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A64345	An account of Poland containing a geographical description of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and the wars they have been engag'd in, the constitution of that government, particularly the manner of electing and crowning their king, his power and prerogatives : with a brief history of the Tartars / by Monsieur Hauteville ... ; to which is added, a chronology of the Polish kings, the abdication of King John Casimir, and the rise and progress of Socinianisme ; likewise a relation of the chief passages during the last interregnum ; and the election and coronation of the new King Frederic Augustus ; the whole comprehending whatsoever is curious and worthy of remark in the former and present state of Poland.; Relation historique de la Pologne. English	Tende, Gaspard de, 1618-1697.	1698 (1698)	Wing T678; ESTC R20715	178,491	319

AN ACCOUNT OF POLAND An Account of POLAND CONTAINING A Geographical Description OF THE COUNTRY THE Manners of the Inhabitants and the Wars they have been Engag'd in the Constitution of that Government Particularly the Manner of Electing and Crowning their KING his Power and Prerogatives With a Brief History of the Tartars By Monsieur Hauteville who Resided about 25 Years in that Kingdom To which is Added A Chronology of the Polish KINGS the ABDICATION of KING John Casimir and the Rise and Progress of SOCINIANISME Likewise a Relation of the Chief Passages during the Last Interregnum and the Election and Coronation of the New KING Frederic Augustus The Whole Comprehending whatsoever is Curious and Worthy of Remark in the Former and Present State of POLAND London Printed for T. Goodwin at the Queens-head in Fleet-street and H. Newman at the Grashopper in the Poultry 1698. To His EXCELLENCY The Earl of GALLWAY Lieutenant General of the King's Armies one of the Lords Justices of Ireland and General of His Majesty's Forces in that Kingdom My Lord THis Treatise I make bold to Present to your Excellency and I hope the Consideration of the Subject it Treats of will make Attonement for the Freedom of it The Republick of Poland is justly Ranked amongst the Greatest Dominions in the World and the Dispute between Two Great Princes who both Pretend to the CROWN draws all the Eyes of Europe on that side Therefore I hope that tho' your Excellency is Perfectly Acquainted with the Laws and Constitutions of all the States in Christendom yet you will please Favourably to Receive this Book which I think gives an Exact Account of Poland and of the Pretentions of the Two Illustrious Rivals who Dispute that Throne However I design not to Prepossess the W●●●●● in Favour of this Book by the Prefixing of 〈◊〉 Illustrious Name to it I know I could n●● make choice of a Better Protector but I only 〈◊〉 tend to give your Excellency a Publick Mark of my Profound Respect Neither did I propose to my self to make the Eulogy of the Great Virtues which are so conspicuous in your Excellency such an Vndertaking is above Vulgar Pens and too great to be Treated in the narrow bounds of an Epistle Dedicatory Whoever attempts that must give a Relation of the Sieges of Candia Athlone Galway Limerick and Cazal Describe the Bloody Batters of Aghrim and Landen Relate the Important Negotiations committed to your care speak of the Prudence Intrepidity and Bravery you have expressed in the greatest Dangers and commend in Terms suitable to the Subject that admir'd Penetration and Sagacity of your Excellency which discover'd the Secret Intreagues of a Court notwithstanding the most refin'd Dissimulation that ever Italy made use of These great Qualities are so well known that Envy and Jealousie are forced to be silent and dare not attack a Merit esteem'd by all the Princes of Europe and admir'd by all the World I am afraid that I should displease your Excellency by proceeding any farther on this Subject yet I would beg leave to observe that these great Vertues are hereditary in your Excellency and not the effect only of an happy Education My Lord Marquiss of Ruvigny your Father was equally fit for Council and Action His great Courage and Prudence raised him to the Dignity of Lieutenant General of the Armies of the French King and would have certainly advanc'd him to that of Mareschal of France had not his Religion been an Invincible tho' Glorious Obstacle to it Every body own'd he deserv'd that Great Trust and his Prince thought he had no Subject in his Kingdom so fit to Represent His Person in the Courts of the greatest Kings in Europe Your Excellency will pardon me if I cannot forbear to carry the Parallel somewhat further and therefore my Lord give me leave to say That you are like him Pious and Charitable You both Generously quitted a Great Estate and a private Life with the Testimony of a good Conscience had more Charms with you than all the Dignities and Dazling Splendor of a Court. You are as he was Sensible of the Miseries of the Poor They had always Access to your Person and were never sent back without Relief The Widows and Orphans find in your Excellency what they have lost and the Prayers of so many Relieved People sent up to Heaven fall down again upon your Excellency in Showers of Blessings But what shall I say of the Vertues of my Lady Marchioness your Mother It is impossible to draw her Character without Exhausting all the Qualifications ascribed by Solomon to his Virtuous Woman The Merit of your Excellency is so generally known that England and Ireland have Applauded the Choice His Majesty made of you to be one of the Lord Justices of Ireland and every body agrees that the Titles and Employments Conferr'd upon your Excellency are not so much the effect of His Majesty's Favour as the just Reward of your Eminent Virtue and Services That your Excellency may long enjoy that unspotted Fame will be the Constant Prayers of My Lord Your Excellency's most Humble and most obedient Servant THE PREFACE THE Dispute about the Crown of Poland makes now such a Noise in the World that 't is Believ'd an Account of that Country cannot but be Acceptable to the Ingenious Reader This Book which is offer'd to your Consideration is not Exstracted out of several Authors as most Accounts commonly are but contains the Observations of a Person of Quality who Resided 25 Years in Poland and had an Opportunity of Informing himself of every thing worthy a Gentleman's Curiosity being very Intimate with the Ministers and all the Great Men of that Kingdom * See Journaux des Seavans An. 1687. Ep●em 23. Mots d' Avril Also the Pibliotheq Vniver Tom. 7. p. 574. And the Republiq des Lutres Mots d' A●ust An. 1687. Though Poland is not very Remote from us yet one may say it is almost unknown few Persons going thither to Travel However it deserves our Curiosity it being one of the most Ancient States of the World the only one which has Preserved and Maintain'd the Right of Electing their Monarchs and indeed the only one that was never Conquer'd The Original of the Poles as well as other Nations is very uncertain and Fabulous but the Sarmatians are so Ancient that there is still some Monuments at this day that Jupiter Belvs one of the Assyrian Monarchs made War upon them though Unfortunately The Grecians and Persians were not more Successful against that Warlike Nation nor even the Romans themselves They had nothing to do with them till Augustus's time who Beat them off of the Banks of the Danube Domitian was very Unhappy against them and in short it does not clearly appear that any of the Roman Emperours penetrated into Sarmatia no not Trajan Himself though Eutropius relates he received under his Protection a Sarmatian King Adrian allow'd them a Yearly Pension Marcus

of Saxony though he had not time enough to purchase a Party with Money The Pope's Nuntio Answer'd That his Religion ought not to be an Obstacle to his Election seeing he had Imbrac'd the Catholick Faith as it appeared by a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Bishop of Javarin which he knew The Bishop of Passau Ambassad or of the Emperour appeared publickly for His Electoral Highness and in short his Party grew in few days so strong as to exceed the French as we are going to Mention The Election of a Mareschal and some other Preliminary things took up the Dyet till the 20th of June the Pope's Nuncio had publick Audience that day and the next day the Emperour's Ambassadour had his the 22d the French Ambassadour was heard and afterward the Envoy of the Elector of Brandenburgh so that the Dyet could not go on with the Election of a King till the 25th The Royal Family's Party made a Fair Appearance at the beginning several of the Palatinates having represented to the Electors the Merits of Prince James his Great Alliances and several other things fit to engage the Republick to present him with their Crown Others proposed Don Livio Odeschalchi but the French Party seemed still more Numerous The 26th the Saxon Party grew stronger notwithstanding the Intreagues of the Primate who Rode from one Squadron of the Nobility to the other Recommending to their Choice the Prince of Conti but his Competitors had such a Majority that it was thought the Elector of Saxony would have been Proclaimed that day However the Partiality of the Primate was such that the Grandees quitted the Field that day without coming to any Resolution They Met again the next day being the 27th of June and Resolved not to Separate till they had made an End of that Grand Affair The Cardinal did his utmost to bring the Nobility to the Prince of Conty's Party but his Endeavours were in vain for on the contrary a great many left him and went over to the Saxons yet in Spite of all the Opposition the Primate at the Head of his Cabal Ordered the Trumpets to Sound and Proclaimed the Prince of Conti and repairing with all the hast he could to St. John's Church caused the Doors to be shut and Sung Te Deum in the Dark The Cardinal having left the Field the Mareschal of the Crown the Crown-General and the Heads of the Parties of Saxony and Prince James Protested against the Irregular and Violent Way of proceeding of the Primate as contrary to the Laws and Freedom of Election and having United themselves they proceeded to Collect the Suffrages in a Legal Way and afterwards Friderick Augustus Elector of Saxony was Proclaimed King by the Bishop of Cujavia who immediately repair'd to the Great Church in Warsaw with the Saxon Party where he caused Te Deum to be Sung with the Usual Ceremonies The 28th they repair'd again into the Field and sent for the Cardinal who refus'd to come and thereupon they sent for the Baron de Fleming to Treat with him about the Pacta Conventa and the Royal Diploma was order'd to be prepar'd The Grand General caused an Act to be drawn up and Signed in the Field whereby it Appeared that there were but 80 Standards or rather Squadrons for the Prince of Conti whereas there were 250 for the Elector of Saxony The Envoys of the other Competitors extreamly blamed the Conduct of the Cardinal Primate for refusing so much as to Propose any of their Masters to the Republick and for his Concealing a Letter from the Czar of Muscovy in Favour of Prince James containing an Express Claus That Poland must expect a Declaration of War so soon as they have Elected the Prince of Conti. 'T is certain that the Partiality of this Prelate can hardly be match'd for had he been ruled by the Interest of the Republick as he ought to have been he would have Declared for the Elector of Saxony as being the most Advantageous Choice the Poles could have made considering the Riches and Valour of that Prince who is able of Himself to Support the Crown of Poland and Restore it to its former Dignity The Pacta Conventa being Drawn up the Baron de Fleming repair'd in great Splendor on the 13th of July to the Great Church in Warsaw and Swore to them in his Master's Name They were likewise Subscribed by most of the Nobility and Senators The Reader will find an Account in the foregoing Chapters of the Pacta Conventa and an Abstract of the most Principal Articles thereof however I think fit to Insert at Large in this place the Pacta Conventa Sworn by the Envoy of Saxony because there is some Additions made to them by reason of the Circumstance of Time and Persons These Articles were Sworn by the King Himself at the Coronation 1. The Kingdom of Poland shall be always Preserv'd in its Right of Electing a King so that it may never become Hereditary 2. No King shall be Elected who shall not be Devoted to the Roman Catholick Church and who shall not take an Oath constantly to persevere in her Communion 3. Liberty of Conscience shall be Inviolably preserved in its full strength and vigour and as for the Greek Religion that shall be taken into Consideration after the Coronation 4. No Presents shall be taken from those who shall sue for any Offices or Starosties 5. The Queen shall not Intermeddle with Affairs of Government 6. As to the Administration of Military Affairs the Presidents of Vladislaus II. and John Casimir shall be followed 7. The present Alliances of the Crown of Poland shall be Renewed 8. Endeavours shall be us'd to recover Vkrania and to make a perpetual Peace with the Muscovites 9. The Revenues or Money shall not be applyed to the particular Benefit of the King nor shall any Money be Coyned without the Consent of the Republick 10. No Foreign Forces shall be brought into the Kingdom without the Knowledge of the Republick 11. None shall be Imploy'd in Embassies but Gentlemen of Good Fortunes 12. No body shall be Naturaliz'd but such as have done the Republick some Signal Service 13. No body shall be admitted to any Preferment in the King's Houshold unless he has first Served the Crown 14. No Person whatsoever shall be permitted to enjoy any Petty Revenues of the Crown without the consent of the Republick 15. No Person shall enjoy two considerable offices at one time such as those of the Mareschal and General but they who now enjoy any offices shall continue in the Exercise of 'em and enjoy the Revenues thereof without any defalcation 16. The ordinary Order in the administration of Justice shall be presev'd without any alteration 17. The King when he has retaken Caminieck shall cause it to be fortifyed at his own charge but after that the Republick shall keep the said Fortifications in Repair 18. The King's Guard shall consist of the Natives of the