more expedient to conceal than to suspect yet it alwaies seems to be supernatural Pliny produces the like Example in these Terms Alcippe Elephantum peperit quod inter ostenta est Alcippe was deliver'd of an Elephant which ought to be reckon'd among the Prodigies of Nature As for the different kinds of living Creatures I never saw so great a multitude before and can scarce believe that there are so many elsewhere neither perhaps does Africa produce so great a number of Monsters The Elector who delights in this Curiosity caus'd 'em to be transported thither both from the Eastern and Western Countries but the most part of 'em come out of his own Territories There is not finer Hunting in the World than hereabouts so that sometimes above a thousand wild Bores are destroy'd in one Day Indeed his Electoral Highness takes very great delight in these sports and lays out greater expences about 'em than any other Prince in Germany I cou'd not forbear admiring the Keeper of these Beasts who uses 'em at his pleasure You wou'd be apt to affirm that Wolves Lions Bears Linxes Tigres Leopards c. lose their whole fury at the very sight of him at least they are no longer wild whilst they continue in his presence One of the greatest Noble-men of Carthage was heretofore expell'd that City only because he had tam'd a Lion so jealous were those ancient Republicans lest their Liberty shou'd one day be invaded by so ingenious a Person who having found out the knack of doing whatever he listed with savage Beasts might be induc'd with much greater reason to turn the Hearts of his Fellow-Cityzens so as to make 'em comply with his desires I cannot leave Misnia Saxony and Lusatia without declaring that I was very much surpriz'd there and that for want of good Memoires I did not stay so long as I might have done in so delicate a Country neither do I any longer admire that Charlemagne met with so many difficulties in carrying on his Conquests in those Parts BOHEMIA Formerly constituted a particular Kingdom but at present is subject to the Emperor It is a very fine Country but its intestine and foreign Wars have extreamly weaken'd and depopuâ—ated it Insomuch that it may not be unfitly compar'd to a valiant Soldier who has destroy'd his Enemies but â—till languishes under the Wounds he â—eceiv'd in the Battel I have heard â—ay that the Emperor's Presence wou'd â—n a little time restore that vigour which is now no longer to be seen â—here and this puts me in mind of â—ome sick Persons who recover their Health at the very sight of their Phyâ—â—cian I met with nothing thereâ—bouts that I sought for and indeed Curiosities are seldom to be found in â—he small Towns But PRAGVE To make amends for that fault furâ—â—sh'd me with very many The Jews â—ought Medals to me every day â—â—t such as were of very little value so â—â—at I was even asham'd of their Ignoâ—â—nce and despicable Poverty They also shew'd me a considerable quantity of Stones which may be call'd precious but in those kinds of Rarities I have regard to nothing but what is extreamly beautiful neither did I there meet with any of this Nature I found so much employment in this City that I was daily tir'd with traversing it altho ' new objects appear'd to my sight in its several Quarters I was told that I ought not to be surpriz'd at its vast extent in regard that it consisted in seven different Towns but this serv'd only to encrease the Wonder for I shou'd have judg'd that it contain'd above a hundred It is altogether as broad as the City of London is long and the number of the Inhabitants is proportionable to its compass If the thirteen hundred Apothecaries of London are a sufficient Evidence of its Populousness the two thousand Jesuits of Prague may be cited to the like purpose The other Religious Societies are also as numerous as in any part of the World whatever and there are some Monasteries that resemble the Palaces of Princes rather than the retiring Places of Persons who profess to renounce all the Vanities of the World The Spaniards have a Church in this City and consequently a Habitation with the Title of Pilgrims of Emaus but I never heard any mention made of that name any where else The People are very devout yet I do not think myself oblig'd to believe every thing that their mistaken zeal suggests to ' em They shew'd me in a Church the three Stones of a Pillar which the Devil as they say had brought from Rome to deceive a certain Priest as he was celebrating Mass with whom he had made a Compact They added that St. Peter threw this Fiend and his Pillar three several times into the Sea and that this Balk having spoil'd all his Measures he was so much enrag'd that he broke his Pillar for vexation and nevertheless too fortunately found means to escape c. My silence was not well interpreted by those that related the Story to me and I was oblig'd at last to declare whether I believ'd it or not I thought to have got off by saying that I had never read nor so much as heard of it before altho' I had been tolerably well inform'd of St. Peter's Miracles but that perhaps the circumstance of Time might afford me some light into the matter Therefore I demanded of 'em when this happen'd they answer'd many thousand years ago I reply'd that the Christian Religion was establish'd only sixteen hundred years ago that is to say since the Nativity of Jesus Christ It is true said they but the Miracle which we have mention'd to you is a great deal older than that Thus my Chronologie being entirely subverted I was almost forc'd to believe that the Catholick Church St. Peter and the Mass were much more ancient than they were suppos'd to be In the same Place I saw a large Stone Tomb which was found in Moldavia with the Body of St. Anthony It is a considerable Monument the Carving and Ornaments of which have a very great Conformity with the Sepulchres of the Primitive Christians that are discover'd in Italy and of which there are so many Draughts in that curious Book known by the Title of Roma subterranea These Characters XP which denote the Name of Christ with A and Ω are there express'd as upon our ancient Medals of Magnentius and Decentius In the same Church is shewn the Portraiture of the Virgin Mary painted by St. Luke and I am only displeas'd to meet with these Pieces so often for 't is certain that People are mistaken as to the most part of 'em it not being probable that St. Luke ever drew so many Portraitures of the Virgin besides that some modern Marks are apparent in this Piece Nevertheless I have a pious Veneration for all these sorts of Relicks They also shew'd me thereabouts a kind of Temple or Mosque suppos'd to have been built by the
every thing that is exquisite curious and rare in the Emperour's Library I have perus'd those Five Volumes at Vienna and altho' I had but a small space of time to spend in that Imployment yet they appear'd to me to be too short which is undoubtedly a good sign my Lord as 't is a very bad one when a Man is tir'd with reading a little Book Indeed I never set Foot in this Library without discovering some new Lights and improving my Knowledge to a higher degree so easie a Matter it is to become Learned by having recourse to so inexhaustible a Store-House of good Literature The most part of Matters are there to be found already digested and with never so little Judgment one may easily discern what is certainly true from what has only some appearance of Truth and by consequence argue rationally upon any Subject whatsoever I resided there about three Months and cou'd even have spent my whole Life in these Studies without the least fatigue or weariness There were no longer any Jews to be seen at Vienna which was the cause that I wanted many Medals They had been expell'd thence about a Year before and out of the whole Country of Austria Indeed Complaints are every where made of 'em and the Tributes which they pay to Princes for their Protection are not very efficacious to mollifie the Hatred which they have deservedly incurr'd They are the most cruel Enemies of the Christians as if they were authoriz'd by the Old Testament to commit those Robberies Massacres and Poysonings of which they are so often Convicted against those that believe the New A Physician may well compare 'em to the Spleen whose use is of no great Importance in regard that 't is often separated from the Body without any diminution of the Animal Functions It impairs the Soundness of the other Parts by appropriating to it self the Humours which ought to serve for their Nourishment and in a word causes 'em to pine away and to perish thro' emptiness if it be not timely prevented from growing too big The Jews wou'd do the like to the Christians if it were in their Power for they subsist only by Artifice and Fraud I have observ'd that the common People are not so miserably Poor in any Countries as in those where the Jews are tolerated so that it may be avouch'd that they consume their Substance Besides they are good for nothing they are not so Judicious as they were in times past neither can they endure to apply themselves to any sort of Work or Labour so that Sloath and Ignorance will at last involve them in all manner of Calamities The little Town which they formerly Inhabited at present bears the Name of Leopolstadt and serves as it were a Suburbs to Vienna which is separated from it only by a small Arm of the Danube It is very neatly built and the Churches are purify'd after having defac'd even the least Marks of their Superstition a Monument of which will be seen for a long time in the Painting of the high Altar where the Emperour and Empress seem to offer up all their Regalities to God imploring his Protection for the safety of their little Imperial Princess and of their People In another Painting of the same Church is represented a Young Christian Infant stabb'd to Death with Pen-knives by the Jewish Rabbins who under Colour of Religion receive the Blood in a Bason to be afterward us'd in their abominable Mysteries It is not without reason that the Religion of the Turks is call'd that of Swine and it may be also justly affirm'd that the Religion of the Jews is that of superstitious Bigots nevertheless without prophaning that Word which is in a manner Sacred and ought only to be apply'd to signifie the Worship which we owe to the true God The Turks put me in mind of a flight Embassy which I saw at Vienna where they resided about two Months After having had a Publick Audience of the Vice-President of the Council of War they demanded one also of the Emperour himself and had much ado to obtain it by reason of the little importance of the Affairs about which they came to treat yet the good Correspondence which is held between the two Empires at last caus'd it to be granted It was joyful News to me to be inform'd that the Turks avoided even the least occasions that might give any offence to his Imperial Majesty and that by that means the Rebels in Hungary cou'd expect no Supplies but wou'd be soon constrain'd to submit to his Clemency These Ambassadors were lodg'd without the City and guarded after the same manner with which those Christian Noble-men are usually treated who are sent on an Embassy to Constantinople I often repair'd to their Appartment and yet cou'd never get an opportunity to see 'em at their Meals altho' I was very desirous of the Sight I was only permitted to enter their Stables where I saw very fine Horses which they had transported on purpose to Trade with 'em For these Turks my Lord notwithstanding their Babarity are very Covetous and leave no Stone unturn'd to get Money I brought along with me out of that Country a rich Horse-Cloath Embroider'd in Mesopotamia where as they say is the finest Workmanship of this kind Indeed 't is extreamly beautiful without comprehending the Gold and Silver which are wrought in it even to the thickness of two Fingers I cou'd wish that it were sufficiently curious to give content to your Highness and that it were worth your acceptance It is well known that the Turks have an aversion to all manner of Games and Sports or to express it better they know not what 't is to Game or Play insomuch that Tennis-Play and Bowling seem altogether ridiculous in their Apprehension These sottish Christians say they throw a Ball into the Air run after it pursue it and run back again If they are so enamour'd with it why do they not take it Why do they not keep it Why do they take so much pains for a Ball that cannot stir of it self They abhor all sorts of Games at Cards and Dice but they have another kind of Sport I have often seen 'em hurling Faggot-sticks and small Billets at one anothers Heads the chief Dexterity of the Thrower is to strike his Antagonist as hard as he can whilst the other not only endeavours to avoid the Blow as I shou'd be apt to do in the like case but also goes to meet it and catches it with his Hand as if it were neither heavy nor hard in order to throw it back immediately with the like design of offending the former You may easily imagine that they do not often leave off without spilling of Blood yet they are as much good Friends as ever and he that does the most mischief passes among 'em for the most gallant Man I saw some other Sports or rather Exercises at Vienna in which the Germans in my Opinion
these Repositories to whose Custody they are both committed Although I shou'd declare that his Merit is extraordinary that he is a good Clergy-man and a profound Scholar and a most accomplish'd Person and that he enjoys all those excellent Qualities with the Favour of his Master which are things very incompatible I shou'd not be judg'd guilty of Flattery since every one gives the same Character of him His Imperial Majesty commanded that the other shou'd be shewn to me and I was not capable of receiving a greater Honour nor of bringing a more agreeable Disposition to the sight of so many rare Curiosities The Imperial Library may be reckon'd as the third Treasure it is full of the finest Books in the World and among others there are ten or twelve thousand Manuscripts of all sorts of Subjects and in all Languages as also the famous Libraries of Busbequius and Cuspinian and the rare Collection of the Fuggers of Augsburg I saw certain admirable Miniatures which sometime belong'd to the Dukes of Burgundy I saw also Octavius Strada's fine Collection of Medals with a vast number of the Designs of Raphael D'Vrbin Albert Durer and other excellent Masters of the Art of Painting A particular Account of these Curiosities will be suddenly publish'd and â—he compleat History of 'em is expeâ—ted from Monsieur Lambecius to whose custody they are committed and who is constantly employ'd in the Work as being perhaps the only Person in the World that is capable of taking exact Copies from those incomparable Originals where your Highness may find these first rude Draughts that I have made in their full Lustre and Perfection Wou'd it not be too hard a Task my Lord to discourse to you concerning his Imperial Majesty with such mean Conceptions as mine Cou'd they form any tolerable Idea or represent a Character in any wise suitable to so great an Hero I had indeed the Honour to be in his Majesty's Presence in his Gallery of Paintings when he was visiting his Treasure of ancient Medals There I had an opportunity to see during three hours and a half a Roman Emperor conversing with his Predecessors which cou'd not be observ'd elsewhere There a more discerning and sublime Judgment than mine might have made a Comparison between 'em on the very spot In my opinion the Lustre of the deceas'd Princes did not seem to eclipse that of the living Emperor in whose Person I saw concenter'd all that I knew and every thing that I had read concerning others His profound Judgment his exemplary Piety Justice and Clemency are conspicuous in so high a degree of Perfection that a faint Idea of 'em is only to be seen in the World Your Highness is sensible that extraordinary Virtues are often incompatible and that that Soul which is so happy as to possess 'em all does not always find an equal supply for all during its Intercourse with the Body from whence it cannot pass Thus we rarely observe Magnanimity and Fortitude intermix'd with that Gentleness and Moderation which are requisite for the compleat Formation of Piety and Clemency in the Heart of a Prince But in his Imperial Majesty all these Heroick Qualities which are so much admir'd proceed from a more noble Principle that enforces Nature and administers Relief to the Weaknesses of the Body This is that Divine Character which Heaven imprints on the Minds of all those of this August Family This is that second Soul which the Philosophers have attributed to Hero's which is the cause that he who is at present advanc'd to the highest degree of Dignity on Earth is at the same time a potent Emperor a virtuous Prince an accomplish'd Politician and a good Christian and hath all sociable Virtues united in his Person in a perfect Agreement which will constitute the Happiness of the Empire as soon as it shall be in a condition to answer thereto and shall have merited of Heaven so many Blessings which it may receive from his Hands and under the Government of so excellent a Sovereign and so prudent an Emperor It is true my Lord that he is even ador'd by his own Subjects for indeed the Respect and Affection that they bear to his Person is altogether boundless The Court of Vienna is very Magnificent and Splendid but that which in my opinion adds to its Lustre is that the Prince is every where imitated that is to say in his Piety Generosity Courteousness and Affability I know not by what means his Imperial Majesty is more especially become a publick Blessing to so many Illustrious Lords that depend on him whether by the Riches or Preferments he bestows on 'em or by the singular Example he shews ' em However I shall give an account to your Highness of some of their Persons and Qualities such as most readily occur to my Memory The Prince of Lobkowitz who is Comptroller of the Houshold Der Oberste Hoffmeister has the first Station in the Court his Father being High Chancellor of Bohemia was created a Prince by Ferdinand II. A.D. 1626 but he cou'd not enjoy the Privileges of this Dignity in the Diet of Ratisbone and his Son was admitted thereto by the Interest he had with the Emperor and by the Exigency of Affairs Count John Maximilian of Lamberg is High Chamberlain and the principal Confident of his Imperial Majesty He has a share in the transacting of all Publick Affairs and he is acknowledg'd by the common Consent of the People to be a Person that perfectly answers so great a Character for he is endu'd with a sagacious Judgment and a vigorous Disposition join'd with Learning and Experience Indeed his Embassies in Spain and to the Assembly of Munster have made him known throughout the whole Continent of Europe In short he is belov'd and esteem'd by the Emperor even to the highest degree and all Men are so well perswaded of his Merit that none envies him the happiness of his Station Henry William Count of Staremberg is the Great Marshal your Highness is sensible of the extraordinary Power that belongs to this Office in all the Courts of Germany He has an absolute Authority over the Jews and it may not be improper here to relate some particular Circumstances concerning this sort of People There are in Vienna about three thousand of 'em lodg'd in very convenient Appartments in a Burgh that bears their Name distant about two or three hundred Paces from the City which they may enter whenever they think fit except on Saturdays and Sundays being prohibited on those days by virtue of their Superstition and the Christian Religion but if they shou'd act otherwise than according to this Order they wou'd run the hazard of being cut in pieces Limnaeus propounds whether it be expedient for a Prince to tolerate 'em in his Dominions and produces the affirmative and negative Arguments but I shall not at present engage in the Debate They have three Synagogues in Vienna though at Francfurt they are allow'd but
one and are there more numerous I was told one day a Story in the same place which seem'd to me very pleasant A certain German disputed in Latin with a Jewish Physician and press'd him to acknowledge the coming of the Messias citing some Passages which he shew'd in Hebrew in the Prophecies and other Places of the Old Testament insomuch that the Doctor who cou'd not find sufficient Proofs to maintain his Argument told him at last Will not you grant that our Religion was given us by the true God Creator of Heaven and Earth and that he made a Covenant with us The German readily acknowledg'd it then reply'd the Jew When you can demonstrate to me that your Religion proceeds from God by as good Testimonies as we prove ours all will be well The German upon this occasion was endu'd with more Zeal than Discretion For my Lord what answer wou'd the Jew have made if any Man had reply'd to him This Religion was given you as a Preparative for the accomplishment of the Promises and this Covenant as a Type or Figure of the true one to be afterward made by the Messias Now if the Promises are apparently accomplish'd and if the Messias be already come your Religion and your Covenant or Dispensation are terminated Therefore according to the Rules of an equitable Argumentation it is not sufficient for you to prove the Continuation of your Religion and your Covenant by the Settlement which God made with your Ancestors but it lies upon you to prove it by a Negative that is to say by shewing in the Holy Scriptures which are common to us that the Messias who ought to consummate all things is not as yet come Indeed their Misfortune is very great in regard that 't is grounded upon the Word of God The Jews are extremely obstinate in their Opinions and very Superstitious yet they are miserable and every where laden with the Publick Hatred I have had some concern with 'em but none relating either to Religion or State Affairs and have purchas'd of 'em divers extraordinary ancient Medals they are easily wrought upon because Ignorant otherwise they are well skill d in Arithmetick The Counts of Dietrichstein and Zinzendorf are also principal Officers in the Emperor's Court the former is the Gentleman of the Horse and the other the Great Huntsman both most worthy of their Master's Favour The Count of Trauthson is one of the most considerable Lords of this Court He is a very ingenious Person and has in his Repository all manner of Curiosities viz. Books ancient and modern Medals Paintings Agates Marchasites Indian Rarities and in short every thing that can be imagin'd Notwithstanding the little time I spent in viewing all the particular things contain'd in this Musaeum the Description of 'em wou'd afford too much matter for a Letter Here was to be seen that famous Painting of Corregio which was the most precious Spoil of the Sacking of Mantua His most Christian Majesty who well knew its beauty thought fit to afford it a place in the Louvre and I was also desirous to see it there Another very remarkable Curiosity is a Cherry-stone on which are engrav'd above an hundred Portraitures with different Ornaments of the Head viz. Crowns Diadems Mitres Cowls Hats Hoods and Commodes for Women of various sorts This is to bring Art to it s heighest pitch of Perfection to comprehend such variety of Works within so small a space and even in a manner to proceed as far as Nature it self which animates Atoms and gives 'em organical Parts I shall also make mention to your Highness of an Amethyste Cup that I saw there it seems to be as fine as those fabulous Cups with which the Gods were wont to Carowse and indeed if the Fable cou'd impose on our Eyes as well as Mind one wou'd be apt to believe it This Lord has the stateliest Palace and the most spacious Garden in all Austria which is altogether extended in length or at least very near from the very City Gates of Vienna to the Danube His Grand-Father was the Favourite of Rodolph II. and I am of opinion that the Curiosity of this great Emperor excited that of his Confident If your Highness requir'd an Account of the other illustrious and ingenious Persons of Vienna you wou'd engage me to make mention of too many neither do I know all But I cannot forget Monsieur Schrimpf who is Resident to the Elector of Saxony the Duke of Wirtemberg and many other Princes and States of the Empire Cato and Brutus might be endu'd with as much Virtue and as generous a Disposition as he but according to my Judgment not with more His Liberality was so great as to offer me whatsoever Rarity I cou'd find in his House which oblig'd me to take a Resolution to commend nothing any longer in his presence nevertheless I did not refuse all the Presents which he thought fit to make me and I hope e're long to shew some of 'em to your Highness In the mean while I must entertain you with two or three Divertisements which I saw taken by his Imperial Majesty who delights very much in Hunting and sometimes by that means recreates his Spirits wearied with the Fatigues that are inseparable from the Management of the Publick Affairs of the Empire I had a sight of the Emperor in a Forest about three Leagues from Vienna to the North where his Grand Huntsman had caus'd a Tent to be prepar'd for him under which he was with the Empress and those Courtiers whom he had sent for thither I was there in the Retinue of the Marquess of Baden Durlach a Prince whom you know my Lord to be Learned Judicious and as well vers'd in Civil as Military Affairs The Hunters started a great number of Stags and Hinds which were constrain'd to run round the Tent by reason of the Gins that were laid on all sides The Empress first fir'd at 'em with a Harquebuss and the Emperor shot nine or ten several times within the space of an Hour About five or six days before their Imperial Majesties had discharg'd Twenty three shot at Prater which is the usual Walking-place of the Emperor and the Gentry of Vienna It is a Forest of high Trees situated along the sides of the Danube convenient spaces being left for all sorts of Walks indeed this Place is very pleasant where Ogni di infonti o in boschi Scherzar si vedon ' colle belle i vaghi I saw one day three Tents which the Emperor had order'd to be fixt for the above-mention'd Hunting they were those that the Grand Signior had presented to him by his last Ambassadors and which were valu'd at sixty thousand Crowns His Imperial Majesty in like manner takes much delight in residing at Laxemburg which is a small Palace situated in a Champion Country at the distance of three Hours Journey from Vienna where he passes every Year four or five Weeks in the Season of
too little Your Most Serene Highness well knows that it is the Seat of Opulency and the Rendezvous of Riches that with respect to its situation its extent it s more than stately Buildings it s Canal which divides it on all sides and that loftiness which cannot be express'd and which is its true Character it shows more Grandeur and Magnificence even than the most beautiful City of Rome neither do I admire My Lord at such an occurrence since it has extended its Commerce much farther than the other ever did its Conquests Again Amsterdam has discover'd two Worlds to enrich it self whereas Rome was content with the spoils of one It is a very pompous Spectacle to behold in its Ports and Canals those numerous Fleets that come to People the Town Sometimes they are seen there to the number of ten thousand Vessels that is to say another Amsterdam upon the Water or rather a floating Province of which Amsterdam is the Capital City To see the Arrival of so vast a multitude of Ships and so prodigious a Resort of People a man wou'd fancy himself to be present at the General Fair of the Universe This Imagination I confess is somewhat odd But what can one say of a City in which there is a Concourse of so many different Nations where so great Wealth is expos'd to view where is to be seen at once every thing that the Fruitfulness of the Indies has produc'd in a course of many years and to speak more clearly where a view may be taken of the Store-Houses of all the rich Harvests of the Levant The Town-House is a Noble Pile of Building its Architecture being the most magnificent and the most regular in the World It was erected by Art within a little space of time at the expence of thirty millions and the particular Dimensions and form of it are represented in Prints which are very much esteem'd Private Persons in this City are very Rich and there are some who wou'd be judg'd to be so even in the opinion of Crassus I also know one who sent so powerful a supply to the King of Denmark as was sufficient to rescue him from the violent Attacks of Sweden Their manner of counting is extraordinary and somewhat more stately than that of reckoning by Talents in the first Empires so that to hear 'em talk of dividing Gold by Tuns wou'd put Your Highness in mind of the Triumvirs who made only three parts of the World At Amsterdam every one chooses a Creed at his pleasure and Religion is as free as the State nay even the Roman Catholick does not offend their Consciences but because it interferrs with their Civil Government the publick Exercise of that alone is prohibited I had a sight of all their Curiosities and those of all sorts and among others divers Paintings that we know and others which are unknown to us as also Indian and Chinese Pieces of an inestimable value In these last a curious Eye may discover all the secret particulars of the History the manner of living Customs and Religion of those Countries and there are represented certain Martyrs who sacrifice their Blood to the transport of their Zeal if it may be allow'd to make so bad an application of that sacred name which belongs only to the Heroes of the true Religion For the Effusion of Blood and even Death it self are only the exteriour Decorations of Martyrdom the proper place of its Sacrifice is the Heart and the Will where it has Faith for its Object As for the other Curiosities they are so numerous that they may even be reckon'd by Tuns as well as their Gold Among others there are four Remarkable Repositories in which are contain'd as many Rarities as I ever saw elsewhere M. de Witzen Recorder of the City is Master of the first of these and it seems as if his House were built less for an Habitation than to delight the Eyes nothing being to be found in any part of it but Magnificence and Symmetry neither can it be distinguish'd whether the Repository serves as an Ornament to the House or the House to the Repository For there are choice Collections of Paintings Books Images and the finest pieces of Antiquity insomuch that it may be affirm'd that that which is scarce every where else is here found abundance M. Vander Hem and M. Occo Advocates have in like manner each of 'em their particular Musoeum and a Comparison cannot be made between 'em because their value cannot be known A Man may imagine that he has taken a view of every thing when he has seen but one and yet in the other he meets with a Multitude of new Rarities so that it does not seem as if he pass'd out of one Repository into another but out of one World into another The fourth Repository is in the possession of M. Gril and I have caus'd Draughts to be taken from the best of the Medals which are there preserv'd But those sorts of Rarities are unknown to many Persons and I shall keep 'em entire for the use of Your Most Serene Highness In another Place I saw certain Charts of an extraordinary importance which discover all the secrets of Navigation They are the lively Images of the Sea and the bottom of its Channel is likewise as exactly represented as if it were from the drie Land The Shelves Quick-sands Rocks Streights and Channels are all express'd upon these Draughts insomuch that without having attain'd to the skill of an able Pilote one might by the help of those Instructions trace out the Roads from one Pole to the other But the publick Interest takes no notice of these Oracles which Experience has utter'd from time to time but even suffers 'em to be bury'd in Oblivion Let us now leave Amsterdam and set forward in our Journey to England The Town of HAERLEM Is the first on the Road and we cannot behold it without calling to mind that it supplies the place of another which fell as a Victim to the Cruelty and detestable outrages of the Spaniards The Sea which bears its name is properly only a Plain of Water but more dangerous than the main Ocean it self For the Head of the Palatine Family was very near perishing there and cou'd not escape but with the loss of one of his Children The great Church is one of the most beautiful Structures in Holland and in it is to be seen the stately Tomb of Admiral Opdam Afterward we pass'd to LEYDEN A Place so Famous for its University The History of the last Wars will eternize its Fame to the perpetual Disgrace of the Spaniards who were forc'd to raise the Siege and to abandon a Victory which they had gain'd the day before I am now bringing a Medal to Your Most Serene Highness which shews the same thing in better Terms to this effect SICUT SENNACHERIB Ã JERUSALEM SIC HISPANI Ã LEYDA NOCTU FUGATI 1574. As Sennacherib from Jerusalem so the Spaniards were