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A77171	The martial-field of Europe being a geographical and historical description of those parts of Europe, which are most famous in this present war, viz. I. Flanders, II. The Rhine, III. Savoy, IV. Catalonia, V. Hungary, VI. Greece. With an account of the several revolutions of those places, either by conquest or treaties of peace, particularly from the treaty of Munster in 1648. to this present time. By A. Boyer, Gent.	Boyer, Abel, 1667-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3916; ESTC R203420	162,311	286

King of Lacedemon others to Cecrops who also founded Athens and others assure us that it was founded by Spartus Son to Phoroneus King of Argos in Patriarch Jacob's time 1763. Years before our Saviour In Polybius's time it was of a round Figure five or six Miles about being Commanded by Mount Taigetus on the West This City now has but the Miserable Ruins of its former Greatness It is divided into four Quarters separated from each other The Castle makes one the Land another and two Suburbs called Melokorion or the middle Suburb and Exokorion or the outward Suburb The Exokorion is seperated from the other three by the River Vasoli Potamos but has Communication with them by a Stone-bridge The Castle called To Castron has very good Walls and is so advantagiously seated on a rising Ground that some Historians assure it was never taken by open force either by the Turks or Venetians Nevertheless General Morosini made himself Master of it in 1687. It stands 120 Miles almost S. of Setines 150 S. E. of Lepanto and 526 S. W. of Constantinople Long. 47 d. 32 m. Lat. 35 d. 26m III. Zarnata Zarnata is a Fortress which both Art and Nature have conspired to make strong being seated on a very pleasant rising Ground and defended with Towers and other Fortifications In 1685. the Garrison frighted at the approach of the Venetian Army Surrendred to General Morosini upon Articles It stands 25 Miles almost W. of Misitra IV. Chielefa Chielefa is a considerable Fortress seated on a steep Rock of a square Figure environ'd with good Walls flank'd with five huge Towers It is a Mile in circumference and stands about two Miles off the Sea and 17 N. of Cape Matapan near the place where Vitulo a famous trading City stood formerly which has given its Name to Port Vitulo now little frequented because it is neither safe nor commodious In 1685. Chielefa Surrendred to General Morosini The next Year after the Turks endeavouring to regain this Place were routed and put to flight by the Venetians V. Passava Passava is an inconsiderable Fortress in the Province of Maina near the Gulph of Colochine on the Cape Mapatan over-against Chielefa and Port Vitulo it is built upon a rising Ground but very irregular and of no strength In 1685. General Morosini took it without any opposition and caused it to be razed VI. Cape Matapan and Maina To the S. of Morea is Cape Matapan which runs further into the Sea than any other Cape of this Peninsula It was anciently called Promontorium Taenarium from the Cave Tenaro whose vast spacious Gap gave occasion to Poets to feign it the Mouth of Hell The Sea round this Cape is very deep and has there two good Ports the first is called the Port of Quails by reason of the prodigious number of Quails that fly thither the other is called the Port of Maina Betwixt these two Ports and upon the Ruins of the Ancient Cersapolis the Turks built formerly a Fortress which they called Turcotigi Oliminias add Monige which the Greeks Interpret Castro di Maini In 1570. the Venetians took this Fort and razed it Article IV. Saccania or Romania Minor THIS Province which comprehends the old Argia borders the Gulf of Lepanto Bounds the Isthmus of Corinth and the Gulf of Engia on the North. The Mare Egeo on the East Zaconia and the Gulf of Napoli di Romania on the South and Zaconia and Chiarenza on the West The Palus or Marsh of Lerna where Hercules is said to have kill'd the Hydra with Seven Heads is in this Province The only Cape here is Cape Schili Lat. Scylaeum or Plethon Cape or Scillium or Damala or Sygillo Promontorium The Cities of Note here are Napoli di Romania Archb. Cap. Argos Bish Corinth Archb. I. Napoli di Romania Of all those famous Cities which were formerly the Ornament of Argia called now Saccania or Romania Minor none but Napoli keeps to this day some remains of its former Beauty and Grandeur It is called by Ptolomy Nauplia by Sophianus Napli and Anaplia by the Greeks It is a strong and trading City Built by Nauplio Son to Neptunus in the farthest part of the Gulf commonly called of Napoli anciently Argolicus Simus upon a little Cape that divides itself into two different parts that towards the Sea forms a good safe and spacious Haven the other towards the Land renders the passage to the Town almost inaccessible there being no other but a narrow stony steep way to come to it between Mount Palamida and the Sea-shore Besides the advantages of the situation which render this City one of the strongest in Europe it is defended by a Cittadel Built on a Rock in the Sea a hundred Yards off the City which consequently cannot be Attack'd by Land Napoli was formerly a Bishoprick Suffragan ef Corinth but now it is an Archbishop's See and the ordinary Residence of the Governour of the Province which is Inhabited by 60000 Greeks besides a vast number of Strangers of several Nations It stands 78 Miles S. W. of Athens and 60 N. of Misitra Napoli as most Cities has undergone many Changes of Government in 1205. the French and Venetians together made themselves Masters of it In 1388. King Giovanissa took it by Storm put all the Garrison to the Sword and blew up the City Napoli came into the Hands of Mary Erigana or Anguien by corruption Widow of Peter Son to Frederick Cornaro Piscopia who being unable to keep it against so powerful an Enemy as Bajazet sold it to the Republick of Venice to which it was subject till 1539. when it was yielded to Mahomet II. to procure a Peace In 1686. General Morosini ordered General Coningsmark to possess himself of Mount Palamida which is within Musket-shot of the Town and commands it and whilst he battered it from this Place Morosini gave Battel to the Serasquier that came to relieve it defeated him and took Argos their Fleet at the same time taking Ternis Aug. the 29th the Serasquier advanced again with a 1000 Men and fell upon the Venetians in their Trenches where the Battel was dubious for three Hours but at last the Turks fled After the Battel the Siege was pusht on with vigour and the Turks Capitulated to Surrender on the usual Terms and were conducted to Tenedos II. Argos There have been three Cities called by this Name the first is Argos Amphilochium in Epirus the second Argos Pelasgicum in Macedon and lastly Argos Peloponnesiacum of which we are now to Treat It has been anciently called Phoronia Hippobote Jasia Diposia Jappia and lastly Argos It was formerly the Capital of the famous Province of Argia or Argolis and one of the most Celebrated Cities of Peloponnesus It is seated on the River Planissa Lat. Inachus Fluvius 7 Miles almost W. of Napoli di Romania It was first a Bishoprick under the Archbishop of Corinth and then erected into a Metropolitan it self It has the Mount

Long. 21 d. 37 m. Lat. 51 d. 2 m. VII Courtray Courtray or Cortrick Lat. Corteriacum and Cortracum is seated on the River Lys it is thought that in Caesar's time it was under the Jurisdiction of the Nervians and Tournisians Philip the Bald Built a Castle in it and others have added other Fortifications at different times The French by their too great precipitation lost a Battel here in 1302. and because they of Courtray kept an Anniversary to Celebrate the Memory of that happy Day it was Plunder'd and Burnt in 1382. Some time after it was Rebuilt again and is now pretty considerable for its Commerce good Citadel and great Territories The River Lys divides it in two The French took it in 1646. and the Spaniards retook it in the Year after Lewis XIV made himself master of it in 1667. and kept it by the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle in 1668. and Fortified it regularly but being afterwards given to the Spaniards by the Treaty of Nimeguen in 1678. and retaken again by the French they Dismantled it before they restor'd it to the Spaniards by the Truce of 1684. The French took it again in _____ It stands 12 Miles N. E. of Lille 14 N. W. of Tournay and 180 W. of Paris Long. 16. d. 45 m. Lat. 49 d. 9 m. VIII Douay Douay Lat. Duacum on the River Scharpe was the Chief Town of the Country of the Catagues mention'd in Caesar's Commentaries as 't is thought Pbilip II. King of Spain founded its University in 1563. which is a Seminary for the English Roman Catholicks It is of considerable strength and has a Magazine very well furnished It is likewise considerable for its extent ancient Buildings and September's Fair. The Fort stands about a Cannon shot below the Town upon the Scharpe and judged by its Situation among Marshes by means of its Sluces whereby it can drown all the Country about to be impregnable The Chief Trade of this Town consists in fine Woolen Camlets sent into many Parts The French are Masters of it since 1667. It stands 13 Miles almost N. of Cambray and 34 W. of Mons. Long. 22 d. 12 m. Lat. 50 d. 24 m. IX Furnes Furnes which the Flemings call Wernen is a well Built and pleasant Town tho' but small The Canals support the Trade of the Town which consists in Linnen and other Manufactures The City is dignified with the Title of a Viscountship and the Jurisdiction of a Lord Castellain It was three times taken and now Fortified by the French and at length resign'd to that Crown by the Peace of Aix La Chapelle in 1668. It was taken by the English in 1692. and retaken by the French in 1693. It stands not far off Sea Five Miles S. W. of Newport and 12 nigh E. of Dunkirk Long. 21 d. 50 m. Lat. 51 d. 8 m. X. Dixmude Dixmude or Dixmuyde is situated on the Confluent of the River Ypre and another small Stream It is not very large but is reckoned a Place of importance and Famous for a great Fair in July It has often changed its Masters The English took it and new Fortified it in 1692. The French retook it the Year after It stands Nine Miles N. of Ypres and 20 E. of Dunkirk Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 51 d. 6 m. XI Cassel Cassel or Mont-Cassel Lat. Castellum and Castellum Morinorum is an ancient Town situated on a Mountain It is well Fortified and has a considerable Jurisdiction and two Famous Fairs one in January the other in August King Philip Augustus took it in 1213. and it was taken and retaken since upon several occasions The French are Masters of it since 1677. It stands by the River Fene 15 Miles S. of Dunkirk Long. 21 d. 39 m. Lat. 50 d. 57 m. XII Orchies Orchies is an ancient and considerable Town called by Ptolomy the Capital of the Atrebatii It stands between Tournay and Doway 10 Miles off each Long. 22 d. 26 m. Lat. 50 d. 34 m. XIII St. Amand. St. Amand Lat. Elno is seated on the River Scharpe and is Famous for the Abbey of St. Amand where died the Saint of that Name Abbatia Sancti Almandi Elnonensis The French have been in Possession of it ever since 1667. The Forest of St. Amand beginning on the Frontiers of Flanders and extending it self in the County of Hainault near to Valenciennes was cut down by Order of Lewis XIV in 1676. after his taking of Conde and Bouchain St. Amand before the French dismantled it was a Place of great strength the River Scharpe on which it stands falls a little lower into the Schelde the Lands that lye between the two Rivers are called the Isles of St. Amand. This Town lyes 16 Miles N. E. of Doway and 40 S. of Ghent Long. 22 d. 42 m. Lat. 50 d. 27 m. XIV Armentiers Armentiers Lat. Armentariae stands on the Lys and is considerable for its strength and Linnen Manufactory and Trade It has been often taken and retaken in this last Age. The Archduke Governour of the Low-Countries in 1647. took it from the French who not long after became Masters of it again and still are in Possession of it by the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle It lyes Seven Miles almost W. of Lille 32 S. E. of Dunkirk and 40 S. W. of Ghent Long. 22 d. 8 m. Lat. 50 d. 45 m. Chief Towns in Flanders belonging to the Hollanders I. Sluys SLuys Lat. Slusa or Clusa is a Sea-port Town over against the little Island Cadsant or Guisant It formerly belonged to the Counts of Nemours descended from the Counts of Flanders and then fell into the Possession of the French Philip the Bold King of France kept a strong Garison here to curb those of Bruges and Charles VI. Built a Fleet here against England The Emperor Maximilian I. took it afterward in whose Family it remain'd some time During the Wars of the Netherlands the Prince of Parma took it for the King of Spain and the Dutch retook it in 1604. under the Conduct of Prince Maurice which they look'd upon as a sufficient Compensation for the loss of Ostend and thereupon Coin'd a Medal with this Motto Jehova plus dedit quam amisimus God gave us more than we lost The Defence of the Besieged was very memorable for they held it out for three Months till such time that they were out of all hopes of relief and had eat up all the Leather Mice Rats c. which they could find The Dutch Fortified the Haven and Town which they repeopled with the Inhabitants of Ostend who came thither after the Surrender of that Place But on a Treaty of Peace it was afterwards dismantled It is now very strong but thinly Inhabited and nothing near so Rich as formerly its Trade being removed first to Bruges and from thence to Antwerp It has still the largest Haven in all Flanders being capable of 500 good Ships This Town stands 22 Miles N. W. of Ghent 10

Army kept it in a manner blocked up by their Incampment in 1688. And in 1689. the Forces of Lithuania and Poland setting down before it began a formal Attack Aug. 20. but crossed with ill success raised the Siege in September following This City stands 72 Miles N. W. of Soczow 116 almost S. E. of Lemburg 280 E. of Cracovia and 290 S. E. of Warsovia Long. 47 d. 46 m. Lat. 48 d. 50 m. II. Bar. Bar is a very strong Town on the River Row in the Palatinate of Kaminieck upon a Hill among Marshes and now subject to the Turks It stands 70 Miles N. E. of Kaminieck and 54 N. W. of Braclaw Long. 49 d. 22 m. Lat. 49 d. 14 m. III. Braclaw Braclaw Lat. Braclovia is a strong Town in Lower Podolia situated upon the River Bog towards the middle of this Province and Capital of the Palatinate of the same Name it is subject to the King of Poland but the Country has been strangely ruined by the Turks since the taking of Kaminieck off which City it stands 110 Miles to the E. Long. 50 d. 52 m. Lat. 48 d. 53 m. Article IV. Moldavia MOldavia is a Principality of Europe known also under the Name of Great Walachia Name or Walachia Cisalpina formerly part of Dacia and afterwards of the Great Kingdom of Hungary It has its Modern Name from a River Bounds or from the Borough Moldavia The Niester divides it from Podotia on the N. the Black Sea and the Danube divide it from Bulgaria on the E. It has the Rivers Danube and Serethe or Missovo on the South and the Mount Hemus divides it from Walachia and Transilvania on the West It is about 90 Leagues long from East to West Extent and 70 from N. to S. This Country is fruitful in Corn Pulse c. the Air very good Quality There is such plenty of Wax and Honey that their Tythes are worth above 200000 Crowns to the Prince History The Inhabitants are Christians under the Greek Patriarch and the Tribute they paid formerly to the Turks was formerly about 1400 Pound but the Port increaseth it from time to time not caring how poor they make them to keep them obedient I● 1686. the Poles over-ran all this Country and took their principal Cities they therefore since relinquished the Ottoman Interest and voluntarily put themselves under the Protection of the Emperor of Germany in 1688. This Country is divided into Moldavia properly so called towards the West and Bessarabia towards the East where the Danube's Mouths are and belongs to the Turks Bessarabia is inhabited by the Tartars Drobuces or of Budziack and the Tartars of Oczakow both great Thieves The Places of Note in Moldavia Proper are Sockzow or Czukaw Jassy or Jazy Pudna Targorod or Trescort In Bessarabia Tekin or Tigina Akierman or Bialogrod Oczakow Kilia nova I. Sockzow Sockzow or Czukaw is a great and strong City the Capital of the Principality of Moldavia and the ordinary Residence of the Prince called Vayvode It stands on the River Serethe 54 Miles N. E. of Cronstad and 74 almost S. of Kaminieck Long. 48 d. 30 m. Lat. 47 d. 44 m. II. Jassy Jassy or Jazy is a great and populous City on the River Pruth subject to its own Prince under the protection of the Emperor The Poles took it in 1686. and soon after left it again It stands 60 Miles E. of Sockzow I. Tekin Tekin or Tigina is a great City the Capital of Bessarabia on the River Niester towards the Borders of Podolia It stands 100 Miles N. E. of Jazy Long. 51 d. 20 m. Lat. 47 d. 30 m. II. Bialogrod or Akierman Bialogrod is a strong City upon the Niester near the Pont Euxine and the Capital of the Principality of Budziack It stands 42 Miles S. W. of Oczakow and 270 N. of Constantinople Long. 54 d. 34 m. Lat. 47 d. 32 m. III. Oczakow Oczakow or Ocziakow Lat. Axiace is a strong Town seated at the Fall of the Borysthenes or Niester into the Euxine Sea It has a Castle which is Garrison'd by the Turks but the Citizens are Precopensian Tartars it was Built by Vitolaus Duke of Lithuania and at first peopled by his Subjects Near this City the Poles gave the Tartars a fatal overthrow in 1644. This Place gives Name to the Neighbouring Tartars who are so troublesom to Podolia Lithuania and Poland that the King of the latter pays them Tribute to prevent their Incursions It stands 44 Miles N. E. of Bialogrod and 290 N. of Constantinople Long. 55 d. 27 m. Lat. 47 d. 52 m. IV. Kilia Nova Kilia Nova is a strong Town of Bessarabia subject to the Turks upon the Danube 60 Miles S. W. of Bialogrod and 230 N. of Constantinople Long. 53 d. 28 m. Lat. 46 d. 44 m. Article V. Walachia WAlachia or Valaquia a Principality of Europe Bounds was formerly part of the ancient Kingdom of Hungary It lyes between Moldavia to the N. E. Transilvania to the N. W. Hungary to the West and Bulgaria to the South It is not very long since it was divided into great Valachia or Cisalpina Division the present Moldavia or little Valachia or Transalpina the which is now called Valachia It has Mines of Gold Quality Horses the most esteemed in Europe and a great number of Rivers The Turks call it Carabogdana that is the Land of black Corn. Riches This Province is divided into 13 Counties promiscuously Inhabited by Saxons Hungarians and Natives The Vaivode or Prince has 100000 Crowns by his Tythes of Honey and Wax a great Commodity in that Country and his Customs upon the Malmsie of Candia Government carried thro' his Lands into Germany bring him a great Sum too He is now Tributary to the Grand Signior to whom he generally pays 70000 Ducats but is sometimes obliged to pay 100000 to maintain himself in his Principality He can raise 10000 Horse and 1000 Foot The People here are inconstant and wild Strength Inhabitants their Tongue inclines somewhat to the Latin which makes some think they are descended from the Romans In the Ceremonies of their Religion which is that of the Greeks Religion they make use of the Lingua Franca used almost over all the Orient The places of Note in Walachia are Tarvis or Targovisco Cap. Brascovia Buchorist Margozest I. Tarvis or Targovisco This is a great and considerable City the Metropolis of Walachia and the ordinary Residence of the Vaivode It stands on the River Launiza 94 Miles S. E. of Hermanstat 140 S. W. of Jazy and 200 E. of Belgrade Long. 47 d. 38 m. Lat. 48 d. 54 m. II. Brascovia Brascovia or Bracslow or Brasgow is a City towards the North Parts of Walachia with a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of Colocza 47 Miles almost N. of Tarvis Article VI. Bulgaria BVlgary Lat. Bulgaria a Province of Europe belonging to the Turk Bounds had in times past the

Repair the Ruins caused by this Accident This Town is a Bishop's See Suffragan of Antivari and stands 8 Miles N. W. of that City Long. 41 d. 44 m. Lat. 48 d. 54 m. XV. Antivari Antivari Lat. Antibarum which some take to be the Ancient Doclea is seated upon the Adriatick Sea or Gulph of Venice of a Bishoprick created into a Archbishoprick by Pope Alexander II. with 10 Suffragans in 1062. It has since fallen under the Tyranny of the Turks It stands 60 Miles S. E. of Ragusi Long. 41 d. 42 m. Lat. 43 d. 15 m. XVI Dolcigna Scutari Dolcigno or Dulcigno and Scutari or Scodra were formerly reckoned in Dalmatia but belong now-a-days to the Kingdom of Albania of which we shall Treat in the next Section Of the Republick of Ragusi RAgusi or Ragusa is a City and Republick upon the Gulf of Venice with an Archbishop's See Some Authors esteem it to be the same with the Ancient Epidaurus but others will have the Ruins of that City to be on the other side in a place called Ragusi Vecchio However it be this City which the Selavonians call Dobronich is very well Built It s situation is upon a Rock so high on one side and craggy that 't is a Covert to it and on the other side it stretches along a little Tongue of Land where 't is washed by the Sea Near this City is the Fort of St. Lawrence and a Port. It 's Inhabited by many Merchants and the best peopled place in Dalmatia The Government of it is almost like unto that of the Republick of Venice It 's true that the fear of losing their Liberty is so great that it obliges them to change their Duke or Governour every Month and to continue their Officers in their Posts but for six Weeks wherefore Gentlemen cannot wear a Sword nor lye abroad without informing the Senate therewith and in the Night time Strangers and especially Turks are lock'd up in their Lodgings by them Moreover the Gates of the City are never open but for three or four Hours by Day in Summer time and not above an Hour and a half in Winter The Ragusians pay Tribute to the Turks whom they fear to the Venetians whom they hate to the Pope Emperor and King of Spain upon consideration Ragusia or the Country of Ragusa is but inconsiderable comprehending no more than the Town of that Name Stagno and two or three Villages This City is very much subject to Earthquakes and had terrible shocks in 1637. and 1667. The Senate of Ragusa is composed of Sixty Senators whereof Forty at least must meet together when they assemble for Judgment Civil Matters at the Commencement of the Suit are brought before Six of the Senate from whom there is an Appeal to the College of Thirty who are no Senators and if the Decrees be for Sums exceeding 500 Crowns the Appeals are finally determin'd by the Senate Their Judicial Proceedings are in Latin but they plead in Italian or the Language of the Country Criminal Affairs are judged by an Officer from whom there is an Appeal to a Jurisdiction composed of Six Senators and if the Sentence be confirm'd there the Affair is terminated but if otherwise the Senate takes Cognizance thereof and Judges it As to Politick Affairs of lesser Importance the Governour with Six of the Senate decides them and these Six Senators exercise that Charge a Year Ragusa stands 82 Miles N. W. of Scutari 160 S. E. of Jaicza 165 S. E. of Zara and 168 S. W. of Belgrade Long. 40 d. 40 m. Lat. 43 d. 3 m. Stagno Stagno Lat. Stagnum is a small City and Sea-Port belonging to the Commonwealth of Ragusa with a Bishop's See under the Archbishop of that City from which it stands 18 Miles almost N. W. Long. 40. d. 40 m. Lat. 43 d. 18 m. THE MARTIAL-FIELD OF EUROPE SECT VI. Greece Lat. Graecia THIS Country which the Turks now a days call Rumelia Name derives its ancient Name of Greece from a certain King call'd Graecus Another King whose name was Hellen gave it the name of Hellas and its People that of Hellenes But the name of Greece is taken variously for at first it comprehended only two little Countries of which the one was called Thessalia and the other Hellas or Greece properly so called Afterwards Epirus Macedon Achaia the Peloponnesus as also the Islands round about that extremity of the Continent received the name of Greece Besides that the name of Great Greece was given to Sicily and the lower part of Italy And lastly the name spread it self into the Continent of Neighbouring Asia which was called Asiatick Greece Greece properly so called which we are now to describe is bounded on the North by a long Chain of the Mountains Mariani Bounds which separate it from Romania Bulgaria and Servia on the West by the Adriatick and Jonian Seas on the South by the Mediterranean Sea and on the East by the Archipelago or White-Sea formerly Mare Aegeum It stretches from the 42 d. Situation 30 m. to the 49 d. 30 m. of Longitude and from the 34 d. 40 m. to the 43 d. of Northern Latitude Extent so that its Extent W. and E. is about 420 Miles and about 500 S. and N. Ancient Division Greece was formerly divided into six part viz. 1. Peloponnesus 2. Epirus 3. Greece Proper 4. Thessaly 5. Macedon 6. The Islands Greece properly so called or Hellas was subdivided into Aetolia Doris Phocis Attica Megaria Baeotia and the Country of the Locri. Modern Division Greece at this Day is divided into seven parts viz. six large Provinces and the Islands 1. Albania on the Adriatick Sea or Gulph of Venice 2. Epirus on the Jonian Sea 3. Macedon On the Aegean Sea or Archipel or White Sea 4. Thessaly On the Aegean Sea or Archipel or White Sea 5. Achaia 6. Morea a Peninsule on the South of Achaia environ'd with the Jonian Cretian or of Sapienza and Aegean Seas 7. The Islands The six first have preserved their ancient Names except Morea formerly called Peloponnesus and Albania formerly part of Epirus The Air is here generally mild temperate and wholesom Quality The Soil extreamly fruitful in all necessaries as Corn excellent Wine and Fruits the most exquisite in the whole World There are also very good Pastures that feed abundance of Cattel and the Woods are stock'd with Fowl and Deer The Ancient Greeks had the advantage over all other Nations for Learning Ancient Inhabitants Their Wit Bravery and Wisdom They were the Inventors of Arts and Improvers of Sciences and as they were renowned for Learning so were they no less fam'd for their Military Prowess Courage extending their Arms into several Kingdoms of the Universe so that People resorted to 'em from most parts of the World either to be instructed in the Liberal Sciences or else to learn the Art of War The Countrey was so fertile in Men of Learning