Consistory did not think it convenient finding him necessary in the Conclaves and it mist but little in one but he had been rais'd to the Soveraign Pontificate He died the third Cardinal of his House his Hat was of the nomination of France The third Messire Pierre de Marca he was Councellor and afterward President of the Parliament of Pau Intendant of Justice and Visitor-General in Catalonia and Roussillon Bishop of Couserans Archbishop of Tolose and then afterward Minister of State and Archbishop of Paris He receiv'd the Bulls some days before his death and did not occupy the See This Great Person is buried under the Archiepiscopal Chair His Book in folio De Concordia Sacredotii Imperii has been read by the Learned and examined at Rome The fourth Messire Hardoüin de Beaumont of Perefixe a great defender of the Priviledges of his Church formerly Tutor to Loüis the Great and Bishop of Rhodez He writ the History of Henry the Fourth and has been very liberal in giving Alms he gave at one time ten thousand Livres towards a Building for the Priests of the Congregation and Mission of St. Lazarus at Paris and during his Archiepiscopacy assisted poor Gentlemen and others with his Revenue This Prelate re-united the jurisdiction of all the faux-bourg S. Germain des Prez and other places to the Archbishoprick of Paris with an extraordinary vigour by solemn Decrees The fifth Messire Francois de Harlai de Chanvalon Commander of the Kings Orders Duke and Peer of France and Purveyor of Sorbonne He was honoured with the Archbishoprick of Paris An. 1671. and created Duke and Peer of France An. 1674. It 's the first of this See who has born the Title of Duke and Peer which will pass from him to his Successors He was before Archbishop of Roüen and President in ordinary of the Assemblies of the Clergy of France He never permits any Priest to speak to him with his Hat off but himself is likewise uncover'd though he be a great Lord. The Suffragans of Paris are Chartres Orleans Meaux Chartres has had a hundred and five Bishops from S. Avent or Aventin some say Potentien to Messire Ferdinand de Neufville de Villeroy Counsellor of State in Ordinary formerly Bishop of S. Malo He was born at Rome under the Embassie of his deceased Father who caus'd the Statua of Henry the Great to be erected there This great Prelate is descended from great Ministers who have been cherisht by our Kings and who have govern'd the State with so much wisdom and prudence He has always had near him persons of eminent Learning Orleans a hundred and seventeen from S. Altin to Messire Pierre Cambout de Coaslin the Kings first Almoner Meaux a hundred and four from S. Sanctin to Messire Dominique de Ligni Successor of his Uncle Dominique Seguier The Archbishoprick of Albi. ALbi has had sixty eight Bishops from St. Clair to Gaspard de Daillon du Lude This Bishoprick very famous for its Revenue was made an Archbishoprick under Pope Innocent the Eleventh at the request of Loüis the Fourteenth in favour of Messire Hyacynthe de Serroni some time Bishop of Orange and afterward Lord Bishop of Mande Count of Givodan and first Almoner of the late Queen-Mother Anne of Austria whose Funeral-Oration he made at Paris in the head of the Clergy of France and of all that is most Illustrious in the Kingdom with the applause and admiration of all his Auditors His rare Piety his profound Learning the long and important Services which he has rendred the Church and State have rais'd him to this high Dignity His devise is Sidus flos lapis There has been counted to the year 1680. sixty eight Bishops of Albi the Abbot de Cam who dayly penetrates Antiquity has discover'd eight or ten more by reading the Councels and the Register and Documents of the Metropolitan Church of Albi whereof he has compos'd the History His merit oblig'd the first Archbishop of this See a lover of Learning and learned Persons to make him his great Vicar and to send him on his behalf to assist in the Estates of Languedoc of the year 1680. The Suffragans of Albi are the nearest to it Vabres Rhodes Castres Cahors and Mande Vabres has had twenty two Bishops from Pierre d'Olargue to Messire Loüis de Barrada The two first Bishops of this Diocess were of the ancient House of Olargue Rhodes fifty three from St. Amant to Messire Gabriel de Voyer de Paulmi Castres twenty nine from Deodat to Messire Michel Tuboeuf Cahors sixty four from Genulphe to Messire N. le Jay Mande sixty two from S. Severian to Messire Francois Placide de Baudri de Piencour He confirms those that are in the good way and recalls those that are astray Five Bishops of this Diocess enlarge the Catalogue of Saints The Archbishoprick of Cambray CAmbray has had nine or ten Archbishops from Maximilian de Berghes to Messire Christophle de Brias he succeeds Gaspar Nemius Many Bishops preceded them for some time those of Cambray were Bishops of Arras they were afterward separated The Archbishop of Cambray stiles himself Archbishop and Duke of Cambray Count du Cambresis and Prince of the Empire This Archbishoprick before the Wars was worth a hundred thousand Livres of Rent The Archiepiscopal Church has a very fair Body adorn'd with a high Steeple some persons think that its Bell call'd Mary-Fontenoise resembles in greatness to George d' Amboise of Roüen or to Cardaillac of Tolose or to that of Mande when it was in being whereof the Clapper is yet to be seen Charles the Fifth caus'd the famous Citadel to be built which is very strong by Scituation and by Art though the King of France took it in a little time and receiv'd the Oath of Fidelity from the Archbishop An. 1677. The Governour of this place being askt at Brussels by the Duke de Villa-Hermosa why he had yielded it so soon answered him in these very terms The King of France was before it in person and I believe if he besieg'd Hell he would fetch all the Devils out in case Hell could be besieg'd and taken by Mortals The Suffragans of this Archbishoprick are Arras Tornai Saint Omer Arras has had fifty three Bishops from Lambert to Messire Guidon de Seve de Roche Chouard Tornai forty eight from S. Plato to Messire Philiberg de Choiseul du Plessis Pralin formerly Bishop of Comminges He preacht the Funeral Sermon on the late Prince of Conti. The Canons of his Cathedral-Church are cloath'd in violet The Town of Gand depended formerly for the spiritual on the Bishops of Tornay as we shall see elsewhere Saint Omer ten from Gerard de Hamericourt to Messire Annes Tristan de la Baume Suse His Majesty chose him for a Diocess and a People newly conquered by reason of his particular merit and of his extream sweetness accompaâ—â—â—d with a like Address for governing them He was created before Bishop
entituled Speculum nostrae Salutis printed at Haërlem and at Mayence is very ancient as also the Catholicum Januense it 's a Latin Dictionary call'd Prosodia It was compos'd by a Religious man of the Order of St. Dominick and printed at Mayence An. 1460. That of the Dominicans de la rue S. Honore is of the year 1629. The first Bible was printed at Mayence by John Faustus and Peter Schoeffer his Son-in-Law An. 1462. and the year following S. Austin de Civitate Dei in the same Town Martin and Michel Vlriques were the first who exercis'd in Paris the Art of Printing An. 1470. The Latin Bible was printed at Paris Anno 1512. Those of Robert Stevens came forth at Paris An. 1528 and 1532. The first Huguenot Bible was translated from Hebrew into French by Peter Olivetan vulgarly Oliveteau and printed at Neuchastel in Switzerland An. 1535. by Pirot Picard The Bible of Vatablus was printed by the same Robert Stevens An. 1557. in three Volumes in Folio The Sieur Joli above-mentioned says in his Book entituled Voyage fait à Munster autres lieux voisins An. 1646 and 1647. a remarkable thing which is that to adjust the difference betwixt Haërlem and Mayence concerning the Invention of Printing it may be concluded from a Book of Bertius that Coster at Haërlem lighted on the Invention of Printing after the manner of the Chineses and that Guttemberg and Faustus invented afterward at Mayence the moveable and changeable Characters for composing syllables and words because Scriverius shew'd Bertius this Speculum Salutis whereof each Page was made on a Frame or Table engrav'd or cut as it were and not with separated Characters composing apart the syllables words and lines The Parthians wrought their Letters on Linnen-cloath after the manner of Embrodery The Invention of Powder and Cannon is more ancient it was invented An. 1354. We shall speak of it elsewhere The Archbishop and Elector of Treves JOhn Hugo de Dorsbec Archbishop of Treves and Bishop of Spire Prince and Elector of the Empire Governour of Prumb and President of Weisembourg Catholick He stiles himself Grand Chancellor of the Gaules and of the Kingdom of Arles He resides at Wilich He succeeds Charles Gasper Van Derleyen Coblens and Hermenstein are very strong places by reason of their scituation on the joyning of the Rhine and the Moselle they belong to his Electoral Highness It is said that the Revenue of this Archbishoprick may go yearly at eleven or twelve hundred thousand Livres The Archbishoprick comprehends twenty four Bailiwicks The Chapter is compos'd of sixteen Capitulary Canons none but Gentlemen are receiv'd Princes and Earls are receiv'd with difficulty This Elector and that of Cologne take their Seats alternatively when the Emperour is not present this alternation is made from week to week successively The three Ecclesiastical Electors are no longer deem'd Chancellors onely titular to the Kingdoms of France Arles Austrasia and Italy The 30th of August 1670. Christopher de la Fosse a Fleming of the Town of Mons having stil'd the Elector of Treves amongst his Titles Archchancellor of France and the Kingdom of Arles in a Thesis which he was to defend at Paris for his Doctorship he was hindred from defending the said Thesis Another good Writer has observ'd that when this Elector is call'd Grand Chancellor of the Gauls this is understood of the Country which the Roman Emperours possessed within the bounds of the ancient Gaul on this side the Rhine which was call'd formerly the Kingdom of Arles Treves call'd in Latin Augusta Trevirorum was built as Æneas Sylvius relates in the time of the Patriarck Abraham 2000 years before the Incarnation by Trebeta Son of Ninus King of the Assyrians who being driven from the Kingdom by his Step-mother Semiramis came and built this Town on the Moselle Alstedius says its founder was Trevir Son of Man King of Germany This place has been a Theatre of War having been taken and retaken in our time It has had 101 Bishops and Archbishops from S. Eucher to John Hugo de Dorsbec Popo was its first Archbishop The blessed Rhenanus assures us L. 3. de rebus Germanicis that the Church of Mayence and that of Cologne were formerly under that of Treves It s Vniversity is the most ancient of Germany The Archbishop and Elector of Cologne MAximilian Henry of Bavaria Archbishop of Cologne Bishop and Prince of Liege and Bishop also of Hildesheim Prince and Elector of the Empire Grand Chancellor of Italy and Legate ex officio of the Apostolick See has many other Titles Catholick His Arms are those of the House of Bavaria hereafter mention'd This Prince came into the World An. 1622. the 8th of October he succeeds his Uncle by the Father side Ferdinand of Bavaria of whom he was made Coadjutor An. 1643. and consecrated Archbishop by Fabius Chigi Nuncio to Pope Innocent the Tenth for the Peace of Munster who has since been Pope under the name of Alexander the Seventh The Archbishoprick has in its Arms a Cross Sable in a Field Argent Bona on the Rhine is the ordinary place of Residence of the Archbishop his Revenue from the Archbishoprick arises to six or seven hundred thousand Crowns The Chapter of the Cathedral Church is compos'd of twenty four Canons who are all Princes or at least Earls bare Gentlemen are not admitted there The day that the Archbishop takes possession of the Archbishoprick the Town though it be Imperial does him Homage in these terms We free Citizens of Cologne promise this day for this day and the days to come to N. our Archbishop of Cologne to be faithful and friendly to him as long as he shall preserve us according in our Rights Honour and ancient Priviledges we our Wives our Children and our Town of Cologne So help us God and his Saints The Archbishop obliges himself reciprocally in these terms We by the grace of God Archbishop of the holy Church of Cologne Elector and Archcancellor of the Empire in Italy to the end that there may be an amicable Consideration an entire Confidence and a sincere and inviolable Peace betwixt us and our dear Citizens and Town of Cologne do declare by these present Letters that we have promis'd and assur'd and do promise and assure in good Faith and without Fraud that we confirm all the Rights and Franchises written or not written old or new within and without the Town of Cologne which have been granted it by Popes Emperours Kings or the Archbishops of Cologne which we will never countervene In testimony of which we have set the Seal of our Arms to these Presents the c. The Archbishop was oblig'd to come every year to Cologne on Twelf-day and the Town gave him four hundred Florins of Gold with a hundred measures of Oats which he lost if he came not There has been a composition since for this Rent by a new agreement When he comes there he cannot stay there
A NEW SURVEY OF THE Present State OF EUROPE Containing REMARKS Upon several Soveraign and Republican STATES With MEMOIRES Historical Chronological Topographical Hydrographical Political c. By Gidion Pontier c. Done into ENGLISH by J. B. Doctor of Physick LONDON Printed for W. Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple-bar nigh Devereux-Court 1684. TO THE Candid Reader THis Treatise exposeth to your view the most eminent Things and Transactions of this World concerning Ecclesiastical States Monarchies Republicks the varieties of Sects and Religions the Origine of Arts and Sciences several unparallel'd Accidents variety of Recherches in Antiquity and Memoires containing the Combats Battels Sieges surprizal or taking of Towns and the most signaliz'd and memorable Actions that have happened in this Modern Age. If any curious Reader shall oppose the Digressions of this Tract I must desire him to consider that they are both useful and necessary and so far from exposing him to Fatigue and Trouble that they will prove a grand Satisfaction and Diversion I must confess I have in this Composition discovered several gross Errours in some Authors whom I have forborn to recite because I scorn to shame them but if any Criticks desire a more regugular Method than herein is chalked out which is a thing of more than ordinary difficulty in a Business of this nature and in so great variety of Matter I desire them to take into their consideration that this Natural way of Writing will be by all Persons of Ingenuity preferr'd before any Scholastick Dissertation or Disputation whatsoever I have no more to say but this You will herein find Variety the Comfort and Satisfaction of Mankind that Gravity which will please the Serious that Diversion which will gratifie the Curious that Variety which can displease none but such as are void and destitute both of Sense and Reason And therefore I shall detain you no longer from the perusal of this Treatise onely give me leave to acquaint you that there is herein contain'd nothing but what is grounded upon Truth and gathered from the most Authentick Writers and present State of this Modern Age. Yours Gidion Pontier A TABLE OF THE Contents of this Book Of ITALY THe Papacy pag. 1 The Etymology of the Name Cardinal his Institution and his Habits pag. 10 The Continuation of the Actions of Pope Innocent the Eleventh pag. 13 The Singularities and curious remarkable Actions of some Popes pag. 15 Observations on the reducement of Jubiles under what Popes and in what times pag. 22 The opening of the Jubile pag. 25 The splendid Ceremonies and the Honour of Rome pag. 29 St. Austin's three Desires ibid. The Dominion of the Pope pag. 30 Places of Pleasure ibid. Ornaments of Rome pag. 32 The chief Towns of Italy with their Epithets and Elogies pag. 33 The chief Rivers of Italy pag. 35 Popes by birth French-men and Passages of their Lives pag. 36 The future Popes how conformable to the Prophecies pag. 54 The chief Princes of Italy after the Popes are five First the Duke of Savoy pag. 55 Secondly the Great Duke of Tuscany pag. 62 Thirdly the Duke of Mantua pag. 67 Fourthly the Duke of Modena pag. 69 Fifthly the Bishop of Trent pag. 71 The Figure of Italy and its length ibid. An Itinerary pag. 72 Of FRANCE pag. 75 THe Dolphin of France and his Marriage pag. 79 The Duke of Orleans pag. 81 The Prince of Condé and the Duke d'Enguien pag. 83 Prince Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne Vicount de Turenne pag. 84 The ancient Marshals of France living An. 1680. pag. 86 The Ministers and Secretaries of State ibid. The Chancellor pag. 87 M. de la Villiere pag. 89 M. de Louvois pag. 90 M. Colbert pag. 91 M. Colbert Croissi pag. 93 The Councils pag. 94 France the Mountain of the Muses pag. 97 King of France his places of Residence pag. 98 The Louvre ibid. The Tuilleries pag. 100 Fontainbleau ibid. Versailles pag. 101 Paris pag. 103 Colledge Mazarin its Institution Library and Academy pag. 109 The House of President Perrot pag. 112 Houses of Pleasure about Paris pag. 116 Houses and Places of Devotion near Paris pag. 118 The Treasury of St. Dennis pag. 120 The Tombs of the Kings of France pag. 124 Other famous places of Devotion and Pilgrimages greatly frequented in the Kingdom pag. 125 The twelve ancient general Governments of the Provinces called together at Paris under Loüis the Thirteenth according to their rank and place in the States General pag. 129 The Governours of the Provinces pag. 130 Conquered Countries pag. 133 The Fertility of France pag. 134 The Channel of Languedoc pag. 135 The chief Towns of France pag. 138 The most considerable Maritime Towns ibid. The great Rivers pag. 142 The Epithites of the great Rivers pag. 144 The principal small Rivers pag. 145 Pont du Gard pag. 150 A Catalogue of the Archbish and Bishops of France containing the number and name of the first and last Bishop of each Diocess to An. 1680. pag. 153 The Archbishoprick of Rheims ibid. The Archbishoprick of Narbonne pag. 156 The Archbishoprick of Bourges pag. 159 The Archbishoprick of Vienne pag. 160 The Archbishoprick of Tolose pag. 162 The Archbishoprick of Roüen pag. 163 The Archbishoprick of Sens pag. 164 The Bishops of Bethlem pag. 165 The Archbishoprick of Lyons pag. 167 The Archbishoprick of Bourdeaux pag. 169 The Archbishoprick of Arles pag. 170 The Archbishoprick of Ambrun pag. 172 The Archbishoprick of Tours pag. 174 The Archbishoprick of Aix pag. 176 The Archbishoprick of Paris pag. 177 The Archbishoprick of Albi pag. 179 The Archbishoprick of Cambray pag. 181 The Archbishoprick of Bezancon pag. 183 The Rank and Seats of the Prelates pag. 184 Agents General of the Clergie of France pag. 185 The ordinary List of the Parliaments of France and the time of their erection pag. 187 The Countries of State pag. 193 Remarkable things of these times happening from the year 1672 to the beginning of 1680. pag. 193 Of the Peace betwixt France Holland Spain the Emperour the Elector of Brandenburg and Denmark pag. 203 The Marriage of the Princess Mary Loüise of Orleans with the King of Spain pag. 205 A Continuation of Affairs to this time pag. 206 Of LORAIN pag. 208 THe chief Towns in Lorain pag. 210 Those of the Dutchy of Bar ibid. Mausoleums of the Dukes of Lorain ibid. The Marriage of Prince Charles of Lorain pag. 213 Of GERMANY pag. 214 OF the City of Vienna pag. 215 221 The chief Houses of Pleasure in the Country pag. 215 The Coronation of the Emperour with the signification of the three Crowns pag. 216 The Golden Bull pag. 217 Prerogatives of the Emperour pag. 219 Fourteen Emperours of the House of Austria ibid. The chief Towns of Germany pag. 220 The Cities of Prague and Presburg pag. 222 Of Aix-la-Chappelle and Presburg pag. 223 Of Erfort Munic and Strasburg pag. 224 The Tower Clock Bridge and famous Trees of Strasburg pag. 225 The
afterwards they were precognized in the first Consistory for their due capacity In France by the Concordat betwixt Leo the Tenth and Francis the First those that are nominated to Bishopricks are not examined because they are all Doctors or Licentiats in Divinity in one of the Laws Canon or Civil which is a mark of their Capacity they make only a Profession of their Faith betwixt the hands of the Popes Nuncio or of the Metropolitan Princes destinated to the Episcopacy are dispensed from taking the Degree in the University nevertheless they are the first to study At the beginning of the year 1680 his Holiness caused all the Preachers to come to the Palace and exhorted them to preach particularly by their Example Singularities and curious and remarkable Actions of some Popes ST Clement the First instituted the Colledge of Apostolical Protonotaries for writing the Lives of Martyrs and of all the other Saints Claudius surnamed Vaurus writes that in his time a participant Protonotaries place was sold for 7000 Crowns of Gold and that it yielded of yearly Revenue 3 or 4000 Crowns that the participant Protonotaries which are in number twelve are ordinarily Masters of Requests for both Seals that they have rank and place in the Popes Chappel are cloathed with Violet wear the Rochet and the Hat with the Violet Band and Border have precedency of Prelates which are not consecrated are present in the half publick Consistory at the Canonization of Saints and other great Actions of the Pope have power to give the Cap of Doctor and to create Apostolical Protonotaries without the Walls of Rome The same Claudius Vaurus says that if the Apostolical Protonotaries are not much esteemed in France it 's because they are somewhat idle in performing their Function though haply this idleness be not blamable in them because there is want of matter for them to exercise themselves there being but few Martyrs and Saints at present within our Kingdom that oblige the Protonotaries to write their Lives St. Cletus was the first that inserted in his Letters these words Salutem Benedictionem Apostolicum St. Anacletus ordained that Ecclesiasticks should wear their hair short and confirmed by a new Decree that Bishops should be consecrated by three other Bishops Telesphorus a Grecian by Nation enjoyned the use of singing at Mass the Canticle of the Angels Gloria in excelsis Deo and impower'd Priests to say three Masses on Christmass-day St. Zephyrinus made the Decree of receiving the Communion at least once a year and not to proceed in Law against a Bishop accus'd of any Crime whatsoever without the authority of the holy See St. Lucius ordained that a Bishop should be always accompanied with some Priest to the end that his presence should oblige him to lead a regular life St. Sylvester the First the thirty fourth Pope was the first that erected an Altar of Stone which he consecrated and anointed with holy Oyl Before him they were made of Wood and portable by reason of the persecution that the Christians underwent under the Pagan Emperours which was so great that the thirty three first Popes suffered Martyrdom He was raised to the Pontificate in the beginning of the Empire of Constantine the Great who embracing Christianity gave joy and tranquillity to the Church and a secure Settlement after so many troubles and afflictions This Emperour after he was baptized enlarged the Christian Religion built Churches made Foundations for entertaining its Ministers with splendour and freed the Clergie from Taxes He transported the Seat of his Empire into Thracia to the Town of Bysantium called since by him Constantinople St. Damasus suppressed the Corepiscopi they were Priests whom the Bishops were wont to send into divers Villages and Burroughs of their Diocesses with a particular power to preach the the Word of God and to establish Ecclesiastical Discipline They were called Corepiscopi They were suppressed because they went often beyond their Commission doing Functions that belonged but to the Bishops themselves Some of them had the Episcopal Character St. Gregory the Great was the first who qualified himself Servus servorum Dei the Servant of the servants of God He took this Title to check the boldness of John the Faster Patriarch of Constantinople who took the Title of Vniversal Bishop The Emperour Phocas condemned the Arrogancy of this Prelate declaring by an Edict the contrary according to the judgment of the ancient Fathers and Councils who own'd the Church of Rome to be the Head of all others Pope Boniface the Third according to the common opinion introduced the use of Bells in the Church Anno 606. The learned Genebrard ascribes the â—â—vention to Pope Sabinianus who ordained Anno 604. that they should be rung at Canonical hours and at Mass The Bell is called Campana from a Province of Italy called Campania where it 's thought they began They were introduced into Greece Anno 865. by those that the Venetians sent to the Emperour Michael Baron 865. the Bell is made speak thus 1. Laudo Deum verum 2. Plebem voco 3. Convoce Clerum 4. Defunctos ploro 5. Pestem fugo 6. Festa decoro Those that have a mind to know more may read Paluoti Sergius the First caused the Agnus Dei to be sung at Mass Adrian the First ordained that the Papal Bulls should be seal'd with Lead and not with Wax for the longer continuance of the Seals Leo the Tenth made the famous Concordat with Francis the First Anno 1515. according to which it is permitted to the Kings of France to have the Nomination to Bishopricks and Abbeys These Benefices are called Consistorial because their vacancy is propos'd in the Consistory to be provided for The Pope reserves to himself a years Revenue from each of these Benefices and it is that which is called the Law of first Fruits which is paid when the Bulls are taken up Gregory the ninth caused the Book of Decretals to be couch'd in writing containing the Constitutions of the Popes to serve for the Canon-Law which is read in Catholick Universities Paul the Third obliged the Jews to wear the Yellow Cap to distinguish them from the Christians Gregory the Thirteenth reform'd the Kalendar Anno 1582. by cutting off ten days in October from the fifth of the said month to the 14th inclusively so that after the fourth of October the ten days following were leapt over and they counted the 15th the day after England Sweden Denmark and other Northern Countries that disown the Pope do not make use of this Kalendar which is called otherwise the Gregorian year but retain the ancient way of counting Thence it is that when Catholick Countries are at fourteen in the month the others count four and say in their dates the ancient or new Stile Famous Astrologers and Mathematicians were employed in reforming this Kalendar to take care that the points of the Equinoxes and Solstices should not change place for the future which had caused a
side of Piedmont it receives thirty Rivers into its Channel and a great many Lakes and Ponds its course is from the West to the East Popes by birth French-men and some passages of their Lives SYlvester the Second Vrban the Second Calixtus the Second Vrban the Fourth Clement the Fourth Innocent the Fifth Martin the Fourth Clement the Fifth John the Twenty second Benedict the Eleventh Clement the Sixth Innocent the Sixth Vrban the Fifth Gregory the Eleventh Sylvester the second of the name called before Gilbert or Gerbert born in Aquitain was a Religious man and Benedictine of St. Gerard of Aurillac in the Diocess of St. Flour and Tutor to Robert King of France and to the Emperour Otho the Third who raised him to the soveraign Pontificate He was first Archbishop of Rheims and then of Ravenna and lastly Pope which gave occasion for this Verse to be made on him Scandit ab R. Gerbertus in R. post Papa Regens est He was a great Mathematician which caused his Enemies to accuse him of Magick He was falsely charg'd for having in his Closet a Head of Brass by which the Devil answered what he askt He died the 12th day of May 1003. Pope Sergius his Successour writ his Epitaph which is yet to be seen and shews that he lived and died a holy man Vrban the second of the name was born at Chastillon on Marne Son of Milon He was called before his Exaltation Cardinal Otho Bishop of Ostia He excommunicated the Diocess of Compostella for having put their Bishop in prison and governed the Ship of St. Peter eleven years four months and eighteen days some say eleven years and a half He called into his Council St. Bruno Founder of the Order of the Charthusians He called the Council of Clairmont in Auvergne where he made the Enterprize of the holy War succeed which he called the Croizade because those that listed themselves were all crossed wearing a Cross sewn on their Habits He died An. 1110. Calixtus the Second was named Guy others say Guigue He was a Burgundian Uncle to Adelais Queen of France and near Cousin to the Emperour Henry He was Archbishop of Vienne in Daulphiné Suger Abbot of St. Dennis says that the night before his Election he saw as a Prognostick of his future Election a great Person that gave him the Moon to keep under his Archiepiscopal Cope fearing lest the Church might incur some danger by the death of Pope Gelasius He soon found the truth of this Vision seeing himself soveraign Pontife His Election was made whilst he was in the Abbey of Clugny An Anti-pope appeared at that time in Italy called Bourdin who was taken notwithstanding his intrenching and fortifying himself the Souldiers that took him mounted him on an old Camel and walkt him about the Streets publickly in derision with his face turn'd towards the Tail which they made him hold as a Bridle and afterwards he was confined to a perpetual imprisonment Calixtus assembled a Council at Rheims possest the Holy See about six years died the 19th of December 1124. In the time of his Pontificate St. Norbert founded his Order called Praemonstratensis from the place where he retired himself which is in the Diocess of Laon. Vrban the Second of the Town of Troy in Champagne was the Son of a Cobler and called James Pantaleon he recompensed the defaults of his birth by the eminency of his Learning and Vertue After having been Canon and Archdeacon of Laon and afterwards of Liege he was made Bishop of Verdun from Bishop he became Patriark of Hierusalem from Patriark Legate in divers places and then afterward Pope The Prophetick Motto was Hierusalem Campaniae When any one reproached him with the lowness and obscureness of his Birth he answered That the Nobility which is acquired by the gifts of the Understanding is more valuable than that which comes from Birth alone and that it consists in Vertue Those that are born Noble may say to their advantage and with truth that Jesus Christ was a Gentleman and the holy Virgin a Gentlewoman It is very true when Nobleness of Bloud is joyned with that of Vertue it is Perfection Superiours of an ignoble Birth may object that St. Peter who had the government of the Church was no Gentleman This Prelate after three years of the Pontificate left this mortal life the last day of September and according to Onuphrius the second day of October 1264. Clement the Fourth called before Guy Foucaut according to du Chesne was Native of the Town St. Gilles in Languedoc and according to Father Gautruche a Jesuit of a Village near Narbonne He was Bishop of Puy Archbishop of Narbonne and Cardinal by the Title of St. Sabine and Legate in England St. Loüis made him Counsellor of State because he was greatly skilled in the Laws Some think that he was elected Pope the 5th or 11th of February 1265. He crowned at Rome Charles of Anjou King of Naples and of Sicily with the ordinary Ceremonies in St. John Lateran's He had in his Arms an Eagle holding a Dragon in his Talons His Prophetick Motto was Draco depressus He died the 29th of November 1268. after three years and a half being Pope Martin the Fourth formerly Simon de Brie was Native of Mont-pincé or of the Village de Suci He founded the Chapter of Champeaux which is in the Diocess of Paris He was Treasurer and Canon of St. Martins of Tours and Cardinal by the Title of St. Cecil was elected Pope the 22th of February 1282. Under his Pontificate the year of his Election the French had their Throats cut throughout all Sicily This Massacre was called the Sicilian Vesperas because it was committed at the hour of Vesperas on an Easter-day O cruel Vesperas Peter of Arragon having an Army on foot under pretext of going into the Holy Land usurpt the Country at the sollicitation and detestable enterprize of a young Italian Gentleman a sworn Enemy to the French The Pope struck with a mortal grief excommunicated the Sicilians and those of Arragon for their Attempt and black Treason This Prelate created many Cardinals amongst others the Dean of the Church of Nostre Dame at Paris called Geofry de Barbo a Burgundian The Prophetick saying on this Pope was Ex Telonio Liliacei because he was Treasurer of St. Martins of Tours others say Liliacei Martini believing that this Church was adjudged the midst and the centre of France the Kingdom of Flower-de-luces God took him out of this World at Peruse the 28th or 29th day of March 1285. Two Miracles happened at his Burial Clement the Fifth born at Bourdeaux had for his Father Beraud Chevalier Lord of Villandrault Before his Exaltation he was called Bertrand Gout de Gutto He had in his Arms three Bars Gules in a Field Or the Prophecie was de Festis Aquitanicis The Cardinals continued ten months in the Conclave for the creation of this Prelate before Bishop of Cominges then Archbishop of
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
Revenue of Twelve ordinary Councellours of State Three Councellors of the Church and Three of the Sword Twelve attending every six Months The King regulating the Councel An. 1673. added the Controuler General of his Revenues and the two Intendants of them to have place in the Councels des Parties as they have in those of the Revenue The Councellours of State are chosen by his Majesty being such as have past the greatest part of all the Offices of the Robe having been Intendants of Justice or Ambassadors or first Presidents of the Parliaments these are at present the best and most sought-for Offices of the Kingdom and which come nearest the King who gives such persons daily the best employs and Commissions of greatest importance for the service of himself and the State To these Councels the Masters of Request have access which are to the number of Eighty whereof Twenty serve each Quarter after having been honoured with many Commissions and Intendancies they are preferred by his Majesty to Employs of the highest nature where he designs them The two Intendants of the Revenue are Messire Vicount Hotman and Messire Nicholas des Marests Colbert The first has been Councellor in the grand Councel Master of Requests and Intendant of Justice in Guyen and in Tourain Proctor-General of the Chamber of Justice and afterwards honoured by the King with a place in his Councels and with the Commission of Intendant of the Kings Revenue and of Justice in the generality of Paris all these great Employs are marks of his singular Merit which he has signalized in all occurrences Messire Nicolas des Marests has been Counsellour to the Parliament of Paris and is at present Master of Requests and Intendant of the Kings Revenues There is no man but knows that he has always done things with skill and integrity his Ability his Candour and the care that he takes appear in his Conduct as three great lights which make him known to those that will be enlightned When the waves are troubled the Vessel has most need of skilful Pilots the perfect knowledge that these two Intendants have of the Interests of the Provinces has served them as a Watch-tower to keep them from erring and the zeal they have for the advantage of his Majesties Revenue is another means for them to behave themselves well betwixt the Soveraign and his Subjects in a word to the end that the King may receive as much aid as his people comfort The Illustrious Controller General of the Kings Revenues of whom I have spoken before may rely on the fidelity of these two Intendants The Four Secretaries of the Kings Revenues are the Sieur Bechameil Berrier Ranchin and Coquille The Four Clerks of the Councel des Parties are the Sieurs Aguillaumie Pecot le Foüyn and Brunet The Keeper of the Royal Treasury in waiting enters into the Councel of the Kings Revenues and also the Treasurer of the casual Revenues in waiting when they are upon the Rolls of the casual Revenues this person stands behind the Chancellours Chair Besides the Councel of the Finances and the Councel des Parties the King has also a Councel of Dispatches a Councel of War and others according to different affairs the Councel of Dispatches is held in the Kings Chamber where attend the Duke of Orleans the Chancellour the Marshal de Villeroy the Four Secretaries of State and those that are received for that Office upon Survivorship His Majesty presides in the Councel of War the Princes the Marshals of France and other Lords skilful in the Military Art are ordinarily called to it France the Mountain of the Muses IF France be the field of Mars it is also the Mountain of the Muses and the refuge of Arts. Philosophy has left Egypt and Greece to make its residence in this Kingdom The Spaniards confess this truth by this Proverb used in the University of Salamanca Dat Lutetia Aristotelum Salamanca Deum It 's at Paris particularly where we find new Plato's and Aristotles in subtilty and solidness Consummated Divines Orators like Cicero and Quintilian Cujas's and Bartholus's for the Canon and Civil Laws second Galen's Hippocrates's and Esculapius's in Physick Astrology gives us in the House of the Observatory its Ptolomy's it s Alphonsus's and its Tico-Brahe's the Mathematicks Cluverius's Poesie it s Virgil's its Ovids its Martials and its Homers Painting its Apelles and Carvers its Phidias It 's in France where Forreigners come and suck the Ambrosia and drink large draughts of the Nectar of the Gods The ordinary places of Residence of their most Christian Majesties PAris Saint Germains in Laye Versailles Vincennes Fontainbleau Chambort Blois Compeinne These dwelling-places are truly Royal the Louvre the Chasteau des Tuilleries that of Fontainbleau and Versailles are a Miracle of Nature and a Prodigy of Art in all things and in a word the Centre of the Rarities and beautiful things of the world The Louvre PHILLIP August ended the Building of the Louvre An. 1214. This Palace being the first of the Kingdom and as a Master-piece some Authors think that this Monarch called it le Louvre as though he would say l'Oeuvre the Work by Excellency others think it so called from a street called Lupura or Lupara in which it is thought to be built Loüis the Fourteenth putting the last hand to it has so enlarged it that it is capable of receiving three Kings A Learned and excellent Wit of our time has made this Inscription for the Louvre which comprehends and expresses the greatness of the Building the greatness of the person and of the Name of King Loüis le Grand and the explication of his Devise or Motto Nec pluribus Impar in these terms Haec licet ampla domus longè tamen amplior hospes Ludovico magno nec totus sufficit orbis Sufficeret solus multis nec pluribus Impar The same Inscription in English This House though great the Person whose Command It owns is greater much Loüis le Grand Does find the world too scant for he alone Would serve for many fit for more than One. It 's in the Louvre where Learning has been stript of the gross Bark of the School it 's there where the Muses are habited a-la-mode and where they are given the fine turn of Politeness by the means of the French Academy instituted by Cardinal Richlieu An. 1635. for the pureness and perfection of the French Tongue Of late some Towns of this Kingdom have erected Academies for this purpose as Arles Suissons and others We shall here observe that in France in the time of the said Cardinal the Gazette which according to the term de Gaza signifies a heap of divers things began An. 1631. and that the first Gazettier called Theophrast Renaudot Physician of the faculty of Montpellier dedicated it to Loüis the Thirteenth I saw it in the Library of Colledge Mazarin it succeeded the French Mercury its dates and Chronologies were in the Margin The Tuilleries THe Tuilleries
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
of the name caus'd it to be built and to be covered with silver This Prince Founder of the Abbey died the 19th of Jan. of the year 648. There is seen in the Treasury a Missal written by the hand above 800 years since and a Manuscript above eleven hundred years old which contains the four Gospels written in Characters of gold and silver on Velam of a purple colour A Book of Velam covered with silver containing the Works of St. Denis the Areopagite Another Book written by hand which contains the Epistles and Gospels of the great Feasts Gold pretious Stones and great Pearls cover it Moreover another Book concerning the Ceremonies and Prayers of the Kings Coronation In a rich Cross-case a foot and a halfs length of the true Cross One of the Nails with which the Son of God was fastened to the Cross a Thorn of the Crown and some of the Spunge with which they presented him Gall. Some of the Myrrh which the Magicians presented him one of the Pitchers in which he chang'd Wine into Water at the Wedding of Cana in Galilee and a great many Shrines wherein Relicks are kept A great Cross of massie Gold cover'd with pretious Stones and set round with oriental Pearls A little Crucisix made of the wood of the true Cross The Heads of St. Denis St. Hilary and St. Bennet are extreamly rich The Miter of the first is of Gold and all cover'd with pretious Stones and oriental Pearls those of the others are also of a great price The Head of St. Loüis King of France is at Paris in the holy Chappel of the Palace Jean d' Eureux Queen of France took it from the Treasury of St. Denis and put in its place parcels of all the Relicks that are in the said holy Chappel There is seen in the same Treasury of St. Denis a Cup of Tamarisk-wood in which St. Loüis drank to keep himself from the Spleen A Vessel of an oriental Agate esteem'd one of the most pretious pieces of the Treasury for its largeness antiquity and work It 's believed that Ptolomy Philadelphus caused it to be made and that it was working with the point of a Diamond for thirty years Another Vessel of Gold in the form of a Salver adorn'd with Granats Jacinths and with a great white Saphire in the midst on which is seen the Effigies of King Solomon seated in his Throne It is judg'd that it appertained to this Monarch as also a great Vessel of Rock-Christal by reason of some Inscriptions in Samaritan Characters A Gamahoea in an Agat-stone expressing the Image of the Queen of Saba Many Crowns of Gold and Silver that of Charlemain St. Loüis Henry the Fourth Loüis the Thirteenth and Loüis the Fourteenth Each of these Kings has given to the Treasury two Crowns one of Gold the other of Silver gilt That of Charlemain which is carried to Rheims to serve at the Coronation of our Kings with the other Royal Ornaments is all of Gold adorn'd with great Rubies Saphirs and Emeralds The Crown of St. Loüis is likewise of massie Gold adorn'd with very beautiful pretious Stones amongst others with a Ruby valued at a hundred thousand crowns in which is inchast by the Kings order a Thorn of the Crown of the Son of God There is seen the Image of the same St. Loüis gravd on a Ring with these two letters S and L that is to say Sigillum Ludovici because he made use of it to seal his Letters All the Kings have shewn themselves liberal to this Treasury some Abbots of the Order have also given to it particularly Abbot Suger His two little Pots are not common the one is of Rock-Christal the other of Beril cut with the point of a Diamond His Chalice is made of a very fair oriental Agate In this Treasury are kept a great many Swords that of Charlemain that which St. Loüis brought with him at his first Voyage from the Holy Land that of the Pucelle of Orleans Joanne d' Arc and also the Sword of Turpin who having been made Archbishop of Rheims afterwards bore Arms against the Infidels There are seen there many other Pieces of Antiquity So much for a Sample of this Treasury He that desires to see more may go to St. Denis where a Religious man shews it every day at two of the clock in the afternoon Those that cannot come to see it may read a little Book in 12º entitul'd Inventaire du Tresor de S. Denis where all the Pieces are briefly describ'd according to the Order of the eight Presses where they are shewn This little Book is printed at Paris by Pierre de Bost Rue S. Jacques at the signe of St. Francis near St. Severin The Tombs of the Kings of France DAgobert the First eleventh King of France and St. Loüis the forty fourth have their Tombs in the Quire of the Church and many other Kings and Queens In the common Vault of Rites repose Henry the Fourth Mary de Medicis his Wife Loüis the Thirteenth Anne of Austria his Spouse The Duke of Orleans the Kings Uncle Madam de Montpensier his first Wife Henriette-Marie Queen of England Henriette-Anne her Daughter the first Wife of Monsieur the Kings Brother and others The Monument of Francis the First is out of the Quire on the side of the Cloister in a rais'd Monument They count five Kings out of the Quire on the Gospel-side Marshal de Turenne is in a Chappel near the high Altar Loüis the 14th has caus'd a Monument to be rais'd in his memory and in acknowledgment of the great Services he did to France After his death many Services and Funeral Prayers were said for him in the principal Churches of Paris Bertrand du Quesclin Sancerre a Gentleman of Britany Constable of France has his Tomb for his Fidelity and Valour amongst those of the Kings by the order of Charles the Fifth called the Wise Clouis the first of the name the fifth King of France and Clotilde his Spouse have their Mausolea at Paris in the Abbey of St. Genevieve in the Quire Other famous places of Devotion and Pilgrimages greatly frequented in the Kingdom and favour'd with the kindest Aspect of Heaven THe Church of Nostre-Dame at Paris in the Isle of France that of the Abbey of St. Genevieve and the Chappel of the Hospital of the Holy Ghost Nostre-dame de Grace near Gallion in the Diocess of Roüen Nostre-Dame de Chartres in Beausse Nostre-Dame de L' Epine near Chalons in Champagne Nostre-Dame de Liesse in Picardy Nostre-Dame de Bologne on the Sea Nostre-Dame de la Deliverance and Mount S. Michel in Normandy Sainte-Reine in Burgundy Nostre-Dame d' Alizor near Lyons Nostre-Dame de Loisiere and la Chartreuse of Grenoble in Daulphine St. Maximin Saint Baume and St. Martha in Provence Nostre-Dame de Rochefort in Languedoc les Avignon Nostre-Dame de Grau called la Grenoüillade at half a league from Agde Nostre-Dame de Consolation half a league from
Grand-child of Messire Michel le Tellier Chancellour of France Anjou has for Governour Count d' Armagnac the Kings Master of the Horse Touraine the Marquess de Dangeau Le Maine Laval and le Perche the Marquess de Fervaques Poitou the upper and lower the Duke of Vieville Xaintonge and Angoumois the Duke de Crussol The Country of Aunis and Broüage the Duke de Navailles Nivernois the Duke of Nevers The Country of Foix the Marquess de Mirepoix Navarre and Bearn Duke Anthony Charles de Grammont Soveraign of Bidache his Father Duke and Earl Marshal of France Knight of the Kings Orders died at Bayonne the 83 year of his age the 12th of July 1678. Conquer'd Countries THe upper and lower Alsatia have for Governours the Duke de Mazarin Duke of Mielleraye and Mayenne Peer of France and particular Governour of the Towns Citadels and Castles of Brisac la Fere Vitre Vincennes Port-Loüis and other places Lorrain the Marshal de Crequy The Town and Citadel of Metz and Vic the Marshal Duke de la Ferte-Seneterre Toul the Count de Pas de Feuquieres The Duke de Noailles Peer of France Captain of the first Company of the Life-guard is Governour of Roussillon and Lieutenant-General in upper Auvergne The Duke and Marshal de Duras Knight of the Order of the Holy Ghost has the Government of Franche Comté Marshal d' Humieres is Governour and Lieutenant-General of Flanders and particular Governour of Lille Count de Monthron Governour of Arras and Lieutenant-General in the Country of Artois These Provinces have Lieutenant-Generals some more some fewer The particular Governours of Towns Citadels and other places are in a very great number The Fertility of France ITs Provinces are worth Kingdoms it 's in France where we see the level Fields fertile in all sorts of Grain the Hills cover'd with Vines pleasant Meadows beautiful Forrests fair Olive-trees and Orange-trees and all sorts of Fruits It may be said that this is the Land whereof the Scripture speaks which flows with Milk and Honey which includes within it all that is necessary for life without having recourse to strangers who stand in need of its Corn and famous Wines Salt and Iron are there common Mines of Gold and Silver might be discover'd there if men would go to the charge If Egypt glories in its Fertility and Fruits Italy in its beautiful Gardens England in its fair Parks Poland in its vast Meadows France possesses all these advantages in an eminent degree Its Sea-coasts have secure Harbours and Ports full of all sorts of Merchandise and its Rivers are navigable If it does not bring forth Cloves Nutmegs and Cinnamon as the Molucca Islands Ginger and Pepper as Calecut Perfumes as Arabia Diamonds as the Isle of Ceilan Emeralds as China Rubies as Peru Topases and Pearls as India it has men able to conquer all this and do not fail to do it An Historiographer of Brandenburg relates in his Researches that on consideration of the power of this Monarch an Emperour of the West call'd Maximilian said once by way of discourse that if it were possible and just to wish it he would that he had three Children whereof the eldest should be God the second King of France and the third Emperour The Channel of Languedoc THere has been made of late years in this Province a great Channel for the communication of the Mediterranean Sea with the Ocean by joyning the River Aude which enters into the Mediterranean Sea to the River Garone which discharges it self into the Ocean by the means of many Rivers whose waters are kept with Sluces in this great Channel capable of conveying Barks for transporting Merchandise and other things from the Town of Narbonne to that of Tolose and thence to Bourdeaux The designe of this great Work was projected by Henry the Fourth examin'd and approv'd by Loüis the 13th and put in execution by Loüis the Fourteenth to whom we must give the glory This incomparable Monarch for this effect made use of the conduct of Sieur Paul de Riquet Native of Beziers and Baron of Bonerepos This Channel is about thirty five leagues in length from Cape Sette which is four leagues from Montpellier to Tâ—â—se The Rigole which contains the Waters of the Mountain Moire to the point where the Waters part called Naurouse contains five leagues The place where the Waters part or the Reserver is as large as the Place Royal at Paris The Waters are kept by two strong and thick Walls in which are great Cocks that are open'd with wickets to give a passage to the great Cestern made of an octangular figure Pursuant to this Enterprize there are made ten Bridges thirty five Mills and a hundred and fourteen Sluces The new Port made under Cape Sette is scituate in the Diocess of Agde two Moles will incompass it which issue from the firm Land viz. the Isthmus which separates the Pond Tau from the Mediterranean Sea Though the performance of this Master-piece has seem'd impossible to many persons it will be perfected in much less time than the new Discovery of the North-East-passage to China and Japan by the Hollanders who have been about it above eight hundred years This passage is betwixt Spïstzberg and Nova Zembla Julius Caesar Caligula and Nero undertook to cut the Isthmus of Corinth and to make navigable Morea or Peloponnesus by the communication of the Ægaean and Ionian Seas Their Enterprize came to nothing To facilitate the Commerce of the Ocean Mediterranean and Caspian Seas it was formerly propos'd at the Court of the Great Duke of Muscovy to joyn these great Rivers together the Volge the Duinus and the Dom for the communication of the chief Seas of our Continent This designe also fail'd of success but this here will not prove abortive and though nine or ten years have been employ'd already to do what is done we must make use of the Proverb Sat citò si sat benè Things are soon enough done that are well done The Mother of Hercules was a whole night in bringing him forth They go of late conveniently from Castelnaudary so far as Tolose which are two Towns distant from each other ten leagues of Province which equal twenty of the Isle of France When we go by land at Bastide we begin to find the great Channel of the communication of the two Seas This Work has not been carried on without interruption This joyning of the two Seas will serve moreover for the conveniency of conveying the Merchandise of the Levant and of all the Mediterranean into the Ocean not to run a risk with them by the Strait nor expose them to the pyracies of those of Algiers and other Towns of Barbary The Sieur de Riquet who drew the designe of the Channel for the two Seas and who has always had the direction of it died the first of October 1680. in his house of Frescati at Tolose He has rendred himself famous by his Enterprize which no
man before him had the courage to undertake nor the genius to carry on He so far advanc'd it that we may say he died in accomplishing it and that the little he has left to do is but to leave to his two Sons whereof the one is Master of Requests the other Captain of the Guards the honour to consummate it It is not doubted but the Channel will be navigable and in its entire perfection before the end of the year 1681. The chief Towns after Paris are ROüen Tolose Narbonne Orleans Bourdeaux Arles Aix Marseilles Toulon Rochelle Poitiers Xantes Limoges Amiens Abbeville Rheims Sedan Troyes Caën Chartres Tours Montpellier Nismes Beziers Montauban Carcassonne Bourges Anger 's Rennes Nantes Cahors Tulles Auches Castres Dijon Grenoble Vienne Valens Mans Perigueux Bergerac Agen Moulins in Bourbonnois Clermont in Auvergne and le Puy in Velay and many others There is no Town in the whole Kingdom more subject to Thunder than that of Pâ—y The most considerable Maritime Towns are MArseilles Toulon Rochelle St. Malo Brèst Havre de Grace Dieppe Calais Bayonne St. Valery Dunkerke Gravelin the Burrough of Rochefort became a Town by reason of its Port it will be made one day the place of embarking for the East Indies it 's a great Arsenel for the Sea The Gallies are at Marseilles Broüage Honfleur Cherbourg and Grandville are likewise Maritime Towns A Traveller speaking of Towns said that he observ'd three things in France a World a Town and a Village Paris is the World Orleans the Town for its scituation and uniformity Poitiers the Village by reason of the great number of Gardens Fields Meadows and Vineyards that are within its precincts Abbeville seems one of the greatest of the Kingdom by reason of the great Ponds and large Gardens that are within it Chastelleraud Thoüars Niort Fontenay-le-Comte Saint Maixant Lusignan Partenay la Roche-sur-You Champigny la Ganache and others are Towns of Poictou Poitiers is the Capital as Xantes is of Xaintonge Alez Anduze Ganges Sumene and Vigan are those of Sevenes Sauve Saint Hippolite de la Planquette S. Jean de Gardonenque la Salle de St. Pierre Varelaugue and Saint Etienne de Valfrancesque in Sevenes are as good as little Towns Those of Givodan are Mande Marvege Canourgue Florac Qujesac St. Chely and Chanac which is the ordinary place of residence of the Bishops of Mande Messire Sylvestre de Marsillac caus'd the Castle to be fortified I saw there in his time Arms for five hundred men Thiâ— Prelate contributed to the reducement of Rochelle Meyrvueich and Barre are two Towns in the Neighbourhood The Capuchins have in that Country three houses establisht for the Mission one is at Sauve the other at Vigan and the third at Florac We cannot say of their Churches or Chappels that they are too beautiful which a Father General of their Order said in the course of his Visitation of that of Riom in Auvergne when complaining of the Guardian who had made it stately by what he built he spake in these terms Iste Pater concavit Regulam sancti Francisci Patris nostri Viviers Vans Aubenas Tournon Annonai Privas Villeneufve-le-Berg Pradeles and le Pouzin are of Vivarais Le Puy Saint Paulian Mounistrol Crapone are in Velay In the conquered Countries these are considerable In Flanders Dunkerke Gravelin Hesdin Bapaume Arras Tournay Courtray Lisle Doüay Condé Bouchain Aire Valenciennes Cambray S. Omer Gand Ypres and many others These three last places were conquer'd in the beginning of the year 1677. Maestrich was surrendred to the Hollanders by the Treaty of Peace concluded at Nimeguen the tenth of Aug. 1679. Dunkerke was taken by the Prince of Condé then Duke d'Enguien An. 1646. and by Marshal Turenne An. 1658. It was for some time in the possession of the English because they provided a Naval Army and much contributed to the taking of it and of some other places and therefore five millions were given to his Britanick Majesty for resigning this Town to the Dominion of the French Before Arras was in the possession of France there was seen in imbost work over one of its gates a Cat pursuing Rats with this Inscription Les Francois prendront Arras Lors que ce Chat prendra ces Rats The French will take Arras When this Cat takes these Rats At present there is onely the letter p of the verb prendront taken away the word rendront remaining which signifies Restore There is seen in the Cathedral Church a fair and antient Library In Alsatia the chief conquer'd Towns are Brisac Colmar Haguenau Schelestad Philipsbourg was retaken by the Imperialists the 17th of September 1676. with an honourable Capitulation Our French-men took in its place Fribourg in Brisgaw Philipsbourg has been under the dominion of France thirty two years In Lorrain the most remarkable are Nancy Metz Toul and Verdun In Franche-Comte Bezancon Dole Grez and Salins In Roussillon Perpignan Colioures Salses Canet the Episcopal See was at Elne Du Chesne Father Boussingaut and A. Jovin de Rochefort have given a particular description almost of all the Towns There has been printed lately in Holland a Book intituled Theatrum Vrbium Rivers FRance as another terrestrial Paradise has four beautiful Rivers viz. the Rhone the Loire the Seine and the Garonne An Author calls them the four Royal Rivers The Rhone takes its rise at the foot of the Mountain St. Godart it comes from the Alps of upper Valois and is not far from the Rhine and Danubius The Germans call it Rhoden from an ancient Town called Rhodays Some count it as one of the three greatest Rivers of Europe It runs through the Lake of Geneva passes at Lyons Vienne Tournon Valence at St. Esprit Avignon Tarascon Beaucaire and Arles The Saone the Doux the Lizaire the Gardan the Durance and other Rivers enter into it The Loire takes its origine at the foot of Mount Gerbier of Jou in the Parish of S. Martial of the Diocess of Viviers it is call'd by this name from a Country-house near its source called Loire which is in the Parish of St. Eulalie of the same Diocess five leagues from the Town of Pardeles in Vivarez and six from that of du Puy in Velay It casts forth water at its rise as big as a mans thigh Mount Gerbier is so call'd because it has the figure of a Gerbier that is a stack of Corn. Those are in an errour who affirm the origine of the Loire to be in Sevenes because Sevenes is not Vivarez though contiguous to it neither is Vivarez Sevenes or Velay These three Regions are entirely distinct and are as it were little Provinces that are incorporated in that of Languedoc The Loire passes at Roanne Nevers la Charité Gien Gergeau Orleans Blois Amboise Tours Saumur Nantes and at the Bridge of Ce. This River is the longest of the Kingdom it carries Vessels about a hundred and sixty leagues from Roanne as far as Nantes or to Brevian If it be not
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