Majesty signified to him that he judg'd it convenient to have him near him to assist him with his Counsel It is coucht in these terms according to an Extract taken from the London-Gazette of the fifth of Feb. 1677. The Copy of the Letter of the King of Spain writ to Don John of Austria DOn Juan of Austria my Brother of the Council of State Governour and Captain-General of the Spanish Low Countries and Commander General of all our Sea-Forces the Affairs of this Monarchy being at present in such a condition that I find my self oblig'd to seek all sorts of ways for setling them as they ought to be and having considered that you are therein so very much interessed and that I must impart to you the greatest part of my Resolutions I propos'd to my self to require you to repair hither without any delay to assist me in a juncture so important it 's what I promise my self from the zeal which I have always found in you for the good of the State God keep you in his protection as I wish From Madrid the 24th of Decem. 1676. EGO REX By the Command of our Lord the King D. Hierom de Eguia The Copy of the Letter of the Queen-Mother to Don John THe King my Son has resolv'd as you may understand by the Letter which he has written to you that you repair hither as soon as may be to assist him in the administration of the Affairs of the Monarchy and I may tell you that there is nothing which can please me more than to see you embrace the direction with all the diligence which the juncture of affairs requires In which I shall rely on your zeal and good intentions assuring you that for as much as shall be in my power I shall always use my endeavours for procuring you all satisfaction From Madrid the 27th of Decem. 1676. The Answer of Don Juan to the Queens Letter NOt doubting but your Majesty sees the Answer which I have made to the Letter of the King my Brother whom God preserve it would be to no purpose for me to repeat it to you assuring your Majesty that you never may have had nor never will have any person who wishes and wishes again to your Majesty with a more sincere intention that which I take God to witness to be most beneficial and advantageous for the service of your Majesty At whose feet I cast my self praying God to maintain your Majesty a long uninterrupted course of years in Posterity From Sarragossa the first of Jan. 1671. In the same year the Marquess de Villa Seria lost the Kings Favour His Catholick Majesty arriv'd at Sarragossa accompanied with Prince Don Juan the Duke Medina Coeli Great Chamberlain the Constable of Castille Great Steward of the Kings Household the Count de Talaras the Duke de Montery and with Count d Arcot The Queen was in her Government of Toledo Some time afterward the new Corrigidor of Madrid or the chief Governour of the Polity for remedying the inconveniencies which ordinarily happen in the night ordain'd the seventh of October conformably to what has been practis'd of late years at Paris and at Amsterdam for the publick good that for the future there should be expos'd throughout the whole Town of Madrid Lights in the Streets by the means of Lanterns and ordered that from five to five houses there should be a Light for which the five houses should contribute proportionally This Sentence has been put in execution At the beginning of the year 1678. the Council gave sentence in the case of Don Ferdinand of Valenzuela Marquess of Villa Seria who was condemn'd to a perpetual banishment and sent to the Philippine Islands Intelligence was given An. 1680. that the King of Spain call'd him back from banishment from the Islands where Don Juan had caus'd him to be banisht The 17th of September Don Juan of Austria natural Son of the late King Philip the Fourth died being fifty years of age His Body was carried to the Escurial This Prince died at the same hour the same day and the same month as the late King his Father 1666. He was a great Captain fearless in War a man of great Reservation a great Minister of State penetrating all things and neglecting nothing The Kings Marriage CHarles the Second King of Spain being given to understand that the King of France had granted him the Princess Mary Loüise of Orleans for Spouse made extraordinary Rejoycings at Madrid all the Town appear'd in fire for many days the People cryed with a loud voice That France had always giv'n them good Queens At their Arrival the Patriarch of the Judges gave their Catholick Majesties the second Benediction The 13th of January 1680. the Queen of Spain made her publick and solemn Entrance at Madrid FINIS
for great Captains men of Brain and execution good for War and for Peace for Battles and for Treaties such as have not been like the Emperour Domitian who amus'd himself in running through slyes with a Golden Bodkin or Aropas King of Macedon who made Lanterns or Hartabus King of the Hircans who caught Moles or Biantes King of the Lydians who ran Frogs through It has in this Age Loüis de Bourbon Prince of Condé and the Duke d'Enguien Sons of Mars and Bellona to whom the number of Enemies does but add courage bloody occasions being their divertisements and for this reason they have done actions that might better be imagined than written Their Swords have painted them much more lively with the blood of the Spaniards and other Nations than they may be represented with a Quill The most intelligent know well that these are not chance-blows but ordinary effects of their dexterity and courage The famous and bloody Battle of Senef Crowns their Military Exploits They have joyned Learning with Arms and have an excellent Library where there are rare Greek and Latine Manuscripts The Father and the Son are living Libraries Prince Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne FRance has its Marshals and its Captains and an infinite number of valiant and flesht Souldiers the greatest part of them capable of commanding and he that has commanded them so long time and so gloriously Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne Marshal-General of the Kings Camps and Armies and Colonel-General of the French Cavalry is recommendable for his famous Exploits and for the important Victories that he has gained over the Enemies of the State and more in this happy day that renouncing the Errour in which he was born and in which he had lived he embraced with a sincere heart the Catholick Faith which leads to Eternal Salvation the Church Militant has not had less joy than the Triumphant Though Learning was familiar to this Prince and that he has been heard to say very convincing things for the proof and maintaining of Catholick Truths the Church is obliged to Cardinal de Boüillon his Nephew for having contributed to so illustrious a Conquest Italian Princes were heard to say to his Highness at his promotion to the Cardinalship La promotion di vestra Altezza al Cardinalato Colmo d'honore il Sacro Collegio I shall not omit that if the said Henry de la Tour left the Earth the Twenty first of July 1675. to rest from his labours being killed by a Cannon-shot near Satzbach as he went to take a view of a Post of the Imperial Army to the end to give it Battle after the loss of so great a Man the King to comfort himself made Nine Marshals of France the Count d'Estrade the Duke de Navailles the Count de Schomberg the Duke de Duras the Duke de Vivonne the Duke de la Feüillade the Duke de Luxembourg the Marquess de Rochefort and the Count de Lorge His Majesty honour'd them with the dignity of the Marshals staff the Thirtieth of July of the same year of Vicount Turenne's death The Ancientest Marshals of France living Anno 1680. are these THe Marshal Duke de Villeroy the Marshal Duke de la Ferte-Seneterre the Marshal de Crequi the Marshal de Bellefond and the Marshal d'Humieres these three last are of the penultimate Promotion The Marshal de Rochefort dyed An. 1676. he quitted the life Military for the glorious The Ministers and Secretaries of State IF the King be the Soul of the Monarchy his Ministers are the Organs by which he works His Majesty has carried the glory of France to so high a point that it may hope all things and its Enemies fear all Its Ministers and Secretaries of State are indefatigable in their pretious vigilancy and in the cares they take for the rest of the Kingdom They have all signalized themselves their spirit is filled with lights so shining that there is no cloud that they do not pierce nor no Forreign or Domestick Factions which they do not dissipate and subvert their experience is universal A very famous Preacher who is an Archbishop Preaching in Sorbon on the day of St Vrsula the Patroness Feast of that Colledge in the presence of Anne of Austriche Queen of France said that Cardinal Richlieu had the Spirit of the Prophet Elias and Cardinal Mazarine that of the Prophet Elizeas I believe that these have the Spirit of Elias and Elizeas Richlieu and Mazarine Nor is it to be wondred at all their lights being but necessary and favourable emanations of the great splendour of the Sun who animates and enlightens them The Chancellour MEssire Michael de Tellier Chevalier Chancellour and Keeper of the Seals of France Commander of the Kings Orders Lord of Chavilles Barbezieux and other places excels in Councel Understanding and Integrity he is consummated in the decision of affairs of greatest difficulty Italy has been the Theater of his great Actions as well as France For this reason Loüis the Thirteenth made him Secretary of State and Loüis the Fourteenth Created him Chancellour and Keeper of the Seals for the faithful and important Services that he has rendred his Majesty for above thirty six years in the functions of Minister and Secretary of State He has the esteem of all great persons and the applause of the people his Memory will be preserved eternally in the Chronicles of France The Arms of his House are Three Lizards which are friendly to Man That which renders particularly eminent the Office of Chancellour which this person possesses is that he is Chief Minister of the Kings Justice and of his Councel it is he who like another Legislatour Moses ascends into the Mountain he enters into the Cloud which environs the Throne of his Prince where the Rayes and Lightning of Royal Majesty display themselves and where he receives the Laws and Ordinances which he afterwards pronounces to all the people He never wears Mourning because in some sort he deposes his own person to represent for the future nought but Justice it being not decent for this vertue which is wholly Divine to shew a feeling of humane infirmities He has for exteriour mark of his high dignity on his Scutcheon a Cap of Honour of Cloth of Gold faced with Ermines topt with the figure of a Queen the Hieroglyphick of France with the Scepter in the right hand and the Seals of the Kingdom in the left behind the Scutcheon two great Maces of Silver gilt plac'd in Saltier with a Mantle like those of the Dukes and Peers of France adorned with rayes of Gold towards the top and lined with Ermins which encompass all the Scutcheon The door-keepers of the Chancery-Court carrying a Mace of Silver gilt on their Shoulders march before him and the other door-keepers in order In the Book entituled l'Estat de la France Printed An. 1678. pag. 199. I found these following Lords ranged in this following
and Academy with many great Houses for the reception of Coaches lying in the street Mazarin and others The Library was judged very curious by the Kings of England and Denmark these two Princes saw it in the Palace Mazarin whence it was transported into the Colledge His Majesty of Denmark caused his to be built after the model of that it is long wide and very high and admits a great deal of light and has the prospect of the Louvre and the Seine it will be open twice a week to all persons of Learning on such days as shall be thought fit as that of the Abbey of St. Victor which is publick on Mundays Wednesdays and Saturdays and which is famous The Library Mazarin contains 30000 Volumes there are in it the chief Books of the Protestants Cardinal Mazarin made this pious and grand Foundation for many reasons amongst others for rendring the Inhabitants of the Conquered Countries before-mentioned as well French in their Heart as by Nation Divine Providence having prescribed â—â—mits to the life of all men the Founder of this Colledge dyed at Vincennes the ninth of March 1661 in the fifty one year of his age His Heart reposes in the Church of the Theatins his Body will be transferred from the Church of Vincennes into the Church of the said Colledge when Mass comes to be celebrated in it and it will be placed in a magnificent Mausoloeum there to wait the general Resurrection In the Month of May of the year 1677 on the Porch of the Church of Colledge Mazarin were placed on the Pedestals of the Body of it advanced from the front over square Pillars Pilasters the four Evangelists St. Matthew St. Mark St. Luke and St. John with their Attributes On the right hand backward on the like Pedestals the four Doctors of the Greek Church according to their place St. Basil St. Athanasius St. John Chrysostome and St. Gregory of Nazianze and on the left hand the four Doctors of the Latin Church St. Gregory the Great St. Ambrose St. Austin and St. Hierome According to the Order of time in which they lived we range the Greeks thus St. Athanasius St. Basil St. Gregory of Nazianze and St. John Chrysostom in the Latine Church St. Ambrose St. Hierome St. Austin and St. Gregory In placing the figures they have gone according to dignity They say that the Effigies of Loüis the Great will be placed before this Colledge in a great Place which will be called Dukal This Colledge is incorporated to the University with all its rights and priviledges The Sieurs Foucaut le Foüyn and Mariage have taken much pains for perfecting this Colledge Some persons of Quality having assured me of the satisfaction they received in the relation I made them of the House of President Perrot near the Colledge I shall set down the particularities that I observed in it An. 1677. The House of President Perrot THis House which faces the Louvre has five Balconies on the Seine besides its Scituation uniformity neatness and conveniency it 's esteemed curious for its Ancient Pieces and for large Pictures made by Apelles's They are expos'd in the great room of Paintings which has windows on both sides We see there Anthony de Bourbon King of Nâ—varre Henry the Fourth Loüis the Thirteenth vested with the Royal Mantle and with the great Collar of the Order and Loüis the Fourteenth clad like a Roman and M. the Dolphin betwixt the late King and the present in a round or oval over the door of the entrance and Philip of France Duke of Orleans standing by Loüis de Bourbon Prince of Condé with his Father and his Grandfather and the Duke d'Enguien with his Children the Queens and Princesses are by the sides of their Spouses In the midst of this Gallery is plac'd a large sheet of Velam in Miniature set in a frame which contains the Genealogy of the Bourbons from St. Loüis to the year 1679 and on the back part of the Velam are represented the Combats Rencounters Sieges Battels and Victories gain'd by the Prince of Condé Loüis de Bourbon Amongst some Pictures that adorn the Chappel that which is against the Altar is accomplisht and to express the thing better it 's a consummated piece of work or a Master-piece representing the seven Sacraments of the Church the Archduke Leopold admiring this Piece would have given a thousand Pistols for it if the Master would have sold it him It was permitted his Highness to cause a Copy to be taken of it Neer the Chappel-door we see the present Prince of Condé mounted on a War-horse represented to the life In some Chambers we find many other Pictures that of 〈◊〉 Nativity of the Son of God that of Lot having drank to excess before his two Daughters to which nothing can be added The rowling Desk composed of divers Tables which is in the Library is of a very rare structure and convenient for those that compose some laborious Piece all the edges of it are gilded and the Boards or Planks hold a great many Books in folio When you are near it without changing place with one of your fingers you make the Desk turn and bring before your eyes the Books that lead to your designe but you must first place them Atabalipa one of the Incas of Peru would not have esteemed it much for his use for he threw on the ground a very excellent Book presented to him alleadging for a reason that it spoke not a word to him though they made him believe it would teach him a great many things he could not make it speak I believe he would have soon imitated a King of Congo to whom Emanuel King of Portugal having once sent Lawyers with good Law-books he sent back the Doctors and caused the Books to be burnt thinking they would serve but to introduce Cavilling and put Confusion in the Understandings of his Subjects whereas he said they had need but of Reason and a good common Sence which is related in a History of Portugal This Prince added that he should still continue a Friend to him that had sent them him taking the good will for the deed In the Garden of the same House I saw a tryal made of a great Burning-glass in the presence of M. the Prince which burnt a great Block set opposite to the Sun and which wonderfully magnifies and multiplies Objects The two Gladiators and other Figures of massie cast Copper which are Ornaments of the Garden are Pieces artificially made Each Gladiator holds his Buckler with one hand and his Sword with the other whose postures are much esteem'd The Venus is highly priz'd as also another Figure drawing a Thorn out of its foot The great Iron Arbour is very beautiful and very high rais'd under which persons breath the cool Air and fragrant Smells during the Summer-heats On the side of it are the Grotto's and Waters The Dido striking a Dagger into her breast is represented to the
Beziers and Nostre-Dame de Gignac in the same Diocess Nostre-Dame de Liviniere in the Diocess of S. Pons of Tomiers Nostre-Dame de Lorme and Nostre-Dame d' Alen in the Diocess of Montauban Nostre-Dame de Ladreiche a league from Alby The Hermitage of Nostre-Dame de Moinier in the Territory of Pompignan on the top of a high Mountain in the Diocess of Nismes St. Sernin at Tolose where are the entire Relicks of many of the Apostles Nostre-Dame d' Alet and Nostre-Dame de Roqueville three leagues off Nostre-Dame de Garaizon in the Diocess of Ausche Nostre-Dame de Verdelez at Cadiliac near Bourdeaux Nostre-Dame de Nazareth in Britany three leagues from Dinan and Nostre-Dame de bonnes Nouvelles at Rennes Nostre-Dame d' Ardilliers in the Diocess of Anger 's in Anjou Nostre-Dame de Mibonnet a league from Moulins in the Diocess of Authun in Bourbonnois Nostre-Dame de Clery near Orleans on the Loire Nostre-Dame du Puy Nostre-Dame de Fridieire and Nostre-Dame de Pitie in Auvergne This is without the Town of Chaude-Agues on a sharp Rock Abbot Cholmerl is the Founder Nostre-Dame de Banelle and Nostre-Dame de Sabar are in the County of Foix in the Diocess of Comminges Nostre Dame de Quezac in Givodan near St. Maur the Abbey of St. Bennet in the Diocess of Mande Nostre-Dame de Roquemadou and Nostre-Dame de Liaurou in Quercy in the Diocess of Cahors Nostre-Dame de Cignac in the Diocess of Rhodes The House of Arpajou has given it great Marks of its Devotion Nostre-Dame d Orient in the Diocess of Vabres These two places of Devotion are in Roüergne Nostre-Dame du Calvaire of Betharan in Bearn in the Diocess of Lascar Messire Pierre de Marca has said wonderful things of it in a Book entituled Traité des Merveilles Operées en la Chappelle Nostre-Dame du Calvaire en Betharan It was printed An. 1646. and An. 1648. the word Betharan signifies according to the Language of the Country a fine Branch and according to the Hebrew Tongue the House of the Soveraign and of the most High or the House of Greatness and Eminency In the Territory of the Tribe of Gad there was a Valley of this name which appears by the Book of Joshua The Mountain Betharan has the figure of that of the true Calvary of Jerusalem Many Miracles have been there wrought If Miracles were wrought in the Temples of the Protestants as in these holy places they would make them serve as Seals to their Doctrine and would make them sound forth with a high voice that the Saviour of the World gives the power to them as a most powerful and pressing means to cause the truth of their Faith to be embrac'd and because they have no Miracles they laugh at them To which I oppose that the Jews and Pagans rejected those of Jesus Christ and of the Apostles and with St. Austin that Miracles have been the motives of innumerable conversions to Christianity that Miracles are the Chains that hold us in the Catholick Church Our strayed Brethren chuse rather to suffer themselves to be bound by their own Imagination and by the consequences they draw from the Scripture according to their private spirits and without having either of our most dear Chains neither the antiquity nor the number nor the succession of Chairs nor the Miracles c. which have continued in the Roman Church from Age to Age since the time of the Apostles Let us return to our subject The Church of Nostre-Dame of Ardilliers which is one of the chief suburbs of the Town of Saumur is serv'd by the Oratorian Fathers Saint Maximin and Saint Baume by the Dominicans as also Nostre-Dame de Bonnes Nouvelles at Rennes Nostre-Dame de Rochefort by the Religious Benedictines Saint Reine by the Cordeliers Nostre-Dame d'Orient by the Capucins Nostre-Dame de Consolation de Bezieres by the Religious of St. Francis of Paul vulgarly called les Bons hommes The others by Canons and Secular Priests The twelve ancient General Governments of the Provinces were called together at Paris under Loüis the Thirteenth according to their rank and place in the States General 1614. THe Isle of France Burgundy Normandy Guienne Britany Champagne Languedoc Picardy Daulphine Provence Lyonnois and Orleanois Of these twelve great Governments many others are made Lyonnois comprehended formerly higher and lower Auvergne and also la Marche the higher and lower Bourbonnois Beaujolois and the Country of Forrests Orleanois contain'd Poitou Aniou Touraine Loudunois the Town and Government of Rochelle Angoumois le Maine Berry Pais Chartrain le Perche Nivernois and Vandosinois Xaintonge was of the Government of Guienne The Governours of the Provinces An. 1679. are these THe Town Provostship and Vicounty of Paris has for Governour the Duke of Crequy Peer of France Commander of the Kings Orders and first Gentleman of the Chamber to his Majesty He was made choice of by the King to go to Bavaria to carry the Marriage-Presents to Madam the Dolphiness Anno 1680. The Duke d' Estrées Peer of France is Governour of the Isle of France Soissonnois Laonnois Beauvoisis c. The Prince of Condé Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold has the government of Burgundy and of la Bresse the Duke d'Enguien has the survivourship of his Father The Duke de Montauzier Peer of France and Commander of the Kings Orders has Normandy he was Governour of Monseigneur the Dolphin The Duke de Roquelaure Guienne The Duke de Chaune Britany Marshal Duke de Vivonne of Montmart Champagne and Brie The Duke of Verneuil Languedoc he succeeds Arnand de Bourbon Prince of Conti whose Piety is crown'd in the Coelestial Court he died at Pezenas An. 1666. the 21 day of February and his body was carried into the house of the Carthusians of Villeneufe in Avignon This Prince compos'd two Books one is entituled Devoirs des Grands and the other Memoires du Prince de Conti the former contains very excellent Instructions The Duke d' Elbeuf is Governour of Picardy The Duke les Diguieres of Dauphiné The Duke de Vandôme of Provence Marshal de Grignan is sole Lieutenant-General of this Province he has also been Lieutenant-General of Languedoc The Duke de Villeroy Son of the Marshal of this name is Governour of Lyonnois Forests and Beaujolois The Marquess d' Alluye of Orleannois Blesois Dunois and the Country of Sologne Chartrain and Vandômois Auvergne has for Governour the Duke de Boüillon high Chamberlain Higher and lower la Marche the Marquess de S. Germain Beâ—upré Limosin the Count d' Auvergne Bourbonnois the Marquess de la Valiere Berry the Prince of Marsillac Francois de la Rochefoucaud Duke of Rocheguion Groom of the Stole and Chief Master of the Game of France Son of the Prince of Marsillac and Grandchild of the Duke of Rochefoucaut married An. 1679. in the Church of S. Roch of Paris Madeleine la Tellier Daughter of the Marquess de Lionnois Minister and Secretary of State and
Ceremonies of Electing the Bishop of Strasburg 226 The number and Residence of the Canons of Strasburg 227 The ancient Entrance of the Bishop of Strasburg and the number of Bishops it hath had 228 Of the Cities of Hamburg and Munster 229 The Cities of Magdeburg Nuremburg and Ausbourg 231 The Cities of Francsort Passau Visbourg Brunswick Inspruc Bremen Hanover Spire 232 233 The Imperial Maritime and Hans-Towns 233 The Archbishopricks and Bishopricks of Germany 235 The Principalities and Lordships of the Empire and its Division 236 The chief Rivers in Germany 237 The Electors of the Empire 239 The Archbishop and Elector of Mayence 240 Boniface condemned the Bishop of Saltzbourg for an Heretick for believing the Antipodes Of the Towers of Rats 242 The Invention of Printing 243 The first Bible that was printed 245 The Archbishop and Elector of Treves 247 The Archbishop and Elector of Cologne 249 The Homage to the Elector of Cologne 250 An Observation on the three Ecclesiastical Electors 254 An Observation on the Lay-Electors ibid. The Electoral Habit 255 The Treaties of Peace betwixt England France and Holland by Sir Joseph Williamson c. at Cologne 256. Of Treaties of Peace in the years 1678 and 1679 257 The Elector and King of Bohemia 258 The Elector of Bavaria 261 Dr. Vossius Prebend of Windsor his MS. 262 The Electory of Saxony 264 Of Martin Luther of Wittemberg 265 The Elector of Brandenburg 267 Taking of Stetin Stralsont and Gripswal Anno 1677 and 1678. of Anclan 1679. 270 Prince Loüis of Brandenburg married Anno 1681. 273 The Elector Palatine 274 The Consecration of the new Church at Frederickbourg 1680. 278 Of the number of the Electors and other Circumstances 279 The Invention of Powder and Cannon 280 Of SPAIN 282 THe chief Houses of Pleasure that belong to the King and out of Madrid 283 The chief places of Devotion 285 The Division of the Spanish Monarchy 287 Catalonia Portugal c. 288 The Towns of Spain ibid. 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Price bound 6 d. for the Pocket A New Survey OF THE STATE of the WORLD ITALY The PAPACY INnocent the Eleventh Vicar of Jesus Christ on the Earth and Bishop of Rome formerly Benedict Odescalchi was born in the year 1613. at Como in the Country of Millain was created Cardinal under the Title of St. Onuphrius in the year 1645. by Innocent the Tenth whose name he bears by way of acknowledgment He was elected Pope Anno 1676. the 21 of September being the day and Feast of St. Matthew was exalted the 4th of October following Cardinal Maldachin first Deacon of the Sacred Colledge performed the Ceremony of the Proclamation The 8th of November this Prelate went from St. Peter's Church to St. John Laterans where he receiv'd at entrance the two Keys the one of Gold the other of Silver from the hands of Cardinal Chisi who is Archpriest after having first kiss'd the Cross which his Eminency presented him There were carried in this Cavalcade according to custom the vacant Hats which were at that time to the number of six There was vacant a twenty third place in the Sacred Colledge by the death of Cardinal Bernardino Rocci which happened at the end of the month November 1680. The Arms of his Holiness's House are in a Field Argent six Salvers Gules three in chief two in flank or in fess and one in point or in base These surmounted by three Bars of the same debrused with an Escutcheon Argent charg'd with a Lion Passant Gardant Gules Lastly a Chief Or thereon a single Eagle display'd Sable His Prophetick Motto was Bellua insatiabilis because this Pope has in his Arms the Eagle and the Lion insatiable Animals with Salvers or else because he has continually with him in his principal actions Cardinal Cibo which signifies Food who follows him in his Chappel in the Church in the Consistory and elsewhere See the Allusion Wherefore after that Innocent had declared his Eminency his first Minister and Secretary of State some person writ Verè bellua in satiabilis quia sine Cibo nunquam vivere potest We may and ought better to understand insatiable of the salvation of Souls and in a word of his Zeal for the House of God conformably to the Motto of the Royal Prophet Zelus domus tuae Comedit me and to see the glory of God the onely thing that can satisfie as the same King and Prophet says Satiabor cum apparuerit gloria tua The Prophetick Motto of Pope Vrban the Third called before his Exaltation Lambert Cribelli was Sus in Cribo because his Arms were a Sow in a Sieve and that he was of Millain where its Founders lighted on a Sow covered the one half with Wooll and the other with Hair whence is come the word Mediolana de Medio-lanum The Prophetick device of Eugenius the Fourth was Lupa Coelestina the Wolf Coelestine because he had for Arms a Wolf and had been a religious man of the Coelestins The four Evangelists are mystically represented under the Figures of four Animals St. Matthew has for Emblem a Man St. Mark the Lion St. Luke the Ox and St. John the Eagle These are the four Animals that the Prophet Ezekiah saw in a Vision which carried the Throne of God Jesus Christ is called the Lion of the Tribe of Juda Vicit Leo de Tribu Juda. The
opening of it is performed ordinarily the 24th day of December on Christmas-eve by the opening of the holy Door which is so called because by its opening and entrance we enter into Grace and become holy by practising what is ordained by the Bull of the Jubile On the day and Feast of the Ascension of the Son of God which precedes the holy Year two Priests after having read the Gospel read the Bull the one in Latine and the other in Italian and publish the approaching Jubile His Holiness on the Christmas-eve following goes a general Procession the Cardinals the Secular and Regular Clergie the Ambassadours of Christian Princes and the Officers of the City of Rome and all the common people accompany him and about noon he comes to the door of St. Peter of the Vatican which is walled up then the Pope strikes three stroaks with a silver Hammer against this Wall which is presently thrown down the door is washt with holy Water it 's opened the Company enters into the Church they sing Vesperas with all solemnity and at the same time the Pope sends three Cardinals to open the doors of the Churches of St. Paul of St. John Lateran of St. Mary Major where the same Ceremonies are used The Silver Hammer is a Symbol of the Popes power which Jesus Christ gave him by giving him the Keys of St. Peter the Hammer was formerly of Massy Gold The Penitentiaries in such Solemnities are near the Popes Person to shew that he communicates his Jurisdiction to Confessors to whom he gives the power of Absolving from all Crimes and even in cases that are reserved to himself The opening of the Holy Door is an Hieroglyphick of the opening of the Churches Treasure whereof the Pope is the dispenser four doors are open'd to shew that persons are call'd from the four parts of the world The Doors are washt to intimate that those persons gain the Jubile who are cleansed from their faults and defilement by the vertue of the Sacraments and by the application of the Merits of Jesus Christ over the Holy Door they set the Name of the Pope that opened it last and the time The shutting up of the Jubile THe end of the year of Jubile being elaps'd the Pope on Christmass-Eve goes in Procession from the Apostolick Palace to St. Peters Church where after Vesperas are sung his Holiness appoints three Cardinals to go and shut the other three holy doors and at the same time himself accompanied with the Clergy and with all that is great and splendid in Rome marches processionally goes forth at the holy door blesses the Materials appointed to wall it up which is not open'd but the year of the Jubile lays the first stone with some pieces of Gold and of Silver and says in Latine what I turn into English Through the Faith and through the vertue of our Lord Jesus Christ Son of the living God who said to the Prince of the Apostles Thou art Peter and on this Rock I will build my Church we lay this first stone for shutting this Holy Door which ought to be again thus shut in this year of Jubile In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost In what sence the Title of Holiness is attributed to the Pope against the Protestants THe Pretenders to Religion who love always to cavil and to mix Controversy in their Discourse conformable to what is said by the Latine Poet Navita de ventis de Bobus narrat Arator Enumerat Miles vulnera Pastor oves not able to endure that we give the Pope the Title of Holiness nor that we call the Doors before mentioned Holy thinking it a Blasphemy I answer them that they blame what they do not understand they ought to consider that there are three sorts of Holiness the first by Nature and Essence which is increated infinite incomprehensible and incommunicable to all other persons but to those of the most Holy Trinity The second by Consecration which is found in animate and inanimate things it is diversly caused by Prayers and Blessings by Oyl and by Unction The third Holiness consists in an Habitual Grace inviolable to sin The Catholicks do not say that the Pope is Holy by a Holiness of Nature or of Essence which belongs but to God alone who is the sole Original final Sovraign of all Holiness the Popes understand it so they own themselves sinners before God implore his mercy and make a confession of their sins When we call the Pope the Holy Father it is by Consecration the Priests the Prophets and the Kings were Anointed and Consecrated under the ancient Law as well as the new and now the Popes and the Abboâ—s are blest Churches Altars Tabernacles Crosses Chalices and Bells are holy things with a Holiness of Consecration which is an exteriour Sanctification If the Roman Church be call'd Holy why shall we not call him Holy that presides in it If the Body be called Holy the Head is not Profane The great Priest Aaron wore on his Tiara a Plate of Gold where these â—ords were Engraven Holiness to the Lord. Let us proceed to the other remarks and disquisitions Other Splendid Ceremonies IT 's at Rome where we see Seven other very curious and remarkable Ceremonies the Canonization of Saints the Coronation of the Pope that of the Emperour of Kings of Empresses of Queens and the Creation of Cardinals A touch in the Honour of Rome IF it be said of this Capital of the world that at present Rome is sought for is Rome because it has lost that vain splendour which it drew from its ancient Roman Emperours we say also that what she holds no longer by her arms she possesses by Religion Sedes Roma Petri quae Pastoralis honoris Facta Caput Mundi quicquid non possidet Armis Religione tenet It 's said of St. Peters Church at Rome and of St. Sernin at Tolouse Non est in toto Sanctior orbe locus Three desires of St. Austin ST Austin wisht to see Three things Jesus Christ on the Earth St. Paul in the Chair and Rome the Triumphante The Dominion of the Pope THe Vatican which is the Palace of St. Peter the Palace of St. John Lateran Castelgandolphi Mont-Cavallo otherwise Montquirinal and the Castle St. Angelo belong to the Pope he possesses the Patrimony of St. Peter the Dukedom of Spoleto Marcha Anconitana Romandiola the Dutchy of Benevent in the Kingdom of Naples the Dukedoms of Ferrara and of Vrbin Ceneda in the Marca Trevisano Montaldo and San Stephano on the side of the River of Genoa and the Country of Avignon in France c. You must observe that the Countess Mathilda made the Holy Sea Heir to her Lands which have since been call'd St. Peters Patrimony When the Roman Emperour is at Rome he lodges in the Vatican which is the Imperial Palace Civita Vecchia is famous for it's Port it s there where his Holinesses Galleys are
the Holy Land There have been more Popes of this name than of any other they count twenty three You must observe that the Pretenders to Religion endeavour to render ridiculous the Constitutions which John the twenty second made and compiled because he entituled them Extravagants not considering that they were so called because they were not included in the body of those of Clement which he publisht together Benedict the Eleventh some say Twelfth Native of Saverdun in the County of Fois in the Diocess of Pamiers Son of a Joyner was called before James du Four otherwise surnamed Novelli of the Order of the Cistertians was Abbot of Fontfroide The Prophecy was Frigidus Abbas He was Bishop of Pamiers John the Twenty second made him Cardinal For some time they called him the white Cardinal because of the colour of his ancient Religious Habit. When his Exaltation was signified to him he said through humility they had made choice of an Ass though he was very learhed and Doctor of Divinity in the faculty of Paris because he feared that he knew not well how to govern He did not suffer himself to be led by his Relations in the distribution of his Favours When his Niece was to be married he gave her a Portion but answerable to her condition He founded the Church and Colledge of the Bernardins in Paris He held the Holy See seven years and three months and died with a very good fame Anno 1342. Clement the Sixth of Malmont in Limosin was called Peter Roger or Rosier of the House of Beaufort He took occasion to bear Roses in his Arms for having been baptized in the Parish de Rosiers He was Bishop of Arras The Prophecy was de Rosa Attrebatensi He was also Archbishop of Sens and then of Roüen and Cardinal sub titulo SS Nerei Achillei He was chosen Head of the Church the 5th of May 1343. He made Cardinal Bernard de la Tour of Auvergne in the Diocess of Clermont He remembred that having been ill used in the Woods of Randan in Auvergne in the Diocess of Clermont by Robbers who stript him being at that time a Scholar and returning from his Studies at the University of Paris he was charitably assisted by Stephen Aldebrand Pryor and Curate of Thuret a Religious man of the Order of St. Benedict of the Abbey of St. Allire near Clermont who received him at his house and gave him a suit of Cloaths and Money to conduct him to the Abbey de la Chaize-Dieu whereof he was a profest Religious man Peter Roger giving thanks to his Benefactor and saying to him When should he be able to acquit himself of the Obligation he had to him he prophetically answered him It shall be when you come to be Pope He no sooner was entered into the Apostolical Chair but he sent for him as soon as he saw him he created him one of the first Officers of his Court and some time after Archbishop of Tolouse and afterwards Cardinal He was called Cardinalis de Thureto The adventure of Peter Rosier fallen into the hands of Robbers with the good reception and entertainment that he found in the Monastery of Thuret is taken from the Archives of the Abbey of St. Allire by the Father Vialard who is there a Religious man and who has also been Pryor and Curate of Thuret Messire Claudius de Broüez Pryor and Lord of Dorcet formerly first President in the General Election of la Basse Auvergne at Clermont furnisht me with this Memoire and Extract In the Abbey of St. Allire they say Peter Rosier and not Roger though the Register in Latine says Rogerius Clement the Sixth passed from this mortal life to the immortal the 6th of December 1351. Three Cardinals of his nearest Relations caused his body to be carried to the Abbey de la Chaize-Dieu according to his last Will and Testament It is held by Tradition that this Pope in his youth was Pensioner at Paris in the Colledge of Narbonne Innocent the Sixth of the Mountains of the Country Limosin formerly Steven Aubert or Albert was Bishop of Noyon and Cardinal by the Title of St. Pammachus Father Gautruche says that he was placed on the Episcopal See of Clermont in Auvergne He had six Mountains in his Arms the Prophecy says de Montibus Pammachii Pope Clement the Sixth took him into the sacred Colledge of Cardinals Being come to the Papacy he created Cardinal Andin Albert his Nephew then Bishop of Maguelone or Montpelier He succeeded Clement the Sixth the 18th of December 1352. In one of his Promotions he made Cardinal the Bishop of Nismes called Johannes de Blandiaco John de Blauzac of the Diocess of Vzes gave up his soul to God in the Town of Avignon the 12th of September 1372. his body was carried into the house of the Carthusians of Villeneuve where he had chosen his Sepulchre in his life-time Most persons render the Latine words Blandiacum by Blandiac the people of the Country turn it and pronounce it Blauzac and not Blandiac The Castle is Calvinist and the Village almost entirely Before Messire James de Grignan was Bishop of Vzes the Catholicks and Hugenots buried in this Village and at Chalmete and in some other places of this Diocess in the same Church-yard one amongst another This Prelate remedied this abuse not thinking it reasonable that the Dead should be put in holy ground who during their life-time would not come to Church to participate of its Sacraments M. Philippeaux de la Verilliere Doctor of Sorbonne succeeded him for some time as far as the year 1677. in which he mounted into the Patriarchal Chair of Bourges Cardinal Vrsin recommended him in the Consistory Vrban the Fifth called before William Grimoard of Grisac issued from the Illustrious and ancient House of Roure whose Earl at present Messire Peter Scipion Grimoard de Beauvoir Earl of Roure Marquess of Grisac Baron of Bariac and other Baronies Lord of Banes and many other places is Lieutenant-general for the King in his Armies and Provinces of Languedoc and particular Governour of the Town and Bridge du St. Esprit on the Rhone and other places This Prelate had for Father N. Grismoard Lord of Grisac in the Diocess of Mande in Givodan and for Mother Dame Amphilize de Montferrand He was first a Religious man of the Order of St. Benedict in the Conventual Priory of Chirac Abbot of St. Germains of Auxerre and then of St. Victor of Marseilles Innocent the Sixth having sent him into Italy on very important Affairs he acquir'd such a Reputation that the See being vacant the Cardinals assembled at Avignon in the Conclave elected him Pope with a common Consent the 27th day of September 1562 according to Onuphrius and because he was at that time in Italy fearing lest he should be kept there they sent to him to come away presently but without signifying to him his Election till his return in the Town of Marseilles
manner as I place them If I have not well followed the order there will be no contest betwixt them for precedency each of them knowing very well his right and duty they teaching them to others M. de la Vrilliere MEssire Loüis Phelipeaux Chevalier Lord of Vrilliere Marquess of Chasteaux-Neuf on Loire and of Tanlai Count de S. Florentin Baron de Hervi and the ancientest Secretary of State was Sworn to his Office An. 1629. He has a great zeal for the welfare of the Church the general affairs of the pretended Reformed Religion are committed to him and many others Languedoc the County of Foix Guienne Rovergne and Quercy Broüage and the Country of Aunis Touraine Anjou le Main and le Perche Normandy Burgundy and Brest and all that is under his charge gives testimony of his Vertue and Merit He has a Son who possesses the See of the Patriarchal Archiepiscopal and private Church of Bourges Messire Pierre Balthazar Phelipeaux de la Vrilliere Marquess of Chasteau-Neuf who has the Reversion of the place of Secretary of State and of the Kings Orders treads in the glorious footsteps of his Father the marks which he daily gives are proofs of what he will be hereafter M. de Louvois MEssire Francois Michel de Tellier Chevalier Marquess of Louvois and of Courtanvau Councellor in ordinary to the King in his Councels Chancellour of his Orders Minister and Secretary of State and of his Majesties commands Vicar-General of the Order of Nostre Dame du Mount Carmel and of St. Lazarus of Hierusalem great Post-master and Superintendant of the Posts and Stages of France c. has given an infinite number of manifest proofs of his Consummated skill in Military Discipline It seems as though he had exercised himself in it all his life-time this shews that great men are capable of all things his name is known throughout the whole Earth the Hollanders Spaniards and others when the War was at the highest declared that he went like Lightning when the Service of his King and Country called upon him He possesses the eminent qualities of his Father the Chancellour of France Poitou la Marche Lionnois Dauphine Catalognia and Roussillon Pignerol Lorrain Alsatia the places Conquered and yeilded the Fortifications of these Generalities the War the Taxes raised for the support of the Souldiery and the Artillery are things belonging to his Charge M. Colbert MEssire John Baptist Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Seignelay Baron of Moneteau Beaumont Cheni Ormois Sceaux and other places Counsellor in ordinary to the King in his Councils and of the Royal Council General Controuler of the Kings Revenue Superintendant of the Navy Arts and Manufactures of France Minister and Secretary of State He has acted vigorously for the subsistance of the Armies of the French Monarchy in finding means to raise such Moneys as were necessary which are the Nerves of War He has the prudence of the Serpent as it is express'd in his Arms. Cardinal Mazarine considering his Desert before he died wisht the King to make use of him as his Minister for his fidelity and for his service His admirable Conduct daily manifests it self both in general and in particular even to the education of his Children and of his Illustrious Relations Messire Charles Edoüard Colbert Marquess of Seignelay is the eldest of the House he makes himself daily admir'd in the diversity of his Employs and Affairs wherewith he is taken up in his Majesties service he is Secretary of State Superintendant of the Maritine affairs both in the East and West I saw Anno 1677. Messire Julius Armandus Colbert Lord of Ormais at the age of fourteen years defend publick and general Theses of Philosophy in the University of Paris under the Presidency of his Brother the Abbot Messire Jacque Nicolas then Prior of Sorbonne to the admiration of all that there is of Great and Learned in the Kingdom I cannot hold from saying 〈◊〉 this noble Defender in his Orient what was said of St. John Baptist at his birth Quis puta◠puer iste erit It 's a rare thing to see a Brother perform that Office under a Brother and with so wonderful a presence of understanding These are Prodigies and Marks of their grea◠Genius It may well be said on this occasion Fortes creantur fortibus and with the Oracle Corona senum filii filiorum gloria filiorum patres eorum I shall not be more large lest I offend the modesty of the Father and of his Children I shall onely say that this wise Manager of the Kings Revenue has in his division Paris the Isle of France and the Country of Soissons as far as Noyon Orleanois Blezois the Kings House the Clergy what regards the Sea Trade and Manufactures As I write this Article the admirable and elegant Sermon which the Illustrious Abbot his Brother made one day on the Feast of St. John Baptist comes into my mind Paris rendered it self that day at Sceaux to hear it This Sermon was followed with many others in the Capital City of the Kingdom and always with excellent success This Abbot is Doctor of the House and Society of Sorbonne and Coadjutor to the Archbishop of Roüen since the second of Feb. 1680. M. Colbert Croissi MEssire Charles Colbert Chevalier Marquess of Croissi Minister and Secretary of State President of the Parliament of Paris formerly Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice has acquired the Political and Geographical knowledge of all the States of the World that of Ancient and Modern History and of all the Interests of the Princes and Potentates of Christendom in his Ordinary and Extraordinary Embassies at Rome in England Spain at Aix la Chappel and in quality of Embassadour and Plenipotentiary at Nimigen for the general Peace of Europe and at Bavaria for the Marriage of Monseigneur le Dauphin with the Electoral Princess and in other important Negotiations Holland shewed him the joy they received after the Peace concluded to see him in their Country and he manifested his by his profuse liberality of his Gold and Silver to the People in some Towns This Minister having seen so many Countries and Nations and all Courts it may be said of him what Homer said of Vlysses in the beginning of his Odysses according to the translation from the Greek into Latine Multorum autem hominum vidit urbes mores novit Champagne and Brie Provence Britany Berry Limosin Angoumois Xaintonge Bearn Bigorre the three Bishopricks of Metz Toul and Verdun the Principality of Sedan and the Forreign Countries which are also in his division have all a veneration for his Conduct and Generosity He succeeded to Messire Simon Arnaud Chevalier Lord of Pomponne in his Charge of Secretary and Minister of State which he demised in the Month of December An. 1679. The Councels THe Councels are composed of the Chancellour Keeper of the Seals of France of the Marshal Duke de Villeroy Chief of the Royal Council for the Kings
are call'd by this name because in this place formerly there was Tuillerie or place to make Tiles Queen Catherine de Medices caused this building to be began in the Month of May of the year 1564 Loüis the Fourteenth has compleated it and rendred it August this Prince has planted in the Garden Sycomers and Indian Maroniers and other beautiful Trees he has made Knotâ— and Beds with all sorts of Flowers large Allieâ— little Wildernesses great Cesterns with theiâ— Jet d' Eaux and Terrasses and has placed excellent Statues in it that of Time which devours 〈◊〉 Children is very remarkable We see Diâ—na of Ephesus in one of the four Chambers of the ancient Pieces of the Louvre Fontainbleau THe number of excellent Fountains and great streams of water have given to this place the name it bears The Inhabitants think that the name Fontainbleau comes from a Fountain of fair water that is to be seen there at this day In the Palace we find four of them and as many Gardens its Chambers are very rich and its Galeries very beautiful in one of them are represented in excellent Painting the Fights and Victories of some Kings of France We see in another the Antiquities the Garden-Knots the Grotto's the Water-falls the fine Walks the great Mail the Meadows and the Groves that render this place famous we see the Hermitage of St. Loüis on a little knap in the midst of the way of the Forest which is very large and very full of all kind of Deer Joüin de Rochefort has excellently particulariz'd this Royal House Versailles THere is nothing more agreeable nothing more sumptuous nor magnificent than the Palace of Versailles Silk Gold Silver Pearls and Pretious Stones Paintings and Tapestry enrich it and yet infinitely more the presence of the Master Its Gardens are vast and charming and the water falls the finest that may be seen How admirable is the great Park with the great Channel which is thirty two fathoms wide nine hundred in length the two Horses that stand at its entrance in a fierce posture as those of Montecavallo in Rome draw on them the fixt eyes of the Passengers The Vivarium contains all sorts of wild Animals By the rule conveniunt rebus nomina saepè suis Versailles deserves to be called by this name because his Majesty pours there ordinarily his Favours and Blessings in a profuse manner on those who have the honour to be known to him This place is another Terrestrial Paradise for delights I think I give it its Elogy in saying It 's the work of Loüis the Fourteenth worthy of its Author so I say all The famous Painter Apelles being to represent the greatness of a Giant and considering that he could not include so great a Body in so small a space he bethought himself to represent only the Thumb with this Inscription at the bottom of the Picture Ex ungue Leonem The Lyon is known by his Claw that is to say from the proportion of this Thumb the greatness of the rest of the Body might be known A Greek Orator thought he had made a full Panegyrick on Philip King of Macedon by saying that he was Father of Alexander Cum te patrem Alexandri dixi totum dixi I judge also that the Elogy of Versailles is compleat after having said that it is the Work of our present King because this word in expression drains and consummates all its praises Non datur ultra The Ambassadors of Forreign Princes admiring this House of Pleasure say that it belongs but to a King of France to make the like I do not particularize it because we see on this subject a large Book which gives the entire description of it Paris ALL the Towns of the Kingdom govern themselves according to the motion of that of Paris which they look on as the Primum Mobile and as the Capital It is Royal Sacerdotal and the seat of the Prophets and one of the greatest and most famous of all Christendom They count in this famous City a Million and a half of persons the pleasant River Sein passes through the midst of it and wrests itself in and out at parting from it as though it were unwilling to leave it and to render it yet more agreeable the River Ourques is brought to it to supply the Trenches on the side of Montmartre by the cares of Sieur de Manse Treasurer-General of the Royal Hunting and Hawking Saint Denis Consecrated there the Churches of St. Steven of the Greeks that of Nostre Dame des Champs and that of St. Bennet of the University which was called before of the Trinity those of St. Denis of Charters and of St. Symphorien are very ancient Phillip the Second called August made an end of Building the great and stately Temple of Nostre Dame about the year 1200. It s Structure is admirable this Cathedral Church contains sixty six fathom in length twenty four in breadth and seventeen in heighth one hundred and twenty Pillars forty five Chappels a great many doors over the three chief there are twenty eight Statues of Kings of France of the holy Mysteries of our Religion which excites the Piety of the faithful There are three hundred eighty nine steps to the place where the Bells are the Towers are thirty four fathom in heighth above the Earth This place is lookt upon as the lowest of Paris the Office is there celebrated after a Divine manner Miracles are there wrought Matins are sung at Midnight six of its Canons have been Popes to wit Gregory the Ninth Adrian the Fifth Boniface the Eighth Innocent the Sixth Gregory the Eleventh and Clement the Seaventh fifteen or sixteen Canons of the same Church have been Cardinals Abbot Parfait the ancientest Canon of this Church has composed a fine Book containing the number of Popes Cardinals Bishops and Archbishops that this Metropolis has afforded and other singularities since St. Denis to Messire Francis de Harlay de Chanvalon The late Dean Messire John de Contes Counsellor of State in ordinary consummated in the practice of the Church has often governed this Diocess to the satisfaction of all men He dyed full of years the fourth of July 1679. His most worthy Nephew Abbot Mony who walks in his steps succeeded him as Heir to his Vertues his Actions are accompanied with sweetness prudence gravity and modesty His Brother Abbot Bongueret Canon in the same Church is very learned in the Science of the Canon-Law This Chapter is a Nursery of Bishops This City contains Eleven Chapters a great number of very fair Parishes whereof some are equal to good Bishopricks above sixty Colledges it was once propos'd to have them reduced to six because many of them are one-ey'd so call'd because there is nothing done in them as in many other Kingdoms This Town contains also an infinite number of Religious Houses excellent Fountains Aqueducts many Bridges amongst which Pont-neuf which is all of stone surpasses all
Bourdeaux was transferred some years since to Condom and afterward to Marmande from Marmande to la Reole This Parliament has at present for its first President N. d'Olide by the voluntary demission of Messire Arnaud de Pontac Dijon by the same King Loüis the Eleventh An. 1476. Meâ—â—e Loüis Laisne Chevalier Lord de la Margâ—â—â—â— after having been many years Counsellor to the Grand Council Master of Requests and having exercis'd divers Intendances of Justice Polity and Finances in Guienne Normandy Burgundy and had many important Commissions in Languedoc for the Kings service and in his Armies was created for his merit first President of the Parliament of Dijon An. 1653. and has kept the place with all the Splendour Honesty Honour and Understanding imaginable so far that his Majesty judg'd him necessary in his Council where he has been one of the most employed in the Affairs of State and of the Finances Messire Nicolas Brulard has been some years first President of this Parliament Roüen was establisht by Loüis the Twelfth An. 1499. The Author of the book entituled L'Etat de la France sets this Parliament after that of Tolose he speaks in these terms The Soveraign Court of Normandy regulated under the name of Echiquier by Philippe le Bel An. 1302. was made perpetual by Loüis the Twelfth An. 1499. though it did not bear the name of Parliament but under Francis the First An. 1515. Messire Claude Pellot is here President since his Intendances of Justice Aix An. 1501. by Loüis the Twelfth Late Messire Geofrey Camus Lord of Pont-carré Counsellor to the Parliament of Paris and Master of Requests was nominated after his Intendancies of Justice in Guienne Languedoc and Provence first President of the Parliament of Aix by Letters-Patents of King Henry the Fourth and call'd shortly after to the Council of his Majesty where he died Sub-dean and honourary Counsellor to the Parliament of Paris Late Messire Elie Laisné Chevalier Lord of Marguerie Father of Messire Loüis Laisné Lord of Marguerie Counsellor of State in Ordinary was also first President of the Parliament of Aix He has given the publick a Commentary on the Prophet Esay in folio which a great Pope honour'd with his esteem having said that it belong'd to a Counsellor of State to explain another Counsellor of State He has left a posthumous Work on Job Late Messire Jean de Mesgrigni Counsellor of State was the first President of this same Parliament Messire Arnoul Marin Lord of Chateneraye occupies at present this Tribunal Rennes by Henry the Second An. 1553. This Parliament was transferr'd to Vannes An. 1675. Messire Loüis Phelipeaux de Pont Chartran is at present its first President he succeeds Messire Francois d'Argouges now Counsellor of State Pau and Metz are the work of Loüis the Thirteenth Pau was created An. 1620. and Metz An. 1633. Messire Bernard de la Vie is in the head of the Parliament of Pau and Messire Thomas de Bragelone at that of Metz. Tornai by Loüis the Fourteenth An. 1675. The Order of the Session of Parliaments was regulated An. 1557. at the Estates General held at Paris under Henry the Second The first President of each Parliament wears on his Cap two Galloons of Gold and three Borders of Gold likewise on his Mantle lin'd with Hermines on the backside to distinguish him from other Presidents of the Cap who have but one on their Cap. The Presidents the Counsellors and their Atturneys and Sollicitors-general wear red with trimmings of black Velvet on the days of Ceremonies the Hoods are lin'd with Hermines The chief Register and the first Door-keeper wear also a red Robe this wears a Cap of Gold There are in France ten Courts or Chambers of Accounts The Towns where they are establisht are Paris Roüen Dijon Nantes Montpellier Grenoble Aix Pau Blois and Lille in Flanders That of Paris is very ancient its Presidents as also those of the Grand Council wear on the days of Ceremony a Robe of black Velvet A book entituled L'Etat de la France marks the Jurisdiction of all the Superiour Courts and after what manner the Officers are cloath'd on solemn days There are counted in the Kingdom twenty three Generalities about an hundred sixty four Elections There were counted three Chambers of Edict that of Grenoble that of Castelnaudari which was before at Castres and that of St. Machairus formerly at Bordeaux they were incorporated in their Parliaments An. 1679. These Chambers were instituted in favour of persons of the pretended reform'd Religion pursuant to the Edicts of Pacification made in the years 1576 1577 and 1578. This last is call'd the Edict of Nantes or of January These Courts or Chambers of Edict were called Miparties because they were compos'd of an equal number of Magistrates Catholick and of the pretended Religion The 22th of April 1666. the King set forth a Declaration which remov'd the affairs of persons converted to the Catholick Religion from the Chamber of Edict of Castres to that of Grenoble because many particular persons converted to the Roman Catholick Religion complain'd that they could not hope for any Justice in the Chamber of Edict of Castres The Archbishops and Bishops and other Ecclesiasticks deputed in the General Assembly of the Clergy carried their Complaints to his Majesty the 8th of September 1679. The Chambers of Edict of Paris and of Roüen were suppressed An. 1669. The Presidential Seats are in a very great number these are of a Jurisdiction of a vast extent the Castelet at Paris that of Tolose that of Lyons that of Poitiers that of Nismes and that of Rion in Auvergne The Sevenes Givodan and Vivarez plead at the Presidency of Nismes whereof the Marquess of Monfrin is Seneschal The Inhabitants of Velai have their Presidential Seat in the Town of Puy The Countries of State are BVrgundy Dolphine Provence Languedoc and Britany Remarkable things of these times happening from the year 1672. to the beginning of 1680. ANno 1672. the 7th of April there was publisht at Paris the Kings Proclamation by which his Majesty declar'd War against the States General of the Vnited Provinces both by Sea and Land His Majesty conquer'd in a little time on them above fifty or sixty places as well Towns as Forts and took a great number of Prisoners without speaking of the reducement of three Provinces By reason of these great Conquests it was deliberated in the Guild-hall of Amsterdam for carrying the Keys of their Town to the King of thirty six voices there were twenty seven An ancient Burgomaster assisted with eight persons of the contrary opinion reverst the Deliberation and caus'd the Sluces to be drawn up After that they were drawn up they would have sent this ancient Burgomaster into Spain with the Character of Embassadour he excused himself on the account of the weakness of his age M. le Prince drew very near Amsterdam and many persons think that he had entred it had it not been for the hurt
he receiv'd in his hand at Tolhus a place where the Rhine divides it self and where is built the famous Fort of Schenk The 23 of the same month and of the same year the King put in possession of the Seals Messire Etienne Deligre and rais'd him the month of January An. 1674. to the place and dignity of Chancellor of the Kingdom for his merit and long services rendred to the State He was Son of a Master his Father having been Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals Anno 1673. the War was declar'd betwixt France and Spain At the beginning of the year 1675. the King chose for his Confessor Father de la Chaize who has been Professor of Divinity in his Society Rector and Provincial of the Province of Lyons He is consummated in all sorts of Knowledge and particularly in the Moral Positive and Scholastick learning in the Mathematicks and in Medals whereof he has written a Book It 's a Chair of Truth and Piety whence issue Oracles to instruct and Examples to edifie it 's wherefore Loüis the Great by the high Lights which Heaven has communicated to him knowing his merit the solidity of his Understanding committed to him his Conscience and his Soul entirely He possesses in an eminent degree the excellent and great Qualities of those that have preceded him in the Office of Counsellor Confessor of our Kings the first was Aymon Auger the following Coton Arnoux Siguerand Suffren Malliand Gourdon a Scot Caussin Sirmond Dinet Paulin Annat and Ferrier Henry the Third was the first King of France who had a Jesuit for his Confessor the other Kings Successors of this Prince make use of them since and the greatest part of other Monarchs and Potentates The 28th of April 1675. the Senators and Sheriffs of the famous Town of Messina specially impower'd in the name of all the Inhabitants took on their knees the Oath of Fidelity to the Invincible Loüis the Fourteenth King of France and of Navarre from the hands of Loüis Victor de Roche-Choüard Prince of Tonnai-Charente Duke of Vivone and Lieutenant-General for his Majesty in the Town here mentioned and in the other places of the Isle of Sicily since Mareschal of France At this Ceremony and other important actions assisted Francois-Auguste de Valavoir Marquess of Vaux Melchior de Thomai Lord of Chateauneuf and others The French soon got possession of lands by the taking of Scaleta Augusta Taormina Merilli and other places In the same year 1675. the 19th day of the month of July the Shrine of Saint Genevieve was carried processionally about the Town of Paris for fair weather which was obtain'd as soon as recourse was made to her Prayers before the obstinate Rains laid waste the Country and the Corn for above two months the hopes of the Labourer and Vineyard-keeper were fallen It was twenty three years that the Relicks of this Saint had not been carried An. 1676. the 22th of April happen'd the great Naval-fight in Sicily as far as Augusta and Messina betwixt the French Fleet and those of Holland and Spain The French gain'd a great Victory Michel-Adrien Ruiter was so dangerously wounded that he died some days after The Sieur du Quesne signaliz'd himself there and shew'd the braveness of the French who since some years are become firm Sea-men The King of France declar'd War against the King of Denmark the 28th of August of the same year because contrary to the Treaty of Peace at Copenhagen An. 1660. betwixt Sweden and Denmark for the performance of which his most Christian Majesty gave his Guarentie his Danish Majesty did not cease from making War on the King of Sweden who had not contraven'd to this Treaty of Peace An. 1677. on Ash-wednesday there was a defeat of a Squadron of fourteen Dutch Vessels in the Port of Tobago by the Comte d'Estrées Vice-Admiral of France This Island Tobago which is one of the Isles Antilles in America gave the name to Tobacco or has taken that This simple was formerly call'd the Herb Nicotian because the Physician Nicot brought it into Europe Some call it the Herb of the Queen for having been first presented to the Queen of Spain It is extreamly in use in moist Countries because it dries and sometimes too much After Meals Pipes and Tobacco are set upon the Table the men and women think they are not able to live without it because the Tobacco evacuates as they say the evil humours of the brain Joüin de Rochefort relates that in the Town of Worcester he was askt whether in France the Scholars when they go to School carry Tobacco as those of England He tell us that when the Children go to School they carry in their little Bag with their Food a Pipe fill'd with Tobacco and that at the hour of taking it every one lays down his Book to kindle his Pipe and that the Master takes with them and teaches them to hold their Pipe and to smoak All sorts of persons are seen to smoak in Flanders even to the religious men and women The Bull of Jubilé of the holy year which is celebrated from twenty five to twenty five years was publisht at Paris at the beginning of the month of March in the year 1677. At the same time also was publisht the Jubilé of the Exaltation of our holy Father Innocent the Eleventh The first Jubilé lasted two months the other a fortnight whereof we have spoken in the Tract of Italy At the beginning of April Cambray and St. Omer were reduc'd to the Obedience of his most Christian Majesty St. Omer the second Town of the County of Artois is seated on the River Aa The 11th of April Philip of France got the Battel of Cassel The 14th of July the King receiv'd a Courier from the Marshal de Navaille who commanded the Army in Catalonia bringing news of a great advantage gain'd by the Kings Army over the Spanish Troops commanded by Comte de Monteri Vice-Roy in Catalonia In the same year the Town of Arles which was once the Capital of the Kingdom of Arles and of Burgundy rais'd for the glory of the King in the middle of the Place a stately Obelisque which was found buried in the Gardens of Madam de l'Hote scituate in the Trenches of the Town The Sieur Roubin Member of the French Academy of this Town presented the Draught to his Majesty The Obelisque is fifty two foot high without comprizing the Pedestal which is seven foot diameter all of a piece The 25th of October of the same year 1677. Messire Etienne Daligre Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France died at Versailles in the house of Chancery aged eighty five years and a half The 27th the King created Chancellor and Keeper of the Seals of France Messire Michel le Tellier who took the Oath presented him by his Majesty the 29th following The indefatigable Marshal de Crequi who has gloried in exposing himself for a long time in the dangers of
than the Military Art Minerva and Mars are both Children of Jupiter Alexander the Great read Homer's Iliads and Odysses Julius Caesar has left us his Commentaries Alexander Severus read Plato's Republick Tulliee Offices and Horace The great Captain Scipio studied the Institution of Cyrus Tiberius and Adrian the Works of Ovid. Charlemagne King of France and Emperour read the Scripture the Fathers and particularly the Works of St. Austin made Rules for the Reformation of the Church entituled Capitula Caroli Magni Charles the Fifth King of France nam'd the Wise caus'd the Latin Bible to be translated into French and caus'd other Versions to be made S. Loüis Francis the First and other Kings of France have lov'd Learning and learned persons Alphonsus the Tenth King of Castile compos'd Books on the Civil Law fine Astronomical Tables and even the General History of Spain it has been observ'd that he read the Bible fourteen times St. Bruno in his Book entituled the present state of the Affairs of Germany with the Interests and Genealogies of the Princes of the Empire reduces the Estates of the Prince Palatine to ten Bailiwicks and notes his Revenue he has inherited five hundred thousand Livres of Rent since the death of the Palatine of Simmeren Uncle of Charles Loüis and formerly his Tutor The Elector Palatine and he of Bavaria are of the same Family The House Palatine is the eldest Frederick the Fifth Count Palatine elected King of Bohemia had the Electoral Dignity taken from him An. 1623. at the Diet of Ratisbone which gave it to Maximilian Duke of Bavaria The Elector Palatine of the Rhine was restor'd to the possession of the lower Palatinate and invested with an eighth Electorate which was erected at the Treaty of Peace of Westphalia at the instance of the most Christian King When the Emperour is not in Germany or that the Empire is vacant the Electors Palatines and of Saxony are Vicegerents or Regents Bavaria contests it at present with one of them The King of the Romans is perpetual Vicegerent of the Emperour The House Palatine has given Emperours to Germany one King to Denmark and two or three to Sweden and of late years a very worthy Spouse the Princess Elizabeth Charlotte to Philip of France Duke of Orleans onely Brother of the King of France and Navarre This Marriage was concluded and the Articles sign'd the sixth of November 1671. The Marriage was made at Metz the 26th of the same month and of the same year Philip Count Palatine of the Rhine and his Brother Frederick the Second signaliz'd themselves at the Siege of Vienna against Solyman they commanded in the Town and so vigorously repell'd the Turks in their Assaults that they kill'd 40000. These two Princes besides the danger of their Life engag'd all their Estates for the support of this War The Emperour Charles the Fifth was about Vienna keeping the Field The Palatinate of the Rhine furnishes all things necessary for humane life a great deal of Corn and good Wines In the great Tower of Heidelberg is seen a remarkable Vessel which contains forty Pipes of Wine it deserves Iron Hoops There was seen at Heidelberg before the year 1623. the curious Palatine Library which was transported to the Vatican at Rome The River Necar is very full of Fish and serves as well for bringing Wood from the Otthonick Forest as for the transportation of Merchandize Near this Forest appear'd An. 1476. a Shepherd called Nicolas Hausen who quitting the charge of his Flock forg'd a Religion and turn'd Preacher He preach'd first against the life of Church-men and said that they ought not to have Titles given them He attacht also the Secular powers maintaining that there must be no paying of Tolls nor Tributes nor any Imposition or Subsidy that all was common and said in his Sermons that he had a Revelation from the holy Virgin The People who are lovers of Novelties flockt to heâ—r him from all parts He had as great a concourse of People as the Mason that preacht at Paris in the Fauxbourg S. Germain An. 1672 or 1673. At length Nicolas Hausen was indicted and condemn'd to be burnt as an Heretick The Mason who preacht but moral things was interdicted preaching having neither Order nor Mission A Relation tells us that his Electoral Highness Charles Loüis made an end of building An. 1680. at Frederickbourg near Manshein one of the fairest Churches of Germany and that he dedicated it to holy Concord or Vnion which now he makes it bear and caus'd it to be mention'd in a Sermon preacht there the first day for its dedication The Ceremony began with a sine Concert of Musick which was followed with an inaugural Oration very learned and a learned Sermon of Doctor Fabritius his first Minister in the afternoon he caus'd to preach there a Lutheran Doctor and in the evening a Catholick Priest of the Church of Mayence and all three freely heard each other on the laudable designe of his Electoral Highness You must not admire at this diversity of Preachers because in some places of Germany the same Church is common to Catholicks and Lutherans Of the number of the Electors and other Circumstances THe Electors were formerly seven in number three belonging to the Church and four Lay-men They are at present eight since the Peace of Germany concluded at Munster An. 1648. The Lay-Electors who are Minors in the Election of an Emperour may be present there accompanied with their Guardians who are their nearest Relations They have no need of them if they have attain'd the age of eighteen years compleat because then they come out of Guardianship The Princes Electors have the power of chusing the Emperour to the end that none attributes to himself the Imperial Dignity as hereditary Though the Electors pretend to be equal with Kings their Embassadours have not their Seats but after those of Crown'd heads The youngest Sons of the Electoral Houses take place in Germany of other Princes The Confusion which arose formerly from the great number of Electors was the reason that they were reduc'd to so few The Emperour Charles the Fourth confirm'd them in the possession of this Right mention'd in the Golden Bull. The Great Turk calls them the Kings of Germany Before we leave Germany we will observe that Powder and Cannon were there invented The Invention of Powder and Cannon POwder was invented by chance An. 1354. by Berthold Schuartz a German Cordelier This great Naturalist making an Experiment of Rarefaction shewing that there was no Vacuum in Nature made use of a Pot well cover'd wherein he had put Sulphur and the powder of Saltpeter and laid fire to it whereof he saw the effect Some hold him to be the Inventer both of Powder and Cannon Others say that it was Bartholomew le Noir a Monk of Cologne a great Alchymist who found out the Secret of making Cannon according to Nauclerus in the same year 1354. and according to Baronius
This place has been call'd since Compostella that is to say Campus stellae S. James the Lesser suffered also Martyrdom in Hierusalem whereof he was Bishop he was thrown headlong from the top of the Temple to the bottom and cudgell'd to death After S. James of Compostella Mount Sarra is another place of Piety and of Pilgrimage very much frequented It 's a Mountain in the middle of Catalonia on which there is an Abbey of the Order of S. Bennet and where thirteen Hermites have each their little Cell and little Garden The Angelical Chappel call'd otherwise our Lady of the Pillar is very famous at Saragossa Buterius says that S. James being in Prayer about this Town with his little Flock and being very uneasie that he could not convert in Spain above nine persons whereof there were eight Jews and one onely Spaniard the holy Virgin brought by Angels from Judaea into this Country appear'd to him near the River Eber on a Pillar of Marble some say of Jasper who comforting him foretold to him the Conversion of this People by the Ministry of his Disciples and that St. James rais'd her since this Chappel where this Pillar is seen and on it the Figure of the Virgin holding her Son in her arms This Church is esteem'd the most Ancient of Christendom amongst those that are dedicated to the holy Virgin The Division of the Spanish Monarchy ITs Kingdoms or to say better its Provinces were formerly to the number of fourteen by counting thus Castille Leon Arragon Catalonia Valencia Andalusia Grenada Murcia Galicia Portugal Algarve the Asturies Biscay Navarre Catalonia is a County and not a Kingdom when the King of Spain makes his first Entrance into Barcelona which is the capital City he enters there in quality of Earl wherefore when he is before the Gate which he finds shut after having knockt they ask from within the Town the name of him that will enter his Catholick Majesty answers twice The King of Spain and they do not open the Gates to him till he says it 's the Earl of Barcelona King of Spain who will come in At these words the Gates are incontinently open'd and they give his Majesty a Reception becoming him Portugal and Algarve have their King Biscay a Lordship Navarre belongs to France a part of Biscay is possess'd by the French and the other by the Spaniards Spain may have two hundred and sixty French leagues in length and two hundred in breadth without comprizing what it has in Italy in Flanders and in America and along the coasts of Barbary on the Mediterranean Sea The chief Towns are MAdrid Toledo Sevil Grenada Sarragossa Valencia Compostella Salamanca Barcelona Cadiz Madrid is increast since that the Kings of Spain have kept there their Court it has no Suburbs It has been said that this Town was wall'd round with Fire by reason of its ancient Walls built in many places with great Stones that strike fire It s Fountain is very famous after that of Palermo in Sicily and of Navona at Rome which are esteem'd the finest of Europe The Fountain Arethusa is celebrated in History it has been the ground of many Roman Fables Toledo is adorn'd with two fair Palaces with that which Charles the Fifth caus'd to be built there and with that of the Archbishop The Metropolitan Church has a Clock resembling that of Strasburg in Alsatia in its height and Architecture the Doors of this Church are of cast Copper the Streets of the Town are very narrow the Moors built the Walls Sevil is the Capital of Andalusia the Spaniards say thus Que no ha vista Sevilla no ha vista la Maravilla He that has not seen Sevil has not seen a Wonder The Duke of Medina Coeli has a fine Palace there It is held that this Town call'd Hispal or Hispalis gave the name of Spain to all the Kingdom Grenada is larger in compass than any Town of Spain the Moors built it The Streets are narrow and the Houses rang'd after such a manner that they resemble the kernel of a Pomegranat The Kingdom has a great number of Mountains Sarragossa is the Capital of the Kingdom of Arragon it has an Archbishoprick Parliament Inquisition and University Valencia call'd the Beautiful and the Great is the Capital of the Kingdom whose name it bears it is honoured with an Archbishoprick Parliament and University Compostella Capital of Galicia is famous for the Relicks of the Apostle St. James the Greater Brother of St. John the Evangelist The Spaniards call Compostella San Jago di Compostella Salamanca is recommendable for its largeness and University which is the most famous of all Spain It has a great House adorn'd with a Court where are the Schools and the Halls where the Acts are made and where Persons are admitted to Degrees Metaphysick is there in its Throne The Preachers there are very full of Gestures to express naturally their Thoughts and Motions they make use of all the parts of their Body of the Head Hands Feet and Eyes Though they said nothing a man might guess very near what they would say Francis Relux a Dominican Doctor of the Faculty of Divinity of Salamanca formerly Confessor of Charles the Second King of Spain and at present Bishop of Placenza has for Successor in his place of Confessor Father Bayono Professor of the University of Alcala Cordona capital City of the Dukedom whereof it bears the name has a Mountain of Salt Barcelona call'd by the Spaniards Barcino is an important place the French possess'd it under the Reign of Loüis the Thirteenth The Palace of the Duke of Cardona there is August there are seen there some Figures of the Earls of Barcelona This Town which is at present double has a Bishop a Parliament an University Inquisition and a Port where many Ships have often been cast away in the Road. Cadiz is famous by reason or the advantageous scituation of its Port it 's there where the Gallies arrive that come from Peru laden with Gold and Silver This Town is very strong and well peopled in those late Wars its Bishop coming from Italy was stopt at Montpellier and sent afterward from Thâ—lose into his Diocess in exchange for some Prisoner Rivers of ancient Spain TAgus the Ober the Guadian Guadalguivir the Douro and the Minhio the Guadalaiar the Seger the Liuga and others The Tagus famous for its Golden Sand passes at Toledo Villa Franchia and at Lisbon The Iber Iberus at Sarragossa and Tortoza this River gives the name of Iberia to all Spain The Latins call the Guadian Anas and the Guadalaiar Bertis the Douro Durius the Seger Sicoris The Spaniards boast of having a Bridge on which above ten thousand horn'd Beasts may feed together This proceeds from the River Anas which hiding it self for six leagues passes under a great Meadow-ground According to a Map made in Spain which the Sieurs Samsons Geographers in Ordinary to the King have shewn me and which they find