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             An accurate description of the United Netherlands, and of the most considerable parts of Germany, Sweden, & Denmark containing a succinct account of what is most remarkable in these countries, and necessary instructions for travellers : together with an exact relation of the entertainment of His Most Sacred Majesty King William at the Hague / written by an English gentleman.
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           Germany -- Description and travel.
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           AN
           ACCURATE
           DESCRIPTION
           OF
           THE
           
             United
             Netherlands
          
           ,
           And
           of
           the
           most
           considerable
           Parts
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
             Sweden
          
           ,
           &
           Denmark
           .
        
         
           CONTAINING
           A
           succinct
           Account
           of
           what
           is
           most
           Remarkable
           in
           these
           Countries
           :
           And
           Necessary
           Instructions
           for
           Travellers
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           an
           Exact
           RELATION
           Of
           the
           ENTERTAINMENT
           of
           His
           Most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           King
           WILLIAM
           At
           the
           HAGUE
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           an
           English
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Timothy
             Childe
          
           at
           the
           White-Hart
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           1691.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           HAVING
           often
           Observed
           ,
           that
           Relations
           of
           Travels
           ,
           Voyages
           ,
           &c.
           are
           generally
           very
           Acceptable
           to
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           I
           judged
           that
           it
           might
           not
           be
           altogether
           Impertinent
           to
           give
           a
           brief
           Account
           of
           some
           remarkable
           Observations
           made
           during
           my
           Abode
           in
           Foreign
           Countries
           ,
           especially
           having
           Travelled
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Sixteen
           Years
           through
           
             Holland
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             Sweden
             ,
             Denmark
             ,
          
           and
           other
           considerable
           Parts
           of
           Europe
           .
        
         
           I
           easily
           foresee
           ,
           that
           it
           will
           be
           soon
           Objected
           ,
           that
           after
           so
           great
           a
           Man
           as
           Sir
           
             William
             Temple
          
           ,
           who
           hath
           already
           Published
           a
           full
           and
           incomparable
           Description
           of
           the
           Policy
           and
           Government
           of
           the
           States
           of
           the
           
             United
             Provinces
          
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           vain
           Presumption
           to
           attempt
           any
           farther
           on
           that
           Subject
           .
           However
           ,
           without
           derogating
           from
           his
           Honour
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           inserted
           divers
           particular
           Remarks
           ,
           not
           mention'd
           by
           him
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           Travellers
           may
           make
           Use
           of
           to
           very
           good
           purpose
           ,
           for
           whose
           Information
           this
           small
           Essay
           is
           chiefly
           
           design'd
           .
           And
           it
           will
           be
           the
           more
           eminently
           Useful
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           great
           number
           of
           English
           Gentlemen
           ,
           that
           now
           Travel
           that
           way
           .
           Wherefore
           I
           doubt
           not
           ,
           but
           this
           will
           be
           a
           sufficient
           Plea
           to
           cover
           me
           from
           the
           Imputation
           of
           Vanity
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           here
           perform'd
           ,
           is
           only
           intended
           for
           the
           publick
           Service
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           the
           particular
           Assistance
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           shall
           hereafter
           Travel
           through
           these
           Countries
           .
           The
           Lists
           of
           the
           Passage
           Boats
           and
           Wagons
           in
           Holland
           ,
           with
           the
           Hours
           of
           their
           going
           off
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           inserted
           ,
           the
           Traveller
           will
           find
           extreamly
           Useful
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Relation
           of
           the
           Kings
           Voyage
           to
           Holland
           ,
           annexed
           at
           the
           end
           .
           I
           Confess
           indeed
           ,
           That
           it
           deserves
           to
           be
           Written
           by
           an
           abler
           Hand
           ;
           but
           being
           at
           that
           time
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           I
           was
           induced
           by
           Curiosity
           ,
           to
           take
           an
           exact
           Account
           of
           this
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           Solemnity
           ,
           which
           I
           did
           at
           first
           for
           my
           own
           private
           Use
           ,
           but
           have
           now
           Published
           it
           through
           the
           importunity
           of
           some
           Friends
           .
           The
           Prospects
           of
           the
           Triumphal
           Arches
           ,
           Pyramids
           ,
           &c.
           are
           exactly
           Copied
           from
           the
           Original
           Draughts
           taken
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           are
           the
           true
           Representations
           of
           them
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               DESCRIPTION
               OF
               HOLLAND
               :
               With
               some
               Necessary
               DIRECTIONS
               FOR
               Such
               as
               intend
               to
               Travel
               through
               the
               Province
               of
               HOLLAND
               ,
               GERMANY
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               AS
               they
               that
               confine
               themselves
               to
               their
               own
               Country
               ,
               have
               not
               the
               opportunity
               to
               see
               and
               observe
               Rarities
               in
               other
               Parts
               of
               the
               World
               ;
               so
               ,
               such
               as
               go
               into
               Foreign
               Places
               ,
               rather
               Wander
               at
               Random
               ,
               than
               Travel
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               the
               Curiosity
               to
               commit
               to
               Memory
               or
               Writing
               such
               Things
               they
               meet
               with
               ,
               both
               for
               their
               own
               and
               others
               Satisfaction
               ,
               
               as
               may
               demonstrate
               the
               Fruits
               of
               their
               Travels
               .
            
             
               I
               confess
               ,
               all
               Travellers
               are
               not
               of
               alike
               Temper
               ;
               some
               delight
               themselves
               in
               Contemplation
               of
               the
               Curiosities
               of
               Arts
               ;
               some
               are
               taken
               with
               the
               Varieties
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               Nature
               ;
               others
               speculate
               ,
               with
               a
               kind
               of
               Reverence
               ,
               the
               Decays
               and
               Ruins
               of
               Antiquity
               ;
               others
               studiously
               inform
               themselves
               with
               the
               Transactions
               of
               Modern
               Times
               ;
               others
               with
               the
               Government
               and
               Polity
               ;
               others
               speculate
               the
               strange
               Cust●●●
               and
               Fashions
               of
               the
               Places
               they
               pass
               through
               ;
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               every
               one
               labours
               to
               entertain
               the
               Reader
               with
               those
               Objects
               and
               Rarities
               of
               Foreign
               Parts
               his
               Genius
               and
               Inclination
               is
               most
               affected
               with
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               my self
               ,
               although
               during
               the
               space
               of
               16
               Years
               Travel
               ,
               I
               might
               have
               enlarged
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Curiosity
               and
               Opportunity
               I
               have
               had
               in
               the
               rehearsal
               of
               many
               rare
               and
               exquisite
               Things
               very
               observable
               ;
               yet
               my
               chief
               Aim
               was
               ,
               to
               make
               such
               Remarks
               as
               might
               most
               contribute
               to
               the
               common
               Good
               of
               Human
               Society
               and
               Civil
               Life
               ,
               in
               taking
               notice
               of
               the
               Government
               and
               Polity
               of
               the
               several
               States
               and
               Dominions
               where
               I
               have
               been
               ,
               viz.
               The
               
                 United
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Denmark
                 ,
                 Sweden
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               Countries
               ,
               whose
               natural
               Temper
               and
               Disposition
               seemed
               to
               me
               most
               to
               sympathize
               with
               our
               English
               Nation
               ,
               and
               thereby
               have
               an
               occasion
               to
               do
               some
               good
               to
               my
               own
               Country
               .
               Expect
               
               not
               ,
               Reader
               ,
               a
               like
               punctualness
               ,
               as
               to
               all
               the
               forementioned
               places
               ,
               because
               very
               many
               things
               ,
               which
               I
               might
               have
               observed
               ,
               are
               much
               agreeing
               ,
               and
               so
               may
               be
               referred
               to
               what
               shall
               be
               spoken
               of
               the
               Polity
               and
               Government
               of
               Holland
               ,
               which
               ,
               for
               Reasons
               I
               shall
               by
               and
               by
               hint
               at
               ,
               is
               the
               chief
               End
               I
               aimed
               at
               in
               this
               Treatise
               .
            
             
               We
               will
               begin
               then
               in
               the
               first
               place
               with
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               Holland
               ,
               and
               Dominions
               of
               the
               States
               General
               ,
               which
               thô
               for
               some
               years
               were
               in
               a
               declining
               condition
               ,
               and
               their
               Forces
               exceedingly
               weakened
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               fatal
               War
               it
               managed
               against
               
                 England
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Munster
               ,
               unto
               which
               ,
               if
               we
               add
               the
               intestine
               Divisions
               of
               those
               two
               Factions
               ,
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               and
               Lovestein
               ,
               that
               Politick
               Body
               ,
               was
               so
               totter'd
               and
               torn
               ,
               as
               did
               threaten
               its
               utter
               and
               total
               Ruine
               .
            
             
               But
               as
               Bodies
               ,
               whether
               Natural
               or
               Politick
               ,
               after
               that
               a
               violent
               Fit
               hath
               ●ore
               shaken
               ,
               dissipated
               ,
               and
               exhausted
               their
               Spirits
               ,
               may
               recover
               vigor
               ,
               and
               look
               lively
               again
               ,
               if
               so
               be
               the
               Radical
               Constitution
               and
               Natural
               Temper
               be
               not
               wholly
               changed
               and
               depraved
               ;
               even
               so
               this
               Commonwealth
               of
               Holland
               hath
               visibly
               recovered
               Strength
               again
               ,
               and
               attained
               its
               former
               Force
               and
               Lustre
               .
            
             
               We
               will
               therefore
               make
               some
               Remarks
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Defects
               and
               Failings
               (
               observed
               not
               only
               by
               me
               ,
               but
               also
               by
               others
               )
               which
               that
               
               famous
               Commonwealth
               hath
               of
               late
               years
               been
               guilty
               of
               ;
               which
               I
               shall
               do
               not
               out
               of
               any
               Malice
               ,
               or
               design
               of
               Reflection
               ,
               the
               intention
               of
               writing
               this
               Treatise
               being
               simply
               to
               insert
               those
               Defaults
               which
               the
               wisest
               of
               Authors
               have
               always
               judged
               necessary
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               the
               Reformation
               of
               this
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               States
               whatsoever
               .
            
             
               This
               Commonwealth
               of
               Holland
               hath
               worthily
               been
               the
               Wonder
               of
               all
               Europe
               during
               this
               last
               Age
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               not
               to
               be
               parallell'd
               in
               the
               Records
               of
               former
               Times
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               consider
               how
               many
               years
               it
               was
               assaulted
               by
               the
               then
               most
               Potent
               Prince
               of
               Europe
               ,
               who
               aspired
               to
               no
               less
               than
               the
               Universal
               Empire
               ;
               and
               that
               how
               formidable
               soever
               he
               were
               ,
               yet
               they
               not
               only
               maintained
               their
               Pretensions
               ,
               but
               with
               uninterrupted
               Prosperity
               and
               Succefsfulness
               adva●●ed
               their
               Trade
               ,
               and
               spread
               their
               Conquests
               in
               all
               the
               four
               Parts
               of
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               Rome
               it self
               ,
               though
               most
               famous
               and
               victorious
               ,
               yet
               could
               not
               ,
               as
               is
               be●ieved
               ,
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               do
               what
               by
               this
               Commonwealth
               hath
               been
               effected
               .
               In
               India
               and
               Africa
               they
               soon
               forced
               the
               Spaniard
               and
               Portugueses
               to
               yield
               to
               them
               most
               of
               their
               Trade
               and
               Possessions
               :
               And
               thô
               England
               put
               in
               for
               a
               share
               ,
               yet
               they
               were
               a
               long
               while
               vigorously
               opposed
               by
               the
               Dutch
               ,
               and
               to
               this
               hour
               have
               enough
               to
               do
               to
               keep
               what
               they
               have
               gotten
               ;
               so
               that
               in
               less
               than
               100
               years
               this
               Commonwealth
               
               by
               their
               Industry
               ,
               and
               Art
               in
               Trading
               ,
               are
               become
               so
               excessive
               Rich
               and
               Potent
               ,
               that
               they
               began
               to
               Insult
               ,
               and
               would
               needs
               be
               Arbitrators
               to
               their
               Neighbouring
               Princes
               and
               States
               ,
               and
               encroach
               upon
               their
               Territories
               and
               Dominions
               .
            
             
               This
               drew
               upon
               them
               that
               fatal
               War
               before-mentioned
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               were
               sorely
               weaken'd
               and
               brought
               so
               low
               ,
               that
               except
               GOD
               by
               a
               more
               than
               ordinary
               Providence
               had
               protected
               and
               appeared
               for
               them
               ,
               they
               had
               certainly
               been
               ruinated
               ,
               and
               never
               able
               to
               recover
               themselves
               again
               ;
               however
               ,
               their
               Pride
               hereby
               was
               much
               abated
               :
               And
               as
               Luxury
               and
               Lasciviousness
               are
               the
               sad
               Effects
               of
               Prosperity
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Pride
               ;
               so
               such
               Vices
               in
               a
               Body
               Politick
               and
               Commonwealth
               as
               do
               corrupt
               the
               Radical
               Humours
               ,
               by
               abating
               the
               Vigour
               of
               the
               Vital
               Parts
               ,
               do
               insensibly
               tend
               to
               the
               Consumption
               and
               Decay
               of
               the
               whole
               .
            
             
               That
               this
               Commonwealth
               hath
               much
               recovered
               its
               Strength
               ,
               may
               clearly
               appear
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               what
               great
               Things
               they
               have
               effected
               since
               the
               little
               time
               they
               have
               enjoyed
               Peace
               :
               They
               have
               in
               less
               than
               7
               Years
               built
               about
               40
               gallant
               Ships
               of
               War
               ;
               They
               have
               laid
               out
               vast
               Sums
               of
               Treasure
               in
               refortifying
               
                 Narden
                 ,
                 Maestricht
                 ,
                 Breda
              
               ,
               the
               Grave
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               Places
               ;
               They
               have
               paid
               vast
               Sums
               of
               Money
               to
               their
               Allies
               for
               their
               Auxiliary
               Troops
               ,
               as
               also
               200000
               l.
               Sterling
               to
               the
               King
               of
               England
               to
               Enjoy
               their
               Peace
               with
               him
               .
               And
               
               besides
               all
               this
               ,
               their
               Encrease
               in
               Riches
               and
               Power
               may
               be
               guessed
               at
               ,
               by
               the
               many
               stately
               Houses
               built
               within
               these
               5
               Years
               in
               
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 Rotterdam
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Places
               ;
               to
               all
               which
               we
               may
               add
               ,
               to
               what
               excessive
               height
               the
               Actions
               of
               the
               East
               and
               West-India
               Company
               are
               risen
               ,
               and
               the
               Obligations
               from
               the
               States
               are
               so
               esteemed
               as
               to
               Security
               ,
               that
               they
               can
               get
               as
               much
               Mony
               as
               they
               please
               at
               2
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               Not
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               exceeding
               Encrease
               of
               their
               Subjects
               ,
               occasioned
               by
               the
               French
               King's
               Tyranny
               against
               the
               distressed
               Protestants
               in
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Alsace
              
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               of
               his
               Conquests
               ;
               neither
               will
               we
               speak
               of
               other
               Signs
               of
               the
               Encrease
               of
               this
               Commonwealth
               ,
               as
               not
               judging
               it
               convenient
               to
               commit
               them
               to
               Paper
               ,
               but
               will
               now
               proceed
               to
               shew
               the
               Method
               of
               Living
               and
               Travelling
               in
               the
               Dominions
               and
               Places
               of
               the
               States
               ,
               which
               ,
               if
               you
               do
               well
               consider
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               how
               happy
               and
               easy
               the
               Government
               of
               England
               is
               ,
               above
               that
               of
               other
               Nations
               .
            
             
               The
               Briell
               in
               Holland
               is
               the
               usual
               place
               where
               the
               Pacquet
               and
               King's
               Pleasure-boats
               bring
               on
               such
               as
               come
               to
               see
               the
               United
               Provinces
               ;
               but
               of
               late
               Helvoet-Sluys
               is
               the
               place
               the
               Pacquet
               comes
               to
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               more
               convenient
               Port
               :
               Here
               be
               sure
               to
               furnish
               your self
               well
               with
               Money
               .
               From
               hence
               you
               take
               a
               Boat
               to
               Maesland-Sluys
               or
               Rotterdam
               ,
               which
               ,
               if
               you
               go
               in
               Company
               with
               others
               ,
               will
               only
               cost
               you
               5
               Stivers
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               take
               one
               for
               
               your self
               ,
               will
               cost
               25
               Stivers
               for
               Maeseland-Sluce
               ,
               and
               a
               Ducatoon
               to
               Rotterdam
               :
               The
               fifth
               part
               of
               which
               goes
               to
               the
               States
               for
               a
               Tax
               ,
               they
               call
               
                 Passagie
                 Gelt
              
               ;
               and
               the
               other
               four
               parts
               are
               for
               the
               Boat-Men
               or
               Schippers
               ,
               who
               also
               out
               of
               their
               Gains
               must
               pay
               a
               Tax
               to
               the
               States
               ,
               so
               that
               by
               Computation
               you
               pay
               a
               fifth
               Penny
               to
               the
               States
               for
               your
               Travelling
               either
               in
               Boats
               by
               Water
               ,
               or
               in
               Wagons
               by
               Land.
               
            
             
               As
               you
               pass
               by
               Maseland-Sluce
               you
               will
               see
               a
               very
               fair
               Fishing
               Village
               ,
               to
               which
               belong
               near
               Two
               hundred
               Herring
               Busses
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               go
               by
               the
               way
               of
               Rotterdam
               you
               Sail
               by
               two
               old
               Towns
               ,
               called
               Flardin
               and
               Schiedam
               :
               Yet
               let
               me
               advise
               you
               before
               you
               depart
               from
               the
               Briell
               ,
               to
               take
               a
               serious
               view
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               City
               which
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               time
               was
               one
               of
               the
               Cautionary
               Towns
               Pawned
               to
               England
               .
               The
               Briell
               had
               a
               Voice
               among
               the
               States
               ,
               but
               by
               reason
               Rotterdam
               hath
               got
               away
               their
               Trade
               ,
               by
               which
               having
               lost
               its
               former
               Lustre
               ,
               is
               now
               become
               a
               Fishing
               Town
               only
               .
            
             
               Rotterdam
               is
               the
               Second
               City
               for
               Trade
               in
               Holland
               ,
               and
               by
               some
               is
               called
               ,
               
                 Little
                 London
              
               ,
               as
               having
               vast
               Traffick
               with
               England
               ,
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               many
               of
               the
               Citizens
               Speak
               good
               English
               .
               There
               are
               in
               this
               City
               two
               considerable
               Churches
               of
               English
               and
               Scotch
               :
               And
               how
               great
               a
               Trade
               they
               drive
               with
               the
               King
               of
               
               England's
               Subjects
               is
               evident
               ,
               for
               in
               
               the
               year
               1674
               ,
               at
               the
               opening
               of
               the
               Waters
               ,
               after
               a
               great
               Frost
               ,
               there
               departed
               out
               of
               Rotterdam
               300.
               
               Sail
               of
               English
               ,
               Scotch
               ,
               and
               Irish
               Ships
               at
               once
               with
               an
               Easterly
               Wind
               :
               And
               if
               a
               Reason
               should
               be
               demanded
               ,
               how
               it
               comes
               to
               pass
               that
               so
               many
               English
               Ships
               should
               frequently
               come
               to
               that
               Haven
               ,
               It
               is
               easily
               answered
               ,
               because
               they
               can
               ordinarily
               Load
               and
               Unload
               ,
               and
               make
               returns
               to
               England
               from
               Rotterdam
               before
               a
               Ship
               can
               get
               clear
               from
               Amsterdam
               and
               the
               Texel
               :
               And
               therefore
               your
               English
               Merchants
               find
               it
               Cheaper
               ,
               and
               more
               Commodious
               for
               Trade
               ,
               that
               after
               their
               Goods
               are
               arrived
               at
               Rotterdam
               ,
               to
               send
               their
               Goods
               in
               Boats
               Landward
               into
               Amsterdam
               .
            
             
               This
               City
               is
               Famous
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               place
               where
               great
               Erasmus
               was
               Born
               ,
               whose
               Statue
               of
               Brass
               stands
               erected
               in
               the
               Market-place
               :
               And
               although
               the
               Buildings
               here
               are
               not
               so
               superb
               as
               those
               of
               
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 Leyden
              
               ,
               or
               Haerlem
               ,
               yet
               the
               places
               worth
               the
               seeing
               ,
               are
               ,
               first
               ,
               the
               great
               Church
               ,
               where
               several
               Admirals
               lie
               stately
               Entombed
               ;
               here
               you
               see
               their
               Admiralty
               ,
               East-India
               ,
               and
               Stadt-Houses
               ,
               together
               with
               that
               called
               ,
               
                 Het
                 Gemeen
                 Lands
                 Huis
              
               .
            
             
               From
               Rotterdam
               you
               may
               for
               five
               Stivers
               have
               a
               Boat
               to
               bring
               you
               to
               Delft
               ,
               but
               before
               you
               come
               thither
               you
               pass
               through
               a
               fair
               Village
               called
               Overschie
               ,
               where
               the
               French
               and
               English
               Youths
               are
               trained
               up
               in
               Litterature
               ,
               
               as
               to
               the
               Latin
               and
               Dutch
               Tongue
               ,
               Book-keeping
               ,
               &c.
               
               From
               thence
               in
               the
               same
               Boat
               you
               come
               to
               Delft
               which
               is
               Famous
               for
               making
               of
               Porceline
               to
               that
               degree
               ,
               that
               it
               much
               resembles
               the
               China
               ,
               but
               only
               it
               is
               not
               Transparent
               .
            
             
               In
               Delft
               is
               the
               great
               Magazin
               of
               Arms
               for
               the
               whole
               Province
               of
               Holland
               :
               Their
               Churches
               are
               very
               large
               ,
               in
               one
               of
               which
               are
               Tombs
               of
               the
               Princes
               of
               Orange
               ,
               Admiral
               Tromp
               ,
               and
               General
               Morgans
               Lady
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Cloister
               over
               against
               the
               Church
               ,
               you
               have
               an
               Inscription
               in
               a
               Pillar
               of
               Brass
               ,
               shewing
               after
               what
               manner
               William
               the
               First
               ,
               that
               Famous
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               was
               shot
               to
               Death
               by
               a
               Miscreant
               Jesuit
               ,
               with
               his
               deserved
               Punishment
               .
            
             
               Delft
               hath
               the
               third
               Voice
               in
               the
               States
               of
               Holland
               ,
               and
               sends
               its
               Deputies
               unto
               the
               College
               of
               the
               States
               General
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               other
               Colleges
               of
               the
               Commonwealth
               .
               They
               have
               also
               a
               Chamber
               in
               the
               East-India
               Company
               ,
               as
               shall
               be
               more
               largely
               spoken
               to
               ,
               when
               we
               shall
               come
               to
               Treat
               of
               the
               State
               of
               the
               said
               Company
               .
            
             
               From
               Delft
               you
               may
               by
               Boat
               be
               brought
               to
               the
               Hague
               for
               two
               Stivers
               and
               an
               half
               ;
               which
               is
               accounted
               the
               fairest
               Village
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               both
               for
               pompous
               Buildings
               ,
               and
               the
               largeness
               thereof
               ;
               here
               the
               Princes
               of
               Orange
               hold
               their
               Residence
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               States
               General
               ,
               and
               the
               Council
               of
               State
               ;
               here
               you
               
               have
               the
               Courts
               of
               Justice
               ,
               Chancery
               ,
               and
               other
               Courts
               of
               Law.
               Here
               you
               see
               that
               great
               Hall
               ,
               in
               which
               many
               Hundreds
               of
               Colours
               are
               hung
               up
               in
               Trophy
               ,
               taken
               from
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               Spaniard
               ,
               and
               other
               Potentates
               with
               whom
               they
               have
               waged
               War.
               Their
               Council
               Chambers
               are
               admired
               by
               all
               that
               see
               them
               .
               Many
               fair
               Libraries
               they
               have
               belonging
               to
               particular
               Men.
               The
               Princes
               Palace
               is
               a
               most
               superb
               Building
               ,
               and
               there
               are
               many
               costly
               Gardens
               adjoyning
               to
               the
               Hague
               ,
               together
               with
               that
               to
               the
               Princes
               House
               in
               the
               Wood
               ,
               in
               which
               House
               are
               in
               a
               large
               Hall
               the
               most
               rare
               and
               costly
               Pictures
               of
               Europe
               ;
               there
               also
               are
               those
               Magnificent
               and
               Unparalell'd
               Gardens
               of
               the
               ●●eer
               Bentham
               of
               Amesland
               and
               others
               .
               I
               might
               here
               speak
               of
               the
               splendor
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Court
               in
               Holland
               ,
               of
               his
               Noble
               Virtues
               and
               Valour
               ,
               of
               the
               most
               Virtuous
               and
               Beautiful
               Princess
               his
               Royal
               Consort
               ,
               but
               I
               dare
               not
               ,
               least
               I
               should
               infinitely
               fall
               short
               of
               what
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               which
               others
               have
               already
               done
               before
               me
               :
               And
               therefore
               leaving
               the
               Hague
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               tell
               you
               that
               from
               thence
               you
               may
               for
               seven
               Stivers
               have
               a
               Boat
               to
               bring
               you
               to
               
                 Leyden
                 .
                 Leyden
              
               is
               a
               fair
               and
               great
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               University
               is
               very
               Famous
               ,
               there
               being
               continually
               in
               it
               1000
               Students
               from
               all
               parts
               ,
               as
               
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 Poland
                 ,
                 Germany
              
               ,
               yea
               from
               the
               Ottomans
               Empire
               it self
               ,
               who
               pretend
               to
               be
               Grecians
               ,
               besides
               the
               English
               ,
               
               Scots
               ,
               and
               Irish
               ,
               who
               this
               year
               were
               numbred
               to
               be
               above
               80.
               
            
             
               The
               most
               remarkable
               Things
               here
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               I
               shall
               summarily
               set
               down
               :
               As
               the
               place
               called
               the
               Bergh
               ,
               formerly
               a
               Castle
               belonging
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Liege
               in
               Flanders
               :
               The
               Stadt-house
               ,
               the
               University
               Schools
               ,
               especially
               that
               of
               the
               Anatomy
               ,
               which
               excels
               all
               the
               Anatomy
               Schools
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               a
               Book
               of
               the
               Rarities
               whereof
               you
               may
               have
               for
               six
               Stivers
               ;
               their
               Physick
               Garden
               ,
               and
               the
               Professors
               Closet
               are
               all
               Ravishing
               in
               rare
               Curiosities
               .
               But
               as
               to
               their
               Colleges
               ,
               they
               are
               but
               two
               ,
               and
               very
               small
               ,
               not
               to
               be
               compared
               with
               the
               smallest
               Halls
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               neither
               have
               they
               any
               Endowments
               ,
               their
               maintenance
               being
               only
               from
               the
               Charitable
               Collections
               of
               the
               Ministers
               of
               Holland
               ;
               neither
               are
               any
               Students
               to
               remain
               longer
               there
               than
               till
               they
               attain
               the
               Degree
               of
               Batchelors
               of
               Art
               :
               One
               of
               the
               Curators
               being
               demanded
               by
               me
               ,
               Why
               so
               Rich
               a
               Commonwealth
               as
               Holland
               is
               ,
               did
               not
               Build
               and
               Endow
               Colleges
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               Oxford
               and
               Cambridge
               ;
               answered
               ,
               They
               had
               not
               so
               many
               able
               and
               publick
               spirited
               Men
               as
               are
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               to
               deal
               plainly
               with
               you
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               had
               we
               such
               Colleges
               ,
               our
               Burghermasters
               and
               Magistrates
               would
               fill
               them
               with
               their
               own
               and
               their
               Friends
               Sons
               ,
               who
               by
               leading
               a
               lazie
               and
               idle
               Life
               ,
               would
               never
               become
               capable
               to
               serve
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               
               therefore
               he
               judged
               it
               much
               better
               to
               put
               them
               to
               Pension
               in
               Burghers-Houses
               ,
               leaving
               them
               to
               the
               care
               of
               the
               Professors
               ,
               who
               are
               very
               diligent
               in
               keeping
               the
               Students
               at
               their
               Exercises
               ,
               both
               at
               publick
               Lectures
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               private
               Houses
               also
               ,
               where
               they
               cause
               them
               punctually
               at
               their
               appointed
               Hours
               to
               come
               to
               their
               Examinations
               and
               Lectures
               ,
               besides
               those
               they
               have
               in
               publick
               .
               Their
               Churches
               are
               rare
               ,
               so
               are
               their
               Walks
               round
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               Fortifications
               very
               pleasing
               to
               behold
               .
               Here
               you
               have
               the
               River
               Rhine
               running
               through
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               falling
               into
               it
               from
               
                 Catwyck
                 op
                 Zee
                 .
                 Leyden
              
               is
               very
               Famous
               in
               History
               for
               the
               long
               Siege
               it
               held
               out
               against
               the
               Spaniard
               .
               From
               hence
               for
               12
               Stivers
               and
               an
               half
               you
               are
               brought
               to
               Haerlem
               by
               Water
               ,
               being
               12
               English
               Miles
               .
            
             
               Harlem
               is
               Famous
               ,
               in
               that
               Costor
               one
               of
               their
               Burghers
               ,
               first
               Invented
               the
               Art
               of
               Printing
               .
               This
               Costor
               being
               suspected
               to
               be
               a
               Conjurer
               ,
               was
               fain
               to
               flee
               from
               Haerlem
               to
               Cologne
               in
               Germany
               ,
               and
               there
               perfected
               his
               Invention
               ,
               having
               in
               Haerlem
               only
               found
               out
               the
               way
               of
               Printing
               on
               one
               side
               of
               the
               Paper
               .
               The
               first
               Book
               he
               ever
               Printed
               is
               kept
               in
               the
               Stadt-house
               ,
               for
               those
               that
               are
               curious
               to
               see
               it
               .
               Here
               is
               one
               of
               the
               fairest
               and
               largest
               Churches
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               Provinces
               ,
               in
               the
               Walls
               whereof
               there
               remain
               to
               this
               day
               sticking
               ,
               Cannon
               Bullets
               ,
               shot
               by
               the
               Spaniards
               during
               the
               Siege
               thereof
               .
               In
               this
               Church
               
               are
               three
               Organs
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               model
               of
               the
               three
               Ships
               that
               Sailed
               from
               Haerlem
               to
               Damiater
               ,
               seizing
               the
               Castle
               in
               which
               the
               Earl
               of
               Holland
               was
               kept
               a
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               brought
               him
               away
               to
               Holland
               :
               In
               the
               Tower
               of
               this
               Church
               hang
               two
               Silver
               Bells
               ,
               which
               they
               also
               brought
               from
               thence
               ,
               and
               now
               Ring
               them
               every
               Night
               at
               nine
               a
               Clock
               .
            
             
               Haerlem
               is
               Renowned
               for
               making
               the
               finest
               Linnen
               Cloth
               ,
               Tyffinies
               ,
               Damasks
               ,
               and
               Silk
               Stuffs
               ;
               also
               Ribands
               and
               Tapes
               :
               They
               have
               Mills
               by
               which
               they
               can
               Weave
               40
               or
               50
               pieces
               at
               a
               time
               ;
               they
               make
               the
               finest
               white
               Thread
               and
               Tapes
               for
               Lace
               in
               the
               whole
               World
               ;
               their
               Bleacheries
               surpass
               all
               other
               whatsoever
               ,
               their
               Waters
               whitening
               Cloth
               better
               than
               any
               in
               the
               Seventeen
               Provinces
               :
               They
               have
               a
               most
               pleasant
               Grove
               like
               a
               little
               Wood
               ,
               divided
               into
               Walks
               ,
               where
               on
               Sundays
               and
               Holy-days
               the
               Citizens
               of
               Amsterdam
               and
               other
               places
               come
               to
               take
               their
               pleasure
               .
               Haerlem
               is
               the
               Second
               City
               of
               Holland
               ,
               and
               sends
               in
               Deputies
               unto
               all
               the
               Colleges
               of
               the
               Government
               .
               From
               hence
               you
               have
               a
               passage
               by
               Boat
               to
               Amsterdam
               for
               six
               Stivers
               ,
               but
               when
               you
               are
               come
               half
               way
               ,
               you
               must
               step
               out
               of
               one
               Boat
               to
               go
               into
               another
               ,
               where
               you
               see
               a
               stately
               Palace
               ,
               where
               the
               Lords
               ,
               called
               Dykgraves
               sit
               ;
               every
               one
               of
               these
               Lords
               hath
               his
               Apartment
               when
               he
               comes
               for
               the
               Concerns
               of
               the
               Sea-dykes
               and
               Banks
               :
               Here
               are
               also
               two
               large
               Sluces
               ,
               
               having
               Gates
               to
               let
               in
               or
               out
               Water
               from
               the
               
                 Haerlemmer
                 Meer
              
               .
               Near
               this
               place
               about
               Anno
               1672
               ,
               a
               part
               of
               the
               Sea-Bank
               was
               broken
               by
               a
               strong
               North-West
               Wind
               ,
               drowning
               all
               the
               Land
               betwixt
               Amsterdam
               and
               Haerlem
               ,
               which
               cost
               an
               incredible
               vast
               Sum
               to
               have
               it
               repaired
               .
               They
               sunk
               in
               this
               Breach
               400
               small
               Vessels
               fil'd
               with
               Earth
               and
               Stones
               ,
               for
               a
               Foundation
               to
               rebuild
               the
               Wall
               upon
               ,
               and
               by
               unspeakable
               Industry
               and
               Charges
               at
               last
               repaired
               the
               Bank.
               
            
             
               I
               come
               now
               to
               speak
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               which
               having
               been
               the
               place
               of
               my
               abode
               for
               several
               years
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               a
               more
               large
               and
               punctual
               account
               thereof
               then
               I
               do
               of
               other
               Places
               :
               It
               is
               esteemed
               by
               Intelligent
               Men
               ,
               the
               Second
               City
               in
               the
               World
               for
               Trade
               ,
               and
               not
               inferiour
               to
               any
               in
               Wealth
               .
               Certainly
               Amsterdam
               is
               one
               of
               the
               Beautifullest
               Cities
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               their
               Buildings
               are
               large
               ,
               their
               Streets
               for
               the
               most
               part
               pleasantly
               Planted
               with
               Trees
               ,
               and
               Paved
               so
               neatly
               ,
               as
               is
               to
               be
               found
               no
               where
               else
               in
               any
               Country
               ,
               save
               in
               some
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               Provinces
               .
               And
               although
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               already
               said
               ,
               Amsterdam
               may
               justly
               be
               taken
               for
               the
               Second
               or
               Third
               City
               after
               London
               and
               Paris
               ,
               yet
               it
               hath
               neither
               Court
               nor
               University
               as
               they
               have
               .
               And
               now
               in
               treating
               of
               all
               the
               Excellences
               and
               Virtues
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               hyperbolize
               or
               flatter
               ;
               for
               before
               I
               have
               done
               ,
               you
               shall
               see
               ,
               I
               shall
               also
               faithfully
               
               declaim
               against
               the
               Evils
               ,
               Mistakes
               ,
               and
               Vices
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               Amsterdam
               stands
               upon
               1000
               Morgans
               of
               Land
               ,
               encompassed
               with
               a
               very
               strong
               Wall
               and
               Bastions
               most
               pleasant
               to
               behold
               ,
               with
               a
               very
               large
               Gracht
               or
               Ditch
               for
               the
               defence
               of
               three
               parts
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               the
               fourth
               being
               secured
               by
               an
               Arm
               of
               the
               Sea
               called
               the
               River
               Y
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               the
               English
               Men
               corruptly
               call
               it
               )
               the
               Ty.
               There
               are
               13
               Churches
               in
               this
               City
               for
               those
               of
               the
               Reformed
               Religion
               (
               called
               
                 Dutch
                 Presbyterians
              
               )
               to
               meet
               and
               worship
               in
               ,
               with
               two
               French
               ,
               one
               High-Dutch
               ,
               and
               one
               English
               ,
               all
               Presbyterian
               Churches
               ,
               who
               only
               are
               allowed
               Bells
               ,
               and
               whose
               Ministers
               are
               maintained
               by
               the
               Magistrate
               .
               All
               these
               Churches
               or
               Congregations
               make
               up
               only
               a
               third
               part
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               City
               .
               The
               Papists
               ,
               who
               have
               85
               Houses
               or
               Chapels
               to
               meet
               in
               for
               their
               Worship
               ,
               make
               another
               third
               part
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               long
               Square
               of
               Houses
               for
               their
               Nuns
               to
               live
               in
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               shut
               up
               in
               Cloisters
               ,
               as
               in
               Papist
               Countries
               they
               are
               wont
               to
               do
               ,
               but
               may
               go
               in
               and
               out
               at
               their
               pleasure
               ,
               yea
               and
               Marry
               also
               ,
               if
               they
               grow
               weary
               of
               a
               Nunnish
               Life
               .
               These
               Churches
               of
               the
               Papists
               have
               no
               Bells
               allow'd
               them
               ,
               being
               look'd
               upon
               as
               Conventicles
               ,
               and
               are
               many
               times
               shut
               up
               ,
               and
               again
               opened
               at
               the
               
               Scout's
               pleasure
               .
               The
               other
               third
               part
               of
               the
               City
               is
               made
               up
               by
               
                 Jews
                 ,
                 Lutherans
                 ,
                 Armenians
                 ,
                 Brownists
              
               or
               
                 English
                 Independants
                 ,
                 
                 Anabaptists
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Quakers
               :
               None
               of
               which
               ,
               as
               was
               also
               said
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               have
               Bells
               allowed
               them
               ,
               but
               are
               accounted
               Conventicles
               ;
               and
               all
               that
               Marry
               amongst
               them
               must
               first
               be
               married
               by
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               and
               then
               (
               if
               they
               please
               )
               among
               themselves
               in
               their
               own
               Assemblies
               ;
               neither
               are
               any
               of
               them
               admitted
               unto
               any
               Office
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               but
               such
               only
               as
               are
               of
               the
               Reformed
               or
               Presbiterian
               Profession
               .
            
             
               The
               Jews
               ,
               who
               are
               very
               considerable
               in
               the
               Trade
               of
               this
               City
               ,
               have
               two
               Synagogues
               ,
               one
               whereof
               is
               the
               largest
               in
               Christendom
               ,
               and
               as
               some
               say
               ,
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               sure
               I
               am
               ,
               it
               far
               exceeds
               those
               in
               
                 Rome
                 ,
                 Venice
              
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               places
               where
               I
               have
               been
               .
               Within
               the
               Court-yard
               where
               their
               Synagogue
               stands
               ,
               they
               have
               several
               Rooms
               or
               Schools
               ,
               where
               their
               Children
               are
               taught
               Hebrew
               ,
               and
               very
               carefully
               (
               to
               the
               shame
               of
               Christians
               negligence
               )
               brought
               up
               and
               instructed
               in
               the
               Jewish
               Principles
               .
            
             
               Amsterdam
               ,
               for
               the
               wise
               Statesmen
               it
               hath
               produced
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               be
               a
               second
               Athens
               ;
               others
               make
               it
               the
               Storehouse
               or
               Magazine
               of
               Europe
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               hath
               such
               great
               store
               of
               Corn
               ,
               wherewith
               it
               furnishes
               many
               other
               Nations
               .
               And
               secondly
               ,
               for
               the
               exceeding
               great
               Magazine
               of
               Spices
               ,
               which
               in
               ancient
               times
               the
               Venetians
               brought
               by
               Land
               ,
               furnishing
               all
               Parts
               of
               Europe
               ,
               but
               now
               is
               done
               by
               the
               East-India
               Company
               ,
               which
               not
               only
               supplies
               
               Europe
               therewith
               ,
               but
               many
               places
               in
               the
               Indies
               also
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               It
               hath
               inconceivable
               Store
               of
               all
               manner
               of
               Provisions
               for
               War
               ,
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               England
               and
               divers
               other
               Nations
               send
               to
               Amsterdam
               to
               buy
               Arms
               ,
               Buff-Coats
               ,
               Belts
               ,
               Match
               ,
               &c.
               
               Yea
               ,
               here
               are
               several
               Shop-keepers
               who
               can
               deliver
               Arms
               for
               four
               or
               five
               Thousand
               Men
               ,
               and
               at
               a
               cheaper
               rate
               than
               can
               be
               got
               any
               where
               else
               ;
               and
               this
               they
               can
               do
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               great
               Industry
               in
               the
               Ingrossing
               most
               of
               the
               Iron
               Works
               on
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               and
               other
               Rivers
               ,
               which
               run
               into
               Holland
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               Amsterdam
               hath
               more
               store
               of
               sawed
               and
               prepared
               Timber
               for
               Shipping
               than
               can
               be
               found
               in
               any
               one
               Nation
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               the
               Reason
               why
               her
               Neighbor
               Town
               Sardam
               is
               made
               capable
               of
               Building
               Ships
               20
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               cheaper
               than
               they
               can
               do
               in
               England
               or
               France
               :
               So
               that
               both
               France
               ,
               and
               Spain
               do
               many
               times
               buy
               them
               in
               Holland
               :
               As
               lately
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               bought
               Ten
               Capital
               Ships
               of
               the
               two
               Brothers
               the
               Melts
               Merchants
               in
               this
               City
               .
               Fifthly
               ,
               Amsterdam
               is
               the
               Staple
               where
               the
               Emperor
               sells
               his
               Quick-silver
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               the
               Spaniard
               ,
               to
               use
               in
               his
               Mines
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               making
               of
               Cinoprium
               or
               Vermillion
               ,
               with
               which
               Amsterdam
               furnisheth
               not
               only
               Europe
               ,
               but
               many
               places
               in
               the
               Indies
               .
            
             
               
                 THE
                 STADT
                 HOUSE
                 OF
                 AMSTERDAM
              
            
             
               The
               Stadthouse
               ,
               or
               Guild-hall
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               is
               deservedly
               admired
               and
               talked
               of
               by
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               it
               is
               in
               Truth
               a
               most
               neat
               and
               splendid
               Pile
               of
               Building
               ,
               and
               the
               Reader
               will
               not
               be
               displeased
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               if
               I
               enlarge
               〈◊〉
               little
               in
               its
               Description
               .
               This
               Noble
               Town-House
               then
               ,
               is
               Built
               all
               of
               Free-Stone
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Modern
               Architecture
               of
               the
               Corinthian
               Order
               ,
               Adorned
               with
               Statues
               in
               Brass
               ,
               and
               Carving
               in
               Marble
               by
               the
               best
               Masters
               of
               the
               Age.
               A
               Prospect
               whereof
               see
               in
               the
               following
               Figure
               .
               It
               is
               282
               Foot
               wide
               ,
               232
               Foot
               deep
               ,
               and
               116
               Foot
               high
               ,
               besides
               the
               Tower.
               The
               Foundation
               is
               laid
               upon
               13659
               Piles
               of
               Wood
               driven
               into
               the
               Ground
               ;
               the
               first
               Stone
               of
               it
               was
               laid
               October
               28.
               1648.
               
               In
               the
               middle
               over
               the
               Cornish
               ,
               and
               just
               before
               the
               Tower
               ,
               is
               a
               very
               handsome
               piece
               of
               Carving
               in
               Marble
               of
               82
               Foot
               long
               ,
               and
               18
               Foot
               high
               ,
               wherein
               the
               City
               of
               Amsterdam
               is
               represented
               by
               a
               Woman
               ,
               
               on
               whose
               Right
               Hand
               sits
               the
               God
               Neptune
               ,
               with
               his
               Trident
               ,
               and
               two
               Sea-Goddesses
               bring
               her
               the
               Fruits
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
               On
               her
               Left
               ,
               two
               Naïdes
               present
               her
               with
               Laurels
               and
               Palms
               ;
               and
               before
               her
               two
               Tritons
               Dance
               and
               Sound
               their
               Horns
               .
               On
               the
               top
               of
               this
               stands
               an
               Image
               of
               Brass
               ,
               representing
               Peace
               ,
               and
               one
               on
               each
               side
               representing
               Providence
               and
               Justice
               ,
               each
               Figure
               being
               12
               Foot
               high
               .
               And
               on
               the
               back
               part
               of
               the
               Building
               to
               answer
               ,
               is
               such
               another
               piece
               of
               Carving
               ,
               in
               Marble
               also
               ,
               shewing
               the
               Grandeur
               and
               Commerce
               of
               the
               City
               ;
               in
               the
               middle
               sits
               a
               Woman
               ,
               having
               on
               her
               Head
               the
               Hat
               with
               Wings
               of
               Mercury
               ;
               behind
               her
               is
               seen
               the
               Masts
               and
               Sails
               of
               a
               Ship
               ,
               and
               round
               about
               her
               lies
               all
               sorts
               of
               Mathematical
               Instruments
               used
               in
               Sailing
               ;
               at
               her
               Feet
               lie
               the
               two
               Rivers
               Y
               and
               Amstel
               ,
               and
               on
               each
               side
               ,
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Four
               Parts
               of
               the
               World
               bring
               her
               their
               Fruits
               .
               Here
               likewise
               are
               placed
               three
               Images
               of
               Brass
               of
               the
               same
               bigness
               with
               the
               other
               ;
               that
               on
               the
               top
               is
               an
               Atlas
               ,
               bearing
               a
               very
               large
               Globe
               of
               Copper
               ,
               on
               the
               right
               Hand
               ,
               one
               representing
               Temperance
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               left
               Justice
               .
               On
               each
               of
               the
               four
               Corners
               of
               the
               Building
               ,
               over
               the
               Cornish
               ,
               stand
               four
               Eagles
               of
               Brass
               supporting
               an
               Imperial
               Crown
               ,
               all
               finely
               Gilt.
               In
               the
               middle
               is
               erected
               a
               very
               handsom
               round
               Tower
               ,
               advanced
               about
               50
               Foot
               above
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Building
               ,
               
               the
               Roof
               supported
               by
               Pillars
               ,
               and
               adorned
               with
               Images
               ;
               in
               it
               hang
               a
               very
               curious
               Chime
               of
               Bells
               ,
               which
               at
               certain
               times
               being
               played
               on
               by
               a
               Person
               maintained
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               afford
               a
               very
               agreeable
               Musick
               .
               So
               much
               for
               the
               out
               side
               .
               And
               now
               let
               us
               enter
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               by
               Seven
               little
               Arched
               Doors
               ,
               which
               let
               you
               into
               the
               Porch
               ,
               from
               whence
               you
               enter
               the
               House
               by
               two
               large
               Gates
               ,
               between
               which
               opening
               by
               Windows
               ,
               (
               with
               Bars
               of
               Cast-Brass
               )
               to
               the
               Street
               ,
               stands
               the
               Justice-Hall
               for
               Trial
               of
               Criminals
               ,
               which
               is
               Adorned
               with
               many
               curious
               Carvings
               in
               Marble
               of
               Ingenious
               Devices
               ,
               which
               would
               be
               too
               long
               to
               describe
               particularly
               .
               Below
               Stairs
               ,
               within
               side
               ,
               is
               kept
               the
               Office
               of
               the
               Bank
               ,
               where
               the
               Merchants
               write
               off
               their
               Money
               ,
               the
               Prisons
               both
               for
               Debtors
               and
               Criminals
               ,
               the
               Guard
               Chamber
               where
               the
               Citizens
               keep
               the
               Head-Watch
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               Keys
               of
               the
               City
               Gates
               are
               kept
               lockt
               up
               in
               a
               Chest
               every
               Night
               ,
               and
               some
               other
               Offices
               .
               From
               hence
               you
               ascend
               by
               a
               handsome
               broad
               pair
               of
               Stairs
               ,
               though
               not
               very
               light
               ,
               into
               the
               Burghers-Hall
               ,
               which
               is
               120
               Foot
               long
               ,
               57
               Foot
               broad
               ,
               and
               98
               Foot
               high
               ,
               in
               the
               Floor
               whereof
               are
               inlaid
               in
               Marble
               the
               two
               Faces
               of
               the
               Terrestrial
               Globe
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               the
               Coelestial
               ,
               which
               ingeniously
               shews
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               Map
               ,
               the
               Situation
               of
               the
               Countries
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               and
               the
               Constellations
               
               in
               the
               Heavens
               :
               Each
               of
               which
               Maps
               is
               22
               Foot
               Diameter
               .
               At
               the
               end
               of
               this
               Hall
               is
               the
               Scheepens
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               are
               Tryed
               all
               Civil
               Causes
               between
               Man
               and
               Man
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Galleries
               (
               which
               go
               round
               two
               square
               Courts
               on
               each
               side
               the
               Hall
               ,
               for
               convenience
               of
               Light
               )
               are
               the
               several
               Chambers
               ,
               or
               Offices
               ,
               belonging
               to
               the
               Government
               ;
               as
               the
               Council
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               〈◊〉
               the
               Common
               Council
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               who
               make
               Laws
               ,
               choose
               the
               Burghermasters
               ,
               and
               Scheepens
               ,
               Deputies
               for
               the
               States
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               Burghermasters
               Chamber
               ,
               who
               sit
               there
               daily
               to
               Administer
               the
               Government
               :
               The
               Burghermasters
               withdrawing
               Room
               :
               The
               Scheepens
               Extraordinary
               Chamber
               :
               The
               Treasury
               Chambers
               ,
               Ordinary
               and
               Extraordinary
               :
               The
               Chamber
               of
               Accounts
               :
               That
               of
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Bankrupts
               :
               Another
               for
               the
               Commissioners
               for
               Tryal
               of
               small
               Causes
               ,
               like
               our
               Court
               of
               Conscience
               :
               And
               one
               for
               the
               Commissioners
               of
               the
               Hospitals
               ;
               with
               two
               or
               three
               more
               belonging
               to
               the
               several
               Secretaries
               ,
               all
               which
               are
               beautified
               with
               fine
               Paintings
               ,
               and
               ingenious
               Devices
               carved
               in
               Marble
               over
               the
               Door
               of
               each
               Chamber
               ;
               to
               give
               a
               particular
               Description
               of
               which
               would
               take
               up
               a
               Volume
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               agreeable
               to
               what
               I
               here
               pretend
               ,
               these
               being
               only
               short
               Remarks
               to
               put
               young
               Travallers
               in
               mind
               of
               what
               is
               most
               worthy
               their
               Observation
               .
               I
               shall
               only
               therefore
               say
               in
               general
               ,
               that
               it
               
               is
               already
               a
               very
               noble
               ,
               beautiful
               ,
               and
               costly
               Building
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               sufficient
               intimation
               of
               the
               Richness
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               but
               should
               they
               finish
               it
               within
               side
               as
               they
               pretend
               ,
               by
               Painting
               the
               Ceilings
               ,
               and
               Facing
               the
               Walls
               with
               Marble
               ,
               &c.
               it
               would
               make
               it
               incomparably
               the
               finest
               and
               costliest
               in
               the
               World.
               Over
               these
               Chambers
               ,
               in
               the
               second
               Story
               ,
               is
               kept
               a
               large
               Magazine
               of
               Arms
               ,
               which
               takes
               up
               one
               Angle
               of
               the
               Building
               ,
               and
               is
               very
               compleatly
               Furnished
               ;
               the
               Arms
               are
               all
               kept
               in
               Presses
               shut
               up
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               injury
               of
               the
               Weather
               ;
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               House
               above
               is
               not
               used
               ,
               or
               Furnished
               at
               all
               .
               One
               thing
               I
               must
               not
               omit
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               That
               there
               are
               Eight
               Cisterns
               of
               Water
               kept
               always
               full
               at
               the
               top
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               which
               by
               Pipes
               may
               be
               let
               down
               into
               every
               Room
               ,
               to
               quench
               any
               accidental
               Fire
               ;
               and
               the
               Chimneys
               are
               all
               lined
               with
               Copper
               ,
               the
               former
               Stadthouse
               having
               been
               Burnt
               down
               by
               Accident
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               ,
               and
               speak
               of
               their
               Alms-houses
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Poor
               ,
               of
               their
               Prisons
               ,
               and
               Houses
               of
               Correction
               .
               This
               City
               is
               said
               to
               have
               20000
               Poor
               every
               day
               at
               Bed
               and
               Board
               .
               The
               Alms-houses
               are
               many
               ,
               and
               look
               more
               like
               Princes
               Palaces
               than
               Lodgings
               for
               Poor
               People
               :
               First
               ,
               there
               are
               Houses
               for
               Poor
               old
               Men
               and
               Women
               ,
               then
               a
               large
               square
               Palace
               for
               300
               Widows
               ,
               then
               there
               are
               Hospitals
               for
               Boys
               and
               Girls
               ,
               for
               Burghers
               Children
               ,
               
               and
               for
               Strangers
               Children
               ,
               or
               those
               called
               Foundlings
               ;
               all
               these
               Boys
               and
               Girls
               have
               every
               Sunday
               ,
               and
               other
               days
               of
               Worship
               ,
               two
               Doites
               given
               them
               by
               the
               Fathers
               of
               these
               Houses
               ,
               the
               which
               the
               Children
               put
               into
               the
               Deacons
               Bag
               when
               they
               gather
               for
               the
               Poor
               in
               the
               Churches
               :
               Then
               there
               is
               an
               Hospital
               for
               Fools
               ,
               and
               a
               Bedlam
               :
               There
               are
               Houses
               where
               common
               Beggers
               ,
               and
               Gamesters
               ,
               and
               frequenters
               of
               Tap-houses
               are
               kept
               hard
               at
               Work
               :
               There
               is
               also
               a
               House
               called
               ,
               the
               Rasp-house
               ,
               where
               petty
               Thieves
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               flash
               one
               another
               with
               Knives
               ,
               such
               as
               beg
               with
               cheating
               Devices
               ,
               Women
               with
               fained
               great
               Bellies
               ,
               Men
               pretending
               to
               have
               been
               taken
               by
               the
               Turks
               ,
               others
               that
               pretend
               Wreck
               at
               Sea
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               Beg
               with
               a
               Clapper
               ,
               or
               a
               Bell
               ,
               as
               if
               they
               could
               not
               Speak
               or
               Hear
               ,
               such
               as
               these
               are
               kept
               hard
               at
               Work
               ,
               Rasping
               every
               day
               50
               pounds
               between
               two
               of
               them
               ,
               or
               else
               are
               beaten
               with
               a
               Bulls
               Pissel
               ,
               and
               if
               yet
               they
               Rebel
               ,
               and
               wont
               Work
               ,
               they
               are
               set
               in
               a
               Tub
               ,
               where
               if
               they
               do
               not
               Pump
               ,
               the
               Water
               will
               swell
               over
               their
               Heads
               :
               Then
               there
               is
               a
               House
               where
               Whores
               are
               kept
               to
               Work
               ,
               as
               also
               dis-Obedient
               Children
               ,
               who
               live
               Idle
               ,
               and
               take
               no
               Course
               to
               maintain
               themselves
               ;
               likewise
               Women
               commonly
               drinking
               themselves
               Drunk
               ,
               and
               Scolds
               ;
               all
               these
               sorts
               of
               Hospitals
               ,
               and
               Alms-houses
               are
               stately
               Buildings
               ,
               richly
               Adorned
               with
               Pictures
               ,
               and
               their
               
               Lodgings
               very
               neat
               and
               clean
               .
               In
               some
               ,
               of
               the
               Boys
               and
               Girls
               Hospitals
               there
               are
               1500
               ,
               in
               some
               800
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               500
               in
               a
               House
               ;
               then
               they
               have
               Houses
               where
               a
               Man
               or
               a
               Woman
               may
               have
               their
               Diet
               ,
               Washing
               ,
               and
               Lodging
               for
               his
               Life
               ,
               giving
               a
               small
               Sum
               of
               Money
               ;
               these
               are
               called
               Brouders
               Houses
               .
               The
               Alms
               Children
               of
               this
               City
               are
               held
               in
               such
               Veneration
               and
               Respect
               ,
               that
               a
               Man
               had
               as
               good
               strike
               a
               Burghermasters
               Child
               as
               one
               of
               them
               .
               These
               Children
               are
               permitted
               to
               Travel
               in
               any
               of
               the
               Treckscuts
               ,
               or
               Passage-Boats
               ,
               freely
               without
               Money
               :
               These
               Hospitals
               are
               Governed
               by
               Men
               and
               Women
               ,
               as
               are
               of
               an
               unspotted
               Life
               ,
               and
               reputed
               to
               be
               Rich
               ,
               Devout
               ,
               and
               Pious
               :
               It
               is
               very
               observable
               ,
               that
               the
               Women
               govern
               their
               Women
               Hospitals
               ,
               better
               than
               the
               Men
               do
               theirs
               ;
               yea
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               general
               Observation
               in
               this
               Country
               ,
               that
               where
               the
               Women
               have
               the
               direction
               of
               the
               Purse
               and
               Trade
               ,
               the
               Husband
               seldom
               prove
               Bankrupts
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               property
               of
               a
               true
               Born
               Holland-Wife
               presently
               after
               Marriage
               ,
               to
               apply
               her self
               wholly
               to
               her
               Business
               ;
               but
               I
               forbear
               to
               say
               any
               more
               of
               the
               Dutch-housewives
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               displeasing
               our
               English
               Dames
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               addicted
               ,
               at
               least
               not
               so
               generally
               bred
               up
               to
               Industry
               ;
               But
               to
               return
               to
               the
               Acts
               of
               Charity
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               so
               extraordinary
               ,
               that
               they
               surpass
               all
               other
               Cities
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               daily
               and
               hourly
               giving
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               every
               
               
               
               
               
               House
               in
               Amsterdam
               hath
               a
               Box
               hanging
               in
               a
               Chain
               ,
               on
               which
               is
               Written
               ,
               
                 Think
                 on
                 the
                 Poor
              
               ,
               so
               that
               when
               any
               Merchant
               sells
               Goods
               ,
               they
               commonly
               conclude
               no
               Bargain
               ,
               but
               more
               or
               less
               is
               put
               in
               the
               Poors
               Box
               ;
               these
               Boxes
               are
               lockt
               up
               by
               the
               Deacons
               ,
               who
               once
               a
               quarter
               go
               round
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               take
               the
               Money
               out
               of
               the
               Boxes
               .
               Then
               twice
               a
               Week
               there
               are
               Men
               belonging
               to
               the
               Hospitals
               that
               go
               round
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               ring
               a
               Bell
               at
               every
               House
               ,
               to
               know
               what
               the
               Master
               or
               Mistriss
               of
               the
               House
               will
               give
               to
               the
               Box
               ,
               who
               generally
               give
               not
               less
               than
               two
               Stivers
               .
               Then
               every
               first
               Wednesday
               of
               the
               Month
               ,
               the
               Deacons
               in
               their
               turn
               ,
               go
               round
               the
               City
               ,
               from
               House
               to
               House
               ,
               to
               receive
               what
               every
               House-keeper
               will
               give
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               then
               on
               the
               Week
               before
               the
               Sacrament
               is
               given
               ,
               a
               Minister
               ,
               with
               an
               Elder
               ,
               goes
               round
               the
               City
               to
               every
               House
               where
               any
               Members
               of
               the
               Presbiterian
               Religion
               live
               ,
               and
               there
               ask
               if
               any
               differences
               be
               in
               the
               Family
               ,
               offering
               their
               Service
               to
               reconcile
               them
               ;
               also
               to
               instruct
               and
               prepare
               such
               as
               are
               to
               receive
               the
               Sacrament
               :
               At
               this
               time
               a
               Minister
               may
               be
               seen
               to
               go
               into
               a
               Tap-house
               or
               Tavern
               ,
               for
               which
               at
               another
               time
               he
               would
               be
               counted
               a
               Wine-Bibber
               ,
               and
               the
               worst
               of
               Reprobates
               :
               At
               this
               time
               while
               these
               Ministers
               and
               Elders
               go
               about
               the
               City
               on
               their
               Visitations
               ,
               the
               People
               take
               an
               occasion
               to
               give
               to
               the
               Poor
               .
               And
               here
               I
               
               ought
               not
               to
               omit
               telling
               you
               of
               their
               great
               Charity
               to
               the
               distressed
               French
               Protestants
               ,
               who
               are
               here
               in
               great
               Numbers
               .
               They
               maintain
               no
               less
               than
               60
               French
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               unto
               many
               Handicraft
               Tradesmen
               ,
               and
               makers
               of
               Stuffs
               ,
               and
               Cloth
               ,
               they
               lend
               Sums
               of
               Money
               ,
               without
               Interest
               ,
               to
               buy
               Working
               Tools
               ,
               and
               Materials
               for
               their
               Work
               ;
               but
               this
               is
               no
               other
               then
               they
               formerly
               did
               to
               the
               Poor
               distressed
               Protestants
               of
               Ireland
               and
               Piemont
               ;
               and
               their
               Charity
               was
               not
               a
               little
               that
               they
               gave
               to
               Geneva
               towards
               the
               Building
               their
               Fortifications
               ;
               and
               here
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               what
               King
               Charles
               II.
               said
               of
               the
               Charity
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               when
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lotherdal
               ,
               hearing
               that
               the
               Prince
               of
               
               Orange's
               Army
               was
               not
               able
               to
               oppose
               the
               French
               from
               advancing
               so
               near
               to
               Amsterdam
               ,
               the
               Duke
               jearingly
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 Oranges
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 scarce
                 in
              
               Holland
               ,
               after
               Amsterdam
               
                 should
                 fall
                 into
                 the
                 French
                 Hands
                 to
                 plunder
                 .
              
               To
               which
               His
               Majesty
               said
               ,
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 of
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 preserve
              
               Amsterdam
               
                 from
                 being
                 destroyed
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 great
                 Charity
                 they
                 have
                 for
                 the
                 Poor
                 ,
              
               the
               which
               put
               the
               Duke
               out
               of
               Countenance
               ;
               I
               will
               say
               no
               more
               of
               their
               Charity
               ,
               only
               this
               ,
               that
               they
               leave
               no
               Stone
               unturned
               to
               bring
               Monies
               into
               the
               Poors
               Stock
               ;
               they
               make
               the
               Stage-players
               pay
               80000
               Gilders
               a
               year
               to
               the
               Poor
               ;
               there
               is
               not
               a
               Rope-Dancer
               ,
               Poppet-Player
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               that
               sort
               of
               unnecessary
               Vermin
               which
               
               frequent
               Fairs
               ,
               but
               pay
               the
               third
               Penny
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               which
               is
               carefully
               looked
               after
               ,
               by
               placing
               an
               Alms-man
               at
               the
               Door
               of
               the
               Booths
               ,
               to
               see
               that
               they
               cheat
               not
               the
               Poor
               of
               their
               share
               .
               I
               shall
               now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               say
               something
               of
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               I
               mean
               those
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 States
                 Clergy
              
               ,
               for
               the
               States
               are
               absolutely
               Head
               of
               their
               Church
               ;
               and
               when
               any
               Synod
               of
               Divines
               meet
               ,
               two
               of
               the
               States
               are
               always
               present
               to
               hear
               that
               they
               debate
               nothing
               relating
               ,
               or
               reflecting
               on
               the
               Government
               ,
               or
               Governors
               ;
               if
               they
               do
               ,
               presently
               the
               States
               cry
               ,
               
                 Ho
                 la
                 mij●
                 Heeren
                 Predicanten
              
               ,
               and
               if
               their
               Ministers
               meddle
               with
               any
               thing
               relating
               to
               the
               Government
               in
               their
               Pulpits
               ,
               they
               send
               them
               a
               Brief
               ,
               (
               which
               some
               call
               a
               pair
               of
               Shooes
               )
               to
               quit
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               Imprison
               them
               to
               Boot
               ;
               but
               if
               they
               behave
               themselves
               quietly
               and
               well
               ,
               as
               they
               ought
               to
               do
               ,
               they
               then
               are
               respected
               by
               the
               People
               as
               Gods
               upon
               Earth
               :
               They
               have
               a
               Form
               of
               Prayer
               sent
               them
               how
               they
               shall
               Pray
               for
               the
               States
               ,
               and
               Stadholder
               ,
               nor
               must
               they
               meddle
               with
               any
               other
               Religion
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               because
               all
               sorts
               are
               Tollerated
               ,
               at
               least
               Connived
               at
               by
               the
               Magistrates
               .
               All
               those
               called
               the
               Presbiterian
               Ministers
               ,
               or
               States
               Clergy
               ,
               are
               obliged
               under
               a
               Forfeiture
               to
               have
               done
               Preaching
               and
               Praying
               by
               Eleven
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               Forenoon
               on
               Sundays
               ,
               because
               then
               the
               Scheepens
               go
               to
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               to
               Marry
               
               the
               Jews
               ,
               Papists
               ,
               and
               Lutherans
               ,
               and
               others
               that
               may
               not
               marry
               after
               the
               Calvinistical
               Form
               ;
               and
               the
               reason
               why
               the
               States
               thus
               marry
               them
               first
               according
               to
               Law
               ,
               is
               to
               render
               their
               Children
               Legitimate
               ,
               but
               they
               may
               marry
               again
               afterwards
               as
               they
               please
               themselves
               :
               None
               may
               marry
               until
               they
               have
               made
               their
               appearance
               at
               the
               Stadthouse
               before
               the
               Lords
               ;
               where
               ,
               if
               the
               Parties
               be
               agreed
               ,
               the
               Preachers
               marry
               the
               Calvinists
               ,
               and
               the
               Scheepens
               marry
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
               who
               differ
               from
               the
               Religion
               established
               by
               Law.
               
            
             
               When
               one
               dies
               ,
               the
               Friends
               dare
               not
               bury
               the
               Corps
               until
               it
               hath
               lain
               three
               days
               open
               in
               the
               Coffin
               ,
               that
               the
               Friends
               and
               Relations
               of
               the
               deceased
               may
               be
               satisfied
               that
               the
               Party
               hath
               not
               been
               murdered
               ,
               or
               reported
               to
               be
               dead
               when
               alive
               ;
               after
               three
               days
               ,
               the
               Corps
               must
               be
               brought
               to
               the
               Church
               before
               the
               Bell
               ceaseth
               tolling
               ,
               which
               is
               at
               two
               ,
               for
               if
               you
               keep
               the
               Body
               untill
               half
               three
               ,
               then
               the
               Church
               Doors
               are
               lock'd
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               first
               half
               hour
               must
               be
               paid
               25
               Gilders
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               second
               50
               ,
               and
               so
               until
               six
               ,
               then
               they
               may
               amerse
               you
               as
               much
               as
               they
               please
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               many
               rich
               people
               who
               make
               that
               default
               on
               purpose
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               have
               solemn
               occasion
               of
               giving
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               as
               I
               knew
               once
               an
               English
               Merchant
               did
               .
            
             
               The
               next
               thing
               I
               shall
               speak
               of
               ,
               is
               the
               method
               which
               the
               States
               observe
               in
               ordering
               
               their
               Maritime
               Affairs
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Mysteries
               in
               their
               Government
               :
               The
               States
               General
               divide
               their
               Admiralty
               into
               Five
               Courts
               ,
               which
               they
               call
               Chambers
               .
               The
               First
               is
               Rotterdam
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               the
               Chamber
               call'd
               the
               
                 Maese
                 ,
              
               )
               and
               hath
               the
               Admirals
               Flag
               .
            
             
               Then
               Amsterdam
               ,
               which
               hath
               the
               Vice-Admiral's
               Flag
               ;
               and
               Zealand
               hath
               the
               Rear-Admiral's
               Flag
               ;
               the
               other
               Two
               Chambers
               are
               those
               in
               North-Holland
               and
               Fricsland
               .
               Each
               of
               these
               Five
               Chambers
               have
               their
               Admirals
               ,
               Vice-Admirals
               ,
               and
               Rear-Admirals
               ,
               apart
               from
               the
               States-Generals
               Flags
               ;
               so
               that
               when
               the
               States
               have
               occasion
               to
               set
               out
               a
               Fleet
               of
               an
               Hundred
               Ships
               ,
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               every
               Chamber
               knows
               the
               number
               they
               must
               provide
               for
               their
               proportion
               ,
               though
               in
               regard
               of
               its
               Opulency
               ,
               Amsterdam
               frequently
               helps
               her
               Neighbours
               ,
               and
               adds
               two
               ,
               or
               more
               ,
               Ships
               than
               their
               share
               comes
               to
               .
               These
               Chambers
               have
               lately
               built
               36
               Men
               of
               War
               ,
               and
               now
               are
               building
               of
               7
               more
               ;
               and
               all
               this
               is
               done
               without
               noise
               ,
               every
               one
               building
               their
               proportion
               :
               And
               they
               have
               admirable
               methods
               in
               preserving
               their
               Ships
               when
               built
               ,
               and
               their
               Magazines
               are
               in
               good
               order
               ,
               every
               Ship
               having
               an
               Apartment
               to
               lay
               up
               all
               its
               Equipage
               in
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               top
               of
               their
               Magazines
               are
               vast
               Cisterns
               ,
               which
               are
               kept
               constantly
               full
               of
               Water
               ,
               having
               Pipes
               into
               every
               Apartment
               to
               let
               it
               down
               upon
               any
               
               accident
               of
               Fire
               .
               And
               there
               is
               in
               their
               Magazines
               a
               Nursery
               Room
               ,
               where
               a
               Woman
               keeps
               an
               Office
               ,
               to
               feed
               at
               certain
               hours
               of
               the
               day
               a
               great
               number
               of
               Cats
               ,
               which
               afterward
               hunt
               among
               the
               Stores
               for
               Mice
               and
               Rats
               .
               This
               great
               Magazine
               in
               Amsterdam
               was
               built
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Cromwell
               ,
               in
               the
               space
               of
               9
               months
               and
               14
               days
               ,
               in
               which
               time
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               gave
               the
               Workmen
               drinkgelt
               as
               they
               call
               it
               ,
               to
               incourage
               them
               to
               work
               more
               than
               at
               an
               ordinary
               rate
               .
               At
               this
               time
               ,
               the
               biggest
               Man
               of
               War
               the
               States
               had
               was
               the
               Amelia
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               famous
               Admiral
               Trump
               was
               kill'd
               ;
               she
               was
               a
               Ship
               of
               no
               more
               than
               56
               Guns
               ,
               afterward
               made
               a
               Fire-ship
               .
               But
               the
               States
               quickly
               discovered
               their
               want
               of
               great
               Ships
               ,
               and
               therefore
               built
               ,
               the
               same
               year
               20
               Men
               of
               War
               ,
               from
               50
               to
               80
               Guns
               :
               But
               the
               great
               Ships
               built
               at
               Amsterdam
               ,
               had
               like
               to
               have
               proved
               of
               no
               use
               ,
               had
               not
               the
               ingenious
               Pensionary
               
                 de
                 Wit
              
               found
               out
               a
               device
               to
               carry
               them
               over
               the
               Pampus
               ,
               betwixt
               those
               they
               call
               Water
               Ships
               .
            
             
               The
               Admiralty
               have
               an
               excellent
               method
               in
               setting
               out
               their
               Fleets
               ,
               they
               neither
               press
               Soldiers
               nor
               Seamen
               ,
               all
               go
               voluntary
               at
               the
               beating
               of
               a
               Drum
               ,
               each
               Captain
               providing
               Men
               and
               Provisions
               for
               his
               Ship
               ,
               who
               ,
               after
               they
               have
               received
               Orders
               from
               the
               Lords
               to
               the
               Equipage-Master
               to
               equip
               out
               their
               Ships
               ,
               and
               receive
               the
               Provisions
               of
               War
               ,
               
               then
               the
               States
               send
               aboard
               each
               Ship
               a
               Chaplain
               ,
               and
               Check-master
               ,
               who
               take
               care
               of
               the
               provision
               of
               War
               ,
               and
               see
               that
               the
               Seamen
               have
               the
               States
               Allowance
               ,
               and
               wholesom
               Food
               :
               And
               great
               care
               is
               taken
               by
               the
               Lords
               ,
               that
               both
               Captains
               and
               Seamen
               receive
               their
               Pay
               punctually
               for
               the
               time
               they
               are
               in
               the
               States
               Service
               :
               And
               for
               the
               incouraging
               their
               Seamen
               ,
               there
               is
               plaistred
               on
               a
               Board
               ,
               hanging
               by
               the
               Foremast
               ,
               the
               several
               Rewards
               to
               such
               as
               either
               take
               or
               fire
               a
               Flag-ship
               ,
               or
               take
               or
               sink
               any
               other
               Ship
               of
               the
               Enemies
               :
               Also
               what
               Pensions
               a
               wounded
               Seaman
               shall
               have
               ,
               if
               maim'd
               or
               disabled
               in
               the
               States
               Service
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               follow
               the
               same
               methods
               which
               the
               States-General
               observe
               ,
               as
               to
               their
               Land
               Obligations
               ,
               and
               go
               through
               this
               great
               Charge
               by
               the
               good
               Management
               of
               their
               Credit
               ;
               for
               though
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               indebted
               great
               Sums
               of
               Money
               ,
               yet
               they
               never
               want
               a
               Supply
               ,
               nay
               ,
               Moneys
               are
               often
               forced
               upon
               them
               by
               rich
               Merchants
               ,
               who
               send
               in
               their
               Moneys
               ,
               and
               only
               take
               the
               Admiralties
               Obligations
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               afterward
               pay
               their
               Customs
               ,
               when
               their
               Ships
               arrive
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               the
               Admiralty
               allows
               them
               Interest
               for
               the
               time
               they
               have
               had
               their
               Money
               :
               And
               this
               is
               it
               that
               makes
               the
               Admiralties
               Obligations
               more
               valued
               than
               ready
               Money
               ,
               for
               it
               saves
               the
               trouble
               of
               telling
               :
               And
               such
               is
               the
               Credit
               
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               ,
               that
               when
               they
               have
               occasion
               for
               any
               Goods
               ,
               the
               People
               strive
               to
               furnish
               them
               ,
               and
               rather
               take
               their
               Obligations
               than
               Money
               ,
               because
               they
               get
               Interest
               ;
               and
               all
               other
               Assignments
               upon
               the
               Admiralty
               are
               very
               punctually
               paid
               ,
               and
               without
               Exchequer
               Fees
               ;
               no
               they
               are
               Sworn
               Officers
               ,
               who
               are
               forbid
               to
               receive
               any
               Monies
               for
               Fees
               ,
               being
               contented
               with
               the
               Sallery
               they
               have
               of
               the
               States
               .
               And
               their
               methods
               used
               at
               the
               Custom-house
               for
               loading
               or
               unloading
               Ships
               are
               very
               easie
               ,
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               the
               Women
               generally
               have
               the
               charging
               and
               discharging
               the
               Ships
               at
               the
               Custom-house
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               great
               Policy
               in
               the
               States
               to
               make
               Trade
               easie
               for
               the
               Encouragement
               of
               the
               Merchants
               :
               And
               the
               Admiralty
               are
               very
               grateful
               and
               generous
               unto
               their
               Commanders
               ;
               if
               any
               of
               their
               Admirals
               ,
               or
               Captains
               are
               kill'd
               at
               Sea
               ,
               and
               have
               done
               any
               considerable
               Service
               ,
               they
               then
               Eternize
               their
               Memories
               with
               lasting
               Trophies
               of
               Honour
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               by
               those
               Stately
               Monuments
               of
               
                 Trump
                 ,
                 Updam
                 ,
                 de
                 Ruiter
                 ,
              
               the
               Eversons
               ,
               and
               others
               ;
               nor
               are
               they
               sparing
               in
               bestowing
               large
               Gifts
               and
               Pensions
               on
               the
               Widows
               ,
               and
               Children
               of
               those
               as
               have
               served
               them
               Faithfully
               and
               Valiantly
               in
               the
               Wars
               ,
               whilst
               the
               Treacherous
               and
               Cowards
               meet
               with
               the
               severity
               they
               deserve
               ;
               I
               might
               here
               in
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               inlarge
               and
               tell
               you
               of
               the
               excellent
               methods
               they
               have
               in
               Building
               ,
               and
               
               preserving
               their
               Ships
               when
               Built
               ,
               but
               I
               shall
               refer
               you
               to
               that
               excellent
               Peice
               written
               by
               the
               
                 Heer
                 Witsen
              
               on
               that
               Subject
               .
               And
               shall
               now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               say
               something
               of
               their
               Famous
               Company
               ,
               called
               the
               East-India
               Company
               of
               the
               Netherlands
               ;
               this
               Company
               is
               said
               to
               be
               a
               Commonwealth
               within
               a
               Commonwealth
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               if
               you
               consider
               the
               Soveraign
               Power
               and
               Privileges
               they
               have
               granted
               them
               by
               the
               States
               General
               ,
               and
               likewise
               consider
               their
               Riches
               ,
               and
               vast
               number
               of
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               the
               many
               Territories
               and
               Colonies
               they
               possess
               in
               the
               East-Indies
               ,
               they
               are
               said
               to
               have
               30000
               Men
               in
               constant
               Pay
               ,
               and
               above
               200
               Capital
               Ships
               ,
               besides
               Sloops
               ,
               Ketches
               ,
               and
               Yachts
               .
               This
               Company
               hath
               by
               their
               Politick
               Contrivances
               ,
               and
               Sedulous
               Industry
               possessed
               themselves
               of
               many
               Colonies
               formerly
               belonging
               unto
               the
               Spaniards
               ,
               Portuguises
               ,
               and
               divers
               Indian
               Princes
               ,
               and
               as
               good
               Christians
               have
               been
               at
               great
               Charge
               in
               Planting
               the
               Gospel
               of
               Christ
               in
               many
               parts
               there
               ,
               Printing
               in
               the
               Indian
               Language
               Bibles
               ,
               and
               Prayer
               Books
               ,
               and
               Catechisms
               ,
               for
               the
               Instruction
               of
               the
               Indians
               ,
               maintaining
               Ministers
               and
               School-masters
               ,
               to
               inform
               those
               that
               are
               Converted
               to
               the
               Christian
               Faith
               :
               And
               now
               ,
               because
               I
               have
               said
               that
               this
               Company
               is
               so
               considerable
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               were
               a
               Common-wealth
               apart
               ,
               I
               will
               demonstrate
               it
               to
               be
               so
               ;
               first
               by
               their
               Power
               ,
               Riches
               ,
               and
               Strength
               
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               secondly
               ,
               what
               Figure
               they
               make
               in
               Europe
               ,
               and
               this
               very
               briefly
               ,
               for
               if
               I
               should
               speak
               of
               every
               particular
               ,
               as
               to
               their
               Possessions
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               it
               would
               swell
               into
               many
               Volumes
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               only
               begin
               with
               them
               at
               the
               
                 Cape
                 de
                 bonne
                 Esperance
              
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               built
               a
               Royal
               Fort
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               maintain
               a
               Garison
               of
               Soldiers
               to
               defend
               their
               Ships
               which
               come
               there
               to
               take
               in
               fresh
               Water
               :
               From
               thence
               let
               us
               take
               a
               view
               of
               them
               in
               the
               Island
               of
               Java
               ;
               where
               they
               have
               built
               a
               fair
               City
               called
               Battavia
               ,
               and
               Fortified
               it
               with
               Bastions
               ,
               after
               the
               mode
               of
               Amsterdam
               .
               This
               City
               is
               the
               place
               of
               Residence
               of
               their
               grand
               Minister
               of
               State
               ,
               called
               the
               General
               of
               the
               Indies
               ,
               he
               hath
               allowed
               him
               Six
               Privy
               Counsellors
               in
               Ordinary
               ,
               and
               Two
               Extraordinary
               ,
               these
               govern
               the
               Concerns
               of
               the
               Company
               throughout
               the
               Indies
               ,
               and
               they
               make
               Peace
               and
               War
               ,
               send
               their
               Ambassadors
               to
               all
               parts
               thereof
               ,
               as
               occasion
               requireth
               .
               This
               General
               hath
               his
               Guards
               of
               Horse
               and
               Foot
               ,
               and
               all
               sorts
               of
               Officers
               and
               Servants
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               were
               a
               Soveraign
               Prince
               ,
               the
               whole
               Expence
               whereof
               is
               defrayed
               out
               of
               the
               Companies
               Stock
               .
               This
               General
               hath
               much
               of
               the
               direction
               of
               Bantam
               ,
               and
               other
               parts
               of
               the
               Island
               of
               Java
               :
               From
               whence
               let
               us
               take
               a
               view
               of
               them
               in
               their
               great
               Possessions
               in
               the
               Molucca
               Islands
               ,
               and
               those
               of
               Banda
               ,
               where
               they
               are
               become
               so
               formidable
               ,
               that
               they
               look
               as
               if
               they
               aimed
               at
               the
               
               Soveraignty
               of
               the
               South
               Seas
               :
               They
               have
               also
               a
               great
               Trade
               in
               China
               ,
               and
               Japan
               ,
               from
               whence
               let
               us
               return
               to
               the
               Islands
               of
               Sumatra
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               Coast
               of
               Bengale
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               several
               Lodges
               :
               In
               Persia
               they
               have
               likewise
               great
               Commerce
               ,
               and
               are
               so
               considerable
               ,
               that
               they
               wage
               War
               with
               that
               mighty
               Monarch
               if
               he
               wrongs
               them
               in
               their
               Trade
               .
               They
               also
               have
               several
               Colonies
               and
               Lodges
               on
               the
               Coast
               of
               Malabar
               and
               Cormandel
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Country
               of
               the
               Great
               Mogul
               ,
               and
               King
               of
               Galcanda
               ,
               but
               principally
               let
               us
               behold
               them
               in
               the
               rich
               Island
               of
               Zeylon
               ,
               where
               they
               are
               Masters
               of
               the
               plain
               Country
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               or
               King
               of
               that
               Island
               ,
               is
               forced
               to
               live
               in
               the
               Mountains
               ,
               whilst
               this
               Company
               possess
               the
               City
               of
               Colomba
               ,
               and
               other
               the
               most
               considerable
               Garisons
               of
               that
               Island
               :
               It
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Company
               hath
               there
               in
               their
               pay
               3600
               Soldiers
               ,
               and
               at
               least
               300
               Guns
               Planted
               in
               their
               Forts
               and
               Garisons
               ;
               in
               a
               word
               ,
               they
               are
               not
               only
               Masters
               of
               the
               Cinnamon
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               other
               Spices
               except
               Pepper
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               would
               also
               have
               ,
               had
               it
               been
               for
               their
               Interest
               to
               Ingross
               ,
               but
               they
               wisely
               foresaw
               that
               the
               English
               would
               be
               a
               block
               in
               their
               way
               ,
               therefore
               they
               contented
               themselves
               to
               be
               Masters
               of
               the
               Mace
               ,
               Cinnamon
               ,
               Cloves
               ,
               and
               Nutmegs
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               not
               only
               serve
               Europe
               ,
               but
               many
               places
               in
               the
               Indies
               ;
               I
               will
               say
               no
               more
               of
               them
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               but
               let
               us
               
               see
               what
               Figure
               they
               make
               in
               Europe
               .
               And
               first
               to
               begin
               with
               them
               in
               Amsterdam
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               two
               large
               stately
               Palaces
               ,
               one
               being
               in
               the
               old
               part
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               in
               the
               new
               ;
               in
               that
               of
               the
               old
               part
               of
               the
               City
               they
               keep
               their
               Court
               ,
               and
               there
               sits
               the
               Resident
               Committee
               of
               the
               Company
               ,
               where
               also
               they
               make
               the
               Sales
               of
               the
               Companies
               Goods
               .
               There
               for
               six
               years
               the
               grand
               Council
               ,
               or
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               ,
               do
               meet
               ,
               and
               after
               six
               years
               are
               expired
               ,
               the
               grand
               Council
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               do
               assemble
               at
               Middelburg
               in
               Zealand
               for
               two
               years
               ,
               and
               then
               again
               return
               to
               Amsterdam
               ;
               the
               other
               lesser
               Chambers
               of
               
                 Delft
                 ,
                 Rotterdam
                 ,
                 Horne
              
               ,
               and
               E●chuysen
               never
               having
               the
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               in
               their
               Chambers
               ,
               so
               that
               only
               Amsterdam
               and
               Zealand
               have
               the
               Honour
               of
               that
               grand
               Council
               .
               I
               will
               therefore
               crave
               leave
               to
               describe
               unto
               you
               the
               Chamber
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               most
               considerable
               of
               the
               Chambers
               belonging
               to
               this
               Famous
               Company
               :
               In
               their
               House
               or
               Palace
               ,
               within
               the
               old
               City
               ,
               are
               many
               large
               Offices
               or
               Apartments
               ;
               as
               first
               ,
               on
               the
               lower
               Floor
               is
               their
               Parliament
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               the
               Seventeen
               do
               sit
               ;
               next
               to
               this
               Chamber
               are
               several
               fair
               Chambers
               for
               the
               Committees
               to
               sit
               in
               .
               They
               have
               also
               a
               Chamber
               of
               Audience
               ,
               where
               they
               do
               receive
               Princes
               or
               Ambassadors
               ,
               or
               other
               great
               Men
               as
               have
               occasion
               to
               speak
               with
               them
               .
               In
               one
               of
               these
               
               Chambers
               are
               the
               Arms
               of
               several
               Indian
               Princes
               they
               have
               Conquered
               .
               On
               the
               same
               Floor
               is
               their
               Treasury
               Office
               ,
               where
               their
               Receivers
               sit
               and
               receive
               Money
               ,
               and
               Pay
               out
               the
               Orders
               or
               Assignments
               of
               the
               Company
               ;
               near
               to
               that
               Chamber
               sits
               their
               grand
               Minister
               ,
               the
               Heer
               
                 Peter
                 van
                 Dam
              
               ,
               who
               is
               said
               to
               be
               a
               second
               
                 John
                 de
                 Wit
              
               for
               Parts
               ,
               tho'
               not
               so
               in
               Principle
               :
               This
               great
               Minister
               is
               a
               Man
               of
               indefatagable
               Industry
               ,
               and
               labours
               Night
               and
               Day
               in
               the
               Companies
               Service
               ;
               he
               Reads
               over
               twice
               the
               great
               Journal
               Books
               which
               come
               from
               the
               Indies
               ,
               and
               out
               of
               them
               makes
               Minutes
               to
               prepare
               matters
               of
               Concern
               necessary
               to
               be
               considered
               by
               the
               grand
               Council
               of
               Seventeen
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               inferiour
               Committees
               of
               the
               Company
               ,
               and
               prepares
               Instructions
               and
               Orders
               to
               be
               sent
               to
               their
               Chief
               Ministers
               in
               the
               Indies
               ;
               I
               could
               say
               many
               more
               things
               of
               his
               great
               Worth
               and
               Virtues
               ,
               but
               shall
               forbear
               lest
               I
               should
               be
               judged
               a
               Flatterer
               :
               Over-against
               this
               great
               Ministers
               Office
               sit
               in
               a
               Chamber
               many
               Clarks
               ,
               or
               under
               Secretaries
               ,
               who
               receive
               from
               this
               Minister
               their
               Orders
               of
               Dispatches
               in
               the
               Affairs
               of
               the
               Company
               ;
               and
               next
               to
               this
               Chamber
               is
               a
               Register
               Office
               ,
               where
               are
               kept
               the
               Journal
               Books
               of
               the
               Indies
               ,
               where
               you
               may
               see
               the
               Names
               of
               all
               the
               Men
               and
               Women
               that
               have
               ever
               served
               the
               Company
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               with
               the
               time
               of
               their
               Death
               ,
               or
               departing
               the
               Companies
               Service
               :
               Then
               
               next
               to
               that
               is
               a
               Council
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               the
               Residing
               Chamber
               ,
               or
               Committee
               of
               the
               Company
               always
               sits
               ;
               then
               assending
               up
               Stairs
               ,
               there
               sit
               their
               Book-holders
               ,
               who
               keep
               the
               Accounts
               of
               all
               the
               Transactions
               of
               those
               that
               buy
               or
               sell
               Actions
               of
               the
               Company
               ,
               and
               over
               against
               this
               Office
               sits
               the
               
                 Heer
                 Gerbrand
                 Elias
              
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               second
               Advocate
               of
               the
               Company
               :
               On
               this
               Floor
               are
               several
               large
               Rooms
               ,
               in
               which
               are
               great
               Stores
               of
               Pack'd
               Goods
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               Room
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               Drugs
               ,
               Tea
               ,
               Wax
               ,
               Ambergreace
               ,
               and
               Musk
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               same
               Floor
               is
               a
               Chamber
               where
               the
               Commissioners
               sit
               ,
               who
               govern
               the
               Pack-houses
               ;
               and
               next
               to
               them
               sit
               their
               Clerks
               ,
               who
               keep
               the
               Registers
               of
               the
               Sales
               of
               the
               Companies
               Goods
               :
               And
               on
               the
               same
               Gallery
               or
               Floor
               ,
               is
               a
               Chamber
               where
               are
               kept
               the
               several
               Books
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               Printed
               in
               the
               Indian
               Language
               ,
               that
               are
               sent
               to
               the
               several
               Colonies
               of
               the
               Company
               :
               And
               at
               the
               end
               of
               this
               Gallery
               is
               a
               Magazine
               full
               of
               Medicaments
               and
               Instruments
               for
               Barber
               Chirurgeons
               Chests
               ,
               to
               furnish
               the
               Companies
               Ships
               and
               Garisons
               in
               the
               Indies
               :
               Then
               assending
               up
               another
               pair
               of
               Stairs
               ,
               there
               are
               several
               large
               Magazines
               of
               Nutmegs
               ,
               Cloves
               ,
               Mace
               ,
               and
               Cinnamon
               ;
               and
               in
               a
               long
               Gallery
               are
               many
               Men
               at
               Work
               sorting
               of
               Spices
               fit
               for
               Sale
               :
               Then
               ascending
               up
               another
               pair
               of
               Stairs
               there
               are
               many
               Rooms
               full
               of
               Spices
               ;
               then
               descending
               into
               the
               Court-yard
               ,
               there
               
               is
               Guard
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               every
               Night
               the
               House-keeper
               hath
               a
               Watch
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               the
               Gate
               there
               is
               a
               Chymist
               ▪
               who
               with
               his
               Men
               prepares
               Medicaments
               for
               the
               Indies
               ;
               adjoyning
               to
               this
               Court-yard
               is
               their
               Ware-house
               and
               Pack-house
               for
               Pepper
               and
               Gross
               Goods
               ;
               but
               before
               I
               leave
               this
               House
               in
               the
               old
               part
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               I
               must
               say
               something
               of
               the
               manner
               or
               method
               used
               in
               the
               Transactions
               of
               the
               Jews
               and
               others
               ,
               who
               make
               a
               Trade
               of
               Buying
               and
               Selling
               the
               Actions
               of
               the
               Company
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               a
               great
               Mystory
               of
               Iniquity
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               inricheth
               one
               Man
               ,
               it
               ruins
               an
               hundred
               .
               The
               Jews
               are
               the
               chief
               in
               that
               Trade
               ,
               and
               are
               said
               to
               Negotiate
               17
               parts
               of
               20
               in
               the
               Company
               ;
               These
               Actions
               are
               bought
               and
               sold
               four
               times
               a
               day
               ,
               at
               8
               in
               the
               Morning
               in
               the
               Jews-street
               ,
               at
               a
               11
               on
               the
               Dam
               ,
               at
               12
               and
               at
               one
               a
               Clock
               upon
               the
               Exchange
               ,
               and
               at
               six
               in
               the
               Evening
               on
               the
               Dam
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Colleges
               or
               Clubs
               of
               the
               Jews
               until
               12
               at
               midnight
               ,
               where
               many
               times
               the
               crafty
               Jews
               ,
               and
               others
               have
               contrived
               to
               coin
               bad
               News
               to
               make
               the
               Actions
               fall
               ,
               and
               good
               News
               to
               raise
               them
               ,
               the
               which
               Craft
               of
               doing
               at
               Amsterdam
               is
               not
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               which
               is
               much
               to
               be
               wondred
               at
               ,
               in
               such
               a
               Wise
               Government
               as
               Amsterdam
               is
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               a
               certain
               Truth
               ,
               they
               many
               times
               spread
               Scandalous
               Reports
               touching
               the
               Affairs
               of
               State
               ,
               which
               pass
               amongst
               the
               Ignorant
               for
               Truth
               .
            
             
             
               I
               shall
               now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               say
               something
               of
               their
               Palace
               ,
               or
               Magazine
               ,
               in
               the
               new
               part
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               the
               which
               may
               more
               properly
               be
               called
               an
               Arsenal
               :
               It
               is
               a
               Building
               so
               superb
               ,
               that
               it
               looks
               more
               like
               a
               Kings
               Palace
               ,
               than
               a
               Magazine
               for
               Merchants
               :
               I
               have
               measured
               the
               Ground
               on
               which
               this
               Arsenal
               stands
               ,
               which
               I
               find
               to
               be
               2000
               Foot
               ,
               and
               square
               every
               way
               ,
               reckoning
               the
               Motes
               ,
               or
               Burgals
               ,
               about
               it
               .
               I
               remember
               the
               Ingenious
               Sir
               
                 Joseph
                 Williamson
              
               measured
               the
               two
               Rope-Alleys
               ,
               by
               telling
               the
               Stone-Figures
               in
               the
               Wall
               ,
               and
               found
               them
               to
               be
               1800
               Foot
               long
               ,
               the
               like
               whereof
               is
               not
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               World.
               On
               the
               backside
               of
               this
               Rope-Alley
               lies
               a
               store
               of
               Five
               Hundred
               large
               Anchors
               ,
               besides
               small
               ones
               ;
               in
               this
               Arsenal
               they
               build
               the
               Ships
               belonging
               to
               this
               Chamber
               :
               And
               here
               are
               all
               sorts
               of
               Work-houses
               for
               the
               Artificers
               that
               serve
               the
               Company
               .
               And
               in
               a
               Chamber
               next
               to
               the
               Joyners
               Office
               ,
               is
               a
               model
               of
               a
               Ship
               ,
               they
               now
               build
               their
               Ships
               by
               ,
               which
               cost
               6000
               Gilders
               .
               When
               a
               Man
               beholds
               the
               great
               Stores
               of
               Timber
               ,
               Cordage
               ,
               and
               the
               Provisions
               of
               War
               in
               their
               Magazine
               ,
               a
               Man
               would
               think
               there
               were
               enough
               to
               furnish
               a
               whole
               Nation
               :
               In
               this
               Arsenal
               the
               Ships
               unload
               their
               Goods
               ,
               laid
               up
               in
               several
               Apartments
               in
               the
               grand
               Magazine
               ,
               and
               afterward
               is
               removed
               to
               the
               House
               in
               the
               old
               part
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               as
               there
               is
               occasion
               for
               
               Sale.
               In
               the
               upper
               part
               of
               this
               large
               Palace
               sit
               the
               Sail-makers
               at
               work
               ;
               but
               on
               the
               lower
               part
               of
               this
               House
               is
               an
               Apartment
               where
               the
               Committee
               assemble
               upon
               occasion
               of
               Business
               :
               This
               Arsenal
               is
               not
               to
               be
               seen
               by
               Strangers
               without
               a
               Ticket
               from
               the
               Bewinthebbers
               .
               Now
               all
               what
               I
               have
               spoken
               of
               these
               two
               Houses
               ,
               or
               Magazines
               ,
               doth
               only
               belong
               unto
               the
               Chamber
               of
               Amsterdam
               .
               There
               are
               yet
               other
               Chambers
               of
               the
               Company
               ,
               who
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               Quota
               ,
               or
               stock
               in
               the
               Company
               ,
               have
               the
               like
               Houses
               and
               Magazines
               ,
               as
               the
               Chambers
               of
               
                 Zealand
                 ,
                 Delft
                 ,
                 Rotterdam
                 ,
                 Horne
                 ,
              
               and
               Enkusen
               .
               And
               now
               I
               have
               named
               the
               Six
               Chambers
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               Company
               is
               composed
               ,
               I
               shall
               say
               something
               of
               their
               Constitution
               ,
               which
               is
               from
               an
               Octroy
               ,
               or
               Act
               of
               the
               States-General
               ;
               by
               which
               they
               have
               Sovereign
               Power
               over
               their
               Servants
               in
               the
               Indies
               ,
               yea
               ,
               their
               Authority
               reacheth
               their
               Servants
               in
               all
               Territories
               of
               the
               States-Generals
               Dominions
               :
               It
               is
               Death
               for
               any
               of
               the
               States
               Subjects
               to
               be
               Interlopers
               against
               this
               Company
               ;
               nor
               may
               any
               ,
               of
               what
               Nation
               soever
               ,
               that
               lives
               in
               any
               of
               the
               Companies
               Territories
               ,
               as
               Burghers
               or
               Servants
               ,
               return
               into
               Europe
               without
               leave
               from
               the
               Company
               ,
               only
               those
               called
               Freemen
               may
               depart
               without
               asking
               leave
               to
               remove
               :
               The
               Grand
               Councel
               of
               this
               Company
               is
               the
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               ,
               which
               are
               elected
               
               out
               of
               the
               several
               Chambers
               before
               named
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               Eight
               from
               Amsterdam
               ,
               and
               four
               from
               
                 Zealand
                 ;
                 Delft
                 ,
                 Rotterdam
                 ,
                 Horne
                 ,
              
               and
               Enkusen
               ,
               send
               one
               a
               piece
               ,
               which
               makes
               Sixteen
               ,
               and
               the
               five
               lesser
               Chambers
               by
               turns
               chose
               the
               Seventeenth
               .
               In
               the
               Chamber
               of
               Amsterdam
               there
               are
               20
               Bewinthebbers
               ,
               or
               Committee
               for
               Management
               of
               the
               Stock
               ,
               in
               ordinary
               ,
               who
               are
               for
               Life
               ,
               and
               have
               1000
               Ducatoons
               a
               Year
               ,
               and
               Spices
               at
               Christmas
               ,
               and
               their
               Travelling
               Charges
               ,
               when
               they
               go
               upon
               the
               Companies
               Service
               .
               The
               next
               Chamber
               is
               Zealand
               ,
               which
               hath
               twelve
               Bewinthebbers
               ,
               who
               have
               about
               250
               l.
               a
               Year
               ,
               and
               travelling
               Charges
               ,
               and
               Spices
               at
               Christmas
               .
               The
               next
               is
               Delft
               ,
               which
               hath
               Seven
               Bewinthebbers
               ,
               who
               have
               only
               120
               l.
               a
               Year
               ,
               and
               Travelling
               Charges
               and
               Spices
               at
               Christmas
               .
               The
               other
               Chambers
               of
               
                 Rotterdam
                 ,
                 Horne
              
               and
               Enkusen
               ,
               have
               seven
               Bewinthebbers
               a
               piece
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               Salary
               ,
               with
               Travelling
               Charges
               and
               Spices
               at
               Christmas
               ,
               as
               the
               Chamber
               of
               Delft
               hath
               .
               These
               Bewinthebbers
               are
               elected
               or
               chosen
               out
               of
               those
               Adventurers
               called
               the
               High
               Participanten
               of
               the
               Company
               :
               They
               generally
               chuse
               such
               as
               are
               Rich
               ,
               and
               Men
               of
               Parts
               and
               Wisdom
               ,
               most
               of
               them
               being
               of
               the
               Magistracy
               of
               the
               Country
               .
               No
               Man
               is
               capable
               of
               being
               Elected
               a
               Bewinthebber
               who
               hath
               not
               1000
               l.
               Stock
               in
               the
               Company
               .
               In
               a
               word
               ,
               this
               Grand
               Council
               of
               the
               Seventeen
               make
               Laws
               for
               the
               Governing
               the
               Company
               ,
               both
               in
               
               India
               and
               Europe
               .
               It
               is
               they
               that
               appoint
               the
               Days
               of
               Sale
               ,
               and
               what
               Number
               of
               Ships
               each
               Chamber
               must
               send
               to
               the
               Indies
               ;
               and
               likewise
               order
               the
               Building
               of
               Ships
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               grand
               Concerns
               .
               This
               Company
               is
               worthily
               esteemed
               a
               Wise
               ,
               Politique
               ,
               Deserving
               Company
               ,
               sparing
               no
               cost
               to
               get
               good
               Intelligence
               of
               Affairs
               ,
               sending
               Messengers
               and
               Expresses
               over-Land
               to
               the
               East-Indies
               .
               They
               have
               their
               Spies
               and
               Correspondents
               in
               all
               the
               considerable
               Trading
               Parts
               of
               the
               World
               :
               They
               have
               been
               so
               industrious
               as
               to
               gain
               the
               Spice
               Trade
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               the
               Venetians
               ,
               Spaniards
               ,
               Portuguises
               ,
               French
               ,
               Danes
               ,
               and
               other
               European
               Nations
               ,
               but
               have
               also
               Ingrossed
               all
               the
               Spices
               ;
               so
               that
               ,
               as
               I
               told
               you
               before
               ,
               they
               sel●
               Spices
               to
               the
               Indians
               themselves
               :
               But
               this
               I
               must
               say
               for
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               a
               Generous
               Company
               ,
               and
               gratefully
               paying
               Respects
               where
               it
               is
               due
               ,
               as
               lately
               they
               have
               Complemented
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               His
               present
               Majesty
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               with
               an
               Annual
               Sum
               out
               of
               the
               Profits
               of
               their
               Company
               ,
               to
               make
               him
               their
               Friend
               and
               Protector
               .
               Neither
               are
               they
               backward
               in
               bestowing
               Presents
               upon
               Strangers
               that
               have
               obliged
               them
               ,
               as
               I
               could
               instance
               in
               some
               of
               our
               own
               Nation
               .
               They
               are
               also
               very
               charitable
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               giving
               them
               the
               Thousandth
               Gilder
               of
               all
               the
               Goods
               they
               sell
               .
               And
               to
               all
               the
               Reformed
               Ministers
               in
               Amsterdam
               
               they
               send
               Spices
               at
               Christmas
               ,
               to
               pray
               every
               Sunday
               for
               the
               Welfare
               and
               Prosperity
               of
               the
               Company
               .
               To
               conclude
               ,
               this
               Company
               is
               a
               Buckler
               and
               Defence
               for
               the
               Common-wealth
               upon
               all
               urgent
               Occasions
               :
               And
               truly
               our
               English
               East-India-Company
               might
               be
               the
               same
               to
               our
               King
               ,
               if
               the
               Differences
               between
               the
               Two
               Companies
               were
               composed
               ;
               especially
               now
               they
               have
               such
               a
               great
               King
               to
               protect
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Interlopers
               are
               destroyed
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               it
               is
               high
               time
               I
               should
               tell
               you
               the
               Methods
               a
               Stranger
               must
               take
               if
               he
               hath
               occasion
               to
               keep
               House
               in
               Amsterdam
               :
               If
               a
               Man
               will
               hire
               an
               House
               ,
               he
               must
               take
               a
               Lease
               upon
               Seal'd
               Paper
               ,
               for
               which
               you
               must
               pay
               a
               Tax
               to
               the
               States
               ,
               and
               pay
               the
               Broaker
               that
               makes
               the
               Bargain
               :
               But
               before
               you
               can
               buy
               a
               House
               ,
               you
               must
               be
               in
               a
               capacity
               to
               be
               made
               a
               Burgher
               .
               To
               this
               purpose
               it
               is
               usual
               to
               take
               with
               you
               to
               the
               Stadthouse
               your
               Broaker
               ,
               or
               any
               two
               Securities
               ,
               and
               there
               before
               the
               Burghermasters
               take
               the
               Oath
               of
               Burgherschap
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               be
               faithful
               to
               the
               City
               ,
               to
               the
               Magistrates
               and
               Government
               ,
               &c.
               
               But
               if
               you
               buy
               either
               Land
               or
               Houses
               ,
               and
               lodge
               ▪
               privately
               ,
               you
               will
               find
               your
               case
               much
               worse
               ;
               then
               you
               must
               pay
               a
               Legion
               of
               Taxes
               to
               the
               Mills
               that
               drain
               your
               Lands
               ,
               and
               for
               maintaining
               the
               Banks
               and
               Sluces
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               States
               have
               occasion
               to
               build
               a
               Fortification
               on
               your
               Lands
               ,
               or
               
               to
               drown
               them
               in
               time
               of
               War
               ,
               you
               must
               be
               contented
               with
               the
               States
               Terms
               :
               And
               if
               your
               House
               or
               Houses
               stand
               empty
               without
               Tenants
               ,
               yet
               you
               must
               pay
               the
               States
               Taxes
               on
               that
               House
               or
               Houses
               .
               Thus
               much
               for
               the
               Method
               how
               you
               are
               to
               be
               advanced
               to
               be
               a
               Burgher
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               you
               a
               taste
               what
               you
               are
               to
               pay
               for
               Houses
               or
               Land
               ,
               if
               you
               settle
               there
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               have
               either
               purchased
               or
               hired
               an
               House
               ,
               then
               comes
               an
               Officer
               from
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               with
               a
               Printed
               Sealed
               Paper
               ,
               who
               tells
               you
               ,
               you
               must
               pay
               as
               followeth
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               A
               Pole-Tax
               for
               every
               Male
               and
               Female
               Servant
               in
               the
               House
               above
               eight
               Years
               old
               ,
               six
               Gilders
               a
               Year
               .
            
             
               For
               a
               Coach
               ,
               if
               you
               keep
               one
               ,
               75
               Gilders
               a
               Year
               .
            
             
               For
               a
               Coach
               without
               Wheels
               ,
               50
               Gilders
               a
               Year
               .
            
             
               For
               Soap
               ,
               as
               the
               Number
               of
               the
               Family
               is
               .
            
             
               The
               like
               for
               Salt.
               
            
             
               For
               Wine
               ,
               as
               your
               Quality
               is
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Watch
               ,
               as
               your
               House
               is
               in
               Greatness
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               Lanthorns
               ,
               as
               the
               largeness
               of
               the
               House
               is
               .
            
             
               For
               Butter
               ,
               every
               20
               Pound
               seven
               Stivers
               .
            
             
               For
               Beans
               ,
               half
               as
               much
               as
               you
               pay
               for
               the
               Beans
               .
            
             
             
               For
               Turff
               ,
               every
               Tun
               five
               Stivers
               .
            
             
               For
               every
               20
               Gilders
               in
               Wood
               ,
               six
               Gilders
               .
            
             
               For
               Flesh
               the
               Tax
               often
               changeth
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               also
               a
               Tax
               on
               the
               Bread.
               
            
             
               Then
               there
               is
               a
               Tax
               called
               the
               200th
               Penny
               ,
               and
               a
               Tax
               called
               the
               8th
               :
               Then
               there
               are
               many
               Taxes
               in
               Trade
               ,
               as
               that
               no
               Man
               can
               weigh
               or
               measure
               out
               his
               own
               Goods
               if
               sold
               in
               gross
               ,
               but
               the
               States
               Officers
               must
               do
               it
               .
               Then
               the
               States
               have
               a
               Tax
               called
               the
               Verpounding
               on
               all
               Lands
               and
               Houses
               in
               their
               Dominions
               .
               Then
               they
               have
               a
               Tax
               on
               Seal'd
               Paper
               ,
               and
               a
               Tax
               for
               Registering
               Land
               〈◊〉
               Houses
               ;
               likewise
               a
               Tax
               on
               Cows
               ,
               Horse●
               Calves
               ,
               and
               on
               all
               sort
               of
               Fruit.
               There
               are
               many
               other
               Taxes
               I
               could
               name
               ,
               as
               a
               Stiver
               for
               every
               Man
               that
               goes
               out
               or
               into
               any
               City
               after
               the
               Hour
               of
               shutting
               the
               Gates
               .
               Also
               you
               pay
               for
               going
               over
               some
               Bridges
               ,
               and
               passing
               through
               Gates
               called
               Tolhek
               ,
               a
               Stiver
               for
               every
               Person
               ;
               but
               Coaches
               ,
               Wagons
               or
               Horses
               pay
               more
               .
               These
               I
               have
               already
               named
               ,
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               are
               too
               many
               ;
               yet
               I
               may
               not
               forget
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               Milk
               first
               pays
               as
               Milk
               ;
               and
               again
               if
               it
               be
               made
               Butter
               ;
               yea
               ,
               the
               Buttermilk
               and
               Whay
               pays
               a
               Tax
               likewise
               ,
               for
               all
               which
               a
               Man
               would
               think
               that
               a
               People
               that
               stand
               so
               much
               upon
               maintaining
               of
               their
               Liberty
               should
               Mutiny
               ,
               and
               refuse
               payment
               :
               But
               this
               seldom
               happens
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               
               doth
               ,
               the
               States
               punish
               them
               very
               severely
               .
               I
               remember
               that
               in
               my
               time
               there
               was
               a
               Mutiny
               at
               Sardam
               about
               paying
               a
               new
               Tax
               ,
               whereupon
               the
               States
               sent
               a
               Regiment
               of
               their
               Souldiers
               ,
               and
               seized
               the
               Heads
               of
               the
               Mutineers
               ,
               and
               hanged
               up
               five
               or
               six
               of
               them
               at
               the
               Towns
               end
               ,
               and
               severely
               whipt
               eight
               under
               the
               Gallows
               .
               And
               in
               the
               rich
               City
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               if
               any
               refuse
               to
               pay
               their
               Tax
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               send
               their
               Officer
               to
               pull
               off
               their
               Doors
               ;
               and
               if
               they
               remain
               long
               obstinate
               ,
               they
               send
               and
               fetch
               away
               the
               lower
               Windows
               of
               their
               House
               ,
               and
               they
               dare
               not
               put
               up
               others
               ,
               until
               they
               have
               ●●id
               the
               Taxes
               .
               However
               ,
               this
               is
               observable
               〈◊〉
               if
               any
               Man
               will
               swear
               he
               is
               not
               worth
               〈◊〉
               he
               is
               taxed
               at
               ,
               then
               he
               is
               free
               :
               But
               there
               are
               many
               so
               proud
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               not
               let
               the
               World
               know
               their
               Condition
               .
               I
               knew
               a
               Merchant
               named
               Ornia
               ,
               who
               paid
               during
               the
               War
               for
               his
               200th
               Penny
               ,
               and
               other
               Taxes
               for
               his
               and
               his
               Wives
               Children
               ,
               (
               having
               had
               two
               Rich
               Wives
               )
               14000
               Pounds
               Sterling
               .
               I
               also
               knew
               an
               English
               Anabaptist
               Merchant
               ,
               who
               told
               the
               English
               Envoy
               in
               my
               presence
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               paid
               near
               4000
               l.
               Sterling
               to
               the
               War
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               same
               Man
               did
               Grumble
               to
               pay
               his
               Majesties
               Consul
               a
               pityful
               Fee
               or
               Consulat-Money
               on
               his
               Ships
               :
               The
               reason
               whereof
               I
               once
               asked
               him
               ,
               who
               answered
               me
               ,
               That
               the
               King
               could
               not
               raise
               a
               Penny
               in
               England
               without
               his
               Parliament
               ,
               
               and
               therefore
               much
               less
               could
               he
               do
               it
               in
               the
               States
               Country
               .
               Thus
               these
               Phanaticks
               had
               rather
               make
               Bricks
               without
               Straw
               ,
               than
               pay
               the
               least
               Tribute
               to
               their
               Natural
               Prince's
               Officer
               .
               Should
               we
               in
               England
               be
               obliged
               to
               pay
               the
               Taxes
               that
               are
               here
               imposed
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               Rebellion
               upon
               Rebellion
               :
               And
               yet
               after
               all
               that
               is
               here
               paid
               ,
               no
               Man
               may
               bake
               his
               own
               Bread
               ,
               or
               grind
               his
               own
               Corn
               ,
               or
               brew
               his
               Beer
               ,
               nor
               dare
               any
               Man
               keep
               in
               his
               House
               a
               Hand-Mill
               ,
               although
               it
               be
               but
               to
               grind
               Mustard
               or
               Coffee
               .
               I
               remember
               one
               Mrs.
               Guyn
               a
               Coffee-Woman
               at
               Rotterdam
               ,
               had
               like
               to
               have
               been
               ruined
               for
               grinding
               her
               own
               Coffee
               ,
               had
               not
               Sir
               
                 Lyonel
                 Jenkins
              
               employed
               his
               Secretary
               Doctor
               Wyn
               to
               intreat
               the
               States
               on
               her
               behalf
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               reckoned
               a
               grand
               favour
               that
               she
               was
               only
               fined
               ,
               and
               not
               banished
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               forfeiture
               made
               of
               all
               her
               Goods
               .
               I
               remember
               also
               a
               Landlord
               of
               mine
               in
               Leyden
               bought
               a
               live
               Pig
               in
               the
               Market
               ,
               and
               innocently
               brought
               it
               home
               ,
               and
               kill'd
               it
               ,
               for
               which
               he
               had
               like
               to
               have
               been
               ruined
               ,
               because
               he
               did
               not
               first
               send
               to
               the
               Excisemen
               to
               excise
               it
               ,
               and
               also
               let
               the
               Visitors
               see
               that
               the
               Pig
               was
               free
               from
               Diseases
               .
               At
               another
               time
               a
               Wine-Merchant
               coming
               to
               give
               me
               a
               Visit
               ,
               told
               me
               that
               he
               had
               the
               rarest
               Rhenish
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               that
               if
               I
               would
               send
               my
               Maid
               to
               his
               Cellar
               with
               six
               Bottles
               ,
               they
               should
               be
               fill'd
               :
               Whereupon
               I
               sent
               the
               Maid
               only
               with
               two
               
               Bottles
               ,
               and
               charged
               her
               to
               hide
               them
               under
               her
               Apron
               ▪
               but
               such
               was
               her
               misfortune
               ,
               that
               the
               Scouts
               Dienaers
               met
               her
               ,
               and
               seized
               her
               and
               her
               Bottles
               ,
               and
               carried
               her
               to
               Prison
               ,
               which
               cost
               the
               Wine-Merchant
               1500
               Gilders
               ;
               and
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               the
               strongest
               Sollicitations
               made
               by
               us
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               ruined
               :
               So
               sacred
               are
               Taxes
               here
               ,
               and
               must
               so
               exactly
               be
               paid
               .
               And
               were
               they
               not
               here
               so
               precise
               ,
               it
               were
               impossible
               for
               so
               small
               a
               Country
               to
               subsist
               :
               And
               therefore
               you
               may
               hear
               the
               Inhabitants
               generally
               say
               ,
               that
               what
               they
               suffer
               is
               for
               their
               Vaderland
               :
               Hence
               the
               meanest
               among
               them
               are
               content
               to
               pay
               what
               is
               laid
               on
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               say
               all
               what
               is
               the
               Vaderlands
               is
               ours
               ,
               the
               Men
               of
               War
               are
               theirs
               ,
               the
               sumptuous
               Magazins
               ,
               Bridges
               ,
               and
               every
               thing
               what
               is
               the
               Vaderlands
               .
               And
               indeed
               in
               a
               sense
               it
               is
               so
               ,
               for
               they
               have
               this
               to
               comfort
               them
               ,
               that
               if
               it
               please
               God
               to
               visit
               them
               with
               Poverty
               ,
               they
               and
               their
               Children
               have
               the
               Publick
               Purse
               to
               maintain
               them
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               one
               main
               Reason
               why
               they
               so
               willingly
               pay
               their
               Taxes
               as
               they
               do
               ;
               for
               there
               's
               not
               a
               Soul
               born
               in
               the
               States
               Dominions
               that
               wants
               warm
               Cloaths
               and
               Dyet
               ,
               and
               good
               Lodging
               ,
               if
               they
               make
               their
               case
               known
               to
               the
               Magistrates
               .
               And
               for
               the
               Vagabonds
               that
               rove
               up
               and
               down
               the
               Streets
               ,
               they
               are
               either
               Walloons
               ,
               or
               other
               Strangers
               as
               pretend
               to
               have
               been
               ruined
               by
               the
               late
               Wars
               .
            
             
             
               I
               shall
               now
               in
               the
               next
               place
               let
               you
               know
               how
               excellently
               the
               Laws
               are
               here
               executed
               against
               Fraud
               and
               Perjury
               ,
               and
               the
               Intention
               of
               Murders
               ;
               which
               Laws
               were
               once
               much
               used
               in
               England
               ,
               as
               you
               shall
               hear
               hereafter
               when
               I
               speak
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               Brandenburgh's
               Court.
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               here
               instance
               a
               few
               particulars
               that
               happened
               in
               my
               time
               :
               There
               was
               a
               Spark
               that
               made
               false
               Assignments
               on
               the
               Admiralty
               ,
               who
               tho'
               related
               to
               many
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               had
               his
               Head
               cut
               off
               ;
               and
               another
               who
               was
               a
               Clerk
               in
               the
               Merchants
               Bank
               ,
               who
               made
               false
               Posts
               in
               their
               Books
               ,
               and
               had
               his
               Head
               also
               cut
               off
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               Portions
               he
               had
               given
               with
               his
               Daughters
               ,
               the
               Husbands
               were
               forced
               to
               pay
               back
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               Houses
               and
               Goods
               were
               sold
               at
               his
               Door
               in
               the
               open
               Streets
               :
               I
               knew
               a
               French
               Marquis
               ,
               who
               swore
               his
               Regiment
               was
               compleat
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               States
               knew
               that
               he
               had
               not
               half
               his
               Regiment
               ,
               he
               likewise
               had
               his
               Head
               cut
               off
               in
               the
               Prison
               in
               the
               Hague
               :
               I
               also
               knew
               a
               French
               Pedagogue
               ,
               a
               Runagado
               Monk
               ,
               who
               designed
               to
               have
               Murdered
               his
               Master
               Major
               Cavellio
               ,
               and
               his
               two
               Pupils
               ,
               young
               Children
               of
               the
               Majors
               ,
               and
               afterward
               to
               set
               the
               House
               a
               Fire
               to
               colour
               the
               Murder
               ,
               he
               had
               his
               Head
               cut
               off
               and
               set
               upon
               a
               Post
               ,
               with
               his
               Body
               on
               a
               Wheel
               near
               the
               Hague
               .
               I
               could
               Name
               you
               two
               other
               Cheaters
               ,
               who
               were
               severely
               whipt
               under
               
               the
               Gallows
               ;
               and
               two
               under
               Farmers
               who
               designed
               to
               run
               away
               with
               the
               States
               Money
               .
            
             
               The
               Cheat
               of
               breaking
               with
               a
               full
               Hand
               is
               not
               so
               frequent
               in
               Holland
               as
               in
               England
               ,
               (
               where
               some
               use
               it
               as
               a
               way
               to
               slip
               out
               of
               Business
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               live
               conveniently
               afterward
               upon
               the
               Estates
               of
               other
               Men
               )
               because
               in
               Holland
               they
               are
               more
               severely
               punished
               when
               discovered
               than
               in
               England
               :
               As
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               those
               that
               fall
               to
               decay
               through
               Losses
               ,
               and
               unavoidable
               Accidents
               which
               they
               could
               not
               prevent
               ,
               find
               a
               more
               speedy
               and
               easie
               way
               of
               Compounding
               and
               Finishing
               Matters
               with
               their
               Creditors
               if
               they
               be
               over-strict
               ,
               than
               the
               Custom
               or
               Law
               of
               England
               doth
               afford
               ,
               for
               the
               suing
               out
               of
               Statutes
               of
               Bankrupts
               in
               England
               doth
               prove
               many
               times
               so
               pernicious
               both
               to
               Creditor
               and
               Debtor
               through
               the
               tediousness
               of
               the
               Proceedings
               ,
               and
               the
               expensiveness
               of
               Executing
               the
               Commissions
               ,
               that
               what
               by
               Commissioners
               Fees
               ,
               Treats
               ,
               and
               other
               incident
               Charges
               ,
               the
               Creditors
               are
               put
               to
               such
               Expences
               as
               to
               be
               utterly
               disappointed
               of
               their
               Debt
               ,
               and
               the
               Poor
               Debtors
               for
               ever
               ruined
               and
               undone
               ;
               I
               shall
               therefore
               in
               this
               place
               give
               a
               short
               Relation
               of
               the
               method
               used
               in
               Amsterdam
               in
               the
               case
               of
               Bankrupts
               ,
               which
               perhaps
               may
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               by
               our
               King
               and
               Parliament
               ,
               for
               the
               preventing
               Disorders
               and
               sad
               Abuses
               that
               daily
               happen
               in
               Executing
               the
               Statutes
               of
               Bankrupts
               :
               The
               
               Magistrates
               of
               Amsterdam
               every
               year
               Name
               Commissioners
               for
               Bankrupts
               ,
               out
               of
               those
               that
               make
               up
               a
               Judicature
               ,
               like
               to
               our
               Courts
               of
               Aldermen
               in
               London
               ;
               These
               meet
               certain
               days
               in
               the
               Week
               in
               a
               distinct
               Chamber
               in
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               over
               whose
               Door
               is
               cut
               in
               Marble
               the
               Emblem
               of
               Fortune
               flying
               away
               with
               Wings
               ,
               and
               round
               Chests
               turn'd
               upside
               down
               ,
               with
               Mice
               and
               Rats
               Eating
               the
               Money-Bags
               ,
               Pens
               ,
               Inkhorns
               ,
               and
               Paper-Books
               .
               There
               they
               receive
               Petitions
               from
               Debtors
               and
               Creditors
               ,
               and
               as
               occasion
               requireth
               ,
               summon
               the
               Parties
               to
               appear
               before
               them
               ,
               and
               to
               lay
               open
               the
               true
               State
               of
               the
               matter
               ;
               this
               done
               ,
               they
               either
               by
               Authority
               seize
               the
               Bankrupts
               Books
               and
               Effects
               ,
               or
               else
               without
               any
               stir
               and
               noise
               leave
               all
               remaining
               in
               the
               Debtors
               Houses
               ,
               and
               send
               thither
               two
               Committees
               to
               examine
               the
               Books
               ,
               and
               make
               an
               Inventory
               of
               the
               Estate
               ,
               with
               power
               to
               compose
               the
               matter
               ,
               without
               giving
               much
               trouble
               to
               the
               Parties
               .
               If
               the
               Commissioners
               find
               that
               the
               Debtor
               is
               come
               to
               decay
               by
               unexpected
               Losses
               ,
               and
               unavoidable
               Accidents
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               did
               not
               at
               all
               contribute
               ,
               it
               is
               their
               usual
               way
               to
               propose
               to
               the
               Creditor
               such
               amicable
               and
               easie
               Terms
               ,
               as
               the
               Poor
               Man
               may
               be
               able
               to
               perform
               ,
               alotting
               sometimes
               the
               half
               of
               the
               Estate
               left
               to
               the
               Debtor
               ,
               sometimes
               a
               third
               part
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               perswading
               the
               Creditors
               to
               advance
               to
               the
               Poor
               Man
               a
               Sum
               of
               Money
               to
               help
               
               him
               up
               again
               in
               Trade
               ,
               upon
               Condition
               that
               he
               do
               oblige
               himself
               to
               pay
               the
               Creditors
               all
               he
               oweth
               them
               ,
               when
               God
               shall
               be
               pleased
               to
               make
               him
               able
               ;
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               if
               the
               Commissioners
               find
               that
               a
               Trader
               hath
               dealt
               Knavishly
               ,
               and
               broken
               with
               a
               design
               to
               Defraud
               and
               Cheat
               his
               Creditors
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               appear
               that
               a
               Bankrupt
               hath
               kept
               false
               Books
               ,
               and
               counterfeited
               Bills
               of
               Exchange
               ,
               Bills
               of
               Loading
               ,
               or
               pretended
               Commissions
               from
               Foreign
               Parts
               ;
               in
               such
               a
               case
               they
               are
               very
               severe
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               seize
               all
               the
               Books
               and
               Effects
               of
               the
               Bankrupt
               ,
               but
               also
               Imprison
               him
               ,
               and
               also
               punish
               him
               Corporally
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               cheat
               be
               of
               an
               heinous
               Nature
               ,
               Sentence
               him
               sometime
               to
               Death
               ;
               whereas
               ,
               if
               the
               Debtor
               be
               only
               Unfortunate
               ,
               and
               no
               ways
               Knavish
               ,
               then
               the
               Commissaries
               use
               all
               the
               Power
               they
               have
               to
               force
               the
               Creditors
               to
               accept
               the
               Poor
               Mans
               Terms
               ,
               the
               which
               is
               better
               for
               the
               Creditors
               than
               to
               use
               the
               rigour
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               in
               committing
               the
               Poor
               Man
               to
               Prison
               ,
               seeing
               in
               that
               case
               the
               Creditors
               must
               maintain
               him
               in
               Prison
               according
               to
               his
               Quality
               ,
               where
               if
               he
               lies
               a
               certain
               time
               ,
               and
               the
               Creditors
               be
               not
               able
               to
               prove
               the
               Prisoner
               hath
               an
               Estate
               ,
               then
               the
               Debtor
               is
               admitted
               to
               his
               Oath
               to
               Swear
               he
               is
               not
               worth
               40
               Gilders
               ,
               besides
               his
               wearing
               Cloths
               and
               working
               Tools
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               is
               set
               at
               liberty
               ;
               but
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               let
               the
               Prisoner
               have
               a
               care
               not
               to
               make
               a
               false
               Oath
               ,
               for
               then
               he
               is
               
               punished
               without
               Mercy
               ,
               an
               instance
               of
               which
               happened
               in
               my
               time
               .
            
             
               The
               States
               having
               admitted
               a
               certain
               Jew
               to
               come
               and
               make
               such
               an
               Oath
               before
               them
               ,
               were
               at
               the
               same
               time
               informed
               by
               the
               Goaler
               ,
               that
               this
               Jew
               had
               been
               seen
               through
               the
               chinks
               of
               the
               Door
               ,
               quilting
               Ducats
               of
               Gold
               ,
               and
               some
               Diamonds
               in
               his
               Cloaths
               ,
               to
               the
               value
               of
               5000
               Gilders
               .
               The
               States
               hereupon
               admonished
               the
               Jew
               to
               take
               heed
               to
               what
               he
               was
               about
               to
               Swear
               ,
               because
               the
               Law
               was
               very
               strict
               against
               such
               as
               made
               false
               Oaths
               before
               them
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               caused
               the
               Oath
               ,
               and
               the
               Law
               to
               be
               Read
               unto
               him
               ;
               nevertheless
               the
               Jew
               offered
               to
               take
               the
               Oath
               ,
               but
               the
               Lords
               not
               suffering
               him
               to
               Swear
               ,
               because
               then
               he
               must
               die
               by
               Law
               ,
               caused
               him
               to
               be
               taken
               out
               into
               another
               Room
               and
               searched
               ,
               where
               they
               found
               about
               him
               the
               Ducats
               and
               Diamonds
               :
               This
               being
               told
               the
               Lords
               ,
               they
               sent
               for
               him
               in
               ,
               and
               then
               Sentenced
               him
               to
               have
               60
               Lashes
               under
               the
               Gallows
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               Banished
               the
               Country
               ;
               yet
               ,
               because
               the
               Jew
               had
               many
               Children
               ,
               they
               gave
               the
               third
               part
               of
               what
               was
               taken
               about
               him
               to
               his
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               and
               a
               third
               to
               the
               Poor
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               third
               to
               the
               Creditors
               ,
               which
               was
               enough
               to
               pay
               them
               their
               Debt
               :
               These
               Commissioners
               are
               paid
               by
               the
               States
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               a
               Doit
               from
               Debtors
               or
               Creditors
               ,
               for
               all
               what
               they
               do
               :
               These
               Commissioners
               are
               also
               
               much
               to
               be
               commended
               for
               their
               readiness
               to
               do
               good
               Offices
               to
               those
               Poor
               Merchants
               ,
               who
               having
               lived
               honestly
               ,
               are
               brought
               to
               decay
               by
               Losses
               and
               Crosses
               in
               their
               Trade
               ;
               who
               when
               they
               find
               any
               such
               so
               Poor
               that
               they
               can
               neither
               pay
               their
               Creditors
               ,
               nor
               maintain
               the
               charge
               of
               their
               Families
               ,
               it
               is
               their
               constant
               Custom
               ,
               to
               take
               their
               Children
               from
               them
               ,
               and
               maintain
               and
               bring
               them
               up
               in
               their
               Hospitals
               ;
               yea
               ,
               often
               also
               solliciting
               the
               Burghermasters
               on
               their
               behalf
               ,
               to
               bestow
               some
               small
               Office
               upon
               them
               for
               their
               Relief
               and
               Subsistance
               .
               And
               here
               I
               must
               not
               omit
               to
               acquaint
               you
               ,
               that
               as
               the
               Compounding
               of
               Matters
               in
               Holland
               betwixt
               Debtor
               and
               Creditor
               ,
               so
               as
               hath
               been
               said
               ,
               is
               very
               easie
               and
               equitable
               ,
               so
               is
               also
               their
               way
               or
               method
               of
               suing
               for
               Debts
               very
               favorable
               ,
               which
               is
               after
               this
               manner
               ;
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               a
               Note
               or
               Summons
               is
               left
               at
               the
               Debtors
               House
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               neglect
               to
               appear
               ,
               a
               second
               Summons
               is
               sent
               ,
               but
               then
               if
               he
               neither
               appear
               himself
               ,
               or
               send
               his
               Proctor
               ,
               the
               Sheriffs
               order
               an
               Arrest
               against
               him
               ;
               and
               at
               last
               ,
               when
               he
               is
               brought
               before
               them
               ,
               if
               the
               matter
               be
               difficult
               ,
               it
               is
               referred
               to
               two
               or
               three
               good
               Men
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               time
               given
               him
               ;
               but
               if
               the
               Plaintiff
               make
               Oath
               ,
               that
               he
               apprehends
               the
               Debtor
               hath
               a
               design
               to
               run
               away
               ,
               then
               must
               the
               Prisoner
               either
               give
               Bail
               ,
               or
               return
               to
               Prison
               .
               It
               is
               a
               Remark
               that
               I
               have
               made
               in
               my
               Travels
               ,
               that
               excepting
               
               France
               and
               Flanders
               ,
               I
               never
               saw
               in
               any
               Prison
               above
               forty
               Prisoners
               for
               Debt
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               great
               Towns
               ,
               as
               in
               Haerlem
               and
               others
               ,
               sometimes
               not
               one
               ;
               and
               the
               Reason
               hereof
               is
               plain
               ,
               for
               you
               cannot
               lay
               a
               Man
               in
               Prison
               for
               an
               Action
               or
               Debt
               ,
               small
               or
               great
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               maintain
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               so
               that
               many
               times
               the
               Charges
               exceed
               the
               principal
               Debt
               ,
               and
               after
               all
               ,
               the
               Prisoner
               can
               free
               himself
               ;
               whereas
               the
               Custom
               in
               England
               ,
               encouraged
               by
               those
               Varlets
               the
               Pettyfoggers
               and
               Catchpoles
               ,
               of
               turning
               a
               Man
               into
               a
               Prison
               for
               a
               Crown
               ,
               or
               it
               may
               be
               for
               nothing
               at
               all
               ,
               if
               he
               cannot
               find
               Bail
               ,
               he
               may
               lie
               and
               Starve
               there
               ,
               is
               an
               abominable
               abuse
               ;
               as
               also
               that
               of
               Suborning
               false
               Witnesses
               ,
               which
               is
               extreamly
               cried
               out
               against
               beyond
               Sea.
               
            
             
               And
               now
               because
               I
               am
               Speaking
               of
               Petty-foggers
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               a
               Story
               I
               met
               with
               when
               I
               lived
               in
               Rome
               ,
               going
               with
               a
               Roman
               to
               see
               some
               Antiquities
               ,
               he
               shewed
               me
               a
               Chapel
               ,
               Dedicated
               to
               one
               St.
               Evona
               ,
               a
               Lawyer
               of
               Britain
               ,
               who
               he
               said
               came
               to
               Rome
               to
               intreat
               the
               Pope
               to
               give
               the
               Lawyers
               of
               Britain
               a
               Patron
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               Pope
               replied
               ,
               That
               he
               knew
               of
               no
               Saint
               but
               what
               was
               disposed
               of
               to
               other
               Professions
               ;
               at
               which
               Evona
               was
               very
               sad
               ,
               and
               earnestly
               beg'd
               of
               the
               Pope
               to
               think
               of
               one
               for
               them
               :
               At
               last
               ,
               the
               Pope
               proposed
               to
               St.
               Evona
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               go
               round
               the
               Church
               of
               St.
               
                 John
                 de
                 Latera
              
               
               Blindfold
               ,
               and
               after
               he
               had
               said
               so
               many
               Ave
               Maria's
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               Saint
               he
               laid
               hold
               of
               should
               be
               his
               Patron
               ,
               which
               the
               good
               old
               Lawyer
               willingly
               undertook
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               end
               of
               his
               Ave
               Maria's
               ,
               he
               stopt
               at
               St.
               
               Michael's
               Altar
               ,
               where
               he
               laid
               hold
               of
               the
               Devil
               under
               St.
               
               Michael's
               Feet
               ,
               and
               cry'd
               out
               ,
               This
               is
               our
               Saint
               ,
               let
               him
               be
               our
               Patron
               ;
               so
               being
               unblindfolded
               ,
               and
               seeing
               what
               a
               Patron
               he
               had
               chosen
               ,
               he
               went
               to
               his
               Lodgings
               so
               dejected
               ,
               that
               in
               few
               Months
               after
               he
               Died
               ,
               and
               coming
               to
               Heavens
               Gates
               ,
               knockt
               hard
               ;
               whereupon
               St.
               Peter
               asked
               ,
               Who
               it
               was
               that
               knockt
               so
               boldly
               ,
               he
               replied
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               St.
               Evona
               the
               Advocate
               :
               Away
               ,
               away
               ,
               said
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               here
               is
               but
               one
               Advocate
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               here
               is
               no
               room
               for
               you
               Lawyers
               .
               O
               but
               ,
               said
               St.
               Evona
               ,
               I
               am
               that
               honest
               Lawyer
               who
               never
               took
               Fees
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               or
               ever
               pleaded
               in
               a
               bad
               Cause
               ;
               nor
               did
               I
               ever
               set
               my
               Neighbours
               together
               by
               the
               Ears
               ,
               or
               lived
               by
               the
               Sins
               of
               the
               People
               .
               Well
               then
               ,
               said
               St.
               Peter
               ,
               come
               in
               :
               This
               news
               coming
               down
               to
               Rome
               ,
               a
               witty
               Poet
               writ
               upon
               St.
               
               Evona's
               Tomb
               these
               words
               ;
               St.
               
                 Evona
                 un
                 Briton
                 ,
                 Advocat
                 non
                 Larron
                 ,
                 Hallelujah
                 .
              
               This
               Story
               put
               me
               in
               mind
               of
               Ben.
               Johnson's
               going
               through
               a
               Chruch
               in
               Surrey
               ,
               seeing
               Poor
               People
               weeping
               over
               a
               Grave
               ,
               asked
               one
               of
               the
               Women
               ,
               Why
               they
               wept
               ?
               O
               said
               she
               ,
               we
               have
               lost
               our
               precious
               Lawyer
               ,
               Justice
               Randal
               ,
               he
               kept
               us
               all
               in
               Peace
               ,
               and
               always
               was
               so
               good
               as
               
               to
               keep
               us
               from
               going
               to
               Law
               ,
               the
               best
               Man
               that
               ever
               lived
               ,
               Well
               ,
               said
               
                 Ben.
                 Johnson
              
               ,
               I
               will
               send
               you
               an
               Epitaph
               to
               write
               upon
               his
               Tomb
               ,
               which
               was
               ,
            
             
               
                 God
                 works
                 Wonders
                 now
                 and
                 than
                 ,
              
               
                 Here
                 lies
                 a
                 Lawyer
                 an
                 honest
                 Men.
                 
              
            
             
               And
               truly
               old
               Ben.
               was
               in
               the
               right
               ,
               for
               in
               my
               time
               I
               have
               observed
               some
               Gentlemen
               of
               that
               Profession
               ,
               that
               have
               not
               acted
               like
               St.
               Evona
               ,
               or
               Justice
               Randal
               ,
               I
               will
               say
               no
               more
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               wish
               them
               as
               great
               Fees
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               encouragement
               as
               the
               Lawyers
               have
               in
               Switzerland
               .
            
             
               I
               now
               come
               to
               Speak
               something
               of
               the
               three
               Taxes
               I
               mentioned
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               my
               Remarks
               on
               Taxes
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               first
               ought
               rather
               to
               be
               called
               an
               useful
               and
               publick
               Invention
               ,
               like
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Insurance
               Office
               in
               London
               ,
               then
               a
               publick
               Tax
               ,
               seeing
               no
               Man
               needs
               contribute
               to
               it
               unless
               they
               please
               ,
               and
               find
               his
               profit
               by
               it
               ;
               but
               the
               other
               may
               be
               called
               Taxes
               ,
               because
               the
               Subjects
               are
               obliged
               to
               submit
               to
               them
               ,
               but
               then
               they
               are
               so
               easie
               ,
               that
               what
               the
               publick
               gets
               thereby
               ,
               not
               only
               lessons
               extraordinary
               Subsidies
               ,
               which
               many
               times
               occasions
               clamour
               ,
               when
               because
               of
               their
               Rarity
               ,
               and
               the
               urgency
               of
               Occasions
               ,
               they
               must
               needs
               be
               great
               .
            
             
             
               Yet
               it
               is
               sufficiently
               Compensated
               by
               the
               advantage
               and
               security
               in
               the
               Estates
               ,
               which
               private
               Persons
               ,
               who
               are
               obliged
               to
               pay
               it
               ,
               reap
               thereby
               daily
               :
               I
               am
               confident
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               King
               and
               Parliament
               thought
               fit
               to
               introduce
               some
               ,
               or
               all
               three
               of
               these
               Taxes
               into
               England
               ,
               the
               publick
               charge
               of
               Government
               might
               be
               defrayed
               with
               more
               ease
               ,
               and
               with
               less
               repining
               and
               clamour
               ,
               than
               when
               it
               must
               be
               done
               by
               new
               and
               high
               Impositions
               ;
               however
               ,
               our
               Governors
               are
               the
               proper
               Judges
               of
               that
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               then
               is
               an
               House
               called
               the
               Merchants
               Bank
               ,
               which
               is
               governed
               by
               divers
               Commissioners
               ,
               Clerks
               ,
               and
               Book-keepers
               ,
               likewise
               an
               Essay-Master
               ,
               who
               judgeth
               of
               the
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               ,
               that
               at
               any
               time
               is
               brought
               into
               the
               Bank
               uncoined
               :
               The
               security
               given
               for
               preservation
               thereof
               ,
               are
               the
               States
               and
               Magistrates
               of
               Amsterdam
               .
               Now
               if
               you
               have
               a
               mind
               to
               put
               Money
               into
               the
               Bank
               ,
               suppose
               1000
               l.
               less
               or
               more
               ,
               you
               must
               go
               to
               the
               Clerks
               ,
               and
               ask
               a
               Folio
               for
               your
               Name
               ,
               and
               then
               pay
               in
               your
               Money
               at
               three
               or
               four
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               according
               as
               the
               rate
               of
               the
               Bank-Money
               is
               high
               or
               low
               ,
               or
               you
               may
               buy
               it
               of
               those
               called
               Cashiers
               or
               Brokers
               ;
               then
               get
               the
               Clerks
               to
               set
               down
               in
               the
               Folio
               what
               you
               bring
               in
               ;
               having
               done
               so
               ,
               you
               may
               draw
               this
               Sum
               ,
               or
               sell
               it
               in
               what
               parcels
               you
               please
               ;
               but
               then
               if
               you
               let
               your
               Money
               lie
               seven
               years
               in
               the
               Bank
               ,
               you
               receive
               no
               Interest
               
               for
               the
               same
               .
               If
               you
               ask
               ,
               Where
               then
               is
               the
               Advantage
               for
               the
               Merchants
               ?
               I
               answer
               ,
               first
               ,
               you
               have
               your
               Money
               ready
               at
               all
               times
               for
               answering
               Bills
               of
               Exchange
               ,
               and
               making
               other
               Payments
               :
               You
               are
               at
               no
               charge
               for
               Bags
               or
               Portage
               ,
               at
               no
               loss
               by
               false
               tale
               ,
               or
               bad
               Money
               ,
               in
               no
               danger
               of
               Thieves
               ,
               or
               unfaithful
               Servants
               ,
               or
               Fire
               ;
               and
               above
               all
               ,
               you
               have
               the
               Accounts
               of
               your
               Cash
               most
               punctually
               and
               justly
               kept
               without
               any
               trouble
               ,
               or
               running
               the
               risk
               of
               Goldsmith
               or
               Cashierers
               breaking
               in
               your
               Debt
               ;
               for
               such
               is
               their
               care
               ;
               that
               twice
               a
               Year
               ,
               or
               sometimes
               oftner
               ,
               they
               shut
               up
               the
               Bank
               for
               14
               Days
               ,
               and
               then
               all
               that
               have
               Concerns
               therein
               ,
               must
               bring
               in
               their
               Accounts
               to
               the
               Clerks
               ,
               who
               a
               few
               Days
               after
               ,
               having
               viewed
               the
               Books
               ,
               acquaint
               such
               as
               have
               brought
               in
               wrong
               Accounts
               with
               their
               Mistakes
               ,
               desiring
               them
               to
               return
               to
               their
               Books
               ,
               and
               rectifie
               their
               Error
               ,
               not
               telling
               them
               wherein
               the
               mistake
               lies
               :
               So
               that
               I
               have
               known
               Merchants
               ,
               in
               my
               time
               ,
               sent
               back
               three
               or
               four
               times
               with
               their
               wrong
               Accounts
               :
               But
               if
               they
               begin
               to
               grow
               impatient
               ,
               and
               say
               that
               they
               will
               stand
               to
               their
               Accounts
               ,
               then
               they
               pay
               a
               Mulct
               to
               the
               Clerks
               upon
               their
               convincing
               them
               of
               their
               Mistakes
               ,
               either
               by
               charging
               too
               much
               upon
               the
               Bank
               ,
               or
               forgetting
               or
               omitting
               what
               was
               their
               due
               .
               I
               knew
               two
               Merchants
               ,
               who
               having
               forgot
               ,
               the
               one
               750
               l.
               and
               the
               other
               220
               l.
               in
               their
               Accounts
               ,
               were
               honestly
               
               rectified
               by
               the
               Clerks
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               sustained
               no
               Loss
               .
               Besides
               this
               care
               of
               the
               Clerks
               in
               keeping
               and
               stating
               the
               Accounts
               ,
               the
               Bank
               is
               obliged
               for
               5
               l.
               a
               Year
               to
               send
               to
               every
               Merchant
               that
               desires
               it
               ,
               their
               Accounts
               every
               Morning
               before
               Exchange-time
               ,
               of
               the
               Moneys
               written
               of
               by
               them
               in
               in
               the
               Bank
               the
               Day
               before
               upon
               any
               Merchants
               Account
               ,
               and
               what
               Sums
               are
               written
               of
               by
               others
               upon
               their
               Accounts
               :
               So
               that
               the
               Merchants
               may
               compare
               the
               Banks
               .
               Notes
               with
               their
               Books
               ,
               and
               so
               save
               much
               of
               the
               Charges
               of
               Book-keeping
               .
            
             
               Now
               if
               it
               be
               objected
               ,
               That
               though
               this
               be
               an
               Advantage
               to
               the
               Merchants
               ,
               yet
               what
               can
               the
               Publick
               gain
               thereby
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Charges
               of
               paying
               Officers
               ,
               Clerks
               ,
               &c.
               must
               needs
               be
               very
               considerable
               ?
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               indeed
               it
               is
               a
               Mystery
               to
               those
               who
               understand
               not
               the
               thing
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               were
               once
               known
               and
               practised
               ,
               the
               Advantage
               of
               it
               would
               appear
               :
               For
               among
               other
               things
               which
               might
               be
               said
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               of
               the
               City
               take
               out
               of
               the
               Merchants
               Bank
               a
               sufficient
               Stock
               of
               Money
               to
               supply
               the
               Lumbert
               ,
               a
               Bank
               that
               lends
               out
               Money
               ,
               and
               is
               Governed
               by
               four
               Commissioners
               chosen
               out
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               who
               sit
               in
               Court
               every
               Day
               in
               the
               Lumbert
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               large
               Pile
               of
               Building
               300
               Foot
               long
               ,
               containing
               several
               Chambers
               and
               Magazines
               under
               one
               Roof
               ;
               in
               these
               several
               Chambers
               the
               Commissioners
               
               have
               Officers
               sitting
               to
               lend
               Money
               upon
               all
               sorts
               of
               Goods
               ,
               even
               from
               a
               pair
               of
               Shooes
               to
               the
               richest
               Jewel
               ,
               &c.
               
               This
               is
               a
               great
               convenience
               for
               Poor
               People
               ;
               yea
               ,
               for
               Merchants
               also
               ,
               who
               some
               times
               may
               want
               Money
               to
               pay
               a
               Bill
               of
               Exchange
               ,
               and
               prevents
               the
               Cheating
               ,
               and
               extraordinary
               Extortion
               used
               by
               the
               Pawn-brokers
               in
               
                 England
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Countries
               .
               And
               besides
               ,
               the
               Poor
               have
               their
               Pawns
               safely
               and
               well
               preserved
               ,
               neither
               are
               they
               punctually
               sold
               when
               the
               Year
               is
               out
               ,
               or
               denied
               under
               the
               pretext
               of
               being
               mislaid
               ,
               as
               the
               Poor
               are
               often
               times
               served
               by
               the
               wicked
               Pawn-brokers
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               also
               another
               convenience
               in
               this
               Lumbert
               ,
               viz.
               an
               excellent
               way
               they
               have
               of
               discovering
               Thieves
               ,
               and
               the
               stolen
               Goods
               ;
               they
               publish
               two
               general
               open
               Sales
               of
               Goods
               pawn'd
               ,
               twice
               a
               year
               ,
               that
               such
               as
               will
               may
               redeem
               their
               Goods
               ,
               and
               paying
               the
               Interest
               may
               have
               them
               ,
               although
               the
               time
               be
               relapsed
               .
               Thus
               much
               as
               to
               the
               Lumbert
               .
               I
               was
               once
               ,
               according
               to
               my
               Duty
               ,
               to
               wait
               upon
               the
               D.
               of
               York
               ,
               at
               the
               Bank
               of
               Merchants
               ,
               where
               shewing
               his
               Highness
               the
               way
               of
               keeping
               the
               Journal-Book
               of
               the
               Bank
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               a
               prodigious
               bigness
               ,
               his
               Highness
               was
               extreamly
               pleased
               with
               the
               contrivance
               of
               preserving
               it
               from
               Fire
               ;
               saying
               ,
               that
               the
               course
               they
               took
               might
               be
               of
               great
               use
               for
               the
               preserving
               Patents
               ,
               and
               the
               Deeds
               of
               Noblemens
               Estates
               :
               This
               contrivance
               ,
               which
               
               perhaps
               may
               be
               thought
               useful
               or
               imitable
               ,
               I
               shall
               therefore
               describe
               it
               :
               It
               is
               a
               large
               Fire-stone
               shaped
               like
               a
               Chest
               ,
               and
               set
               upright
               in
               a
               Stone-Wall
               ,
               having
               a
               large
               Brass
               Door
               of
               a
               vast
               thickness
               ,
               with
               Flaps
               to
               fall
               over
               and
               cover
               the
               Lock
               and
               Hinges
               ;
               into
               this
               Chest
               the
               Book
               is
               drawn
               upon
               Rolls
               ,
               it
               being
               of
               such
               a
               bulk
               and
               weight
               as
               cannot
               be
               handed
               in
               by
               a
               Man
               ,
               and
               there
               it
               is
               so
               securely
               preserved
               ,
               that
               although
               the
               House
               should
               be
               burnt
               ,
               the
               Book
               in
               all
               probability
               would
               be
               safe
               .
               Should
               I
               here
               give
               an
               account
               of
               the
               vast
               Sums
               of
               Money
               that
               daily
               are
               written
               of
               in
               this
               Bank
               ,
               I
               might
               probably
               be
               thought
               to
               speak
               at
               random
               ,
               but
               this
               I
               may
               boldly
               affirm
               ,
               that
               it
               far
               exceeds
               all
               the
               Banks
               in
               Europe
               ,
               both
               for
               Riches
               and
               Business
               ,
               and
               their
               Credit
               is
               such
               ,
               that
               the
               Italians
               ,
               French
               ,
               Germans
               ,
               and
               English
               have
               great
               Sums
               in
               the
               same
               ;
               neither
               was
               ever
               any
               Man
               refused
               his
               Money
               in
               the
               worst
               of
               times
               .
            
             
               A
               second
               Tax
               is
               what
               ariseth
               from
               the
               just
               and
               laudable
               Establishment
               of
               a
               Register
               ,
               a
               Tax
               which
               I
               think
               most
               Men
               will
               be
               willing
               to
               submit
               to
               ,
               except
               such
               as
               design
               to
               cheat
               and
               defraud
               their
               Neighbours
               ,
               and
               live
               by
               such
               like
               Sins
               and
               Confusion
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               most
               part
               die
               with
               the
               Curse
               of
               the
               People
               :
               This
               Register
               in
               Holland
               begets
               such
               assurance
               and
               safety
               in
               Dealing
               ,
               that
               in
               purchasing
               of
               Houses
               or
               Land
               ,
               a
               Child
               ,
               though
               over-reached
               in
               the
               Value
               ,
               yet
               cannot
               be
               cheated
               as
               to
               the
               Title
               .
            
             
             
               The
               Third
               and
               last
               Tax
               is
               that
               of
               Sealed
               Paper
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               practised
               in
               Holland
               .
               There
               are
               many
               other
               things
               might
               be
               spoken
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Government
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               but
               I
               must
               not
               tire
               your
               patience
               .
               However
               ,
               one
               considerable
               thing
               I
               would
               not
               pass
               by
               ,
               touching
               the
               Militia
               :
               There
               are
               in
               Amsterdam
               Sixty
               Companies
               of
               Foot
               ,
               the
               least
               of
               them
               having
               200
               Men
               ,
               some
               300
               ,
               which
               in
               a
               modest
               account
               ,
               amounts
               at
               least
               to
               15000
               Men
               ,
               in
               which
               number
               neither
               Jews
               nor
               Anabaptists
               who
               carry
               no
               Arms
               are
               reckoned
               ,
               only
               they
               are
               obliged
               to
               contribute
               to
               the
               maintenance
               of
               the
               1400
               Soldiers
               ,
               who
               are
               kept
               in
               constant
               pay
               ,
               as
               a
               Guard
               for
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               towards
               the
               Night-Watch
               or
               Rattel-Watch
               ,
               who
               walk
               the
               Streets
               the
               whole
               Night
               to
               keep
               good
               Orders
               ,
               and
               tell
               us
               every
               half
               hour
               what
               a
               Clock
               it
               is
               .
               There
               are
               also
               upon
               every
               Church
               Tower
               ,
               Trumpeters
               ,
               who
               Sound
               every
               half
               hour
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               Fire
               breaks
               out
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               they
               give
               a
               Signal
               on
               which
               side
               of
               the
               City
               the
               Fire
               is
               ,
               and
               Ring
               the
               Fire-Bell
               ;
               and
               they
               have
               excellent
               ways
               on
               a
               sudden
               in
               such
               sad
               Accidents
               to
               quench
               Fire
               :
               But
               I
               may
               not
               inlarge
               any
               longer
               ,
               but
               hasten
               out
               of
               Holland
               .
               Though
               before
               I
               leave
               it
               it
               will
               not
               be
               amiss
               if
               I
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               List
               of
               the
               Passage-Boats
               ,
               which
               for
               the
               convenience
               of
               those
               that
               Travel
               that
               way
               ,
               I
               have
               here
               Collected
               ,
               with
               the
               times
               of
               their
               going
               off
               ,
               which
               they
               are
               punctual
               in
               observing
               .
            
             
             
               Beginning
               at
               Helvoet-Sluys
               ,
               where
               the
               Pacquet-Boat
               from
               England
               lies
               .
               From
               whence
               to
               the
               Briell
               there
               goes
               a
               Wagon
               every
               Day
               at
               8
               in
               the
               Morning
               ;
               the
               Passage
               costs
               7
               Stivers
               ;
               and
               the
               same
               from
               the
               Briell
               to
               Helvoet
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               Briell
               to
               Rotterdam
               ,
               and
               from
               Rotterdam
               to
               the
               Briell
               ,
               there
               Sails
               a
               Boat
               every
               Day
               as
               the
               Tide
               serves
               .
            
             
               From
               Rotterdam
               to
               Delft
               ,
               and
               from
               Delft
               to
               Rotterdam
               ,
               there
               goes
               a
               Trecht-Scuyt
               ,
               or
               Passage-Boat
               ,
               every
               Hour
               ,
               from
               6
               in
               the
               Morning
               to
               8
               in
               the
               Evening
               .
            
             
               From
               Delft
               to
               the
               Hague
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Hague
               to
               Delft
               ,
               the
               Boat
               goes
               every
               half
               Hour
               .
            
             
               From
               Delft
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Hague
               to
               Leyden
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               5
               ,
               7
               ,
               9
               ,
               and
               half
               an
               Hour
               after
               10.
               
               In
               the
               Afternoon
               at
               half
               an
               Hour
               after
               12
               ,
               at
               21
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               at
               4
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               and
               at
               6
               1
               /
               2
               daily
               ,
               as
               you
               are
               to
               understand
               all
               along
               .
            
             
               From
               Leyden
               to
               Delft
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Hague
               at
               the
               same
               Hours
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               4
               ,
               6
               ,
               8
               ,
               and
               10
               1
               /
               2.
               
               Afternoon
               ,
               12
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               2
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               4
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               and
               6
               1
               /
               2
               ;
               and
               a
               Night-Boat
               at
               11.
               
            
             
               From
               Leyden
               to
               Haerlem
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               3
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               6
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               9
               and
               11.
               
               Afternoon
               ,
               12
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               1
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               2
               ,
               4
               ,
               and
               6.
               
               Also
               a
               Market-Boat
               every
               Day
               before
               Noon
               .
            
             
               From
               Haerlem
               to
               Leyden
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               6
               ,
               8
               ,
               10
               and
               12.
               
               Afternoon
               at
               1
               ,
               2
               ,
               4
               and
               6
               ;
               and
               the
               Night-Boat
               at
               11.
               
            
             
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               Haerlem
               ,
               and
               from
               Haerlem
               to
               Amsterdam
               ,
               there
               goes
               a
               Boat
               every
               Hour
               ,
               from
               the
               opening
               of
               the
               Gates
               ,
               to
               8
               of
               the
               Clock
               at
               Night
               .
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               Leyden
               ,
               at
               8
               at
               Night
               ;
               and
               from
               Leyden
               to
               Amsterdam
               ,
               9
               at
               Night
               ,
               every
               Night
               ;
               and
               a
               Market-Boat
               at
               3
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               .
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               Utrecht
               ,
               from
               the
               15
               of
               March
               to
               the
               15
               of
               September
               ,
               at
               7
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               at
               1
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               ,
               and
               at
               8
               in
               the
               Evening
               .
               From
               the
               15
               of
               September
               ,
               to
               the
               11
               of
               March
               ,
               at
               8
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               at
               1
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               ,
               and
               at
               7
               in
               the
               Evening
               .
               And
               ▪
            
             
               From
               Utrecht
               to
               Amsterdam
               at
               the
               same
               Hours
               .
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               Gouda
               ,
               or
               Tergoes
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               corruptly
               called
               ;
               From
               the
               first
               of
               April
               to
               the
               last
               of
               September
               ;
               in
               the
               Morning
               at
               7
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Evening
               at
               8.
               
               In
               
                 October
                 ,
                 November
              
               ,
               and
               March
               ,
               Morning
               and
               Evening
               ▪
               at
               8.
               
            
             
               From
               Gouda
               to
               Amsterdam
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               11
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Evening
               at
               8.
               
               In
               
                 December
                 ,
                 January
              
               and
               February
               ,
               no
               Boat
               goes
               in
               the
               Morning
               from
               either
               place
               ,
               and
               only
               one
               at
               8
               in
               the
               Evening
               .
            
             
               From
               Tergoes
               you
               may
               go
               by
               Wagon
               to
               Rotterdam
               ,
               or
               from
               Rotterdam
               to
               Tergoes
               ,
               for
               about
               12
               or
               14
               Stivers
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               convenient
               
               Passage
               for
               Strangers
               ,
               there
               being
               the
               least
               shifting
               of
               Boats.
               
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               Rotterdam
               ,
               and
               from
               Rotterdam
               to
               Amsterdam
               ;
               The
               Market-Boat
               for
               carrying
               Goods
               goes
               off
               at
               12
               at
               Noon
               every
               Day
               .
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               to
               the
               Hague
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               Hague
               to
               Amsterdam
               ,
               the
               same
               at
               12
               at
               Noon
               .
            
             
               From
               Amsterdam
               through
               Muyden
               to
               Naerden
               ;
               In
               the
               Summer
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               of
               April
               ,
               to
               the
               last
               of
               September
               ,
               Morning
               ,
               at
               6
               ,
               8
               and
               10
               ;
               Afternoon
               ,
               at
               2
               ,
               4
               and
               6.
               
               In
               the
               Winter
               ,
               Mornings
               at
               7
               ,
               9
               and
               11
               ;
               Afternoon
               ,
               1
               ,
               3
               and
               5.
               
               This
               is
               a
               Fortification
               very
               well
               worth
               seeing
               .
            
             
               From
               Naerden
               through
               Muyden
               to
               Amsterdam
               ;
               In
               the
               Summer
               at
               5
               ,
               7
               and
               9
               ,
               Mornings
               ;
               and
               at
               2
               ,
               4
               and
               6
               ,
               Afternoons
               .
               In
               the
               Winter
               ,
               Mornings
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               and
               10
               ;
               Afternoons
               ,
               1
               ,
               3
               and
               5.
               
            
             
               From
               Leyden
               to
               Gouda
               ;
               Every
               Day
               a
               Boat
               goes
               at
               11
               in
               the
               Fornenoon
               ,
               and
               on
               Saturdays
               at
               2
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               .
            
             
               From
               Gouda
               to
               Leyden
               ;
               Every
               Day
               at
               11
               in
               the
               Forenoon
               ,
               and
               on
               Thursdays
               at
               12.
               
            
             
               From
               Leyden
               through
               Woerden
               to
               Utrccht
               ;
               In
               the
               Morning
               at
               9
               ,
               Afternoon
               at
               12
               1
               /
               2
               ,
               and
               Evening
               at
               9.
               
            
             
               From
               Utrecht
               through
               Woerden
               to
               Leyden
               ;
               Mornings
               at
               8
               and
               12
               ,
               Evenings
               at
               8.
               
            
             
             
               From
               Rotterdam
               to
               Dort
               ,
               and
               from
               Dort
               to
               Rotterdam
               ;
               Every
               Day
               a
               Boat
               as
               the
               Tide
               serves
               ;
               as
               also
               to
               Antwerp
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               It
               will
               be
               unnecessary
               to
               particularize
               any
               more
               ,
               these
               being
               all
               that
               Englishmen
               have
               occasion
               for
               ,
               for
               whom
               these
               Remarks
               are
               made
               ,
               though
               it
               will
               not
               be
               improper
               if
               I
               insert
               the
               Order
               for
               the
               Post-Wagons
               ,
               which
               some
               for
               Expedition
               make
               use
               of
               .
            
             
               The
               Order
               of
               the
               Post-Wagons
               which
               go
               between
               Amsterdam
               and
               the
               Hague
               .
            
             
               Every
               Day
               except
               Sundays
               ,
               from
               the
               26
               of
               February
               to
               the
               29
               of
               September
               ,
               there
               goes
               a
               Post-Wagon
               at
               6
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               first
               of
               October
               to
               the
               sixth
               of
               November
               ,
               at
               7
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               8
               of
               November
               to
               the
               19
               of
               January
               ,
               at
               half
               an
               Hour
               past
               7
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               From
               the
               21
               of
               January
               to
               the
               24
               of
               February
               ,
               at
               7
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               great
               Vacation
               of
               the
               Courts
               of
               Holland
               ,
               which
               is
               all
               the
               Month
               of
               August
               ,
               there
               goes
               no
               Wagon
               in
               the
               Morning
               .
            
             
               At
               12
               at
               Noon
               there
               goes
               a
               Wagon
               every
               Day
               ,
               Sundays
               and
               all
               ,
               throughout
               the
               Year
               .
            
             
               The
               Passage
               in
               the
               Post-Wagon
               for
               each
               Person
               is
               4
               
                 G.
                 3
                 St.
              
               besides
               Passage-Gelt
               .
               And
               if
               any
               hire
               a
               whole
               Wagon
               ,
               they
               may
               go
               
               at
               what
               Hour
               they
               please
               ,
               and
               pay
               24
               G.
               18
               St.
               and
               Passage-Gelt
               ,
               provided
               there
               be
               no
               more
               than
               6
               Persons
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               you
               are
               set
               down
               by
               the
               way
               you
               shall
               be
               abated
               proportionably
               of
               the
               Passage
               ,
               but
               then
               you
               must
               give
               notice
               of
               it
               before
               Hand
               ,
               and
               be
               content
               to
               take
               your
               place
               after
               those
               that
               go
               quite
               out
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               having
               said
               so
               much
               of
               the
               States
               Government
               ,
               and
               of
               Amsterdam
               in
               particular
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               be
               amiss
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               some
               bad
               Customs
               and
               Practices
               now
               in
               vogue
               in
               Holland
               ,
               and
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Reader
               to
               judge
               what
               they
               may
               portend
               :
               There
               are
               Tollerated
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               amongst
               other
               abuses
               ,
               at
               least
               50
               Musick-houses
               ,
               where
               lewd
               Persons
               of
               both
               Sexes
               meet
               and
               practise
               their
               Villanies
               :
               There
               is
               also
               a
               place
               called
               the
               Long-Seller
               ,
               a
               Tollerated
               Exchange
               ,
               or
               publick
               Meeting
               House
               for
               Whores
               and
               Rogues
               to
               Rendezvous
               in
               ,
               and
               make
               their
               filthy
               Bargains
               .
               This
               Exchange
               is
               open
               from
               six
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               Evening
               until
               nine
               at
               Night
               ;
               every
               Whore
               must
               pay
               three
               Stivers
               at
               the
               Door
               for
               her
               Entrance
               or
               Admission
               .
               I
               confess
               the
               Ministers
               Preach
               and
               exclaim
               from
               the
               Pulpit
               against
               this
               horrible
               Abuse
               ,
               but
               who
               they
               be
               that
               protect
               them
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               yet
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               some
               plead
               for
               the
               Tolleration
               of
               these
               wicked
               Meetings
               ,
               upon
               pretext
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               East-India
               Fleets
               come
               home
               ,
               the
               Seamen
               are
               so
               mad
               for
               
               Women
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               had
               not
               such
               Houses
               to
               bait
               in
               ,
               they
               would
               force
               the
               very
               Citizens
               Wives
               and
               Daughters
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               well
               known
               ,
               that
               as
               Money
               does
               countenance
               ,
               so
               Discipline
               might
               suppress
               that
               abuse
               .
               The
               old
               severe
               ,
               and
               frugal
               way
               of
               living
               is
               now
               almost
               quite
               out
               of
               date
               in
               Holland
               ,
               there
               is
               very
               little
               to
               be
               seen
               of
               that
               sober
               Modesty
               in
               Apparel
               ,
               Diet
               ,
               and
               Habitations
               as
               formerly
               :
               In
               stead
               of
               convenient
               Dwellings
               ,
               the
               Hollanders
               now
               build
               stately
               Palaces
               ,
               have
               their
               delightful
               Gardens
               ,
               and
               Houses
               of
               Pleasure
               ,
               keep
               Coaches
               ,
               Wagons
               and
               Sleas
               ,
               have
               very
               rich
               Furniture
               for
               their
               Horses
               ,
               with
               Trappings
               adorned
               with
               Silver
               Bells
               .
               I
               have
               seen
               the
               Vanity
               of
               a
               Vintners
               Son
               ,
               who
               had
               the
               Bosses
               of
               the
               Bit
               ,
               and
               Trapping
               of
               his
               Horse
               of
               pure
               Silver
               ;
               his
               Toot-Man
               and
               Coach-Man
               having
               Silver
               Fring'd
               Gloves
               ;
               yea
               ,
               so
               much
               is
               the
               humour
               of
               the
               Women
               altered
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               Children
               also
               ,
               that
               no
               Apparel
               can
               now
               serve
               them
               but
               the
               best
               and
               richest
               that
               France
               and
               other
               Countries
               affords
               ;
               and
               their
               Sons
               are
               so
               much
               addicted
               to
               Play
               ,
               that
               many
               Families
               in
               Amsterdam
               are
               ruined
               by
               it
               ;
               not
               that
               England
               is
               less
               extravagant
               then
               the
               Dutch
               ;
               who
               as
               I
               said
               before
               ,
               got
               such
               great
               Estates
               by
               their
               Frugality
               ,
               whilst
               they
               were
               not
               addicted
               to
               such
               Prodigality
               and
               Wantonness
               as
               the
               English
               are
               ,
               whose
               excess
               I
               cannot
               excuse
               ;
               nevertheless
               ,
               the
               grave
               and
               sober
               People
               of
               Holland
               are
               
               very
               sensible
               of
               the
               great
               alteration
               that
               now
               is
               in
               their
               Country
               ,
               and
               as
               they
               say
               ,
               Paracelsus
               used
               to
               Cure
               his
               Patients
               of
               their
               Disease
               with
               a
               full
               Belly
               ;
               so
               a
               good
               Burghermaster
               desirous
               to
               convince
               his
               Amsterdammers
               of
               their
               dissolute
               kind
               of
               Life
               ,
               invited
               the
               36
               Magistrates
               and
               their
               Wives
               to
               a
               Feast
               ;
               who
               being
               come
               ,
               and
               the
               Ladies
               big
               with
               Expectation
               of
               some
               rare
               and
               extraordinary
               Entertainment
               ,
               sat
               down
               at
               Table
               ,
               where
               the
               first
               Course
               was
               Buttermilk
               boil'd
               with
               Apples
               ,
               Stock-fish
               ,
               Butter'd
               Turnips
               and
               Carrots
               ,
               Lettice
               ,
               Sallat
               ,
               and
               Red
               Herrings
               ,
               and
               only
               small
               Bear
               ,
               without
               any
               Wine
               ;
               at
               this
               the
               Ladies
               startled
               ,
               and
               began
               to
               whisper
               to
               their
               Husbands
               ,
               that
               they
               expected
               no
               such
               Entertainment
               ,
               but
               upon
               removing
               of
               the
               Dishes
               and
               Plates
               ,
               they
               found
               underneath
               Printed
               Verses
               ,
               importing
               ,
               That
               after
               that
               manner
               of
               living
               they
               began
               to
               thrive
               ,
               and
               had
               inlarged
               their
               City
               .
            
             
               The
               Second
               Course
               consisted
               of
               Bocke
               de
               kooks
               ,
               Quarters
               of
               Lamb
               ,
               Roasted
               Rabbits
               ,
               and
               a
               sort
               of
               Pudding
               they
               call
               a
               Brother
               ;
               here
               they
               had
               Dort
               and
               English
               Beer
               ,
               with
               French
               Wine
               ,
               yet
               all
               this
               did
               not
               please
               the
               Dainty
               Dames
               :
               But
               upon
               removing
               away
               the
               Plates
               another
               Dish
               of
               Poetry
               appeared
               ,
               which
               acquainted
               them
               ,
               That
               after
               that
               modest
               and
               sober
               way
               of
               living
               they
               might
               keep
               what
               they
               had
               got
               ,
               and
               lay
               up
               something
               for
               their
               Children
               .
            
             
             
               Then
               comes
               in
               the
               Third
               Course
               made
               up
               of
               all
               the
               Rarities
               of
               the
               Season
               ,
               as
               Partridges
               ,
               Pheasants
               ,
               and
               all
               sorts
               of
               Fowl
               ,
               and
               English
               Pasties
               ,
               with
               plenty
               of
               Rhenish
               ,
               and
               other
               sorts
               of
               Wine
               ,
               to
               moisten
               them
               ;
               this
               put
               the
               Ladies
               in
               a
               Frolick
               ,
               and
               jolly
               Humour
               ,
               but
               under
               their
               Plates
               was
               found
               the
               Use
               and
               Application
               in
               Verses
               ,
               telling
               them
               ,
               That
               to
               feed
               after
               that
               manner
               was
               Voluptuous
               and
               Luxurious
               ,
               and
               would
               impair
               their
               Health
               ,
               and
               waste
               their
               Estates
               ,
               make
               them
               neglect
               their
               Trade
               ,
               and
               so
               in
               time
               reduce
               their
               stately
               and
               new
               built
               flourishing
               City
               to
               their
               old
               Fishing
               Town
               again
               .
               After
               this
               was
               brought
               in
               a
               Banquet
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Sweat
               Meats
               piled
               up
               in
               Pyramids
               ,
               and
               delicate
               Fruit
               ,
               with
               plenty
               of
               delicious
               Wines
               ;
               and
               to
               conclude
               all
               ,
               a
               set
               of
               Musick
               and
               Maskers
               ,
               who
               Danced
               with
               the
               young
               Ladies
               ;
               but
               at
               parting
               ,
               like
               the
               hand
               writing
               to
               Belteshazzar
               upon
               the
               Wall
               ,
               every
               one
               had
               a
               Printed
               Paper
               of
               Moralities
               put
               into
               their
               Hand
               ,
               shewing
               them
               the
               Causes
               of
               the
               Ruin
               of
               the
               Roman
               Commonwealth
               ,
               according
               to
               that
               of
               the
               Poet
               ,
               
                 
                   Nullum
                   crimen
                   abest
                   ,
                   facinusque
                   libidinis
                   ex
                   quo
                   ,
                
                 
                   Paupertas
                   Romana
                   perit
                   .
                
              
               with
               an
               excellent
               Advice
               to
               them
               ,
               That
               if
               they
               did
               not
               quit
               the
               Buffoonries
               ,
               and
               Apish
               
               Modes
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               return
               to
               the
               Simplicity
               ,
               Plainness
               and
               Modesty
               of
               their
               Ancestors
               and
               Founders
               ,
               their
               Commonwealth
               could
               not
               long
               last
               ;
               but
               all
               the
               Thanks
               the
               good
               old
               Burghermaster
               had
               for
               his
               kind
               and
               chargeable
               Entertainment
               in
               thus
               Feasting
               his
               Country-Men
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               Floutted
               at
               ,
               and
               Pasquild
               ,
               the
               Sparks
               of
               Amsterdam
               saying
               in
               all
               places
               ,
               That
               the
               old
               Man
               being
               now
               past
               the
               years
               of
               Pleasure
               himself
               ,
               would
               have
               none
               others
               to
               take
               theirs
               :
               And
               here
               I
               shall
               put
               a
               period
               to
               what
               I
               thought
               fit
               to
               observe
               of
               the
               States
               of
               the
               United
               Provinces
               ,
               only
               I
               will
               beg
               leave
               to
               say
               something
               to
               the
               Hollander
               by
               way
               of
               Advice
               ,
               viz.
               That
               now
               they
               are
               in
               a
               prosperous
               Condition
               ,
               Rich
               ,
               and
               at
               Ease
               ,
               they
               would
               look
               back
               and
               remember
               what
               God
               in
               his
               infinite
               Goodness
               and
               Mercy
               did
               for
               them
               in
               the
               days
               of
               their
               greatest
               Calamities
               :
               For
               my
               own
               part
               I
               cannot
               but
               admire
               the
               great
               Providence
               of
               God
               in
               preserving
               them
               from
               being
               devoured
               by
               their
               many
               Enemies
               they
               had
               in
               the
               last
               War
               ,
               besides
               their
               Enemies
               at
               home
               ,
               some
               of
               which
               particulars
               as
               they
               then
               happened
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               relate
               .
               At
               the
               time
               when
               the
               French
               came
               to
               Invade
               the
               Territories
               of
               the
               States
               General
               ,
               it
               then
               looked
               as
               if
               God
               had
               mark'd
               out
               the
               way
               for
               the
               French
               to
               March
               ,
               by
               sending
               such
               a
               wonderful
               dry
               Season
               ,
               that
               the
               Rivers
               of
               the
               
                 Rhine
                 ,
                 Beta
                 ,
                 Wall
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Rivers
               were
               Fordable
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               
               French
               only
               waded
               throw
               ,
               and
               became
               so
               Victorious
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               little
               space
               of
               time
               (
               what
               by
               the
               Treasons
               of
               some
               ,
               and
               the
               Ignorance
               and
               Cowardise
               of
               others
               intrusted
               with
               the
               Militia
               and
               Garisons
               )
               the
               French
               became
               Masters
               of
               above
               Forty
               Cities
               and
               Garisons
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               there
               was
               nothing
               to
               be
               heard
               of
               in
               the
               States
               Dominions
               but
               Confusion
               and
               Misery
               ,
               even
               in
               the
               strong
               and
               rich
               City
               of
               Amsterdam
               it self
               ,
               who
               at
               this
               time
               beheld
               the
               French
               Army
               like
               a
               mighty
               Torrent
               coming
               within
               sight
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               wanting
               Water
               in
               their
               Canals
               ,
               and
               Burghwalls
               to
               ply
               their
               Sluces
               ,
               and
               such
               was
               the
               scarcity
               of
               Rain
               ,
               that
               a
               Pail
               of
               fresh
               Water
               was
               worth
               Six
               Pence
               :
               Thus
               Heaven
               seemed
               to
               frown
               on
               them
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               French
               Army
               ,
               by
               the
               shutting
               up
               as
               it
               were
               the
               Conduits
               of
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               yet
               a
               worse
               thing
               had
               like
               to
               have
               fallen
               out
               ,
               for
               at
               the
               same
               time
               the
               Divisions
               grew
               so
               high
               amongst
               the
               Magistrates
               in
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               putting
               to
               the
               Question
               ,
               Whether
               or
               no
               they
               should
               not
               go
               and
               meet
               the
               French
               King
               with
               the
               Keys
               of
               their
               City
               ,
               to
               save
               it
               from
               Fire
               and
               Plunder
               ;
               now
               nothing
               ,
               in
               all
               probability
               ,
               could
               save
               this
               rich
               City
               from
               falling
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               but
               an
               immediate
               hand
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               it
               had
               undoubtedly
               come
               to
               pass
               ,
               had
               not
               Providence
               caused
               the
               French
               to
               make
               a
               stand
               at
               Muyden
               ,
               
               two
               hours
               from
               Amsterdam
               ,
               at
               what
               time
               the
               valiant
               Roman
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               Scout
               Hasselaer
               ,
               like
               a
               true
               Father
               of
               his
               Country
               ,
               opposed
               the
               French
               Party
               in
               the
               Counsel
               ,
               calling
               out
               to
               the
               Burghers
               from
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               to
               take
               Courage
               ,
               and
               rather
               chuse
               to
               die
               ,
               like
               old
               Battavians
               ,
               with
               their
               Swords
               in
               their
               hands
               ,
               than
               tamely
               and
               treacherously
               to
               yield
               up
               their
               City
               to
               the
               Mercy
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               as
               some
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               were
               about
               to
               do
               ;
               this
               so
               incouraged
               the
               Burghers
               ,
               that
               with
               great
               Courage
               they
               mann'd
               the
               Walls
               ,
               and
               Heaven
               then
               assisting
               them
               with
               a
               sudden
               and
               plentiful
               Rain
               ,
               that
               they
               ply'd
               their
               Sluces
               ,
               and
               dround
               the
               Lands
               round
               the
               City
               three
               or
               four
               Foot
               high
               ,
               in
               some
               places
               ,
               which
               caus'd
               the
               victorious
               French
               Army
               to
               make
               a
               quick
               retreat
               ,
               as
               far
               as
               Utrecht
               ,
               else
               they
               had
               paid
               dear
               for
               seeing
               of
               Amsterdam
               ;
               thus
               was
               Amsterdam
               delivered
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               Heaven
               .
            
             
               A
               Second
               was
               ,
               when
               that
               bloody
               Duke
               of
               Luxemburg
               ,
               who
               gloried
               and
               thanked
               GOD
               that
               he
               was
               born
               without
               pity
               or
               remorse
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               took
               the
               opportunity
               of
               an
               exceeding
               hard
               Frost
               ,
               to
               march
               his
               Army
               over
               the
               Ice
               as
               it
               had
               been
               dry
               ground
               ,
               burning
               in
               his
               way
               the
               three
               fair
               Villages
               of
               
                 Bodygrave
                 ,
                 Swammerdam
              
               ,
               and
               Goudse-sluys
               ;
               acting
               there
               a
               more
               cruel
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               worse
               ,
               than
               ever
               did
               Turk
               ,
               for
               they
               generally
               
               save
               the
               Country
               People
               for
               Ransom
               ,
               but
               this
               cruel
               Prince
               caused
               strong
               Guards
               to
               surround
               the
               Villages
               ,
               and
               burnt
               Men
               ,
               Women
               ,
               and
               Children
               together
               :
               Thus
               he
               began
               his
               march
               ,
               with
               a
               design
               to
               burn
               
                 Leyden
                 ,
                 Hague
                 ,
                 Rotterdam
                 ,
                 Delft
                 ,
              
               and
               all
               the
               rich
               Country
               of
               Rhineland
               :
               And
               this
               he
               might
               have
               done
               in
               all
               probability
               ,
               for
               ,
               first
               ,
               the
               Governor
               of
               New-sluce
               ,
               who
               commanded
               the
               Post
               that
               should
               have
               stopt
               the
               French
               ,
               treacherously
               delivered
               up
               the
               Fort
               without
               firing
               a
               Gun
               ;
               and
               the
               handful
               of
               Troops
               then
               under
               General
               Koningsmark
               were
               so
               inconsiderable
               ,
               that
               they
               ,
               joyned
               to
               the
               Soldiers
               under
               Pain
               and
               Vin
               ,
               the
               Governor
               of
               New-sluce
               ,
               were
               not
               able
               to
               make
               head
               as
               could
               oppose
               
               Laxemburg's
               Army
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               was
               with
               the
               States
               Army
               at
               Charleroy
               :
               Now
               was
               Leyden
               ready
               to
               meet
               the
               French
               with
               the
               Keys
               of
               their
               City
               ,
               and
               other
               Cities
               too
               ,
               for
               they
               had
               neither
               Fortifications
               nor
               Soldiers
               to
               man
               their
               Walls
               :
               Thus
               the
               whole
               Country
               and
               Cities
               of
               Rhineland
               were
               like
               to
               fall
               under
               the
               Cruelties
               and
               Tyrany
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               but
               GOD
               a
               second
               time
               sent
               these
               People
               Relief
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               first
               by
               giving
               such
               undaunted
               Courage
               to
               that
               Great
               States-man
               Pensionary
               Fagel
               ,
               that
               he
               forced
               Coningsmark
               to
               rally
               his
               Troops
               together
               ,
               and
               to
               make
               a
               stand
               near
               Leyden
               ,
               offering
               himself
               to
               die
               at
               the
               head
               of
               them
               if
               there
               were
               occasion
               ,
               
               but
               GOD
               reserved
               him
               for
               a
               further
               Good
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               by
               sending
               such
               a
               sudden
               Thaw
               as
               was
               never
               seen
               before
               ,
               for
               in
               less
               than
               ten
               hours
               ,
               the
               Ice
               so
               sunk
               ,
               and
               such
               Floods
               of
               Snow
               came
               down
               from
               the
               Highlands
               ,
               that
               the
               French
               were
               fain
               to
               make
               a
               very
               disorderly
               retreat
               ,
               marching
               up
               to
               the
               middle
               for
               haste
               ,
               because
               on
               the
               Banks
               there
               could
               not
               march
               above
               four
               Men
               a-breast
               ,
               so
               they
               were
               constrained
               to
               leave
               behind
               them
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               Plunder
               they
               had
               robb'd
               from
               the
               Innocent
               Country
               People
               ,
               and
               the
               nimble
               Dutch-men
               ,
               on
               their
               Scates
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               the
               Ice
               would
               bear
               them
               ,
               did
               shoot
               down
               the
               French
               like
               Ducks
               diving
               under
               Water
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               cost
               
               Luxemburg's
               Army
               dear
               ,
               though
               they
               had
               the
               pleasure
               to
               burn
               the
               poor
               People
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               French
               afterward
               wickedly
               made
               their
               boast
               .
            
             
               The
               third
               was
               as
               wonderful
               as
               the
               two
               others
               ;
               and
               although
               I
               do
               not
               believe
               Miracles
               ,
               as
               do
               the
               Papists
               ,
               yet
               I
               say
               nothing
               I
               ever
               observed
               looked
               more
               like
               a
               Miracle
               than
               this
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               when
               the
               English
               and
               French
               Fleet
               lay
               before
               Scheveling
               with
               a
               design
               to
               land
               ,
               and
               the
               French
               ready
               on
               their
               March
               to
               joyn
               with
               the
               English
               and
               other
               French
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               should
               land
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Munster
               lying
               before
               Groeningen
               ,
               and
               the
               French
               before
               Gorcom
               ,
               so
               that
               now
               all
               things
               looked
               with
               a
               dreadful
               
               face
               for
               the
               States
               ,
               yet
               at
               this
               very
               time
               God
               sent
               a
               third
               relief
               ,
               by
               sending
               such
               Mists
               ,
               and
               wonderful
               sorts
               of
               Tydes
               ,
               as
               so
               separated
               the
               two
               Fleets
               ,
               that
               the
               English
               were
               forced
               to
               quit
               Scheveling
               Shore
               ,
               and
               were
               driven
               on
               the
               side
               of
               the
               Texel
               Road
               ;
               from
               whence
               they
               were
               constrained
               by
               the
               season
               of
               the
               Year
               to
               retire
               home
               :
               And
               such
               were
               the
               sudden
               and
               great
               Showers
               of
               Rain
               ,
               that
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Munster
               was
               forced
               in
               disorder
               to
               raise
               his
               Siege
               at
               Groeningen
               ,
               and
               the
               French
               to
               quit
               Gorcom
               .
               I
               could
               add
               many
               more
               Observations
               of
               the
               Providences
               of
               God
               to
               these
               People
               ,
               as
               the
               preserving
               the
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               ,
               His
               present
               Majesty
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               from
               the
               many
               treacherous
               Designs
               contrived
               against
               him
               from
               his
               Cradle
               ;
               but
               Moses
               must
               be
               preserved
               ,
               to
               go
               in
               and
               out
               before
               his
               ▪
               People
               .
               Certainly
               never
               young
               Prince
               endured
               so
               many
               Fatigues
               as
               did
               his
               Highness
               in
               his
               tender
               Years
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               was
               an
               Eye-witness
               ;
               and
               had
               his
               Highness
               had
               the
               Years
               and
               Experience
               ,
               and
               such
               a
               good
               Disciplined
               Army
               (
               as
               now
               he
               hath
               )
               in
               the
               Year
               1671.
               when
               the
               French
               entred
               the
               Country
               ,
               his
               Highness
               had
               given
               them
               as
               good
               a
               Welcom
               as
               he
               did
               at
               Bergen
               .
               I
               will
               say
               no
               more
               of
               this
               Subject
               ,
               only
               this
               ,
               That
               the
               Peace
               at
               Nimeguen
               was
               also
               a
               very
               wonderful
               thing
               ,
               for
               that
               not
               above
               eight
               Days
               before
               the
               Peace
               was
               signed
               ,
               most
               of
               the
               Plenipotentiaries
               did
               believe
               the
               War
               would
               
               have
               continued
               another
               Year
               ;
               first
               ,
               because
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               and
               Duke
               of
               Brandenburg
               prospered
               exceedingly
               against
               Sweedland
               ,
               and
               totally
               refused
               the
               Propositions
               of
               France
               ;
               and
               secondly
               ,
               because
               the
               French
               King
               writ
               such
               bitter
               Letters
               against
               the
               States-General
               :
               Yet
               eight
               Days
               after
               drest
               a
               Letter
               unto
               the
               States
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               calls
               them
               his
               
                 Good
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 Old
                 Alleys
                 ,
              
               offering
               them
               not
               only
               Maestricht
               ,
               but
               every
               Foot
               of
               Ground
               they
               could
               lay
               claim
               to
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               also
               giving
               them
               new
               Terms
               and
               Conditions
               as
               to
               their
               Privileges
               in
               France
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               Trade
               .
               Neither
               can
               I
               forget
               how
               speedily
               and
               as
               strangely
               the
               French
               King
               did
               quit
               his
               Conquered
               Towns
               after
               the
               Valiant
               Prince
               of
               Orange
               took
               Naerden
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               first
               step
               to
               the
               French's
               Ruine
               in
               the
               States
               Dominions
               .
               I
               come
               now
               ,
               according
               to
               promise
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               Book
               ,
               to
               give
               the
               Reader
               some
               Remarks
               I
               made
               in
               other
               Countries
               where
               I
               have
               been
               ,
               during
               my
               Sixteen
               Years
               Travels
               .
               To
               give
               a
               full
               account
               of
               all
               that
               might
               be
               observed
               in
               so
               many
               Countries
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               Task
               for
               one
               Man
               ,
               nor
               a
               Subject
               for
               so
               small
               a
               Book
               ;
               I
               shall
               only
               therefore
               briefly
               take
               notice
               of
               some
               remarkable
               Matters
               which
               may
               in
               some
               measure
               satisfie
               the
               Curiosity
               of
               my
               Country-men
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               been
               in
               the
               said
               places
               ,
               and
               convince
               ,
               if
               possible
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               no
               Country
               that
               ever
               I
               was
               in
               ,
               affords
               so
               
               great
               Conveniencies
               for
               the
               generality
               of
               People
               to
               live
               in
               ,
               as
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               doth
               .
               Though
               I
               have
               twice
               made
               the
               
                 grand
                 tour
              
               of
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 Italy
              
               and
               France
               ,
               and
               after
               my
               return
               back
               to
               England
               ,
               travelling
               a
               third
               time
               through
               Holland
               as
               far
               as
               Strasbourg
               ,
               and
               so
               back
               by
               Francfort
               to
               Denmark
               and
               Sueden
               ;
               yet
               the
               Reader
               is
               not
               to
               expect
               I
               should
               follow
               a
               Geographical
               Method
               and
               Order
               in
               speaking
               of
               the
               Places
               I
               have
               been
               in
               ;
               that
               is
               to
               be
               lookt
               for
               in
               the
               Map
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               Travels
               ;
               but
               only
               that
               I
               mention
               Places
               as
               I
               found
               them
               on
               my
               Road
               ,
               according
               as
               Business
               or
               Curiosity
               led
               me
               to
               Travel
               .
            
             
               THE
               first
               considerable
               Place
               I
               then
               met
               with
               ,
               after
               I
               was
               out
               of
               the
               Dominions
               of
               the
               States-General
               ,
               was
               Cleave
               ,
               the
               Capital
               City
               of
               the
               Province
               so
               called
               ;
               a
               fair
               and
               lovely
               City
               standing
               upon
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               and
               the
               Rivers
               Wall
               and
               Leck
               .
               This
               Province
               much
               resembles
               England
               in
               rich
               Soil
               ,
               and
               pleasantness
               of
               its
               Rivers
               .
               The
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               Country
               would
               have
               me
               believe
               that
               they
               were
               Originally
               descended
               of
               those
               Saxons
               who
               made
               a
               descent
               into
               England
               ,
               and
               conquered
               it
               ;
               and
               to
               convince
               the
               truth
               of
               this
               ,
               they
               shew'd
               me
               a
               Cloyster
               standing
               on
               a
               Hill
               ,
               called
               Eltham
               ,
               from
               which
               they
               say
               our
               Eltham
               in
               Kent
               had
               its
               Name
               .
               I
               was
               made
               to
               observe
               also
               two
               places
               standing
               
               upon
               the
               Rhine
               near
               Emmerick
               ,
               called
               Doadford
               ,
               and
               Gronewich
               ,
               which
               according
               to
               them
               ,
               gave
               the
               Names
               to
               Dedford
               and
               Greenwich
               in
               England
               :
               But
               many
               such
               Analogies
               and
               Similitudes
               of
               Names
               are
               to
               be
               found
               in
               other
               places
               of
               Germany
               ,
               but
               especially
               in
               upper
               Saxony
               and
               Denmark
               .
               The
               greatest
               part
               of
               this
               Province
               of
               Cleave
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               Dutchies
               of
               Juliers
               and
               Berg
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Provinces
               of
               Marke
               and
               Ravensbourg
               ,
               belongs
               to
               the
               Elector
               of
               Brandenbourg
               ,
               the
               rest
               belonging
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newbourg
               now
               Elector
               Palatine
               ,
               and
               the
               Elector
               of
               Cologne
               .
               The
               Inhabitants
               are
               partly
               Roman
               Catholicks
               ,
               partly
               Lutherans
               ,
               and
               partly
               Calvinists
               ,
               who
               all
               live
               promiscuously
               and
               peaceably
               together
               both
               in
               City
               and
               Country
               .
               The
               City
               of
               Cleave
               is
               the
               utmost
               Limit
               of
               the
               Territories
               of
               the
               Elector
               of
               Brandenbourg
               on
               this
               side
               of
               Germany
               ;
               from
               whence
               his
               Electoral
               Highness
               can
               Travel
               Two
               Hundred
               Dutch
               Miles
               out-right
               in
               his
               own
               Dominions
               ,
               and
               never
               sleep
               out
               of
               his
               own
               Country
               but
               one
               Night
               in
               the
               Territories
               of
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Osnabrug
               .
            
             
               FRom
               Cleave
               I
               went
               to
               a
               small
               Town
               called
               Rhinberg
               ,
               but
               a
               very
               strong
               Fortification
               belonging
               to
               the
               Elector
               of
               Cologne
               ;
               which
               lies
               at
               two
               Miles
               distance
               from
               the
               City
               of
               Wesel
               ,
               that
               belongs
               to
               the
               Elector
               of
               Brandenbourg
               .
               Through
               Dusseldorpe
               ,
               situated
               
               on
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               and
               the
               Residence
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newbourg
               ,
               I
               went
               next
               to
               Cologne
               ,
               a
               very
               large
               City
               ,
               called
               by
               the
               Romans
               
                 Colonia
                 Agrippina
              
               ,
               and
               the
               French
               
                 Rome
                 d'Allemagne
              
               .
            
             
               Cologne
               is
               an
               Imperial
               City
               ,
               and
               a
               Republick
               ,
               though
               for
               some
               things
               it
               does
               Homage
               to
               the
               Elector
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               and
               receives
               an
               Oath
               from
               him
               .
               It
               is
               much
               decayed
               within
               these
               Hundred
               Years
               ,
               having
               been
               much
               Priest-ridden
               ;
               a
               Misfortune
               that
               hath
               undone
               many
               other
               great
               Cities
               .
               The
               Jesuits
               have
               had
               so
               great
               Influence
               upon
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               that
               they
               prevailed
               with
               them
               to
               banish
               all
               Protestants
               ,
               who
               removed
               to
               Hambourg
               and
               Amsterdam
               ;
               so
               that
               Cologne
               is
               become
               so
               dispeopled
               ,
               that
               the
               Houses
               daily
               fall
               to
               ruine
               for
               want
               of
               Inhabitants
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Corn
               and
               Wine
               now
               grows
               within
               the
               Walls
               ,
               upon
               Ground
               where
               Houses
               formerly
               stood
               .
               I
               dare
               be
               bold
               to
               affirm
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               twice
               the
               Number
               of
               Inhabitants
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
               St.
               
                 Martins
                 in
                 the
                 Fields
              
               ,
               as
               there
               is
               in
               Cologne
               ;
               and
               yet
               it
               contains
               as
               many
               Parish-Churches
               ,
               Monasteries
               and
               Chappels
               ,
               as
               there
               are
               days
               in
               the
               Year
               .
               The
               Streets
               are
               very
               large
               ,
               and
               so
               are
               the
               Houses
               also
               ,
               in
               many
               of
               which
               one
               may
               drive
               a
               Coach
               or
               Wagon
               into
               the
               first
               Room
               from
               the
               Streets
               :
               But
               the
               Streets
               are
               so
               thin
               of
               People
               ,
               that
               one
               may
               pass
               some
               of
               them
               and
               not
               meet
               Ten
               Men
               or
               Women
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               
               Church-Men
               ,
               or
               Religious
               Sisters
               .
               The
               most
               considerable
               Inhabitants
               of
               the
               City
               are
               Protestant
               Merchants
               ,
               though
               but
               few
               in
               Number
               ,
               and
               they
               not
               allowed
               a
               Church
               neither
               ,
               but
               at
               a
               place
               called
               Woullin
               ,
               a
               Mile
               without
               the
               City
               ;
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               ,
               who
               are
               Lay-men
               ,
               are
               miserably
               poor
               .
               There
               are
               no
               less
               than
               3000
               Students
               in
               Cologne
               taught
               by
               the
               Jesuits
               gratis
               ,
               who
               have
               the
               privilege
               to
               beg
               in
               Musical
               Notes
               in
               the
               Day-time
               ,
               and
               take
               to
               themselves
               the
               liberty
               of
               borrowing
               Hats
               and
               Cloaks
               in
               the
               Night
               .
               But
               if
               in
               the
               Jesuits
               Schools
               there
               be
               any
               Rich
               Burghermasters
               Sons
               who
               have
               Parts
               ,
               they
               are
               sure
               to
               be
               snapt
               up
               ,
               and
               adopted
               into
               the
               Society
               .
               Formerly
               ,
               before
               the
               Matter
               was
               otherwise
               adjusted
               in
               the
               Dyet
               of
               Ratubonne
               ,
               there
               have
               been
               Designs
               of
               Voting
               Protestant
               Magistrates
               into
               the
               Government
               again
               ;
               but
               so
               soon
               as
               the
               Jesuits
               came
               to
               discover
               who
               of
               the
               Magistrates
               were
               for
               that
               ,
               they
               immediately
               preferred
               their
               Sons
               or
               Daughters
               ,
               and
               made
               them
               Canons
               ,
               Abbots
               ,
               or
               Canonesses
               ,
               and
               so
               diverted
               them
               by
               Interest
               .
               It
               's
               pity
               to
               see
               a
               City
               so
               famous
               for
               Traffick
               in
               former
               times
               ,
               now
               brought
               to
               so
               great
               a
               decay
               ,
               that
               were
               it
               not
               for
               the
               Trade
               of
               Rhenish-Wine
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               utterly
               forsaken
               ,
               and
               left
               wholly
               to
               the
               Church-Men
               .
               The
               continual
               Alarms
               the
               Magistrates
               have
               had
               by
               Foreign
               Designs
               upon
               their
               Liberty
               ,
               and
               the
               Jealousies
               fomented
               among
               themselves
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               
               thought
               ,
               by
               the
               Agents
               and
               Favourers
               of
               France
               ,
               and
               especially
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Strasbourg
               ,
               have
               ,
               for
               several
               years
               ,
               kept
               them
               in
               continual
               disquiet
               ,
               and
               necessitated
               them
               to
               raise
               great
               Taxes
               ,
               which
               hath
               not
               a
               little
               contributed
               to
               the
               impoverishing
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               especially
               the
               Boars
               round
               about
               ;
               who
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Country
               they
               live
               in
               be
               one
               of
               the
               most
               pleasant
               and
               fertile
               Plains
               of
               Germany
               ,
               yet
               are
               so
               wretchedly
               poor
               ,
               that
               Canvas
               Cloaths
               ,
               Wooden
               Shoes
               ,
               and
               Straw
               to
               sleep
               on
               in
               the
               same
               room
               with
               their
               Beasts
               ,
               is
               the
               greatest
               worldly
               Happiness
               that
               most
               of
               them
               can
               attain
               unto
               .
               The
               Elector
               of
               Cologne
               is
               Bishop
               of
               four
               great
               Bishopricks
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Cologne
              
               ,
               Prince
               of
               
                 Liege
                 ,
                 Munster
              
               ,
               and
               Heldershime
               .
               To
               speak
               of
               all
               the
               Miracles
               of
               the
               three
               Kings
               of
               Cologne
               ,
               and
               the
               vast
               number
               of
               Saints
               ,
               who
               were
               removed
               out
               of
               England
               and
               interred
               there
               ,
               would
               be
               but
               tedious
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               incredible
               ,
               to
               the
               Reader
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               wide
               of
               my
               design
               :
               I
               shall
               therefore
               proceed
               .
            
             
               FRom
               Cologne
               I
               took
               Water
               on
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               and
               advanced
               to
               the
               City
               of
               Bon
               ,
               and
               so
               forward
               to
               Coblentz
               ,
               the
               Residence
               of
               the
               Elector
               of
               Trier
               :
               Over-against
               this
               City
               ,
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               stands
               that
               impregnable
               Fort
               called
               Herminshine
               ,
               built
               on
               a
               high
               rocky
               Hill
               ,
               as
               high
               again
               as
               
               Windsor-Castle
               ;
               and
               on
               the
               North-side
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               River
               
               Moselle
               falls
               into
               the
               Rhine
               ,
               over
               which
               there
               is
               a
               stately
               Stone-Bridge
               .
               This
               Prince
               governs
               his
               Subjects
               as
               the
               other
               Spiritual
               Electors
               do
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               both
               by
               Temporal
               and
               Spiritual
               Authority
               ,
               which
               in
               that
               Country
               is
               pretty
               absolute
               .
               The
               chief
               Trade
               of
               this
               Country
               is
               in
               Wine
               ,
               Corn
               ,
               Wood
               and
               Iron
               .
            
             
               THE
               next
               Country
               I
               came
               to
               was
               that
               of
               the
               Elector
               of
               Mayence
               or
               Mentz
               ,
               who
               is
               likewise
               both
               a
               Secular
               and
               Ecclesiastical
               Prince
               ,
               and
               governs
               his
               Subjects
               accordingly
               .
               He
               is
               reckoned
               to
               be
               wholly
               for
               the
               Interests
               of
               the
               French
               King
               ;
               who
               ,
               notwithstanding
               of
               that
               ,
               pretends
               a
               Title
               to
               the
               Cittadel
               of
               Mayence
               .
               As
               I
               was
               upon
               my
               Journey
               to
               Mayence
               by
               Land
               ,
               I
               made
               a
               turn
               down
               the
               Rhine
               to
               visit
               the
               famous
               little
               City
               of
               Backrack
               ,
               and
               some
               Towns
               belonging
               to
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse
               ,
               but
               especially
               Backrack
               ,
               because
               Travellers
               say
               ,
               it
               much
               resembles
               Jerusalem
               in
               its
               Situation
               and
               manner
               of
               Buildings
               .
               The
               Burghermaster
               of
               this
               City
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Country
               about
               Backrack
               does
               not
               yield
               above
               200
               Fouders
               of
               Wine
               a
               year
               ;
               and
               yet
               the
               Merchants
               of
               Dort
               ,
               by
               an
               Art
               of
               Multiplication
               ,
               which
               they
               have
               used
               some
               years
               ,
               furnish
               England
               with
               several
               thousand
               of
               Fouders
               .
               Here
               I
               shall
               take
               the
               Liberty
               to
               relate
               a
               strange
               Story
               ,
               which
               ,
               I
               found
               recorded
               in
               this
               Country
               ,
               tho'
               
               I
               know
               it
               to
               be
               mentioned
               in
               History
               :
               There
               was
               a
               certain
               cruel
               and
               inhuman
               Bishop
               of
               Mayence
               ,
               who
               ,
               in
               a
               year
               of
               great
               scarcity
               and
               Famine
               ,
               when
               a
               great
               number
               of
               poor
               People
               came
               to
               his
               Gates
               begging
               for
               Bread
               ,
               caused
               the
               poor
               Wretches
               ,
               Men
               ,
               Women
               ,
               and
               Children
               ,
               to
               be
               put
               into
               a
               Barn
               ,
               under
               pretext
               of
               relieving
               their
               Necessities
               ,
               but
               so
               soon
               as
               they
               were
               got
               in
               ,
               caused
               the
               Barn
               Doors
               to
               be
               shut
               ,
               Fire
               set
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               burnt
               them
               all
               alive
               :
               And
               whil'st
               the
               poor
               Wretches
               cried
               and
               shrieked
               out
               for
               Horror
               and
               Pain
               ,
               the
               barbarous
               Miscreant
               said
               to
               those
               that
               were
               about
               him
               ,
               Hark
               ,
               how
               the
               Rats
               and
               Mice
               do
               cry
               .
               But
               the
               just
               Judgment
               of
               GOD
               suffered
               not
               the
               Fact
               to
               pass
               unpunished
               ;
               for
               not
               long
               after
               the
               cruel
               Bishop
               was
               so
               haunted
               with
               Rats
               and
               Mice
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               Guards
               he
               kept
               about
               him
               could
               not
               secure
               him
               from
               them
               ,
               neither
               at
               Table
               nor
               in
               Bed
               ;
               at
               length
               he
               resolved
               to
               flee
               for
               Safety
               into
               a
               Tower
               that
               stood
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Rhine
               ;
               but
               the
               Rats
               pursued
               him
               ▪
               got
               into
               his
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               devoured
               him
               alive
               ;
               so
               that
               the
               Justice
               of
               the
               Almighty
               made
               him
               a
               Prey
               to
               Vermin
               ,
               who
               had
               inhumanly
               reckoned
               his
               Fellow-Christians
               to
               be
               such
               .
               The
               Tower
               ,
               which
               I
               saw
               ,
               to
               this
               day
               is
               call'd
               the
               Rats-Tower
               ,
               and
               the
               Story
               is
               upon
               Record
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Mayence
               .
            
             
               On
               my
               Journey
               from
               thence
               I
               came
               to
               the
               little
               Village
               of
               Hockom
               ,
               not
               far
               distant
               ,
               
               famous
               for
               our
               Hockomore-Wine
               ,
               of
               which
               ,
               though
               the
               place
               does
               not
               produce
               above
               150
               Fouders
               a
               year
               ,
               yet
               the
               ingenious
               Hollanders
               of
               Dort
               make
               some
               thousand
               Fouders
               of
               it
               go
               off
               in
               England
               and
               the
               Indies
               .
            
             
               FRom
               Hockom
               I
               proceeded
               to
               Francfort
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               City
               upon
               the
               River
               of
               Maine
               ,
               called
               formerly
               Teutoburgum
               and
               Helenop●lis
               ,
               and
               since
               Francfort
               ,
               because
               here
               the
               Franconians
               ,
               who
               came
               out
               of
               the
               Province
               of
               Franconia
               ,
               foarded
               over
               ,
               when
               they
               went
               upon
               their
               Expedition
               into
               Gallia
               ,
               which
               they
               conquered
               ,
               and
               named
               it
               France
               :
               And
               I
               thought
               it
               might
               very
               well
               deserve
               the
               Name
               of
               Petty-London
               ,
               because
               of
               its
               Privileges
               ,
               and
               the
               Humour
               of
               the
               Citizens
               .
               It
               is
               a
               Hansiatick
               and
               Imperial
               Town
               ,
               and
               Commonwealth
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               being
               Lutherans
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               publick
               established
               Religion
               ;
               though
               the
               Cathedral
               Church
               belongs
               to
               the
               Roman
               Catholicks
               ,
               who
               also
               have
               several
               Monasteries
               there
               .
               The
               City
               is
               populous
               ,
               and
               frequented
               by
               all
               sorts
               of
               Merchants
               ,
               from
               most
               parts
               of
               Europe
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               Asia
               also
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               two
               great
               Fairs
               that
               are
               yearly
               kept
               there
               :
               Many
               Jews
               live
               in
               this
               City
               ,
               and
               the
               richest
               Merchants
               are
               Calvinists
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               suffered
               to
               have
               a
               Church
               in
               the
               Town
               ,
               but
               half
               an
               hours
               Journey
               out
               of
               it
               ,
               at
               a
               place
               called
               Bucknam
               ,
               where
               I
               have
               told
               Seventy
               four
               Coaches
               at
               a
               
               time
               ,
               all
               belonging
               to
               Merchants
               of
               the
               City
               .
               It
               was
               in
               ancient
               times
               much
               enrich'd
               by
               Charlemain
               ,
               and
               hath
               been
               since
               by
               the
               Constitution
               of
               the
               Golden-Bull
               :
               Amongst
               other
               Honours
               and
               Privileges
               ,
               it
               's
               appointed
               to
               be
               the
               place
               of
               the
               Emperor's
               Election
               ,
               where
               many
               of
               the
               Ornaments
               ,
               belonging
               to
               that
               August
               Ceremony
               ,
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               .
               It
               is
               strongly
               fortified
               ,
               having
               a
               stately
               Stone-bridge
               over
               the
               Mayne
               ,
               that
               joyns
               it
               to
               Saxe-housen
               ,
               the
               Quarter
               of
               the
               Great
               Master
               of
               the
               Teutonick-Order
               .
               The
               Government
               is
               easie
               to
               the
               People
               ,
               they
               not
               being
               taxed
               as
               other
               Cities
               are
               ;
               and
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               the
               Alarms
               the
               French
               gave
               them
               ,
               during
               the
               last
               War
               ,
               they
               had
               not
               been
               much
               troubled
               ,
               but
               being
               forced
               to
               keep
               3
               or
               4000
               Men
               in
               constant
               Pay
               to
               defend
               their
               Fortifications
               ,
               the
               Magistrates
               were
               constrained
               to
               raise
               Money
               by
               a
               Tax
               .
               Besides
               that
               of
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               they
               are
               under
               the
               Protection
               of
               some
               Neighbouring
               Princes
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse-Cassel
               ,
               Landtgrave
               of
               Armstadt
               ,
               the
               Count
               of
               Solmes
               ,
               and
               the
               Count
               of
               Hanau
               ,
               who
               are
               either
               Lutherans
               or
               Calvinists
               ,
               amongst
               whom
               the
               late
               Elector
               Palatine
               was
               also
               one
               ;
               but
               whether
               the
               present
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Roman
               Catholick
               ,
               be
               so
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
               This
               City
               takes
               great
               care
               of
               their
               Poor
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               Charity
               to
               poor
               Travellers
               exceed
               Holland
               :
               I
               have
               seen
               a
               List
               of
               Seven
               thousand
               
               whom
               they
               relieved
               in
               one
               year
               .
               Their
               great
               Hospital
               is
               a
               large
               Court
               or
               Palace
               ,
               where
               the
               English
               Merchants
               formerly
               lived
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               
               Mary's
               Persecution
               of
               the
               Protestants
               ,
               who
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               recalled
               by
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               were
               so
               generous
               as
               to
               give
               the
               whole
               Court
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               Pack-houses
               and
               Lands
               to
               the
               Poor
               of
               the
               City
               .
               It
               was
               my
               fortune
               to
               be
               there
               in
               that
               cold
               Winter
               in
               the
               year
               1683
               ,
               and
               saw
               a
               Ceremony
               performed
               by
               the
               Wine-Coopers
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               who
               are
               obliged
               by
               Law
               ,
               that
               when
               ever
               the
               Maine
               lies
               fast
               frozen
               over
               for
               8
               days
               together
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               great
               Fouder
               Fat
               ,
               Hoops
               and
               Staves
               ,
               and
               set
               it
               up
               compleat
               upon
               the
               Ice
               .
               It
               was
               very
               good
               diversion
               to
               see
               so
               many
               Hands
               at
               Work
               ,
               and
               to
               observe
               the
               jollity
               and
               mirth
               of
               the
               many
               Thousands
               of
               Spectators
               ,
               who
               wanted
               not
               plenty
               of
               Rhenish
               Wine
               to
               Carouse
               in
               .
            
             
               I
               had
               the
               curiosity
               afterward
               to
               go
               to
               the
               Court
               of
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Armestadt
               ,
               a
               Lutheran
               Prince
               ,
               who
               lives
               in
               part
               of
               the
               richest
               Soil
               in
               Germany
               .
               His
               Highness
               is
               a
               very
               courteous
               and
               obliging
               Prince
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               and
               his
               Subjects
               are
               in
               a
               pretty
               good
               Condition
               again
               ,
               though
               they
               have
               been
               great
               Sufferers
               by
               the
               last
               War
               between
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse
               and
               this
               Family
               .
            
             
             
               FRom
               thence
               I
               went
               to
               Heidleberg
               ,
               a
               City
               I
               had
               been
               formerly
               in
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               time
               of
               that
               Wise
               ,
               though
               unfortunate
               Prince
               Elector
               ,
               Elder
               Brother
               to
               Prince
               Rupert
               .
               Here
               I
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               pay
               my
               Dutiful
               Respects
               to
               the
               Elector
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               that
               great
               Prince
               ,
               whose
               Commissary
               I
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               be
               for
               two
               years
               together
               in
               Amsterdam
               .
               This
               Prince
               ,
               since
               my
               being
               there
               ,
               is
               Dead
               ,
               and
               left
               behind
               him
               the
               Reputation
               of
               having
               been
               a
               zealous
               thorough
               paced
               Calvinist
               ,
               and
               so
               constant
               a
               frequenter
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               that
               some
               Sundays
               he
               went
               thrice
               a
               day
               to
               Sermon
               ;
               but
               never
               failed
               ,
               if
               in
               Health
               ,
               to
               be
               once
               a
               day
               at
               least
               at
               the
               Garison
               Church
               ,
               where
               he
               took
               particular
               notice
               of
               such
               Officers
               as
               were
               absent
               .
               He
               was
               Married
               to
               a
               most
               Virtuous
               Lady
               ,
               the
               Royal
               Sister
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               and
               his
               Brother
               Prince
               George
               .
               During
               his
               Life
               time
               the
               University
               of
               Heidleberg
               flourished
               exceedingly
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               number
               of
               Students
               was
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               Chambers
               and
               Lodgings
               in
               the
               City
               were
               scarce
               ,
               and
               Spanhemius
               was
               about
               quitting
               Leyden
               to
               return
               to
               his
               Professors
               place
               in
               Heidleberg
               ;
               but
               how
               matters
               stand
               since
               his
               Death
               ,
               I
               am
               as
               yet
               ignorant
               .
               This
               Country
               is
               called
               ,
               the
               Paradise
               of
               Germany
               ,
               for
               its
               fruitfulness
               in
               Wine
               ,
               Corn
               ,
               and
               all
               sorts
               of
               Fruit.
               I
               my self
               have
               seen
               growing
               in
               one
               Plain
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               Vines
               ,
               Corn
               ,
               
               Chestnuts
               ,
               Almonds
               ,
               Dates
               ,
               Figs
               ,
               Cherries
               ,
               besides
               several
               other
               sorts
               of
               Fruit.
               And
               as
               the
               Country
               is
               fertile
               in
               yielding
               the
               Fruits
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
               so
               the
               People
               are
               careful
               in
               providing
               Store
               Room
               for
               them
               .
               This
               I
               take
               notice
               of
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               prodigious
               Rhenish
               Wine
               Fat
               's
               which
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               there
               ,
               amongst
               which
               there
               are
               Seven
               ,
               the
               least
               whereof
               holds
               the
               quantity
               of
               250
               Barils
               of
               Beer
               ,
               as
               I
               calculated
               ;
               but
               the
               large
               and
               most
               celebrated
               Fat
               is
               that
               which
               goes
               by
               the
               name
               of
               the
               great
               Tun
               of
               Heidleberg
               ,
               and
               holds
               204
               *
               Fouders
               of
               Wine
               ,
               and
               cost
               705
               l.
               Sterling
               in
               Building
               ,
               for
               which
               one
               may
               have
               a
               very
               good
               House
               built
               .
               This
               Fat
               I
               have
               seen
               twice
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               time
               was
               ,
               when
               the
               Elector
               Treated
               the
               French
               Ambassadors
               that
               came
               to
               conclude
               the
               Match
               betwixt
               his
               Daughter
               ,
               and
               Monsieur
               the
               French
               Kings
               Brother
               ,
               who
               Married
               her
               after
               the
               Death
               of
               Henrietta
               his
               first
               Wife
               ;
               at
               which
               Treat
               there
               happened
               an
               adventure
               ,
               that
               I
               shall
               here
               please
               the
               Reader
               with
               .
               In
               a
               Gallery
               that
               is
               over
               this
               Fat
               ,
               the
               Elector
               caused
               a
               Table
               to
               be
               placed
               in
               the
               middle
               ,
               exactly
               above
               the
               Bunghole
               of
               this
               Monstrous
               Vessel
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               covered
               with
               a
               costly
               Banquet
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Sweat-Meats
               :
               The
               day
               before
               ,
               all
               the
               Wine
               being
               emptied
               out
               of
               this
               Tun
               into
               other
               Fat
               's
               ,
               a
               little
               before
               the
               Ambassadors
               ,
               with
               other
               Foreign
               Ministers
               and
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               mounted
               the
               Stairs
               to
               come
               to
               the
               place
               
               of
               Entertainment
               ,
               the
               Elector
               caused
               twelve
               Drummers
               ,
               with
               as
               many
               Trumpeters
               ,
               some
               Kettle-Drums
               ,
               and
               other
               Musick
               ,
               to
               be
               lodged
               in
               the
               Belly
               of
               the
               Tun
               ,
               with
               orders
               to
               strike
               up
               ,
               upon
               a
               signal
               given
               ,
               when
               the
               Elector
               drank
               the
               French
               Kings
               Health
               .
               All
               being
               sat
               down
               at
               Table
               ,
               and
               merrily
               Feeding
               ,
               the
               Elector
               drank
               the
               Health
               ,
               and
               the
               Signal
               was
               given
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               Musick
               began
               to
               play
               its
               part
               ,
               with
               such
               a
               roaring
               and
               uncouth
               Noise
               out
               of
               that
               vast
               Cavity
               below
               ,
               that
               the
               French
               and
               other
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               who
               were
               unacquainted
               with
               the
               design
               ,
               looking
               upon
               it
               to
               be
               an
               infernal
               and
               ominous
               Sound
               ,
               in
               great
               astonishment
               began
               to
               cry
               out
               ,
               
                 Jesu
                 Maria
                 ,
                 The
                 Worlds
                 at
                 an
                 end
                 ,
              
               and
               to
               shift
               every
               one
               for
               himself
               in
               so
               great
               Disorder
               and
               Confusion
               ,
               that
               for
               haste
               to
               be
               gone
               they
               tumbled
               down
               Stairs
               one
               over
               another
               .
               All
               that
               the
               Elector
               could
               say
               to
               compose
               them
               ,
               was
               either
               not
               heard
               ,
               or
               not
               valued
               ,
               nor
               could
               any
               thing
               satisfie
               and
               reassure
               them
               ,
               till
               they
               saw
               the
               Actors
               come
               marching
               out
               of
               their
               Den.
               Had
               not
               many
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               and
               Travellers
               seen
               this
               Fat
               as
               well
               as
               my self
               ,
               who
               know
               that
               what
               I
               say
               of
               its
               incredible
               bigness
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               I
               should
               be
               afraid
               the
               Reader
               might
               think
               I
               imposed
               upon
               his
               Credulity
               .
            
             
               From
               Heidleberg
               I
               went
               to
               see
               that
               impregnable
               Fort
               or
               Cittadel
               of
               
                 Manheim
                 allas
                 Fredericksberg
              
               ,
               built
               by
               the
               Elector
               Frederick
               ,
               
               Brother
               to
               Prince
               Rupert
               ,
               a
               Prince
               of
               as
               good
               a
               Head
               as
               any
               Germany
               afforded
               ;
               who
               though
               some
               have
               too
               partially
               judged
               of
               him
               by
               his
               Misfortunes
               ,
               yet
               by
               the
               wisest
               of
               the
               Age
               was
               accounted
               the
               Cato
               of
               Germany
               .
               The
               Wisest
               and
               best
               Men
               of
               the
               World
               have
               been
               unfortunate
               ,
               which
               makes
               some
               to
               be
               of
               the
               Opinion
               ,
               That
               God
               in
               his
               Wisdom
               thinks
               fit
               it
               should
               be
               so
               ,
               lest
               otherwise
               they
               might
               attribute
               their
               Prosperity
               rather
               to
               the
               wise
               direction
               of
               their
               own
               Conduct
               ,
               than
               his
               All-seeing
               Providence
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               daily
               Experience
               seems
               to
               evince
               the
               Truth
               of
               this
               ,
               since
               we
               see
               Knaves
               and
               Fools
               advanced
               to
               Preferment
               and
               Riches
               ,
               when
               Men
               of
               Virtue
               and
               Parts
               die
               neglected
               ,
               and
               poor
               in
               the
               Eyes
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               though
               rich
               in
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               a
               contented
               Mind
               .
               But
               this
               is
               a
               digression
               which
               the
               Honour
               I
               have
               for
               the
               memory
               of
               that
               great
               Man
               hath
               led
               me
               into
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               hope
               will
               be
               pardoned
               by
               the
               Reader
               .
               In
               the
               Cittadel
               of
               Manheim
               I
               saw
               some
               of
               the
               Records
               of
               that
               Illustrious
               Family
               ,
               which
               without
               dispute
               is
               the
               most
               ancient
               of
               all
               the
               Secular
               Electors
               ,
               being
               Elder
               to
               that
               of
               Bavaria
               ,
               which
               sprung
               from
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Stock
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               two
               Emperors
               of
               Germany
               .
               Many
               Writers
               derive
               them
               originally
               from
               Charlemain
               ,
               by
               the
               Line
               of
               Pepin
               King
               of
               France
               .
               There
               have
               been
               several
               Emperors
               of
               that
               Race
               ,
               one
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               and
               four
               Kings
               of
               Sueden
               ,
               
               one
               of
               which
               was
               King
               of
               Norway
               also
               ,
               besides
               many
               great
               Generals
               of
               Armies
               in
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Countrys
               .
               Since
               I
               can
               remember
               there
               were
               five
               Protestant
               Princes
               Heirs
               to
               that
               Electoral
               Dignity
               alive
               ;
               which
               now
               by
               their
               Death
               is
               fallen
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newbourg
               ,
               the
               present
               Prince
               Elector
               Palatine
               ,
               a
               Roman
               Catholick
               ,
               whose
               Daughter
               is
               Empress
               of
               Germany
               ,
               and
               another
               of
               his
               Daughters
               Married
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Portugal
               ,
               a
               third
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               and
               a
               fourth
               to
               Prince
               James
               of
               Poland
               .
            
             
               BEing
               so
               near
               Strasbourg
               ,
               I
               had
               the
               curiosity
               to
               go
               see
               what
               figure
               that
               Famous
               City
               now
               made
               ,
               since
               it
               had
               changed
               its
               Master
               ;
               for
               I
               had
               been
               thrice
               there
               before
               ,
               when
               it
               flourished
               under
               the
               Emperors
               Protection
               ,
               with
               the
               liberty
               of
               a
               Hansiatick
               Town
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               I
               found
               it
               so
               disfigured
               ,
               that
               had
               it
               not
               been
               for
               the
               stately
               Cathedral
               Church
               ,
               and
               fair
               Streets
               ,
               and
               Buildings
               ,
               I
               could
               scarcely
               have
               known
               it
               .
               In
               the
               Streets
               and
               Exchange
               ,
               which
               formerly
               were
               thronged
               with
               sober
               ,
               rich
               ,
               and
               peaceable
               Merchants
               ,
               you
               meet
               with
               none
               hardly
               now
               but
               Men
               in
               Buff-Coats
               and
               Scarffs
               ,
               with
               rabbles
               of
               Soldiers
               their
               Attendants
               .
               The
               Churches
               I
               confess
               are
               gayer
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               much
               frequented
               by
               the
               Inhabitants
               as
               heretofore
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Lutherans
               are
               thrust
               into
               the
               meanest
               
               Churches
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               chief
               Merchants
               ,
               both
               Lutherans
               and
               Calvinists
               ,
               removed
               to
               Holland
               and
               Hambourg
               .
               Within
               a
               few
               years
               ,
               I
               beleive
               it
               will
               be
               just
               such
               another
               City
               for
               Trade
               and
               Riches
               as
               Brisac
               is
               .
               It
               was
               formerly
               a
               rich
               City
               ,
               and
               well
               stockt
               with
               Merchants
               and
               wealthy
               Inhabitants
               ,
               who
               lived
               under
               a
               gentle
               and
               easie
               Government
               ;
               but
               now
               the
               Magistrates
               have
               little
               else
               to
               do
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               take
               their
               Rules
               and
               Measures
               from
               a
               Cittadel
               and
               great
               Guns
               ,
               which
               are
               Edicts
               that
               Merchants
               least
               understand
               .
               I
               confess
               ,
               Strasbourg
               is
               the
               less
               to
               be
               pittied
               that
               it
               so
               tamely
               became
               a
               Slave
               ,
               and
               put
               on
               its
               Chains
               without
               any
               strugling
               .
               Those
               Magistrates
               who
               were
               Instruments
               in
               it
               ,
               are
               now
               sensible
               of
               their
               own
               Folly
               ,
               and
               bite
               their
               Nails
               for
               Anger
               ,
               finding
               themselves
               no
               better
               ,
               but
               rather
               worse
               hated
               than
               the
               other
               Magistrates
               ,
               who
               did
               what
               they
               could
               to
               hinder
               the
               Reception
               of
               their
               new
               Masters
               the
               French.
               I
               quickly
               grew
               weary
               of
               being
               here
               ,
               meeting
               with
               nothing
               but
               complaints
               of
               Poverty
               ,
               and
               paying
               exorbitant
               Taxes
               .
            
             
               I
               therefore
               soon
               returned
               to
               my
               
                 Petty-London
                 ,
                 Francfort
              
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               went
               to
               Cassel
               ,
               the
               chief
               Residence
               of
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse
               .
               This
               Prince
               is
               a
               Calvinist
               ,
               as
               most
               of
               his
               Subjects
               are
               ,
               very
               grave
               and
               zealous
               in
               his
               Religion
               :
               He
               Married
               a
               Princess
               of
               
               Courland
               ,
               by
               whom
               he
               hath
               an
               hopeful
               Issue
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               three
               Sons
               ,
               and
               two
               Daughters
               .
               King
               Charles
               II.
               was
               God-Father
               to
               one
               of
               his
               Sons
               ,
               〈◊〉
               was
               Christened
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               Charles
               ;
               Captain
               
                 William
                 Legg
              
               ,
               Brother
               to
               the
               Lord
               Dartmouth
               ,
               representing
               his
               Majesty
               as
               his
               Envoy
               .
               The
               Court
               of
               this
               Prince
               does
               indeed
               resemble
               a
               well-governed
               College
               ,
               or
               Religious
               Cloister
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               its
               Modesty
               and
               Regularity
               in
               all
               Things
               ,
               and
               especially
               in
               the
               Hours
               of
               Devotion
               .
               He
               is
               Rich
               in
               Money
               ,
               and
               entertains
               about
               Nine
               Thousand
               Men
               in
               constant
               Pay
               ,
               under
               the
               Command
               of
               Count
               Vanderlip
               ,
               a
               brave
               and
               expert
               Soldier
               ,
               his
               Lieutenant
               General
               ,
               but
               can
               bring
               many
               more
               upon
               occasion
               into
               Field
               .
               This
               Family
               hath
               been
               very
               happy
               both
               in
               its
               Progeny
               and
               Alliances
               ,
               many
               Wise
               Princes
               of
               both
               Sexes
               having
               sprung
               from
               it
               ;
               and
               the
               Mother
               of
               this
               present
               Landtgrave
               may
               be
               reckoned
               amongst
               the
               Illustrious
               Women
               of
               the
               present
               and
               past
               Ages
               .
               After
               the
               Death
               of
               William
               V.
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse
               her
               Husband
               ,
               she
               not
               only
               supported
               ,
               but
               advanced
               the
               War
               wherein
               he
               was
               engaged
               ,
               did
               many
               signal
               Actions
               ,
               enlarged
               her
               Territories
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               conclusion
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
               kept
               under
               her
               Pay
               56
               Cornets
               of
               Horse
               in
               five
               Regiments
               ,
               166
               Companies
               of
               Foot
               ,
               besides
               13
               Companies
               of
               Dragoons
               ,
               and
               14
               Independent
               Companies
               ,
               in
               all
               249
               Companies
               of
               Horse
               and
               
               Foot
               :
               She
               was
               a
               Princess
               extreamly
               obliging
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               especially
               virtuous
               and
               learned
               Divines
               .
               I
               had
               the
               Honour
               a
               good
               many
               years
               ago
               to
               kiss
               her
               Highnesses
               Hand
               ,
               at
               which
               time
               she
               was
               mighty
               Zealous
               in
               promoting
               an
               Accommodation
               amongst
               different
               Religions
               ,
               as
               the
               Roman
               Catholick
               ,
               Lutheran
               and
               Calvinist
               ,
               but
               especially
               betwixt
               the
               two
               latter
               ;
               and
               therefore
               entertained
               Doctor
               Duris
               ,
               at
               her
               Court
               in
               Cassels
               ,
               who
               wrote
               several
               pieces
               upon
               that
               Subject
               of
               Reconciliation
               ,
               and
               with
               some
               of
               his
               Friends
               had
               a
               Conference
               with
               a
               Learned
               Priest
               ,
               that
               came
               from
               Rome
               to
               forward
               the
               Project
               ;
               whereupon
               the
               Doctor
               Published
               his
               Book
               of
               the
               
                 Harmony
                 of
                 Consent
              
               ,
               which
               is
               highly
               esteemed
               in
               Germany
               .
            
             
               FRom
               this
               Princes
               Court
               I
               directed
               my
               Journey
               to
               Hanouer
               ,
               taking
               Lambspring
               in
               my
               way
               ,
               a
               place
               where
               there
               is
               a
               Convent
               of
               English
               Monks
               ;
               and
               there
               I
               met
               with
               a
               very
               aged
               ,
               worthy
               ,
               and
               harmless
               Gentleman
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Gascoigne
              
               ,
               a
               Person
               of
               seeming
               great
               Integrity
               and
               Piety
               ;
               the
               Lord
               Abbot
               and
               several
               of
               the
               Monks
               I
               had
               seen
               there
               formerly
               .
               This
               Monastery
               is
               very
               obliging
               to
               all
               Strangers
               that
               Travel
               that
               way
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               to
               their
               own
               Country-men
               ,
               and
               is
               highly
               respected
               by
               the
               Neighbouring
               Princes
               of
               all
               Perswasions
               ,
               as
               the
               Princes
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Lunenburg
               ,
               the
               Landtgrave
               of
               Hesse
               ,
               and
               
               Elector
               of
               Cologne
               ,
               who
               as
               Bishop
               of
               Hildersheim
               is
               their
               Ordinary
               .
               The
               Town
               of
               Lambspring
               is
               Lutheran
               ,
               though
               under
               the
               Government
               of
               the
               Lord
               Abbot
               and
               his
               Chapter
               ,
               who
               constantly
               chuse
               Lutheran
               Magistrates
               and
               Officers
               for
               the
               Civil
               Administration
               ,
               and
               live
               together
               in
               that
               Love
               and
               Unity
               ,
               that
               as
               yet
               there
               hath
               never
               the
               least
               debate
               happened
               amongst
               them
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               this
               Harmony
               is
               now
               to
               be
               observed
               in
               most
               parts
               of
               Germany
               ,
               where
               different
               Religions
               are
               professed
               .
               When
               I
               considered
               so
               many
               goodly
               Faces
               ,
               both
               of
               Monks
               and
               Students
               in
               that
               Abbey
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               forbear
               to
               make
               a
               serious
               Reflection
               on
               the
               number
               of
               the
               English
               whom
               I
               had
               seen
               in
               the
               Colleges
               and
               Cloisters
               abroad
               ,
               as
               at
               
                 Rome
                 ,
                 Ratisbonne
                 ,
                 Wirtzburg
              
               in
               Lorrain
               ,
               at
               
                 Liege
                 ,
                 Louvain
                 ,
                 Brussels
                 ,
                 Dunkirk
                 ,
                 Ghent
                 ,
                 Paris
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               places
               ,
               besides
               the
               Nunneries
               ;
               and
               withall
               ,
               on
               the
               loss
               that
               both
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               suffered
               thereby
               ,
               when
               so
               many
               of
               our
               Natives
               ,
               both
               Men
               and
               Women
               should
               be
               constrained
               to
               spend
               their
               own
               Estates
               ,
               and
               the
               Benevolence
               of
               others
               in
               a
               strange
               Land
               ,
               which
               amounts
               to
               more
               Money
               than
               at
               first
               one
               may
               imagine
               ;
               and
               this
               thought
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               made
               me
               wish
               it
               were
               otherwise
               .
               I
               would
               not
               have
               the
               Reader
               to
               mistake
               me
               here
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               Espoused
               ,
               or
               Pleaded
               for
               any
               particular
               Party
               ;
               no
               ,
               I
               plead
               only
               for
               the
               Sentiments
               of
               Humanity
               ,
               without
               which
               
               our
               Nature
               degenerates
               into
               that
               of
               Brutes
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               love
               that
               every
               honest
               Man
               ought
               to
               have
               for
               his
               Country
               .
               I
               am
               as
               much
               a
               Friend
               to
               the
               Spanish
               Inquisition
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               persecuting
               of
               tender
               Conscienced
               Protestants
               ,
               provided
               there
               be
               no
               more
               but
               Conscience
               in
               the
               Case
               :
               And
               I
               could
               heartily
               wish
               that
               Papists
               and
               Protestants
               could
               live
               as
               lovingly
               together
               in
               England
               ,
               as
               they
               do
               in
               
                 Holland
                 ,
                 Germany
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Countries
               ;
               for
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               say
               it
               ,
               I
               love
               not
               that
               Religion
               ,
               which
               in
               stead
               of
               Exalting
               ,
               destroys
               the
               Principles
               of
               Morality
               and
               human
               Society
               .
               I
               have
               met
               with
               honest
               Men
               of
               all
               Perswasions
               ,
               even
               Turks
               and
               Jews
               ,
               who
               in
               their
               Lives
               and
               Manners
               have
               far
               exceeded
               many
               of
               our
               Enthusiastick
               Professors
               at
               home
               ;
               and
               when
               ever
               this
               happened
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               forbear
               to
               love
               the
               Men
               without
               embracing
               their
               Religion
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               themselves
               are
               to
               account
               to
               their
               great
               Master
               and
               Judge
               .
            
             
               In
               my
               progress
               towards
               Hanouer
               I
               touched
               at
               Hildersheim
               ,
               a
               City
               whose
               Magistrates
               are
               Lutheran
               ,
               though
               Roman
               Catholicks
               have
               the
               Cathedral
               Church
               ,
               and
               several
               Monasteries
               there
               .
               The
               Court
               of
               Hanouer
               makes
               another
               kind
               of
               Figure
               than
               that
               of
               Cassels
               ,
               it
               being
               the
               Court
               of
               a
               great
               Prince
               ,
               who
               is
               Bishop
               of
               Osnaburg
               ,
               Duke
               of
               
                 Brunswick
                 ,
                 Lunenburg
                 ,
                 Hanouer
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               Here
               I
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               Kiss
               the
               
               Hands
               of
               the
               Princess
               Royal
               Sophia
               ,
               youngest
               Sister
               to
               the
               late
               Prince
               Rupert
               .
               Her
               Highness
               has
               the
               Character
               of
               the
               
                 Merry
                 Debonnaire
              
               Princess
               of
               Germany
               ,
               a
               Lady
               of
               Extraordinary
               Virtue
               and
               Accomplishments
               ,
               and
               Mistress
               of
               the
               Italian
               ,
               French
               ,
               High
               and
               Low
               Dutch
               ,
               and
               English
               Languages
               ,
               which
               she
               speaks
               to
               Perfection
               .
               Her
               Husband
               has
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               Gentleman
               of
               Germany
               ,
               a
               graceful
               and
               comely
               Prince
               both
               a
               Foot
               ,
               and
               on
               Horseback
               ,
               Civil
               to
               Strangers
               beyond
               compare
               ,
               infinitely
               Kind
               and
               Beneficent
               to
               People
               in
               Distress
               ,
               and
               known
               in
               the
               World
               for
               a
               Valiant
               and
               Experienced
               Soldier
               .
               I
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               〈◊〉
               his
               Troops
               ,
               which
               ,
               without
               Controv●●●●●
               are
               as
               good
               Men
               ,
               and
               Commanded
               by
               as
               expert
               Officers
               as
               any
               are
               in
               Europe
               :
               Amongst
               his
               Officers
               I
               found
               brave
               
                 Steel-Hand
                 Gordon
              
               ,
               Colonel
               of
               an
               excellent
               Regiment
               of
               Horse
               ,
               
                 Grimes
                 ,
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 Talbot
              
               ,
               and
               others
               of
               our
               Kings
               Subjects
               .
               God
               hath
               blest
               the
               Prince
               with
               a
               numerous
               Off-spring
               ,
               having
               six
               Sons
               ,
               all
               gallant
               Princes
               ;
               of
               whom
               the
               two
               Eldest
               signalized
               themselves
               so
               bravely
               at
               the
               raising
               of
               the
               Siege
               of
               Vienna
               ,
               that
               as
               undoubted
               proof
               of
               their
               Valour
               ,
               they
               brought
               three
               Turks
               home
               to
               this
               Court
               Prisoners
               .
               His
               eldest
               Son
               is
               Married
               to
               a
               most
               beautiful
               Princess
               ,
               sole
               Heiress
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lunenburg
               and
               
               Zell's
               Elder
               Brother
               ;
               as
               the
               lovely
               Princess
               his
               
               Daughter
               is
               Married
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Brandenburg
               .
               He
               is
               a
               gracious
               Prince
               to
               his
               People
               ,
               and
               keeps
               a
               very
               splendid
               Court
               ,
               having
               in
               his
               Stables
               for
               the
               use
               of
               himself
               and
               Children
               ,
               no
               less
               than
               Fifty
               two
               sets
               of
               Coach-Horses
               :
               He
               himself
               is
               a
               Lutheran
               ,
               but
               as
               his
               Subjects
               are
               Christians
               of
               different
               Perswasions
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               them
               Jews
               too
               ,
               so
               both
               in
               his
               Court
               and
               Army
               he
               entertains
               Gentlemen
               of
               various
               Opinions
               and
               Countries
               ,
               as
               Italian
               Abbots
               ,
               and
               Gentlemen
               that
               serve
               him
               ,
               and
               many
               Calvinist
               French
               Officers
               :
               Neither
               is
               he
               so
               Bigotted
               in
               his
               Religion
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               and
               his
               Children
               go
               many
               times
               to
               Church
               with
               the
               Princess
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Calvinist
               ,
               and
               join
               with
               her
               in
               her
               Devotion
               .
               His
               Country
               is
               good
               ,
               having
               Gold
               and
               Silver
               Mines
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               his
               Subjects
               live
               well
               under
               him
               ;
               as
               do
               those
               also
               of
               his
               Brother
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lunenburg
               ,
               and
               their
               Cozen
               the
               Duke
               of
               Wolfembuttel
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               three
               Princes
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Lunenbourg
               ;
               of
               whom
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               always
               stuck
               honestly
               to
               the
               right
               side
               ,
               and
               befriended
               the
               Interests
               of
               the
               Empire
               ;
               so
               that
               no
               by-Respect
               ,
               neither
               Honour
               nor
               Profit
               ,
               could
               ever
               prevail
               with
               them
               ,
               as
               it
               has
               with
               others
               ,
               to
               make
               them
               abandon
               the
               publick
               Concern
               .
            
             
             
               FRom
               this
               Princes
               Court
               I
               went
               to
               Zell
               ,
               the
               Residence
               of
               the
               Duke
               the
               elder
               Brother
               of
               the
               Family
               .
               This
               Prince
               is
               called
               the
               Mighty
               Nimrod
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               great
               delight
               he
               takes
               in
               Horses
               ,
               Dogs
               ,
               and
               Hunting
               .
               He
               did
               me
               the
               honour
               to
               let
               me
               see
               his
               Stables
               ,
               wherein
               he
               keeps
               370
               Horses
               ,
               most
               of
               them
               English
               ,
               or
               of
               English
               Breed
               .
               His
               Dogs
               ,
               which
               are
               also
               English
               ,
               are
               so
               many
               ,
               that
               with
               great
               care
               they
               are
               quartered
               in
               several
               Apartments
               according
               to
               their
               Kind
               and
               Qualities
               ,
               there
               being
               a
               large
               Office
               like
               a
               Brewhouse
               employed
               for
               boyling
               of
               Malt
               and
               Corn
               for
               them
               .
               It
               is
               this
               valiant
               Prince
               who
               took
               Trieves
               from
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               made
               the
               Mareschal
               
                 de
                 Crequi
              
               Prisoner
               :
               He
               is
               extreamly
               obliging
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               and
               hath
               several
               brave
               Scotish
               Officers
               under
               his
               Pay
               ,
               as
               Major-General
               
                 Erskin
                 ,
                 Graham
                 ,
                 Coleman
                 ,
                 Hamilton
                 ,
                 Melvin
                 ,
              
               and
               others
               .
               His
               Lieutenant-General
               is
               one
               Chavot
               a
               Protestant
               of
               Alsatia
               ,
               an
               excellent
               and
               experienced
               Commander
               .
               I
               shall
               add
               no
               more
               concerning
               this
               Prince
               ,
               his
               Officers
               ,
               or
               Country
               ;
               but
               that
               he
               ,
               with
               the
               other
               two
               Princes
               of
               the
               House
               of
               
                 Lunenbourg
                 ,
                 Hanouer
              
               ,
               and
               Wolfembuttel
               ,
               can
               upon
               occasion
               bring
               into
               the
               Field
               36000
               Soldiers
               ,
               whom
               they
               keep
               in
               constant
               Pay
               ,
               and
               such
               Men
               as
               I
               never
               saw
               better
               in
               my
               life
               .
            
             
             
               AFter
               some
               stay
               at
               the
               Court
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Zell
               ,
               I
               went
               to
               Hambourg
               ,
               a
               famous
               Hansiatick
               Town
               .
               It
               is
               a
               Republick
               ,
               and
               City
               of
               great
               Trade
               ,
               occasioned
               partly
               by
               the
               English
               Company
               of
               
                 Merchant
                 Adventurers
              
               ,
               but
               much
               more
               by
               the
               Dutch
               Protestants
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Alba
               forsook
               the
               Low-Countries
               and
               settled
               here
               ,
               and
               the
               Protestants
               also
               who
               were
               turned
               out
               of
               Cologne
               ,
               and
               other
               Places
               in
               Germany
               ;
               who
               nevertheless
               are
               not
               now
               allowed
               Publick
               Churches
               within
               the
               City
               ,
               but
               at
               a
               place
               called
               Altena
               ,
               a
               Village
               belonging
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hours
               walk
               distant
               from
               Hambourg
               .
               This
               Commonwealth
               is
               Lutheran
               ,
               and
               governed
               by
               4
               Burghermasters
               ,
               24
               Radts-heers
               ,
               and
               a
               Common-Council
               of
               all
               the
               Burghers
               who
               have
               above
               40
               Shillings
               
                 per
                 Annum
              
               Freehold
               .
               The
               Symbol
               or
               Motto
               under
               their
               Arms
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 Da
                 Pacem
                 Domine
                 in
                 Diebus
                 nostris
              
               ;
               and
               in
               their
               Standards
               are
               these
               Letters
               
                 S.
                 P.
                 Q.
                 H.
              
               The
               People
               here
               groan
               under
               heavy
               Taxes
               and
               Impositions
               ;
               The
               State
               ,
               because
               of
               continual
               Alarms
               they
               have
               from
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               or
               other
               Neighbours
               ;
               and
               the
               Intestine
               Broils
               that
               frequently
               happen
               here
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               at
               Col●gne
               ,
               where
               the
               Burghermasters
               are
               often
               in
               danger
               of
               their
               Lives
               from
               the
               mutinous
               Mobile
               ;
               being
               forced
               to
               maintain
               6
               or
               7000
               Men
               in
               Pay
               ,
               besides
               2
               or
               3
               Men
               of
               War
               to
               
               guard
               their
               Havens
               from
               Pirats
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               name
               all
               the
               ways
               of
               imposing
               Taxes
               which
               this
               Commonwealth
               uses
               ,
               because
               in
               most
               they
               imitate
               the
               Methods
               of
               the
               States-General
               as
               to
               that
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               mentioned
               before
               :
               I
               shall
               only
               take
               notice
               of
               some
               peculiar
               Customs
               they
               have
               ,
               wherein
               they
               differ
               from
               Holland
               .
               When
               a
               Barber
               ,
               Shoemaker
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Artizan
               dies
               ,
               leaving
               a
               Widow
               and
               Children
               ,
               another
               of
               the
               same
               Trade
               is
               not
               admitted
               to
               set
               up
               for
               himself
               as
               a
               Master
               ,
               unless
               he
               compound
               with
               the
               Widow
               for
               a
               piece
               of
               Money
               ,
               or
               else
               marry
               her
               ,
               or
               a
               Daughter
               of
               hers
               with
               her
               consent
               .
            
             
               If
               any
               Man
               cause
               another
               to
               be
               Arrested
               for
               Debt
               ,
               or
               upon
               any
               other
               Suit
               ,
               the
               Plaintiff
               must
               go
               along
               with
               the
               Officer
               who
               Arrests
               the
               Party
               ,
               and
               stay
               by
               him
               until
               the
               Prisoner
               be
               examined
               by
               the
               Sheriff
               ;
               so
               that
               if
               the
               Sheriff
               be
               not
               to
               be
               spoken
               with
               that
               night
               ,
               the
               Plaintiff
               must
               tarry
               with
               the
               Prisoner
               all
               night
               ,
               until
               the
               Sheriff
               examin
               the
               matter
               ,
               and
               see
               cause
               of
               discharging
               or
               committing
               the
               Party
               ;
               but
               this
               a
               Plaintiff
               may
               do
               by
               a
               Procuration
               Notarial
               .
            
             
               If
               a
               Prisoner
               be
               committed
               for
               Debt
               ,
               the
               Plaintiff
               must
               maintain
               him
               in
               Prison
               according
               to
               his
               Quality
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Party
               lie
               in
               Prison
               during
               the
               space
               of
               6
               Years
               ,
               at
               the
               expiration
               of
               that
               time
               the
               Prisoner
               is
               
               discharged
               ;
               and
               if
               during
               the
               time
               of
               his
               Imprisonment
               the
               Plaintiff
               do
               not
               punctually
               pay
               the
               Prisoner's
               Allowance
               at
               the
               Months
               end
               ,
               the
               Prisoner
               is
               set
               at
               liberty
               ,
               and
               nevertheless
               the
               Plaintiff
               must
               pay
               the
               Gaoler
               the
               last
               Month's
               Allowance
               .
            
             
               This
               State
               is
               severe
               in
               the
               execution
               of
               Justice
               against
               Thieves
               ,
               Murderers
               ,
               and
               Cheats
               .
               There
               is
               no
               Pardon
               to
               be
               expected
               for
               Murder
               ,
               and
               a
               Burghermaster
               himself
               ,
               if
               Guilty
               ,
               cannot
               escape
               .
               The
               Punishment
               for
               Murder
               is
               here
               as
               in
               Sweden
               ,
               breaking
               Malefactors
               on
               the
               Wheel
               ,
               pinching
               their
               Breasts
               and
               Arms
               with
               hot
               Pincers
               ,
               spitting
               them
               in
               at
               the
               Fundament
               ,
               and
               out
               at
               the
               Shoulder
               :
               They
               have
               also
               cruel
               ways
               of
               Torturing
               to
               make
               Prisoners
               confess
               ;
               and
               are
               very
               careful
               not
               to
               be
               cheated
               in
               their
               Publick
               Revenue
               ,
               their
               Excise-men
               and
               Collectors
               being
               Punished
               as
               in
               Holland
               .
               They
               take
               a
               very
               good
               course
               not
               to
               be
               cheated
               in
               their
               Excise
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               Mills
               of
               the
               Country
               are
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               State
               ;
               so
               that
               no
               Baker
               nor
               Brewer
               can
               grind
               his
               own
               Corn
               ,
               but
               must
               have
               it
               ground
               at
               the
               States
               Mills
               ,
               where
               they
               pay
               the
               Excise
               .
               There
               is
               a
               General
               Tax
               upon
               all
               Houses
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               Eighth
               Penny
               ,
               which
               nevertheless
               does
               not
               excuse
               them
               from
               Chimney-money
               .
               The
               States
               here
               ,
               as
               at
               Genoua
               in
               Italy
               ,
               are
               the
               Publick
               Vintners
               ,
               of
               whom
               all
               People
               must
               buy
               their
               Wine
               ,
               which
               
               they
               buy
               from
               the
               Merchant
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               import
               it
               in
               their
               own
               Ships
               .
               In
               their
               Ceremonies
               of
               Burying
               and
               Christening
               ,
               they
               are
               ridiculously
               Prodigal
               ;
               as
               for
               Instance
               :
               If
               one
               invite
               a
               Burghermaster
               ,
               he
               must
               give
               him
               a
               Ducat
               in
               Gold
               ;
               if
               a
               Radts-heer
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               an
               Alderman
               ,
               a
               Rixdollar
               ;
               to
               every
               Preacher
               ,
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               ,
               Advocate
               or
               Secretary
               ,
               half
               a
               Rixdollar
               ;
               and
               to
               every
               Schoolmaster
               ,
               the
               third
               part
               of
               a
               Rixdollar
               .
               The
               Women
               are
               the
               Inviters
               to
               Burials
               ,
               Weddings
               ,
               and
               Christenings
               ,
               who
               wear
               an
               Antick
               kind
               of
               a
               Dress
               ,
               having
               Mitred
               Caps
               as
               high
               again
               as
               the
               Mitre
               of
               a
               Bishop
               .
               The
               Churches
               here
               are
               rich
               in
               Revenues
               and
               Ornaments
               ,
               as
               Images
               and
               stately
               Organs
               ,
               wherein
               they
               much
               delight
               .
               They
               are
               great
               Lovers
               of
               Musick
               ,
               insomuch
               that
               I
               have
               told
               75
               Masters
               of
               several
               sorts
               of
               Musick
               in
               one
               Church
               ,
               besides
               those
               who
               were
               in
               the
               Organ-Gallery
               .
               Their
               Organs
               are
               extraordinary
               large
               :
               I
               measured
               the
               great
               Pipes
               in
               the
               Organs
               of
               St.
               
               Catherine's
               and
               St.
               
               James's
               Churches
               ,
               and
               found
               them
               to
               be
               3
               Foot
               and
               3
               quarters
               in
               circumference
               ,
               and
               32
               Foot
               long
               ;
               in
               each
               of
               which
               Organs
               there
               are
               two
               Pipes
               5
               Foot
               and
               8
               Inches
               round
               .
               The
               Wealth
               and
               Trade
               of
               this
               City
               encreases
               daily
               ;
               they
               send
               one
               Year
               with
               another
               70
               Ships
               to
               Greenland
               ,
               and
               have
               wonderfully
               Engrossed
               that
               Trade
               from
               England
               and
               Holland
               ,
               and
               it
               's
               believed
               ,
               
               that
               small
               and
               great
               there
               are
               belonging
               to
               this
               Commonwealth
               five
               thousand
               Sail
               of
               Ships
               .
               After
               
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 Genoua
              
               and
               Venice
               ,
               their
               Bank
               is
               reckoned
               the
               chief
               in
               Credit
               ;
               but
               in
               Trade
               they
               are
               accounted
               the
               third
               in
               Europe
               ,
               and
               come
               next
               to
               London
               and
               
                 Amsterdam
                 .
                 Hambourg
              
               is
               now
               become
               the
               Magazine
               of
               Germany
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Baltick
               and
               Northern
               Seas
               .
               They
               give
               great
               Privileges
               to
               the
               Jews
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               Strangers
               whatsoever
               ,
               especially
               the
               English
               Company
               of
               Merchant
               Adventurers
               ,
               whom
               they
               allow
               a
               large
               Building
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               a
               Church
               ,
               and
               where
               the
               Deputy-Governour
               ,
               Secretary
               ,
               Minister
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Officers
               of
               the
               Company
               live
               ,
               to
               whom
               they
               yearly
               make
               Presents
               of
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Sheep
               ,
               Salmond
               and
               Sturgeon
               in
               their
               seasons
               .
               And
               so
               much
               of
               Hambourg
               .
            
             
               FRom
               Hambourg
               I
               went
               to
               Lubeck
               ,
               which
               is
               also
               a
               Commonwealth
               and
               Imperial
               Town
               .
               It
               is
               a
               large
               well-built
               City
               ,
               containing
               ten
               Parish-Churches
               ;
               the
               Cathedral
               dedicated
               to
               St.
               Peter
               being
               in
               length
               500
               Foot
               ,
               with
               two
               high
               Spires
               all
               covered
               with
               Brass
               ,
               as
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Churches
               of
               that
               City
               are
               .
               In
               former
               times
               this
               City
               was
               the
               place
               where
               the
               Deputies
               of
               all
               the
               Hansiatick
               Towns
               assembled
               ,
               and
               was
               once
               so
               powerful
               as
               to
               make
               War
               against
               Denmark
               and
               Sweden
               ,
               and
               to
               conquer
               several
               places
               and
               Islands
               belonging
               to
               those
               two
               Crowns
               ,
               
               nay
               and
               to
               lend
               Ships
               to
               England
               and
               other
               Potentates
               ,
               without
               any
               prejudice
               to
               their
               own
               Trade
               ,
               wherein
               they
               vyed
               in
               all
               parts
               with
               their
               Neighbours
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               now
               exceedingly
               run
               into
               decay
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               Territories
               ,
               but
               in
               Wealth
               and
               Trade
               also
               .
               And
               the
               reason
               of
               that
               was
               chiefly
               the
               Inconsiderate
               Zeal
               of
               their
               Lutheran
               Ministers
               ,
               who
               perswaded
               the
               Magistrates
               to
               banish
               all
               Roman
               Catholicks
               ,
               Calvinists
               ,
               Jews
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               dissented
               from
               them
               in
               matter
               of
               Religion
               ,
               even
               the
               English
               Company
               too
               ,
               who
               all
               went
               and
               setled
               in
               Hambourg
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               Advantage
               of
               that
               City
               ,
               and
               almost
               ruine
               of
               Lubeck
               ,
               which
               hath
               not
               now
               above
               200
               Ships
               belonging
               to
               it
               ,
               nor
               more
               Territories
               to
               the
               State
               than
               the
               City
               it self
               ,
               and
               a
               small
               part
               called
               Termond
               ,
               about
               eight
               Miles
               distant
               from
               it
               .
               The
               rest
               of
               their
               Territories
               are
               now
               in
               the
               possession
               of
               the
               Danes
               and
               Swedes
               ,
               by
               whom
               the
               Burghers
               are
               so
               continually
               alarmed
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               quite
               tired
               out
               with
               keeping
               Guard
               ,
               and
               paying
               of
               Taxes
               .
               The
               City
               is
               indeed
               well
               fortified
               ;
               but
               the
               Government
               not
               being
               able
               to
               maintain
               above
               1500
               Soldiers
               in
               pay
               ,
               400
               Burghers
               in
               two
               Companies
               are
               obliged
               to
               watch
               every
               Day
               .
               They
               have
               a
               large
               well-built
               Stadthouse
               ,
               and
               an
               Exchange
               covered
               ,
               on
               the
               top
               whereof
               the
               Globes
               of
               the
               World
               are
               painted
               .
               This
               Exchange
               is
               about
               50
               Yards
               in
               the
               length
               ,
               and
               but
               15
               in
               breadth
               :
               Over
               it
               there
               is
               a
               Room
               
               where
               the
               Skins
               of
               five
               Lyons
               which
               the
               Burghers
               killed
               at
               the
               City-Gates
               in
               the
               Year
               1252.
               are
               kept
               stuft
               .
               The
               great
               Market-place
               is
               very
               large
               ,
               where
               a
               Monumental-Stone
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               ,
               on
               which
               one
               of
               their
               Burghermasters
               was
               beheaded
               for
               running
               away
               without
               fighting
               in
               a
               Sea-Engagement
               .
               The
               People
               here
               spend
               much
               time
               in
               their
               Churches
               at
               Devotion
               ,
               which
               consists
               chiefly
               in
               Singing
               .
               The
               Women
               are
               beautiful
               ,
               but
               disfigured
               with
               a
               kind
               of
               Antick
               Dress
               ,
               they
               wearing
               Cloaks
               like
               Men.
               It
               is
               cheap
               living
               in
               this
               Town
               :
               For
               one
               may
               hire
               a
               Palace
               for
               a
               matter
               of
               20
               l.
               a
               Year
               ,
               and
               have
               Provisions
               at
               very
               reasonable
               Rates
               ;
               besides
               the
               Air
               and
               Water
               is
               very
               good
               ,
               the
               City
               being
               supplied
               with
               Fountains
               of
               Excellent
               Fresh
               Water
               ,
               which
               Hambourg
               wants
               ;
               and
               good
               Ground
               for
               Celleridge
               ,
               there
               being
               Cellars
               here
               40
               or
               50
               Foot
               deep
               .
            
             
               I
               Had
               the
               Curiosity
               to
               go
               from
               Lubeck
               to
               see
               the
               Ancient
               City
               of
               Magdeburg
               ,
               but
               found
               it
               so
               ruined
               and
               decayed
               by
               the
               Swedish
               War
               ,
               that
               I
               had
               no
               Encouragement
               to
               stay
               there
               .
               I
               therefore
               hastened
               to
               Berlin
               ,
               the
               chief
               Residence
               of
               the
               Elector
               of
               Brandenburg
               ;
               at
               whose
               Court
               I
               met
               with
               a
               very
               Ingenuous
               French
               Merchant
               ,
               who
               told
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               ,
               and
               divers
               other
               Merchants
               ,
               were
               designed
               to
               have
               lived
               in
               England
               ,
               but
               were
               discouraged
               by
               a
               Letter
               sent
               from
               London
               ,
               by
               
               a
               French-Man
               that
               was
               removing
               from
               thence
               to
               Amsterdam
               ,
               for
               these
               following
               Reasons
               ,
               which
               I
               Copied
               out
               of
               his
               Letter
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Because
               the
               Reformed
               Religion
               is
               persecuted
               in
               England
               as
               it
               is
               France
               ;
               the
               which
               I
               told
               him
               was
               a
               great
               Untruth
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               apparent
               that
               they
               have
               been
               all
               along
               graciously
               admitted
               ,
               and
               received
               into
               his
               Majesties
               Dominions
               ,
               without
               interruption
               ,
               and
               allowed
               the
               free
               Exercise
               of
               their
               own
               Form
               of
               Worship
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               and
               Discipline
               of
               the
               Churches
               of
               France
               .
               Nor
               can
               they
               who
               converse
               with
               the
               French
               Ministers
               either
               in
               France
               or
               Holland
               be
               ignorant
               ,
               that
               the
               chiefest
               part
               ,
               if
               not
               all
               those
               Ministers
               ,
               are
               willing
               to
               comply
               with
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               evident
               that
               most
               of
               the
               Dutch
               and
               French
               Protestants
               (
               so
               called
               )
               in
               Holland
               make
               use
               of
               Organs
               in
               their
               Churches
               .
            
             
               A
               second
               thing
               was
               ,
               that
               both
               the
               Bank
               at
               London
               and
               the
               Bankers
               Goldsmiths
               were
               all
               broak
               ;
               the
               which
               I
               told
               this
               Frenchman
               was
               not
               true
               altogether
               ,
               for
               there
               are
               many
               able
               Bankers
               whom
               I
               named
               :
               Neither
               was
               the
               Bank
               (
               as
               he
               called
               the
               Chamber
               of
               London
               )
               broak
               ,
               only
               it
               had
               been
               under
               the
               management
               of
               a
               bad
               Person
               ,
               whose
               design
               was
               to
               bring
               it
               into
               disgrace
               .
               Besides
               ,
               there
               is
               the
               East-India-Company
               an
               unquestionable
               Security
               for
               those
               as
               have
               Money
               to
               dispose
               of
               ,
               together
               with
               another
               undeniable
               Security
               which
               is
               Land.
               
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
               That
               in
               England
               there
               is
               no
               Register
               ,
               and
               therefore
               many
               Frauds
               in
               Purchases
               and
               Morgages
               ,
               which
               beget
               tedious
               Suits
               ,
               and
               renders
               both
               dangerous
               to
               trust
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               That
               if
               a
               Man
               would
               purchase
               Land
               he
               cannot
               ,
               being
               an
               Alien
               ,
               until
               Naturalized
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               That
               in
               England
               there
               are
               so
               many
               Plots
               and
               Confusions
               in
               Government
               ,
               that
               the
               Kingdom
               is
               hardly
               quiet
               20
               Years
               together
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               that
               false
               Witnesses
               were
               so
               common
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               the
               Crime
               of
               Perjury
               so
               slightly
               punished
               ,
               that
               no
               Man
               could
               be
               safe
               in
               Life
               or
               Estate
               ,
               if
               he
               chanced
               to
               be
               in
               Trouble
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               he
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               English
               are
               so
               restless
               and
               quarelsom
               ,
               that
               they
               not
               only
               foment
               and
               cherish
               Animosities
               amongst
               one
               another
               ,
               but
               are
               every
               foot
               contriving
               and
               plotting
               against
               their
               Lawful
               Sovereign
               ,
               and
               the
               Government
               .
               By
               such
               Surmises
               and
               Insinuations
               as
               these
               ,
               the
               French
               and
               Germans
               are
               scared
               from
               trusting
               themselves
               and
               Fortunes
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               therefore
               settle
               in
               
                 Amsterdam
                 ,
                 Hamburgh
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Cities
               ,
               where
               there
               are
               Banks
               and
               Registers
               :
               This
               I
               say
               is
               one
               cause
               ,
               why
               there
               are
               now
               to
               be
               seen
               at
               Amsterdam
               such
               vast
               numbers
               of
               French
               and
               Germans
               ,
               who
               have
               much
               enrich'd
               that
               City
               ,
               and
               raised
               the
               Rents
               of
               the
               Houses
               20
               
               
                 per
                 Cent.
              
               And
               the
               Silk-weavers
               grow
               also
               very
               rich
               ,
               keeping
               so
               many
               Alms-Children
               to
               do
               their
               Work
               ,
               and
               having
               all
               their
               Labour
               without
               any
               Charge
               ,
               only
               for
               the
               teaching
               them
               their
               Trades
               ;
               which
               hath
               lessened
               the
               Revenues
               of
               the
               French
               Crown
               ,
               and
               will
               ,
               in
               time
               ,
               greatly
               increase
               the
               number
               of
               the
               States
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               advance
               their
               publick
               Incomes
               .
            
             
               Having
               made
               this
               Digression
               ,
               I
               return
               to
               Berlin
               ;
               It
               is
               a
               City
               enlarged
               with
               fair
               Streets
               and
               Palaces
               :
               The
               Magistrates
               of
               the
               place
               are
               Lutherans
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               publick
               established
               Religion
               in
               all
               the
               Electors
               Dominions
               ;
               though
               he
               himself
               and
               his
               Children
               be
               Calvinists
               :
               He
               is
               look'd
               upon
               to
               be
               so
               true
               to
               that
               Persuasion
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               reckoned
               the
               Protector
               of
               the
               Calvinists
               ;
               and
               indeed
               he
               sollicited
               the
               Emperor
               very
               hard
               for
               a
               Toleration
               of
               the
               Protestants
               in
               Hungary
               .
               His
               Chaplains
               ,
               as
               most
               of
               the
               Lutheran
               Ministers
               also
               ,
               endeavour
               to
               imitate
               the
               English
               in
               their
               way
               of
               Preaching
               :
               And
               his
               Highness
               is
               so
               much
               taken
               with
               English
               Divinity
               ,
               that
               he
               entertains
               Divines
               for
               translating
               English
               Books
               into
               the
               German
               Tongue
               ,
               as
               
                 The
                 Whole
                 Duty
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               .
               He
               has
               a
               large
               and
               stately
               Palace
               at
               Berlin
               ,
               and
               therein
               a
               copious
               Library
               ,
               enriched
               with
               many
               Manuscripts
               ,
               Medals
               ,
               and
               Rarities
               of
               Antiquity
               .
               He
               may
               compare
               with
               most
               Princes
               for
               handsom
               Guards
               ,
               being
               all
               of
               
               them
               proper
               well-bodied
               Men
               ,
               and
               most
               part
               Officers
               who
               ride
               in
               his
               Guards
               of
               Horse
               .
               As
               he
               is
               known
               in
               the
               World
               to
               be
               a
               Valiant
               and
               Warlike
               Prince
               ,
               so
               he
               maintains
               in
               Pay
               an
               Army
               of
               36000
               Men
               ;
               besides
               five
               or
               six
               thousand
               Horsemen
               ,
               who
               in
               time
               of
               War
               are
               modelled
               into
               Troops
               ;
               with
               which
               Body
               during
               the
               late
               War
               with
               Sweden
               ,
               his
               Highness's
               Father
               in
               Person
               beat
               the
               Swedes
               out
               of
               his
               Country
               .
               He
               keeps
               his
               Forces
               in
               strict
               Discipline
               ,
               obliging
               all
               the
               Officers
               ,
               if
               Protestants
               ,
               on
               Sundays
               and
               Holy-days
               to
               march
               their
               several
               Companies
               in
               order
               to
               Church
               ;
               but
               if
               a
               Superiour
               Officer
               be
               of
               a
               contrary
               Perswasion
               ,
               then
               the
               next
               in
               Commission
               supplies
               his
               place
               .
               This
               custom
               is
               Religiously
               observed
               by
               all
               his
               Highnesses
               Garisons
               ,
               whilst
               he
               himself
               goes
               constantly
               to
               the
               Calvinist
               Church
               adjoyning
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               with
               his
               Children
               ,
               being
               five
               Sons
               ,
               two
               Daughters
               ,
               and
               two
               Daughters-in-Law
               .
            
             
               Amongst
               other
               Acts
               of
               Publick
               Piety
               and
               Charity
               ,
               this
               Prince
               hath
               established
               and
               endowed
               some
               Religious
               Houses
               or
               Nunneries
               for
               Protestant
               young
               Ladies
               ,
               where
               they
               may
               live
               virtuously
               ,
               and
               spend
               their
               time
               in
               Devotion
               as
               long
               as
               they
               please
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               Marry
               ,
               if
               they
               think
               fit
               ,
               but
               then
               they
               lose
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               Monastery
               .
               There
               is
               one
               of
               these
               at
               Hertford
               in
               Westphalia
               ,
               where
               I
               was
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               Honour
               to
               wait
               upon
               
               the
               Lady
               Abbess
               the
               Princess
               Elizabeth
               ,
               eldest
               Sister
               of
               the
               late
               Elector
               Palatine
               and
               Prince
               Rupert
               .
               Notwithstanding
               the
               late
               〈◊〉
               with
               Sweden
               ,
               and
               that
               by
               the
               prevalency
               〈◊〉
               France
               in
               that
               hasty
               Treaty
               of
               Peace
               co●●●●ded
               at
               Nim●guen
               ,
               his
               late
               Electoral
               〈…〉
               was
               obliged
               to
               give
               back
               what
               he
               had
               〈…〉
               taken
               from
               that
               Crown
               ;
               yet
               his
               〈…〉
               flourished
               in
               Wealth
               and
               Trade
               ,
               his
               〈…〉
               having
               encouraged
               Manufactures
               of
               〈…〉
               by
               inviting
               Artizans
               into
               his
               Domin●●●
               〈◊〉
               established
               a
               Company
               of
               Trading
               〈…〉
               to
               the
               West-Indies
               ,
               which
               will
               〈◊〉
               advance
               Navigation
               amongst
               his
               Sub●●●●●
               ▪
               And
               in
               all
               humane
               probability
               they
               are
               〈◊〉
               to
               continue
               in
               a
               happy
               condition
               ,
               seeing
               by
               the
               Alliances
               his
               Highness
               hath
               made
               with
               the
               Protestant
               Princes
               of
               the
               Empire
               ,
               and
               especially
               the
               House
               of
               Lunenbourg
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               no
               danger
               of
               being
               disturbed
               by
               their
               Neighbours
               .
            
             
               I
               told
               you
               before
               that
               the
               Elector
               of
               Brandenbourg
               was
               Married
               to
               the
               Daughter
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               Hanouer
               ,
               so
               that
               as
               long
               as
               that
               Alliance
               holds
               ,
               the
               Families
               of
               Brandenbourg
               and
               Lunenbourg
               will
               be
               in
               a
               condition
               to
               cast
               the
               Balance
               of
               the
               Empire
               ;
               they
               both
               together
               being
               able
               to
               bring
               into
               the
               Field
               80000
               as
               good
               Men
               as
               any
               are
               in
               Europe
               .
            
             
             
               WHen
               I
               parted
               from
               Berlin
               ,
               I
               made
               a
               turn
               back
               to
               Lunenbourg
               in
               my
               way
               to
               Swedeland
               ,
               where
               I
               found
               several
               of
               my
               Countrymen
               Officers
               in
               the
               Garison
               ,
               who
               shewed
               me
               what
               was
               most
               remarkable
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               as
               the
               Saltworks
               ,
               (
               which
               bring
               in
               considerable
               Sums
               of
               Money
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Lunenbourg
               )
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               and
               Churches
               ,
               in
               one
               of
               which
               I
               saw
               a
               Communion-Table
               of
               pure
               Ducat-Gold
               .
               From
               thence
               I
               went
               into
               the
               Province
               of
               Holstein
               and
               at
               a
               small
               Sea-port
               called
               Termond
               ,
               of
               which
               I
               spake
               before
               ,
               I
               embarked
               for
               Sweden
               .
            
             
             
               HE
               that
               hath
               read
               in
               the
               Histories
               of
               this
               last
               Age
               the
               great
               Exploits
               of
               
                 Gustavus
                 Adolphus
              
               and
               his
               Swedes
               ,
               perhaps
               may
               have
               a
               fancy
               that
               it
               must
               be
               an
               excellent
               Country
               which
               hath
               bred
               such
               Warriors
               ;
               but
               if
               he
               approach
               it
               ,
               he
               will
               soon
               find
               himself
               undeceived
               .
               Entering
               into
               Swedeland
               ,
               at
               a
               place
               called
               Landsort
               ,
               we
               sail'd
               forward
               amongst
               high
               Rocks
               ,
               having
               no
               other
               prospect
               from
               Land
               but
               Mountains
               till
               we
               came
               to
               Dollers
               ,
               which
               is
               about
               four
               Swedish
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               twenty
               four
               English
               Miles
               from
               Stockholm
               ,
               the
               Capital
               City
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               Upon
               my
               coming
               ashore
               ,
               I
               confess
               I
               was
               a
               little
               surprized
               to
               see
               the
               Poverty
               of
               the
               People
               ;
               and
               the
               little
               Wooden
               Houses
               they
               lived
               in
               ,
               not
               unlike
               Soldiers
               Huts
               in
               a
               Leaguer
               ;
               but
               much
               more
               ,
               when
               I
               discovered
               little
               else
               in
               the
               Country
               but
               Mountainous
               Rocks
               ,
               and
               standing
               Lakes
               of
               Water
               .
               The
               Reader
               will
               excuse
               me
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               if
               I
               remark
               not
               all
               that
               I
               may
               have
               taken
               notice
               of
               in
               this
               Country
               ,
               seeing
               by
               what
               I
               have
               already
               written
               ,
               he
               may
               perceive
               that
               my
               Design
               is
               rather
               to
               observe
               the
               Manner
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               living
               ,
               than
               to
               give
               a
               full
               Description
               of
               every
               thing
               that
               may
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               Country
               they
               live
               in
               .
               However
               ,
               I
               shall
               say
               somewhat
               of
               that
               too
               ,
               having
               premised
               once
               for
               all
               ,
               that
               the
               ordinary
               People
               are
               wretchedly
               poor
               ;
               yet
               not
               so
               much
               occasioned
               by
               the
               Publick
               Taxes
               ,
               
               as
               the
               Barronness
               of
               their
               Country
               ,
               and
               the
               Oppression
               of
               the
               Nobles
               their
               Landlord●
               ,
               and
               immediate
               Superiours
               ,
               who
               till
               the
               pre●●●t
               King
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               their
               Violences
               ,
               ty●●●nically
               domineered
               over
               the
               Lives
               and
               〈◊〉
               of
               the
               poor
               Peasants
               .
            
             
               〈◊〉
               D●llers
               I
               took
               Waggon
               to
               Stockholm
               ,
               〈…〉
               Horses
               three
               times
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               〈…〉
               of
               the
               badness
               of
               the
               Rode
               ,
               on
               all
               〈…〉
               with
               Rocks
               ,
               that
               hardly
               〈…〉
               as
               here
               and
               there
               to
               leave
               a
               〈…〉
               Ground
               .
               At
               two
               Miles
               distance
               upon
               that
               Road
               the
               City
               of
               Stockholm
               looks
               great
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               King's
               Palace
               ,
               the
               Houses
               of
               Noblemen
               ,
               and
               some
               Churches
               which
               are
               seated
               upon
               Rocks
               :
               And
               indeed
               ,
               the
               whole
               City
               and
               Suburbs
               stand
               upon
               Rocks
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               some
               few
               Houses
               built
               upon
               Ground
               gained
               from
               the
               Rivers
               that
               run
               through
               the
               Town
               .
               Stockholm
               has
               its
               Name
               from
               a
               Stock
               or
               Log
               of
               Wood
               ,
               which
               three
               Brothers
               threw
               into
               the
               Water
               five
               Miles
               above
               the
               City
               ,
               making
               a
               Vow
               ,
               that
               where-ever
               that
               Stock
               should
               stop
               ,
               they
               would
               build
               a
               Castle
               to
               dwell
               in
               .
               The
               Stock
               stopt
               at
               the
               Holm
               ,
               or
               Rock
               where
               the
               Palace
               of
               the
               King
               now
               stands
               :
               And
               the
               Brothers
               ,
               to
               be
               as
               good
               as
               their
               word
               ,
               there
               built
               their
               Castle
               ,
               which
               invited
               others
               to
               do
               the
               like
               ;
               so
               that
               in
               process
               of
               time
               the
               other
               Rocks
               or
               Holms
               were
               covered
               with
               Buildings
               ,
               which
               at
               length
               became
               the
               Capital
               
               City
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               It
               is
               now
               embelished
               with
               a
               great
               many
               stately
               Houses
               ,
               and
               much
               improved
               from
               what
               it
               was
               400
               Years
               ago
               ,
               as
               indeed
               most
               Cities
               are
               ;
               for
               the
               Stadthouse
               then
               built
               ,
               is
               so
               contemptible
               and
               low
               ,
               that
               in
               Holland
               or
               England
               it
               would
               not
               be
               suffered
               to
               stand
               to
               disgrace
               the
               Nation
               .
               The
               Council-Chamber
               where
               the
               Burghmasters
               and
               Raedt
               sit
               ,
               is
               two
               Rooms
               cast
               into
               one
               ,
               not
               above
               nine
               Foot
               high
               ;
               and
               the
               two
               Rooms
               where
               the
               Sheriffs
               and
               the
               Erve
               College
               (
               which
               is
               a
               Judicature
               like
               to
               the
               Doctors
               Commons
               in
               England
               )
               sit
               ,
               are
               not
               above
               eight
               Foot
               and
               a
               half
               high
               .
               The
               King's
               Palace
               is
               a
               large
               Square
               of
               Stone-building
               ,
               in
               some
               places
               very
               high
               ,
               but
               an
               old
               and
               irregular
               Fabrick
               ,
               without
               a
               sufficient
               quantity
               of
               Ground
               about
               it
               for
               Gardens
               and
               Walks
               .
               It
               was
               anciently
               surrounded
               with
               Water
               ;
               but
               some
               Years
               since
               part
               of
               it
               was
               filled
               up
               to
               make
               a
               Way
               from
               the
               Castle-Gate
               down
               into
               the
               old
               Town
               .
               In
               this
               Palace
               there
               are
               large
               Rooms
               ;
               but
               the
               Lodgings
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               Queen
               ,
               and
               Royal
               Family
               ,
               are
               three
               Pair
               of
               Stairs
               high
               ,
               the
               Rooms
               in
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Stories
               being
               destin'd
               for
               the
               Senate-Chamber
               ,
               and
               other
               Courts
               of
               Judicature
               .
               The
               King's
               Library
               is
               four
               Pair
               of
               Stairs
               high
               ,
               being
               a
               Room
               about
               forty
               six
               Foot
               square
               ,
               with
               a
               Closet
               adjoyning
               to
               it
               not
               half
               the
               Dimensions
               .
               When
               I
               considered
               the
               Apartments
               and
               Furniture
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               
               I
               began
               to
               think
               that
               the
               French
               Author
               wrote
               Truth
               ,
               who
               in
               his
               Remarks
               upon
               Swedeland
               says
               ,
               That
               when
               Queen
               Christina
               resigned
               the
               Crown
               to
               
                 Carolus
                 Gustavus
              
               ,
               the
               Father
               of
               this
               present
               King
               ,
               she
               disposed
               of
               the
               best
               of
               the
               Furniture
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               gave
               away
               a
               large
               share
               of
               the
               Crown-Lands
               to
               her
               Favorites
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               that
               the
               King
               ,
               considering
               the
               poor
               Condition
               she
               had
               left
               the
               Kingdom
               in
               ,
               and
               seeing
               the
               Court
               so
               meanly
               furnished
               ,
               said
               ,
               That
               had
               he
               known
               before
               he
               accepted
               the
               Crown
               ,
               what
               then
               he
               did
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               taken
               other
               Measures
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               many
               other
               stately
               Palaces
               in
               Stockholm
               belonging
               to
               the
               Nobility
               ;
               but
               many
               of
               them
               for
               want
               of
               Repairs
               ,
               and
               not
               being
               inhabited
               ,
               run
               to
               ruine
               ;
               several
               of
               the
               Nobles
               who
               lived
               in
               them
               formerly
               ,
               having
               lost
               the
               Estates
               that
               maintained
               their
               ancient
               Splendor
               ,
               as
               we
               shall
               see
               hereafter
               ,
               being
               retired
               unto
               a
               Country
               Life
               .
               There
               are
               also
               some
               other
               Magnificent
               Structures
               begun
               ,
               but
               not
               finished
               ,
               as
               that
               stately
               Building
               intended
               for
               a
               Parliament-House
               for
               the
               Nobles
               ,
               and
               two
               or
               three
               Churches
               :
               But
               what
               I
               most
               wonder
               at
               ,
               is
               the
               Vault
               wherein
               the
               late
               King
               lies
               buried
               ,
               is
               not
               as
               yet
               covered
               but
               with
               Boards
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               that
               the
               Kings
               of
               Sweden
               have
               no
               Tombs
               and
               Monuments
               as
               in
               England
               and
               other
               Countries
               ;
               but
               are
               put
               into
               Copper
               Coffins
               ,
               with
               Inscriptions
               
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               placed
               one
               by
               another
               in
               Vaults
               ,
               adjoyning
               to
               the
               Gray-Friers
               Church
               .
               These
               Vaults
               are
               about
               eight
               in
               Number
               ,
               having
               Turrets
               over
               them
               ,
               with
               Veins
               of
               Copper
               gilt
               ,
               carved
               into
               the
               Cyphers
               of
               the
               several
               Kings
               who
               give
               them
               their
               Names
               by
               being
               the
               first
               that
               are
               interred
               in
               them
               .
               The
               Vault
               of
               the
               late
               King
               is
               not
               yet
               finished
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               the
               Fabricks
               above-mentioned
               ,
               which
               perhaps
               may
               be
               imputed
               to
               the
               late
               Troubles
               of
               Swedeland
               .
               The
               Number
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Stockholm
               are
               also
               much
               decreased
               within
               these
               few
               Years
               ,
               partly
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               removal
               of
               the
               Court
               of
               Admiralty
               and
               the
               Kings
               Ships
               from
               that
               City
               to
               Charles-Crown
               ,
               a
               new
               Haven
               lately
               made
               about
               200
               English
               Miles
               from
               thence
               ,
               which
               hath
               drawn
               many
               Families
               belonging
               to
               the
               Fleet
               and
               Admiralty
               from
               Stockholm
               to
               live
               there
               :
               And
               partly
               ,
               because
               many
               of
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               Gentry
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               depended
               on
               them
               ,
               are
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               before
               ,
               withdrawn
               from
               Stockholm
               to
               a
               retired
               Life
               in
               the
               Country
               .
               Nevertheless
               the
               ordinary
               sort
               of
               Burghers
               ,
               who
               still
               remain
               ,
               are
               extreamly
               poor
               ;
               seeing
               the
               Women
               are
               fain
               to
               work
               like
               Horses
               ,
               drawing
               Carts
               ,
               and
               as
               Labourers
               in
               England
               ,
               serving
               Masons
               and
               Bricklayers
               with
               Stone
               ,
               Bricks
               and
               Mortar
               ,
               and
               unloading
               Vessels
               that
               bring
               those
               Materials
               ;
               some
               of
               the
               poor
               Creatures
               in
               the
               Summer-time
               toiling
               in
               their
               Smocks
               without
               
               either
               Shooes
               or
               Stockings
               .
               They
               perform
               also
               the
               part
               of
               Watermen
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               small
               matter
               will
               Row
               Passengers
               40
               Miles
               or
               more
               if
               they
               please
               .
            
             
               The
               Court
               here
               is
               very
               thin
               and
               silent
               ,
               the
               King
               living
               frugally
               ,
               and
               seldom
               Dining
               in
               publick
               .
               He
               Eats
               commonly
               with
               the
               two
               Queens
               ,
               his
               Mother
               and
               Consort
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               Virtuous
               Princess
               ,
               Sister
               to
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               .
               She
               is
               the
               Mother
               of
               five
               Children
               ,
               three
               Sons
               and
               two
               Daughters
               ,
               with
               whom
               she
               spends
               most
               of
               her
               time
               in
               Retirement
               .
               The
               King
               is
               a
               goodly
               Prince
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               Blessed
               and
               Endowed
               with
               Accomplishments
               far
               beyond
               what
               might
               have
               been
               expected
               from
               his
               Education
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               extreamly
               abused
               ,
               being
               Taught
               little
               more
               than
               his
               Mother
               Tongue
               .
               He
               is
               Gracious
               ,
               Just
               and
               Valiant
               ,
               constant
               at
               his
               Devotion
               ,
               and
               utterly
               averse
               from
               all
               kind
               of
               Debauchery
               ,
               and
               the
               unfashionable
               Vanities
               of
               other
               Courts
               ,
               in
               Plays
               and
               Dancing
               .
            
             
               His
               sports
               are
               Hunting
               and
               Exercising
               of
               his
               Guards
               ,
               and
               he
               rarely
               appears
               publickly
               ,
               or
               gives
               Audience
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               which
               is
               imputed
               to
               his
               Sense
               of
               the
               neglect
               of
               his
               Education
               .
               He
               is
               a
               Prince
               that
               hath
               had
               a
               very
               hard
               beginning
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               which
               hath
               many
               times
               proved
               fortunate
               to
               great
               Men
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               all
               the
               circumstances
               of
               his
               early
               Misfortunes
               ,
               how
               
               he
               was
               slighted
               and
               neglected
               by
               his
               Nobles
               ,
               who
               would
               hardly
               vouchsafe
               to
               pay
               him
               a
               visit
               when
               he
               was
               among
               them
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               or
               to
               do
               him
               Homage
               for
               the
               Lands
               they
               held
               of
               the
               Crown
               ;
               and
               how
               by
               the
               pernicious
               Counsels
               of
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               the
               weakness
               or
               treachery
               of
               his
               Governors
               ,
               he
               was
               misled
               into
               a
               War
               that
               almost
               cost
               him
               his
               Crown
               ,
               having
               lost
               the
               best
               of
               his
               Territories
               in
               Germany
               and
               Schonen
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               his
               Forces
               both
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land
               :
               If
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               these
               things
               be
               considered
               ,
               it
               will
               probably
               appear
               ,
               that
               hardly
               any
               Prince
               before
               him
               hath
               in
               a
               shorter
               time
               ,
               or
               more
               fully
               setled
               the
               Authority
               and
               Prerogative
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               than
               he
               hath
               done
               in
               Sweden
               ;
               for
               which
               he
               stands
               no
               ways
               obliged
               to
               France
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               for
               the
               Restauration
               of
               what
               he
               lost
               during
               the
               War.
               He
               is
               now
               as
               absolute
               as
               the
               French
               King
               ,
               and
               makes
               Edicts
               ,
               which
               have
               the
               Force
               of
               Laws
               ,
               without
               the
               concurrence
               of
               the
               Estates
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               He
               hath
               erected
               two
               Judicatures
               ,
               the
               one
               called
               the
               College
               of
               Reduction
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               of
               Inspections
               ;
               the
               first
               of
               which
               hath
               put
               his
               Majesty
               in
               Possession
               again
               of
               all
               Lands
               alienated
               from
               the
               Crown
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               called
               to
               account
               all
               Persons
               ,
               even
               the
               Heirs
               and
               Executors
               of
               those
               who
               had
               cheated
               the
               Crown
               ,
               and
               made
               them
               refund
               what
               they
               or
               their
               Predecessors
               had
               appropriated
               to
               their
               own
               use
               of
               
               the
               publick
               Revenue
               .
               These
               two
               necessary
               Constitutions
               ,
               as
               they
               have
               reduced
               many
               great
               Families
               to
               a
               pinch
               ,
               who
               formerly
               lived
               splendidly
               upon
               the
               Crown
               Lands
               and
               Revenues
               ,
               and
               obliged
               them
               to
               live
               at
               home
               upon
               their
               ancient
               and
               private
               Patrimony
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               great
               cause
               that
               the
               Court
               of
               Sweden
               is
               at
               present
               so
               unfrequented
               ;
               so
               have
               they
               enabled
               his
               Majesty
               ;
               without
               burdening
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               to
               support
               the
               Charges
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               to
               maintain
               64000
               Men
               in
               pay
               .
               The
               Truth
               is
               ,
               his
               other
               Revenues
               are
               but
               small
               ,
               what
               arises
               from
               the
               Copper
               and
               Iron
               Mines
               ,
               one
               Silver
               Mine
               ,
               the
               Pitch
               and
               Tar
               ,
               the
               Customs
               and
               Excise
               amounts
               to
               no
               extraordinary
               Sum
               of
               Money
               ,
               and
               the
               Land
               Tax
               in
               so
               barren
               a
               Country
               scarcely
               deserving
               to
               be
               named
               .
               The
               Customes
               and
               Excise
               ,
               I
               confess
               ,
               are
               very
               high
               ,
               and
               the
               rigorous
               manner
               of
               exacting
               them
               pernicious
               to
               Trade
               :
               As
               for
               instance
               ;
               If
               a
               Ship
               come
               to
               Stockholme
               from
               London
               ,
               with
               a
               hundred
               several
               sorts
               of
               Goods
               ,
               and
               those
               Goods
               assigned
               to
               fifty
               several
               Men
               more
               or
               less
               ,
               if
               any
               of
               those
               fifty
               do
               not
               pay
               the
               Custom
               of
               what
               belongs
               to
               him
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               for
               a
               Barrel
               of
               Beer
               ,
               the
               Ship
               shall
               not
               be
               unladen
               ,
               nor
               no
               Man
               have
               his
               Goods
               out
               ,
               though
               he
               hath
               fully
               pay'd
               the
               Customs
               for
               them
               ,
               till
               this
               last
               Man
               hath
               pay'd
               his
               .
               There
               are
               several
               other
               silly
               
               Customs
               in
               Swedeland
               that
               discourages
               Men
               from
               Trading
               there
               ;
               as
               if
               any
               Stranger
               Die
               there
               ,
               a
               third
               of
               his
               Estate
               must
               go
               to
               the
               City
               or
               Town
               where
               he
               Traded
               .
               No
               Foreign
               Merchant
               in
               Stockholme
               can
               Travel
               into
               any
               Country
               where
               there
               is
               a
               Fair
               without
               a
               Passport
               :
               And
               at
               present
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               no
               Treaty
               of
               Trade
               betwixt
               England
               and
               Sweden
               ,
               though
               the
               English
               bring
               as
               considerable
               a
               Trade
               to
               that
               Kingdom
               as
               any
               other
               Country
               whatsoever
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               very
               unkindly
               used
               by
               the
               Officers
               of
               the
               Custom-House
               ;
               whereas
               the
               Dutch
               in
               Lubeck
               ,
               and
               other
               Cities
               ,
               have
               new
               and
               greater
               Privileges
               allowed
               them
               .
               Nor
               would
               I
               Counsel
               an
               English-man
               to
               go
               to
               Law
               with
               a
               Swedish
               Burgher
               in
               Sweden
               ,
               especially
               if
               he
               be
               a
               Whiggish
               Scot
               ,
               who
               hath
               got
               his
               Freedom
               in
               Stockholme
               ,
               for
               those
               are
               a
               kind
               of
               Scrapers
               ,
               whom
               I
               have
               observed
               to
               be
               more
               inveterate
               against
               the
               English
               than
               the
               Native
               Swedes
               .
            
             
               Of
               all
               the
               Swedish
               Army
               of
               64000
               Men
               ,
               the
               King
               keeps
               but
               12
               Companies
               of
               200
               Men
               a-peice
               ,
               with
               some
               few
               Horse
               Guards
               in
               Stockholme
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               upon
               Duty
               as
               Sentinels
               at
               the
               Court
               Gates
               ,
               as
               at
               the
               Courts
               of
               other
               Princes
               .
               The
               rest
               are
               dispersed
               into
               Quarters
               and
               Garisons
               upon
               the
               Frontiers
               ,
               which
               are
               so
               far
               distant
               in
               that
               large
               compass
               of
               Land
               which
               his
               Territories
               take
               up
               ,
               that
               it
               would
               require
               a
               hard
               and
               tedious
               work
               to
               bring
               them
               together
               to
               a
               general
               Muster
               .
               
               They
               are
               however
               kept
               under
               very
               strict
               Discipline
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               lie
               near
               ,
               often
               viewed
               by
               the
               King.
               They
               have
               odd
               sort
               ,
               of
               Punishments
               for
               the
               Soldiers
               and
               Officers
               of
               all
               Degrees
               :
               For
               Example
               ,
               if
               a
               Serjeant
               or
               Corporal
               be
               Drunk
               ,
               or
               negligent
               on
               Duty
               ,
               they
               are
               put
               into
               Armour
               ,
               and
               with
               three
               Muskets
               tied
               under
               each
               Arm
               ,
               made
               to
               walk
               two
               Hours
               before
               the
               Court
               of
               Guard
               ;
               yet
               ,
               for
               all
               the
               severity
               of
               Discipline
               used
               against
               the
               Soldiers
               ,
               they
               commit
               many
               Abuses
               in
               the
               Night
               time
               ,
               Robbing
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               killing
               Men
               upon
               the
               Streets
               in
               Stockholme
               ,
               where
               they
               have
               no
               Lights
               nor
               Guards
               as
               in
               Copenhagen
               .
               In
               former
               times
               there
               have
               been
               at
               one
               time
               35
               Colonels
               ,
               besides
               General
               Officers
               in
               the
               Swedish
               Army
               ,
               all
               the
               Subjects
               of
               the
               King
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               but
               at
               present
               there
               are
               few
               or
               none
               ,
               unless
               it
               be
               the
               Sons
               of
               some
               Scotish
               Officers
               Deceased
               ;
               nor
               did
               I
               ever
               see
               an
               English-Man
               in
               the
               Kings
               Guards
               ,
               Horse
               or
               Foot
               ,
               but
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               Son
               of
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Wood
              
               ,
               who
               hath
               since
               quitted
               the
               Service
               .
               The
               King
               hath
               exceedingly
               won
               the
               Hearts
               of
               the
               common
               People
               ,
               not
               only
               by
               exempting
               them
               from
               the
               Tyrannical
               jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Nobility
               and
               Gentry
               ,
               who
               formerly
               would
               by
               their
               own
               private
               Authority
               ,
               punish
               and
               put
               to
               Death
               the
               Peasants
               at
               their
               pleasure
               ,
               which
               makes
               the
               Countries
               very
               willing
               to
               Quarter
               the
               Kings
               Soldiers
               ,
               but
               by
               his
               exactness
               
               in
               punishing
               Duels
               ,
               Murder
               ,
               and
               Robberies
               .
               Perjury
               is
               Death
               here
               also
               ,
               as
               in
               Holland
               ,
               which
               makes
               the
               Magistrates
               in
               some
               parts
               of
               this
               Kings
               Territories
               ,
               enjoyn
               strange
               kinds
               of
               Oaths
               to
               deter
               Men
               from
               being
               forsworn
               :
               As
               for
               instance
               ,
               in
               some
               places
               the
               Witness
               is
               set
               with
               a
               Staff
               in
               his
               Hand
               upon
               some
               Peeble
               Stones
               and
               Charcoal
               ,
               where
               he
               is
               to
               imprecate
               and
               pray
               ,
               that
               if
               what
               he
               Sweareth
               be
               not
               true
               ,
               his
               Land
               may
               become
               as
               barren
               as
               those
               Stones
               ,
               and
               his
               Substance
               be
               Consumed
               to
               Ashes
               like
               the
               Coals
               he
               stands
               on
               ,
               which
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               steps
               down
               are
               set
               on
               Fire
               .
               This
               manner
               of
               Swearing
               so
               terrifies
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               they
               commonly
               tremble
               when
               they
               come
               to
               take
               their
               Oath
               .
            
             
               The
               Religion
               of
               the
               Dominions
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Sweden
               ,
               as
               of
               those
               of
               the
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               Princes
               and
               States
               whom
               we
               have
               named
               ,
               is
               Lutheran
               ,
               who
               are
               more
               rigid
               to
               Roman
               Catholicks
               and
               Calvinists
               than
               the
               Protestants
               of
               Germany
               .
               There
               is
               no
               Toleration
               allowed
               here
               to
               Calvinist
               Ministers
               ;
               and
               they
               take
               an
               effectual
               course
               to
               keep
               the
               Country
               clear
               of
               Priests
               and
               Jesuits
               ,
               by
               Guelding
               them
               ,
               whether
               they
               be
               young
               or
               old
               .
               In
               Commemoration
               of
               the
               great
               Losses
               and
               Desolation
               sustained
               in
               the
               late
               War
               ,
               the
               Suedes
               strictly
               keep
               four
               Fasting
               Days
               in
               the
               Months
               of
               
                 April
                 ,
                 May
                 ,
                 June
              
               ,
               and
               July
               ;
               on
               which
               days
               all
               Men
               are
               prohibited
               by
               Authority
               to
               kindle
               Fire
               in
               their
               
               Houses
               ,
               or
               to
               Eat
               till
               after
               Evening
               Service
               is
               done
               ,
               which
               in
               the
               Winter
               time
               could
               not
               be
               endured
               .
               They
               delight
               much
               in
               Singing
               in
               their
               Churches
               ,
               which
               they
               constantly
               perform
               twice
               every
               day
               ,
               Morning
               and
               Evening
               .
               In
               their
               Marryings
               ,
               Christenings
               ,
               and
               Buryings
               they
               are
               so
               prodigally
               extravagant
               ,
               that
               if
               all
               three
               happen
               in
               one
               year
               to
               a
               Man
               of
               a
               competent
               Estate
               ,
               it
               is
               enough
               to
               break
               him
               .
               The
               Clergy
               of
               Sweden
               are
               neither
               so
               Rich
               nor
               Learned
               as
               those
               of
               Germany
               ,
               wanting
               both
               the
               opportunities
               of
               Study
               ,
               and
               of
               conversing
               with
               Learned
               Men
               ,
               that
               those
               of
               other
               Countrys
               enjoy
               ,
               though
               there
               be
               some
               Learned
               Men
               amongst
               them
               .
               A
               Bishoprick
               in
               Sweden
               is
               no
               great
               Benefice
               ,
               if
               compared
               with
               some
               Parsonages
               in
               England
               ;
               for
               the
               Arch-bishop
               ,
               and
               Metropolitan
               hath
               not
               above
               400
               
                 l.
                 per
                 Annum
              
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               the
               rest
               are
               not
               worth
               above
               150
               or
               200
               l.
               a
               year
               .
               The
               inferiour
               Clergy
               are
               not
               so
               regular
               in
               their
               Lives
               and
               Conversation
               in
               the
               Countries
               distant
               from
               Stockholme
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               near
               the
               Court
               ;
               and
               the
               Reason
               is
               ,
               partly
               because
               they
               entertain
               Travellers
               that
               pass
               the
               Country
               ,
               there
               being
               no
               Inns
               in
               most
               places
               for
               the
               Accommodation
               of
               Persons
               of
               any
               Quality
               ,
               and
               so
               are
               obliged
               to
               drink
               with
               their
               Guests
               ;
               and
               partly
               ,
               because
               at
               Buryings
               and
               Christenings
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               commonly
               high
               Drinking
               ,
               the
               Pape
               or
               Parson
               is
               Master
               of
               the
               Ceremonies
               :
               And
               here
               give
               me
               leave
               
               to
               tell
               a
               short
               Story
               of
               one
               of
               them
               .
               A
               Pape
               coming
               to
               Christen
               a
               Child
               in
               a
               Church
               ,
               and
               finding
               a
               Scotch
               Man
               to
               be
               Godfather
               ,
               was
               so
               transported
               either
               with
               Zeal
               ,
               or
               his
               Cups
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               came
               to
               exorcise
               the
               Child
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Rite
               used
               in
               their
               Office
               of
               Administring
               this
               Sacrament
               ;
               he
               neglected
               the
               Form
               prescribed
               by
               the
               Liturgy
               ,
               and
               in
               an
               extemporary
               Prayer
               begg'd
               ,
               that
               the
               Devil
               might
               depart
               out
               of
               the
               Child
               ,
               and
               enter
               into
               that
               Scottish
               Heretick
               ,
               for
               so
               they
               call
               the
               Presbyterians
               of
               that
               Nation
               .
               The
               Prayer
               of
               the
               Pape
               so
               incensed
               the
               Scot
               ,
               that
               he
               vowed
               Revenge
               ,
               and
               watched
               the
               Pape
               with
               a
               good
               Cudgel
               next
               day
               as
               he
               crossed
               the
               Church-yard
               ,
               where
               he
               beat
               him
               ,
               and
               left
               him
               all
               in
               Blood
               lying
               on
               the
               Ground
               ,
               and
               crying
               out
               Murder
               .
               For
               this
               Fact
               the
               Scot
               was
               had
               before
               the
               Justice
               ,
               who
               asking
               him
               ,
               How
               he
               durst
               be
               so
               bold
               as
               to
               lay
               his
               profane
               Hands
               upon
               the
               Man
               of
               God
               ?
               He
               ,
               who
               knew
               very
               well
               what
               use
               to
               make
               of
               the
               Devil
               he
               had
               got
               ,
               Foaming
               at
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               and
               cunningly
               acting
               the
               Demoniack
               ,
               made
               answer
               ,
               That
               the
               Pape
               might
               thank
               himself
               for
               what
               he
               had
               met
               with
               ;
               for
               since
               he
               had
               Conjured
               the
               Devil
               into
               him
               he
               spared
               no
               Body
               ,
               neither
               Wife
               nor
               Children
               ,
               nor
               would
               he
               spare
               the
               Justice
               himself
               ,
               and
               with
               that
               fell
               a
               mangling
               and
               tearing
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               fain
               to
               〈◊〉
               take
               himself
               to
               his
               Heels
               ,
               crying
               out
               
                 O!
                 the
                 Devil
                 ,
                 save
                 me
              
               ;
               
               and
               so
               the
               Scot
               marched
               home
               ,
               no
               Man
               daring
               to
               lay
               hold
               on
               him
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               being
               torn
               to
               pieces
               by
               the
               Devil
               .
               But
               the
               Justice
               recollecting
               himself
               ,
               sent
               for
               the
               Pape
               ,
               told
               him
               ,
               That
               the
               Scot
               was
               a
               cunning
               Rogue
               ,
               and
               bid
               him
               go
               home
               ,
               get
               a
               Plaister
               for
               his
               Head
               ,
               and
               be
               silent
               ,
               lest
               if
               the
               matter
               came
               to
               the
               Bishops
               Ears
               he
               might
               be
               Censured
               for
               going
               against
               the
               Rubrick
               of
               the
               Liturgy
               .
            
             
               The
               Famous
               University
               where
               their
               Clergy
               are
               bred
               ,
               is
               Upsal
               ,
               8
               Swedish
               Miles
               from
               Stockholme
               .
               There
               are
               commonly
               150
               ,
               or
               200
               Students
               there
               ,
               but
               no
               Endowed
               Colleges
               ,
               as
               in
               other
               Countries
               .
               The
               Library
               is
               so
               mean
               and
               contemptible
               ,
               that
               the
               Libraries
               of
               many
               Grammar
               Schools
               ,
               and
               of
               private
               Men
               in
               England
               or
               Holland
               are
               far
               better
               stored
               with
               Books
               than
               it
               is
               .
               Upon
               viewing
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               the
               Kings
               Palace
               ,
               I
               called
               to
               mind
               the
               saying
               of
               a
               French
               Man
               ,
               upon
               the
               like
               occasion
               ;
               That
               Swedeland
               came
               behind
               France
               and
               England
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Men
               and
               Things
               at
               least
               800
               years
               ;
               yet
               some
               Swedes
               have
               been
               so
               conceited
               of
               the
               Antiquity
               of
               their
               Country
               ,
               as
               to
               brag
               ,
               that
               Paradice
               was
               seated
               in
               Sweden
               ;
               that
               the
               Country
               was
               turned
               into
               such
               heaps
               of
               Rocks
               for
               the
               Rebellion
               of
               our
               first
               Parents
               ,
               and
               that
               Adam
               and
               Eve
               had
               Cain
               and
               Abel
               in
               a
               Country
               three
               Swedish
               Miles
               distant
               from
               Upsall
               .
               A
               French
               Man
               standing
               by
               ,
               and
               hearing
               this
               Romantick
               Story
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               told
               ,
               fitted
               him
               
               with
               the
               like
               ,
               telling
               him
               ,
               that
               when
               the
               World
               was
               made
               in
               six
               days
               ,
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Creation
               all
               the
               Rubbish
               that
               remained
               was
               thrown
               together
               into
               a
               Corner
               ,
               which
               made
               up
               Sweden
               and
               Norway
               .
               And
               indeed
               ,
               the
               French
               seem
               to
               have
               no
               great
               liking
               to
               the
               Country
               ,
               whatever
               kindness
               they
               may
               have
               for
               the
               People
               ;
               for
               a
               French
               Ambassador
               ,
               as
               an
               Author
               of
               that
               Country
               relates
               ,
               being
               by
               order
               of
               Queen
               Christina
               ,
               Treated
               in
               a
               Country
               House
               four
               Swedish
               Miles
               from
               Stockholme
               ,
               and
               upon
               the
               rode
               going
               and
               coming
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               Varieties
               and
               Pleasures
               that
               the
               Country
               could
               afford
               ,
               on
               purpose
               to
               make
               him
               have
               a
               good
               Opinion
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               made
               answer
               to
               the
               Queen
               ,
               (
               who
               asked
               him
               upon
               his
               return
               ,
               What
               he
               thought
               of
               Sweden
               )
               That
               were
               he
               Master
               of
               the
               whole
               Country
               ,
               he
               would
               presently
               Sell
               it
               ,
               and
               Buy
               a
               Farm
               in
               France
               or
               England
               ;
               which
               ,
               under
               Favour
               ,
               I
               think
               was
               a
               little
               Tart
               and
               Sawcy
               .
            
             
               Having
               stayed
               a
               considerable
               time
               in
               Swedeland
               ,
               and
               most
               part
               at
               Stockholme
               ,
               I
               set
               out
               from
               thence
               to
               go
               to
               Elsenbourg
               by
               Land
               ,
               and
               went
               a
               little
               out
               of
               my
               way
               to
               see
               a
               small
               City
               called
               Eubrone
               ,
               Famous
               for
               a
               Coat
               of
               Arms
               which
               it
               got
               in
               this
               manner
               .
               A
               certain
               Masculine
               Queen
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               who
               had
               Conquered
               a
               great
               part
               of
               Sweden
               ,
               coming
               to
               this
               City
               ,
               asked
               the
               Magistrates
               ,
               What
               was
               the
               Arms
               of
               their
               City
               ?
               Who
               having
               
               her
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               none
               ,
               she
               plucked
               up
               her
               Coats
               ,
               and
               squatting
               upon
               the
               Snow
               ,
               bid
               them
               take
               the
               mark
               she
               left
               there
               for
               their
               Arms
               ;
               its
               pity
               she
               did
               not
               give
               them
               a
               suitable
               Motto
               to
               it
               also
               :
               What
               that
               Figure
               is
               called
               in
               Blazonery
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               to
               this
               Day
               the
               City
               uses
               it
               in
               their
               Arms
               ,
               and
               for
               marking
               their
               Commodities
               .
               This
               Queen
               came
               purposely
               into
               Sweden
               ,
               to
               pay
               a
               visit
               to
               a
               brave
               Woman
               ,
               that
               opposed
               a
               King
               of
               Swedeland
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               time
               of
               Famine
               would
               have
               put
               to
               Death
               all
               the
               Men
               and
               Women
               in
               his
               Country
               above
               60
               years
               of
               Age.
               The
               Country
               all
               the
               way
               I
               travelled
               in
               Swedeland
               is
               much
               of
               the
               same
               quality
               of
               the
               Land
               about
               Stockholme
               ,
               until
               I
               came
               near
               the
               Province
               of
               Schonen
               ,
               which
               is
               called
               the
               Store-house
               ,
               and
               Kitchin
               of
               Sweden
               ,
               where
               the
               Country
               is
               far
               better
               .
               It
               was
               formerly
               very
               dangerous
               to
               Travel
               in
               this
               Province
               of
               Schonen
               ,
               because
               of
               the
               Snaphances
               ,
               who
               were
               a
               kind
               of
               Bloody
               Robbers
               ,
               now
               utterly
               destroyed
               by
               the
               King
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               is
               safe
               enough
               Travelling
               there
               .
               Entering
               into
               Schonen
               I
               saw
               29
               of
               these
               Rogues
               upon
               Wheels
               ,
               and
               elsewhere
               in
               the
               Country
               ,
               ten
               and
               twenty
               at
               several
               places
               .
               The
               King
               used
               great
               severity
               in
               destroying
               of
               them
               ;
               some
               he
               caused
               to
               be
               broken
               upon
               the
               Wheel
               ,
               others
               Spitted
               in
               at
               the
               Fundament
               ,
               and
               out
               at
               the
               Shoulders
               ,
               many
               had
               the
               Flesh
               pinched
               off
               of
               their
               Breasts
               ,
               and
               so
               were
               fastened
               to
               
               Stakes
               till
               they
               Died
               ;
               and
               others
               again
               had
               their
               Noses
               and
               both
               Hands
               cut
               off
               ,
               and
               being
               seared
               with
               a
               hot
               Iron
               ,
               were
               let
               go
               to
               acquaint
               their
               Comrades
               how
               they
               had
               been
               served
               .
               The
               King
               is
               very
               severe
               against
               Highway-Men
               and
               Duellers
               .
               In
               above
               a
               100
               Miles
               Travelling
               ,
               we
               found
               not
               a
               House
               where
               there
               was
               either
               French
               Wine
               or
               Brandy
               ,
               which
               made
               me
               tell
               a
               Swede
               of
               our
               Company
               ,
               who
               was
               Travelling
               to
               Denmark
               ,
               that
               I
               would
               undertake
               to
               shew
               any
               Man
               500
               Houses
               ,
               wherein
               a
               Traveller
               might
               have
               Wine
               ,
               and
               other
               good
               Accommodation
               in
               the
               space
               of
               an
               Hundred
               Miles
               upon
               any
               rode
               from
               London
               .
               There
               are
               several
               small
               Towns
               and
               fertile
               Land
               in
               this
               Country
               of
               Schonen
               ,
               lying
               upon
               the
               S●undt
               ;
               at
               the
               narrowest
               part
               whereof
               lies
               Elsenbourg
               burnt
               down
               by
               the
               Danes
               in
               the
               last
               War
               :
               Here
               I
               crost
               over
               to
               Elsenore
               ,
               the
               passage
               being
               but
               a
               League
               broad
               .
            
             
               The
               King
               of
               Denmark
               has
               a
               Castle
               at
               Elsenore
               ,
               which
               commands
               the
               narrow
               passage
               of
               the
               Soundt
               ,
               where
               all
               Ships
               that
               enter
               into
               ,
               or
               come
               out
               of
               the
               Baltick
               Sea
               must
               pay
               Toll
               .
               Having
               visited
               this
               Castle
               ,
               and
               staid
               about
               a
               Fortnight
               with
               the
               English
               Consul
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Paul
              
               ,
               late
               Resident
               at
               the
               Court
               of
               Swedeland
               ,
               I
               went
               to
               the
               Danish
               Court
               at
               Copenhagen
               .
            
             
               COpenhagen
               is
               the
               Capital
               City
               of
               
                 Zecland
                 ,
                 Jutland
              
               ,
               or
               Denmark
               ,
               and
               place
               of
               Residence
               of
               the
               King
               :
               It
               stands
               on
               a
               
               Flat
               ,
               encompassed
               with
               a
               pleasant
               and
               delightful
               Country
               ,
               much
               resembling
               England
               .
               The
               Streets
               of
               the
               City
               are
               kept
               very
               neat
               and
               clean
               ,
               with
               Lights
               in
               the
               Night
               time
               for
               the
               convenience
               and
               safety
               of
               those
               who
               are
               then
               abroad
               ;
               a
               Custom
               not
               as
               yet
               introduced
               into
               Stockholme
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               dangerous
               to
               be
               abroad
               when
               it
               is
               dark
               .
               The
               Kings
               Men
               of
               War
               lie
               hear
               very
               conveniently
               ,
               being
               orderly
               ranged
               betwixt
               Booms
               ,
               after
               the
               manner
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               and
               near
               the
               Admiralty
               House
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               large
               pile
               of
               Building
               ,
               well
               furnished
               with
               Stores
               and
               Magazins
               ,
               secured
               by
               a
               Cittadel
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               commands
               the
               City
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               Haven
               ,
               and
               entry
               into
               it
               .
               The
               Court
               of
               Denmark
               is
               splendid
               ,
               and
               makes
               a
               far
               greater
               figure
               in
               the
               World
               than
               that
               of
               Sweden
               ,
               though
               not
               many
               years
               ago
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Carolus
                 Gustavus
              
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               present
               King
               of
               Swedeland
               ,
               it
               was
               almost
               reduced
               to
               its
               last
               ,
               when
               the
               Walls
               of
               Copenhagen
               saved
               that
               Crown
               and
               Kingdom
               .
               That
               Siege
               was
               Famous
               ,
               carried
               on
               with
               great
               vigour
               by
               the
               Swede
               ,
               and
               as
               bravely
               maintained
               by
               the
               Danes
               :
               The
               Monuments
               whereof
               are
               to
               be
               seen
               in
               the
               Cannon
               Bullets
               gilt
               that
               still
               remain
               in
               the
               Walls
               of
               some
               Houses
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Steeple
               of
               the
               great
               Church
               of
               the
               Town
               .
               The
               Royal
               Palace
               in
               Copenhagen
               is
               but
               small
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               ancient
               Building
               ;
               but
               his
               Majesties
               House
               Fredenburg
               is
               a
               stately
               Fabrick
               of
               Modern
               Architecture
               ,
               and
               
               very
               richly
               Furnished
               .
               Denmark
               is
               at
               present
               a
               flourishing
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               who
               hath
               now
               made
               it
               Hereditary
               ,
               surpasses
               most
               of
               his
               Predecessors
               in
               Power
               and
               Wealth
               :
               He
               hath
               much
               enlarged
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Authority
               ;
               and
               by
               his
               Personal
               and
               Royal
               Virtues
               ,
               no
               less
               than
               the
               eminent
               qualities
               of
               a
               great
               many
               able
               Ministers
               of
               State
               ,
               he
               hath
               gained
               the
               Universal
               Love
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               the
               esteem
               of
               all
               Foreign
               Princes
               and
               States
               .
               The
               Court
               is
               much
               frequented
               every
               day
               ,
               but
               especially
               on
               Sundays
               ,
               where
               about
               Eleven
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               Morning
               ,
               the
               Nobility
               ,
               Foreign
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               Officers
               of
               the
               Army
               assemble
               ,
               and
               make
               a
               glorious
               Appearance
               .
               There
               one
               may
               see
               many
               Knights
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Elephant
               of
               Malto
               ;
               but
               I
               never
               saw
               any
               Order
               of
               the
               like
               Nature
               as
               that
               of
               Sweden
               ,
               that
               King
               rarely
               appearing
               in
               his
               George
               and
               Garter
               ;
               but
               on
               days
               of
               publick
               Audience
               I
               have
               observed
               at
               one
               time
               above
               150
               Coaches
               attending
               at
               the
               Court
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               which
               are
               ten
               times
               more
               than
               ever
               I
               saw
               together
               at
               that
               of
               Sweden
               .
               The
               King
               is
               affable
               ,
               and
               of
               easie
               access
               to
               Strangers
               ,
               seen
               often
               abroad
               by
               his
               Subjects
               in
               his
               Gardens
               and
               Stables
               ,
               which
               are
               very
               large
               ,
               and
               well
               furnished
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               Horses
               .
               He
               is
               a
               great
               lover
               of
               English
               Horses
               and
               Dogs
               ,
               and
               delights
               much
               in
               Hunting
               ,
               as
               his
               Eldest
               Son
               the
               Prince
               ,
               with
               his
               Brothers
               do
               in
               Cock-●ighting
               ;
               insomuch
               
               much
               ,
               that
               the
               English
               Merchants
               cannot
               make
               a
               more
               acceptable
               present
               to
               those
               Princes
               ,
               than
               of
               English
               Game-Cocks
               .
               The
               standing
               Forces
               of
               Denmark
               are
               well
               disciplined
               Men
               ,
               and
               Commanded
               by
               good
               Officers
               ,
               both
               Natives
               and
               Strangers
               ,
               both
               French
               and
               Scots
               ,
               as
               Major
               General
               Duncan
               ,
               and
               Major
               General
               Veldun
               ,
               both
               Scottish-Men
               ,
               whom
               I
               saw
               at
               Copenhagen
               .
               The
               Soldiers
               as
               well
               as
               Courtiers
               are
               quartered
               upon
               the
               Citizens
               ,
               a
               Custom
               which
               is
               likewise
               practised
               in
               Sweden
               ,
               and
               tho'
               somewhat
               uneasie
               ,
               yet
               not
               repined
               at
               by
               the
               People
               ,
               who
               by
               the
               care
               and
               good
               Government
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               find
               Trade
               much
               advanced
               .
               For
               his
               Majesty
               by
               encouraging
               Strangers
               of
               all
               Religions
               to
               live
               in
               his
               Dominions
               ,
               and
               allowing
               the
               French
               and
               Dutch
               Calvinists
               ,
               to
               have
               publick
               Churches
               ,
               hath
               brought
               many
               Trading
               Families
               to
               Copenhagen
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               measure
               he
               hath
               taken
               for
               setling
               Trade
               in
               prohibiting
               the
               Importation
               of
               Foreign
               Manufactures
               ,
               and
               Reforming
               and
               new
               Modelling
               the
               East
               and
               West
               India
               Companies
               ,
               hath
               much
               encreased
               Commerce
               ,
               and
               thereby
               the
               Wealth
               of
               his
               Subjects
               ;
               so
               that
               notwithstanding
               the
               new
               Taxes
               imposed
               upon
               all
               Coaches
               ,
               Wagons
               ,
               Ploughs
               ,
               and
               all
               real
               and
               personal
               Estates
               ,
               which
               amount
               to
               considerable
               Sums
               of
               Money
               ;
               the
               People
               live
               very
               well
               and
               contented
               .
               There
               are
               commonly
               about
               8000
               Men
               in
               Garison
               in
               Copenhagen
               ,
               and
               
               his
               Majesties
               Regiment
               of
               Foot
               Guards
               ,
               who
               are
               all
               Cloathed
               in
               Red
               ,
               with
               Cloaks
               to
               keep
               them
               warm
               in
               the
               Winter
               time
               ,
               is
               a
               very
               handsome
               Body
               of
               Men
               ;
               and
               with
               the
               Horse
               Guards
               ,
               who
               are
               bravely
               mounted
               ,
               and
               have
               their
               Granadeers
               and
               Hautboys
               ,
               make
               a
               very
               fine
               shew
               .
               His
               Majesty
               hath
               caused
               several
               new
               Fortifications
               to
               be
               built
               upon
               the
               Elb
               ,
               and
               other
               Rivers
               ,
               and
               hath
               now
               in
               his
               Possession
               ,
               that
               strong
               Castle
               called
               Hilgueland
               ,
               at
               present
               commanded
               by
               a
               Scottish-man
               .
               The
               Queen
               of
               Denmark
               is
               a
               most
               virtuous
               Princess
               ,
               Sister
               to
               the
               present
               Landtgrave
               of
               
                 Hesse
                 Cassel
              
               ,
               and
               in
               Perswasion
               a
               Calvinist
               ,
               having
               a
               Chapel
               allowed
               her
               within
               the
               Court
               ,
               though
               the
               publick
               Religion
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               be
               Lutheran
               .
               The
               Clergy
               here
               are
               Learned
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               having
               studied
               at
               Oxford
               and
               Cambridge
               ,
               where
               they
               learnt
               the
               English
               Language
               ;
               and
               amongst
               the
               Bishops
               there
               is
               one
               Doctor
               King
               the
               Son
               of
               a
               Scottish-man
               .
               But
               seeing
               it
               is
               my
               design
               rather
               to
               observe
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               than
               to
               be
               punctual
               in
               describing
               all
               the
               Rarities
               that
               are
               remarkable
               in
               the
               Countries
               I
               have
               been
               in
               ,
               I
               shall
               conclude
               what
               I
               have
               to
               say
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               by
               acquainted
               the
               Reader
               that
               the
               People
               of
               that
               Country
               live
               far
               better
               than
               the
               Swedes
               ,
               and
               as
               well
               as
               most
               of
               their
               adjoyning
               Neighbours
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               are
               several
               places
               ,
               both
               there
               ,
               and
               in
               Norway
               ,
               which
               have
               the
               Names
               of
               English
               Towns
               ,
               as
               
                 Arundale
                 ,
                 Totness
                 ,
                 London
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
             
               When
               I
               first
               began
               to
               write
               this
               Treatise
               ,
               I
               had
               some
               thoughts
               of
               making
               Observations
               upon
               the
               several
               Governments
               of
               other
               States
               and
               Dominions
               ,
               where
               I
               had
               travelled
               some
               years
               before
               I
               was
               in
               the
               Countries
               I
               have
               been
               speaking
               of
               ,
               as
               of
               the
               rest
               of
               
                 Germany
                 ,
                 Hungary
                 ,
                 Switzerland
                 ,
                 Italy
                 ,
              
               and
               France
               ;
               but
               that
               was
               a
               Subject
               so
               large
               ,
               and
               the
               usefulness
               of
               it
               to
               my
               present
               Design
               so
               inconsiderable
               ,
               that
               by
               doing
               so
               ,
               I
               found
               I
               could
               neither
               satisfie
               the
               Curious
               ,
               by
               adding
               any
               thing
               material
               to
               those
               many
               who
               have
               already
               obliged
               the
               Publick
               by
               the
               Remarks
               of
               their
               Travels
               in
               those
               Places
               ;
               or
               make
               my
               discontented
               Country-men
               more
               averse
               than
               they
               are
               already
               from
               removing
               into
               those
               Countries
               ,
               where
               I
               think
               few
               of
               them
               will
               chuse
               to
               transport
               themselves
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Liberty
               and
               Property
               ,
               though
               England
               were
               even
               worse
               than
               they
               themselves
               fancy
               it
               can
               be
               .
               All
               that
               remains
               to
               be
               done
               then
               ,
               is
               to
               conclude
               this
               Treatise
               with
               an
               obvious
               and
               popular
               Remark
               ,
               that
               those
               Countries
               ,
               where
               Cities
               are
               greatest
               and
               most
               frequented
               by
               voluntary
               Inhabitants
               ,
               are
               always
               the
               best
               to
               live
               in
               ;
               and
               by
               comparing
               the
               City
               of
               London
               with
               all
               other
               Cities
               of
               Europe
               ,
               and
               demonstrating
               by
               the
               Surveys
               I
               have
               made
               ,
               (
               which
               I
               think
               will
               hardly
               be
               contradicted
               or
               confuted
               )
               that
               of
               all
               the
               Capital
               Cities
               of
               Europe
               it
               is
               the
               biggest
               and
               most
               populous
               ,
               and
               
               so
               prove
               consequentially
               that
               England
               ,
               for
               the
               generality
               of
               People
               ,
               is
               the
               best
               Country
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               especially
               for
               its
               Natives
               ,
               to
               live
               in
               .
               Now
               this
               being
               an
               Observation
               (
               for
               what
               I
               know
               )
               not
               hitherto
               made
               good
               by
               Induction
               and
               Instance
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               intend
               to
               do
               it
               )
               I
               hope
               it
               will
               please
               the
               Reader
               as
               much
               ,
               as
               if
               I
               gave
               him
               a
               particular
               account
               of
               other
               Countries
               and
               Governments
               ,
               and
               leave
               it
               to
               his
               own
               Reflection
               to
               state
               the
               Comparison
               .
            
             
               Though
               London
               within
               the
               Walls
               cannot
               vye
               for
               bigness
               with
               many
               Cities
               of
               Europe
               ;
               yet
               take
               the
               City
               and
               Suburbs
               together
               ,
               according
               as
               it
               hath
               been
               survey'd
               by
               Mr.
               Morgan
               ,
               in
               breadth
               from
               St.
               
               George's
               Church
               in
               Southwark
               to
               Shoreditch
               ,
               and
               in
               length
               from
               Limehouse
               to
               Petty-France
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               in
               a
               vast
               proportion
               larger
               in
               compass
               of
               Ground
               ,
               and
               number
               of
               Houses
               ,
               than
               any
               City
               in
               Europe
               whatsoever
               .
               This
               I
               shall
               demonstrate
               first
               ,
               by
               comparing
               it
               with
               some
               Cities
               of
               Holland
               ,
               and
               then
               with
               the
               most
               considerable
               Cities
               of
               the
               other
               Countries
               of
               Europe
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               set
               down
               in
               an
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ,
               with
               the
               number
               of
               the
               Houses
               they
               severally
               contain
               .
            
             
               When
               London
               and
               Suburbs
               was
               surveyed
               some
               years
               ago
               by
               Mr.
               Morgan
               ,
               there
               were
               reckoned
               to
               be
               in
               it
               84000
               Houses
               ,
               besides
               Hospitals
               ,
               Alms-houses
               ,
               and
               other
               Buildings
               ,
               that
               paid
               no
               Chimney-money
               to
               the
               King
               :
               
               Now
               if
               those
               were
               added
               ,
               and
               the
               vast
               number
               of
               new
               Houses
               that
               have
               been
               built
               since
               that
               Survey
               ,
               upon
               modest
               computation
               London
               may
               be
               reckoned
               to
               contain
               100000
               Houses
               ;
               nay
               ,
               't
               is
               believed
               120000
               ,
               which
               truly
               considering
               the
               extraordinary
               Additions
               that
               have
               been
               made
               lately
               ,
               is
               not
               improbable
               ;
               I
               know
               the
               French
               vapour
               ,
               and
               would
               perswade
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               Paris
               is
               much
               bigger
               than
               London
               .
               And
               the
               Hollanders
               will
               scarce
               believe
               ,
               that
               London
               hath
               more
               Houses
               than
               the
               18
               Cities
               in
               Holland
               that
               have
               Voices
               in
               the
               States
               ,
               for
               (
               say
               they
               )
               Amsterdam
               stands
               upon
               1000
               Morgans
               of
               Land
               ,
               and
               London
               stands
               but
               upon
               1800.
               
               To
               both
               which
               I
               answer
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               very
               true
               that
               Paris
               takes
               up
               a
               great
               spot
               of
               Ground
               ,
               but
               then
               you
               must
               consider
               ,
               that
               in
               Paris
               there
               are
               several
               hundreds
               of
               Monasteries
               ,
               Churches
               ,
               Colleges
               ,
               and
               Cloisters
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               having
               large
               Gardens
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               Paris
               there
               are
               7500
               Palaces
               and
               Ports
               for
               Coaches
               ,
               which
               have
               likewise
               great
               Gardens
               ;
               whereas
               London
               is
               very
               thick
               built
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               City
               the
               Houses
               have
               scarce
               a
               Yard
               big
               enough
               to
               set
               a
               Pump
               or
               House
               of
               Conveniency
               in
               ;
               but
               the
               Weekly
               Bills
               of
               Mortality
               will
               decide
               this
               Question
               ,
               and
               plainly
               give
               it
               to
               London
               ,
               and
               so
               doth
               Monsieur
               
                 la
                 Cour
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Petty
              
               in
               his
               last
               Essays
               dedicated
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               making
               it
               appear
               ,
               that
               London
               is
               bigger
               than
               
                 Paris
                 ,
                 Roan
              
               ,
               
               and
               Rochel
               altogether
               ;
               and
               as
               for
               Amsterdam
               ,
               I
               do
               appeal
               to
               all
               knowing
               Men
               that
               have
               seen
               it
               ,
               that
               although
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               that
               it
               stands
               upon
               1000
               Morgans
               of
               Land
               ,
               yet
               there
               is
               not
               above
               400
               Morgans
               built
               ;
               and
               this
               I
               prove
               thus
               ,
               that
               the
               large
               Gardens
               ,
               on
               the
               
                 Heeregraft
                 ,
                 Kysersgraft
              
               ,
               and
               Princegraft
               ,
               and
               the
               Burghwalls
               of
               Amsterdam
               ,
               take
               up
               more
               than
               a
               third
               part
               of
               the
               City
               ;
               then
               reckon
               the
               Bastions
               ,
               and
               the
               space
               of
               Ground
               between
               the
               Wall
               and
               the
               Houses
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Ground
               unbuilt
               from
               the
               Utricks-Port
               to
               the
               
                 Wesoper-Port
                 ,
                 Muyer-Port
              
               ,
               and
               〈◊〉
               the
               Seaside
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               find
               it
               to
               be
               near
               〈◊〉
               Morgans
               of
               Land
               :
               There
               are
               two
               Parishes
               in
               the
               Suburbs
               of
               London
               ,
               viz.
               Stepney
               ,
               and
               
                 St.
                 Martins
                 in
                 the
                 Fields
              
               ,
               (
               the
               latter
               being
               so
               big
               ,
               that
               the
               Parliament
               divided
               it
               into
               four
               Parishes
               )
               either
               of
               them
               have
               more
               Houses
               than
               Rotterdam
               or
               Haerlem
               ;
               and
               there
               are
               several
               other
               great
               Parishes
               ,
               as
               St.
               
                 Margarets
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 St.
                 Giles
                 in
                 the
                 Fields
                 ,
                 St.
                 Olaves
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 St.
                 Mary
                 Saviours
              
               ,
               the
               which
               if
               they
               stood
               apart
               in
               the
               Country
               would
               make
               great
               Cities
               ;
               we
               reckon
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               the
               Suburbs
               thereof
               to
               be
               at
               least
               130
               Parishes
               ,
               which
               contains
               100000
               Houses
               ;
               now
               if
               you
               reckon
               8
               Persons
               to
               every
               House
               ,
               then
               there
               are
               near
               800000
               Souls
               in
               London
               ,
               but
               there
               are
               some
               that
               say
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Million
               of
               Souls
               in
               it
               :
               I
               shall
               now
               set
               down
               the
               Cities
               Alphabetically
               ,
               and
               their
               number
               of
               Houses
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               given
               to
               
               me
               not
               only
               from
               the
               Surveyors
               and
               City
               Carpenters
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               Books
               of
               the
               Hearth-Money
               ,
               and
               Collectors
               of
               the
               several
               Taxes
               in
               the
               respective
               Cities
               :
               And
               first
               I
               shall
               begin
               with
               the
               18
               Cities
               that
               have
               Voices
               in
               the
               States
               of
               Holland
               .
            
             
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 HOLLAND
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 DOrt
                 5500
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Haerlem
                 7250
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Delft
                 2300
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Leyden
                 13800
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Amsterdam
                 25460
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Rotterdam
                 8400
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Gouda
                 3540
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Gorcom
                 2460
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Schiedam
                 1550
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 Briell
                 1250
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 Schonehoven
                 2200
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 Alckmaar
                 1540
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 Horn
                 3400
              
               
                 14.
                 
                 Enckhuysen
                 5200
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 Edam
                 2000
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 Monekendam
                 1500
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 Medenblick
                 850
              
               
                 18.
                 
                 Purmerent
                 709
              
               
                 Total
                 88909
              
            
             
               
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 GERMANY
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Seventeen
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 ANtwerp
                 18550
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Aix
                 la
                 Chapelle
                 2250
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Arford
                 8440
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Berlin
                 5200
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Bon
                 410
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Brisack
                 1200
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Breme
                 9200
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Breda
                 3420
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Bolduke
                 6240
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 Bergen
                 op
                 Zome
                 2120
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 Brussels
                 19200
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 Cologne
                 12000
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 Cleave
                 640
              
               
                 14.
                 
                 Coblentz
                 420
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 Castels
                 1520
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 Dresden
                 6420
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 Disseldorpe
                 620
              
               
                 18.
                 
                 Dunkirk
                 2440
              
               
                 19.
                 
                 Emden
                 2400
              
               
                 20.
                 
                 Francfort
                 10200
              
               
                 21.
                 
                 Groningen
                 8400
              
               
                 22.
                 
                 Guant
                 18200
              
               
                 23.
                 
                 Harford
                 1420
              
               
                 24.
                 
                 Hanouer
                 1850
              
               
                 25.
                 
                 Heidelberg
                 7520
              
               
                 26.
                 
                 Hambourg
                 12500
              
               
                 27.
                 
                 Lubeck
                 6500
              
               
                 28.
                 
                 Lovain
                 8420
              
               
                 
                 29.
                 
                 Lypsick
                 3242
              
               
                 30.
                 
                 Lunenburg
                 3100
              
               
                 31.
                 
                 Lewardin
                 5860
              
               
                 32.
                 
                 Mayence
                 2420
              
               
                 33.
                 
                 Malin
                 8000
              
               
                 34.
                 
                 Middelburg
                 6200
              
               
                 35.
                 
                 Madelburg
                 1120
              
               
                 36.
                 
                 Mastricht
                 5600
              
               
                 37.
                 
                 Munster
                 1240
              
               
                 38.
                 
                 Nurenburg
                 18240
              
               
                 39.
                 
                 Osenburg
                 2200
              
               
                 40.
                 
                 Osburg
                 8420
              
               
                 41.
                 
                 Oldenburg
                 620
              
               
                 42.
                 
                 Praag
                 18640
              
               
                 43.
                 
                 Passaw
                 560
              
               
                 44.
                 
                 Ratisbonne
                 6540
              
               
                 45.
                 
                 Strasbourg
                 8560
              
               
                 46.
                 
                 Spire
                 540
              
               
                 47.
                 
                 Stockholm
                 6480
              
               
                 48.
                 
                 Salsburg
                 12460
              
               
                 49.
                 
                 Uytrick
                 8240
              
               
                 50.
                 
                 Vienna
                 4520
              
               
                 51.
                 
                 Vean
                 340
              
               
                 52.
                 
                 Wormes
                 1200
              
               
                 53.
                 
                 Westburg
                 2420
              
               
                 Total
                 314460
              
            
             
               
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 FRANCE
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 AVignion
                 12400
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Amiens
                 5200
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Bullion
                 1400
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Bomont
                 800
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Burdeaux
                 8420
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Callis
                 1324
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Caine
                 2147
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Chalons
                 1850
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Diepe
                 1920
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 Lyons
                 16840
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 Montrevil
                 820
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 Montpeiller
                 5240
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 Marselles
                 9100
              
               
                 14.
                 
                 Nantes
                 4420
              
               
                 15.
                 
                 Nismes
                 3120
              
               
                 16.
                 
                 Orleans
                 10200
              
               
                 17.
                 
                 Orange
                 354
              
               
                 18.
                 
                 Paris
                 72400
              
               
                 19.
                 
                 Rochel
                 4200
              
               
                 20.
                 
                 Roan
                 11200
              
               
                 21.
                 
                 Tolouze
                 13200
              
               
                 22.
                 
                 Valence
                 458
              
               
                 Total
                 187013
              
            
             
               
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 ITALY
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 BOlonia
                 12400
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Florence
                 8520
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Genoua
                 17200
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Luca
                 1650
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Legorne
                 3560
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Milan
                 18500
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Naples
                 17840
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Pisa
                 2290
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 Padua
                 8550
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 Rome
                 31200
              
               
                 11.
                 
                 Sena
                 1820
              
               
                 12.
                 
                 Venice
                 24870
              
               
                 13.
                 
                 Veterba
                 620
              
               
                 14.
                 
                 Valentia
                 1520
              
               
                 Total
                 155040
              
            
             
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 SAVOY
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 CHambray
                 852
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Salé
                 320
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Turin
                 8540
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Nice
                 500
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 St.
                 John
                 de
                 Lateran
                 420
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Remes
                 340
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Moloy
                 270
              
               
                 Total
                 11242
              
            
             
               
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 SWITZERLAND
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 BErne
                 4270
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Bale
                 5120
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Geneva
                 4540
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Losana
                 2100
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Solure
                 500
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Zurick
                 6200
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Morge
                 210
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Vina
                 320
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 St.
                 Morrice
                 300
              
               
                 Total
                 23560
              
            
             
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 DENMARK
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 COpenhagen
                 8220
              
               
                 2.
                 Elsenore
              
               
                 Total
              
            
             
               
                 Cities
                 in
                 SWEEDLAND
                 .
              
               
                 Cities
                 .
                 Houses
                 .
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 NOrthoanen
                 600
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Stockholme
                 7500
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Upsal
                 8200
              
               
                 Total
                 16300
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               AN
               EXACT
               RELATION
               OF
               THE
               ENTERTAINMENT
               Of
               His
               Most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               WILLIAM
               III.
               KING
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 France
              
               and
               Ireland
               ;
               Hereditary
               Stadtholder
               of
               the
               
                 United
                 Netherlands
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               At
               the
               HAGVE
               .
            
             
               Giving
               a
               particular
               Description
               of
               His
               MAJESTY's
               Entry
               there
               ,
               Jan.
               26.
               
               169●-●
               .
               And
               of
               the
               several
               Triumphant
               Arches
               ,
               Pyramids
               ,
               Pictures
               ,
               &c.
               with
               the
               Inscriptions
               and
               Devices
               .
            
             
               Illustrated
               with
               Copper
               Plates
               of
               the
               whole
               Solemnity
               ,
               exactly
               drawn
               from
               the
               Original
               .
            
             
               By
               an
               English
               Gentleman
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               in
               the
               Year
               M.
               DC
               .
               XCL
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               AN
               Exact
               Relation
               Of
               the
               ENTERTAINMENT
               of
               His
               Most
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               WILLIAM
               III.
               
            
             
               At
               the
               HAGVE
               .
            
             
               
                 Kings
                 Voyage
                 to
                 Holland
                 pag
                 :
                 2
              
            
             
               'T
               was
               expected
               that
               the
               King
               would
               have
               lain
               here
               this
               Night
               ,
               and
               so
               have
               entred
               the
               Hague
               by
               day
               light
               ;
               but
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               His
               extraordinary
               Desire
               of
               entring
               immediately
               upon
               Business
               ,
               would
               not
               let
               Him
               give
               Himself
               so
               much
               as
               one
               Nights
               ease
               ;
               And
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               after
               a
               very
               short
               Refreshment
               here
               ,
               departed
               for
               the
               Hague
               ,
               attended
               with
               five
               or
               six
               Coaches
               with
               six
               Horses
               :
               In
               His
               own
               Coach
               accompanied
               Him
               the
               Earl
               of
               Portland
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Overkirk
               ,
               arriving
               at
               the
               Hague
               about
               half
               an
               hour
               after
               five
               in
               the
               Evening
               ;
               where
               (
               though
               he
               was
               not
               that
               Night
               expected
               )
               there
               wanted
               not
               
               the
               general
               Acclamations
               of
               the
               People
               of
               all
               sorts
               ,
               who
               run
               by
               His
               Coach
               ,
               crying
               out
               ,
               
                 Long
                 Live
                 King
              
               William
               ,
               
                 Welcom
                 ,
                 Welcom
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               His
               Majesty
               Rode
               through
               the
               Triumphant
               Arches
               ,
               Erected
               by
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Hague
               ,
               and
               the
               Honourable
               the
               Lords
               Committee
               of
               the
               Council
               of
               Holland
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               we
               shall
               give
               an
               exact
               Description
               in
               their
               proper
               Places
               )
               directly
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               where
               being
               arrived
               ,
               and
               the
               Gates
               shut
               to
               keep
               out
               the
               extraordinary
               press
               of
               People
               ,
               thirty
               peices
               of
               Cannon
               ,
               which
               were
               planted
               upon
               the
               Vyverberg
               ,
               were
               thrice
               discharged
               ,
               Publick
               Thanksgivings
               were
               made
               in
               all
               the
               Churches
               ,
               and
               the
               Bells
               rung
               with
               great
               Joy
               ;
               and
               throughout
               the
               Town
               almost
               all
               the
               Houses
               were
               Illuminated
               with
               great
               numbers
               of
               Candles
               in
               their
               Windows
               ,
               whilst
               all
               the
               People
               ,
               Rich
               and
               Poor
               ,
               Old
               and
               Young
               ,
               made
               all
               Demonstrations
               of
               their
               inexpressible
               Joy
               for
               His
               Majesties
               most
               happy
               Arrival
               .
            
             
               That
               Evening
               the
               Earl
               of
               Berka
               ,
               Envoy
               Extraordinary
               from
               the
               Emperor
               ,
               waited
               upon
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               long
               time
               in
               private
               with
               Him
               ;
               and
               the
               next
               day
               several
               Members
               of
               the
               States
               ,
               and
               divers
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               came
               to
               Compliment
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               Congratulate
               His
               Arrival
               .
            
             
               The
               Ministers
               of
               the
               several
               Confederate
               Princes
               ,
               who
               upon
               the
               Kings
               arrival
               had
               sent
               Expresses
               to
               their
               respective
               Masters
               ,
               
               assembling
               themselves
               in
               Congress
               ;
               immediately
               after
               their
               breaking
               up
               ,
               the
               Imperial
               ,
               Spanish
               ,
               and
               Brandenburgh
               Envoys
               ,
               came
               to
               wait
               upon
               His
               Majesty
               ;
               as
               also
               the
               Council
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               General
               Accounts
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               Members
               ,
               to
               Congratulate
               and
               Complement
               Him.
               
            
             
               The
               King
               immediately
               applied
               Himself
               to
               the
               Affairs
               of
               State
               ,
               and
               taking
               first
               into
               His
               Consideration
               the
               Sea
               Affairs
               ,
               gave
               the
               Command
               of
               the
               Dutch
               Fleet
               to
               the
               Heer
               Cornelius
               Van
               Tromp
               ,
               with
               the
               Title
               of
               Vice-Admiral
               of
               Holland
               ,
               who
               gratefully
               accepted
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               immediately
               beat
               up
               his
               Drums
               for
               Seamen
               ,
               who
               flocked
               to
               him
               in
               great
               abundance
               .
               His
               Majesty
               gave
               also
               out
               Commissions
               for
               two
               Regiments
               of
               Mariners
               to
               be
               raised
               .
            
             
               The
               Elector
               of
               Brandenburgh
               ,
               who
               had
               waited
               some
               time
               at
               Cleave
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               he
               received
               advice
               of
               His
               Majesties
               arrival
               ,
               set
               forward
               for
               the
               Hague
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               it
               was
               Desired
               ,
               and
               Agreed
               to
               by
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               That
               His
               Majesty
               would
               Please
               to
               Honour
               the
               Hague
               with
               a
               Publick
               Entry
               ,
               on
               
                 Monday
                 ,
                 January
              
               the
               26th
               :
               Whereupon
               the
               Trained
               Bands
               ,
               and
               the
               Guards
               were
               ordered
               to
               be
               ready
               ;
               And
               accordingly
               on
               Monday
               ,
               at
               two
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               ,
               His
               Majesty
               went
               out
               of
               the
               Town
               by
               the
               way
               of
               the
               Vyverberg
               ,
               to
               the
               North-end
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               
               round
               the
               Wall
               to
               the
               West-end
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               the
               Hounslaerdyke
               ,
               or
               
               Loosduyn's-bridge
               ,
               where
               began
               the
               Triumph
               .
               Over
               this
               Bridge
               was
               Erected
               ,
               by
               the
               Burghermasters
               of
               the
               Hague
               ,
               a
               Triumphant
               Arch
               ,
               the
               Figure
               whereof
               we
               have
               here
               Represented
               .
               Over
               the
               Arch
               in
               the
               Front
               ,
               is
               a
               Man
               and
               a
               Woman
               standing
               at
               an
               Altar
               Sacrificing
               ,
               with
               the
               Words
               ,
               
                 Io
                 Triumphe
              
               .
               On
               the
               top
               of
               all
               stands
               the
               Statue
               of
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               with
               a
               Staff
               in
               His
               right
               Hand
               ,
               at
               the
               top
               of
               which
               is
               a
               Cypher
               of
               His
               Name
               ,
               with
               a
               Crown
               .
               On
               the
               two
               Columns
               of
               the
               Arch
               ,
               on
               one
               side
               are
               these
               Words
               ,
               
                 
                   Ob
                   Cives
                   Servatos
                   :
                   For
                   having
                   preserved
                   his
                   Country-men
                   .
                
                 
                   Ob
                   Hostes
                   Fugatos
                   :
                   For
                   having
                   destroyed
                   his
                   Enemies
                   .
                
              
               and
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               
                 
                   Restitutis
                   Provinciis
                   :
                   The
                   Provinces
                   being
                   Restored
                   .
                
                 
                   Libertatis
                   Regnis
                   :
                   The
                   Kingdoms
                   being
                   Delivered
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Behind
               each
               Column
               is
               a
               small
               Oval
               ,
               in
               one
               a
               Lawrel
               with
               this
               Word
               ,
               
                 Victoria
                 ,
                 Victory
                 ,
              
               on
               the
               other
               a
               Palm
               ,
               with
               the
               Word
               ,
               
                 Clementia
                 ,
                 Mercy
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Kings
                 Entertainment
                 Pag
                 :
                 6
              
            
             
               From
               hence
               was
               a
               Lane
               made
               on
               each
               side
               by
               the
               Burghers
               in
               Arms
               ,
               who
               appeared
               in
               very
               great
               Splendour
               ,
               being
               most
               of
               them
               very
               richly
               clad
               ,
               many
               having
               been
               at
               great
               Expence
               for
               their
               Equipage
               .
            
             
               These
               Trained
               Bands
               consist
               of
               six
               Companies
               ,
               of
               about
               two
               and
               three
               Hundred
               Men
               in
               each
               Company
               ;
               they
               make
               in
               all
               about
               Fifteen
               Hundred
               Men
               :
               These
               standing
               in
               their
               Order
               ,
               reached
               all
               along
               the
               West-end
               ,
               the
               great
               Market
               ,
               the
               High
               Street
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               the
               Court-yard
               .
            
             
               All
               along
               this
               way
               ,
               quite
               up
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               before
               the
               Houses
               and
               Stalls
               ,
               were
               built
               Scaffolds
               ,
               which
               were
               filled
               by
               a
               vast
               multitude
               of
               Spectators
               ,
               who
               scrupled
               not
               to
               give
               an
               100
               Guilders
               in
               some
               places
               for
               the
               use
               of
               a
               Chamber
               during
               the
               Shew
               .
               The
               number
               of
               Spectators
               being
               the
               greatest
               that
               has
               ever
               been
               seen
               in
               the
               Hague
               ;
               insomuch
               ,
               that
               one
               would
               have
               judged
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               Holland
               to
               have
               been
               in
               this
               Town
               .
            
             
               After
               the
               Pensionary
               had
               ended
               his
               Speech
               ,
               and
               His
               Majesty
               kindly
               Thanked
               them
               ,
               the
               Cavalcade
               proceeded
               .
               First
               went
               two
               very
               
               rich
               Coaches
               with
               six
               Horses
               ,
               in
               which
               were
               divers
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ,
               next
               the
               Kings
               Life
               Guard
               ,
               the
               Officers
               in
               extraordinary
               rich
               Equipage
               :
               After
               them
               a
               great
               number
               of
               Lacquees
               and
               Footmen
               all
               in
               the
               Kings
               Livery
               ,
               and
               black
               Velvet
               Caps
               ;
               after
               them
               came
               the
               Kings
               Pages
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               Servants
               on
               Horseback
               ,
               in
               extraordinary
               rich
               Liveries
               .
               Then
               came
               His
               Majesty
               riding
               in
               a
               large
               ,
               and
               very
               richly
               Gilt
               Coach
               ,
               drawn
               by
               Six
               White
               Stone
               Horses
               ,
               accompanied
               by
               the
               Lord
               Overkirk
               on
               the
               left
               Hand
               ,
               and
               the
               Earls
               of
               Monmouth
               and
               Scarborough
               over-against
               him
               .
               On
               each
               side
               of
               the
               Coach
               the
               Switzers
               with
               their
               Halbards
               ,
               in
               rich
               Livery
               Coats
               also
               ,
               walked
               on
               Foot.
               The
               Provost
               General
               Urck
               ,
               and
               the
               Heer
               Roulas
               Captain
               of
               the
               Switzers
               rid
               on
               Horseback
               immediately
               before
               the
               Kings
               Coach
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               came
               about
               Twelve
               Coaches
               with
               Six
               Horses
               ,
               wherein
               Rid
               the
               Duke
               of
               Norfolk
               ,
               the
               Earls
               of
               Devonshire
               and
               Portland
               ,
               the
               Bishop
               of
               London
               ,
               and
               several
               other
               English
               Noblemen
               ;
               as
               also
               the
               chief
               Ministers
               of
               the
               Government
               ,
               and
               the
               Magistrates
               of
               the
               Hague
               ,
               besides
               these
               ,
               were
               many
               Coaches
               with
               Four
               Horses
               .
            
             
               The
               King
               as
               he
               passed
               along
               ,
               was
               Saluted
               ,
               and
               Complimented
               by
               divers
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               ,
               which
               His
               Majesty
               returned
               with
               great
               Kindness
               ,
               often
               looking
               out
               of
               the
               Coach
               ,
               with
               great
               Satisfaction
               upon
               the
               
               People
               ,
               who
               shouted
               with
               extraordinary
               Chearfulness
               ,
               crying
               out
               ,
               
                 Long
                 Live
                 the
                 King
                 our
                 Stadtholder
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               Stadthouse
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               King
               was
               to
               Ride
               ,
               was
               Beautified
               with
               Seven
               very
               Noble
               Transparent
               Pictures
               ;
               behind
               which
               they
               put
               Lights
               in
               the
               Evening
               ,
               which
               were
               set
               off
               with
               Garlands
               of
               made
               Flowers
               :
               Above
               in
               the
               middle
               ,
               was
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               and
               on
               each
               side
               of
               them
               another
               Picture
               ;
               One
               of
               a
               Lion
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 
                   Placidum
                   venerantur
                   ,
                   &
                   horrent
                   infestum
                   :
                
                 
                   They
                   Worship
                   him
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   Calm
                   ,
                   and
                   Dread
                   him
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   Angry
                   ;
                
              
               the
               other
               of
               an
               Unicorn
               ,
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 
                   Nihil
                   passa
                   Veneni
                   :
                   She
                   can
                   endure
                   no
                   Poison
                   .
                
                 
                   Underneath
                   there
                   are
                   three
                   other
                   Pictures
                   ,
                
              
               one
               of
               a
               Crane
               sitting
               upon
               his
               Nest
               ,
               clapping
               his
               Wings
               upon
               break
               of
               a
               Day
               ,
               and
               Sun
               Rising
               ,
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 Recreatur
                 ab
                 Ortu
                 :
                 He
                 is
                 refreshed
                 by
                 the
                 Rising
                 .
              
               the
               other
               of
               an
               Atlas
               bearing
               the
               World
               upon
               his
               bending
               Shoulders
               ,
               resting
               with
               his
               Breast
               upon
               a
               small
               Hill
               ,
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 In
                 te
                 Domus
                 inclinata
                 recumbit
                 :
                 The
                 leaning
                 House
                 rests
                 on
                 Thee
                 .
              
               The
               Third
               ,
               a
               Crane
               standing
               on
               his
               Nest
               ,
               and
               chattering
               upon
               the
               Rising
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               with
               this
               Motto
               ,
               
                 Vidit
                 &
                 Exaltavit
                 :
                 He
                 saw
                 it
                 and
                 was
                 glad
                 .
              
            
             
             
               In
               the
               Court
               of
               Justice
               by
               the
               side
               of
               the
               Stadthouse
               ,
               a
               Pillar
               was
               Erected
               four
               Rows
               high
               ,
               garnished
               with
               Coats
               of
               Arms
               ;
               upon
               which
               towards
               Night
               they
               set
               great
               numbers
               of
               Flambeaux
               .
            
             
               The
               Lords
               of
               the
               Hague
               raised
               also
               a
               Rich
               and
               a
               Glorious
               Triumphal
               Arch
               in
               Honour
               of
               this
               great
               Monarch
               ,
               in
               the
               Market
               Place
               :
               This
               was
               done
               upon
               the
               Account
               of
               his
               having
               been
               Born
               there
               ;
               which
               as
               they
               look
               upon
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Glories
               of
               the
               Place
               ,
               and
               whereof
               hereafter
               they
               will
               have
               the
               greatest
               Reason
               to
               Boast
               ,
               so
               they
               were
               desirous
               to
               shew
               what
               Sence
               they
               had
               of
               it
               ,
               upon
               so
               very
               Glorious
               an
               occasion
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               much
               the
               highest
               Arch
               of
               them
               all
               ;
               without
               any
               Pillars
               ,
               and
               on
               both
               sides
               are
               many
               Pictures
               done
               in
               light
               Colour
               ;
               and
               just
               over
               the
               passage
               there
               are
               two
               others
               done
               upon
               Silk
               ,
               and
               Transparent
               ,
               so
               as
               that
               by
               Lights
               ,
               which
               were
               set
               behind
               them
               in
               the
               Evening
               ,
               they
               appeared
               very
               Gloriously
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               top
               of
               all
               was
               placed
               a
               Sphear
               ,
               and
               above
               that
               ,
               Fame
               Sounding
               a
               Trumpet
               in
               a
               flying
               posture
               ,
               and
               leading
               a
               Pegasus
               ;
               with
               Trophies
               at
               each
               Corner
               .
            
             
               
                 Kings
                 Entertainment
                 Pag
                 :
                 10
              
            
             
               There
               were
               several
               Inscriptions
               round
               the
               Arch
               :
               On
               the
               Front
               above
               the
               Gate
               ,
               and
               under
               the
               Arms
               of
               the
               Hague
               ,
               was
               this
               ,
               
                 Hîc
                 Incunabula
                 Divum
                 :
                 Here
                 was
                 the
                 Cradle
                 of
                 the
                 Gods.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 [
                 Incunabula
              
               are
               properly
               the
               Swadling-Cloths
               in
               which
               new
               Born
               Infants
               are
               wrapt
               up
               .
               ]
            
             
               Above
               ,
               beneath
               ,
               and
               on
               both
               sides
               was
               Writ
               ,
               
                 
                   Nobilium
                   primo
                   ,
                   Ducum
                   Maximo
                   ,
                   Posthumo
                   Gulielmo
                   III.
                   Coelitus
                   dat
                   .
                   To
                   the
                   chiefest
                   of
                   Noblemen
                   ,
                   the
                   greatest
                   of
                   Dukes
                   ,
                
                 [
                 or
                 Generals
                 ,
                 the
                 word
                 being
                 ambiguous
                 ,
                 coming
                 after
                 Noblemen
                 ]
                 
                   the
                   Posthumous
                   William
                   III.
                   given
                   from
                   Heaven
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 And
                 behind
                 above
                 the
                 Pictures
              
               ,
               
                 Victoriis
                 ,
                 Trophoeis
                 ,
                 Fortissimo
                 Imperateri
                 ,
                 Destinato
                 ,
                 Cautissimo
                 Gubernatori
                 ,
              
            
             
             
               
                 and
                 underneath
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 Arch
                 ,
              
               
                 Quatuor
                 Regnorum
                 Regi
                 ,
                 Foederati
                 Belgii
                 Gubernatori
                 ,
                 Gulielmo
                 III.
                 Virtute
                 &
                 Triumphis
                 fulgenti
                 ,
                 Grati
                 Animi
                 &
                 Letitiae
                 publicae
                 Signum
                 hoc
                 erexit
                 Haga
                 Comitis
                 .
                 i.e.
                 The
                 Hague
                 Erected
                 this
                 as
                 a
                 Testimony
                 of
                 her
                 Gratitude
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Joy
                 for
                 the
                 Victories
                 and
                 Trophies
                 of
                 
                   William
                   III.
                
                 King
                 of
                 Four
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
                 Stadtholder
                 of
                 the
                 United
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 equally
                 Glorious
                 for
                 his
                 Virtue
                 and
                 his
                 Success
                 .
              
            
             
               On
               each
               side
               of
               the
               Arch
               there
               are
               two
               Wings
               ,
               which
               make
               a
               Semi-Circle
               ;
               within
               each
               of
               which
               are
               Seven
               Pictures
               representing
               the
               Battels
               and
               Victories
               of
               the
               former
               Princes
               of
               Orange
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land
               ;
               every
               Picture
               having
               an
               Inscription
               under
               it
               .
            
             
               On
               the
               First
               ,
               on
               the
               Right
               Hand
               ,
               
                 Patientia
                 laesa
                 fit
                 furor
                 :
                 Injured
                 Patience
                 turns
                 to
                 Rage
                 :
              
               Intimating
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               endured
               the
               Insolencies
               of
               the
               Spaniards
               as
               long
               as
               was
               possible
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               last
               they
               were
               forced
               to
               Rise
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               Res
               poscit
               Opem
               ,
               &
               Conspirat
               Amice
               :
               The
               Matter
               needs
               help
               ,
               and
               Prospers
               by
               Friendly
               Conference
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Third
              
               ,
               Per
               Tela
               ,
               per
               Undas
               :
               Through
               Weapons
               and
               Waves
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               Audentes
               Deus
               ipse
               juvat
               :
               God
               himself
               helps
               the
               daring
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Fifth
              
               ,
               Tantas
               dedit
               Unio
               vires
               〈◊〉
               Such
               Strength
               has
               Union
               given
               .
            
             
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               ,
               Aquilas
               &
               Moenia
               cepit
               :
               He
               took
               Standards
               and
               Cities
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Seventh
              
               ,
               Celsas
               superat
               virtute
               Carinas
               :
               He
               Conquers
               tall
               Ships
               by
               his
               Valour
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 first
                 Picture
                 of
                 the
                 left
                 Hand
                 ,
              
               Repetenda
               quiescunt
               Arma
               virum
               :
               The
               Arms
               of
               the
               brave
               are
               at
               rest
               ,
               hereafter
               to
               be
               resumed
               again
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               Non
               uno
               Virtus
               contenta
               Triumpho
               :
               Virtue
               not
               content
               with
               one
               Triumph
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Third
              
               ,
               Crescunt
               numero
               crescente
               Trophoea
               :
               As
               the
               number
               encreases
               so
               do
               their
               Trophies
               too
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               Caesorum
               replebant
               Funera
               Campos
               :
               The
               Funerals
               of
               the
               Slain
               filled
               all
               the
               Fields
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Fifth
              
               ,
               Ultra
               Garamantas
               &
               Indos
               :
               Beyond
               the
               furthermost
               parts
               of
               the
               Earth
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               ,
               Fortis
               Promissa
               Juventae
               :
               The
               promisses
               of
               valiant
               Youth
               .
            
             
               
                 On
                 the
                 Seventh
              
               ,
               Deos
               in
               praelia
               confert
               :
               He
               brings
               the
               Gods
               to
               Combat
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               Between
               these
               Wings
               there
               are
               two
               Pyramids
               fixt
               upon
               Pedestals
               ,
               each
               having
               a
               Picture
               in
               the
               Front
               :
               In
               that
               on
               the
               Right
               side
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Circle
               made
               up
               of
               Hearts
               ,
               with
               this
               Inscription
               ,
               
                 Hanc
                 accipe
                 Magne
                 Coronam
                 :
                 Great
                 Hero
                 accept
                 this
                 Crown
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               that
               on
               the
               Left
               side
               ,
               there
               is
               an
               Altar
               with
               Incense
               ,
               and
               this
               Inscription
               ,
               
                 Th●re
                 tuo
                 redolent
                 Arae
                 :
                 The
                 Altars
                 yeild
                 a
                 fragrant
                 Smell
                 with
                 thy
                 Frankincense
                 .
              
            
             
             
               These
               Pyramids
               have
               each
               of
               them
               before
               them
               three
               Transparent
               Pictures
               ,
               containing
               Hieroglyphicks
               and
               Trophies
               of
               Victory
               ;
               The
               Pyramids
               being
               covered
               on
               the
               sides
               with
               Green
               :
               On
               one
               of
               these
               Pyramids
               was
               set
               the
               Kings
               Picture
               ;
               on
               the
               other
               the
               Queens
               ,
               at
               full
               length
               :
               On
               that
               of
               the
               Kings
               was
               this
               Inscription
               ,
               
                 Quis
                 gratior
                 appalit
                 Oris
                 :
                 What
                 more
                 acceptable
                 Person
                 ever
                 touched
                 our
                 Coasts
                 .
              
               Upon
               the
               Queens
               ,
               
                 Reprimit
                 &
                 Refigit
                 :
                 She
                 Represses
                 and
                 Re-establishes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Over
                 the
                 Wings
                 ,
                 the
                 Figures
                 of
                 the
                 Four
                 late
                 Princes
                 of
              
               Orange
               
                 are
                 set
                 up
                 ;
                 and
                 under
                 each
                 some
                 marks
                 of
                 Victory
                 .
                 Under
              
               William
               
                 the
                 First
              
               ,
               Patriae
               Liberatori
               :
               To
               the
               Deliverer
               of
               his
               Country
               .
               
                 Under
                 Prince
              
               Maurice
               ,
               Gloriae
               Vindici
               :
               The
               Vindicator
               of
               our
               Glory
               :
               Under
               Frederick-Henry
               ,
               Libertatis
               Assertori
               :
               The
               Assertor
               of
               our
               Liberty
               .
               
                 And
                 under
                 Prince
              
               William
               
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               Publicae
               Felicitatis
               Statori
               :
               To
               the
               Establisher
               of
               the
               publick
               Happiness
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Triumphal
                 Arch
                 in
                 the
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 PAssing
                 from
                 hence
                 to
                 the
                 High-street
                 they
                 met
                 another
                 Triumphal
                 Arch
                 ,
                 which
                 represents
                 a
                 pleasant
                 Building
                 ,
                 Beautified
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 with
                 Pillars
                 of
                 red
                 and
                 white
                 Marble
                 ,
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Work
                 being
                 of
                 black
                 and
                 white
                 Marble
                 ;
                 the
                 Bases
                 and
                 Chapiters
                 are
                 gilt
                 :
                 It
                 has
                 two
                 large
                 Pictures
                 before
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 as
                 many
                 behind
                 ,
                 Painted
                 in
                 lively
                 Colours
                 ;
                 those
                 before
                 ,
                 representing
                 a
                 Roman
                 Field
                 Battle
                 and
                 Sea
                 Fight
                 ;
                 those
                 behind
                 ,
                 one
                 War
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 Peace
                 :
                 That
                 of
                 War
                 has
                 the
                 World
                 in
                 a
                 Flame
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 Figures
                 ,
                 some
                 Dead
                 ;
                 others
                 Living
                 ,
                 make
                 Justice
                 lie
                 down
                 in
                 Distress
                 :
                 That
                 of
                 Peace
                 has
                 a
                 Globe
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 stand
                 Justice
                 and
                 Peace
                 embracing
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 whilst
                 Pan
                 and
                 his
                 Companions
                 make
                 themselves
                 Merry
                 with
                 the
                 Fruits
                 of
                 the
                 Earth
                 .
                 Over
                 all
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 Arch
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 Pedestal
                 ,
                 stands
                 the
                 Statue
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ,
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 the
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 painted
                 like
                 Brass
                 ;
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Pedestal
                 there
                 is
                 this
                 Inscription
                 ,
                 
                   Regi
                   Triumphanti
                   :
                   To
                   the
                   Triumphing
                   King.
                
                 Over
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 adorned
                 with
                 Green
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 Wreaths
                 placed
                 cross
                 ways
                 ,
                 and
                 over
                 them
                 a
                 Royal
                 Crown
                 and
                 Scepter
                 ,
                 and
                 underneath
                 a
                 Cross
                 .
              
               
                 On
                 both
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Arch
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 Squares
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 set
                 ,
                 both
                 behind
                 and
                 before
                 ,
                 transparent
                 Pictures
                 for
                 the
                 convenience
                 of
                 setting
                 Lights
                 behind
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 .
                 On
                 the
                 outside
                 of
                 these
                 Squares
                 there
                 was
                 Painted
                 a
                 Cloudy
                 Pillar
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Pillar
                 of
                 Fire
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Corners
                 adorned
                 with
                 Green.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Kings
                   Entertainment
                   Pag
                   :
                   17
                
              
               
               
               
                 
                   Over
                   the
                   Passage
                   ,
                   is
                   this
                   Inscription
                   ,
                
                 Haga
                 posuit
                 Consulum
                 Decreto
                 :
                 The
                 Hague
                 Erected
                 it
                 by
                 the
                 Burghermasters
                 Order
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Triumphal
                 Arch
                 in
                 the
                 outward
                 Court
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Entrance
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 Gate
                 .
              
               
                 THis
                 Triumphal
                 Arch
                 was
                 Erected
                 by
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 their
                 High
                 and
                 Mighty
                 Lordships
                 ,
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Holland
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Dorick
                 Order
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 Italian
                 manner
                 ,
                 with
                 three
                 Passages
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 middle
                 higher
                 than
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Building
                 .
                 It
                 stands
                 upon
                 Eight
                 Pillars
                 of
                 each
                 side
                 ,
                 supported
                 by
                 broad
                 Pedestals
                 ,
                 each
                 whereof
                 bears
                 two
                 Pillars
                 :
                 Over
                 the
                 middle
                 Passage
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 Cupola
                 of
                 an
                 Octogenal
                 Figure
                 ,
                 whereon
                 upon
                 a
                 Pedestal
                 stands
                 the
                 Statue
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ,
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 the
                 Life
                 ,
                 all
                 richly
                 gilt
                 ;
                 two
                 Prisoners
                 lie
                 by
                 the
                 Pedestal
                 Chained
                 with
                 their
                 Backs
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 done
                 over
                 with
                 Copper
                 :
                 The
                 whole
                 Arch
                 is
                 Painted
                 of
                 a
                 Free-Stone
                 Colour
                 ;
                 the
                 whole
                 intercolumniation
                 of
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 is
                 beautified
                 with
                 Pictures
                 drawn
                 in
                 white
                 and
                 black
                 ,
                 with
                 Histories
                 of
                 the
                 Heroick
                 and
                 Illustrious
                 Actions
                 of
                 this
                 great
                 Monarch
                 .
                 Over
                 these
                 Eight
                 Pillars
                 are
                 placed
                 Eight
                 Figures
                 of
                 both
                 Sexes
                 ,
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 the
                 Life
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 Copper
                 Colour
                 .
                 On
                 that
                 side
                 which
                 faces
                 the
                 Viver
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Representation
                 of
                 a
                 Victory
                 at
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 a
                 Neptune
                 lying
                 down
                 with
                 his
                 Trident
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Inscription
                 ,
                 
                   Triumphet
                   in
                   Undis
                   :
                   Let
                   him
                   Triumph
                   in
                   the
                   Waves
                   .
                
                 Towards
                 the
                 Lane
                 ,
                 Trophies
                 of
                 Victory
                 by
                 Land
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Motto
                 ,
                 
                   Attingat
                   Solium
                   Jovis
                   :
                   Let
                   him
                   reach
                   to
                
                 Jupiter
                 '
                 
                   s
                   Throne
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   These
                   Words
                   are
                   Written
                   round
                   the
                   Cupola
                   of
                   this
                   Building
                   ,
                
                 Pio
                 ,
                 Felici
                 ,
                 Inclyto
                 ,
                 Triumphanti
                 ,
                 Patriae
                 Patri
                 Gulielmo
                 III.
                 Gubernatori
                 P.
                 C.
                 J.
                 P.
                 Restauratori
                 Belgii
                 Foederati
                 ,
                 Liberatori
                 Angliae
                 ,
                 Servatori
                 Scotiae
                 ,
                 Pacificatori
                 Hiberniae
                 ,
                 Reduci
                 :
                 To
                 the
                 Picus
                 ,
                 Happy
                 ,
                 Renowned
                 William
                 III.
                 Triumphant
                 ,
                 Father
                 of
                 his
                 Country
                 ,
                 Stadtholder
                 and
                 Restorer
                 of
                 the
                 
                   United
                   Netherlands
                
                 ,
                 Redeemer
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 Preserver
                 of
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 Quieter
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 now
                 return'd
                 home
                 .
              
               
                 On
                 the
                 Front
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Images
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 outer
                 Court
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 Four
                 Spaces
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 are
                 these
                 Inscriptions
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   First
                
                 ,
                 Post
                 Maximas
                 res
                 Domi
                 forisque
                 Gestas
                 ,
                 Arctissimo
                 ●um
                 Principibus
                 icto
                 Foedere
                 ,
                 Suorum
                 Vindex
                 ,
                 Defensor
                 Oppressorum
                 :
                 After
                 having
                 done
                 Glorious
                 Things
                 ,
                 at
                 home
                 and
                 abroad
                 ,
                 having
                 made
                 a
                 most
                 firm
                 Alliance
                 with
                 other
                 Princes
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 become
                 the
                 Avenger
                 of
                 His
                 own
                 Peoples
                 Wrongs
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Defender
                 of
                 the
                 Oppressed
                 .
                 
                   Under
                   this
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   on
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   Picture
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   several
                   brave
                   Men
                   are
                   described
                   Fighting
                   against
                   a
                   Dragon
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Uniti
                 Fortius
                 obstant
                 :
                 They
                 make
                 the
                 firmer
                 Resistance
                 being
                 United
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Second
                   Space
                
                 ,
                 Mare
                 Transvectus
                 liberat
                 Britanniam
                 ,
                 &
                 late
                 Dominantibus
                 Ornatus
                 Sceptris
                 ,
                 in
                 Patriam
                 publicâ
                 cum
                 Laetitiâ
                 receptus
                 est
                 :
                 Crossing
                 the
                 Seas
                 he
                 delivered
                 Britain
                 ,
                 where
                 being
                 Honoured
                 with
                 Scepters
                 of
                 large
                 extended
                 Power
                 ,
                 He
                 is
                 received
                 again
                 into
                 his
                 own
                 Country
                 with
                 publick
                 Joy.
                 
                   Underneath
                   in
                   the
                   small
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Ballance
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   one
                   Scale
                   several
                   Crowns
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   other
                   a
                   Sword
                   ,
                   which
                   outweighs
                   the
                   Crowns
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Praemia
                 non
                 Aequant
                 :
                 The
                 Rewards
                 do
                 not
                 equal
                 the
                 Merit
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Third
                 Space
                 ,
                 
                   Lugente
                   Patriâ
                   ,
                   Maerente
                   Europâ
                   Afflictâ
                   Antiquissimâ
                   Nassaviorum
                   Stirpe
                   ,
                   Heroum
                   ,
                   Imperatorum
                   ,
                   Principum
                   Faecundâ
                   :
                   His
                   Country
                   Mourning
                   ,
                
                 Europe
                 
                   Grieving
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   autient
                   Family
                   of
                
                 Nassau
                 ,
                 
                   which
                   was
                   fruitful
                   of
                   Heroes
                   ,
                   Emperors
                   and
                   Princes
                   ,
                   Lamenting
                   .
                
                 And
                 in
                 the
                 Pannel
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 described
                 a
                 burning
                 Phoenix
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 young
                 one
                 arising
                 out
                 of
                 her
                 Ashes
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Motto
                 ,
                 
                   Praelucet
                   Posthuma
                   Proles
                   :
                   His
                   Posthumous
                   Issue
                   shines
                   the
                   brighter
                   .
                
                 This
                 is
                 designed
                 for
                 William
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 who
                 died
                 without
                 Issue
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 Princess
                 Royal
                 with
                 Child
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Fourth
                   Space
                
                 ,
                 Gulielmum
                 ,
                 Posthumum
                 ,
                 Britannorum
                 ,
                 Arausionensium
                 Tertium
                 ,
                 Patriae
                 Spem
                 ,
                 Reipublicae
                 Palladium
                 :
                 William
                 the
                 Posthumous
                 ,
                 the
                 Third
                 of
                 Britain
                 and
                 Orange
                 ,
                 His
                 Countries
                 Hope
                 ,
                 the
                 Palladium
                 of
                 the
                 Common-wealth
                 .
                 
                   His
                   Birth
                   is
                   described
                   upon
                   the
                   Picture
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   three
                   Crowns
                   with
                   a
                   Scepter
                   upon
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Tenues
                 ornant
                 Diademate
                 Cunae
                 :
                 His
                 tender
                 Cradle
                 adorns
                 the
                 Diadem
                 .
              
               
                 On
                 that
                 side
                 towards
                 the
                 inner
                 Court
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 on
                 the
                 Fronts
                 four
                 other
                 Spaces
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   First
                   Space
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   this
                   Inscription
                   ,
                
                 Fatum
                 Europae
                 favens
                 de
                 Caelo
                 dedit
                 ,
                 futuram
                 portendens
                 ,
                 Majestatem
                 ,
                 admodum
                 Puerum
                 ,
                 exemplar
                 constituit
                 .
                 A
                 favourable
                 Fate
                 to
                 Europe
                 gave
                 him
                 from
                 Heaven
                 ,
                 and
                 portending
                 future
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 set
                 Him
                 for
                 a
                 pattern
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 yet
                 very
                 Young.
                 
                   Underneath
                   His
                   Education
                   is
                   described
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   young
                   Eagle
                   Soaring
                   against
                   the
                   Sun
                   Beams
                   upon
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Tener
                 adversis
                 enititur
                 alis
                 :
                 Though
                 Young
                 he
                 bears
                 up
                 against
                 it
                 with
                 His
                 Wings
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Second
                   Space
                
                 ,
                 Qui
                 Juventute
                 Strenué
                 Transactâ
                 ,
                 Funestis
                 jactatâ
                 bellis
                 ac
                 dissidiis
                 in
                 tanto
                 rerum
                 discrimine
                 :
                 Who
                 spent
                 his
                 Youth
                 bravely
                 ,
                 whilst
                 it
                 was
                 tossed
                 about
                 by
                 Bloody
                 Wars
                 and
                 Discords
                 ,
                 the
                 publick
                 being
                 in
                 such
                 dangerous
                 Circumstances
                 .
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   Pannel
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Castle
                   standing
                   upon
                   a
                   Hill
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   Pike
                   by
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   two
                   Lawrels
                   springing
                   out
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Contorta
                 Triumphos
                 portendit
                 :
                 VVhen
                 wreathed
                 together
                 it
                 portends
                 Triumphs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Third
                   Space
                
                 ,
                 Nutantis
                 Belgii
                 ,
                 quâ
                 Mari
                 ,
                 quâ
                 Terrâ
                 ,
                 admotus
                 in
                 Pristinum
                 Decus
                 Gubernaculi
                 ,
                 Gloriam
                 ,
                 Aras
                 &
                 Focos
                 asseruit
                 :
                 
                 He
                 being
                 Restored
                 to
                 His
                 Antient
                 Dignity
                 and
                 Government
                 ,
                 Defended
                 the
                 Religion
                 and
                 Properties
                 of
                 the
                 tottering
                 Low
                 Countries
                 both
                 by
                 Sea
                 Land
                 :
                 
                   On
                   the
                   Pannel
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Ship
                   row'd
                   by
                   Men
                   in
                   Armour
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Alter
                 erit
                 Typhis
                 :
                 There
                 shall
                 be
                 another
                 Typhis
                 .
              
               
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Fourth
                   Space
                
                 ,
                 Meritis
                 Famam
                 Superantibus
                 Tropaeis
                 ,
                 Principi
                 Atavis
                 Regibus
                 Editae
                 Felicibus
                 junctus
                 Hymenaeis
                 :
                 His
                 deserved
                 Trophies
                 out
                 doing
                 even
                 Fame
                 ,
                 He
                 was
                 happily
                 joyned
                 in
                 Wedlock
                 to
                 a
                 Princess
                 descended
                 from
                 an
                 Antient
                 Race
                 of
                 Kings
                 .
                 
                   The
                   Picture
                   represents
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   Marriage
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   are
                   also
                   in
                   the
                   Pannel
                   an
                   Unicorn
                   and
                   a
                   Lyon
                   moving
                   together
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Unicorn
                   Goaring
                   of
                   Serpents
                   and
                   Vipers
                   ,
                   with
                   this
                   Motto
                   ,
                
                 Virusque
                 Fugant
                 ,
                 Viresque
                 Repellunt
                 :
                 They
                 both
                 drive
                 away
                 the
                 Poison
                 ,
                 and
                 repel
                 the
                 Strength
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Pedestal
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Statue
                 before
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 these
                 Words
                 ,
                 
                   Populi
                   Salus
                   :
                   The
                   Peoples
                   Happiness
                   .
                
                 And
                 behind
                 ,
                 
                   Procerum
                   Decus
                   :
                   The
                   Honour
                   of
                   the
                   Nobility
                   .
                
              
               
                 Upon
                 the
                 great
                 Cupola
                 there
                 are
                 four
                 distinct
                 Histories
                 Painted
                 in
                 four
                 Pannels
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   First
                   has
                   this
                   Motto
                
                 ,
                 Refert
                 Saturnia
                 Regna
                 :
                 He
                 brings
                 back
                 the
                 Saturnian
                 Reign
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Second
                   this
                
                 ,
                 Novos
                 Orbes
                 ,
                 nova
                 Sceptra
                 paramus
                 :
                 We
                 prepare
                 new
                 Worlds
                 ,
                 and
                 new
                 Scepters
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Third
                   this
                
                 ,
                 Superare
                 &
                 parcere
                 vestrum
                 est
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 your
                 part
                 to
                 Conquer
                 and
                 to
                 Spare
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Fourth
                   this
                
                 ,
                 Caetera
                 Transibunt
                 :
                 Other
                 Things
                 shall
                 pass
                 away
                 .
              
               
                 Over
                 the
                 small
                 Arch
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ,
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 England
                 were
                 placed
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Supporters
                 :
                 Over
                 the
                 great
                 Arch
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 Holland
                 were
                 placed
                 ,
                 with
                 two
                 flying
                 Images
                 of
                 Fame
                 blowing
                 of
                 Trumpets
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 Fire-works
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Representations
                 .
              
               
                 IN
                 the
                 Canal
                 behind
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 upon
                 a
                 large
                 Scaffold
                 ,
                 there
                 were
                 very
                 fine
                 Fireworks
                 prepared
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 Lighted
                 the
                 Evening
                 after
                 His
                 Majesty
                 entred
                 the
                 Hague
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 middle
                 was
                 the
                 Kings
                 Cypher
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Crown
                 over
                 it
                 :
                 On
                 the
                 sides
                 stood
                 two
                 high
                 Pyramids
                 ,
                 a
                 Lyon
                 ,
                 a
                 Hercules
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Sun
                 :
                 On
                 each
                 Corner
                 of
                 the
                 Scaffold
                 there
                 were
                 four
                 Cases
                 of
                 Rockets
                 ,
                 four
                 of
                 which
                 were
                 much
                 larger
                 then
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 which
                 represented
                 the
                 four
                 Kingdoms
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   France
                
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 those
                 Kingdoms
                 :
                 Round
                 about
                 there
                 was
                 
                 Pallissado
                 stuck
                 with
                 Rockets
                 ,
                 some
                 Orange
                 colour
                 ,
                 some
                 white
                 ,
                 some
                 blew
                 ,
                 placed
                 alternately
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 of
                 Three
                 Hundered
                 and
                 Fifty
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 placed
                 Fifteen
                 Bulwarks
                 round
                 the
                 Scaffold
                 ,
                 on
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 mounted
                 Cannon
                 and
                 Mortar
                 pieces
                 :
                 Between
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 large
                 Mortars
                 made
                 like
                 Beehives
                 and
                 Pumps
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 charged
                 with
                 several
                 sorts
                 of
                 Fireworks
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 Six
                 in
                 the
                 Evenning
                 ,
                 the
                 Fireworks
                 were
                 Lighted
                 :
                 Just
                 before
                 Thirty
                 pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 that
                 were
                 planted
                 upon
                 the
                 Wall
                 of
                 the
                 Viver
                 were
                 discharged
                 ;
                 then
                 follow'd
                 Twenty
                 five
                 Mortar
                 shot
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 of
                 the
                 Scaffold
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 the
                 Crown
                 and
                 Cypher
                 ,
                 WR
                 .
                 which
                 appeared
                 like
                 350
                 Pearls
                 shining
                 in
                 the
                 Air.
                 
              
               
                 About
                 the
                 Pallissadoes
                 they
                 had
                 planted
                 several
                 Devices
                 :
                 Towards
                 the
                 States
                 Chamber
                 was
                 one
                 with
                 these
                 Words
                 ,
                 
                   Triumphat
                   semper
                   Augustus
                   :
                   He
                   Triumphs
                   always
                   August
                   .
                
                 On
                 each
                 side
                 of
                 this
                 there
                 was
                 one
                 planted
                 ;
                 One
                 was
                 ,
                 
                   Offensum
                   metuunt
                   Hostes
                   :
                   His
                   Enemies
                   Dread
                   him
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   Offended
                   .
                
                 The
                 other
                 ,
                 
                   Carum
                   venerantur
                   Amici
                   :
                   His
                   Friends
                   Worship
                   Him
                   who
                   is
                   so
                   dear
                   to
                   them
                   .
                
                 These
                 shining
                 very
                 bright
                 in
                 the
                 Air
                 ,
                 made
                 a
                 very
                 pleasant
                 show
                 .
              
               
                 Over
                 the
                 Cipher
                 and
                 Crown
                 was
                 a
                 Ship
                 toss'd
                 about
                 as
                 in
                 a
                 Storm
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 Motto
                 ,
                 
                 
                   Ne
                   metuas
                   ,
                   Caesarem
                   vebis
                   :
                   Fear
                   not
                   ,
                   thou
                   carriest
                
                 Caesar
                 .
                 This
                 also
                 was
                 visible
                 in
                 the
                 Air.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 the
                 Pyramids
                 were
                 Fired
                 ,
                 they
                 gave
                 a
                 lowd
                 buzzing
                 Noise
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 Answered
                 by
                 the
                 Mortars
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   Belgick
                   Lyon
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                
                 Hercules
                 ,
                 
                   play'd
                   very
                   wonderfully
                
                 .
                 Hercules
                 '
                 
                   s
                   Arms
                   were
                   Expanded
                   ,
                   firing
                   with
                   Eight
                   several
                   Pauses
                   ,
                   to
                   denote
                   his
                   Labours
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   .
                
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 Establishment
                 of
                 Religion
                 and
                 Liberty
                 .
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 securing
                 the
                 Tranquillity
                 of
                 Europe
                 .
                 3.
                 
                 The
                 Settlement
                 of
                 the
                 Government
                 upon
                 a
                 right
                 Bottom
                 .
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 Preservation
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 Interests
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 Preservation
                 of
                 Unity
                 amongst
                 the
                 Neighbouring
                 Princes
                 .
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 clearing
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 increasing
                 of
                 Trade
                 .
                 7.
                 
                 The
                 Advancement
                 of
                 the
                 Glory
                 of
                 this
                 State.
                 8.
                 
                 The
                 concluding
                 of
                 a
                 firm
                 and
                 lasting
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 While
                 the
                 Fire
                 play'd
                 so
                 finely
                 ,
                 the
                 Air
                 was
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 crackling
                 Noise
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Buzzes
                 of
                 the
                 several
                 sorts
                 of
                 Fireworks
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 continued
                 so
                 very
                 thick
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 did
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 measure
                 dispel
                 the
                 Fog
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 then
                 very
                 thick
                 .
                 At
                 times
                 they
                 lighted
                 Water-Balls
                 ,
                 Water-Candles
                 ,
                 Water-Bullets
                 ,
                 Water-Boats
                 ,
                 Water-Morters
                 ,
                 Rats
                 and
                 Dolphins
                 in
                 a
                 Vessel
                 upon
                 the
                 Canal
                 ,
                 which
                 sputtering
                 and
                 crackling
                 upon
                 the
                 Water
                 ,
                 gave
                 an
                 Entertainment
                 so
                 great
                 ,
                 that
                 several
                 Ingenious
                 Men
                 ,
                 who
                 understood
                 these
                 Matters
                 ,
                 owned
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 never
                 seen
                 any
                 Thing
                 like
                 it
                 .
              
               
               
                 They
                 kindled
                 also
                 some
                 Hundreds
                 of
                 pitch
                 Barrels
                 set
                 round
                 the
                 Scaffold
                 ,
                 which
                 encreased
                 the
                 light
                 ,
                 whereby
                 the
                 other
                 Works
                 which
                 play'd
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 ,
                 were
                 discerned
                 the
                 better
                 .
                 It
                 lasted
                 till
                 about
                 Eight
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 ended
                 with
                 Twenty
                 five
                 Mortar-shot
                 ;
                 after
                 which
                 the
                 Cannon
                 were
                 several
                 times
                 discharged
                 :
                 The
                 whole
                 was
                 done
                 without
                 any
                 Mischance
                 ,
                 save
                 only
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 one
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 who
                 sweeping
                 a
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 lost
                 both
                 his
                 Hands
                 ,
                 and
                 died
                 of
                 his
                 Wounds
                 .
                 When
                 His
                 Majesty
                 came
                 to
                 Court
                 ,
                 the
                 Militia
                 .
                 stood
                 in
                 order
                 in
                 the
                 outer
                 Court
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Triumphal
                 Arch
                 ,
                 viz.
                 Baron
                 
                 Friesem's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 Baron
                 
                 Heyde's
                 Regiment
                 of
                 Horse
                 ,
                 who
                 having
                 discharged
                 all
                 together
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Viverbergh
                 to
                 give
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 Train
                 Bands
                 in
                 Arms.
                 Several
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Council
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 to
                 Countenance
                 this
                 publick
                 Joy.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Count
                 
                   de
                   Berka
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Heer
                 Colomma
                 ,
                 the
                 Imperial
                 and
                 Spanish
                 Ministers
                 testified
                 their
                 Satisfaction
                 by
                 Illuminations
                 before
                 their
                 Lodgings
                 :
                 Mijn
                 Heer
                 Schuylenbergh
                 did
                 the
                 same
                 at
                 his
                 own
                 House
                 upon
                 the
                 Viverbergh
                 with
                 Noble
                 Illuminations
                 ,
                 beautified
                 with
                 several
                 Devices
                 :
                 As
                 ,
                 
                   Regi
                   Gulielmo
                   Reduci
                   :
                   To
                   King
                
                 William
                 
                   returned
                   again
                   .
                   Transitque
                   feritque
                   :
                   He
                   passes
                   by
                   and
                   strikes
                   .
                   Imperat
                   Augustus
                   :
                
                 Augustus
                 
                   Governs
                   .
                   Superat
                   Coelestibus
                   alis
                   :
                   He
                   mounts
                   with
                   Heavenly
                   Wings
                   .
                   Generosus
                   ab
                   Ortu
                   :
                   Noble
                   
                   from
                   his
                   Birth
                   .
                
                 These
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 some
                 time
                 after
                 .
                 Others
                 also
                 gave
                 other
                 instances
                 of
                 their
                 Satisfaction
                 ,
                 every
                 Man
                 after
                 his
                 own
                 Fancy
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 was
                 also
                 graced
                 with
                 so
                 vast
                 a
                 resort
                 of
                 People
                 ,
                 as
                 had
                 never
                 before
                 been
                 seen
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 :
                 Some
                 coming
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 Solemnity
                 ,
                 others
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 King
                 once
                 more
                 returned
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 Crowned
                 with
                 so
                 much
                 Honour
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 well
                 satisfied
                 with
                 all
                 these
                 their
                 Demonstrations
                 of
                 Esteem
                 and
                 Reverence
                 ,
                 immediately
                 applied
                 himself
                 to
                 Business
                 ;
                 having
                 first
                 given
                 Audiences
                 of
                 Congratulation
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Colleges
                 and
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 some
                 great
                 Lords
                 and
                 publick
                 Ministers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 Princes
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Anspach
                 ,
                 (
                 who
                 came
                 two
                 days
                 before
                 the
                 publick
                 Entry
                 )
                 were
                 often
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 the
                 Ministers
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Allies
                 joyned
                 with
                 them
                 :
                 It
                 was
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 three
                 Ruffians
                 were
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 French
                 Court
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 particular
                 Informations
                 given
                 in
                 of
                 their
                 Persons
                 .
              
               
                 February
                 the
                 7th
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Assembly
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 his
                 place
                 as
                 Stadtholder
                 and
                 Captain
                 General
                 ;
                 and
                 made
                 an
                 Oration
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
               
                 That
                 when
                 His
                 Majesty
                 was
                 last
                 in
                 Council
                 ,
                 he
                 acquainted
                 their
                 High
                 and
                 Mightynesses
                 with
                 His
                 Intention
                 to
                 go
                 over
                 into
                 England
                 with
                 the
                 Assistance
                 which
                 they
                 were
                 pleased
                 to
                 give
                 Him
                 ,
                 to
                 deliver
                 that
                 Nation
                 from
                 their
                 Impending
                 Dangers
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 in
                 part
                 had
                 befallen
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 God
                 Almighty
                 had
                 so
                 far
                 Blessed
                 Him
                 ,
                 as
                 that
                 He
                 had
                 brought
                 His
                 Affairs
                 to
                 a
                 Happier
                 Issue
                 then
                 at
                 first
                 He
                 could
                 possibly
                 Wish
                 for
                 ;
                 for
                 which
                 Reason
                 they
                 offered
                 Him
                 the
                 Crowns
                 of
                 
                   Great
                   Britain
                
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 which
                 He
                 accepted
                 of
                 ,
                 not
                 out
                 of
                 any
                 Ambition
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 He
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 Corrupted
                 with
                 that
                 ,
                 or
                 Money
                 )
                 but
                 only
                 to
                 preserve
                 Religion
                 and
                 Liberty
                 in
                 those
                 Kingdoms
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 give
                 the
                 Allies
                 a
                 vigorous
                 Assistance
                 against
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 given
                 before
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 particular
                 manner
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Affairs
                 of
                 Ireland
                 had
                 not
                 diverted
                 Him
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 now
                 better
                 settled
                 than
                 they
                 were
                 before
                 ,
                 He
                 was
                 now
                 come
                 over
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 to
                 take
                 such
                 Measures
                 with
                 their
                 High
                 and
                 Mighty
                 Lordships
                 ,
                 as
                 should
                 be
                 most
                 for
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Confederates
                 ,
                 but
                 also
                 to
                 perform
                 the
                 Duty
                 of
                 Captain
                 General
                 ;
                 And
                 that
                 from
                 His
                 tenderest
                 Years
                 He
                 had
                 always
                 a
                 High
                 Regard
                 for
                 that
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 should
                 always
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 give
                 greater
                 Proofs
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 possible
                 ,
                 how
                 ready
                 He
                 should
                 be
                 to
                 promote
                 their
                 Welfare
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 he
                 would
                 joyfully
                 hazard
                 His
                 Life
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 a
                 means
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Europe
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 encrease
                 the
                 Felicity
                 of
                 the
                 
                   United
                   Provinces
                   :
                   And
                   finally
                
                 ,
                 He
                 Recommended
                 Himself
                 to
                 the
                 
                 good
                 Wishes
                 of
                 their
                 High
                 and
                 Mighty
                 Lordships
                 .
              
               
                 Hereupon
                 the
                 Lord
                 President
                 Thanked
                 His
                 Majesty
                 in
                 their
                 Lordships
                 Name
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Honour
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 unto
                 them
                 by
                 his
                 appearing
                 once
                 more
                 in
                 Person
                 amongst
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 highly
                 sensible
                 of
                 those
                 Obligations
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 Conferred
                 upon
                 them
                 from
                 time
                 to
                 time
                 ,
                 by
                 engaging
                 in
                 so
                 great
                 dangers
                 so
                 readily
                 for
                 their
                 Sakes
                 :
                 And
                 further
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 always
                 Thankfully
                 Acknowledge
                 how
                 much
                 He
                 had
                 done
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 wishing
                 Him
                 all
                 Happiness
                 in
                 all
                 His
                 Undertakings
                 ,
                 promising
                 their
                 Concurrence
                 with
                 His
                 Majesty
                 to
                 the
                 utmost
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 contribute
                 whatever
                 they
                 were
                 able
                 ,
                 to
                 advance
                 the
                 common
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Satisfaction
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 afterwards
                 made
                 a
                 Speech
                 to
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 Holland
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 answered
                 much
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Evening
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 visited
                 the
                 Princess
                 of
                 Nassaw
                 ,
                 Lady
                 to
                 the
                 Hereditary
                 Stadtholder
                 of
                 Friezeland
                 ;
                 as
                 also
                 the
                 Princess
                 Radzevile
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Princess
                 of
                 Saxe-Eysenach
                 .
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 the
                 King
                 Treated
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Norfolk
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Lords
                 at
                 the
                 House
                 in
                 the
                 Wood
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 again
                 to
                 the
                 Hague
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Ninth
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 the
                 Heer
                 Prielmeyer
                 ,
                 the
                 Envoy
                 of
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 ,
                 had
                 Audience
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 Conducted
                 from
                 his
                 Lodgings
                 about
                 Ten
                 a
                 Clock
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 Coaches
                 and
                 Six
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 received
                 at
                 the
                 Stair-foot
                 by
                 the
                 Swiss
                 Guards
                 placed
                 in
                 Order
                 ,
                 and
                 received
                 by
                 their
                 Officer
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Guard
                 Room
                 ,
                 and
                 thence
                 conducted
                 through
                 the
                 Anti-Chamber
                 into
                 the
                 Presence
                 ;
                 where
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 paid
                 the
                 accoustomed
                 Reverences
                 ;
                 he
                 made
                 a
                 Harangue
                 in
                 French
                 to
                 this
                 purpose
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Elector
                 his
                 Master
                 to
                 Congratulate
                 His
                 Majesties
                 happy
                 Successes
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 his
                 Master
                 had
                 begun
                 his
                 Journey
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 he
                 had
                 heard
                 that
                 His
                 Majesty
                 had
                 begun
                 His
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 expected
                 him
                 every
                 Hour
                 ;
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 upon
                 the
                 spot
                 to
                 assure
                 His
                 Majesty
                 of
                 his
                 Readiness
                 to
                 serve
                 the
                 common
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 particularly
                 to
                 second
                 those
                 Glorious
                 Undertakings
                 ▪
                 which
                 His
                 Majesty
                 had
                 so
                 happily
                 begun
                 :
                 And
                 for
                 his
                 part
                 ,
                 he
                 only
                 farther
                 begg'd
                 ,
                 That
                 his
                 Person
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 unacceptable
                 .
              
               
                 
                   To
                   this
                   the
                   King
                   replied
                
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 Thank'd
                 his
                 Electoral
                 Highness
                 .
                 That
                 he
                 should
                 always
                 endeavour
                 to
                 promote
                 the
                 common
                 Interest
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 would
                 joyn
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 He
                 was
                 Oblig'd
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 for
                 this
                 Trouble
                 ;
                 
                   and
                   lastly
                
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Person
                 was
                 very
                 acceptable
                 .
              
               
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Envoy
                 presented
                 his
                 Gentlemen
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 who
                 kissed
                 his
                 Hand
                 ;
                 and
                 afterwards
                 the
                 Envoy
                 was
                 carried
                 back
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 to
                 his
                 Lodgings
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 brought
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Envoys
                 of
                 
                   Mentz
                   ,
                   Cologne
                   ,
                   Munster
                
                 and
                 Hambourg
                 ,
                 had
                 their
                 publick
                 Audiences
                 ,
                 after
                 whom
                 came
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 private
                 Audience
                 of
                 near
                 two
                 Hours
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 Administrator
                 of
                 Wirtenbergh
                 ,
                 with
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 there
                 incognito
                 ,
                 were
                 admitted
                 without
                 Ceremonies
                 .
              
               
                 Also
                 the
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 and
                 Countries
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 obliged
                 to
                 go
                 home
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 their
                 Affairs
                 ,
                 had
                 their
                 Audience
                 of
                 Congé
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty
                 :
                 And
                 afterwards
                 the
                 Pensionary
                 ,
                 Secretaries
                 ,
                 and
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 of
                 Zealand
                 ,
                 had
                 their
                 Audiences
                 ,
                 and
                 Complemented
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Count
                 of
                 Erbagh
                 came
                 from
                 Prince
                 Waldeck
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 Foreign
                 Ministers
                 from
                 the
                 Emperor
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 Spain
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Savoy
                 had
                 their
                 Audiences
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 12th
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 Count
                 Winditsgratz
                 ,
                 Ambassador
                 Extraordinary
                 from
                 his
                 Imperial
                 Majesty
                 arrived
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 his
                 Audience
                 at
                 Ten
                 a
                 Clock
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 14th
                 at
                 Noon
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 into
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 some
                 Affairs
                 were
                 dispatched
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 with
                 the
                 Lords
                 Commissioners
                 into
                 the
                 Assembly
                 of
                 their
                 
                 High
                 and
                 Mightynesses
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 War
                 for
                 the
                 Year
                 1691.
                 was
                 presented
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Deputies
                 were
                 to
                 send
                 down
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Provinces
                 ;
                 afterwards
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 to
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 Audience
                 to
                 several
                 Foreign
                 Ministers
                 and
                 General
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 among
                 the
                 rest
                 to
                 General
                 Delwich
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 15th
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Norfolk
                 ,
                 the
                 Earls
                 of
                 Portland
                 and
                 Devonshire
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 other
                 Noblemen
                 ,
                 Dined
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 :
                 The
                 Elector
                 received
                 the
                 King
                 without
                 ,
                 and
                 Conducted
                 him
                 to
                 the
                 Dining-Room
                 .
                 The
                 King
                 went
                 away
                 at
                 Four
                 a
                 Clock
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 Audience
                 afterwards
                 to
                 the
                 Elector
                 
                 Palatine's
                 Minister
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Berensdorff
                 came
                 hither
                 also
                 from
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Zell
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Klenck
                 from
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Hanouer
                 ,
                 to
                 Complement
                 His
                 Majesty
                 in
                 their
                 Masters
                 Names
                 .
                 Prince
                 Waldeck
                 came
                 also
                 to
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 Audience
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 immediately
                 :
                 And
                 Mr.
                 Cha●gagne
                 came
                 from
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Treves
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 16th
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 arriv'd
                 ,
                 who
                 acquainted
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 his
                 arrival
                 at
                 Ten
                 a
                 Clock
                 ,
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Gentlemen
                 ;
                 he
                 Lodged
                 in
                 his
                 Envoys
                 House
                 :
                 Next
                 Morning
                 my
                 Lord
                 Portland
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 went
                 to
                 Complement
                 him
                 .
                 The
                 Elector
                 was
                 met
                 at
                 the
                 Entrance
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 .
                 About
                 five
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 he
                 went
                 privately
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 staid
                 about
                 an
                 
                 Hour
                 and
                 half
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 the
                 King
                 returned
                 his
                 Visit
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 18th
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 ,
                 the
                 Marquis
                 
                   de
                   Gastanaga
                
                 ,
                 Governor
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Spanish
                   Netherlands
                
                 arrived
                 with
                 a
                 very
                 splendid
                 Equipage
                 :
                 As
                 soon
                 as
                 he
                 arriv'd
                 he
                 went
                 to
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 Received
                 with
                 the
                 Honour
                 due
                 to
                 his
                 Character
                 ,
                 the
                 Swiss
                 Guards
                 being
                 placed
                 in
                 Ranks
                 ,
                 with
                 their
                 Officer
                 posted
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 them
                 .
                 He
                 had
                 a
                 particular
                 Audience
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 an
                 Hour
                 long
                 ,
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 being
                 by
                 ;
                 the
                 Swiss
                 Guards
                 appeared
                 then
                 in
                 Arms
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 the
                 first
                 time
                 that
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 had
                 appeared
                 at
                 Court
                 publickly
                 :
                 The
                 same
                 day
                 also
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 had
                 his
                 Audience
                 :
                 Next
                 Morning
                 the
                 Marquis
                 
                   de
                   Gastanaga
                
                 was
                 at
                 the
                 Kings
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 paid
                 a
                 Visit
                 to
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ;
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 that
                 day
                 above
                 two
                 Hours
                 in
                 the
                 Committee
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 Dined
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 at
                 my
                 Lord
                 Portlands
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Arnauld
                 ,
                 Preacher
                 and
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Vaudois
                 ,
                 who
                 Commanded
                 them
                 so
                 bravely
                 against
                 the
                 French
                 last
                 Summer
                 ,
                 came
                 also
                 to
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 an
                 Audience
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 concerning
                 their
                 Affairs
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 19th
                 in
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 a
                 Hawking
                 near
                 Sorgvliet
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 great
                 Quality
                 :
                 Next
                 Morning
                 he
                 went
                 a
                 Hunting
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 the
                 Marquis
                 of
                 Gastanaga
                 near
                 Houns●●erdyke
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 Dined
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 back
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 to
                 the
                 Hague
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 20th
                 ,
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Courland
                 ,
                 with
                 another
                 Prince
                 of
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Holstein
                 arrived
                 here
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 21st
                 ,
                 the
                 Landtgrave
                 of
                 H●sse
                 came
                 hither
                 with
                 his
                 Envoy
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 other
                 Lords
                 :
                 He
                 immediately
                 went
                 to
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 staid
                 some
                 time
                 with
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 he
                 paid
                 a
                 Visit
                 to
                 the
                 Electors
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 and
                 Bavaria
                 .
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Zal●sbach
                 came
                 also
                 with
                 General
                 Dautel
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 's
                 believed
                 ,
                 to
                 Complement
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 the
                 Elector
                 
                 Palatine's
                 Name
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Congress
                 was
                 now
                 often
                 kept
                 :
                 Colomna
                 the
                 Spanish
                 Envoy
                 had
                 a
                 Conference
                 on
                 the
                 23d
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 with
                 the
                 Deputies
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 assisted
                 in
                 the
                 Congress
                 ;
                 where
                 was
                 also
                 the
                 Count
                 Winditsgratz
                 ,
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Plenipotentiary
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Count
                 
                   de
                   Berka
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Chevalier
                 Crampricht
                 the
                 other
                 Imperial
                 Ministers
                 were
                 by
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 show'd
                 his
                 Credentials
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 States
                 assured
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 Audience
                 with
                 the
                 usual
                 Ceremonies
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 .
                 The
                 Counsellor
                 Mean
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 sent
                 by
                 the
                 Prince
                 and
                 Chapter
                 of
                 Liege
                 ,
                 assisted
                 also
                 in
                 the
                 Congress
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Emperors
                 Minister
                 ,
                 with
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 Ministers
                 waited
                 upon
                 his
                 Majesty
                 .
              
               
               
                 This
                 extraordinary
                 Concourse
                 has
                 made
                 the
                 Court
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 so
                 very
                 Splendid
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 has
                 out-done
                 any
                 thing
                 else
                 in
                 any
                 other
                 Court
                 of
                 Christendom
                 .
                 Above
                 30
                 Sovereign
                 Princes
                 were
                 there
                 ,
                 besides
                 Marquesses
                 ,
                 Earls
                 ,
                 Barons
                 ,
                 and
                 Gentlemen
                 without
                 Number
                 .
                 The
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Marquis
                 
                   de
                   Gastanaga
                
                 kept
                 publick
                 Tables
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 24th
                 ,
                 about
                 Ten
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 ,
                 the
                 Count
                 
                   de
                   Winditsgratz
                
                 had
                 publick
                 Audience
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Conducted
                 by
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 usual
                 Solemnities
                 :
                 He
                 Congratulated
                 His
                 Majesties
                 happy
                 Successes
                 ,
                 and
                 assured
                 him
                 that
                 the
                 Emperor
                 his
                 Master
                 esteemed
                 himself
                 very
                 much
                 obliged
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 Care
                 and
                 Concern
                 which
                 he
                 show'd
                 for
                 the
                 common
                 Cause
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 further
                 added
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Master
                 look'd
                 upon
                 His
                 Britannick
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 principal
                 moving
                 Cause
                 upon
                 whom
                 every
                 thing
                 else
                 depended
                 ,
                 that
                 might
                 be
                 for
                 the
                 advantage
                 of
                 the
                 Confederacy
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Elector
                 of
                 
                 Saxony's
                 Envoy
                 had
                 Audience
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 the
                 same
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 25th
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Landtgrave
                 of
                 Hesse
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 Church
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 heard
                 a
                 Sermon
                 Preached
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Ulier
                 ;
                 who
                 towards
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 ,
                 said
                 several
                 moving
                 Things
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 Afternoon
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 with
                 the
                 Electors
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 and
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Landtgrave
                 
                 of
                 Hesse
                 ,
                 all
                 four
                 in
                 a
                 Coach
                 ,
                 took
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 turns
                 round
                 the
                 Voorhout
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Glasses
                 down
                 upon
                 the
                 Kings
                 side
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 received
                 by
                 the
                 thronging
                 Multitudes
                 with
                 all
                 imaginable
                 Demonstrations
                 of
                 Affection
                 and
                 Joy.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 26th
                 ,
                 the
                 Count
                 
                   de
                   Prela
                   Doria
                
                 ,
                 Envoy
                 Extraordinary
                 from
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Savoy
                 ;
                 Count
                 
                   d'
                   Autel
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 Character
                 from
                 the
                 Elector
                 Palatine
                 ,
                 had
                 Audience
                 of
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 as
                 had
                 on
                 the
                 27th
                 the
                 Sieur
                 Haxhuysen
                 from
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Saxony
                 .
              
               
                 March
                 the
                 5th
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Devonshire
                 Treated
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Brandenburgh
                 ,
                 the
                 Landtgrave
                 of
                 Hesse
                 ,
                 the
                 Prince
                 Commercy
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 other
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 with
                 great
                 Magnificence
                 ,
                 where
                 His
                 Majesty
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 Honour
                 his
                 Lordship
                 with
                 His
                 Presence
                 .
              
               
                 On
                 the
                 11th
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Zell
                 arrived
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Wolfembuttel
                 on
                 the
                 14th
                 .
              
               
                 During
                 all
                 this
                 time
                 the
                 Congresses
                 had
                 been
                 held
                 almost
                 every
                 day
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Secrecy
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesty
                 always
                 Honouring
                 them
                 with
                 His
                 Presence
                 ,
                 when
                 at
                 last
                 ,
                 the
                 matters
                 being
                 fully
                 Concerted
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 Things
                 agreed
                 upon
                 to
                 the
                 mutual
                 Satisfaction
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Princes
                 ,
                 this
                 great
                 Council
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Princes
                 returned
                 to
                 their
                 respective
                 Homes
                 ,
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 execution
                 the
                 Designs
                 here
                 agreed
                 upon
                 ,
                 the
                 good
                 Effects
                 whereof
                 we
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 to
                 see
                 this
                 Campagne
                 ,
                 notwithstanding
                 
                 the
                 unhappy
                 accident
                 of
                 the
                 loss
                 of
                 Mons.
                 
              
               
                 His
                 Majesty
                 having
                 given
                 Orders
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Troops
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 a
                 readiness
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 Field
                 by
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 was
                 pleased
                 on
                 the
                 16th
                 to
                 depart
                 for
                 Loo
                 ,
                 being
                 accompanied
                 with
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Zell
                 ,
                 who
                 Rid
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Coach
                 with
                 Him
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 that
                 Night
                 at
                 the
                 House
                 of
                 Monsieur
                 Zullestein
                 ;
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 met
                 by
                 the
                 Elector
                 of
                 Bavaria
                 ,
                 who
                 likewise
                 accompanied
                 His
                 Majesty
                 to
                 Loo
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 arrived
                 the
                 next
                 Evening
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 Complemented
                 as
                 they
                 passed
                 along
                 with
                 all
                 Demonstrations
                 of
                 Respect
                 and
                 Affection
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Utrecht
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 several
                 Towns
                 he
                 pass'd
                 through
                 ,
                 and
                 accompanied
                 every
                 where
                 with
                 the
                 loud
                 Acclamations
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 almost
                 overwhelm'd
                 with
                 Joy
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 extraordinary
                 Honour
                 they
                 received
                 by
                 the
                 Presence
                 of
                 this
                 most
                 illustrious
                 Monarch
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 His
                 Majesty
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 long
                 there
                 before
                 he
                 received
                 the
                 unwelcome
                 Tidings
                 of
                 the
                 Siege
                 of
                 Mons
                 ,
                 an
                 Express
                 arriving
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 on
                 the
                 16th
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 French
                 Troops
                 had
                 suddenly
                 invested
                 the
                 Town
                 of
                 Mons
                 ,
                 their
                 Horse
                 having
                 taken
                 Possession
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Avenues
                 on
                 the
                 15th
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Foot
                 were
                 marching
                 up
                 with
                 all
                 Diligence
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Stee●huysen
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Marquis
                 Bedmar
                 ,
                 being
                 sent
                 from
                 the
                 Governor
                 
                 of
                 Flanders
                 ,
                 arrived
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 the
                 17th
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 a
                 short
                 Conference
                 with
                 Prince
                 Waldeck
                 ,
                 went
                 Post
                 to
                 Loo
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 His
                 Majesty
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 the
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 Affair
                 .
                 Who
                 being
                 resolved
                 Himself
                 to
                 Head
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 raise
                 the
                 Siege
                 ,
                 returned
                 to
                 the
                 Hague
                 ;
                 from
                 whence
                 having
                 dispatched
                 Prince
                 Waldeck
                 with
                 necessary
                 Orders
                 for
                 Flanders
                 ,
                 set
                 forward
                 Himself
                 the
                 26th
                 for
                 Brussels
                 ;
                 the
                 Army
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 preparing
                 with
                 all
                 imaginable
                 diligence
                 to
                 Muster
                 at
                 Hall
                 ,
                 whither
                 His
                 Majesty
                 went
                 on
                 the
                 6th
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 intending
                 to
                 have
                 marched
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 at
                 the
                 Head
                 of
                 the
                 Army
                 ,
                 which
                 consisted
                 of
                 30000
                 Foot
                 and
                 16000
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Train
                 of
                 Artillery
                 of
                 71
                 pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 and
                 14
                 Mortars
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Carriages
                 not
                 being
                 all
                 come
                 up
                 ,
                 was
                 obliged
                 to
                 defer
                 His
                 March
                 for
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 French
                 had
                 all
                 this
                 time
                 very
                 vigourously
                 attacked
                 the
                 Outworks
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 but
                 were
                 as
                 vigourously
                 repulsed
                 by
                 the
                 Besieged
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 great
                 loss
                 of
                 the
                 Enemy
                 ,
                 who
                 paid
                 dearly
                 for
                 what
                 he
                 gained
                 ;
                 insomuch
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 doubted
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Town
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 have
                 held
                 out
                 till
                 the
                 Army
                 came
                 up
                 to
                 its
                 Relief
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 (
                 who
                 was
                 himself
                 all
                 the
                 while
                 at
                 St.
                 Gislain
                 ,
                 near
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 the
                 Dauphin
                 Commanding
                 in
                 Chief
                 )
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 old
                 Methods
                 ,
                 had
                 found
                 means
                 of
                 gaining
                 a
                 Party
                 among
                 the
                 Burghers
                 and
                 Clergy
                 in
                 the
                 
                 Town
                 ,
                 who
                 prevailing
                 upon
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 terrifying
                 Destruction
                 the
                 Bombs
                 and
                 Cannon
                 made
                 in
                 their
                 Houses
                 ,
                 and
                 persuading
                 them
                 that
                 by
                 a
                 timely
                 Surrender
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 they
                 might
                 obtain
                 Honourable
                 Conditions
                 ,
                 made
                 them
                 basely
                 desert
                 the
                 publick
                 Good
                 ,
                 and
                 altogether
                 unexpectedly
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 themselves
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 8th
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 beat
                 a
                 Parley
                 ,
                 and
                 sent
                 out
                 three
                 Officers
                 ,
                 as
                 Hostages
                 for
                 three
                 French
                 Offices
                 ,
                 who
                 immediately
                 entred
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 to
                 Treat
                 upon
                 Articles
                 of
                 Surrender
                 ;
                 the
                 Governor
                 the
                 Prince
                 
                   de
                   Bergue
                
                 oppos'd
                 the
                 Surrender
                 ,
                 and
                 refus'd
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 Gate
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 as
                 the
                 Burghers
                 had
                 agreed
                 ,
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 disswade
                 them
                 from
                 this
                 their
                 Resolution
                 ,
                 alledging
                 he
                 could
                 still
                 hold
                 out
                 till
                 the
                 Relief
                 came
                 ;
                 but
                 all
                 would
                 not
                 do
                 ,
                 the
                 Burghers
                 wre
                 resolved
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 being
                 stronger
                 than
                 the
                 Garison
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 all
                 employed
                 in
                 the
                 Outworks
                 ,
                 the
                 Honourable
                 Governor
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 submit
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 Midnight
                 the
                 Capitulation
                 was
                 Signed
                 on
                 both
                 sides
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 April
                 the
                 9th
                 ,
                 a
                 Gate
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 was
                 deliver'd
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 Guards
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 10th
                 ,
                 the
                 Garison
                 marched
                 out
                 ,
                 being
                 about
                 4000
                 ,
                 Foot
                 and
                 400
                 Horse
                 ,
                 with
                 Arms
                 ,
                 Baggage
                 ,
                 Drums
                 beating
                 ,
                 Colours
                 flying
                 ,
                 six
                 pieces
                 of
                 Cannon
                 ,
                 two
                 Mortars
                 ,
                 &c.
                 and
                 were
                 conducted
                 to
                 
                   Tubiese
                   ▪
                
                 a
                 few
                 Miles
                 from
                 Mons
                 towards
                 Brussels
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 having
                 received
                 this
                 surprizing
                 News
                 just
                 as
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 march
                 to
                 their
                 
                 Relief
                 ,
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 alter
                 his
                 Measures
                 ;
                 and
                 understanding
                 that
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 had
                 seperated
                 his
                 Troops
                 ,
                 and
                 dispos'd
                 'em
                 into
                 Garisons
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 with
                 the
                 Dauphin
                 ,
                 &c.
                 were
                 return'd
                 to
                 Versailles
                 ,
                 broke
                 up
                 the
                 Camp
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 sent
                 Reinforcements
                 to
                 
                   Charleroy
                   ,
                   Aeth
                   ,
                   Namur
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 Frontier
                 Garisons
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 Brussels
                 ;
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 Honour
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Zell
                 (
                 who
                 was
                 likewise
                 return'd
                 thither
                 from
                 the
                 Camp
                 )
                 with
                 the
                 Noble
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Garter
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 invested
                 with
                 the
                 Garter
                 and
                 George
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 Himself
                 ,
                 assisted
                 by
                 the
                 Dukes
                 of
                 Norfolk
                 and
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Devonshire
                 :
                 This
                 was
                 perform'd
                 privately
                 in
                 the
                 Kings
                 Bed-Chamber
                 the
                 18th
                 of
                 April
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ,
                 Garter
                 King
                 at
                 Arms
                 presented
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Ensigns
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 whole
                 Habit
                 and
                 Ornaments
                 of
                 the
                 Order
                 ,
                 which
                 his
                 Highness
                 having
                 Received
                 ,
                 was
                 pleased
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 very
                 Noble
                 Present
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 Retinue
                 he
                 had
                 brought
                 with
                 him
                 upon
                 this
                 Occasion
                 .
              
               
                 April
                 the
                 22d
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesty
                 having
                 taken
                 leave
                 of
                 the
                 States
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 been
                 Complimented
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 with
                 all
                 the
                 Expressions
                 of
                 sincere
                 Affection
                 ,
                 took
                 Shiping
                 in
                 the
                 Maese
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 his
                 Return
                 for
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Wind
                 being
                 fair
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 Morning
                 made
                 the
                 English
                 Shore
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Evening
                 ,
                 
                   viz.
                   April
                
                 the
                 13th
                 ,
                 1691.
                 
                 
                   O.
                   S.
                
                 about
                 
                 Eight
                 of
                 the
                 Clock
                 landed
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 having
                 been
                 Saluted
                 by
                 the
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 passed
                 along
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 Guns
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 repeated
                 Huzza's
                 of
                 the
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 who
                 Demonstrated
                 the
                 most
                 extraordinary
                 Joy
                 imaginable
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 Guns
                 of
                 the
                 Forts
                 of
                 
                   Tilbury
                   ,
                   Gravesend
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Tower
                 ;
                 also
                 by
                 the
                 Ships
                 that
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 River
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Joyful
                 Acclamations
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 who
                 crowded
                 in
                 great
                 Numbers
                 upon
                 the
                 Shore
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Boats
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 and
                 express
                 their
                 Joy
                 upon
                 his
                 happy
                 Return
                 ,
                 continually
                 Repeating
                 ,
                 
                   God
                   Save
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   ,
                   and
                   Prosper
                   their
                   Arms
                   by
                   Sea
                   and
                   Land.
                   
                
              
               
                 Thus
                 have
                 we
                 finished
                 our
                 short
                 Journal
                 of
                 His
                 Majesties
                 Voyage
                 into
                 Holland
                 ,
                 wherein
                 we
                 have
                 been
                 as
                 particular
                 as
                 was
                 convenient
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 brief
                 as
                 possible
                 ;
                 we
                 have
                 all
                 along
                 carefully
                 avoided
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Reflections
                 and
                 Animadversions
                 of
                 our
                 own
                 ,
                 and
                 given
                 only
                 a
                 true
                 Relation
                 of
                 the
                 matter
                 of
                 Fact
                 as
                 it
                 occur'd
                 ;
                 wherein
                 if
                 we
                 have
                 the
                 good
                 Fortune
                 to
                 please
                 the
                 Reader
                 ,
                 we
                 have
                 our
                 End.
                 
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A69794-e330
           
             *
             A
             Fouder
             contains
             4
             Hogsheads
             .