           ,
           a
           Zealous
           Patriot
           ,
           and
           consequently
           a
           cheerful
           
           Promoter
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Interest
           ,
           and
           they
           look
           upon
           this
           Accident
           as
           an
           unhappy
           Consequence
           of
           his
           too
           strict
           adherency
           in
           this
           Point
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Land.
           
        
         
           From
           Rotterdam
           I
           went
           to
           Delpht
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           to
           the
           Hague
           ,
           where
           I
           arrived
           February
           the
           7th
           at
           Night
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           had
           made
           his
           publick
           Entrance
           here
           
             February
             the
          
           5th
           .
           that
           's
           to
           say
           ,
           two
           days
           before
           our
           arrival
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           my self
           to
           copy
           out
           of
           the
           Gazette
           a
           relation
           of
           that
           Ceremony
           ,
           that
           had
           nothing
           very
           extraordinary
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           joyful
           acclamations
           of
           the
           People
           .
           All
           the
           World
           knows
           how
           natural
           an
           aversion
           his
           Majesty
           has
           for
           that
           vain
           Ostentation
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           much
           affected
           elsewhere
           ;
           how
           much
           he
           has
           declined
           it
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ;
           and
           that
           with
           Cato
           ,
           that
           noble
           Stoick
           ,
           he
           had
           rather
           future
           Ages
           should
           ask
           ,
           Why
           he
           had
           none
           ?
           than
           ,
           Why
           others
           had
           some
           Statues
           erected
           them
           ?
           In
           doing
           great
           Actions
           ,
           and
           exposing
           his
           Royal
           Person
           again
           and
           again
           for
           the
           Safety
           of
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           He
           calmly
           follows
           the
           genuine
           Dictates
           of
           that
           generous
           Mind
           ,
           that
           desires
           no
           other
           Reward
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           stampt
           upon
           each
           glorious
           Enterprize
           ;
           nor
           any
           other
           Monuments
           ,
           than
           those
           are
           daily
           rais'd
           Him
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           His
           People
           ;
           
           too
           sincere
           ,
           and
           too
           natural
           ,
           to
           be
           imitated
           by
           an
           Italian
           Architect
           .
           And
           it
           was
           to
           satisfie
           those
           that
           flock'd
           to
           the
           Hague
           from
           all
           the
           Provinces
           to
           see
           Him
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           after
           a
           sudden
           arrival
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           the
           same
           day
           he
           was
           come
           ashore
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           prevailed
           with
           to
           go
           to
           dine
           at
           a
           House
           call'd
           Sorgflie
           ,
           a
           Mile
           from
           the
           Hague
           ,
           belonging
           to
           My
           Lord
           Portland
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           return
           to
           his
           Palace
           ,
           to
           pass
           through
           the
           Triumphal
           Arches
           the
           States
           had
           erected
           Him
           in
           several
           places
           .
        
         
           The
           Structure
           of
           them
           is
           indeed
           noble
           and
           magnificent
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           the
           Inscriptions
           answerable
           to
           the
           Dignity
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           but
           whereas
           they
           are
           very
           numerous
           ,
           I
           had
           neither
           leisure
           nor
           humour
           enough
           to
           copy
           them
           :
           I
           shall
           only
           give
           you
           a
           short
           description
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Arches
           that
           stands
           nearest
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           may
           guess
           at
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           This
           Arch
           is
           builded
           according
           to
           the
           Italian
           Architecture
           ,
           in
           a
           Dorick
           Order
           .
           It
           has
           three
           Portals
           ,
           the
           middle
           of
           which
           is
           higher
           than
           the
           Body
           of
           the
           Structure
           it self
           :
           It
           is
           adorned
           on
           both
           sides
           with
           sixteen
           Columns
           ,
           standing
           upon
           large
           Basements
           ,
           that
           are
           separated
           from
           the
           main
           Building
           ,
           each
           Basement
           supporting
           two
           of
           the
           said
           Columns
           .
           The
           middle
           Portal
           has
           a
           very
           large
           Cupulo
           ,
           and
           
           upon
           it
           stands
           a
           Pedestal
           ,
           upon
           which
           the
           King
           is
           represented
           on
           Horseback
           to
           the
           life
           ,
           Man
           and
           Horse
           very
           richly
           gilded
           .
           At
           each
           side
           of
           the
           Pedestal
           there
           are
           couching
           two
           Slaves
           in
           a
           Brass
           Collar
           ,
           turning
           their
           Backs
           towards
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           main
           Body
           is
           so
           artificially
           painted
           ,
           that
           it
           appears
           to
           be
           made
           out
           of
           Stone
           :
           In
           each
           Field
           between
           the
           Columns
           there
           are
           in
           Black
           and
           White
           represented
           most
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Glorious
           Actions
           :
           Over
           the
           Cornish
           is
           raised
           a
           Balluster
           of
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           with
           sixteen
           Pedestals
           directly
           above
           the
           Columns
           ,
           supporting
           Statues
           that
           represent
           to
           the
           life
           promiscuously
           Men
           and
           Women
           ,
           and
           round
           the
           Cupulo
           are
           writ
           these
           following
           Words
           .
        
         
           
             PIO
             .
             FELICI
             .
             INCLYTO
             .
             GVILIELMO
             .
             TERTIO
             .
             TRIVMP
             HANTI
             .
             PATRIAE
             .
             PATRI
             .
             GVBERNATORI
             .
             P.
             C.
             J.
             P.
             RESTAVRATORI
             .
             BELGII
             .
             FOEDERATI
             .
             LIBERATORI
             .
             ANGLIAE
             SERVATORI
             .
             SCOTIAE
             .
             PACIFICATORI
             .
             BERNIAE
             .
             REDVCI
             .
          
        
         
         
           His
           Majesty
           had
           before
           ,
           and
           did
           after
           his
           publick
           Entrance
           constantly
           assist
           the
           respective
           Assemblies
           of
           the
           States-General
           ;
           the
           States
           of
           Holland
           ,
           and
           the
           Councel
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           employing
           all
           his
           Minutes
           to
           the
           dispatch
           of
           such
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           were
           most
           conducing
           to
           the
           Safety
           and
           Prosperity
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           in
           general
           to
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           Common
           Cause
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           Speech
           the
           King
           made
           at
           his
           first
           appearance
           at
           the
           Assembly
           of
           the
           States-General
           ,
           he
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           
             when
             he
             saw
             them
             last
             ,
             he
             had
             inform'd
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             resolv'd
             to
             cross
             the
             Seas
             to
             rescue
             three
             Kingdoms
             from
             Popery
             and
             Slavery
             ;
             That
             God
             Almighty
             had
             blest
             his
             righteous
             Undertakings
             in
             so
             signal
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             his
             Success
             had
             been
             beyond
             his
             Expectations
             ,
             nay
             ,
             and
             beyond
             his
             Wishes
             too
             .
             That
             England
             and
             Scotland
             had
             offered
             Him
             their
             Imperial
             Crowns
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             accepted
             ,
             not
             ,
             as
             he
             call'd
             God
             to
             witness
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             his
             Ambition
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             in
             a
             better
             capacity
             to
             maintain
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             a
             lasting
             Peace
             and
             Tranquility
             in
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             to
             assist
             his
             Confederates
             ,
             and
             especially
             this
             State
             ,
             against
             the
             powerful
             incroachments
             of
             France
             .
             That
             he
             was
             now
             come
             accordingly
             into
             these
             Provinces
             ,
             not
             only
             to
             Concert
             with
             his
             Allies
             ,
             
             the
             Measures
             that
             were
             to
             be
             taken
             the
             next
             Campaign
             ,
             but
             to
             exercise
             also
             with
             all
             imaginable
             application
             the
             Charge
             of
             Captain-General
             of
             the
             United
             Provinces
             .
             That
             he
             was
             in
             hopes
             God
             Almighty
             would
             make
             use
             of
             him
             as
             an
             Instrument
             to
             confound
             the
             malicious
             and
             dangerous
             Designs
             of
             the
             Enemy
             ,
             to
             turn
             off
             the
             Danger
             from
             their
             Heads
             ,
             and
             to
             reestablish
             an
             Universal
             and
             lasting
             Peace
             in
             Europe
             .
             That
             He
             should
             die
             with
             the
             greatest
             satisfaction
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             if
             he
             could
             compass
             these
             Designs
             .
             He
             concluded
             his
             Speech
             with
             some
             tender
             Assurances
             of
             his
             unalterable
             Love
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             answered
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           the
           King
           did
           ,
           was
           the
           regulating
           the
           Dutch-Fleet
           ,
           declaring
           ,
           that
           his
           Intention
           was
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           commanded
           by
           Admiral
           Tromp
           .
           It
           is
           not
           easily
           exprest
           how
           much
           his
           Royal
           Pleasure
           was
           applauded
           by
           the
           States
           ,
           and
           what
           universal
           Rejoicings
           it
           caused
           amongst
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           .
        
         
           Lieutenant
           Admiral-General
           Tromp
           ,
           Son
           to
           that
           famous
           Hero
           ,
           that
           from
           a
           simple
           Mariner
           rais'd
           himself
           to
           the
           next
           to
           the
           chiefest
           Command
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           is
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           full
           Stature
           ;
           an
           ordinary
           look
           ,
           and
           that
           wearing
           an
           old
           fashion'd
           Black
           Coat
           ,
           an
           ill
           ty'd
           Cravat
           ,
           and
           
           his
           own
           weather-beaten
           Hair
           ,
           makes
           at
           the
           best
           no
           better
           Figure
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           an
           ordinary
           Burgher
           of
           Amsterdam
           ;
           but
           by
           his
           great
           and
           numerous
           Exploits
           ,
           he
           has
           discovered
           that
           which
           is
           hidden
           in
           his
           Phisiognomy
           ,
           that
           's
           to
           say
           ,
           a
           greatness
           of
           Soul
           ,
           a
           boldness
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           wise
           a
           Conduct
           in
           his
           most
           perillous
           Enterprises
           ,
           that
           considering
           his
           long
           Experience
           ,
           he
           is
           now
           look'd
           upon
           as
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Sea-men
           in
           the
           World.
           To
           restore
           a
           brave
           ,
           but
           unfortunate
           Prince
           to
           his
           lost
           Kingdom
           ,
           or
           to
           save
           it
           when
           he
           stands
           upon
           the
           fatal
           Brink
           of
           loosing
           it
           ,
           are
           Blessings
           ,
           few
           of
           the
           greatest
           Generals
           of
           all
           Ages
           can
           boast
           of
           ;
           and
           if
           Heaven
           ever
           before
           imploy'd
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           particular
           Man
           about
           so
           great
           a
           Work
           ,
           it
           was
           after
           it
           had
           anxiously
           instructed
           his
           Valour
           ,
           variously
           expos'd
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           narrowly
           inquired
           into
           his
           Success
           in
           a
           thousand
           lesser
           Actions
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           was
           the
           immortal
           Reward
           of
           an
           equally
           Great
           ,
           Successful
           and
           Aged
           General
           ;
           but
           bold
           Tromp
           reapt
           that
           Glorious
           Title
           of
           a
           Royal
           Restorer
           from
           one
           of
           his
           first
           Warlike
           Essays
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Flower
           of
           his
           Age.
           Frederick
           the
           Third
           ,
           King
           of
           
           Denmark
           ,
           had
           in
           spight
           of
           his
           Virtue
           and
           Valour
           ,
           lost
           all
           the
           strong
           Places
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ;
           Coppenhaguen
           the
           Capital
           City
           ,
           and
           sole
           Remainder
           of
           that
           unfortunate
           Countrey
           ,
           was
           besieged
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           by
           the
           Swedes
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           Citizens
           behav'd
           themselves
           to
           a
           Miracle
           ,
           animated
           by
           the
           presence
           of
           their
           Royal
           Sire
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Royal
           Family
           ,
           yet
           they
           must
           have
           given
           way
           at
           last
           to
           a
           valorous
           and
           successful
           Enemy
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           Swedes
           ,
           sure
           of
           the
           prize
           ,
           had
           already
           divided
           amongst
           them
           the
           Quarters
           of
           that
           City
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           ungenerous
           Counsellors
           of
           the
           Enemy
           did
           design
           the
           Royal
           Progeny
           for
           a
           Victim
           to
           secure
           the
           Conquest
           ;
           when
           upon
           a
           sudden
           a
           numerous
           Fleet
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           Commanded
           by
           Tromp
           ,
           appeared
           in
           the
           Sound
           .
           It
           was
           not
           known
           upon
           what
           Design
           he
           came
           ,
           for
           the
           States
           were
           then
           in
           Alliance
           with
           neither
           of
           the
           Parties
           ,
           and
           both
           equally
           fear'd
           and
           hop'd
           for
           his
           Assistance
           ,
           but
           Tromp
           quickly
           decided
           the
           matter
           ;
           for
           since
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           of
           all
           Europe
           ,
           and
           in
           particular
           of
           the
           States-General
           ,
           to
           Ballance
           an
           equal
           Power
           between
           the
           two
           Northern
           Crowns
           ,
           he
           fell
           upon
           the
           Superior
           Party
           ,
           destroy'd
           their
           Fleet
           ,
           reliev'd
           
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           Strenuous
           Action
           caused
           that
           sudden
           and
           wonderful
           Revolution
           ,
           that
           did
           not
           only
           render
           the
           King
           once
           again
           Master
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           but
           Absolute
           Master
           too
           .
           The
           King
           to
           show
           his
           Royal
           Gratitude
           ,
           made
           him
           a
           Count
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           besides
           honoured
           him
           with
           the
           Noble
           Order
           of
           the
           Elephant
           .
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           made
           him
           Knight
           and
           Baronet
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           but
           these
           are
           Titles
           that
           signifie
           but
           little
           with
           the
           Dutch
           Seamen
           ;
           they
           know
           him
           to
           be
           Just
           and
           Brave
           ,
           they
           Love
           him
           as
           their
           Father
           ,
           and
           cannot
           forget
           ,
           nor
           abide
           to
           call
           him
           by
           any
           other
           Name
           ,
           than
           by
           that
           plain
           familiar
           and
           Dutch
           one
           ,
           of
           
             Cornelis
             van
             Tromp
          
           .
           He
           has
           since
           that
           time
           signalized
           himself
           in
           several
           Sea-fights
           with
           the
           English
           .
           They
           are
           too
           well
           known
           ,
           and
           their
           Consequences
           have
           been
           too
           fatal
           to
           both
           Parties
           ,
           to
           need
           to
           be
           mentioned
           here
           .
           The
           English
           have
           experienced
           his
           Valour
           ,
           and
           he
           has
           theirs
           ,
           and
           this
           mutual
           consciousness
           of
           each
           others
           Bravery
           ,
           (
           how
           different
           soever
           their
           manners
           are
           )
           together
           with
           the
           urgent
           necessity
           of
           their
           Affairs
           ,
           as
           it
           cannot
           but
           by
           joining
           their
           Fleets
           ,
           make
           a
           Glorious
           Confederacy
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           so
           we
           have
           all
           
           reason
           to
           expect
           such
           Effects
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           will
           be
           answerable
           to
           the
           greatness
           of
           the
           Design
           .
        
         
           Some
           few
           days
           after
           His
           Majesty
           had
           nominated
           Admiral
           Tromp
           to
           Command
           the
           Dutch
           Fleet
           ,
           it
           was
           confidently
           reported
           at
           the
           Hague
           that
           Tromp
           was
           poyson'd
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           Fear
           of
           some
           that
           did
           not
           love
           to
           see
           certain
           Persons
           there
           .
           He
           fell
           suddenly
           Sick
           indeed
           ,
           but
           whatever
           the
           cause
           of
           it
           was
           ,
           he
           did
           as
           soon
           recover
           ;
           and
           at
           a
           time
           the
           Report
           did
           still
           continue
           ,
           accompanied
           as
           't
           is
           usual
           by
           some
           particular
           Circumstances
           ,
           I
           saw
           the
           Admiral
           in
           good
           Health
           in
           the
           King's
           Anti-Chamber
           ,
           where
           he
           staid
           above
           an
           hour
           ;
           he
           is
           not
           much
           above
           Two
           and
           fifty
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           is
           said
           to
           be
           very
           Vigorous
           ,
           principally
           when
           he
           is
           in
           his
           own
           Element
           ;
           yet
           he
           looks
           very
           decrepit
           .
           It
           seems
           great
           and
           constant
           Fatigues
           at
           Sea
           ,
           as
           they
           take
           away
           that
           brisk
           and
           jolly
           Appearance
           of
           Youth
           in
           the
           Face
           ,
           so
           they
           strengthen
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           inure
           it
           to
           a
           long
           Life
           .
           And
           I
           am
           told
           ,
           That
           the
           Famous
           French
           Protestant
           Admiral
           
             Du
             Quesne
          
           look'd
           as
           old
           Thirty
           years
           before
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           when
           he
           died
           .
        
         
         
           Whilst
           His
           Majesty
           with
           an
           unsatigable
           Care
           advanced
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           States
           ,
           and
           their
           Confederates
           ,
           there
           past
           scarce
           one
           day
           ,
           but
           some
           Prince
           or
           other
           came
           to
           the
           Higue
           .
           Many
           of
           them
           keep
           Great
           and
           Splendid
           Courts
           in
           Germany
           ;
           and
           the
           Two
           Electors
           of
           Bavaria
           and
           Brandenbourg
           ,
           make
           a
           Figure
           in
           the
           Empire
           not
           inferior
           to
           that
           of
           Great
           Monarchs
           .
           They
           all
           stand
           very
           much
           upon
           their
           Prerogatives
           ,
           and
           to
           speak
           the
           truth
           ,
           there
           is
           in
           no
           Country
           more
           time
           spent
           in
           observing
           the
           superfluous
           Nicety
           of
           Ceremonies
           ,
           than
           in
           Germany
           ;
           but
           it
           seems
           William
           the
           Third
           had
           set
           them
           a
           Pattern
           .
           They
           came
           to
           Consult
           ,
           to
           Act
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           show
           their
           Grandeur
           .
           No
           publick
           Entrances
           were
           made
           ,
           they
           all
           arrived
           incognito
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           that
           ceremonious
           Respect
           that
           must
           needs
           have
           been
           paid
           to
           their
           Illustrious
           Characters
           ;
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           (
           as
           it
           was
           said
           )
           did
           assume
           the
           Name
           of
           Count
           of
           Thungen
           ;
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenbourg
           ,
           that
           of
           Count
           of
           Ravensberg
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           imitated
           by
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Princes
           .
           And
           since
           very
           few
           ,
           that
           were
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           had
           either
           that
           Leisure
           or
           Advantage
           ;
           that
           I
           had
           of
           being
           well
           inform'd
           of
           the
           exact
           
           Number
           and
           Name
           of
           the
           Princes
           .
           I
           have
           thought
           fit
           to
           communicate
           to
           you
           this
           following
           List
           .
        
         
           
             Maximiliam
             ,
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             .
          
           
             Frederick
             ,
             Elector
             of
             Brandenbourg
             .
          
           
             
               George
               William
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Lunembourg-Zel
             .
          
           
             
               Anthony
               Vlric
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Brunswig-Wolfembuttel
             .
          
           
             Charles
             ,
             Landgrave
             of
             Hessen-Cassel
             .
          
           
             Philip
             ,
             Prince-Palatine
             of
             Sultzbach
             .
          
           
             
               John
               George
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Saxe-Eysenach
             .
          
           
             
               Christian
               Lewis
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Brandenbourg
             .
          
           
             
               Earnest
               Lewis
            
             ,
             Landgrave
             of
             Hessen
             ;
             Prince
             of
             Hirschfeld
             ,
             Count
             of
             
               Catzen-Elnbogen
               ,
               Dietz
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Darmstad
             his
             Brother
             .
          
           
             
               Frideric
               Charles
            
             ,
             Duke
             Administrator
             of
             Wirtemberg
             ,
             and
             Teck
             Count
             of
             Monpelgard
             ,
             &c.
             
             General
             of
             the
             Emperor's
             Horse
             .
             Uncle
             to
             the
             Prince
             Regent
             of
             Wirtemberg
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Frideric
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Wirtemberg
             his
             Brother
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
               Rudolph
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Wirtemberg-Newstad
             .
          
           
             
             
               Christian
               Albret
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Anspach
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Frideric
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Anspach
             .
          
           
             The
             Landgrave
             of
             Hombourg
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Nassau-Idstein
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Nassau-Dillembourg
             .
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Frideric
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Holstein-Beck
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
               William
            
             of
             Anhalt-Zerbst
             .
          
           
             
               Friderick
               Casimir
            
             ,
             Duke
             of
             Courland
             .
          
           
             Ferdinand
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Courland
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Holstein
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince-Palatine
             of
             Birkenfeld
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Waldeck
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             of
             Nassau-Sarbruck
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             his
             Son.
             
          
           
             
               Henry
               Casimir
            
             ,
             Prince
             of
             Nassau
             ,
             Governor
             of
             Friseland
             .
          
           
             The
             Marquiss
             of
             Gastanaga
             ,
             Governor
             of
             the
             Spanish-Netherlands
             .
          
        
         
           Many
           of
           these
           Princes
           had
           no
           other
           Reason
           for
           their
           coming
           ,
           than
           to
           wait
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           His
           Majesty
           that
           Respect
           which
           is
           due
           to
           the
           Hero
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           and
           the
           Great
           Protector
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           
           but
           others
           that
           have
           a
           greater
           Power
           ,
           came
           to
           Concert
           with
           His
           Majesty
           the
           Measures
           of
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           either
           to
           assist
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           assisted
           ,
           to
           increase
           His
           Majesty's
           Troops
           with
           theirs
           ,
           or
           theirs
           with
           His
           Majesty's
           Forces
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           these
           are
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             .
          
           
             The
             Elector
             of
             Brandenbourg
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Lunembourg-Zel
             .
          
           
             The
             Landgrave
             of
             Hessen-Cassel
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             Administrator
             of
             VVirtemberg
             .
          
           
             The
             Governor
             of
             Friseland
             ,
             and
             the
             Governor
             of
             the
             Spanish-Netherlands
             .
          
        
         
           February
           3.
           
           Arrived
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             Frideric
          
           ,
           Marg-Grave
           of
           Brandenbourg
           ,
           Arch-Chamberlain
           ,
           and
           Elector
           of
           the
           Holy
           Roman
           Empire
           ,
           Soveraign
           of
           the
           
             Ducal
             Prussia
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           
             Magdebourg
             ,
             Juliers
             ,
             Cleve
             ,
             Bergen
             ,
             Pommern
             ,
          
           of
           the
           Cassubes
           and
           Vandals
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Crossen
           and
           Jagerndorf
           in
           Silesia
           ,
           Burg-Grave
           of
           Nuremberg
           ;
           Prince
           of
           
             Halberstad
             ,
             Minden
             ,
             Camin
          
           and
           Rugen
           ;
           Count
           of
           the
           Mark
           and
           Ravensberg
           ,
           &c.
           accompanied
           by
           two
           Princes
           of
           Anspach
           ,
           and
           attended
           by
           a
           numerous
           and
           splendid
           Court
           ,
           and
           several
           Foreign
           Ministers
           ,
           
           and
           the
           same
           day
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           waited
           on
           His
           Majesty
           .
           Certainly
           there
           can
           no
           stricter
           Alliance
           be
           made
           in
           the
           World
           then
           that
           has
           always
           been
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           more
           solemnly
           renewed
           between
           these
           two
           Potentates
           ;
           for
           instead
           of
           being
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           those
           ,
           that
           alas
           !
           till
           now
           ,
           have
           most
           commonly
           been
           made
           in
           Europe
           ,
           by
           the
           Intervention
           of
           some
           hardy
           French
           Minister
           ,
           who
           to
           make
           out
           the
           Name
           of
           Plenipotentiary
           ,
           thought
           to
           have
           a
           full
           Power
           to
           Cheat
           with
           a
           Method
           ,
           to
           Lye
           with
           an
           Emphasy
           ,
           nay
           ,
           to
           swear
           false
           for
           his
           Master's
           Interest
           ;
           it
           is
           concluded
           by
           the
           Illustrious
           Principals
           themselves
           ,
           without
           an
           authorized
           Spy
           ,
           and
           grounded
           upon
           the
           same
           Interest
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Parentage
           ,
           Personal
           Affection
           ,
           and
           what
           else
           is
           most
           sacred
           amongst
           Men
           ;
           and
           as
           on
           one
           hand
           ,
           the
           Confederacy
           of
           so
           great
           a
           Monarch
           cannot
           but
           be
           very
           Glorious
           to
           His
           Electoral
           Highness
           ,
           so
           His
           Majesty
           on
           the
           other
           may
           reap
           great
           and
           considerable
           Benefits
           from
           it
           ,
           for
           he
           is
           a
           powerful
           Prince
           ,
           his
           Dominions
           are
           of
           a
           vast
           extent
           ,
           His
           Nobility
           numerous
           ,
           His
           Subjects
           warlike
           ,
           and
           he
           entertains
           an
           Army
           near
           Threescore
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           well
           Arm'd
           and
           better
           disciplined
           ;
           most
           of
           them
           are
           the
           Veteran
           Remains
           of
           those
           Victorious
           Troops
           that
           
           served
           under
           the
           Banners
           of
           
             Frederic
             William
          
           ,
           his
           Father
           ,
           deservedly
           called
           the
           Achilles
           of
           Germany
           .
           As
           the
           Memory
           of
           that
           Great
           Prince
           will
           be
           Sacred
           for
           ever
           amongst
           all
           ,
           that
           either
           have
           a
           Soul
           capable
           of
           being
           touched
           by
           the
           benign
           Influences
           of
           a
           just
           and
           solid
           Reign
           ,
           that
           lasted
           near
           half
           an
           Age
           ,
           or
           that
           are
           competent
           Judges
           of
           the
           true
           Character
           of
           a
           compleatly
           experienc'd
           and
           vigorous
           Warrior
           ,
           which
           he
           maintained
           to
           the
           very
           last
           minute
           of
           his
           Glorious
           Life
           ;
           so
           there
           is
           yet
           another
           Reason
           we
           are
           more
           particularly
           concern'd
           in
           ,
           to
           Reverence
           and
           Bless
           his
           Name
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           That
           great
           Respect
           ,
           and
           that
           passionate
           Love
           this
           old
           Great
           Man
           always
           entertained
           for
           his
           Nephew
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           His
           Present
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           so
           eminent
           a
           manner
           ,
           that
           to
           cross
           the
           Empire
           by
           tedious
           Journeys
           from
           one
           end
           to
           another
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           have
           a
           frequent
           enterview
           with
           the
           Prince
           ,
           to
           joyn
           the
           Electoral
           with
           the
           Orange-Banner
           ,
           and
           to
           plant
           their
           Princely
           Tents
           on
           the
           same
           Meadow
           ,
           he
           reckon'd
           amongst
           the
           greatest
           Blessings
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           His
           now
           Electoral
           Highness
           his
           Son
           follows
           exactly
           as
           in
           this
           ,
           so
           in
           every
           other
           Respect
           the
           Glorious
           Footsteps
           of
           his
           Father
           .
           He
           was
           Born
           July
           1.
           1657.
           he
           is
           a
           wise
           and
           politick
           
           Prince
           ,
           and
           tho
           he
           be
           but
           of
           a
           little
           Stature
           ,
           not
           altogether
           answerable
           to
           the
           Greatness
           of
           his
           Soul
           ,
           yet
           he
           has
           a
           brisk
           Look
           ,
           and
           a
           martial
           Vivacity
           in
           his
           Face
           ,
           that
           does
           become
           extreamly
           well
           the
           Conqueror
           of
           Bonne
           .
        
         
           February
           8.
           
           Arrived
           
             Friderick
             Charles
          
           ,
           Duke
           Administrator
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           Uncle
           to
           
             Eberhard
             Lewis
          
           ,
           Prince
           Regent
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           who
           being
           Born
           September
           the
           18th
           .
           1676.
           and
           is
           consequently
           still
           under
           Age
           ;
           he
           and
           his
           Dominions
           are
           govern'd
           by
           his
           Uncle
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Tenor
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Laws
           during
           his
           Minority
           .
           Stutgard
           is
           the
           Residence
           of
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           the
           Capital
           City
           of
           a
           plentiful
           Country
           .
           It
           is
           famous
           through
           all
           Germany
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           well-provided
           University
           at
           Tubingen
           ,
           and
           the
           Illustrious
           School
           there
           ,
           which
           none
           but
           Princes
           and
           Noblemen
           are
           admitted
           to
           ,
           renders
           it
           yet
           more
           conspicuous
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           has
           very
           much
           suffered
           in
           that
           fatal
           War
           that
           lasted
           Thirty
           years
           in
           Germany
           ,
           and
           it
           has
           yet
           some
           fresher
           marks
           of
           Desolation
           ,
           stamp'd
           upon
           its
           very
           Bowels
           by
           that
           Cruel
           and
           Common
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           to
           this
           day
           Usurpes
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Wirtemberg
           ,
           the
           whole
           County
           of
           Mompelgard
           with
           all
           its
           Dependencies
           ;
           
           yet
           by
           the
           wise
           and
           gentle
           Government
           of
           its
           Illustrious
           Administrator
           ,
           the
           Prince
           Regent
           makes
           still
           a
           Figure
           suitable
           to
           the
           grandeur
           of
           his
           Name
           ;
           his
           Subjects
           are
           taught
           to
           live
           happy
           ,
           and
           whilst
           some
           of
           his
           Troops
           are
           dispersed
           in
           the
           Service
           of
           those
           that
           carry
           the
           War
           into
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           the
           Ottoman
           Empire
           ,
           he
           has
           still
           a
           reserve
           of
           a
           good
           Body
           of
           Men
           ,
           either
           to
           increase
           the
           Confederate
           Army
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           increas'd
           by
           his
           own
           Subjects
           .
           There
           is
           no
           Countrey
           of
           that
           compass
           of
           Ground
           ,
           can
           be
           in
           so
           good
           a
           Posture
           ,
           except
           it
           be
           govern'd
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           Prince
           ;
           and
           such
           is
           He
           we
           have
           seeen
           and
           admired
           at
           the
           Hague
           .
           He
           was
           Born
           January
           the
           24th
           .
           1652.
           
           He
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           an
           admirable
           Presence
           ,
           a
           well-set
           Body
           ,
           a
           graceful
           Gate
           ,
           a
           majestick
           Deportment
           ,
           and
           a
           masculine
           Face
           ,
           that
           would
           be
           lessen'd
           by
           being
           called
           Beautiful
           ;
           and
           as
           these
           are
           qualities
           that
           strike
           the
           hearts
           of
           his
           beholders
           with
           a
           Sacred
           Horror
           ,
           so
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           That
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           vast
           Understanding
           ,
           his
           clear
           and
           sound
           Judgment
           ,
           together
           with
           a
           Noble
           eagerness
           to
           advance
           the
           Common
           Cause
           ,
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           greatest
           part
           in
           His
           Majesty's
           Favour
           and
           Esteem
           .
        
         
         
           February
           the
           16th
           ,
           about
           Ten
           a
           Clock
           at
           Night
           ,
           arriv'd
           
             Maximilian
             Emanuel
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           the
           Upper
           and
           Lower
           Bavaria
           ,
           and
           the
           Upper
           Palatinate
           ;
           Count
           Palatin
           on
           the
           Rhine
           ;
           Arch-Sewer
           and
           Elector
           of
           the
           Holy
           Roman
           Empire
           ;
           Landgrave
           of
           Leuchtenberg
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           say
           upon
           what
           occasion
           the
           Electoral
           Dignity
           ,
           that
           was
           torn
           from
           Friderick
           V.
           Elector
           Palatine
           and
           King
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           was
           bestowed
           upon
           the
           Illustrious
           House
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           since
           that
           unfortunate
           Prince
           did
           himself
           inform
           the
           English
           Nation
           of
           it
           ;
           neither
           do
           I
           intend
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           the
           great
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           of
           that
           Ancient
           Family
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           notorious
           ,
           That
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           alone
           ,
           of
           all
           the
           Princes
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           (
           I
           mean
           of
           those
           that
           are
           of
           a
           Religion
           required
           in
           an
           Emperor
           ,
           by
           the
           fundamental
           Laws
           of
           the
           Empire
           )
           is
           in
           a
           condition
           to
           support
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           dispute
           the
           House
           of
           Austria
           ,
           the
           Imperial
           Crown
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           well
           known
           by
           the
           French
           King
           ,
           that
           some
           years
           ago
           he
           left
           no
           stone
           unturned
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           no
           Plate
           unmelted
           )
           to
           gain
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           over
           to
           his
           Interest
           .
           A
           Match
           was
           made
           between
           the
           Dauphin
           and
           his
           eldest
           Sister
           ;
           and
           seeing
           
           that
           he
           was
           then
           very
           young
           ,
           and
           that
           consequently
           ,
           the
           Charms
           of
           the
           first
           Crown
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           and
           the
           Name
           of
           an
           Emperor
           might
           possibly
           make
           a
           great
           impression
           on
           so
           tender
           an
           Age
           ;
           He
           promised
           him
           to
           get
           him
           ,
           by
           his
           Intrigues
           ,
           to
           be
           chosen
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           in
           case
           he
           would
           espouse
           his
           Interest
           ;
           That
           's
           in
           plain
           English
           ,
           to
           help
           himself
           or
           his
           Dauphin
           to
           the
           thing
           he
           did
           promise
           Him
           as
           a
           reward
           of
           his
           assistance
           .
           Great
           numbers
           of
           French
           Ministers
           resorted
           dayly
           to
           Munichen
           ,
           to
           observe
           ,
           nay
           ,
           to
           obsede
           the
           Prince
           .
           They
           entertained
           him
           with
           nothing
           but
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           their
           Master
           ;
           They
           made
           a
           considerable
           figure
           themselves
           ,
           and
           care
           was
           taken
           to
           intermingle
           their
           premeditated
           Discourses
           with
           some
           immoderate
           Praises
           of
           the
           surprising
           Beauty
           of
           the
           Princess
           of
           Conty
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           credibly
           told
           ,
           that
           some
           had
           ,
           at
           last
           ,
           the
           Front
           ,
           to
           offer
           the
           Marriage
           of
           one
           of
           the
           King's
           Bastards
           to
           him
           that
           was
           design'd
           for
           a
           Daughter
           of
           an
           Emperor
           :
           But
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           soon
           defeated
           their
           unreasonable
           hopes
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           time
           the
           whole
           Empire
           was
           preparing
           to
           mourn
           the
           loss
           of
           so
           powerful
           a
           Prince
           ;
           He
           upon
           a
           sudden
           turning
           the
           Scale
           ,
           concluded
           a
           strict
           Alliance
           with
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           
           Married
           the
           Arch-Dutchess
           of
           Austria
           his
           Daughter
           ;
           and
           sending
           his
           numerous
           Troops
           to
           his
           assistance
           in
           Hungary
           ,
           entred
           himself
           those
           memorable
           Fields
           ,
           that
           have
           Crowned
           his
           Head
           with
           everlasting
           Lawrels
           .
           And
           it
           was
           this
           young
           Hero
           ,
           that
           by
           taking
           Belgrade
           by
           Storm
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           most
           important
           Fortresses
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           gave
           us
           the
           fairest
           and
           solidest
           prospect
           of
           the
           intire
           downfall
           of
           that
           monstrous
           Empire
           ,
           that
           till
           then
           had
           been
           the
           terror
           of
           all
           Christendom
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           born
           in
           the
           year
           1662.
           
           June
           the
           11th
           ,
           and
           though
           I
           am
           no
           Astrologer
           ,
           yet
           I
           dare
           say
           it
           was
           under
           a
           very
           happy
           Constellation
           .
           Those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           Fortune
           to
           see
           him
           at
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             English
             ,
             Germans
             ,
             French
             ,
             Spaniards
             ,
             Italians
             ,
             Dutch
             ,
             Swedes
             ,
             Danes
             ,
          
           all
           did
           agree
           in
           the
           praise
           of
           this
           Prince
           ,
           each
           of
           them
           seeming
           to
           observe
           in
           him
           what
           makes
           an
           accomplish'd
           man
           ,
           to
           the
           particular
           notions
           and
           nicety
           of
           their
           own
           Countrey
           ;
           in
           so
           much
           that
           he
           may
           be
           said
           to
           have
           been
           the
           
             Titus
             Vespasian
          
           ,
           that
           's
           to
           say
           ,
           the
           Darling
           of
           the
           Hague
           .
           To
           make
           a
           true
           Picture
           of
           this
           admirable
           Prince
           ,
           and
           to
           express
           his
           Character
           in
           every
           particular
           ,
           especially
           after
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           
           is
           too
           hard
           a
           task
           for
           such
           a
           Scribler
           as
           I
           am
           ;
           for
           though
           we
           are
           all
           apt
           to
           Copy
           ,
           yet
           we
           cannot
           Copy
           from
           the
           Life
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           it
           is
           easily
           said
           ,
           That
           this
           Prince
           is
           of
           a
           Middle-size
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           may
           be
           call'd
           modestly
           ,
           Tall
           ;
           That
           his
           Limbs
           are
           strait
           ,
           his
           Body
           slender
           and
           well-shap'd
           ,
           his
           Shoulders
           large
           ,
           his
           Face
           Oval
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           and
           lineament
           of
           it
           happy
           ;
           That
           his
           Looks
           are
           refined
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           be
           of
           a
           smiling
           Countenance
           ,
           yet
           that
           it
           is
           hard
           to
           distinguish
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           to
           applaud
           the
           exact
           comportment
           of
           some
           ,
           or
           to
           despise
           the
           want
           of
           it
           in
           others
           ;
           That
           he
           is
           Obliging
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           That
           his
           Conversation
           is
           Charming
           ;
           in
           fine
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           respects
           he
           is
           a
           very
           accomplish'd
           Prince
           ;
           yet
           these
           are
           but
           general
           Notions
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           satisfie
           those
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           lovely
           Prince
           have
           observ'd
           somewhat
           peculiar
           to
           himself
           ,
           that
           by
           some
           secret
           Charms
           gains
           him
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           that
           approach
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           ingeniously
           confess
           is
           beyond
           my
           abilities
           to
           express
           .
           And
           it
           is
           this
           Prince
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           be
           of
           a
           contrary
           Persuasion
           to
           that
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           yet
           has
           been
           one
           of
           the
           most
           forward
           to
           pay
           His
           Majesty
           his
           respects
           in
           so
           obliging
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           could
           hardly
           be
           expected
           either
           
           from
           a
           Prince
           of
           his
           Rank
           ,
           or
           be
           paid
           to
           any
           other
           than
           to
           the
           great
           Protector
           of
           the
           liberty
           of
           Europe
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           has
           given
           him
           such
           unusual
           marks
           of
           his
           Esteem
           ,
           Love
           and
           Friendship
           ,
           given
           and
           received
           with
           so
           mutual
           a
           satisfaction
           ,
           that
           never
           two
           Princes
           did
           either
           more
           sympathise
           ,
           or
           had
           more
           reason
           to
           be
           satisfied
           with
           each
           other's
           enterview
           .
        
         
           February
           the
           21st
           .
           arrived
           Charles
           Landgrave
           of
           Hessen
           ,
           attended
           by
           the
           Count
           of
           Lippe
           ,
           General
           of
           his
           Army
           ,
           and
           Baron
           Gortz
           his
           Chief
           Minister
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Great
           Persons
           .
           He
           was
           Born
           in
           the
           year
           1654.
           
           August
           the
           3d.
           He
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           a
           fine
           Appearance
           ,
           a
           mild
           Temper
           ,
           his
           Government
           is
           gentle
           and
           easie
           ,
           and
           he
           maintains
           that
           great
           Rank
           ,
           and
           defends
           that
           Religion
           in
           the
           Empire
           ,
           he
           has
           derived
           from
           his
           glorious
           Ancestors
           ,
           with
           great
           success
           and
           Honour
           .
           His
           Great
           Grandfather
           Philip
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           
             John
             Frederick
          
           Elector
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           were
           the
           two
           first
           and
           chief
           supporters
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           when
           it
           was
           in
           its
           infancy
           .
           They
           Rais'd
           and
           Headed
           themselves
           an
           Army
           against
           that
           Great
           and
           Victorious
           Emperor
           Charles
           
           the
           5th
           ,
           who
           seeing
           that
           all
           the
           Projects
           of
           Rome
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           progress
           of
           a
           Doctrine
           that
           was
           Preach'd
           by
           Luther
           ,
           with
           a
           success
           answerable
           to
           the
           Holy
           eagerness
           ,
           and
           Apostolical
           boldness
           of
           that
           Great
           Man
           ,
           were
           defeated
           ,
           was
           going
           to
           imploy
           some
           stronger
           and
           surer
           Arguments
           ;
           and
           a
           bloody
           Battel
           was
           fought
           at
           Mulberg
           near
           the
           Elbe
           .
           The
           Roman
           Eagles
           ,
           Roman
           then
           indeed
           ,
           accustom'd
           to
           look
           their
           Enemies
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ,
           were
           then
           first
           taught
           to
           Tremble
           ,
           and
           their
           Wings
           were
           clipt
           by
           these
           undaunted
           Warriers
           ,
           that
           were
           resolv'd
           ,
           either
           by
           overturning
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           to
           acquire
           the
           great
           Name
           of
           Conquerors
           ;
           or
           by
           signing
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           with
           their
           Illustrious
           Blood
           ,
           to
           deserve
           the
           more
           Glorious
           one
           of
           Confessors
           .
           And
           though
           the
           Battel
           was
           lost
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           the
           Brave
           Elector
           of
           Saxony
           made
           Prisoner
           ;
           yet
           the
           Emperor
           fearing
           that
           he
           should
           be
           overcome
           if
           he
           gain'd
           such
           another
           Victory
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           considering
           ,
           that
           neither
           he
           himself
           nor
           his
           Religion
           would
           be
           safe
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           
             Landgrave
             Philip
          
           was
           unconquer'd
           ,
           he
           made
           use
           at
           last
           of
           those
           inglorious
           Arts
           ,
           that
           in
           one
           moment
           deprived
           the
           Prince
           of
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           the
           Emperor
           of
           
           that
           Honour
           ,
           that
           till
           then
           had
           been
           sacred
           .
        
         
           The
           Two
           Princes
           had
           been
           kept
           Five
           years
           in
           Prison
           ;
           and
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           was
           as
           many
           years
           nearer
           to
           its
           ruine
           ,
           when
           brave
           Maurice
           of
           Saxony
           ,
           having
           secretly
           rais'd
           an
           Army
           ,
           surpriz'd
           the
           Emperor
           so
           suddenly
           at
           Inspruck
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           himself
           did
           escape
           ,
           yet
           the
           Captive
           Princes
           were
           set
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           Ferdinand
           the
           Emperor's
           Brother
           ,
           and
           King
           of
           the
           Romans
           ,
           made
           a
           Prisoner
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           a
           sudden
           Change
           ,
           and
           that
           may
           well
           be
           rank'd
           amongst
           the
           brightest
           blessings
           of
           that
           Miraculous
           Providence
           ,
           that
           till
           now
           ,
           with
           so
           much
           sollicitude
           and
           care
           ,
           has
           preserved
           and
           advanced
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           For
           from
           this
           time
           it
           began
           to
           rise
           apace
           ,
           secured
           from
           the
           insults
           of
           its
           Captive
           Persecutor
           ,
           who
           to
           gain
           his
           Liberty
           ,
           readily
           Sign'd
           the
           famous
           Contract
           of
           Passaw
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Protestants
           had
           those
           mighty
           advantages
           granted
           them
           ,
           they
           to
           this
           day
           enjoy
           in
           the
           Empire
           ,
           being
           protected
           by
           so
           many
           great
           and
           powerful
           Princes
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           
           by
           his
           Highness
           
             Landgrave
             Charles
          
           ,
           upon
           whose
           occasion
           I
           have
           made
           this
           little
           excursion
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           give
           you
           a
           hint
           of
           the
           Power
           of
           his
           House
           ;
           but
           to
           shew
           also
           what
           great
           obligations
           all
           Protestants
           have
           to
           his
           Illustrious
           Family
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           of
           all
           the
           Princes
           that
           arriv'd
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           were
           their
           Highnesses
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Lunenbourg-Zell
           ,
           and
           Brunswig-Wollfembuttel
           .
           The
           fist
           being
           hindred
           by
           some
           indisposition
           ,
           did
           not
           arrive
           till
           March
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           the
           second
           few
           days
           after
           it
           .
           
             George
             William
          
           ,
           Duke
           of
           Brunswig
           and
           Lunenbourg-Zell
           was
           born
           in
           the
           Year
           1624
           ,
           February
           the
           16th
           .
           and
           consequently
           has
           past
           the
           67th
           Year
           of
           his
           Age.
           Those
           that
           are
           acquainted
           with
           the
           History
           of
           his
           glorious
           Life
           ,
           that
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           several
           times
           baffled
           the
           Hectoring
           Monarch
           ,
           routed
           his
           Armies
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           experienced
           Mareschals
           of
           France
           was
           forc'd
           to
           follow
           his
           Triumphal
           Chariot
           ,
           could
           not
           but
           infinitely
           be
           pleased
           with
           the
           sight
           of
           this
           venerable
           Old
           man
           ;
           for
           it
           seems
           ,
           that
           being
           inured
           to
           Fatigues
           ,
           and
           used
           to
           conquer
           ,
           he
           can
           now
           be
           overcome
           by
           nothing
           ;
           nay
           ,
           not
           by
           Age
           it self
           .
           His
           Body
           is
           still
           vigorous
           ,
           his
           
           Judgment
           clear
           and
           sound
           ,
           his
           Thoughts
           strong
           and
           unconfined
           ;
           he
           apprehends
           still
           as
           quick
           as
           he
           speaks
           ,
           and
           far
           from
           that
           sowerness
           of
           Temper
           ,
           that
           most
           commonly
           attends
           the
           Infirmities
           of
           Ancient
           Persons
           ;
           he
           awakens
           and
           rejoices
           the
           hearts
           of
           all
           those
           that
           approach
           him
           ,
           by
           a
           smiling
           Countenance
           ,
           so
           unusual
           ,
           yet
           so
           well
           becoming
           to
           a
           Great
           Age.
           His
           Court
           is
           certainly
           one
           of
           the
           most
           refined
           in
           Germany
           .
           His
           Ministers
           have
           acquir'd
           themselves
           that
           solid
           Reputation
           ,
           but
           few
           in
           Europe
           can
           pretend
           to
           ;
           and
           as
           they
           are
           capable
           to
           form
           and
           to
           concert
           ,
           so
           he
           has
           a
           General
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           head
           of
           a
           well
           disciplin'd
           Army
           ,
           can
           as
           bravely
           execute
           a
           great
           Design
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           of
           all
           the
           Respects
           paid
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           during
           his
           stay
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           by
           so
           great
           and
           illustrious
           Princes
           ,
           that
           of
           his
           Highness
           the
           Duke
           of
           Zell
           ,
           must
           needs
           make
           the
           deepest
           and
           strongest
           Impressions
           on
           sober
           and
           thinking
           men
           .
           It
           will
           be
           said
           perhaps
           ,
           That
           most
           of
           the
           rest
           being
           young
           ,
           valiant
           ,
           and
           ambitious
           of
           that
           Glory
           his
           Majesty
           has
           gain'd
           by
           so
           many
           great
           and
           hazardous
           Enterprizes
           ;
           they
           were
           come
           to
           adorn
           the
           
           Triumphs
           of
           the
           Hero
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           out
           of
           meer
           Galantry
           ;
           but
           to
           see
           so
           Wise
           and
           Old
           a
           Prince
           that
           has
           outlived
           so
           many
           various
           Changes
           and
           Revolutions
           in
           Europe
           ,
           and
           that
           consequently
           has
           got
           such
           an
           Experience
           ,
           that
           far
           from
           being
           taken
           up
           by
           outward
           splendid
           Appearances
           ,
           he
           is
           able
           to
           look
           into
           the
           very
           bottom
           of
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           to
           weigh
           each
           particular
           Circumstance
           of
           it
           ;
           I
           say
           ,
           to
           see
           such
           a
           Prince
           to
           undertake
           a
           tedious
           Journey
           in
           so
           rough
           a
           Season
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           wait
           on
           ,
           and
           to
           consult
           with
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           to
           pay
           him
           all
           imaginable
           respect
           in
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           manner
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           will
           convince
           the
           most
           obstinate
           ,
           that
           William
           the
           Third
           is
           universally
           look'd
           upon
           as
           the
           great
           and
           blessed
           Instrument
           in
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           to
           rescue
           Europe
           out
           of
           the
           insatiable
           hands
           of
           its
           cruel
           Oppressor
           ;
           to
           maintain
           in
           ,
           or
           to
           restore
           oppress'd
           Princes
           to
           their
           Rights
           ,
           and
           to
           establish
           once
           more
           a
           Solid
           and
           Universal
           Peace
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           were
           the
           chiefest
           Princes
           that
           did
           in
           Person
           concert
           with
           his
           Majesty
           the
           measures
           of
           the
           approaching
           Campaign
           .
           It
           was
           indeed
           a
           glorious
           Sight
           ;
           and
           that
           
           could
           not
           but
           pierce
           the
           Souls
           of
           all
           those
           that
           have
           a
           true
           love
           and
           veneration
           for
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           see
           so
           many
           great
           Princes
           daily
           come
           to
           Court
           ,
           to
           pass
           through
           the
           crouded
           Antichambers
           ,
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           into
           that
           sacred
           Closet
           ,
           where
           the
           Fate
           of
           Europe
           was
           to
           be
           decided
           .
           To
           write
           the
           History
           of
           what
           has
           past
           there
           ,
           would
           be
           worthy
           of
           the
           most
           Eloquent
           and
           Refin'd
           Pens
           of
           our
           Age
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           a
           Piece
           that
           would
           without
           doubt
           surpass
           all
           that
           has
           been
           to
           this
           time
           writ
           in
           Politicks
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           as
           yet
           a
           Mystery
           ,
           and
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           a
           Mystery
           to
           the
           very
           Ministers
           and
           Plenipotenciaries
           themselves
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           but
           Time
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           next
           Campaign
           ,
           will
           unravel
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           usual
           time
           to
           go
           to
           Court
           ,
           was
           between
           Twelve
           and
           One
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ;
           and
           between
           Eight
           and
           Ten
           a
           Clock
           at
           Night
           ;
           and
           they
           that
           walk't
           to
           Court
           a
           foot
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           deafned
           by
           the
           continual
           Noise
           of
           an
           endless
           number
           of
           Coaches
           ;
           so
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           be
           in
           a
           continual
           motion
           ,
           and
           to
           turn
           from
           one
           side
           to
           another
           to
           give
           way
           to
           their
           numerous
           and
           clamorous
           Attendances
           .
           The
           most
           considerable
           Princes
           were
           
           soon
           known
           ,
           or
           else
           easily
           distinguished
           by
           their
           Livery
           and
           Attendance
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           going
           or
           coming
           ,
           notice
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Suiss-Guards
           ,
           who
           immediately
           ranged
           thgmselves
           in
           the
           Form
           of
           a
           Half-moon
           ,
           having
           one
           of
           their
           Officers
           at
           their
           Head
           ,
           and
           both
           Wings
           of
           the
           Door
           that
           gave
           entrance
           to
           the
           Anti-chamber
           were
           open'd
           ,
           though
           this
           last
           Honour
           was
           also
           granted
           to
           Foreign
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           other
           persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           especially
           if
           the
           Suissers
           had
           been
           well
           remembred
           .
           The
           Princes
           passing
           through
           the
           Anti-chambers
           ,
           were
           attended
           by
           their
           Ministers
           ,
           some
           walking
           before
           ,
           and
           some
           behind
           them
           ;
           and
           at
           Night
           one
           of
           his
           Majesty's
           Gentlemen
           Ushers
           carried
           the
           Candle
           before
           them
           .
           In
           His
           Majesty's
           Apartment
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Princes
           were
           all
           standing
           ,
           and
           bare-headed
           .
           They
           called
           the
           King
           ,
           
             Your
             Majesty
          
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           call'd
           Them
           by
           that
           Name
           that
           is
           usually
           given
           by
           Kings
           to
           Sovereign
           Princes
           ;
           but
           His
           Highness
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Zell
           ,
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           be
           called
           Father
           by
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
         
           There
           was
           none
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           but
           that
           did
           immediately
           upon
           his
           Arrival
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           wait
           on
           the
           King
           ;
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           them
           ,
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           have
           their
           Visits
           paid
           by
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           they
           received
           Him
           in
           the
           Street
           at
           ,
           and
           conducted
           Him
           again
           to
           his
           Coach.
           At
           Court
           the
           King
           dined
           always
           alone
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           treated
           some
           of
           the
           Princes
           ,
           it
           was
           in
           one
           of
           his
           Palaces
           that
           are
           out
           of
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           considerable
           of
           them
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           treat
           him
           also
           at
           their
           respective
           Palaces
           ,
           where
           they
           did
           reside
           .
           At
           His
           Majesty's
           entrance
           into
           the
           Dining-Room
           ,
           there
           was
           at
           first
           found
           but
           one
           Cover
           laid
           upon
           the
           Table
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           a
           little
           while
           after
           it
           ,
           there
           was
           another
           laid
           for
           the
           Prince
           ,
           that
           did
           ,
           or
           that
           was
           treated
           ;
           and
           they
           being
           both
           set
           down
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           gave
           a
           Wink
           to
           such
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           as
           were
           to
           have
           the
           honour
           to
           dine
           with
           Him.
           
        
         
           When
           His
           Majesty
           drunk
           a
           Health
           ,
           He
           named
           it
           softly
           to
           the
           Prince
           ,
           who
           did
           the
           same
           to
           his
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           so
           it
           went
           
           ound
           ,
           and
           the
           Trumpets
           did
           only
           sound
           when
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Prince
           were
           ra
           drinking
           .
           One
           Sunday
           the
           King
           treated
           the
           most
           Considerable
           Princes
           at
           Sorgfliet
           (
           a
           House
           His
           Majesty
           has
           given
           to
           my
           Lord
           Portland
           )
           from
           thence
           they
           went
           to
           Shevelinguen
           ;
           And
           being
           about
           Five
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           return'd
           to
           the
           Hague
           ,
           they
           went
           to
           the
           
             Tour
             a
             la
             Mode
          
           .
           The
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           was
           placed
           at
           His
           Majesty's
           left
           side
           ;
           the
           Elector
           of
           Brandenbourg
           at
           the
           right
           ,
           and
           the
           Landgrave
           of
           Hessen
           ,
           at
           the
           left-side
           in
           the
           foremost
           part
           of
           the
           Coach
           ,
           being
           followed
           by
           the
           Duke
           ,
           Administrator
           of
           Wirtemberg
           in
           another
           .
           There
           was
           an
           infinite
           number
           of
           Coaches
           there
           ,
           but
           they
           all
           stopp'd
           while
           His
           Majesty
           was
           making
           the
           Round
           .
           The
           
             Tour
             à
             la
             Mode
          
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           is
           very
           near
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           certainly
           one
           of
           the
           best
           contrived
           in
           Europe
           .
           It
           goes
           first
           in
           a
           very
           long
           and
           streight
           Line
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           end
           cuts
           to
           the
           right
           ,
           into
           another
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Round
           makes
           a
           good
           English
           Mile
           .
           There
           are
           Rales
           made
           ,
           and
           great
           Trees
           planted
           at
           an
           equal
           distance
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           the
           middle
           
           being
           for
           persons
           that
           walk
           on
           Foot
           ,
           and
           the
           Coaches
           go
           round
           about
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           several
           Princes
           of
           the
           several
           Branches
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Ancient
           House
           of
           Nassau
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           who
           as
           they
           have
           distinguished
           themselves
           by
           their
           own
           Illustrious
           Merits
           ,
           so
           they
           made
           a
           Figure
           suitable
           to
           that
           Great
           Name
           .
           Time
           is
           too
           short
           ,
           and
           the
           design'd
           Compass
           of
           this
           Relation
           too
           narrow
           to
           speak
           of
           each
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           ;
           yet
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           to
           say
           something
           of
           Prince
           
             Henry
             Casimir
          
           of
           Nassau
           ,
           Hereditary
           Stadtholder
           of
           Friseland
           and
           Groninguen
           .
           He
           was
           Born
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           January
           ,
           1667.
           
           He
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           little
           and
           slender
           Stature
           ,
           but
           he
           has
           a
           vigorous
           Look
           ;
           and
           he
           is
           so
           Valiant
           ,
           and
           so
           Brave
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           Respect
           he
           deserves
           to
           be
           called
           the
           Alexander
           of
           our
           Age.
           But
           since
           the
           Dignity
           of
           Governour
           of
           Friseland
           and
           Groninguen
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           did
           succeed
           his
           Father
           when
           he
           was
           but
           Seven
           years
           old
           ,
           has
           been
           made
           Hereditary
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           brought
           about
           by
           some
           very
           remarkable
           means
           ;
           I
           think
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           make
           a
           short
           Relation
           of
           it
           .
           
             Henrica
             Emilia
          
           ,
           the
           Princess
           
           Dowager
           his
           Mother
           ,
           was
           still
           supporting
           with
           her
           Authority
           and
           Counsels
           ,
           the
           tender
           Age
           of
           her
           Illustrious
           Infant
           ,
           when
           one
           
             Vander
             Vayen
          
           ,
           a
           Minister
           of
           great
           Learning
           ,
           and
           a
           subtile
           Spirit
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           exiled
           out
           of
           Zeland
           ,
           his
           Native
           Country
           ,
           for
           some
           Opinions
           of
           his
           ,
           the
           Divines
           did
           not
           approve
           of
           ,
           did
           arrive
           in
           Friseland
           ;
           after
           he
           had
           for
           some
           years
           led
           a
           private
           and
           obscure
           Life
           at
           Amsterdam
           ,
           and
           having
           obtained
           the
           Liberty
           to
           Preach
           at
           Lewvarden
           before
           the
           Court
           ,
           his
           frequent
           and
           elaborate
           Sermons
           ,
           which
           he
           pronounced
           with
           an
           audible
           Voice
           ,
           and
           an
           humble
           Meen
           ,
           accommodated
           to
           the
           genius
           of
           that
           Nation
           ,
           had
           such
           secret
           Charms
           ,
           and
           made
           so
           unaccountable
           Impressions
           upon
           the
           Spirits
           of
           his
           Auditors
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           universally
           applauded
           by
           those
           that
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           did
           not
           understand
           them
           .
           He
           imploy'd
           his
           private
           Hours
           in
           teaching
           weak
           and
           ignorant
           Persons
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ;
           and
           to
           those
           that
           were
           of
           a
           greater
           Capacity
           he
           explained
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Philosophy
           and
           Divinity
           ,
           always
           refusing
           to
           take
           Money
           for
           his
           pains
           ,
           the
           most
           charming
           of
           Affronts
           in
           that
           Country
           .
           He
           had
           a
           peculiar
           Art
           to
           convince
           ,
           to
           perswade
           ,
           and
           to
           conquer
           the
           Hearts
           of
           
           those
           he
           conversed
           with
           ,
           by
           some
           familiar
           Arguments
           ;
           and
           as
           his
           Conversation
           was
           charming
           and
           easy
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           too
           nice
           ,
           and
           too
           refined
           for
           one
           that
           pretended
           to
           know
           nothing
           but
           the
           Greek
           and
           the
           Hebrew
           .
        
         
           The
           Form
           of
           Government
           in
           Friseland
           ,
           is
           much
           like
           to
           what
           the
           Ancient
           Romans
           did
           observe
           in
           their
           conquered
           Provinces
           .
           The
           People
           is
           divided
           in
           Tribes
           ,
           to
           each
           Tribe
           belongs
           a
           certain
           district
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           each
           for
           their
           chief
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Nobles
           ,
           that
           has
           the
           biggest
           Estate
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Interest
           in
           the
           Country
           .
           Upon
           some
           Emergency
           in
           the
           State
           ,
           these
           Nobles
           have
           the
           Priviledge
           to
           collect
           the
           Votes
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           they
           know
           how
           to
           dispose
           them
           according
           to
           their
           Inclination
           and
           Interest
           .
           They
           have
           no
           Obligation
           to
           the
           Prince
           for
           their
           Charges
           ,
           and
           consequently
           may
           without
           any
           hazard
           cross
           his
           Design
           ,
           in
           case
           they
           are
           not
           well
           affected
           .
           The
           only
           way
           to
           secure
           the
           Princes
           Interest
           from
           such
           troublesome
           Attempts
           ,
           was
           to
           make
           the
           Stadtholdership
           Hereditary
           ;
           but
           since
           that
           could
           not
           be
           done
           without
           lessening
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           Nobles
           ,
           it
           was
           look'd
           upon
           as
           impracticable
           .
           
           
             Vander
             Vayen
          
           was
           the
           first
           Man
           that
           dared
           to
           form
           the
           Design
           of
           it
           .
           He
           perswaded
           the
           Princess
           Dowager
           to
           Invest
           him
           with
           the
           Title
           of
           Honorary
           Counsellor
           of
           the
           Prince
           ;
           and
           being
           authorized
           by
           that
           Character
           to
           advance
           his
           Master's
           Interest
           ,
           he
           very
           easily
           gain'd
           the
           Divines
           ,
           who
           making
           it
           their
           Business
           in
           their
           Sermons
           to
           make
           the
           People
           mindful
           of
           the
           Great
           and
           Signal
           Services
           the
           late
           Prince
           their
           Governour
           had
           rendred
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           lay
           under
           the
           strongest
           Obligation
           in
           the
           World
           to
           shew
           their
           Gratitude
           to
           the
           Prince
           his
           Son
           ,
           worthy
           of
           so
           Great
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           worthy
           of
           their
           Love
           ,
           by
           securing
           the
           Title
           of
           their
           Governour
           ,
           to
           him
           and
           his
           Heirs
           for
           ever
           ;
           they
           did
           first
           attentively
           hearken
           to
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           little
           time
           as
           readily
           performed
           it
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           Governour
           of
           Friseland
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           the
           Governour
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           I
           intend
           to
           conclude
           the
           Article
           of
           the
           Princes
           .
           The
           Marquess
           of
           Gastanaga
           ,
           Governour
           and
           Captain-General
           of
           the
           
             Spanish
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           appeared
           at
           the
           Hague
           with
           a
           numerous
           Court
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           very
           splendid
           Equipage
           .
           He
           is
           said
           to
           be
           a
           Man
           of
           Fortune
           ,
           that
           has
           rais'd
           himself
           
           to
           that
           high
           Station
           by
           his
           great
           Merits
           ;
           and
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           this
           common
           Report
           is
           abundantly
           justified
           by
           the
           great
           Esteem
           His
           Majesty
           had
           for
           his
           Person
           .
           To
           govern
           a
           Country
           that
           is
           at
           so
           great
           a
           distance
           from
           its
           Monarch
           ,
           and
           so
           near
           to
           its
           Enemy
           ,
           where
           most
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           are
           so
           infatuated
           by
           their
           Priests
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           rather
           be
           destroyed
           by
           a
           Catholick
           Enemy
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           a
           Protestant
           Friend
           ,
           is
           indeed
           a
           very
           hard
           task
           ,
           and
           they
           that
           blame
           the
           Marquess's
           Conduct
           ,
           are
           without
           doubt
           incapable
           to
           imitate
           it
           .
           As
           to
           his
           Personal
           Presence
           ,
           he
           exceeds
           in
           that
           very
           thing
           Lewis
           the
           14th
           ;
           and
           the
           esteem
           a
           great
           many
           have
           for
           the
           latter
           upon
           that
           Score
           ,
           will
           infinitely
           be
           lessened
           by
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Gastanaga
           .
           He
           is
           indeed
           a
           graceful
           Spaniard
           ,
           and
           if
           by
           the
           Governour
           's
           Appearance
           one
           might
           reasonably
           judge
           of
           the
           Constitution
           of
           the
           Country
           he
           Governs
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           finest
           and
           best
           proportioned
           in
           the
           World.
           He
           was
           very
           frequently
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           had
           several
           private
           Conferences
           with
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           of
           Brandenbourg
           ;
           but
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           movements
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           he
           parted
           from
           the
           Hague
           before
           
           his
           Highness
           the
           Duke
           of
           Zell
           was
           arrived
           .
           Being
           upon
           his
           departure
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           His
           Majesty's
           Name
           presented
           him
           with
           a
           Couple
           of
           Horses
           ,
           which
           he
           received
           with
           great
           Joy
           and
           Respect
           ,
           presenting
           the
           Gentleman
           with
           a
           Ring
           of
           great
           Value
           ,
           he
           had
           drawn
           from
           his
           own
           Finger
           .
        
         
           They
           that
           have
           not
           been
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           that
           know
           it
           to
           go
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Village
           ,
           will
           hardly
           imagine
           how
           it
           could
           furnish
           Palaces
           enough
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           so
           many
           Great
           Princes
           ;
           but
           when
           they
           will
           be
           informed
           ,
           that
           besides
           these
           Princes
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           considerable
           number
           of
           Foreign
           Ministers
           ,
           Envoys
           Extraordinary
           ,
           and
           Plenipotentiaries
           ,
           never
           before
           seen
           at
           one
           single
           Monarch's
           Court
           ,
           who
           being
           the
           Representatives
           of
           their
           Princes
           ,
           must
           needs
           make
           a
           Figure
           answerable
           to
           the
           Grandeur
           of
           that
           Name
           ;
           They
           will
           easily
           fancy
           ,
           that
           under
           the
           humble
           Name
           of
           a
           Village
           ,
           Hague
           must
           needs
           have
           an
           Air
           of
           a
           Capital
           ,
           nay
           of
           the
           once
           Capital
           City
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           The
           ordinary
           Ministers
           that
           reside
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           are
           ,
        
         
           
             Count
             de
             Berka
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Emperor
             .
          
           
             The
             Chevalier
             Crampricht
             ,
             The
             Emperor
             's
             Resident
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Lenth
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Denmark
             .
          
           
             Count
             Oxenstierne
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Sueden
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Moreau
             ,
             the
             King
             of
             
             Poland's
             Minister
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Meyers
             ,
             from
             Mentz
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Champagne
             ,
             from
             Tryer.
             
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Solemacher
             ,
             from
             Collogne
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Prillmeyer
             and
             Baron
             Baumgarten
             ,
             from
             Bavaria
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Smettau
             and
             the
             Sieur
             Diest
             ,
             from
             Brandenburgh
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Zigel
             ,
             from
             the
             House
             of
             Lunenbourg
             .
          
           
             Baron
             Gortz
             and
             the
             Sieur
             Kappelhere
             ,
             from
             
               Hessen
               Cassel
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Norf
             ,
             from
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Munster
             .
          
        
         
         
           But
           those
           that
           were
           sent
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           either
           to
           Treat
           with
           ,
           or
           to
           Congratulate
           Him
           upon
           His
           Success
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           His
           happy
           Arrival
           in
           Holland
           ,
           were
           ,
        
         
           
             Count
             Windishgratz
             ,
             Envoy
             Extrordinary
             and
             Plenipotentiary
             of
             the
             Emperor
             .
          
           
             Don
             
               Emanuel
               Colomma
            
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Castel-Moncayo
             ,
             and
             the
             Count
             of
             Piremont
             ,
             Envoys
             and
             Plenipotentiaries
             from
             his
             Catholick
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             Count
             of
             Reventlaw
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             King
             of
             Denmark
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Haxhausen
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             and
             Plenipotentiary
             from
             his
             Electoral
             Highness
             of
             Saxony
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Dalberg
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Elector
             of
             Mentz
             .
          
           
             The
             Baron
             of
             Leyen
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Elector
             of
             Tryer.
             
          
           
             General
             Baron
             Bernsaw
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Elector
             of
             Cologne
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Heterman
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Elector
             Palatin
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Klenk
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordináry
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Hanover
             .
          
           
             Baron
             Groseck
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Brunswig-Wolfenbuttel
             .
          
           
             
             The
             Count
             de
             Prelat
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Savoy
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Gerke
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             Holstein-Gottorp
             .
          
           
             The
             Sieur
             Mean
             ,
             Envoy
             Extraordinary
             from
             the
             Prince
             of
             Liege
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           There
           were
           besides
           several
           Deputies
           sent
           to
           His
           Majesty
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Cities
           .
        
         
           To
           speak
           of
           each
           of
           them
           in
           particular
           ,
           to
           enlarge
           upon
           their
           Characters
           ,
           to
           relate
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           Reception
           ,
           and
           to
           Copy
           their
           Speeches
           ,
           numerous
           enough
           to
           form
           a
           Book
           of
           true
           State-Eloquence
           ;
           altho
           it
           would
           be
           instructive
           to
           young
           Politicians
           ,
           and
           besides
           be
           very
           acceptable
           to
           those
           that
           cannot
           hear
           enough
           of
           things
           relating
           so
           much
           to
           the
           King's
           Honour
           ,
           and
           where
           their
           own
           tender
           Sentiments
           of
           all
           His
           Majesty's
           Designs
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Duty
           inspires
           them
           with
           ,
           are
           unanimously
           approv'd
           and
           confirm'd
           by
           the
           Mouths
           of
           so
           many
           eminent
           and
           able
           Ministers
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           be
           a
           Theme
           both
           of
           greater
           skill
           than
           I
           can
           pretend
           to
           ,
           and
           of
           more
           time
           than
           I
           have
           allowed
           me
           .
        
         
           The
           usual
           time
           of
           Audience
           for
           Foreign
           Ministers
           was
           between
           Nine
           and
           Ten
           a
           
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           being
           conducted
           by
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Cotterel
          
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Ceremonies
           ;
           and
           they
           were
           received
           with
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Quality
           of
           their
           Principals
           .
           The
           respective
           Envoys
           of
           the
           Emperor
           ,
           of
           the
           Kings
           ,
           Electors
           of
           the
           Empire
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Princes
           that
           have
           the
           Honour
           to
           be
           Related
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           were
           conducted
           to
           the
           publick
           Audience
           in
           Coaches
           with
           six
           ,
           and
           the
           others
           in
           Coaches
           only
           with
           two
           Horses
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           give
           you
           one
           instance
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           Count
           Windishgratz
           ,
           Plenipotentiary
           and
           Envoy
           Extraordinary
           from
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           ,
           had
           his
           Audience
           February
           the
           14th
           .
           He
           is
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           and
           ablest
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Emperor's
           Court
           ;
           for
           having
           been
           imployed
           all
           his
           life-time
           in
           Foreign
           Embassies
           ,
           he
           has
           acquired
           himself
           that
           prodigious
           knowledge
           of
           the
           Affairs
           and
           Intrigues
           in
           Europe
           ;
           that
           as
           it
           is
           answerable
           to
           his
           great
           Age
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           none
           in
           the
           World
           that
           can
           pretend
           to
           surpass
           ,
           and
           but
           few
           that
           can
           reasonably
           be
           compared
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           observed
           by
           those
           that
           are
           nice
           in
           remarking
           each
           particular
           Circumstances
           of
           great
           Actions
           ,
           that
           this
           venerable
           
           Politician
           ,
           for
           all
           his
           being
           used
           familiarly
           to
           entertain
           Kings
           and
           Emperors
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           within
           the
           sight
           of
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           discovered
           so
           noble
           a
           Concern
           ,
           and
           so
           opportune
           an
           Awfulness
           in
           his
           Face
           ,
           that
           as
           it
           was
           far
           from
           that
           signal
           Fear
           ,
           that
           puts
           others
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ,
           so
           it
           did
           infinitely
           express
           his
           Respect
           and
           Veneration
           for
           so
           Good
           and
           so
           great
           a
           Monarch
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           His
           Majesty
           had
           notice
           given
           ,
           him
           that
           the
           Imperial
           Envoy
           was
           arrived
           at
           Court
           ,
           he
           came
           into
           the
           Anti-Chamber
           ,
           and
           being
           Seated
           on
           His
           Royal
           Throne
           ,
           his
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Norfolk
           conducted
           the
           Envoy
           to
           ,
           and
           my
           Lord
           Chamberlain
           received
           him
           at
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Anti-Chamber
           .
           Being
           entred
           ,
           he
           made
           three
           deep
           Bows
           ;
           the
           first
           ,
           at
           his
           entrance
           ;
           the
           second
           ,
           after
           he
           was
           a
           little
           advanced
           ;
           and
           the
           third
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           come
           near
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ;
           Who
           as
           often
           put
           His
           Hand
           to
           His
           Hat
           :
           and
           having
           humbly
           inclined
           his
           Body
           towards
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           he
           ,
           to
           the
           best
           of
           my
           remembrance
           ,
           told
           him
           :
        
         
           That
           he
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           Emperor
           his
           Master
           to
           Congratulate
           His
           Majesty
           on
           His
           happy
           Arrival
           in
           Holland
           ;
           that
           he
           wanted
           words
           to
           express
           the
           great
           Esteem
           
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           had
           for
           his
           Heroical
           Vertues
           ;
           that
           they
           were
           a
           Subject
           that
           entertained
           his
           Thoughts
           at
           his
           dearest
           hours
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           his
           Opinion
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           those
           that
           had
           a
           true
           sense
           of
           Honour
           ,
           he
           past
           for
           an
           incomparable
           Prince
           .
           That
           he
           was
           infinitely
           obliged
           to
           him
           for
           the
           infatigable
           Cares
           His
           Majesty
           had
           and
           did
           still
           take
           to
           advance
           that
           Just
           and
           Glorious
           Cause
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           himself
           and
           all
           Europe
           was
           engaged
           :
           and
           though
           it
           was
           matter
           of
           great
           trouble
           to
           his
           Imperial
           Majesty
           to
           see
           him
           expose
           his
           sacred
           Life
           to
           so
           many
           Hazards
           and
           Dangers
           ;
           yet
           since
           it
           was
           evident
           that
           His
           Majesty
           was
           lookt
           upon
           by
           all
           the
           Consederates
           as
           the
           Sacred
           Anchor
           of
           their
           Cause
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           Supporter
           of
           their
           Interest
           ,
           and
           that
           without
           His
           generous
           Influence
           ,
           their
           best
           endeavours
           might
           possibly
           be
           rendered
           fruitless
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           but
           intreat
           His
           Majesty
           to
           continue
           in
           His
           Noble
           Fervency
           to
           animate
           the
           Confederates
           ,
           to
           second
           their
           Designs
           ,
           and
           to
           teach
           them
           to
           overcome
           by
           His
           Glorious
           Victories
           .
        
         
           The
           King
           having
           answered
           him
           in
           short
           ,
           but
           solid
           terms
           ,
           so
           much
           becoming
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           so
           natural
           to
           Himself
           ,
           the
           Envoy
           retired
           with
           the
           same
           respect
           ,
           and
           
           observing
           the
           same
           Ceremonies
           as
           he
           did
           at
           his
           Entrance
           ,
           not
           turning
           his
           Back
           till
           he
           came
           out
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           sight
           .
        
         
           To
           give
           you
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           Counts
           ,
           Barons
           ,
           Generals
           and
           others
           ,
           remarkable
           by
           some
           singular
           Merits
           ,
           that
           were
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           is
           more
           than
           I
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           any
           body
           else
           can
           do
           .
           It
           seem'd
           His
           Majesty's
           Anti-Chambers
           at
           the
           Hague
           were
           made
           the
           general
           Rendezvous
           of
           all
           Illustrious
           Persons
           in
           Europe
           .
           There
           was
           every
           Day
           seen
           some
           great
           Foreigner
           or
           other
           ,
           who
           by
           a
           brisk
           and
           wandering
           Look
           ,
           by
           short
           and
           frequent
           Embraces
           of
           some
           well-met
           Friends
           ,
           discovered
           that
           he
           was
           but
           lately
           arrived
           ;
           and
           though
           to
           ask
           his
           Neighbours
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           seemed
           to
           be
           an
           establisht
           importunity
           ,
           yet
           some
           great
           Prince
           or
           other
           passing
           through
           the
           Anti-Chamber
           ,
           and
           the
           courteous
           Multitude
           striving
           to
           give
           way
           ,
           he
           that
           was
           to
           give
           the
           Answer
           was
           lost
           in
           the
           Croud
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           the
           hopes
           of
           ever
           making
           an
           exact
           Catalogue
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           the
           Generals
           ,
           there
           were
           remarkt
           two
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Army
           ,
           General
           Count
           Palfy
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           Commercy
           .
           The
           latter
           is
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           
           House
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           and
           Nephew
           to
           that
           great
           Man
           that
           was
           once
           ,
           alas
           ,
           the
           Terror
           of
           the
           Turks
           and
           French
           ;
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Germans
           ,
           and
           the
           Hopes
           and
           Delight
           of
           all
           the
           Confederates
           .
           I
           think
           I
           have
           said
           enough
           to
           raise
           in
           your
           fancy
           a
           high
           Idea
           of
           his
           Character
           ;
           and
           indeed
           it
           cannot
           be
           beyond
           his
           merits
           .
           He
           is
           in
           all
           respects
           worthy
           of
           that
           great
           Name
           ,
           Young
           and
           Gallant
           ,
           Generous
           and
           Brave
           ,
           and
           his
           Soul
           inhabits
           a
           Body
           answerable
           to
           its
           greatness
           :
           He
           is
           very
           tall
           and
           yet
           well
           shap'd
           ,
           he
           wears
           his
           own
           Hair
           ,
           which
           as
           they
           are
           large
           enough
           to
           cover
           his
           Back
           and
           Shoulders
           ,
           so
           they
           leave
           a
           full
           view
           of
           his
           graceful
           Face
           ;
           His
           Steps
           are
           firm
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           those
           of
           Pompey
           when
           he
           made
           the
           World
           tremble
           ;
           His
           Look
           is
           strong
           ,
           vigorous
           ,
           and
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           somewhat
           like
           that
           of
           an
           Eagle
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           they
           that
           have
           the
           fortune
           to
           fight
           under
           this
           brisk
           General
           ,
           may
           in
           their
           Leader's
           Face
           discover
           the
           signs
           of
           the
           Imperial
           Banners
           .
        
         
           As
           there
           were
           Great
           and
           Renowned
           Generals
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           so
           there
           was
           a
           simple
           Soldier
           ,
           a
           Soldier
           of
           Fortune
           amongst
           them
           ,
           that
           was
           too
           remarkable
           to
           be
           past
           over
           in
           silence
           .
           I
           went
           once
           to
           dine
           at
           a
           
           French
           Ordinary
           ,
           where
           I
           found
           a
           great
           Company
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           a
           little
           Man
           in
           a
           Blue
           Coat
           ,
           with
           a
           large
           Golden
           Lace
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           Table
           was
           the
           only
           Man
           that
           entertained
           the
           Company
           ;
           He
           spoke
           of
           great
           Feats
           and
           Actions
           ,
           of
           many
           Thousands
           defeated
           by
           some
           few
           Hundreds
           ,
           of
           firing
           and
           killing
           ,
           of
           advancing
           ,
           and
           never
           retreating
           ;
           and
           one
           asking
           him
           some
           news
           of
           a
           certain
           Collonel
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           Him
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             I
             have
             kill'd
             with
             my
             own
             Hands
          
           ;
           and
           another
           ,
           naming
           a
           French
           Lieutenant
           Colonel
           ,
           
             To
             him
          
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           
             I
             gave
             Quarters
          
           .
           I
           had
           strange
           Thoughts
           of
           this
           Man
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           were
           not
           to
           his
           advantage
           :
           When
           the
           Company
           rising
           ,
           and
           the
           little
           Stranger
           going
           out
           of
           the
           Room
           ,
           I
           ask'd
           my
           Neighbour
           ,
           who
           that
           Terrible
           Gentleman
           was
           ,
           that
           had
           so
           little
           dined
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           spoken
           ;
           and
           I
           was
           surprized
           to
           hear
           him
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Monsieur
           Arnaud
           ,
           the
           Famous
           Minister
           of
           the
           Vaudois
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           enough
           to
           correct
           the
           ill
           Opinion
           I
           had
           of
           his
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           to
           change
           it
           into
           a
           great
           eagerness
           to
           get
           into
           his
           Acquaintance
           ;
           and
           seeing
           him
           return
           into
           the
           Room
           ,
           I
           insensibly
           engaged
           him
           to
           tell
           me
           some
           Particulars
           of
           the
           surprising
           Actions
           
           of
           the
           Vaudois
           under
           his
           Conduct
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           then
           ,
           as
           I
           thought
           ,
           with
           great
           Reservedness
           and
           Modesty
           ,
           I
           being
           now
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           as
           much
           pre-possess'd
           in
           his
           Favour
           ,
           as
           I
           was
           before
           against
           him
           .
           After
           all
           ,
           he
           telling
           his
           Stories
           without
           a
           disguise
           ,
           and
           without
           modestly
           passing
           over
           his
           own
           Exploits
           ,
           did
           confirm
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Character
           that
           was
           given
           me
           of
           the
           Sincerity
           and
           Plainness
           of
           the
           Vaudois
           ,
           Courteous
           Breeding
           ,
           and
           a
           Nice
           Behaviour
           ,
           being
           their
           least
           quality
           .
           Indeed
           future
           Ages
           will
           hardly
           believe
           ,
           that
           a
           simple
           Minister
           ,
           at
           the
           head
           of
           a
           handful
           of
           opprest
           and
           starved
           Wretches
           ,
           was
           not
           only
           capable
           dutifully
           to
           oppose
           the
           forced
           Cruelties
           of
           their
           own
           unwilling
           and
           dear
           Tyrant
           ,
           but
           to
           check
           the
           Power
           of
           Lewis
           the
           Fourteenth
           ,
           to
           defeat
           great
           numbers
           of
           his
           best
           Troops
           ,
           and
           to
           maintain
           his
           Soldiers
           ,
           his
           Countrymen
           ,
           his
           Friends
           ,
           his
           Brethren
           ,
           his
           Children
           ,
           his
           All
           ,
           in
           the
           grateful
           possession
           of
           their
           dear
           beloved
           Valleys
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           now
           come
           to
           the
           Hague
           ,
           as
           Envoy
           from
           this
           wonderful
           People
           ,
           to
           prostrate
           himself
           at
           his
           Majesty's
           Royal
           Feet
           ,
           and
           to
           implore
           the
           continuance
           of
           his
           powerful
           Protection
           and
           assistance
           ,
           in
           order
           
           to
           make
           them
           more
           capable
           to
           fight
           for
           ,
           and
           to
           defend
           their
           good
           and
           gracious
           Master
           :
           And
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           in
           consideration
           of
           his
           great
           Service
           ,
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           make
           him
           a
           Colonel
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Regiments
           he
           design'd
           to
           send
           to
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           assistance
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           much
           of
           those
           Great
           and
           Illustrious
           Foreigners
           that
           were
           at
           the
           Hague
           .
           I
           should
           now
           say
           something
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Court
           ,
           and
           those
           great
           Persons
           that
           did
           compose
           it
           ,
           if
           I
           were
           to
           write
           to
           any
           other
           Nation
           but
           the
           English
           .
           They
           know
           them
           too
           well
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           their
           great
           Birth
           ,
           Wealth
           and
           Merits
           ,
           to
           need
           to
           be
           told
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           a
           great
           Figure
           at
           the
           Hague
           ;
           and
           to
           name
           
             Norfolk
             ,
             Ormond
             ,
             Devonshire
             ,
             Dorset
             ,
             Nottingham
             ,
             Monmouth
             ,
          
           &c.
           is
           to
           write
           an
           Elogy
           of
           the
           English
           Nobility
           .
           And
           I
           do
           not
           question
           but
           some
           ingenious
           German
           or
           other
           ,
           will
           oblige
           his
           Countrey
           by
           writing
           about
           so
           great
           and
           splendid
           a
           Subject
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           ,
           since
           I
           have
           seen
           many
           of
           them
           ,
           renowned
           for
           their
           Parts
           and
           Learning
           ,
           to
           be
           very
           industrious
           and
           inquisitive
           about
           the
           Particulars
           of
           these
           Noble
           Persons
           :
           and
           
           it
           is
           from
           one
           of
           them
           that
           I
           had
           this
           following
           List
           :
        
         
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Norfolk
             ,
             Earl
             Marshal
             of
             England
             ,
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             Captain
             of
             a
             Troop
             of
             Guards
             ,
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             .
          
           
             The
             Duke
             of
             Schomberg
             ,
             Colonel
             of
             the
             First
             Regiment
             of
             the
             Guards
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             His
             Majesty's
             Principal
             Secretary
             of
             State.
             
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Devonshire
             ,
             Lord
             Steward
             of
             His
             Majestiés
             Houshold
             ,
             Knight
             of
             the
             Garter
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Dorset
             ,
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Houshold
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Portland
             ,
             Groom
             of
             the
             Stool
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             Gentleman
             of
             his
             Majesties
             Bed-Chamber
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Scarborough
             ,
             Captain
             of
             a
             Troop
             of
             Guards
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Warwick
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Wharton
             ,
             Comptroler
             of
             His
             Majesty's
             Houshold
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Cotterel
            
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Ceremonies
             .
          
           
             
             Monsieur
             Overkerke
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             .
          
           
             Monfieur
             Zuilestein
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Wardrobe
             .
             
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Silkirke
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 
                   John
                   Hamilton
                
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 Dumlanerigh
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 Angus
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   —
                   Staires
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           Some
           of
           them
           are
           Persons
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           Presence
           ;
           and
           some
           especially
           being
           distinguish'd
           by
           the
           Garter
           ,
           they
           were
           as
           much
           reverenced
           by
           all
           Foreigners
           ,
           when
           they
           past
           through
           the
           Anti-chambers
           ,
           as
           the
           greatest
           Princes
           and
           Electors
           were
           by
           the
           English
           .
        
         
           The
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           Henry
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           those
           that
           was
           most
           taken
           notice
           of
           .
           His
           Great
           and
           Noble
           Extraction
           ,
           his
           Piety
           ,
           his
           obliging
           Behaviour
           towards
           all
           Persons
           ,
           and
           especially
           his
           untainted
           Zeal
           for
           their
           Majesties
           Interest
           and
           Person
           ,
           have
           rendered
           his
           Name
           dear
           to
           all
           that
           have
           the
           happiness
           to
           be
           Protestants
           ,
           Foreigners
           as
           well
           as
           English
           :
           And
           they
           that
           have
           seen
           him
           in
           His
           Majesties
           Antichamber
           ,
           
           in
           his
           Velvet
           Gown
           ,
           as
           they
           could
           not
           feed
           enough
           their
           Eyes
           on
           so
           Reverend
           an
           Object
           ,
           so
           they
           all
           agreed
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           truest
           and
           liveliest
           Representative
           of
           that
           great
           Church
           that
           has
           so
           vast
           a
           Reputation
           amongst
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           certainly
           one
           of
           the
           best
           ordered
           of
           all
           Protestant
           Churches
           in
           the
           World.
           In
           his
           Habit
           ,
           they
           discovered
           that
           Ceremonious
           Decency
           ,
           that
           is
           so
           successfully
           observed
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           mild
           and
           benign
           Lineaments
           of
           his
           Face
           ,
           they
           read
           in
           Legible
           Characters
           that
           saving
           and
           peaceable
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           according
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           so
           much
           preacht
           up
           by
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           In
           fine
           ,
           they
           all
           concluded
           him
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           ,
           and
           most
           deserving
           Sons
           of
           so
           blessed
           a
           Mother
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Matters
           of
           Ceremony
           that
           were
           observ'd
           amongst
           the
           German
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           English
           Noblemen
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           body
           put
           to
           the
           trouble
           to
           remove
           Difficulties
           .
           They
           freely
           paid
           and
           received
           ,
           they
           received
           and
           paid
           their
           Visits
           with
           a
           mutual
           satisfaction
           ;
           and
           these
           Two
           generous
           Nations
           striving
           to
           overcome
           each
           other
           in
           Civility
           ,
           made
           a
           grateful
           Confusion
           of
           their
           
           different
           Characters
           .
           The
           Right
           Honourable
           the
           Earl
           of
           Devonshire
           gave
           very
           frequent
           Visits
           to
           the
           Elector
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           and
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           did
           pay
           him
           every
           one
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           It
           seems
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           amongst
           some
           Nations
           in
           Europe
           ,
           the
           French
           and
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           the
           Poles
           and
           the
           Moscovites
           ,
           the
           Swedes
           and
           the
           Danes
           ,
           either
           a
           Natural
           or
           Establisht
           Antipathy
           ,
           so
           there
           are
           no
           Nations
           in
           the
           World
           that
           sympathize
           more
           than
           the
           Germans
           and
           the
           English
           do
           .
           The
           same
           Freedom
           of
           Humour
           ,
           the
           same
           Largeness
           of
           Soul
           ,
           the
           same
           Courage
           ,
           the
           same
           Complexion
           ,
           the
           same
           Vertues
           ,
           and
           (
           I
           beg
           leave
           to
           say
           )
           the
           same
           Vices
           too
           ,
           as
           they
           naturally
           incline
           and
           prompt
           them
           to
           a
           mutual
           Love
           and
           Friendship
           ;
           so
           those
           that
           are
           versed
           in
           History
           ,
           and
           know
           that
           the
           one
           did
           descend
           from
           the
           other
           ,
           seeing
           them
           together
           ,
           will
           hardly
           distinguish
           the
           Copy
           from
           the
           Original
           .
        
         
           I
           conclude
           this
           Paper
           with
           the
           Pleasures
           and
           Diversions
           of
           the
           Hague
           :
           There
           were
           every
           Day
           Two
           Plays
           acted
           in
           Two
           different
           Play-houses
           ,
           one
           of
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           of
           French
           Comedians
           .
           The
           latter
           
           are
           in
           his
           Highness
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Zell's
           Service
           ,
           by
           whose
           Order
           they
           were
           come
           to
           the
           Hague
           to
           divert
           that
           Illustrious
           Company
           .
           The
           Princess
           of
           Saxen-Eysenach
           ,
           who
           was
           come
           to
           the
           Hague
           with
           the
           Prince
           her
           Brother
           ,
           kept
           a
           Cercle
           every
           Night
           ;
           and
           she
           being
           certainly
           one
           of
           the
           most
           beautiful
           and
           accomplisht
           Princesses
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           all
           Persons
           of
           the
           highest
           Quality
           came
           frequently
           to
           pay
           her
           Homage
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           was
           spent
           in
           pleasant
           Discourses
           .
           Those
           that
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           play
           at
           Cards
           ,
           found
           that
           Diversion
           every
           Night
           at
           the
           Countess
           of
           Soissons
           her
           Lodgings
           .
           This
           Lady
           has
           been
           a
           very
           great
           Traveller
           ;
           she
           has
           been
           in
           
             Paris
             ,
             Madrid
             ,
             London
             ,
             Brussels
             ,
          
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           is
           consequently
           so
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           I
           need
           not
           write
           her
           History
           .
           She
           is
           one
           of
           Cardinal
           
           Mazarin's
           Nieces
           ,
           who
           married
           her
           to
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Soissons
          
           ,
           a
           Prince
           of
           the
           Royal
           Blood
           in
           France
           ,
           by
           whom
           she
           had
           Three
           Children
           ,
           the
           Count
           
             de
             Soissons
          
           ,
           the
           Heir
           of
           his
           Father's
           Estate
           ,
           Prince
           Philip
           ,
           who
           enjoys
           great
           Benefices
           in
           France
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           Two
           Hundred
           Thousand
           French
           Livres
           a
           year
           ,
           and
           the
           brave
           Prince
           Eugene
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           who
           has
           so
           much
           signaliz'd
           
           himself
           in
           the
           Imperial
           Army
           ,
           and
           who
           now
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Generals
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Savoy's
           Forces
           .
           The
           Currant
           Money
           at
           Play
           were
           English
           Guinea's
           ,
           the
           German
           Ducats
           being
           too
           weak
           ,
           and
           the
           Spanish
           Pistols
           too
           crooked
           to
           dare
           to
           appear
           within
           sight
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Hunting
           was
           also
           one
           of
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           that
           Illustrious
           Assembly
           .
           His
           Majesty
           gave
           that
           Diversion
           several
           times
           to
           the
           Princes
           ;
           and
           I
           remember
           ,
           that
           when
           they
           were
           once
           at
           Honslardike
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Partridge
           shot
           ,
           which
           being
           taken
           up
           by
           the
           King
           ,
           made
           a
           sudden
           escape
           out
           of
           his
           Hands
           ,
           and
           was
           lost
           in
           the
           Air.
           There
           were
           not
           wanting
           some
           that
           took
           it
           for
           a
           very
           bad
           Omen
           ;
           but
           other
           ,
           less
           superstitious
           ,
           and
           more
           wise
           ,
           said
           ,
           That
           if
           it
           was
           an
           Omen
           at
           all
           ,
           it
           was
           certainly
           a
           very
           good
           one
           ,
           and
           a
           lively
           Instance
           of
           the
           Happiness
           of
           those
           that
           fell
           into
           His
           Majesty's
           Hands
           .
        
         
           In
           fine
           ,
           the
           Sixth
           Day
           of
           March
           did
           arrive
           ,
           that
           set
           a
           period
           to
           one
           of
           the
           greatest
           Assemblies
           the
           World
           ever
           saw
           .
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           accompanied
           by
           their
           Highnesses
           ,
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Zell
           ,
           and
           Wolfembuttel
           ,
           
           parted
           from
           the
           Hague
           that
           Day
           ,
           about
           Eight
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           go
           to
           Loo
           ;
           and
           his
           Electoral
           Highness
           of
           Bavaria
           ,
           who
           was
           some
           few
           Days
           before
           gone
           to
           Amsterdam
           ,
           was
           to
           meet
           them
           on
           their
           way
           .
           The
           King
           was
           no
           sooner
           gone
           ,
           but
           every
           body
           did
           prepare
           for
           departure
           .
           There
           was
           every
           moment
           seen
           some
           parting
           Coach
           ,
           or
           other
           ,
           with
           Six
           Horses
           ,
           thundering
           through
           the
           Streets
           ;
           and
           the
           mournful
           Hague
           seemed
           to
           be
           threatned
           to
           be
           turned
           into
           a
           Desart
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           said
           ,
           His
           Majesty
           did
           intend
           to
           stay
           but
           Four
           or
           Five
           Days
           at
           Loo
           ,
           and
           then
           strait
           to
           return
           into
           England
           .
           I
           could
           easily
           imagine
           ,
           that
           by
           reason
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           great
           and
           numerous
           Attendance
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           very
           difficult
           for
           me
           to
           get
           a
           passage
           in
           the
           Fleet
           that
           was
           to
           conduct
           him
           over
           ;
           and
           being
           inform'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Katherine
           and
           Soudike
           Yacht
           lay
           at
           Rotterdam
           ,
           waiting
           for
           my
           Lord
           Dorset
           and
           my
           Lord
           Monmouth
           ,
           I
           parted
           from
           the
           
             Hague
             ,
             March
          
           the
           7th
           ,
           and
           arrived
           at
           Rotterdam
           at
           Night
           .
        
         
         
           March
           the
           8th
           ,
           hearing
           that
           their
           Lordships
           were
           arrived
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           the
           Captain
           of
           the
           Soudike
           Yacht
           ,
           belonging
           to
           my
           Lord
           Monmouth
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           intercede
           with
           his
           Lordship
           for
           my
           passage
           ,
           which
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           word
           ,
           was
           freely
           and
           generously
           granted
           .
           My
           Lord
           being
           come
           on
           Board
           about
           Two
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           we
           fell
           down
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           passing
           by
           the
           Katherine
           Yacht
           ,
           she
           saluted
           his
           Lordship
           with
           all
           her
           Guns
           .
        
         
           March
           the
           9th
           ,
           we
           had
           the
           unwelcome
           News
           ,
           that
           the
           Gorcum
           ,
           a
           Dutch
           Man
           of
           War
           ,
           that
           was
           design'd
           for
           our
           Convoy
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           ready
           in
           less
           than
           Six
           or
           Seven
           Days
           time
           .
           We
           had
           a
           very
           clear
           Sky
           ,
           the
           Wind
           was
           fair
           ,
           and
           fairer
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           than
           some
           of
           our
           Waiters
           wishes
           ;
           for
           whatever
           they
           were
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Seamen
           of
           the
           Dutch
           Man
           of
           War
           were
           hang'd
           the
           next
           Day
           ,
           for
           having
           revolted
           against
           their
           Captain
           .
        
         
           Brill
           is
           not
           a
           Town
           that
           can
           pretend
           to
           divert
           impatient
           Travellers
           :
           Every
           body
           was
           thinking
           of
           means
           to
           get
           out
           of
           that
           solitary
           Place
           ;
           and
           my
           Lord
           Monmouth
           ,
           
           whom
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           to
           be
           very
           Active
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Temper
           to
           despise
           all
           Perils
           ,
           had
           a
           good
           mind
           to
           venture
           over
           without
           a
           Convoy
           :
           At
           last
           he
           found
           a
           way
           to
           oblige
           two
           French
           Privateers
           (
           the
           only
           name
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           afraid
           of
           )
           to
           secure
           our
           Passage
           .
           To
           speak
           plain
           ,
           there
           were
           two
           French
           Privateers
           ,
           of
           twenty
           Guns
           each
           ,
           riding
           in
           the
           Maese
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           by
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           being
           turned
           into
           Merchant
           men
           ,
           and
           man'd
           with
           French
           Protestants
           ,
           they
           were
           ready
           to
           set
           sail
           for
           Port-a-port
           ;
           by
           the
           help
           of
           a
           handful
           of
           Guinea's
           they
           were
           prevailed
           with
           to
           accompany
           us
           to
           the
           English
           Coast
           :
           And
           my
           Lord
           Dorset
           and
           Mr.
           Wharton
           being
           arriv'd
           at
           the
           Brill
           in
           the
           Katherine-Yacht
           ,
           and
           approv'd
           of
           our
           Design
           ,
           we
           set
           sail
           about
           four
           a
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           .
           We
           were
           in
           all
           six
           Sail
           ,
           two
           Yachts
           ,
           two
           Privateers
           ,
           and
           two
           Merchant-men
           ,
           and
           the
           
           Katherine-Yacth
           being
           the
           stout
           Admiral
           of
           our
           little
           Fleet
           ,
           we
           had
           these
           following
           Orders
           sent
           us
           from
           on
           Board
           of
           her
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           If
           we
           weigh
           Anchor
           in
           the
           Day-time
           ,
           then
           we
           will
           hoist
           up
           our
           Top-sail
           and
           fire
           a
           Gun
           ;
           if
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           we
           will
           
           hang
           out
           a
           Light
           in
           the
           Shrowds
           and
           fire
           a
           Gun.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           He
           that
           spies
           any
           Sail
           at
           Sea
           more
           than
           his
           own
           Company
           or
           Squadron
           ,
           shall
           hoist
           and
           lower
           his
           Ensign
           as
           often
           as
           he
           shall
           see
           Ships
           ;
           if
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           then
           to
           make
           false
           Fires
           until
           he
           be
           answer'd
           with
           the
           like
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           case
           of
           thick
           and
           foggy
           Weather
           ,
           we
           will
           every
           quarter
           of
           an
           Hour
           tinckle
           our
           Bell
           ,
           or
           fire
           a
           Gun
           now
           and
           then
           ;
           which
           must
           be
           answer'd
           with
           the
           like
           ,
           by
           every
           Vessel
           ,
           with
           a
           Musquet
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           If
           any
           lose
           Company
           ,
           and
           meet
           again
           in
           the
           Day-time
           ,
           he
           that
           is
           to
           the
           Windward
           shall
           hall
           up
           his
           Main-Sail
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           in
           the
           Brayls
           ,
           until
           such
           time
           as
           he
           that
           is
           to
           Leeward
           shall
           come
           up
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           If
           any
           make
           Land
           in
           the
           Day-time
           ,
           he
           must
           hoist
           up
           his
           Ensign
           ,
           and
           keep
           it
           out
           until
           he
           be
           answered
           .
        
         
         
           6.
           
           If
           any
           spy
           Land
           or
           any
           Danger
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           hang
           out
           two
           Lights
           more
           than
           he
           had
           before
           ,
           and
           fire
           one
           Gun
           ,
           and
           bear
           away
           ,
           or
           tack
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           If
           we
           make
           Sail
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           we
           will
           hang
           out
           a
           Light
           at
           the
           Ensign-Staff
           ;
           if
           shorten
           Sail
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           then
           we
           will
           fire
           one
           Gun
           without
           altering
           our
           Lights
           .
        
         
           We
           cou'd
           not
           get
           that
           Night
           out
           of
           the
           River
           ,
           the
           Wind
           being
           very
           low
           ,
           and
           the
           Tide
           spent
           ,
           and
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           come
           to
           an
           Anchor
           about
           seven
           a
           Clock
           at
           Night
           ,
           five
           or
           six
           Miles
           beyond
           the
           Brill
           ,
           where
           we
           continued
           for
           two
           Days
           and
           two
           Nights
           together
           .
        
         
           March
           the
           12th
           .
           We
           weigh'd
           Anchors
           early
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           making
           use
           of
           a
           fresh
           Gale
           that
           blew
           North-east
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           having
           advanced
           that
           Day
           and
           the
           following
           Night
           ,
           we
           came
           the
           next
           Morning
           within
           two
           Leagues
           of
           Marget
           .
        
         
           March
           the
           13th
           .
           The
           Sea
           was
           extremely
           calm
           ,
           yet
           the
           Katherine-Yacht
           making
           use
           of
           her
           Oars
           ,
           and
           we
           striving
           to
           follow
           
           her
           ,
           we
           came
           at
           last
           so
           neat
           the
           Shoar
           ,
           that
           my
           Lord
           Dorset
           and
           Monmouth
           ,
           with
           their
           Company
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           land
           in
           their
           Barges
           .
        
         
           March
           the
           14th
           .
           A
           thick
           Fog
           hindred
           us
           to
           gain
           the
           River
           ;
           but
           towards
           Night
           we
           weigh'd
           Anchor
           ;
           and
           having
           weigh'd
           and
           cast
           them
           out
           again
           for
           several
           times
           ,
           acording
           as
           the
           Tides
           serv'd
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           only
           means
           by
           which
           we
           advanc'd
           ,
           we
           arriv'd
           March
           the
           16th
           .
           at
           Greenwich
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           we
           went
           to
           London
           .
        
         
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           till
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           advancement
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           his
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           out
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           French
           Original
           .
        
         
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           Open'd
           ,
           or
           the
           Secret
           History
           of
           the
           Amours
           of
           Madam
           
             de
             Maintenon
          
           ,
           with
           the
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           Translated
           from
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           French
           Copy
           .
        
         
           
             Victoriae
             Anglicanae
          
           :
           Being
           an
           Historical
           Collection
           of
           all
           the
           Memorable
           and
           Stupendious
           Victories
           obtain'd
           by
           the
           English
           against
           the
           French
           ,
           both
           by
           Sea
           and
           Land
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Norman
             Conquest
             .
             Viz.
          
           The
           Battle
           1.
           
           Between
           K.
           
             Henry
             II.
          
           and
           Robert
           of
           
             Normandy
             2.
          
           
           At
           
             Morleis
             .
             3.
          
           
           At
           the
           Rescue
           of
           
             Calice
             .
             4.
          
           
           At
           
             Poicters
             .
             5.
          
           
           At
           
             Cressy
             .
             6.
          
           
           At
           
             Agincourt
             .
             7.
          
           
           At
           the
           Mouth
           of
           the
           River
           
             Seine
             .
             8.
          
           
           At
           
             Vernoil
             .
             9.
          
           
           At
           
             Cravant
             .
             10.
          
           
           At
           the
           Relief
           of
           Orleance
           ;
           with
           the
           great
           Actions
           of
           the
           Lord
           Salisbury
           and
           
             Talbot
             .
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           Of
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           .
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           all
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           the
           Maritime
           and
           Land
           Forces
           .
        
         
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           Present
           State
           of
           Christendom
           consider'd
           ,
           in
           Nine
           Dialogues
           between
           1.
           
           The
           present
           Pope
           
             Alexander
             VIII
          
           .
           and
           
             Lewis
             XIV
             .
             2.
          
           
           The
           Great
           Duke
           of
           Tuscany
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Savoy
             .
             3.
          
           
           King
           James
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           Marescal
           
             de
             la
             Feuillade
             .
             4.
          
           
           The
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           of
           
             Schomberg
             .
             5.
          
           
           The
           Duke
           of
           Lorrain
           ,
           and
           the
           Elector
           
             Palatine
             .
             6.
             
             Louis
          
           the
           XIV
           .
           and
           the
           Marquis
           
             de
             Louvois
             .
             7.
          
           
           The
           Advoyer
           of
           Berne
           ,
           and
           the
           Chief
           Syndick
           of
           
             Geneva
             .
             8.
          
           
           Cardinal
           Ottoboni
           ,
           and
           the
           Duke
           
             de
             Chaulnes
             .
             9.
          
           
           The
           young
           Prince
           Abafti
           ,
           and
           Count
           Teckeley
           .
           Done
           out
           of
           French.