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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56585	Travels thro' Germany, Bohemia, Swisserland, Holland, and other parts of Europe describing the most considerable citys and the palaces of princes : together with historical relations and critical observations upon ancient medals and inscriptions / by Charles Patin ; made English and illustrated with copper cuts and a map.	Patin, Charles, 1633-1693.	1696 (1696)	Wing P721; ESTC R25578	112,677	496

these Repositories to whose Custody they are both committed Although I shou'd declare that his Merit is extraordinary that he is a good Clergy-man and a profound Scholar and a most accomplish'd Person and that he enjoys all those excellent Qualities with the Favour of his Master which are things very incompatible I shou'd not be judg'd guilty of Flattery since every one gives the same Character of him His Imperial Majesty commanded that the other shou'd be shewn to me and I was not capable of receiving a greater Honour nor of bringing a more agreeable Disposition to the sight of so many rare Curiosities The Imperial Library may be reckon'd as the third Treasure it is full of the finest Books in the World and among others there are ten or twelve thousand Manuscripts of all sorts of Subjects and in all Languages as also the famous Libraries of Busbequius and Cuspinian and the rare Collection of the Fuggers of Augsburg I saw certain admirable Miniatures which sometime belong'd to the Dukes of Burgundy I saw also Octavius Strada's fine Collection of Medals with a vast number of the Designs of Raphael D'Vrbin Albert Durer and other excellent Masters of the Art of Painting A particular Account of these Curiosities will be suddenly publish'd and ●he compleat History of 'em is expe●ted from Monsieur Lambecius to whose custody they are committed and who is constantly employ'd in the Work as being perhaps the only Person in the World that is capable of taking exact Copies from those incomparable Originals where your Highness may find these first rude Draughts that I have made in their full Lustre and Perfection Wou'd it not be too hard a Task my Lord to discourse to you concerning his Imperial Majesty with such mean Conceptions as mine Cou'd they form any tolerable Idea or represent a Character in any wise suitable to so great an Hero I had indeed the Honour to be in his Majesty's Presence in his Gallery of Paintings when he was visiting his Treasure of ancient Medals There I had an opportunity to see during three hours and a half a Roman Emperor conversing with his Predecessors which cou'd not be observ'd elsewhere There a more discerning and sublime Judgment than mine might have made a Comparison between 'em on the very spot In my opinion the Lustre of the deceas'd Princes did not seem to eclipse that of the living Emperor in whose Person I saw concenter'd all that I knew and every thing that I had read concerning others His profound Judgment his exemplary Piety Justice and Clemency are conspicuous in so high a degree of Perfection that a faint Idea of 'em is only to be seen in the World Your Highness is sensible that extraordinary Virtues are often incompatible and that that Soul which is so happy as to possess 'em all does not always find an equal supply for all during its Intercourse with the Body from whence it cannot pass Thus we rarely observe Magnanimity and Fortitude intermix'd with that Gentleness and Moderation which are requisite for the compleat Formation of Piety and Clemency in the Heart of a Prince But in his Imperial Majesty all these Heroick Qualities which are so much admir'd proceed from a more noble Principle that enforces Nature and administers Relief to the Weaknesses of the Body This is that Divine Character which Heaven imprints on the Minds of all those of this August Family This is that second Soul which the Philosophers have attributed to Hero's which is the cause that he who is at present advanc'd to the highest degree of Dignity on Earth is at the same time a potent Emperor a virtuous Prince an accomplish'd Politician and a good Christian and hath all sociable Virtues united in his Person in a perfect Agreement which will constitute the Happiness of the Empire as soon as it shall be in a condition to answer thereto and shall have merited of Heaven so many Blessings which it may receive from his Hands and under the Government of so excellent a Sovereign and so prudent an Emperor It is true my Lord that he is even ador'd by his own Subjects for indeed the Respect and Affection that they bear to his Person is altogether boundless The Court of Vienna is very Magnificent and Splendid but that which in my opinion adds to its Lustre is that the Prince is every where imitated that is to say in his Piety Generosity Courteousness and Affability I know not by what means his Imperial Majesty is more especially become a publick Blessing to so many Illustrious Lords that depend on him whether by the Riches or Preferments he bestows on 'em or by the singular Example he shews ' em However I shall give an account to your Highness of some of their Persons and Qualities such as most readily occur to my Memory The Prince of Lobkowitz who is Comptroller of the Houshold Der Oberste Hoffmeister has the first Station in the Court his Father being High Chancellor of Bohemia was created a Prince by Ferdinand II. A.D. 1626 but he cou'd not enjoy the Privileges of this Dignity in the Diet of Ratisbone and his Son was admitted thereto by the Interest he had with the Emperor and by the Exigency of Affairs Count John Maximilian of Lamberg is High Chamberlain and the principal Confident of his Imperial Majesty He has a share in the transacting of all Publick Affairs and he is acknowledg'd by the common Consent of the People to be a Person that perfectly answers so great a Character for he is endu'd with a sagacious Judgment and a vigorous Disposition join'd with Learning and Experience Indeed his Embassies in Spain and to the Assembly of Munster have made him known throughout the whole Continent of Europe In short he is belov'd and esteem'd by the Emperor even to the highest degree and all Men are so well perswaded of his Merit that none envies him the happiness of his Station Henry William Count of Staremberg is the Great Marshal your Highness is sensible of the extraordinary Power that belongs to this Office in all the Courts of Germany He has an absolute Authority over the Jews and it may not be improper here to relate some particular Circumstances concerning this sort of People There are in Vienna about three thousand of 'em lodg'd in very convenient Appartments in a Burgh that bears their Name distant about two or three hundred Paces from the City which they may enter whenever they think fit except on Saturdays and Sundays being prohibited on those days by virtue of their Superstition and the Christian Religion but if they shou'd act otherwise than according to this Order they wou'd run the hazard of being cut in pieces Limnaeus propounds whether it be expedient for a Prince to tolerate 'em in his Dominions and produces the affirmative and negative Arguments but I shall not at present engage in the Debate They have three Synagogues in Vienna though at Francfurt they are allow'd but

of which we now treat and he cites 1. Joan. 3. Dilectissimi nunc Filli Dei sumus We are now the well-beloved Sons of God c. The Bible is highly esteem'd at Geneva and I cannot better put an end to my Discourse than with this Observation I shall likewise at the same time bring both my Postscript and whole Letter to a Conclusion entreating your most Serene Highness with all manner of humble Submission not to be displeas'd at their length in regard that some considerable time wou'd be requisite to make an Abstract of 'em Therefore if your Highness shall vouchsafe to excuse the other Defects I shall be more embolden'd for the future to present to You the product of my Studies In the mean while I shall only beg leave to subscribe my self with all due Respect My Lord Your most Serene Highness's most Humble and most Obedient Servant Charles Patin FINIS Some Books lately Printed for Abel Swall and Tim. Child at the Unicorn in St. Paul's Church-Yard THE English Historical Library or a short View and Character of most of the Writers now extant either in Print of Manuscript which may be serviceable to the Undertakers of a General History Written by W. Nicolson Arch-Deacon of Carlisle 8 vo The Essays or Councils Civil and Moral of Sir Fran. Bacon Lord Verulam and Viscount St. Alban With a Table of the Colours of Good and Evil and a Discourse of the Wisdom of the Ancients To which is added in this new Edition the Character of Queen Elizabeth never before Printed in English 8 vo The History of the Revolutions in Sweden occasioned by the Change of Religion and Alteration of Government in that Kingdom Written in French by the Abbot Vertat Printed the last Year at Paris And now English'd by J. Mitchel M. D. 8 vo The Evangelical History or the Life of our Saviour Jesus Christ comprehensively and plainly Related with practical Inferences and Discourses thereupon Adorn'd with Copper Cutts 8 vo The Evangelical History Part Second being the Lives and Acts of the Holy Apostles comprehensively Related according to the Holy Scriptures and the Writings of the Primitive Fathers Illustrated with the Effigies of the Apostles and a Map of their Travels fairly Engraven in Copper 8 vo Romae Antiquae Notitia Or the Antiquities of Rome containing a Short History of the Rise Progress and Decay of the Common-Wealth a Description of the City and an Account of their Religion Government and Customs with Copper Cutts of the principal Buildings c. Written by Basil Kennet of Oxon. Dedicateed to the Duke of Glocester 8 vo CAMDEN's Brittannia newly Translated into English With large Additions and Maps of every County Engrav'd anew Folio Thesaurus Geographicus a new Body of GEOGRAPHY or Compleat Description of the Earth Containing the general Doctrine of Geography and a particular account Geographical Topographical and Political of all known Countries With accurate Maps of each Country Engraven in Copper Folio The Gentleman's Journal for the War a Description of the principal Fortifications in Europe with Draughts Engraven in Copper of each Place Four Parts Quarto whereof the last containing the Descriptions and Plans of Dinant Winoxberg Calais Tournay and Cambray may be had alone Terence's Comedies made English With his Life and some Remarks at the end By several Hands Octavo Plautus's Comedies Amphrytrion Rudens and Epidicus Englished with Critical Remarks Octavo De Quatuor summis Imperiis An Historical Account of the Four Monarchies viz. Assyrian Persian Grecian and Roman continued to the Time of the Emperour Charles V. Being a Relation of the most considerable Occurrences that have happen'd from Noah's Flood to the Year 1620. Written in Latin by J. Sleyden Newly Englished Octavo The Memoirs of the Count De Written in French by Monsieur De St. Euvremont Made English Octavo A Map of that part of GERMANY The NETHERLANDS c. thro which the Seur Patin travelled