A late voyage to Holland, with brief relations of the transactions at the Hague, also remarks on the manners and customs, nature, and commical humours of the people; their religion, government, habitations, way of living, and manner of treating stangers, especially to the English. Written by an English gentleman, attending the court of the King of Great Britain.
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             A late voyage to Holland, with brief relations of the transactions at the Hague, also remarks on the manners and customs, nature, and commical humours of the people; their religion, government, habitations, way of living, and manner of treating stangers, especially to the English. Written by an English gentleman, attending the court of the King of Great Britain.
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           A
           LATE
           VOYAGE
           TO
           HOLLAND
           ,
           WITH
           Brief
           Relations
           OF
           THE
           TRANSACTIONS
           AT
           THE
           HAGUE
           ,
           ALSO
           Remarks
           on
           the
           Manners
           and
           Customs
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Commical
           Humours
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           their
           Religion
           ,
           Government
           ,
           Habitations
           ,
           way
           of
           Living
           ,
           and
           Manner
           of
           Treating
           Strangers
           ,
           
             Especially
             the
             ENGLISH
          
           .
        
         
           VVritten
           by
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           ,
           Attending
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           King
           of
           
             Great
             Britain
          
           .
        
         
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Humphreys
          
           ,
           1691.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           OR
           Table
           of
           General
           Matters
        
         
           
             Sect.
             I.
             
               THe
               Accidents
               that
               fell
               out
               in
               our
               Voyage
               ,
               with
               a
               more
               particular
               respect
               to
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               also
               of
               the
               Treatment
               ,
               and
               Reception
               at
               the
            
             Hague
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
               Containing
               a
               Description
               of
               the
            
             HAGUE
             ,
             
               and
               the
               King's
               Pallaces
               ,
               with
               the
               Nature
               ,
               Humours
               ,
               and
               Treatment
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             III.
             
               Some
               Further
               Relations
               on
               the
               late
               Affairs
               and
               Transactions
               at
               the
            
             Hague
             ,
             
               with
               respect
               to
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               the
               several
               Princes
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             IV.
             
               Containing
               Particular
               Observations
               on
               the
               Manners
               and
               Customs
               ,
               Nature
               
               and
               Commical
               Humours
               of
               the
            
             Dutch
             Boars
             ,
             or
             Pesants
             ;
             
               the
               Nature
               of
               their
               Habitations
               ,
               way
               of
               Living
               ,
               and
               manner
               of
               Treating
               Strangers
               ,
               Especially
               the
               English
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             V.
             
               Of
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Country
               in
               General
               ,
               it
               's
               Scituation
               ,
               the
               way
               of
               Travelling
               ,
               Expences
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             VI.
             
               Of
               the
               People
               of
            
             Holland
             
               in
               General
               ,
               their
               several
               Ranks
               and
               Degrees
               ,
               with
               their
               Manners
               ,
               Humours
               and
               Dispositions
               .
            
          
           
             Sect.
             VII
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               the
               different
               and
               Incredible
               Number
               of
               Sects
               among
               the
               People
               ,
               Particularly
               in
            
             Amsterdam
             .
          
           
             Sect.
             VIII
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Way
               of
               Trade
               ,
               Intreagues
               in
               over-reaching
               ,
               and
               Manner
               of
               Increase
               in
               Wealth
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sect.
             IX
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Millitary
               Forces
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land
               ,
               with
               their
               State
               Revenues
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           LATE
           VOYAGE
           TO
           Holland
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Sect.
             I.
             
               The
               Accidents
               that
               fell
               out
               in
               our
               Voyage
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             WE
             departed
             from
             London
             Thursday
             
               January
               16th
            
             .
             1690.
             about
             Nine
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             and
             came
             that
             Night
             to
             Cittingbourn
             ;
             the
             next
             Day
             ,
             about
             Noon
             ,
             we
             came
             to
             Margaret
             ,
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Thanet
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Evening
             we
             went
             on
             Board
             the
             Frigat
             that
             carried
             His
             Majesty's
             Musick
             ,
             which
             lay
             then
             in
             
             the
             Road
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Fleet
             ,
             Commanded
             by
             Admiral
             Rooke
             :
             Early
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
             being
             Saturday
             the
             17th
             .
             the
             King
             Arriv'd
             from
             Graves-end
             ,
             attended
             by
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Norfolk
             and
             Ormond
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             
               Devonshire
               ,
               Dorset
            
             and
             Portland
             ,
             and
             other
             Grandees
             of
             the
             Court
             :
             About
             Noon
             ,
             the
             Signal
             being
             given
             from
             the
             Admiral
             ,
             the
             whole
             Fleet
             consisting
             of
             Twelve
             
               Men
               of
               War
            
             ,
             Seven
             Yatchs
             ,
             and
             many
             Tenders
             ,
             set
             Sail
             ,
             with
             a
             fair
             Gale.
             On
             Tuesday
             the
             20th
             ,
             We
             came
             in
             sight
             of
             the
             Coast
             of
             Holland
             ,
             near
             the
             Island
             of
             Goree
             ,
             but
             the
             weather
             being
             darkned
             with
             Foggs
             ,
             and
             the
             Shore
             choak'd
             up
             with
             heaps
             of
             Ice
             ,
             pil'd
             up
             one
             upon
             another
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             for
             us
             to
             come
             near
             :
             However
             the
             King
             put
             himself
             into
             a
             Shallop
             to
             get
             to
             the
             Land
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             danger
             that
             threatned
             him
             ;
             and
             when
             all
             the
             rest
             were
             terrified
             with
             the
             Perils
             wherein
             His
             Majesty
             ventur'd
             his
             Person
             ;
             and
             the
             Seamen
             themselves
             were
             not
             in
             a
             little
             Terror
             ,
             it
             was
             observ'd
             ;
             that
             He
             himself
             ,
             was
             the
             only
             Person
             ,
             nothing
             at
             all
             dismay'd
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             the
             Foggs
             grew
             thicker
             and
             thicker
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             we
             who
             were
             in
             the
             Man
             of
             War
             ,
             soon
             lost
             sight
             of
             the
             Shallop
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             was
             ;
             and
             Night
             coming
             on
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             was
             for
             Ten
             hours
             expos'd
             to
             all
             the
             Injuries
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             the
             Waves
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             which
             fometimes
             came
             into
             the
             Shallop
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Lords
             who
             were
             with
             him
             ,
             had
             their
             Cloaths
             all
             covered
             with
             Ice
             :
             However
             the
             next
             morning
             His
             Majesty
             Landed
             in
             the
             Island
             Goree
             ,
             and
             went
             into
             a
             Country
             Man's
             house
             ,
             which
             had
             
             no
             more
             room
             to
             receive
             Him
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Lords
             of
             his
             Train
             ,
             than
             one
             miserable
             Chamber
             and
             a
             Kitchin
             ;
             But
             it
             was
             a
             welcome
             Retreat
             after
             so
             great
             a
             Hazard
             .
             After
             the
             King
             had
             shifted
             his
             Linnen
             and
             his
             Cloaths
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             Complemented
             by
             the
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             Island
             ,
             who
             offered
             him
             his
             House
             ,
             which
             His
             Majesty
             refused
             ,
             He
             took
             Coach
             again
             in
             the
             same
             Coach
             that
             brought
             him
             to
             the
             Country
             Mans
             House
             ,
             and
             went
             aboard
             the
             Shallop
             again
             ,
             to
             Land
             upon
             the
             firm
             Continent
             ;
             But
             then
             he
             met
             with
             new
             difficulties
             ,
             for
             the
             small
             Vessel
             could
             not
             get
             near
             the
             Shore
             for
             the
             Ice
             ;
             so
             that
             two
             Seamen
             were
             forced
             to
             take
             the
             King
             in
             their
             Arms
             ,
             and
             carry
             him
             to
             the
             Shallop
             :
             At
             last
             His
             Majesty
             ,
             with
             our
             whole
             Fleet
             of
             Tenders
             ,
             (
             the
             Men
             of
             War
             returning
             for
             England
             )
             Arriv'd
             at
             a
             place
             called
             
               Orangie
               Poldar
            
             ;
             here
             His
             Majesty
             was
             Complemented
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             
               Nassau
               Sarbrach
            
             ,
             Camp-Marshall
             ,
             the
             Count
             of
             Berka
             ,
             the
             Emperors
             extraordinary
             Envoy
             ,
             
               Monsieur
               Catonna
            
             ,
             the
             
               Spanish
               Ambassador
            
             ,
             the
             Deputies
             of
             the
             States
             of
             Holland
             ,
             the
             Prince
             of
             Frizeland
             ,
             Count
             Horn
             ;
             and
             several
             other
             Persons
             of
             the
             Highest
             Quality
             ,
             who
             attended
             him
             to
             Houslaerdike
             ,
             where
             he
             reposed
             himself
             for
             some
             hours
             .
             'T
             was
             thought
             His
             Majesty
             would
             have
             continu'd
             here
             for
             some
             Days
             ,
             till
             all
             things
             were
             ready
             for
             the
             Magnificent
             Entry
             they
             were
             resolv'd
             to
             make
             for
             Him.
             But
             he
             told
             them
             ,
             he
             desired
             none
             of
             those
             Honours
             ,
             well
             knowing
             that
             the
             Glory
             of
             a
             Prince
             does
             not
             consist
             in
             Appearing
             ,
             but
             in
             Acting
             .
             The
             
             King
             therefore
             went
             the
             same
             day
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             and
             Arriv'd
             there
             about
             Six
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             Accompanied
             with
             the
             Lords
             already
             mentioned
             ,
             and
             surrounded
             with
             the
             Guards
             of
             the
             Body
             .
             And
             in
             regard
             the
             Kings
             coming
             was
             in
             a
             manner
             a
             kind
             of
             surprize
             ,
             his
             Entrance
             was
             also
             without
             any
             Ceremony
             .
             So
             that
             all
             that
             could
             be
             done
             in
             Testimony
             of
             the
             publick
             Joy
             ,
             was
             only
             by
             some
             Peals
             of
             Cannon
             ,
             and
             Ringing
             the
             Bells
             .
          
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             the
             Burgesses
             of
             the
             Hague
             had
             prepared
             along
             time
             before
             for
             His
             Majesty's
             Publick
             Entry
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             at
             considerable
             Charges
             to
             make
             a
             Glorious
             Appearance
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             Towns
             adjoyning
             ,
             had
             prepared
             to
             be
             present
             at
             the
             Solemnity
             .
             In
             a
             Word
             ,
             all
             the
             Holl●nders
             were
             willing
             to
             see
             the
             King
             in
             Publick
             ,
             and
             to
             assure
             themselves
             ,
             with
             their
             own
             Eye
             ,
             that
             a
             Prince
             ,
             whom
             they
             love
             so
             infinitely
             ,
             and
             of
             whom
             the
             common
             Enemy
             had
             spread
             so
             many
             false
             Reports
             ,
             was
             still
             alive
             ,
             and
             returned
             into
             their
             Provinces
             ,
             which
             obliged
             the
             States
             to
             entreat
             his
             Majesty
             to
             make
             a
             Publick
             Entry
             ;
             which
             he
             refused
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             that
             such
             Ceremonies
             were
             but
             the
             loss
             of
             that
             time
             which
             he
             had
             resolved
             to
             spend
             altogether
             in
             Action
             .
             At
             length
             all
             that
             they
             could
             obtain
             from
             the
             King
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             dine
             about
             a
             quarter
             of
             a
             League
             from
             the
             Hague
             ,
             at
             a
             House
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Portlands
             ,
             and
             return
             in
             his
             Coach
             through
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Burgesses
             ,
             ranged
             in
             Files
             ,
             from
             the
             Court
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             which
             was
             done
             on
             
               Thursday
               ,
               
               February
            
             22d
             ,
             about
             four
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             the
             unexpressible
             Satisfaction
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             all
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             Towns
             round
             about
             being
             got
             together
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             there
             never
             was
             seen
             at
             the
             Hague
             such
             a
             vast
             concourse
             of
             People
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             spend
             time
             in
             describing
             all
             the
             particulars
             of
             this
             Entry
             ,
             which
             had
             nothing
             of
             extraordinary
             Magnificence
             ,
             except
             the
             three
             Triumphant
             Arches
             ,
             which
             surpassed
             in
             Beauty
             and
             Magnificence
             ,
             all
             that
             was
             ever
             made
             in
             France
             ,
             under
             the
             Reign
             of
             Lewis
             XIV
             upon
             the
             like
             Occasions
             .
             There
             you
             might
             see
             represented
             the
             Principal
             Actions
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             Honour
             of
             whom
             they
             were
             Erected
             ,
             Accompanied
             with
             several
             Inscriptions
             and
             Devices
             perfectly
             corresponding
             with
             the
             Subjects
             to
             which
             they
             were
             applyed
             ,
             and
             which
             appeared
             to
             be
             done
             by
             the
             hand
             of
             a
             Master
             .
             There
             you
             might
             particularly
             see
             Europe
             delivered
             from
             the
             gripes
             of
             her
             Ravisher
             ;
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Holland
             defended
             and
             preserved
             ;
             that
             of
             England
             restored
             ;
             Ireland
             subdued
             ;
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             maintained
             .
             The
             whole
             Ceremony
             ended
             in
             the
             Evening
             with
             Fire-Works
             in
             several
             places
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             several
             Peals
             of
             Cannon
             and
             Vallies
             of
             small
             Shot
             discharged
             ,
             as
             well
             by
             the
             Burgesses
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             Regiment
             of
             Trison
             which
             was
             in
             Arms
             ,
             with
             Bonfires
             and
             Fire-works
             ,
             before
             the
             Court
             :
             After
             all
             was
             over
             ,
             they
             still
             continued
             giving
             several
             Testimonies
             of
             their
             Satisfaction
             to
             see
             once
             more
             a
             Prince
             so
             highly
             beloved
             by
             the
             Hollanders
             ;
             
             and
             in
             regard
             the
             whole
             proceeded
             from
             a
             sincere
             Affection
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Probability
             that
             these
             Rejoyceings
             will
             long
             endure
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             other
             side
             the
             King
             manifested
             an
             extraordinary
             Goodness
             and
             Affability
             to
             all
             Societies
             ,
             and
             private
             Persons
             that
             came
             to
             kiss
             his
             Hands
             .
             Admiral
             Tromp
             was
             one
             of
             this
             Number
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesty
             honoured
             him
             with
             the
             command
             of
             the
             Holland
             Fleet
             for
             this
             Summers
             Expedition
             ;
             which
             was
             no
             sooner
             spread
             about
             the
             Country
             ,
             but
             you
             might
             sensibly
             perceive
             an
             Augmentation
             of
             Joy
             among
             the
             Hollanders
             for
             the
             Kings
             coming
             :
             His
             Coach
             was
             environed
             with
             crouds
             of
             People
             that
             followed
             him
             where
             e're
             he
             went
             ;
             and
             by
             a
             Thousand
             Acclamations
             Testified
             their
             Satisfaction
             that
             WILLIAM
             the
             Conqueror
             would
             command
             their
             Army
             by
             Land
             ;
             and
             Trump
             ,
             who
             justly
             may
             be
             called
             a
             second
             Neptune
             ,
             was
             to
             command
             their
             Fleet
             by
             Sea
             :
             and
             here
             ,
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             I
             shall
             break
             off
             my
             Relations
             of
             the
             transactions
             at
             the
             Hague
             ,
             and
             divert
             the
             Reader
             with
             my
             observations
             on
             the
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             II.
             
               Containing
               a
               description
               of
               the
            
             HAGUE
             .
          
           
             THis
             curious
             Village
             and
             most
             delightful
             Place
             ,
             the
             Residence
             of
             that
             
               August
               Senate
            
             ,
             which
             has
             been
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             the
             Arbiter
             of
             Peace
             ,
             
             and
             War
             to
             all
             Europe
             ,
             whose
             charms
             are
             so
             great
             ,
             its
             Buildings
             so
             Stately
             and
             Magnificent
             ,
             and
             its
             streets
             so
             large
             ,
             its
             shades
             so
             sweet
             ,
             its
             Inhabitants
             so
             civil
             ,
             and
             so
             good
             Natur'd
             ,
             that
             one
             may
             call
             it
             the
             Delight
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             it
             hath
             three
             very
             pretty
             and
             delightful
             Meadows
             on
             the
             side
             of
             Delph
             ,
             and
             Mountains
             of
             Sand
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             to
             cover
             it
             from
             the
             Rage
             of
             the
             Ocean
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             above
             half
             a
             League
             distant
             from
             it
             ;
             at
             the
             end
             of
             which
             is
             the
             small
             Village
             called
             Scheveling
             ,
             which
             is
             Inhabited
             chiefly
             with
             Fishermen
             ,
             where
             is
             a
             curious
             hard
             sandy
             shoar
             ,
             admirably
             contrived
             by
             Nature
             ,
             for
             the
             Divertisement
             of
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ;
             and
             here
             in
             the
             Summer
             time
             the
             States
             ,
             foreign
             Ambasadors
             ,
             and
             their
             Ladies
             ,
             &c.
             in
             their
             Coaches
             and
             six
             Horses
             ,
             Ride
             on
             the
             Sands
             for
             several
             Leagues
             ;
             the
             road
             from
             the
             Hague
             to
             this
             Village
             is
             a
             late
             made
             way
             ,
             cut
             through
             vast
             deep
             Mountains
             of
             Sand
             ,
             paved
             through
             with
             curious
             stone
             ,
             a
             work
             fit
             for
             the
             Antient
             Romans
             .
          
           
             That
             side
             which
             looks
             to
             Leiden
             ,
             hath
             a
             very
             pretty
             and
             large
             Wood
             ,
             with
             curious
             Walks
             and
             Groves
             ,
             of
             Oak
             ,
             Elm
             ,
             and
             Lyme-Trees
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             a
             Park
             stored
             with
             variety
             of
             Deer
             .
             The
             Inhabitants
             take
             the
             Air
             there
             in
             the
             Summer
             Season
             ,
             with
             a
             Divertisement
             capable
             to
             render
             them
             envy'd
             even
             among
             the
             Gods
             ,
             moved
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             pretty
             Ladies
             ,
             take
             their
             pleasure
             without
             fear
             of
             the
             Fabulous
             plunder
             ,
             so
             much
             celebrated
             by
             the
             Greeks
             ,
             whereby
             possibly
             they
             sometimes
             make
             them
             real
             and
             veritable
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Counts
             of
             Holland
             frequently
             kept
             their
             Courts
             in
             this
             palace
             ,
             chiefly
             moved
             thereunto
             by
             the
             pleasantness
             of
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             its
             commodious
             Situation
             for
             Hunting
             ;
             Our
             King
             (
             when
             
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
            
             )
             kept
             his
             Court
             at
             this
             place
             ,
             where
             he
             has
             a
             most
             stately
             Palace
             ,
             the
             back
             part
             of
             which
             ,
             with
             the
             great
             Hall
             ,
             sufficiently
             testify
             its
             Antiquity
             .
             There
             is
             on
             the
             side
             of
             it
             ,
             a
             great
             square
             ,
             in
             which
             place
             ,
             on
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Levant
             are
             three
             Magnificent
             Lodgments
             ,
             built
             a
             few
             years
             since
             ;
             the
             Doeles
             make
             the
             Corner
             ,
             whereof
             His
             Present
             Majesty
             ,
             they
             say
             ,
             lay'd
             the
             first
             stone
             :
             Over
             against
             the
             other
             corner
             is
             another
             Palace
             built
             by
             Prince
             Maurice
             of
             Nassau
             ,
             in
             which
             are
             to
             be
             seen
             the
             Portraitures
             of
             all
             the
             Kings
             in
             Europe
             ,
             with
             many
             curiosities
             brought
             from
             America
             .
             The
             Voorhant
             Frontispiece
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Houses
             that
             face
             the
             Court
             on
             the
             side
             of
             the
             Vivier
             ,
             make
             by
             far
             the
             pleasantest
             Quarter
             of
             the
             Hague
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             large
             and
             spaciousness
             of
             the
             Streets
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             Trees
             that
             are
             planted
             there
             ;
             you
             may
             see
             great
             numbers
             of
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             of
             both
             Sexes
             resort
             thither
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             some
             in
             their
             Coaches
             ,
             and
             some
             on
             Foot.
             The
             Cloyster
             of
             the
             Jacobines
             which
             was
             built
             on
             the
             said
             Voorhant
             ,
             at
             this
             day
             still
             retains
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             the
             Cloyster
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Church
             ,
             built
             much
             after
             the
             form
             of
             the
             Theater
             in
             Oxon
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             so
             Admirable
             a
             piece
             of
             Architecture
             without
             ,
             that
             none
             within
             the
             seven
             Provinces
             (
             or
             scarce
             in
             the
             World
             )
             is
             comparable
             to
             it
             ;
             there
             's
             no
             
             pillars
             within
             ▪
             so
             that
             the
             Minister
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             every
             place
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             by
             thousands
             of
             People
             without
             any
             Impediment
             .
             The
             Counts
             of
             Holland's
             Chapple
             which
             is
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             is
             at
             this
             day
             a
             Church
             for
             the
             
               French
               Refugees
            
             ;
             there
             are
             two
             pretty
             places
             like
             squares
             ,
             the
             one
             before
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             behind
             the
             Court
             ,
             where
             all
             the
             Houses
             resemble
             those
             of
             Princes
             .
          
           
             The
             States
             of
             Holland
             reside
             here
             ,
             as
             well
             the
             Councellors
             of
             the
             Provincial
             Court
             ,
             as
             of
             the
             Grand
             Council
             .
             The
             Cities
             of
             Holland
             have
             built
             here
             very
             Magnificent
             Houses
             for
             their
             Deputies
             ,
             of
             which
             in
             my
             Opinion
             that
             of
             Leyden
             ,
             is
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Scituate
             and
             next
             the
             Court.
             The
             Ambassadors
             of
             princes
             ,
             the
             States
             Allies
             ,
             have
             their
             Residence
             here
             .
             The
             
               Groote
               Kirck
            
             ,
             or
             great
             Church
             is
             very
             fine
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             which
             is
             to
             be
             seen
             the
             Arms
             of
             the
             Famous
             Knights
             ,
             the
             Order
             of
             
               Toyson
               D'ore
            
             ,
             which
             plainly
             shews
             that
             they
             there
             Celebrated
             the
             Feast
             of
             the
             said
             Toyson
             :
             The
             Tower
             is
             very
             high
             ,
             and
             its
             Form
             is
             Quadrangular
             ,
             built
             with
             bricks
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             seen
             at
             a
             vast
             distance
             :
             In
             fine
             ,
             this
             place
             is
             ,
             at
             all
             times
             ,
             so
             well
             Inhabited
             by
             Gentry
             ,
             and
             Persons
             of
             the
             greatest
             Quality
             ;
             that
             if
             we
             consider
             its
             Splendour
             ,
             the
             Magnificence
             of
             its
             Buildings
             and
             Streets
             ,
             the
             affluence
             of
             the
             Nobles
             ,
             and
             the
             pleasure
             of
             Converse
             ;
             The
             Hague
             is
             one
             of
             the
             prettiest
             Courts
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             agreeable
             in
             the
             Universe
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             III.
             
               Some
               further
               Relations
               on
               the
               Affairs
               &
               Transactions
               at
               the
            
             HAGUE
             .
          
           
             AFter
             the
             King
             came
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             few
             days
             past
             without
             the
             Arrival
             of
             some
             Princes
             ,
             or
             other
             considerable
             Persons
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             have
             the
             Honour
             to
             wait
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             as
             to
             confer
             with
             him
             about
             the
             present
             Affairs
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             that
             most
             of
             the
             Princes
             came
             Incognito
             ,
             as
             well
             to
             avoid
             the
             disputes
             of
             Precedency
             ,
             as
             to
             confer
             more
             Familiarly
             together
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             Pesterment
             of
             Formalities
             .
             The
             Elector
             of
             Brandenburgh
             ,
             who
             lay
             at
             Cleves
             for
             some
             time
             ,
             in
             expectation
             of
             the
             Kings
             coming
             ,
             no
             sooner
             heard
             of
             his
             Arrival
             by
             the
             Courriers
             that
             were
             forthwith
             dispatched
             to
             give
             him
             notice
             thereof
             ,
             but
             he
             hastened
             to
             the
             Hague
             ,
             where
             he
             Arriv'd
             in
             Cognito
             ,
             the
             24th
             of
             January
             ,
             The
             Duke
             of
             Wirtenbergh
             ,
             Prince
             Regent
             ,
             during
             the
             Minority
             of
             the
             Heir
             ,
             and
             the
             Prince
             his
             Brother
             arrived
             the
             29th
             ,
             and
             were
             admitted
             to
             the
             King
             a
             little
             time
             after
             .
             The
             Count
             of
             Windisgrats
             ,
             from
             the
             Emperor
             ,
             Arrived
             February
             4th
             ,
             and
             was
             immediately
             admitted
             to
             the
             King.
             The
             Duke
             of
             Bavaria
             Arriv'd
             the
             6th
             ,
             about
             ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             wait
             upon
             the
             King
             the
             next
             day
             about
             four
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             had
             a
             Conference
             of
             two
             hours
             long
             .
             The
             
             Marquess
             of
             Castanaga
             ,
             Governour
             of
             the
             
               Spanish
               Netherlands
            
             ,
             arriv'd
             the
             next
             day
             with
             a
             jolly
             Train
             ,
             of
             which
             however
             but
             one
             part
             appear'd
             ,
             because
             the
             Princes
             were
             Incognito
             .
             The
             Landgrave
             of
             
               Hesse
               Cassel
            
             arriv'd
             the
             11th
             ,
             accompanied
             by
             the
             Count
             of
             Lippe
             ,
             the
             Baron
             of
             Gars
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             Lords
             .
             The
             Prince
             of
             Commerci
             ,
             General
             of
             the
             Imperial
             Forces
             ,
             arriv'd
             the
             15th
             .
             The
             Duke
             ,
             and
             one
             Prince
             of
             Courland
             ,
             arrived
             the
             next
             day
             .
             The
             King
             regalio'd
             the
             greatest
             part
             of
             these
             Princes
             ,
             and
             was
             also
             pleased
             to
             accept
             of
             Entertainments
             at
             some
             of
             their
             Houses
             .
             It
             would
             be
             too
             long
             to
             make
             a
             Recital
             of
             all
             these
             Feasts
             .
             I
             shall
             only
             therefore
             mention
             two
             ;
             to
             shew
             what
             are
             the
             principal
             Ceremonies
             observed
             upon
             such
             Occasions
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             gave
             an
             entertainment
             to
             the
             Elector
             of
             Brandenburgh
             the
             3d.
             of
             February
             ,
             at
             his
             House
             in
             the
             Wood
             ;
             the
             King
             had
             an
             hours
             Conference
             with
             the
             Elector
             ,
             which
             being
             ended
             ,
             they
             entered
             into
             a
             spacious
             Dining
             Room
             ,
             where
             was
             a
             Table
             and
             Cloth
             lay'd
             ,
             with
             one
             only
             single
             Vermeil
             Furniture
             ,
             (
             consisting
             of
             the
             Gold
             Plate
             ,
             fine
             Napkins
             ,
             Knife
             ,
             Fork
             ,
             and
             Spoon
             ,
             )
             and
             an
             Elbow
             Chair
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             sat
             down
             ;
             After
             that
             a
             Chair
             was
             brought
             for
             the
             Elector
             ,
             with
             a
             white
             Sattin
             Cushion
             ,
             and
             a
             Vermeil
             Furniture
             laid
             him
             ,
             like
             the
             Kings
             .
             Then
             the
             King
             Commanded
             Seats
             and
             Furnitures
             to
             be
             brought
             for
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Lords
             that
             were
             present
             ,
             who
             were
             placed
             in
             this
             Order
             :
             The
             Elector
             on
             the
             Kings
             
             Right
             Hand
             ;
             next
             to
             whom
             sat
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             
               Scarborough
               ,
               Monsieur
               Colbar
            
             ,
             and
             
               Monsieur
               Dankelman
            
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Portland
             sat
             at
             the
             lower
             end
             of
             the
             Table
             ,
             just
             opposite
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             The
             Duke
             of
             Norfolk
             on
             the
             Kings
             Left
             Hand
             ;
             next
             to
             whom
             sat
             the
             Count
             of
             Denhoff
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             General
             Spaen
             closed
             that
             side
             of
             the
             Table
             ,
             next
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Portland
             :
             The
             first
             Health
             was
             begun
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             whisper'd
             it
             softly
             to
             the
             Elector
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             to
             the
             rest
             without
             Naming
             it
             ;
             after
             that
             the
             King
             began
             several
             other
             Healths
             ,
             which
             he
             carried
             to
             the
             Elector
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             to
             the
             rest
             without
             Naming
             :
             The
             King
             and
             the
             Elector
             were
             served
             each
             of
             them
             by
             a
             Page
             ,
             all
             People
             being
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Room
             ,
             with
             Orders
             given
             to
             the
             Guards
             ,
             to
             let
             no
             Body
             enter
             .
             The
             Drums
             beat
             and
             the
             Trumpets
             sounded
             when
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Elector
             drank
             ;
             but
             not
             for
             any
             of
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             The
             5th
             of
             the
             same
             Month
             the
             King
             Dined
             with
             the
             Elector
             of
             Brandenburgh
             ,
             who
             went
             out
             into
             the
             very
             street
             to
             receive
             him
             ,
             and
             carried
             him
             into
             a
             spacious
             Dining
             Room
             ,
             where
             the
             Table
             was
             covered
             with
             Eleven
             Furnitures
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             short
             time
             after
             the
             meat
             was
             served
             up
             .
             The
             King
             sat
             in
             an
             Elbow
             Chair
             ;
             on
             the
             Kings
             Right
             hand
             sat
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Earl
             of
             Portland
             :
             On
             the
             left
             hand
             of
             the
             Elector
             sate
             the
             Duke
             of
             Ormond
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             other
             Lords
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             without
             any
             distinction
             of
             Precedence
             ;
             and
             
               Monsieur
               Colber
            
             ,
             performed
             the
             Office
             of
             
               Esq
            
             Carver
             ,
             the
             Kings
             
             Butler
             was
             also
             present
             to
             pour
             out
             the
             Wine
             .
             The
             King
             was
             served
             by
             one
             of
             his
             Pages
             ,
             and
             two
             of
             his
             Gentlemen
             stood
             behind
             his
             Chair
             .
             When
             the
             King
             returned
             ,
             the
             Elector
             accompanied
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             Boot
             of
             his
             Coach.
             All
             these
             Divertisements
             of
             Entertainment
             ,
             and
             pleasure
             ,
             were
             intermixed
             with
             serious
             Conferences
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             being
             unwilling
             to
             loose
             a
             moment
             of
             Consultation
             for
             the
             general
             good
             of
             the
             Confederate
             Affairs
             :
             But
             all
             these
             Conferences
             are
             kept
             so
             secret
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             penetrate
             the
             knowledge
             of
             them
             ;
             nor
             shall
             we
             understand
             the
             Conclusions
             but
             by
             the
             Effects
             that
             will
             follow
             .
             The
             King
             has
             sat
             in
             the
             Assembly
             of
             the
             States
             General
             ,
             in
             that
             of
             the
             States
             of
             Holland
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Council
             of
             State
             ,
             to
             all
             which
             Bodies
             he
             expressed
             himself
             in
             most
             Affectionate
             Terms
             ,
             which
             makes
             it
             appear
             ,
             that
             his
             new
             Dignity
             has
             no
             way
             lessened
             the
             Love
             and
             Affection
             which
             he
             had
             for
             those
             Provinces
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             1st
             .
             of
             March
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Zell
             arrived
             at
             the
             Hague
             ;
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Wolfenbuttel
             ,
             his
             Brother
             ,
             the
             Tuesday
             following
             .
             The
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             went
             the
             same
             day
             to
             Amsterdam
             .
             On
             the
             6th
             ,
             the
             King
             set
             out
             for
             Loo
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             Zell
             going
             in
             the
             Coach
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Elector
             of
             Bavaria
             follow'd
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             the
             day
             before
             the
             Elector
             of
             Brandenburgh
             and
             the
             Langrave
             of
             Hess●
             went
             strait
             home
             ;
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Princes
             parted
             with
             Mutual
             Satisfaction
             ,
             and
             my
             Noble
             Lord
             returning
             for
             England
             ,
             I
             Attended
             on
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             IV.
             
               Containing
               Particular
               Observations
               on
               the
               manners
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Humours
               ,
               of
               the
            
             Dutch
             Boars
             or
             Pesants
             ;
             
               the
               Nature
               of
               their
               Habitations
               ,
               and
               way
               of
               living
               .
            
          
           
             THeir
             Soil
             (
             where
             they
             Inhabit
             )
             is
             all
             Fat
             ,
             though
             wanting
             the
             colour
             to
             shew
             it
             so
             ;
             for
             indeed
             it
             is
             the
             buttock
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             full
             of
             Veins
             and
             Blood
             ,
             but
             no
             bones
             in
             't
             .
             't
             is
             a
             singular
             place
             to
             fat
             Monkeys
             in
             .
             There
             are
             Spiders
             almost
             as
             big
             as
             small
             Shrimps
             ,
             their
             Gardens
             being
             moist
             ,
             abound
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             were
             they
             but
             venemous
             ,
             to
             gather
             herbs
             ,
             were
             to
             hazard
             Martyrdom
             .
          
           
             You
             may
             travel
             among
             them
             though
             you
             have
             not
             a
             guide
             :
             For
             you
             cannot
             baulk
             your
             Road
             without
             the
             hazard
             of
             drowning
             .
             There
             is
             not
             there
             any
             use
             of
             an
             Harbinger
             .
             Wheresoever
             Men
             go
             ,
             the
             way
             is
             made
             before
             them
             ,
             where
             (
             if
             your
             Fore-man
             be
             sober
             ,
             )
             you
             may
             ●ravel
             in
             safety
             ,
             otherwise
             you
             must
             have
             stronger
             Faith
             than
             Peter
             had
             ,
             else
             you
             sink
             immediately
             .
             A
             starting
             horse
             endangers
             you
             to
             two
             Deaths
             at
             once
             ,
             breaking
             of
             your
             Neck
             ,
             and
             Drowning
             .
          
           
             Some
             things
             the
             Bores
             do
             here
             that
             seem
             wonders
             .
             'T
             is
             ordinary
             to
             see
             them
             fish
             for
             Fire
             in
             
             Water
             ,
             which
             they
             catch
             in
             Nets
             ,
             and
             transport
             to
             Land
             in
             their
             Boots
             ,
             where
             they
             spraed
             it
             more
             smoothly
             ,
             than
             a
             Mercer
             doth
             his
             Velvet
             ,
             when
             he
             would
             hook
             in
             an
             Heir
             upon
             his
             coming
             to
             Age.
             Thus
             lying
             in
             a
             Field
             ,
             you
             would
             think
             you
             saw
             a
             Cantle
             of
             green
             Cheese
             spread
             over
             with
             black
             butter
             .
          
           
             Their
             ordinary
             Pack-horses
             are
             all
             of
             Wood
             ,
             carying
             their
             Bridles
             in
             their
             tails
             ,
             and
             their
             Burdens
             in
             their
             Bellies
             .
             When
             they
             travel
             they
             touch
             no
             ground
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             stand
             still
             they
             ride
             ;
             and
             are
             never
             in
             danger
             but
             when
             they
             drink
             up
             too
             much
             of
             their
             way
             .
          
           
             The
             Elements
             are
             here
             at
             variance
             ,
             the
             Subtile
             overswaying
             the
             Grosser
             .
             The
             Pire
             consumes
             Earth
             ,
             and
             the
             Air
             the
             Water
             .
             They
             burn
             turffs
             ,
             and
             drain
             their
             Grounds
             with
             Wind-mills
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             Cholick
             were
             a
             Remedy
             for
             the
             Stone
             ;
             and
             they
             would
             prove
             against
             Philosophy
             the
             Worlds
             Conflagration
             to
             be
             Natural
             ,
             even
             shewing
             thereby
             that
             the
             very
             Elements
             of
             Earth
             is
             combustable
             .
          
           
             The
             Land
             that
             they
             have
             ,
             they
             keep
             as
             neatly
             as
             a
             Courtier
             does
             his
             Beard
             :
             They
             have
             a
             method
             in
             Mowing
             .
             'T
             is
             so
             interven'd
             with
             Water
             and
             Rivers
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             make
             a
             Common
             among
             them
             .
          
           
             Though
             their
             Country
             be
             part
             of
             a
             main
             land
             ,
             yet
             every
             house
             almost
             ,
             that
             's
             Inhabited
             by
             the
             Boars
             ,
             stands
             in
             an
             Island
             .
             And
             that
             though
             the
             Boar
             dwell
             in
             it
             ,
             looks
             as
             smug
             as
             a
             Lady
             that
             hath
             newly
             lockt
             up
             her
             Colours
             ,
             and
             laid
             by
             her
             Irons
             .
             A
             Gallant
             Masquing
             
             suit
             sits
             not
             more
             compleat
             ,
             than
             a
             coat
             of
             thatch
             though
             many
             years
             wearing
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             stand
             dry
             't
             is
             embraced
             by
             Vines
             ;
             But
             if
             you
             find
             it
             lower
             seated
             ,
             't
             is
             only
             a
             close
             Arbor
             in
             a
             plump
             of
             Willows
             and
             Alders
             ,
             pleasant
             enough
             while
             the
             Dog-days
             last
             .
          
           
             The
             Bridge
             to
             this
             is
             a
             Fir-plank
             with
             a
             Box
             of
             stones
             to
             poiz
             it
             withal
             ,
             which
             with
             the
             least
             help
             turns
             round
             like
             the
             Executioner
             when
             he
             whips
             off
             a
             Head
             :
             That
             when
             the
             Master
             is
             over
             ,
             stands
             drawn
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             is
             in
             his
             Castle
             :
             'T
             is
             sure
             his
             fear
             that
             renders
             him
             supicious
             ;
             That
             he
             may
             therefore
             certainly
             see
             who
             enters
             ,
             you
             shall
             ever
             find
             his
             window
             made
             over
             his
             Door
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             are
             entred
             the
             house
             ,
             the
             first
             thing
             you
             encounter
             is
             a
             Looking-Glass
             ;
             no
             question
             but
             a
             true
             Embleme
             of
             Politick
             Hospitality
             ;
             for
             though
             it
             reflect
             your self
             in
             your
             own
             Figure
             ,
             't
             is
             yet
             no
             longer
             than
             while
             you
             are
             there
             before
             it
             :
             When
             you
             are
             gone
             once
             ,
             it
             Flatters
             the
             next
             Comer
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             remembrance
             that
             you
             e'er
             were
             there
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             are
             the
             Vessels
             of
             the
             House
             Marshal'd
             about
             the
             Room
             like
             Watch-men
             ;
             All
             as
             neat
             as
             if
             you
             were
             in
             a
             Citizens
             Wives
             Cabbinet
             ;
             for
             unless
             it
             be
             themselves
             ,
             they
             let
             none
             of
             Gods
             Creatures
             lose
             any
             thing
             of
             their
             Native
             Beauty
             .
             The
             Linings
             of
             their
             Houses
             is
             more
             Rich
             than
             the
             Out-side
             ,
             not
             in
             Hangings
             ,
             but
             Pictures
             ,
             which
             even
             the
             poorest
             of
             the
             Boars
             ,
             are
             there
             furnish'd
             with
             :
             Not
             a
             Cobler
             but
             has
             his
             Toys
             for
             Ornament
             .
             
             Were
             the
             Knacks
             of
             all
             their
             Houses
             set
             together
             ,
             there
             would
             not
             be
             such
             another
             Bartholomew
             Fair
             in
             Europe
             .
          
           
             Their
             Beds
             are
             no
             other
             than
             Land-Cabins
             ,
             high
             enough
             to
             need
             a
             Ladder
             ,
             or
             Stairs
             :
             Up
             once
             ,
             you
             are
             walled
             in
             with
             Wainscot
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             good
             discretion
             to
             avoid
             the
             trouble
             of
             making
             your
             Will
             every
             Night
             ;
             for
             once
             falling
             out
             ,
             else
             would
             break
             your
             Neck
             perfectly
             .
             But
             if
             you
             die
             in
             it
             ,
             this
             Comfort
             you
             shall
             leave
             your
             Friends
             ,
             that
             you
             died
             in
             clean
             Linnen
             .
          
           
             You
             may
             sooner
             Convert
             a
             Jew
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             an
             ordinary
             Dutch-man
             yeild
             to
             Arguments
             that
             cross
             him
             .
             A
             Old
             Bawd
             is
             easiler
             turn'd
             Saint
             ,
             than
             a
             Waggoner
             perswaded
             not
             to
             bait
             thrice
             in
             nine
             Miles
             .
             And
             when
             he
             doth
             ,
             his
             Horses
             must
             not
             stir
             ,
             but
             have
             their
             Manger
             brought
             them
             into
             the
             way
             ,
             where
             in
             a
             top
             sweat
             they
             eat
             their
             Grass
             ,
             and
             drink
             their
             Water
             ,
             and
             presently
             after
             hurry
             away
             :
             For
             they
             ever
             drive
             as
             if
             they
             were
             all
             the
             Sons
             of
             Nimshi
             ,
             and
             were
             furiously
             either
             pursuing
             an
             Enemy
             ,
             or
             flying
             him
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             seldom
             deceiv'd
             ,
             for
             they
             trust
             no
             Body
             ;
             so
             by
             Consequence
             are
             better
             to
             hold
             a
             Fort
             ,
             than
             win
             it
             ;
             yet
             they
             can
             do
             both
             .
             Trust
             them
             you
             must
             if
             you
             Travel
             ;
             For
             to
             ask
             a
             Bill
             of
             Particulars
             ,
             is
             to
             purr
             in
             a
             Wasps
             Nest
             ,
             you
             must
             pay
             what
             they
             ask
             ,
             as
             sure
             as
             if
             it
             were
             the
             Assessment
             of
             a
             Subsidy
             .
          
           
           
             Complements
             is
             an
             Idleness
             they
             were
             never
             train'd
             up
             in
             ,
             and
             't
             is
             their
             happiness
             ,
             that
             Court
             Vanities
             have
             not
             stole
             away
             their
             minds
             from
             Business
             .
          
           
             Sailers
             among
             them
             are
             as
             common
             as
             Beggars
             with
             us
             .
             They
             can
             drink
             ,
             rail
             ,
             swear
             ,
             &c.
             but
             examining
             their
             use
             ,
             a
             mess
             of
             their
             Knaves
             are
             worth
             a
             Million
             of
             outs
             ,
             for
             they
             ,
             in
             a
             Boisterous
             Rudeness
             ,
             can
             work
             ,
             and
             live
             ,
             and
             Toil
             ,
             whereas
             ours
             will
             rather
             Laize
             themselves
             to
             Poverty
             ,
             and
             like
             Cabbages
             left
             out
             in
             Winter
             ,
             rot
             away
             in
             the
             Loathsomeness
             of
             a
             Nauseous
             Sloth
             .
          
           
             Most
             of
             them
             are
             Seamen
             born
             ,
             and
             like
             Frogs
             can
             live
             both
             on
             Land
             and
             Water
             .
             Not
             a
             Country-Uriester
             but
             can
             handle
             an
             Oar
             ,
             Steer
             a
             Boat
             ,
             raise
             a
             Mast
             ,
             and
             beat
             you
             out
             in
             the
             roughest
             Straits
             you
             come
             in
             .
             The
             Ship
             she
             avouches
             much
             better
             for
             Sleep
             than
             a
             bed
             .
          
           
             In
             their
             Families
             they
             all
             are
             equals
             ,
             and
             you
             have
             no
             way
             to
             know
             the
             Master
             and
             Mistress
             but
             by
             taking
             them
             in
             Bed
             together
             .
             It
             may
             be
             those
             are
             they
             ;
             Otherwise
             Malky
             can
             prate
             as
             much
             ,
             laugh
             as
             loud
             ,
             be
             as
             bold
             ,
             and
             sit
             as
             well
             as
             her
             Mistress
             .
          
           
             Their
             Women
             would
             have
             good
             Faces
             if
             they
             did
             not
             marr
             them
             with
             making
             .
             Their
             Ear-Wyers
             have
             so
             nipt
             in
             their
             Cheeks
             ,
             that
             you
             would
             think
             some
             Fairy
             ,
             to
             do
             them
             a
             Mischief
             ,
             had
             pincht
             them
             behind
             with
             tongs
             .
             These
             they
             dress
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             shew
             you
             all
             their
             wit
             lay
             behind
             ,
             and
             they
             needs
             would
             cover
             it
             .
             And
             thus
             ordered
             ,
             they
             have
             much
             more
             for
             Head
             than
             Face
             .
          
           
           
             They
             love
             the
             
               English
               Gentry
            
             well
             ;
             and
             when
             Soldiers
             come
             over
             to
             be
             billeted
             among
             them
             ,
             they
             are
             emulous
             in
             chusing
             of
             their
             guest
             ;
             who
             fares
             much
             the
             better
             for
             being
             liked
             by
             his
             Hostess
             .
          
           
             The
             habit
             of
             the
             Men
             is
             much
             after
             the
             Tarpaullian
             Fashion
             ;
             their
             Breeches
             yawning
             at
             the
             Knees
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             about
             to
             swallow
             his
             Legs
             unmercifully
             .
          
           
             The
             Women
             are
             far
             from
             going
             naked
             ,
             for
             of
             a
             whole
             Woman
             you
             can
             see
             but
             half
             a
             Face
             :
             As
             for
             her
             hand
             ,
             that
             shews
             her
             a
             sore
             Labourer
             ;
             which
             you
             shall
             ever
             find
             (
             as
             it
             were
             in
             Recompence
             )
             loaden
             with
             Rings
             to
             the
             cracking
             of
             her
             Fingers
             .
          
           
             Where
             the
             Woman
             lies
             in
             ,
             the
             Ringle
             of
             the
             door
             does
             pennance
             ,
             and
             is
             lapped
             about
             with
             Linnen
             ,
             either
             to
             shew
             you
             that
             loud
             knocking
             may
             wake
             the
             child
             ,
             or
             else
             that
             for
             a
             month
             the
             Ring
             is
             not
             to
             be
             run
             at
             .
             But
             if
             the
             child
             be
             dead
             ,
             there
             is
             thrust
             out
             a
             Nosegay
             tied
             to
             a
             sticks
             end
             ;
             perhaps
             for
             an
             Emblem
             of
             the
             Life
             of
             Man
             ,
             which
             may
             wither
             as
             soon
             as
             born
             ;
             or
             else
             to
             let
             you
             know
             ,
             that
             though
             these
             fade
             upon
             their
             gathering
             ,
             yet
             from
             the
             same
             stock
             the
             next
             year
             a
             new
             shoot
             may
             spring
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             they
             are
             a
             race
             of
             People
             diligent
             rather
             than
             Laborious
             ;
             dull
             and
             slow
             of
             understanding
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             dealt
             with
             by
             hasty
             words
             ,
             but
             managed
             easily
             by
             soft
             and
             fair
             ;
             and
             yielding
             to
             plain
             Reason
             ,
             if
             you
             give
             them
             time
             to
             understand
             it
             .
             They
             know
             no
             other
             good
             ,
             
             but
             the
             supply
             of
             what
             Nature
             requires
             ,
             and
             the
             common
             increase
             of
             Wealth
             .
             They
             feed
             most
             upon
             Herbs
             ,
             Roots
             ,
             and
             Milks
             ;
             and
             by
             that
             means
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             neither
             their
             strength
             ,
             nor
             Vigor
             ,
             seems
             answerable
             to
             the
             size
             ,
             Bulk
             ,
             of
             their
             Bodies
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             V.
             
               Of
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Country
               in
               General
               ,
               its
               Scituation
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             FOur
             of
             these
             Provinces
             .
             Viz.
             that
             of
             
               Holland
               ,
               Zealand
               ,
               Friezeland
            
             ,
             and
             Gromingven
             ,
             are
             seated
             upon
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             strength
             and
             greatness
             of
             this
             State
             :
             The
             other
             three
             ,
             with
             the
             Conquered
             Towns
             in
             
               Brabant
               ,
               Flanders
            
             ,
             and
             Cleve
             ,
             make
             only
             the
             Out-works
             or
             Frontires
             ,
             serving
             chiefly
             for
             safety
             and
             Defence
             of
             these
             .
          
           
             The
             Soil
             of
             the
             whole
             Province
             of
             Holland
             is
             generally
             Flat
             ,
             like
             the
             Sea
             in
             a
             calm
             ,
             and
             looks
             as
             if
             ,
             after
             a
             long
             contention
             ,
             between
             Land
             and
             Water
             ,
             which
             it
             should
             belong
             to
             :
             It
             had
             at
             length
             been
             divided
             between
             them
             :
             For
             to
             consider
             the
             great
             Rivers
             ,
             and
             the
             strange
             number
             of
             Canals
             that
             are
             found
             in
             this
             Province
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             only
             lead
             to
             every
             great
             Town
             ,
             but
             almost
             to
             every
             Village
             ;
             and
             the
             infinity
             of
             Sails
             that
             are
             seen
             every
             where
             coursing
             up
             and
             down
             upon
             them
             ;
             One
             would
             imagine
             the
             Water
             to
             have
             shared
             with
             the
             Land
             ;
             and
             the
             People
             that
             
             live
             in
             Boats
             ,
             to
             hold
             some
             proportion
             with
             those
             that
             live
             in
             Houses
             .
             And
             this
             is
             one
             great
             advantage
             towards
             Trade
             ,
             which
             is
             Natural
             to
             the
             Scituation
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             attained
             in
             any
             Country
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             not
             the
             same
             level
             and
             softness
             of
             Soil
             ,
             which
             makes
             the
             cutting
             of
             Canals
             so
             easie
             work
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             attempted
             almost
             by
             every
             private
             Man
             ;
             and
             one
             Horse
             shall
             draw
             in
             a
             Boat
             ,
             more
             than
             Fifty
             can
             do
             by
             Cart
             ,
             whereas
             Carriage
             make
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             price
             in
             all
             heavy
             Commodities
             :
             And
             by
             this
             easie
             way
             of
             Travelling
             ,
             an
             industrious
             Man
             loses
             no
             time
             from
             his
             Business
             ,
             for
             he
             Writes
             ,
             or
             Eats
             ,
             or
             Sleeps
             ,
             while
             he
             goes
             ;
             whereas
             the
             time
             of
             Labouring
             or
             Industrious
             Men
             ,
             is
             the
             greatest
             Native
             Commodity
             of
             any
             Country
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             ,
             besides
             ,
             one
             very
             great
             lake
             of
             Fresh-Water
             still
             remaining
             in
             this
             Province
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             
               Harlem
               Maer
            
             ,
             which
             might
             as
             they
             say
             ,
             be
             easily
             drained
             ;
             but
             the
             City
             of
             Leyden
             having
             no
             other
             way
             of
             refreshing
             their
             Town
             ,
             or
             renewing
             the
             Water
             of
             their
             Canals
             ,
             but
             from
             this
             Maer
             ,
             will
             never
             consent
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             Another
             Advantage
             of
             their
             Scituation
             of
             Trade
             ,
             is
             made
             by
             those
             two
             great
             Rivers
             of
             the
             Rhyne
             ,
             and
             Mase
             ,
             reaching
             up
             ,
             and
             Navigable
             ,
             so
             mighty
             a
             length
             ,
             into
             so
             Rich
             and
             Populus
             Countries
             of
             the
             higher
             and
             lower
             Germany
             ;
             which
             as
             it
             brings
             down
             all
             the
             Commodities
             from
             those
             parts
             to
             the
             Magazines
             in
             Holland
             ,
             that
             vent
             them
             by
             their
             Shipping
             into
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             where
             the
             Market
             calls
             for
             them
             ;
             
             so
             ,
             with
             something
             more
             labour
             and
             time
             ,
             it
             returns
             all
             the
             Merchandise
             of
             other
             Parts
             ,
             into
             those
             Countries
             ,
             that
             are
             seated
             upon
             these
             Streams
             ,
          
           
             The
             Flatness
             of
             their
             Land
             exposes
             it
             to
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             forces
             them
             to
             infinite
             charge
             ,
             in
             the
             continual
             Fences
             and
             Repairs
             of
             their
             Banks
             to
             oppose
             it
             ;
             which
             employ
             yearly
             more
             Men
             ,
             than
             all
             the
             Corn
             of
             the
             Province
             of
             Holland
             could
             maintain
             .
             They
             have
             found
             the
             common
             Sea-weed
             to
             be
             the
             best
             Material
             for
             these
             Digues
             ,
             which
             fastens
             with
             a
             thin
             Mixture
             of
             Earth
             ,
             yields
             a
             little
             to
             the
             force
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             and
             returns
             when
             the
             Waves
             give
             back
             .
          
           
             The
             extream
             moisture
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             I
             take
             to
             be
             the
             Occasion
             of
             the
             great
             Neatness
             in
             their
             Towns
             ;
             for
             without
             the
             help
             of
             those
             Customs
             ,
             their
             Country
             would
             not
             be
             habitable
             by
             such
             Crowds
             of
             People
             ,
             but
             the
             Air
             would
             corrupt
             upon
             every
             hot
             season
             ,
             and
             expose
             the
             Inhabitants
             to
             general
             and
             infectious
             Diseases
             ,
             which
             they
             hardly
             escape
             three
             Summers
             together
             ,
             especially
             about
             Leyden
             ,
             where
             the
             Waters
             are
             not
             so
             easily
             renewed
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             reason
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             Leyden
             is
             found
             to
             be
             the
             neatest
             and
             cleanest
             kept
             of
             all
             their
             Towns.
             
          
           
             The
             same
             moisture
             of
             Air
             makes
             all
             Mettals
             apt
             to
             rust
             ,
             and
             Wood
             to
             mould
             ;
             which
             forces
             them
             ,
             by
             continual
             pains
             of
             rubbing
             and
             scouring
             ,
             to
             seek
             a
             prevention
             or
             cure
             :
             This
             makes
             the
             brightness
             and
             cleaness
             that
             seems
             affected
             
             in
             their
             Houses
             ,
             and
             is
             call'd
             Natural
             to
             them
             ,
             by
             People
             who
             think
             no
             further
             .
             So
             the
             deepness
             of
             their
             Soil
             ,
             and
             wetness
             of
             Seasons
             ,
             which
             would
             render
             it
             unpassible
             ,
             forces
             them
             not
             only
             to
             exactness
             of
             paving
             in
             their
             Streets
             ,
             but
             to
             the
             expence
             of
             so
             long
             Cawsies
             between
             many
             of
             their
             Towns
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             High-ways
             ;
             As
             indeed
             ,
             most
             National
             Customs
             are
             the
             Effects
             of
             some
             unseen
             ,
             or
             un-observed
             ,
             Natural
             Causes
             or
             Necessities
             .
          
           
             The
             lowness
             and
             flatness
             of
             their
             Lands
             ,
             make
             it
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             the
             Richness
             of
             their
             Soil
             ,
             that
             is
             easily
             over-flowed
             every
             Winter
             ,
             so
             as
             the
             whole
             Country
             ,
             at
             that
             Season
             ,
             seems
             to
             lye
             under
             Water
             ,
             which
             in
             Spring
             ,
             is
             driven
             out
             again
             by
             Mills
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VI.
             
               Of
               the
               People
               of
            
             Holland
             ,
             
               their
               Manners
               ,
               Humours
               and
               dispositions
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             THe
             People
             of
             Holland
             may
             be
             divided
             into
             these
             several
             Classes
             :
             The
             Pesants
             or
             Boars
             ,
             who
             cultivate
             the
             Land.
             The
             Marriners
             or
             Schippers
             ,
             who
             supply
             their
             Ships
             .
             The
             Merchants
             ,
             or
             Traders
             ,
             who
             fill
             their
             Towns.
             The
             Renteeners
             ,
             or
             Men
             that
             live
             in
             all
             their
             chief
             Cities
             upon
             the
             Rents
             ,
             or
             Interests
             of
             Estates
             formerly
             acquired
             in
             their
             Families
             :
             And
             the
             Gentlemen
             ,
             and
             Officers
             of
             their
             Armies
             .
          
           
           
             The
             First
             we
             have
             already
             treated
             off
             in
             a
             Sect
             by
             themselves
             ,
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             giving
             a
             more
             particular
             Character
             of
             their
             Manners
             and
             Humours
             .
          
           
             The
             Second
             ,
             The
             Marriners
             ,
             are
             a
             plain
             People
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             very
             rough
             Hew
             ;
             whether
             from
             the
             Element
             they
             live
             in
             ,
             or
             from
             their
             Food
             ,
             which
             is
             generally
             Fish
             and
             Corn
             ,
             and
             heartier
             than
             that
             of
             the
             Boars
             :
             They
             are
             Surly
             ,
             and
             Ill-manner'd
             ,
             which
             is
             mistaken
             for
             Pride
             ;
             but
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             is
             learnt
             ,
             as
             all
             manners
             are
             ,
             by
             the
             conversation
             we
             use
             .
             Now
             theirs
             lying
             only
             among
             one
             another
             ,
             or
             with
             Winds
             and
             Waves
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             mov'd
             nor
             wrought
             upon
             by
             any
             Language
             ,
             or
             Observance
             ;
             or
             to
             be
             dealt
             with
             ,
             but
             by
             Pains
             and
             by
             Patience
             ;
             these
             are
             all
             the
             Qualities
             ,
             their
             Marriners
             have
             learnt
             ;
             their
             Language
             is
             little
             more
             ,
             than
             what
             is
             of
             necessary
             use
             to
             their
             Business
             ;
             their
             Valour
             is
             of
             a
             size
             extraordinary
             even
             beyond
             comparison
             ,
             except
             with
             that
             of
             the
             
               English
               Tarpaulin
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Merchants
             and
             Trades-men
             ,
             both
             the
             Greater
             and
             Mechanick
             ,
             living
             in
             Towns
             that
             are
             of
             great
             resort
             ,
             both
             by
             Strangers
             and
             Passengers
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             are
             more
             Mercurial
             ,
             (
             VVit
             being
             sharpned
             by
             Commerce
             and
             Conversation
             of
             Cities
             ,
             though
             they
             are
             not
             very
             inventive
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             warmer
             Heads
             ;
             yet
             are
             they
             great
             in
             imitation
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             ,
             many
             times
             ,
             as
             goes
             beyond
             the
             Originals
             :
             Of
             mighty
             Industry
             ,
             and
             constant
             Application
             to
             the
             ends
             they
             propose
             and
             pursue
             .
             They
             make
             use
             of
             their
             Skill
             ,
             and
             their
             VVit
             ,
             to
             take
             advantage
             
             of
             other
             Mens
             Ignorance
             and
             Folly
             ,
             they
             deal
             with
             :
             Are
             great
             Exacters
             ,
             where
             the
             Law
             is
             in
             their
             own
             hands
             .
             In
             other
             points
             where
             they
             deal
             with
             Men
             that
             understand
             like
             themselves
             ,
             and
             are
             under
             the
             reach
             of
             Justice
             and
             Laws
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             plainest
             and
             best
             dealers
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             which
             seems
             not
             to
             grow
             so
             much
             from
             a
             principle
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             or
             Morality
             ,
             as
             from
             a
             Custom
             or
             Habit
             introduced
             by
             the
             necessity
             of
             Trade
             among
             them
             ,
             which
             depends
             as
             much
             upon
             common
             honesty
             ,
             as
             War
             does
             upon
             Discipline
             ;
             and
             without
             which
             ,
             all
             would
             break
             ;
             Merchants
             would
             turn
             Pedlars
             ,
             and
             Soldiers
             Thieves
             .
          
           
             Those
             Families
             which
             live
             upon
             their
             Patrimonial
             Estates
             in
             all
             the
             great
             Cities
             ,
             are
             a
             people
             differently
             bred
             and
             manner'd
             from
             the
             Traders
             ,
             though
             like
             them
             in
             the
             modesty
             of
             Garb
             and
             Habit
             ,
             and
             the
             parsimony
             of
             living
             .
             Their
             Youth
             are
             generally
             bred
             up
             at
             Schools
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             Universities
             of
             Leyden
             ,
             or
             Utretcht
             ,
             in
             the
             common
             studies
             of
             Humane
             Learning
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             of
             the
             civil
             law
             ,
             which
             is
             that
             of
             their
             Country
             .
          
           
             Where
             these
             Families
             are
             Rich
             ,
             their
             Youths
             ,
             after
             a
             course
             of
             their
             Studies
             at
             home
             ,
             travel
             for
             some
             years
             ,
             as
             the
             sons
             of
             our
             Gentry
             use
             to
             do
             ;
             but
             their
             Journeys
             are
             chiefly
             into
             England
             and
             France
             ,
             not
             much
             into
             Italy
             ,
             seldomer
             into
             Spain
             ,
             nor
             often
             into
             the
             more
             Northern-Countries
             ,
             unless
             in
             Company
             or
             train
             of
             their
             publick
             Ministers
             .
             The
             chief
             end
             of
             their
             Breeding
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             make
             them
             fit
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             their
             Country
             in
             the
             Magistracy
             of
             their
             Towns
             ,
             their
             Provinces
             
             and
             their
             State.
             And
             of
             these
             kind
             of
             Men
             are
             the
             civil
             Officers
             of
             this
             Government
             generally
             composed
             ,
             being
             descended
             of
             Families
             ,
             who
             have
             many
             times
             been
             constantly
             in
             the
             Magistracy
             of
             their
             Native
             Towns
             for
             many
             years
             ,
             and
             some
             for
             several
             Ages
             ,
             and
             not
             Men
             of
             mean
             or
             Mechanick
             Trades
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             commonly
             receiv'd
             among
             Foreigners
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Subject
             of
             commical
             Jests
             upon
             their
             Government
             .
             This
             does
             not
             exclude
             many
             Merchants
             or
             Traders
             ingross
             from
             being
             seen
             in
             the
             Offices
             of
             their
             Cities
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             deputed
             to
             their
             Estates
             ;
             nor
             several
             of
             their
             States
             from
             turning
             their
             Stocks
             in
             the
             management
             of
             some
             very
             beneficial
             Trade
             by
             Servants
             ,
             and
             houses
             maintained
             to
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Rank
             among
             them
             ,
             is
             that
             of
             their
             Gentlemen
             or
             Nobles
             ,
             who
             ,
             in
             this
             Province
             of
             Holland
             are
             very
             few
             ,
             most
             of
             the
             Families
             having
             been
             extinguished
             in
             the
             long
             Wars
             with
             Spain
             .
             But
             those
             that
             remain
             ,
             are
             in
             a
             manner
             all
             imploy'd
             in
             the
             Military
             or
             Civil
             Charges
             of
             the
             Province
             or
             State.
             These
             are
             ,
             in
             their
             Customs
             and
             Manners
             ,
             much
             different
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             people
             ;
             and
             having
             been
             bred
             much
             abroad
             ,
             rather
             effect
             the
             Garb
             of
             of
             their
             Neighbour
             Courts
             ,
             than
             the
             popular
             Air
             of
             their
             own
             Country
             .
             They
             strive
             to
             imitate
             the
             French
             in
             their
             Meen
             ,
             their
             Cloaths
             ,
             their
             way
             of
             Talk
             ,
             of
             Eating
             ,
             of
             Gallantry
             ,
             or
             Debauchery
             .
             They
             are
             otherwise
             an
             Honest
             ,
             Well-natur'd
             ,
             Friendly
             ,
             and
             Gentlemanly
             sort
             of
             Men
             ,
             and
             acquit
             themselves
             generally
             with
             
             Honour
             and
             Merit
             ,
             where
             their
             Country
             employs
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Officers
             of
             their
             Armies
             live
             after
             the
             Custom
             ,
             and
             Fashions
             of
             the
             Gentlemen
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             some
             Customs
             ,
             or
             Dispositions
             ,
             that
             seem
             to
             run
             generally
             through
             all
             degrees
             of
             Men
             among
             them
             ;
             as
             great
             Frugality
             ,
             and
             Order
             ,
             in
             their
             Expences
             .
             Their
             common
             Riches
             lye
             in
             every
             mans
             spending
             less
             than
             he
             has
             coming
             in
             ,
             be
             that
             what
             it
             will
             :
             Nor
             does
             it
             enter
             into
             Mens
             heads
             among
             them
             ,
             that
             the
             common
             part
             or
             course
             of
             Expence
             should
             equal
             the
             Revenue
             ;
             and
             when
             this
             happens
             ,
             they
             think
             at
             least
             they
             have
             lived
             that
             year
             to
             no
             purpose
             ;
             and
             the
             train
             of
             it
             discredits
             a
             man
             among
             them
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             any
             Vicious
             or
             Prodigal
             Extravagance
             does
             in
             other
             Countries
             .
             This
             enables
             every
             man
             to
             bear
             their
             extreme
             Taxes
             ,
             and
             makes
             them
             less
             sensible
             than
             they
             would
             be
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             especially
             in
             England
             :
             For
             he
             that
             lives
             upon
             two
             parts
             in
             five
             of
             what
             he
             has
             coming
             in
             ;
             if
             he
             pays
             two
             more
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             he
             does
             but
             part
             with
             what
             he
             should
             have
             laid
             up
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             present
             use
             for
             ;
             whereas
             ,
             he
             that
             spends
             yearly
             what
             he
             receives
             ,
             if
             he
             pays
             but
             the
             fiftieth
             part
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             it
             goes
             from
             him
             like
             that
             which
             was
             necessary
             to
             buy
             bread
             or
             Clothes
             for
             himself
             or
             his
             Family
             .
          
           
             This
             makes
             the
             Beauty
             and
             strength
             of
             their
             Towns
             ,
             the
             commodiousness
             of
             travelling
             in
             their
             Country
             by
             their
             
               Canals
               ,
               Bridges
            
             ,
             and
             Cawseys
             ;
             the
             pleasantness
             of
             their
             Walks
             ,
             and
             their
             Grafts
             in
             and
             near
             all
             their
             Cities
             ;
             and
             in
             
             short
             ,
             the
             Beauty
             ,
             Convenience
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             Magnificence
             of
             their
             publick
             Works
             ,
             to
             which
             every
             Man
             pays
             as
             willingly
             ,
             and
             takes
             as
             much
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             vanity
             in
             them
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             other
             Countries
             do
             in
             the
             same
             circumstances
             ,
             among
             the
             possessions
             of
             their
             Families
             or
             private
             Inheritance
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             Section
             :
             Holland
             is
             a
             Country
             ,
             where
             the
             Earth
             is
             better
             than
             the
             Air
             ,
             and
             profit
             more
             in
             Request
             than
             Honour
             ;
             where
             there
             is
             more
             sense
             than
             wit
             ;
             more
             good
             nature
             than
             good
             humour
             ;
             and
             more
             wealth
             than
             pleasure
             ;
             where
             a
             man
             would
             chuse
             rather
             to
             Travel
             ,
             than
             to
             live
             ;
             shall
             find
             more
             things
             to
             observe
             than
             desire
             ;
             and
             more
             Persons
             to
             esteem
             than
             to
             love
             .
             But
             the
             same
             Qualities
             and
             Dispositions
             do
             not
             Value
             a
             private
             Man
             and
             a
             State
             ,
             nor
             make
             a
             conversation
             agreeable
             ,
             and
             a
             Government
             great
             :
             Nor
             is
             it
             unlikely
             ,
             that
             some
             very
             great
             King
             might
             make
             but
             a
             very
             ordinary
             private-Gentleman
             ,
             and
             some
             very
             extraordinary
             Gentlemen
             ,
             might
             be
             capable
             of
             making
             but
             a
             very
             mean
             Prince
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VII
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Religion
               ,
               the
               Number
               of
               Sects
               among
               the
               People
               ,
               Particularly
               in
            
             Amsterdam
             .
          
           
             THe
             great
             care
             of
             this
             State
             has
             ever
             been
             to
             Favour
             no
             particular
             or
             curious
             Inquisition
             
             into
             the
             Faith
             or
             Religious
             Principles
             of
             any
             peaceable
             Man
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             live
             under
             the
             protection
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             no
             Violence
             or
             Oppression
             upon
             any
             Mans
             conscience
             ,
             whose
             Opinions
             broke
             not
             out
             into
             Expressions
             or
             Actions
             of
             ill
             consequence
             to
             the
             State.
             A
             free
             form
             of
             Government
             ,
             either
             making
             way
             for
             more
             freedom
             in
             Religion
             ;
             or
             else
             ,
             having
             contended
             so
             far
             themselves
             for
             Liberty
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             the
             more
             unreasonable
             for
             them
             to
             oppress
             others
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             Religion
             was
             alone
             excepted
             from
             the
             common
             protection
             of
             their
             Laws
             ,
             making
             men
             (
             as
             the
             Law-makers
             believed
             )
             worse
             Subjects
             than
             the
             rest
             ,
             by
             the
             acknowledgement
             of
             a
             Forreign
             ,
             and
             Superiour
             Jurisdiction
             :
             Yet
             such
             has
             been
             the
             care
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             to
             give
             all
             men
             ease
             in
             this
             point
             ,
             who
             ask
             no
             more
             than
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             and
             save
             their
             own
             Souls
             ,
             in
             their
             own
             Way
             and
             Forms
             ;
             that
             what
             was
             not
             provided
             for
             by
             the
             constitutions
             of
             their
             Government
             ,
             was
             so
             ,
             in
             a
             very
             great
             degree
             ,
             by
             the
             connivance
             of
             their
             Officers
             ,
             who
             ,
             upon
             certain
             constant
             payments
             from
             every
             Family
             ,
             suffer
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             
               Roman
               Catholick
            
             Religion
             in
             their
             several
             Jurisdictions
             ,
             as
             free
             and
             easy
             ,
             tho'
             not
             so
             cheap
             ,
             and
             so
             avowed
             ,
             as
             the
             rest
             .
             This
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             has
             been
             the
             reason
             ,
             that
             tho'
             those
             of
             this
             profession
             are
             very
             numerous
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             among
             the
             Peasants
             ,
             and
             considerable
             in
             the
             Cities
             ;
             and
             not
             admitted
             to
             any
             publick
             charges
             ;
             yet
             they
             seem
             to
             be
             a
             sound
             piece
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             and
             fast
             joynted
             in
             
             with
             the
             rest
             ;
             and
             have
             neither
             given
             any
             disturbance
             to
             the
             Government
             nor
             exprest
             any
             Inclinations
             to
             a
             change
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             Foreign
             Power
             .
          
           
             Of
             all
             other
             Religions
             ,
             every
             Man
             enjoys
             the
             free
             exercise
             in
             his
             own
             Chamber
             ,
             or
             his
             own
             House
             ,
             unquestioned
             ,
             and
             unspyed
             :
             And
             if
             the
             Followers
             of
             any
             Sect
             grow
             so
             numerous
             in
             any
             place
             ,
             that
             they
             affect
             a
             publick
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             are
             content
             to
             purchase
             a
             place
             of
             Assembly
             ,
             to
             bear
             the
             charge
             of
             a
             Pastor
             ,
             or
             Teacher
             ,
             and
             to
             pay
             for
             this
             Liberty
             to
             the
             Publick
             ;
             they
             go
             and
             propose
             their
             desire
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             of
             the
             place
             where
             they
             reside
             ,
             who
             inform
             themselves
             of
             their
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             Manners
             of
             Worship
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             find
             nothing
             in
             either
             ,
             destructive
             to
             civil
             Society
             ,
             or
             prejudicial
             to
             the
             Constitutions
             of
             their
             State
             ,
             and
             content
             themselves
             with
             the
             price
             that
             is
             offer'd
             for
             the
             purchase
             of
             this
             Liberty
             ,
             they
             easily
             allow
             it
             ;
             but
             with
             the
             condition
             ,
             that
             one
             or
             more
             Commissioners
             shall
             be
             appointed
             ,
             who
             shall
             have
             free
             Admission
             at
             all
             their
             Meetings
             ,
             shall
             be
             both
             the
             Observers
             and
             Witnesses
             of
             all
             that
             is
             Acted
             or
             Preached
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             whose
             Testimony
             shall
             be
             received
             concerning
             any
             thing
             that
             passes
             there
             ,
             to
             the
             prejudice
             of
             the
             State
             ;
             in
             which
             case
             ,
             the
             Laws
             and
             Executions
             are
             as
             severe
             as
             against
             any
             civil
             Crimes
             .
          
           
             Thus
             the
             Jews
             have
             their
             allowed
             Synagogues
             in
             Amsterdam
             ,
             and
             Rotterdam
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             I
             think
             all
             Sects
             ,
             that
             are
             known
             among
             Christians
             ,
             have
             there
             publick
             Meeting-places
             :
             and
             
             some
             ,
             whose
             Names
             are
             almost
             worn
             out
             in
             other
             parts
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Brownists
               ,
               Familists
            
             ,
             and
             others
             .
             The
             Arminians
             ,
             though
             they
             make
             a
             great
             Name
             among
             them
             ,
             by
             being
             rather
             the
             distinction
             of
             a
             Party
             in
             the
             State
             ,
             than
             a
             Sect
             in
             the
             Church
             ;
             yet
             are
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             others
             ,
             but
             few
             in
             Number
             ,
             tho'
             considerable
             by
             the
             Persons
             ,
             who
             are
             of
             the
             better
             quality
             ,
             the
             more
             learned
             and
             intelligent
             Men
             ;
             and
             many
             of
             them
             in
             the
             Government
             .
             The
             Anabaptists
             are
             just
             the
             contrary
             ,
             very
             numerous
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Lower
             Ranks
             of
             People
             ,
             Mechanicks
             and
             Seamen
             ,
             and
             abound
             chiefly
             in
             
               North
               Holland
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Calvinists
             make
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             are
             possessed
             of
             all
             the
             publick
             Churches
             in
             the
             Dominions
             of
             the
             State
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             of
             the
             only
             Ministers
             or
             Pastors
             ,
             who
             are
             maintained
             by
             the
             Publick
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             hardly
             to
             be
             imagined
             ,
             how
             all
             the
             Violence
             and
             Sharpness
             ,
             which
             Accompanies
             the
             differences
             of
             Religion
             in
             other
             Countries
             ,
             seems
             to
             be
             appeased
             or
             softned
             here
             ,
             by
             the
             general
             freedom
             which
             all
             men
             enjoy
             ,
             either
             by
             Allowance
             or
             Connivance
             .
             I
             believe
             the
             force
             of
             Commerce
             ,
             Alliances
             ,
             and
             Acquaintance
             ,
             spreading
             so
             far
             as
             they
             do
             in
             small
             circuits
             (
             such
             as
             the
             Province
             of
             Holland
             )
             may
             contribute
             much
             to
             make
             conversation
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Offices
             of
             common
             life
             ,
             so
             easy
             ,
             among
             so
             different
             Opinions
             ,
             of
             which
             so
             many
             several
             persons
             are
             often
             in
             every
             Man's
             eye
             ;
             and
             no
             man
             checks
             or
             takes
             offence
             at
             Faces
             ,
             or
             Customs
             ,
             or
             Ceremonies
             ,
             he
             sees
             every
             day
             ,
             as
             at
             those
             he
             hears
             of
             in
             places
             
             far
             distant
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             by
             partial
             relations
             ,
             and
             comes
             to
             see
             late
             in
             his
             life
             ,
             and
             after
             he
             has
             long
             been
             possessed
             by
             passion
             or
             prejudice
             against
             them
             .
             However
             it
             is
             ,
             Religion
             may
             possibly
             do
             more
             good
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             but
             it
             does
             less
             hurt
             here
             ;
             and
             wherever
             the
             invisible
             effects
             of
             it
             are
             the
             greatest
             and
             most
             advantageous
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             the
             visible
             are
             so
             in
             this
             Country
             ,
             by
             the
             continual
             and
             undisturbed
             civil
             Peace
             of
             their
             Government
             ,
             for
             so
             long
             a
             course
             of
             years
             ;
             And
             by
             so
             mighty
             an
             encrease
             of
             their
             People
             ,
             wherein
             will
             appear
             to
             consist
             chiefly
             the
             vast
             growth
             of
             their
             Trade
             and
             Riches
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             strength
             and
             greatness
             of
             their
             State.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sect.
             VIII
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Way
               of
               Trade
               ,
               and
               Manner
               of
               Increase
               in
               Wealth
               .
            
          
           
             'T
             Is
             evident
             to
             those
             ,
             who
             have
             read
             the
             most
             ,
             and
             travel'd
             farthest
             ,
             that
             no
             Country
             can
             be
             found
             either
             in
             this
             present
             Age
             ,
             or
             upon
             Record
             of
             any
             Story
             ,
             where
             so
             vast
             a
             Trade
             has
             been
             managed
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             narrow
             compass
             of
             the
             four
             Maritine
             Provinces
             of
             this
             Common-wealth
             :
             Nay
             it
             is
             generally
             esteem'd
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             more
             Shipping
             belongs
             to
             them
             ,
             than
             there
             does
             to
             the
             far
             greater
             part
             of
             Europe
             besides
             .
             Yet
             they
             have
             no
             Native
             
             Commodities
             towards
             the
             Building
             ,
             or
             Rigging
             of
             the
             smallest
             Vessel
             ;
             their
             Flax
             ,
             Hemp
             ,
             Pitch
             ,
             Wood
             ,
             and
             Iron
             ,
             coming
             all
             from
             a
             broad
             ,
             as
             Wooll
             does
             for
             cloathing
             their
             Men
             ,
             and
             Corn
             for
             feeding
             them
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             know
             any
             thing
             properly
             of
             their
             own
             growth
             ,
             that
             is
             considerable
             ,
             either
             for
             their
             own
             necessary
             use
             ,
             or
             for
             Traffick
             with
             their
             Neighbours
             ,
             besides
             Butter
             ,
             Cheese
             ,
             and
             Earthen
             Wares
             .
             For
             Havens
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             any
             good
             upon
             their
             whole
             Coast
             :
             The
             best
             are
             Helversluys
             ,
             which
             has
             no
             Trade
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             Flushingue
             ,
             which
             has
             little
             ,
             in
             comparison
             of
             other
             Towns
             in
             Holland
             :
             But
             Amsterdam
             that
             Triumphs
             in
             the
             spoils
             of
             Lisbon
             and
             Antwerp
             ,
             (
             which
             before
             Engrost
             the
             greatest
             Trade
             of
             Europe
             and
             the
             Indias
             )
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             most
             incommodious
             Haven
             they
             have
             ,
             being
             seated
             upon
             so
             shallow
             Waters
             ,
             that
             ordinary
             Ships
             cannot
             come
             up
             to
             it
             without
             the
             advantage
             of
             Tides
             ;
             nor
             great
             ones
             without
             unlading
             .
             The
             entrance
             of
             the
             Tessel
             ,
             and
             passages
             over
             the
             Zudder-Sea
             ,
             is
             more
             dangerous
             ,
             than
             a
             Voyage
             from
             thence
             to
             Spain
             ,
             lying
             all
             in
             blind
             and
             narrow
             channels
             ;
             so
             that
             it
             easily
             appears
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             an
             Haven
             that
             draws
             Trade
             ,
             but
             Trade
             that
             fills
             an
             Haven
             ,
             and
             brings
             it
             in
             Vogue
             .
             Nor
             has
             Holland
             grown
             rich
             by
             any
             Native
             Commodities
             ,
             but
             by
             force
             of
             Industry
             ;
             by
             Improvement
             and
             Manufacture
             of
             all
             Foreign
             Growths
             ;
             by
             being
             the
             general
             Magazine
             of
             Europe
             ,
             and
             furnishing
             all
             parts
             with
             whatever
             the
             Market
             wants
             or
             invites
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             Seamen
             ,
             being
             ,
             as
             they
             
             have
             properly
             been
             called
             ,
             the
             common
             Garriers
             of
             the
             World.
             
          
           
             It
             appears
             to
             every
             Mans
             eye
             who
             hath
             Travel'd
             Holland
             ,
             and
             observ'd
             the
             Number
             and
             Vicinity
             of
             their
             great
             and
             populus
             Towns
             and
             Villages
             ,
             with
             the
             prodigious
             improvement
             of
             almost
             every
             Spot
             of
             ground
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             multitudes
             constantly
             employ'd
             in
             their
             Shipping
             abroad
             ,
             and
             their
             Boats
             at
             home
             ,
             that
             no
             other
             known
             Country
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             extent
             ,
             hold
             any
             proportion
             with
             this
             in
             the
             Numbers
             of
             People
             ;
             and
             if
             that
             be
             the
             great
             Foundation
             of
             Trade
             ,
             the
             best
             account
             that
             can
             be
             given
             of
             theirs
             ,
             will
             be
             ,
             by
             considering
             the
             causes
             and
             accidents
             ,
             that
             have
             served
             to
             force
             and
             invite
             so
             vast
             a
             confluence
             of
             People
             into
             their
             Country
             ;
             the
             civil
             Wars
             ,
             Calamities
             ,
             Persecutions
             ,
             Oppressions
             or
             Discontents
             ,
             that
             have
             been
             so
             fatal
             to
             most
             of
             their
             Neighbours
             for
             some
             time
             before
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             since
             their
             State
             began
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sect.
             IX
             .
             
               Of
               their
               Millitary
               Forces
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land
               ,
               with
               their
               State
               Revenues
               .
            
          
           
             THe
             Force
             of
             these
             Provinces
             is
             to
             be
             measured
             ,
             not
             by
             the
             Number
             or
             Dispositions
             of
             their
             Subjects
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             Shipping
             ,
             and
             standing
             Troops
             ,
             which
             they
             constantly
             maintain
             ,
             even
             in
             time
             of
             peace
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             Numbers
             of
             both
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             been
             able
             to
             draw
             into
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             to
             Sea
             for
             support
             of
             a
             VVar
             :
             By
             their
             constant
             Revenue
             to
             maintain
             the
             first
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             temporary
             charge
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             able
             to
             furnish
             for
             supply
             of
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             The
             ordinary
             Revenue
             of
             this
             State
             ,
             consists
             ,
             either
             in
             what
             is
             levied
             in
             the
             conquered
             Towns
             ,
             and
             Country
             of
             
               Brabant
               ,
               Flanders
            
             ,
             or
             the
             Rhine
             ;
             which
             is
             wholly
             administred
             by
             the
             Council
             of
             State
             :
             Or
             else
             the
             ordinary
             Funds
             ,
             which
             the
             seven
             Provinces
             provide
             every
             Year
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             several
             proportions
             ,
             upon
             the
             petition
             of
             the
             Council
             of
             State
             ,
             and
             the
             computation
             of
             the
             charge
             of
             the
             ensuing
             year
             ,
             given
             in
             by
             them
             to
             the
             States
             General
             .
             And
             this
             Revenue
             ,
             in
             times
             of
             Peace
             ,
             commonly
             amounts
             to
             about
             One
             and
             Twenty
             Millions
             of
             Gilders
             a
             Year
             .
          
           
           
             Their
             standing
             Land
             Forces
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
             ,
             consist
             of
             Thirty
             Thousand
             Horse
             and
             Foot.
             
          
           
             Their
             Admiralities
             ,
             in
             time
             of
             Peace
             ,
             maintain
             between
             Thirty
             and
             Forty
             Men
             of
             VVar
             ,
             employ'd
             in
             the
             several
             Convoys
             of
             their
             Merchants
             Fleets
             ,
             in
             a
             squadron
             of
             Eight
             or
             Ten
             Ships
             ,
             to
             attend
             the
             Algerines
             ,
             and
             other
             Corsaires
             in
             the
             Mediterranean
             ;
             and
             some
             always
             lying
             ready
             in
             their
             Havens
             for
             any
             sudden
             accidents
             or
             occasions
             of
             the
             State.
             
          
        
         
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           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
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             28th
             .
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