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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23787	China and France, or, Two treatises the one, of the present state of China as to the government, customs, and manners of the inhabitants thereof ... from the observation of two Jesuites lately returned from that country, written and published by the French Kings cosmographer and now Englished : the other, containing the most remarkable passages of the reign and life of the present French King, Lewis the Fourteenth, and of the valour of our English in his armies.	Magalotti, Lorenzo, conte, 1637-1712. Viaggio del P. Giovanni Grueber tornando per terea da China in Europa. English.; Grueber, Johann, 1623-1680.; Orville, Albert, comte d', 1621-1662.; Thévenot, M. (Melchisédech), 1620?-1692.	1676 (1676)	Wing G2163	63,324	224

their breaches restored their Fortifications and put them all into a good posture of defence But that which was remarkable in this progress the King had no extraordinary Militia he trusted so much these new Subjects that he entered into all their populous Towns attended only by his houshold Servants and usual Guards This got him the love and respect of the Walloons and secured him the hearts of his people as well as the Walls of their Towns About this time a King of Guinny who lives at a City called Arda sent an Ambassador to Paris to treat about an establishment of a Trade between that place and the Islands of America under the French Scepter The King entertained him and his motion very kindly and sent him back with Tokens of his liberality There had been an Order of the Kings Council published by which certain Wares of the Hollanders were prohibited in France They labored by their Ambassador to perswade the King to revoke this Order but in vain for the King was now resolved to revenge himself upon them for their insolent carriage towards him and his people in the West and East Indies and in many Foreign Countreys where they had ingrossed all the Trade to themselves It is certain that both the English and the French had great cause to complain of the Hollanders who had on several occasions discovered an unsufferable Pride and a haughty carriage not to be endured by Crowned Heads They had exercised their cruelty upon the Subjects of both Kingdoms beyond the Seas and had seised upon their Goods affronting thereby their Princes who are ingaged to protect them These and other unjust practises as was pretended obliged the French to prepare for War Therefore in his Progress in Flanders he visited himself the Fortifications of all his Frontier Towns and caused the weakest places to be fortified with new Works from Dunkirke he went to Amantiers from thence to Lille to Courtray to Aeth He found that Monsieur de Montal had strongly repaired the Walls of Charle le Roy for which he highly commended him Before the War was proclaimed Madam de Orleans the only Sister a live of our Gracious Monarch came over here unto England to visit the King and the Duke of York She was received with all the expressions of kindness that Nature did require and her Vertues deserve But as all our satisfactions are momentary she had no sooner seen these dear Relations but was forced to leave them again and return over to France where she died so suddenly that most men entertained the bad reports that were raised about her death However the Court of France honored her Birth and Vertues with an outward Mourning and the Duke of Orleans's countenance seemed to be very sad and pensive until the King had cheared him up with the thoughts of another Wife The Daughter of the Prince Palatine of the Rhine was pitched upon the Mareschal du Plessis was sent to espouse her in the Dukes name in the City of Mets the sixteenth day of November The Duke himself wen● as far as Chalons to receive and welcome her The King the Queen and all the Court expressed their joy and satisfaction for her safe arrival and about a year after she was brought to Bed of a Son All this while the War was preparing against Holland England and France were to unite their Forces by Sea and Land On the seventh day of April 1672. the King published his Declaration to forbid all Commerce and Trade with the States of the Vnited Provinces and immediately after appeared at the Head of an Army of One hundred and fifty thousand Men with whom he carried all before him in the Low Countreys as a violent torrent Nothing was of a sufficient resistance for so great a power every one did judge that he would win all the other Towns the following Spring if there were not a stop put to his undertakings But the motion of the French is always violent at the first and then at the least discouragement it begins to abate The Dutchy of Cleves the Electorate of Cullen the Dutchy of Limburgh the County of Zutphen Vtrecht and its Territories Holland Brabant Overissell the Oriental Frieze Groningen and the Dutchy of Geldres were full of French Troops on a sudden Orsoy Vesel Burick and Rhineburgh that had been so strongly Garrisoned that the Dutch thought them to be the Bulwarks of their Land were surrendered at the first appearance of the Kings Standard Reez Emmerick and Groll were delivered to the Bishop of Munster who had taken up Arms to vindicate the French quarrel The next attempt was the Passage over the Rhine which was first undertaken by the Count de Guiche at the Head of Two thousand Horse he swom over it although three Squadrons of Horse and some few Foot were ready to receive him on the other side When the French had recovered the Bank they charged so desperately that the Enemy was disordered and fled to their Foot for succor They had Barricadoed themselves in but when the Prince and the Dukes of Orleans and Longueville were got on the other side with their Infantry they resolved to assault them in their Trenches The Prince desired to march in order against them but some of his Men were so furious that nothing could keep them in The Duke of Longueville in a rage went so near them with the Prince that the Duke was killed and the Prince wounded in the left arm with many more laid upon the ground When they saw the whole Army surround them they desired quarter which was granted by the Prince by that means they yielded and were all taken prisoners It is not good to render an Enemy desperate a small company in a danger have won the victory therefore the Prince freely offered them their lives This Action amazed the Hollander and astonished the Prince of Orange who expected the Kings Army another way Harnen was taken by Monsieur de Turenne Nimeguen and Schenk also Doesbourgh and Zutphen were surrende●ed into his Majesties hands and the City of Vtrecht sent Deputies to yield it up Monsieur de Luxemburgh was sent thither to take in all the places about Vtrecht After this Turenne recovered Crevecoeur Coërden Grave and Bomel so that almost all the Inland Countrey thereabouts submitted to the French The Hollanders were then so much troubled that they offered Conditions of Peace to the King but he hoped to gain all the rest of their Countrey Therefore they were rejected as unreasonable The King after all these Successes left the Army the Six and twentieth of July and arrived at Paris the first of August where he was congratulated and welcomed by all the Societies of his Kingdom The Queen was so much overjoyed that she commanded a Chappel to be built at Roan and dedicated it to Our Lady of Victories for as amongst the Heathens they did give to Pallas the Goddess of War several attributes and names betokening the many good

Turenne la Ferté and Hocquincourt had orders to hazard all rather then to suffer this great City to fall into their hands When they had called a Council of War they resolved to attack the Lines and Trenches which they did with much resolution in the night the 24 and 25 days of August Hocquincourt entered first into the Enemies Camp through the Troops of the Duke of Lorraine but he was beaten back with a great slaughter of his Men the other Commanders relieved and seconded him So that at last the Spaniard was forced to leave his Trenches with some loss of Men of Ammunition and Baggage For the Governor of the Town sallied out at the same time and received so much assistance that the Enemy despaired of being able to gain the Walls The Spanish General preserved his Army by a seasonable retreat which was managed with that prudence and courage that he hath worthily deserved the admiration of his Enemies The King went to visit his Camp and Army immediately after this Siege was raised to encourage and reward his brave Soldiers In Catalonia also the Prince of Conti had some success in taking Conflans and Cerdagne from the Spaniard About the beginning of the Spring 1655. Landrecy Maubeuge Condé and St. Guilham submitted themselves again to the French Monarchy Thus these small places were often taken and retaken by the Armies of Spain and France At every advantage in the Field these weaker Towns of no resistance were forced for their preservation to prefer their Safety to their Loyalty and to side with the strongest party In this year there was a League Offensive and Defensive made between Cromwel and Mazarin against Spain upon conditions disgraceful to the King and Court of France Monsieur Bourdeaux sollicited his Masters Affairs so notably that he got that Arch-Rebel to send over in the beginning of the Spring 1656. an Army of stout Soldiers commanded by Reynolds For although France abounds in Men it is wont to make use of the valor of its Neighbors in all Wars against strangers For it hath been found by experience that the French are good for the first Onset but cannot abide nor weather so many discouragements as the English Scotch and Switzers can in War besides their Foot are not to be compared to ours Therefore they may ascribe their most difficult Conquests to their Money and to the English Scotch Irish and Switzers valor as we shall see in several late Encounters with the Hollanders and Imperialists The year 1656. was noted for the remarkable Siege of Valanciennes where the French received an overthrow and were forced to quit the place but afterwards they took Cappelle and Valencia in Italy In the beginning of the Campagne 1657. Montmedy was besieged by la Ferté the King himself went thither after that the Succors which were intended for a relief were happily routed Afterwards the City yielded to his Majesty and opened its Gates to receive him on the seventh of August St. Venant Bourbourg and the Fort of Mardike also were taken by Turenne Our English served him in good stead in the recovering of these places especially in storming of Mardike The attempt was not esteemed feasable by the French General who had a design rather to besiege it then to win it by an Assault But our English Commanders undertook this perillous attempt Sir Tho. Morgan now Governor of Jersey lead his Party with so much courage and resolution that they recovered the top of the Walls in an instant passing through showers of shot and fire to the great astonishment of the rest of the Army This Gentleman hath purchased to himself the name and honor of one of the bravest Soldiers of Europe And when the Spaniard ventured in the night to surprise this Fort again the English saved it beat back the Spaniard and obliged them to a speedy retreat to Dunkirk After this Turenne was employed with a Flying Party to raise the Siege of Ardres which he did with so much bravery that the Spaniard received there a considerable loss But all these Conquests were inconsiderable to those of the next year 1658. Turenne and La Ferté were the two Generals of the French and after the death of Reynolds drowned near Goodwin Sands in a small Boat in which he ventured to pass from Mardike into England my Lord Lockart then Ambassador at Paris took the charge of the English Forces The Army was commanded to besiege Dunkirk for it had been agreed between England and France that this place should be put into the English hands It was surrounded the Twenty fifth of May which when the Marquess of Leda had notice of he shut himself in with a strong Garrison resolving to defend it or die there The Siege was carried on very resolutely the English and French Armies made their approaches on a sudden so that the fear of loosing this strong place caused the Archduke to endeavor to raise the Siege by assaulting them in their Trenches Turenne confided in his own strength therefore when he heard of the Enemies approach he marched bravely out of his Camp to meet the Archduke the victory declared for the French In this encounter it was the unhappiness of the English to fight with their own Countrey-men In the Spanish Army the Noble and Couragious Duke of York a Prince of an invincible resolution was entertained by the Spaniard as one of the best Commanders of that Army That wise Nation as well knowing in Men as in Affairs would not suffer so great a Courage idle in time of War If I might have the liberty in this succinct Narration I could give an account of the most heroick actions of his Royal Highness insomuch that Turenne and the other Generals have often confessed him to be the ablest and most skilful Commander of the World His Courage and Wisdom had not that success that could have been expected at this time for the English Regiments under my Lord Lockart especially that of Colonel Alsop beat back the Spaniards and pursued them over the Sandy Hills with a great slaughter This victory was due cheifly to the courage of the English the fifteenth of June 1658. After the Retreat of the Spaniards the French Army returned to the Siege where the Marquess of Leda was killed with a Bullet After his death the Town began to listen to terms of Surrendring which were agreed on the Two and twentieth of June The King entered into the City to take possession of it afterwards he delivered it up to my Lord Lockart for the use of the English whose Blood and Valor had got it from the Enemy Bergues Furnes and Dixmuyde yielded also to the Kings Summons so did Oudenard Ypres staid for a Siege and when the Prince of Ligny had gathered the Relicks of the Dispersed Army beaten before Dunkirk he labored to raise it but was beaten off with loss by Turenne who took afterwards Menein and many other small Castles At that time La Ferté