LETTER XXVII.
SIR,Ronciglione, May 30, 1730.
As it appears by all the Letters from Rome that they are on the point of chusing a new Pope, I set out sooner from Venice than I should otherways have done, and came post to this City without stopping much by the Way. I pass'd thro' Padua, where I had the Honour to pay my Respects to the Prince Emanuel of Portugal, who is come to reside there for some time, and I was afterwards at the Comedy, which was indeed, a most wretched Performance, but the Assembly was gay and numerous: Among the rest there were a great number of Students and young Fellows, particularly one that made a very finical Appearance, who had ten or twelve Patches on his Face, a red Coat embroider'd with black Gawse, a Hat, a Shoulder-Knot, Stockings, &c. the whole trimm'd with Gawse. I took him at first for a Mountebank, but I plainly saw that the Whimsicalness of his Dress was the Humour of the Country. What gave me some Amusement was, to see a Hare which Harlequin had taught to play Tricks, to tumble Top over Tail, to leap over a Stick, and to beat a Drum with his two Fore-feet.
From Padua I went to Ferrara a City in the Ecclesiastical State, where the Pope keeps a Legat who is always a Cardinal. It appear'd to me to be a large City with spacious Streets, and some fine Palaces, but it did not seem to be very populous, which is ascrib'd to the bad Air in this Country, otherwise one of the finest in all Italy.
The Road from Ferrara to Bologna is extremely level, and as good and agreeable in Summer as 'tis unpassable in Winter. Bologna is the second City in the Ecclesiastical State, and is a large fine Town. 'Tis in a most charming Situation, all the Country round it being properly a Garden, and one of the most fruitful and fairest Plats in Nature. 'Tis said this City contains near 80000 Inhabitants. The common People are civil and well bred, and none more polite to Foreigners than the Noblemen. There are stately Palaces here, of which I will only mention that of the Marquis Rinucci, because to me it seem'd to be one of the most considerable in the City. 'Tis very magnificent, and of a vast extent. The Ground-Floor contains three large Apartments, the first Story five, and the second as many. The Stair-case of this Palace is very much esteem'd for its Contrivance. In one of the Halls are two large Pictures: The first is the Consecration of the Emperor Charles V. perform'd by the Pope at Bologna: The second represents Frederic IV. King of Denmark giving Audience to the Senate of Bologna: and their complimenting him on his Arrival. In another of those Halls are two other curious large Pictures; the one of Cardinal Rinucci, having Audience of the King of Poland when he was sent to him as Nuncio; and the second shews the same Cardinal receiving the Cap from Lewis XIV. King of France, at whose Court he was Nuncio when he was promoted to the Purple. The Apartments adjoining to these Halls are also
adorn'd with excellent Paintings and very richly furnish'd.
The Churches of Bologna are not less magnificent than the finest Churches in Italy. I thought that of St. Paul the most worthy of Remark, which is serv'd by Bernardine Fryars. The Roof is adorn'd with Paintings representing the History of St. Paul. These Pictures which are highly esteem'd are the Performances of Antonio Caccioli and Rolli two Natives of Bologna, and they have both out-done themselves. The Painting of the Dome where St. Paul is represented on his Knees ready to have his Head struck off is admirably fine. The high Altar is of Marble of various Colours, finish'd with a great deal of Art. The Seats of the Monks are of Wallnut-Tree, and over them are several Pictures of the Life of St. Paul drawn by an able Hand, who was Carache's Pupil. The Churches of St. Catherine of Bologna, and St. Michael in Bosco are well worth the Traveller's Observation, on account of the choice Pictures with which they are adorn'd. St. Michael's in Bosco stands upon an Eminence three Miles from Bologna, to which there's an Entrance thro' a cover'd Gallery made like a Piazza. 'Twas a Work erected by the Citizens of Bologna, out of their Devotion to a miraculous Image of the Holy Virgin which is reverenc'd in this Church.
The Legate's Palace is very ancient, but grand and magnificent. 'Tis as strictly guarded during the Vacancy of the Holy See as if the Enemy were at the Gates of the City. All the Avenues to it are hung with Chains: The Swiss Guards are arm'd with Cuirasses: The Guard which consists of fifty Soldiers is barricaded with Pallisades and Chevaux de Frise, and the Palace-Gate is defended by eight Pieces of Cannon.
What remains for me to tell you of Bologna is, that 'tis one of the Cities in Italy where a Foreigner finds most Amusement. The Nobility not only strive to give him Pleasure, but he has fine Paintings to feast his Eye, and here are often excellent Concerts of Music, Operas, and Comedies, charming Walks, and genteel Country-Houses; which I take to be all that can be desir'd in Life.
From Bologna I travell'd in two days to Florence, after having been dragg'd in my Chaise thro' the Apennines, a prodigious Range of Mountains; which is a thing I shall never do again while I live; for I really suffer'd very much in this Road, and if ever you should have a fancy to come this way, I would advise you to carry Provisions or a Cook with you, for there is not one considerable Place in all the Road. Fiorenzola, which is almost half way, is a sorry little Town. From thence to Scarperia the Road is extremely rugged. One descends a high Mountain pav'd like a Stair-case, which to attempt in a Chaise, you are sure of being, if I may so call it, broke upon the Wheel, and therefore I chose to walk down. At Scarperia the Road becomes more passable, and it mends as you come near Florence. In our Way we pass'd thro' a Town call'd Ponte that stands at the Foot of a Hill, where the Great Duke has a Castle which appear'd to me to be very well fortify'd.
One perceives Florence a great way off, and indeed it makes a fine point of View to see so great a City in a beautiful Valley between Hills which rise insensibly, and end at length in high Mountains, inhabited in such a manner that they may be reckon'd the Suburbs of Florence. The River Arno passes thro' both the City and the Valley. Among all the Cities of Italy, Florence may justly be surnamed the Fair, since it has all that can be desir'd in a great and wealthy Town, such as sacred and profane Edifices,
Bridges, Monuments, and Fountains; yet 'tis not so large nor populous as Bologna. As I enter'd Florence I perceived over the Gate a Table of white Marble with a Latin Inscription on it, as follows:
Florentia, Adventu Friderici IV. Daniæ et Norvegiæ, Augusti, Felicis, quod eam sua Præsentia magnus Hospes impleverit, Augusta felix, An. S. 1708. Mense Martio.
'Twas the late Great Duke Cosmo who caus'd this to be engrav'd to the Honour of the King of Denmark.
The City of Florence has been so well describ'd that I shall pass very briefly over all that relates to the Buildings. The Square call'd Piazza del Gran Duca or the old Palace, contains Ornaments enough to embellish a great Town. Here you see a spacious Fountain which Cosmo I. caus'd to be built after the Designs of Amminati and Philip Baldinucci, two of the most famous Sculptors at that Time. Not far from this Fountain is the Equestrian Statue of Cosmo I. which is rais'd upon a great Pedestal of white Marble, with this Inscription engrav'd on the chief Front of it:
Cosmo Medici, Magno Etruriæ Duci Primo, Pio, Felici, Invicto, Justo, Clementi, Sacræ Militiæ Pacisque in Etruria Authori, Patri et Principi Optimo, Ferdinandus F. Mag. Dux III. erexit, An.ciɔ iɔ lxxxxiiii.
On the other three Sides of the Pedestal are very fine Bas-Reliefs of Brass. The first represents Cosmo I. recogniz'd for Sovereign by the Senate of
Florence; the second the Ceremony of Cosmo's Coronation, and the third the same Cosmo in an antique triumphant Car making his pompous Entry into Sienna, which was submitted to his Government. Ferdinand I. de Medicis when he erected this Statue to the Honour of his Father, employ'd in the Direction of it the famous John Bologna, who has very well answer'd the Opinion that had been conceiv'd of him.
In the Great Duke's Gallery near the Square, I saw the greatest Curiosities, both among the Antients and Moderns. A Busto of Alexander the Great, the famous Statue of Venus, cut by Apollodorus, with those of the Emperors and Empresses of Rome, and the greatest Personages of former Centuries; the best Originals of the greatest Painters; and a thousand uncommon things, such as Diamonds, Rubies, Pearls, Emeralds, Saphirs, Topazes, Amber, Porcellain, Crystal, Porphyry, Coral, Marble, and Granite, the Particulars of which wou'd form a Volume. They are actually engraving on Plates, and several Persons of Quality are contributing to the Expence of this fine Work, which is considerable, and for which excellent Designers are employ'd. This wou'd have been worthy of the Great Duke, and it seems to me that this Prince when he sees his Family extinct, and his Estate pass into the hands of Foreigners, ought at least to eternize the Glory of his Ancestors by publishing an Inventory of the immense Wealth which they have acquired, and transmitted to their Posterity.
Of all the Churches in Italy there are none more magnificent as to the outside than the Dome of Milan, and the Cathedral of Florence, both which are entirely lin'd with Marble of various Colours. A Citizen of Florence, who pretended to know the History of this City perfectly well, assur'd me that its Cathedral was built out of the Impost of
five Sous which had been laid upon every Piece of Cloth that was then sold at Florence; but I believe you may without Breach of Charity take this for a Story.
Over against the Cathedral is the magnificent Baptistery, to which there's an Entrance thro' three Gates of Brass, so artfully wrought that Michael Angelo said they were good enough to be the Gates of Paradise.
St. Laurence's Chapel, which is not yet finish'd, is the Admiration of all Connoisseurs, and is design'd to be the Place for the Burial of the Great Dukes, whose Remains are to be deposited in a Mausoleum of wonderful Workmanship, adorn'd with precious Stones. 'Tis 150 years ago that this Chapel has been building, and yet it wants two Thirds of being finish'd. If it were lawful to criticise the Conduct of Princes, I must say it again, that the Great Duke, who sees that his Greatness and his Family must end with him, ought to put the last hand to this Monument of the Magnificence of the Medicis: For can he hope, that if he himself neglects to transmit the Lustre of his Family to Posterity, his Successors will think to do it, who are nothing to him, or at least but very little? But such is the Humour of John Gaston Great Duke of Tuscany; he is so indifferent and unconcern'd about every thing, that he sees Foreigners dispose of his Dominions, and nominate his Successor, and the Courtiers ready to abandon him and to worship the said Successor; and yet the Prospect, how disagreeable soever it may be, does not seem to give him any Uneasiness: And he said some days ago, after he had sign'd his Last Will and Testament, declaring Don Carlos Infante of Spain his Successor, that he had just got a Son and Heir by a Dash of his Pen, which he had not been able to get in thirty four years Marriage.
Thus, Sir, I have given all you will have of me this time touching Florence, where I cou'd stay but a few days, and then made no Acquaintance, having only been taken up in seeing the Curiosities of this City. At my Return from Rome I propose to come hither again, and make some stay in order to get a little Knowledge of the Court; and then you shall be inform'd of every Remark that I make.
From Florence I went and din'd at Castilloncello, and lay at Sienna a City in the Duchy of Tuscany, to which Cosmo I. de Medicis made it subject, not without great Resistance from the Siennois. The City which is both an Archbishoprick and an University, is very pleasantly situate, and enjoys a very good Air. 'Tis said that Italian is spoke here with more Purity than in any other Town in Italy. It seem'd to me to want Inhabitants, for I went thro' several Streets and did not meet a Soul. 'Tis said that a great many of the Nobility are settled in Sienna, and that Strangers are sure to meet with a civil Reception here, but as I staid no more than one day, I had only a cursory View of the Town. The Cathedral appear'd to me to be a great and noble Building lin'd with Marble. The Great Duke's Palace is ancient, but commodious. It has a Tower which is look'd upon as a singular piece of Architecture. The Great Princess[165] Violante of Bavaria is Governess of Sienna. She liv'd formerly in this City, and was mightily belov'd in it; but she has resided for some time at Florence. The Square which is before the Palace is oval, and hollow in the Middle, so that it may be laid under-water like the Square Navona at Rome.
From Sienna to Viterbo the Road is extremely bad, I passed the Mountain of Radifocani, situate in one of the vilest Countries in all Italy. At the top of the Mountain there's a Castle, where a Garison
of fifteen Men is kept, with a Commanding Officer, whom I found at the House of Entertainment where I alighted. He had been a Lieutenant in France in the Royal Italian Regiment, and spoke very good French. He told me that the Inhabitants under his Government were as bad as the Country, of which some Moments after, I saw a Proof. A Mule-driver having a Quarrel with the Drawer, the latter stabb'd him with a Knife in the Rim of the Belly, with as much Sedateness as if he had been doing a good Action; and the Commandant never caus'd the Assassin to be apprehended: for which when I express'd my Surprize to him, he said he had nothing to do out of his Place; and that besides he did not dare to cause the Assassin to be apprehended, because he had three Brothers as wicked as himself, who wou'd not fail to take a Revenge if he was punish'd. And then, said he, I shou'd have enough to do if I were to cause all to be apprehended who give Wounds with Knives.
Aquapendente is a sorry little Town, and yet a Metropolis. Bolsena is no better, and Montefiascone tho' a Bishoprick, wou'd not be worth mentioning, were it not for its Vineyards which produce excellent Muscadine Wine.
Viterbo, three Leagues from Montefiascone, seem'd to me to be a pretty Town. 'Tis adorn'd with three fine Fountains, and pav'd with great Flint Stones which are four foot long and two foot broad. This City has some fine Houses in it. 'Tis the See of a Bishop, and its Cathedral is a Structure which does not want for Grandeur. In this Church the Archbishop and Elector of Cologn was consecrated by Pope Benedict XIII. who came hither on purpose to save the Elector all manner of dispute about Precedency with the Cardinals; who were in their turn so disgruntled with the Pope, that none of them accompany'd him in this Journey.
Monteroso is a pretty Town, but Ronciglione outdoes it; and indeed in all the Ecclesiastical State there is not a pleasanter. It drives a great Trade in Snuff. I came hither yesterday at Noon, and don't think of going away 'till this Evening, my Chaise being broke. I hope however to lie this Night at Rome, from whence I purpose to send you many good Stories forthwith. You will do me a Pleasure to let me hear from you; and to believe me in Italy, as well as elsewhere, yours, &c.
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A. Abbesses of two Convents, the Ceremony of marrying them by every Doge of Venice, [400]. Their Dress, [401]. Agrippina, Empress of Rome, [250]. Ahlen-Castle, in the Dutchy of Zell; the Retreat of the Duke's unfortunate Daughter, [62]. Aix-la-chapelle, t. [199], [341]. Albert, Margrave of Brandenbourg, [82]. Albert I. Emperor, [388]. Albert II. Emperor, [388]. Aller, R. [61]. Alpes, for whom those Mountains were made, [395]. Altena, t. [53], [57]. Distress of the Inhabitants, [58]. Privileg'd Place for Bankrupts, [59]. Altenbourg, t. [167]. Altheim, Count and Countess, [255], [256]. Amelia, Empress of Germany, 228 to [230], &c. [344]. Amminati, Sculptor, [426]. Andrew, Cardinal of Austria, [390]. St. Andrew's Order of Muscovy, [76]. Angelo, Michael, his saying that certain Gates were good enough for Paradise, [428]. Anhalt-Cothen, Princess, [173]. Anhalt-Dessau Leopold, Pr. [37]. His Amour and Marriage, and his Menace to shoot his Tutor, [38], [39]. His Character by the late D. of Savoy, [39]. His Valour, [39], [40]. His Government, [82]. Augustus Lewis, Pr. his Wives and Issue, [83]. Anhalt-Zerbst, Magdalen-Augusta, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha, [181]. Anna-Maria's Violin, [415]. Anne, Princess Royal of Denmark, and Electress-Dowager of Saxony, [100]. Anne-Frederica, of Promnitz, [83]. Anne-Sophia-Charlotte, of Prussia, Duchess of Saxe-Eysenach, [183]. Annunciation-Pictures, done by Tintoret and Titian, [419]. Anspach, [193], [204]. See Brandenbourg. Anthony-Ulric, D. of Brunswic-Lunenburg-Wolfembuttle, [69], [71], [73], [75], [79]. Antinous's Statue, [370].
Antonietta-Amelia of Brunswic-Blanckenbourg, [72]. Apollodorus Statuary, [427]. Apollonia, the Singer, [415]. Appel, a Merchant at Leipsic, his House the Residence of the K. of Poland, [85]. Appennine Mountains, [425]. Aquapendente, t. [430]. Arch-duchess, [232], [233], [381]. Architecture, the best Article that Princes can lay out their Money in, [10]. Aremberg, Duke and Duchess Dowager, [332], [333]. Argenson, M. de, [303]. Arlington, Countess of, [67]. Arnheim, Marshal de, [40]. Arnim, Sigismond de, [146]. Arnould, St. [366]. Arthur, Prince of Wales, [389]. Augsbourg, t. [273]. Its Comparison with Antwerp, [275]. Its chief Trade, [275], [276]. Augusta, of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales, [182]. Augustus III. K. of Poland, [97], [99]. His Travels and Conversion to Popery, [101]. His Marriage, [102], [165]. His Love and Duty to his Father, [104]. His Election and Coronation, [106]. His Tutor, [126], [127]. His Queen, [98]. Their Children, [99]. Augustus-William D. of Brunswic-Lunenburg Wolfembuttle, [69], [71], [73]. Augustus-Albert, Prince of Prussia, [113]. Augustus, Emperor, [273]. Aulic Council, at Berlin, [14]. At Vienna, [244]. St. Austin's Tract of the City of God, [179]. Austria, House, of whom it now consists, [233]. A Wish that it never may be extinct, [233]. Its great Alliances, [250]. Austrian Princes, remarkable for an Air of Gravity, [112]. Their People's Avertion to the Bohemians, [222]. The scurvy Pun of a French Jester upon them, [228]. Their Epicurism, [253]. Pride, [254]. Their Fondness for the Title of Count, [255]. Austrian and Lorrain Families united, [233], [341]. Auvergne, Princesses, [332], [333]. B. Backover, M. Chancellor of Saxe-Gotha, [182]. Baden-Baden, Margrave and Margravine, [213], [299], [300]. Baden-Dourlach, Christian, Margrave of, [183], [279]. Charles, [293], [296]. [298]. Margravine, [298], [300], [301], [304]. Badiani, Count, [244]. Bahlberg, Adolphus, Baron of, [184]. Baldinucci, Philip, the Sculptor, [426]. Balls of Bohemia, compar'd with those in the Hay-Market, [223]. Bamberg, t. [201], &c. the mighty Prerogative of its Bishop, [201]. Barbi, t. [82]. Bareith, Margraves. See Brandenbourg. Bareith, t. [204]. Princess, [303]. Baron, the Title purchased in Germany by a Messenger, [256]. Basset, how a Lady made her Gallant's Fortune at it, [252]. Bass-Viols, a German Duke's Fondness for 'em, [168], to [171]. Bavaria, Electors of, [259], [262], [263]. Its Division, [267]. Riches and Revenue, [167], [268].
Electoress, [363], [364]. Its Apostle, [366]. Baudissin, M. Wolf, Henry de, [104], [127], [128]. Baumgarten, General, [84]. Beaufort, Marquis de, [135]. Beausobre, M. [15]. Bedmar, Marquis de, his Conspiracy, [409]. Beichling, M. Chancellor, [91]. Beichling, Countess Dowager, [141]. Belgrade, [248]. Belvedere-Palace, [4]. Benedict XIII. Pope, [337], [430]. Benedictines, a sort of Republic form'd in that Order, [190]. Benson, William, Esq; Director of the fine Water-works at Herenhausen, [67]. Bentivoglio, Cardinal, his Remark upon the Alps and the neighbouring People, [395]. Bergenopzoom, [332]. Berlin, t. [3]. Its Obligation to the French Refugees, [3]. Its Academy, [147]. Bernsdorff, John Hartwig Ernest, Baron of, [155]. Berschen, t. [394]. Beveren, Baron de, [334], [335]. Bevern, Brunswic Branch, [71]. Charles, Prince of, [26], [72]. Ferdinand-Albert, Prince of [70], [71], [72]. Elizabeth-Christina, Princess, [72]. Bilinski, Count and Countess, [118]. Bishoprick, which the first in Germany, [201]. Black Liveries, never given by a certain German Family, [363]. Blanc, M. de, [306]. Blanche, Mary, Wife to the Emperor Maximilian, [389]. Blanckenbourg, County, [79]. Blanckenbourg, t. [76], [78]. Stupidity of the People, [78]. Blanckenbourg's Duke and Duchess, [71], [76], [78]. The Duke's Treaty with the Elector of Hanover for a Vote and Seat in the Dyet, [79]. His Accession to the Title of the D. of Wolfembuttle, [80]. Blanckenheim-Mandersheldt, Francis George, Count de, [333]. Bockenheim, t. [340]. Bohemia, [210], [211], &c. [244]. Where and by whom its Kings and Queens are consecrated, [212]. Its Saints, ib.. The Wealth and Grandeur of its Nobility, and the Poverty and Slavery of the Peasants, [218], [219], [221]. Its States, of whom compos'd, [222]. Their Aversion to the Austrians, [222]. Bolagnos, Count de, [397]. Bologna, John, [427]. Bologna, t. [423], [424]. Bolsano. t. [392]. Bolsena, t. [430]. Bork, the Prussian Minister and General, [31], [42]. Bose, Countess of, [145]. Bossagno, t. [394]. Bot, the Architect, [10], [18]. Compar'd to Bernini, [94]. Bothmar, Count de, [65]. Bouillon, Princes, why they had the Title of Domestic Highnesses, [210]. Bourbon and Austria, Houses, our Author's Wish that they might never be extinct, [233]. Bourbon, Duchess of, [310], [332]. Bourg, Marshal de, [306], [307]. Brandenbourg, Electors of, Joachim II. [196]. John George, [204]. Brandenbourg, Lewis, Margrave of, [387]. Brandenbourg-Anspach, Margraves, capital, [193], &c., [195], [361].
Margravine, [194]. Her Present to our Author, [197]. Death in this Family pretended to be always foretold by the Appearance of a Spirit, [196]. Brandenbourg-Bareith, Margraves, [200], &c. [205], &c. [303], [342]. Brandenbourg, t. [2]. Brandenbourg-Schwedt, Marquis of, [26]. Margravine Dowager, [125]. Brandstein, Frederic-Augustus de, [145]. Brebentau, Mademoiselle de, [116], [157]. Brebentau, the Palatine of Marienbourg, [163]. Breitenbauch, Henry-Augustus de, [146]. Bremer, M. de, [195]. Brenner, Mountain, [391], [392]. Breslau, the Road from it to Berlin, [1]. Breton-Villiers, Marquis, Reflection on his Memoirs, [337]. Brezé, Marshal de, [321]. Brhousel, t. [318]. Brimstone, prescrib'd to the Austrians by a French Jester, [228]. Brixen, t. [392], [394]. Brocks, a Hamburgher and Poet, [53]. Brou, M. de, [306]. Bruhl, John and Henry de, [104], [129], [130], [131], [132], [140]. Adolphus de, [140]. Baron de, [174], [177]. Brunswic Hanover, John-Frederic, Duke of, [229]. Brunswic Family, [61], [69], [71]. The Princes descended from it, [231]. Brunswic, t. [69], [75]. Brunswic-Blanckenbourg, Lewis Rodolf, Duke of, [70], [231]. Brunswic-Lunenbourg-Wolfembuttle, Duke of, [231]. Bucentaur, a fine Venetian Galley, [399], [407]. Bulau, Baron de, [65], [66]. Baroness, [66]. Burgau, Charles, Margrave of, [390]. Burgundy, Charles the Bold, Duke of, [389]. Philip Duke, [389]. Buthler, Constantine, Baron of, [184]. C. Cabinet Ministers, their Precedence at the Court of Prussia, [134]. Caccioli Antonio, Painter, [424]. Cadets Academies, [48]. Cæsar's War with Pompey, painted, [370]. Callenberg, Augustus-Henry Gottlob, Count de, [145]. Camke, Madame de, [25]. Camke, Messieurs de, [44]. Candi, a famous Painter, [261]. Carinthia, Henry Duke of, [387]. Carlowitz, John-George de, [145]. Treaty, [238]. Carlsbad, t. [208], &c. Virtue of its Baths, ib. Carlsrouhe, t. [293]. Caroline, Princess of Saxe-Eysenach, [115]. Cassel, See Hesse. Castel, Count de, [195]. Castilloncello, t. [429]. Catsch, M. a Minister of Prussia, [5], [17], [43]. Catzenellenbogen, upper County, [357]. Chains, that bound St. Peter, St. Paul, and St. John, three Links of them, [198]. Chalisac, M. [37]. Charlemain's Crown and Sword, [199]. Charles, Margrave of Burgau, [390]. Charles II. K. of Spain, [387].
Charles IV. Emperor, [387]. Charles V. Emperor, [381], [387], [423]. Charles VI. Emperor, [70], [230], [341]. His Diversions, [233]. His Friendship and Gratitude, [256]. His Love for the Empress, [257]. Remarks on his Coronation, [341]. Charles-Christian, Prince of Prussia, [113]. Charles, K. of Sardinia, [335]. Charles XII. K. of Sweden, [55], [56], [123], [124]. Charles, Prince Palatine of Sultzbach, [332]. Charles, the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, [389]. Charles-Albert, Elector of Bavaria, [259], [262], [263]. His Electoress, [263]. Charles-Lewis, Elector Palatine, [274], [342], [381], [383]. Philip ditto, [328], [330], [331]. His Revenues, [337]. Charlottemburg House, [35]. Child-bearing, ascrib'd to the Miracles of the two Bohemian Saints, [213], [214]. Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bareith, [200]. Christian-Lewis, Margrave of Brandenburg, [28]. Ulric, Duke of Wirtemberg-Oels, and Bernstad, [83]. William, of Saxe-Gotha, Prince, [182]. Christina-Louisa, of Oetingen, Duchess of Blanckenbourg, [70]. Christina, Princess of Saxe-Weissenfels, [114], [115]. Christopher, St. where most worshipped, [394]. Cicerone, the Meaning of that Word in Italy, [395]. Cinfuentes, Count de, [244]. Cleisheim, [375]. Clischoff, Battle, [163]. Clovis, K. of France, [388]. Coburg, t. [200]. Cohorn, Engineer, [328]. Cohten, t. [83]. Colin, Alexander, Statuary, [386]. Collobradt, Count, [220]. Collonitz, the Count and the Cardinal, [248], [249]. Collowrat, Count and Countess, [133], [148]. Complimenters, nauseous, [199]. Condé, Princess of, [344]. Conferences, Counsellors of, [240], [244]. Constance, Council of, [15], [339]. Coquets, in Venice, the Place of their Rendezvous, [415]. Corfou, Island, [408]. Cornaro Family's Tomb, [404]. Cosel Countess of, Mistress of the late K. of Poland, [90], [91], [117], [118], [120], [124]. Her Menaces against him, [118]. Count, [117], [136]. Her Daughter, [142]. Cosmo I. Duke of Florence, [426], [427]. Costa, Count de, [101], [123]. Counts of the Empire, their Preheminence, [287]. Courland, Duchess Dowager, [200]. Craut, his surprising Rise from behind the Compter to the Ministry, [4]. Creutz, M. de, Prussian Minister, [5], [45]. Creutzer, Coin, [278]. Crossen, t. [1]. Culmbach-Brandenburg, Margraviate, [204]. George-Frederic-Charles, the Margrave, [205]. His Family and Revenues, [204], &c. [208]. Cunegonda, Empress, her Tomb, [202], [387]. Cup, which Joseph put in Benjamin's Sack; the Reason our
Author had to remember that Passage, [204]. Customs, a remarkable Attachment to old ones, [78], [79]. Cyprianus, Dr. [179]. Cyprus, Cornaro, Q. of, [406]. Czarowitz, [70]. D. Damnitz, M. de, Grand Marshal of Saxe-Gotha, [182]. Danckelman, Baron de, [15]. He prophesies his own Fate, [16]. Dangervilliers, M. [306], [307]. Danneberg, Henry de, [71]. Danebrock Order, [74]. Dantzick, t. invested, [107]. Reduc'd, [108], [109]. Danube, R. [278]. Darmstadt, t. [357]. Landgraves, [357], [362]. Daun, Count and Marshal de, [246], [370]. Degenfeldt (Schomberg) Count de, [342], [343]. Dehn, Count de, [72], [73]. A very fine Dancer, as well as Minister of State, [74]. Dejanira's Story painted, [383]. Delitz, Countess of, [66]. Denhoff, General, [7]. Denmark, Q. of, [208]. The Prince Royal, [208]. Devos, Tapestry-maker at Brussels, [236]. Diedrichstein, Count, [147]. Doberginsky, M. [35]. Doges of Venice, their Marriage of the Sea, and of the Abbesses of two Convents, [399], [400]. Dohna, Count de, [6]. Dorffling, a Taylor, his Rise to be a General in the Army, [12]. Dorothea-Sophia, Princess of Prussia, [19]. Dorothy, Electress of Brandenburg, [19]. Dresden, t. [87], [157], &c. Drinking hard, in Germany, our Author's humourous Account how it affected him, [184], [187], to [190], [204], [325], to [327]. Where he reckons it an inseparable Function of the Ecclesiastical Courts, [204]. Duhamel, Francis, General, [7], [412]. His Lady, [412]. Duvaine, General, [5]. Duval, a famous Soop-maker, [56]. E. East-Friesland, George-Albert, Prince of, [208]. Eib, General, [191]. Einsiedel, John George de, [143]. Einsiedel, Curt de, [144]. His Lady, [144]. Einsiedel Detler, Henry de, [146]. Eleonora, Empress, [240], [381]. Eleonora, Princess of Neubourg, [230]. Eleonora-Philippina, Princess of Hesse-Rhinfels, [332]. Elizabeth, Empress of Germany, [232], &c. Her Abjuration of the Lutheran Religion, [232]. Elizabeth-Sophia of Brandenbourg, Duchess Dowager of Courland, [200]. Elizabeth-Christina of Oetingen, Duchess of Blanckenbourg, [76]. Elvan, t. [378]. Emanuel, Prince of Savoy, [238]. Emigrants, of Saltzbourg, [375], [376]. Emperors of Germany, the Ceremony of their Audiences, [225]. Their Dining, [225]. Suppers, [227]. Pictures, [370]. Empresses, the Respect paid to them, 228 to [230], &c.
Empress Dowager, [229]. Eosander, the Architect, [10]. Erdmansdorff, Ernest-Ferdinand de, [144]. Erfurt, t. [178]. Erlangen, Christian, t. [200]. Ernest-Augustus, the first Elector of Hanover, [63], [67]. How he obtain'd that Dignity, [68]. Ernest, Arch-Duke, and his Wife, [389]. Ernest-Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, [173]. Ernest the Pious, Duke of Gotha, [178]. Etiquette, in foreign Courts, what, [224]. Etlingen, t. [303]. Eversberg, t. [364]. Eugene of Savoy, Prince, his Palace, [236]. His Character, [237], [141]. His Regiment of Dragoons, [237]. His Sickness, Death, and Interment, [238]. His Employments and Estate, [238], [240]. His last Will, [239]. His Library, [239]. His Nephew, [239]. Excellency, the Venetians Fondness for the Title, [420], [421]. Eysenach, t. [183]. See Saxe. F. Fatima, a Turkish Lady, [115], [116]. Favourita, the Emperor's Palace, [234]. Faustina, the Singer, [421]. Ferbellin, t. [50]. Ferdinand, I. de Medicis, [427]. Ferdinand, K. of Castille, [387]. Ferdinand, K. of the Romans, [381]. Ferdinand I. Emperor, [385], [387]. His Son's Tomb, [389], and Wife, [390]. Ferdinand-Albert, D. of Brunswic-Lunenbourg and Bevern, [70], [71], [72]. His Merit and Preferment, [72]. Ferdinand-Mary, Elector of Bavaria, [259]. His Wife, [260]. Ferdinand, Duke of Bavaria, [263], [264]. His Duchess, [263]. Ferrara, t. [423]. Finck, of Finckenstein, Count, [25]. Fiorenzola, t. [425]. Fermian, Barons of, [367]. Fishermen, at Venice, their Election of their Doge or Chief, [402]. Fitztuhm, Count de, [91], [142]. His Daughter, [150]. Fleming, James-Henry, Count de, Prime Minister of Poland, [73], [74], [89], [90], [92], [102], [125], [144], [152], [155], [162]. His Reason for employing Foreigners before Saxons, [155]. The Origin of his Family and his Education, [162]. His Preferments from first to last, [162], &c. His Marriage and his Duels, [163], [165]. His Conduct with regard to Patkul, [164]. His Estate, [165], [166]. His general Character, [166]. Fleming, Mademoiselle de, [116]. Fleury, Marquis de, [135]. Cardinal de, [241]. Florence, t. [425]. Fohsen, Mademoiselle de, [38]. Forbenius he saved the Life of the Elector of Brandenbourg, [51]. Force, Marshall de, [321]. Forchs, the Starost assassinated, [155]. Francfort, on the Rhine, [340]. Privilege of those here called Residents, [342]. Francfort, on the Oder, t. [2]. Francis I. K. of France, his solemn Affirmation, [215]. Franconia, Duke, [185], [191].
Frankenberg, Baron de, [236]. Frankendahl, t. [338]. Frauenstad, Battle, [163]. Frederic, of Austria, nicknam'd the Pennyless Prince, [385], [386], [388]. Frederic, Elector Palatine, who was chose K. of Bohemia, [210]. Frederic IV. Emperor, [387], [388]. His Mother, [389]. Frederic, Electoral Prince of Saxony, [99], [112]. Frederic II. Duke of Gotha, [180], [181]. III. the present Duke, [181], [182]. His Brother William, [181]. His other Brothers and Sisters, and his Revenues and Guards, &c. [182]. Frederic-Augustus II. K. of Poland, [94], [102]. His Nativity calculated at Venice, [95], [96]. His Death, [96]. His Queen, and her Death, [97]. His Change of Religion, [100]. The Method he took to convert his Son, [101]. His Natural Issue, [115], &c. His Generosity, [164]. Frederic IV. K. of Denmark's Compassion to the Altenois, [58], [59]. His Queen's Retirement, [59]. His giving Audience to the Senate at Bologna, [423], [426]. Frederic, the Fair, [230]. Frederic-William, Elector of Brandenbourg, his Statue, [9]. His remarkable Speech to his Soldiers, [50]. His daughter, [200]. Frederic I. K. of Prussia, his Statue, [8], [297]. Frederic, Prince Royal of Prussia, [25]. Frederica-Sophia, Princess of Prussia, [25], [26]. Frederica-Louisa, Princess of Prussia, [26]. Of Saxe-Gotha, Princess, [182]. Fredericsfeld, House, [27]. Friesberg, Baron de, [61]. Friesland, Henry-Frederic, Count of, [123], [139], [142]. Frisoni, an Architect, [288], [290]. Fuchs, Baron de, the Prussian Minister, [4], [29], [41]. Fuchs, Countess de, [254]. Fugger, Maximilian, Count, [266]. His generous Entertainment of the Emperor Charles V. [276]. Fuhl, de, Great Marshal, [90]. Fulde, t. [184]. Magnificence of its Abbot, [184]. Fultishau, Convent, [380]. Furstemberg, Prince, [165]. Cardinal, [315]. Furstenfeldt, Abbey, [272], [273]. G. Gala, Days of, what, [226], [227], [228]. Galeas, John Duke of Milan, [389]. Gallasch, Count de, [211]. Gardeners, the best in all Germany, [85]. Garment, Christ's, a Relique of it, [198]. Gaston, John, Great Duke of Tuscany, [428]. Gates, thought by Michael Angelo to be good enough for Paradise, [428]. Gemblours, Abbot of, his sole Privilege of celebrating Mass booted and spurr'd, [191]. Gemming, Baron de, [208]. Gentleman, two French Kings fond of the Title, [215]. George I. K. of Great Britain, his Wife, [61], [62]. His Administration, [61], [64], [68]. George II. King, [64], [69]. George-William, Margrave of Brandenbourg-Bareith, [205].
George (St.) Abbess of, [212]. Order Bavarian, [260]. George I. Landgrave of Darmstad, [357]. German Language, its Excellency. [53], [195]. Vanity of the Germans, [198]. Gersi, the French Ambassador, [397]. Gersner, Physician, [368]. Gerstorf, Gotlob-Frederic, Baron de, [47]. Gertrude, a Marcoman Lady, History of her, an entertaining Novel, [343], &c. Its Key, [355]. Gilles (St.) Count de, [92]. Glass Manufacture of Venice, [410]. Globe, John-Frederic Count de, [334]. Goblet of Gold, the Pleasure with which our Author drank out of it; and how he wish'd to carry it off, [204]. Godfrey of Bouillon, K. of Jerusalem, [388]. Gohren, Baron de, [45]. Gortz, (Henry) Baron de, [54]. His famous Copper Coin, [56]. His Execution, [57]. Gortz, the Hanovarian, [64]. Gotha, see Saxe, and Frederic, and Ernest. Gotha, t. [178]. Its Dukes, [178], [179], &c. Duchesses, [181]. The noble Library here, [179]. Their Revenues, [182]. Gravenitz, Count de, [284], [285], [286]. Gravenitz, Countess de, Mistress of the D. of Wirtemberg, [279], [282], to [284]. Gravity, an Air peculiar to the Austrian Princes, [112]. Grosh, the Value of that Coin, [85]. Grumkau, the Prussian Minister, [5], [31], [43]. Grunberg, the Architect, [6]. Guide, a remarkable one that was blind, [277]. Guides, the Name given to them in Italy, [305]. Guldenstein-Huguetan, Count de, [35]. Gundacker de Staremberg, Count, [241]. Gustavus Adolphus, [259], [274]. H. Hacke, M. de, [46]. Hagen, Baron de, [75], [101]. Haguenau, [381], t. Hall, the largest next to Westminster, [215]. Halle, t. [82], [377], [380]. University, [85]. Hamburgh, t. [51], [199]. Its Dispute with Denmark, [52]. Its Opera, [52]. Its Mob, [54]. Vindication of its Citizens from the Charge of Cruelty to the Altenois, [58]. Their Respect to the Jews, [53], [59]. Hamelen, t. [68]. Hanau, Count of, [359], [361], [362]. Hanau, Charlotta-Christina of, [359]. Hanau, t. [360], [362]. Hanover, [63], [68]. Roman Catholics there, [63]. Revenues of the Electorate, [68]. —— Electoress of, [343], [344]. Harbourg, t. [60], [68]. Hardenberg, M. Grand Marshal of Hanover, [64], [65]. Harlay, M. de. [306]. Harrach, Count de, [242], [367], [368], [371]. Hattorfs, Ministers compar'd to Louvois and Barbesieux, [65], [66]. Hatzfield, Egmont Count, [335]. Haugwitz, John-Adolphus de, [142].
Heidelberg, t. [321], [322]. Its Decay to what owing, [323]. Its famous Tun, [324]. Heilbron, [375]. Henrietta-Benedictine, the Princess Palatine, [229]. Henry II. Emperor, his Tomb, [202]. Henry IV. Emperor, the pompous Interment he wish'd his Enemies, [168]. Henry III. K. of France, [309]. Henry IV. K. of France, his Ambition to be called the first Gentleman in his Kingdom, [215]. Herenhausen Palace, [67]. Herford Abbey, [27]. Hering, M. de, Vice-Chancellor of Saxe-Gotha, [177], [182]. Hermitage, a Seat near Bareith, [207]. Herzan, Maximilian Count de, [146]. Hesler, M. de, [108]. Hesse Princes, [357]. Hesse-Cassel, Philip the Landgrave of, [357], [362]. Hesse-Darmstadt, Ernest-Lewis Landgrave of, [357]. His Wife, [358]. His Son and his Wife, [359]. His Revenues and Troops, [360]. Hesse-Rhinfels, Princess of, [332]. Hildesheim, Baron, [335]. Hochstet Battle, [262]. Hoffman, Professor of Physic at Halle, [208]. Hohenlo, Count de, [353]. Holstein-Beck, Lewis-Frederic Pr. of, [150]. —— Charles-Lewis Pr. of, [120], [150]. Dorothy, Princess of, [205]. Houtten, Christopher-Francis de, Pr. and Bp. of Wurtzbourgh, [185]. Hoym, Count de, [91], [92], [117], [118]. His Catastrophe, [136], [137]. Hubert (St.) his Legacy, [190]. Noted for killing Rats, [196]. Hubertsbourgh, t. [86], [103], [157]. Huss, John, [339]. Hussites, the Remains of 'em, [216]. I. Jacobi, the Statuary, [9]. Jacquelot, M. [15]. Janson, Cardinal, [315]. Jews, the Respect shewed them at Hamburg, [53], [59]. Not tolerated at Anspach, and why, [198]. Their Punishment for crucifying an Infant of Christian Parents on Christmass-day, [216]. Vast number of 'em in Bohemia, [216]. and the Palatinate, [337]. Ilgen, Baron, Prussian Minister, [31], [41]. Ilten, Messieurs de, of Hanover, [66], [67]. Inn River, [364], [379], [380]. Inspruc, t. [380]. Joan of Castille, [387]. John's (St.) Village in Tirol, [378]. John (St.) of Jerusalem, Kts. of, [28]. John (St.) Nepomucene, [212], [213]. John-Ernest ABp. of Saltzbourg, [373]. John-Adolphus of Saxe-Weissenfels, [99], [114]. John-George I. Elector of Saxony, [114]. John-George III. Elector of Saxony, [94]. John-George IV. Elector, [94]. John-Augustus of Saxe-Gotha, Pr. [182]. —— Adolphus, ditto, [182].
John William, D. of Saxe-Eisenach, [183]. Elector Palatine, [324], [328]. Jonas, the tall Grenadier, [35]. Joseph, Emperor, [274]. Iser R. [258]. Isselbach, General, [336]. Judas's Lanthorn to be seen in two Places, [81]. Ixter, Baron de, [298]. K. Kalestein, Baron de, [25]. Kara Mustapha, Grand Vizier, [247], [248]. Kehl, t. [305]. Kendal, Duchess, [66]. Kevenbuller, Count de, [246]. Keyserling-Hermann-Charles, [154]. Kilmanseck, Madame de, [67]. Kinsberg, Baron de, [195]. Kinski, Counts, [154], [220], [221], [244]. Kinski, Countess of, [154]. Klenzek, Mademoiselle de, [55]. Kniphausen, Baron, the Prussian Minister, [31], [44]. Kokersowitz, Countess, [148]. Konickel, Count de, [381]. Konigsegg, Count de, [147], [239], [242], [243]. His Marriage, [243]. His Nephew, [243], [244]. Konigstern Castle, [87]. Koningsmark, Aurora Countess of, [115]. Kuenbourgh, Count de, [373]. Kundahl, t. [379]. Kurtzrok, Baron, [54]. L. Lactantius's Works, [179]. Ladies, Venetian, in Masks, pick'd up by our Author, [411]. and himself pick'd up by a Lady in Distress who knew him, [416]. Ladislaus, King, [388]. Lagnasco, Count, and Josepha Countess of, [151], [152], [157], [158]. Landau, t. [318]. Lands, how entail'd, and how secur'd in Bohemia, [218], [219]. Larks, where they most abound, [85]. Laxembourg, the Emperor's Palace, [234]. Leibnitz, the Philosopher, [156]. Leine, r. [63]. Leipsick, t. [83]. Why 'tis called the Jewel of Saxony, [84]. Its Fairs frequented by a great number of Princes and Princesses, [85]. Lenfant, M. Author of the Council of Constance, [15]. Leopold of Austria, surnam'd the Virtuous, [388]. Leopold, Archduke, [210]. —— Emperor, [230]. —— Bp. of Saltzbourgh, his Houshold and his Revenues, [367], [373]. Why compared to Pope Sixtus V. [367]. Levant Women, their great Confinement within doors, [52]. Leubnitz, Charles, [140]. Lewis VI. Landgrave of Darmstad, [357]. Lewis, the Hereditary Prince, [359]. Lewis of Bavaria, Emperor, [260], [387]. —— of Baden, Pr. [299], [303]. —— Ernest of Saxe-Gotha, P. [182]. —— the Severe, Duke of Bavaria, his Murder of his Minister and his Wife, [272]. His Repentance, [273]. —— Rodolph, D. of Brunswic-Lunenburg, and Blanckenbourg, [70], [231]. —— Margrave of Brandenburg, [387].
Lewis XV. K. of France, his Marriage, [304], [309]. Cardinal Rohan's Speeches upon it, [310], [313]. Lichtenstein Palace, [236]. Lieutenant of the Police at Paris, [246]. Linange, Mary-Christina-Felicite, Countess of, her Husbands, [183]. Linar, Maurice-Charles, Count de, [143]. Lintz t. [258]. Lipski, John-Alexander, Bp. of Cracow, [149]. Lobkowitz, Pr. and Princess, [342]. Lodron, Counts of, [365], [373]. Lopel, General de, [30]. Lorrain, Francis Duke of, his Marriage to the Archduchess, [233], [341]. —— Charles, Pr. [239], [381]. Losenstein, Eleonora Countess of, [151]. Lovel, Baron de, kill'd in a Duel with Count Flemming, [163]. Louestein, Princess, [342]. Louisa-Dorothea Duchess of Saxe-Gotha, [181]. Louvois, Marquiss, [306]. Lowendahl, Waldemar Baron of, [121]. His Service to six Kings, [121]. His Wives and Issue, [122]. His Son Waldemar, [122], [139]. Lowinitz, Henry-Rodolph de Schonfeld Lord of, [145]. Lubomirski-Theresa, Electoress Palatine, [330]. Lubomirski, Madame de, Rival to Fatima a Turkish Lady, Mistress to the late K. of Poland, [116], [117]. Lubomirski, George-Ignatius Pr. of, [150], [151]. Lude, Count de, his wise Reason for marrying a Tradesman's Daughter, [45]. Ludwigsbourg t. [279], [287]. Lunenburg t. [68]. Lunenburg-Zell and Lunenburg-Hanover Families united, [61]. Luther, Martin, his resolute Expression when dissuaded to go the Dyet, [339]. Lutzelbourg, Anthony Count de, [123]. M. Magdebourg Duchy yielded to the House of Brandenbourg, [80]. Character of it, [82]. Magdebourg t. [48], [80]. Maintenon, Madame de, Mistress of Lewis XIV. her Fortune told by a Mason, [96]. Malchau House near Berlin, [29]. Manger, a Relique of our Saviour's, [198]. Manheim t. [327]. Manteuffel, Ernest Count de, [134]. Marck, Julius-Augustus, Count de la [334], [337]. Marcoman Lady, the History of one, [344]. &c. Margaret of Tyrol surnam'd the Pious, and nicknam'd Wide-Mouth, [387]. Maria-Anne-Caroline of Newbourgh, [263]. Maria-Magdalena, Archduchess, [233], [381]. Maria Elizabetha, Archduchess and Governess of the Netherlands, [233]. Maria-Amelia Princess of Poland, [113]. Maria-Anne-Sophia Princess of Poland, [113]. Maria-Josepha Princess of Poland, [114]. Maria-Theresa Archduchess, [232], &c. Her Marriage to the D. of Lorrain, [233]. Maria-Josepha Q. of Poland, [98], [102], [110], [111], [112].
Maria-Anne-Victoria of Bavaria, [309]. Maria Empress of Germany, her illustrious Relations, [250], [388]. Marie-Adelaide of Savoy, [260], [268]. Maria-Lescinski Q. of France, [304], [309]. Mark's, St. Festival, how celebrated at Venice, [401]. Marriage of the Sea, [399], [400]. Marriage of Princes how limited by the Laws of Germany, [60], [352]. A Princess charg'd with abusing that Sacrament of the Church of Rome, [202]. Martinitz, Count of, [213], [214]. Masquerades at Venice, [412]. Mass, by whom alone celebrated with Boots and Spurs on, [192]. Matthias Emperor of Germany, [210]. Maubrisson, Abbess of, [344]. Maurice, William, Pr. of Saxe-Zeits, [99]. —— Elector of Saxony, [381]. —— Count of Saxony, [115]. —— of Saxe-Gotha Pr., [182]. Maximilian, Emperor, [385], [388]. His Statue, [386]. Wife, [388], [389]. His Daughter, [389]. Father-in-law, [389]. Maximilian-Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, [262], [263], [268], [274], [278], [379], [382]. Joseph the Electoral Pr. [263]. Meinders, M. de, the Prussian Minister, [41]. Meissen t. [86]. Melvil, M., [65]. Menard, President, [317]. Mentz, Lotharius-Francis de Schonborn Elector, [201], [203], [310], [321], [338]. His Severity to Robbers, [202]. Mercy, Count de, [244]. His Defeat, [307]. Mersebourg t. [167], [168]. Its Duke's Fondness for Bass-Viols, [168], [170], [171]. His Duchess, [169]. Mestre. t. [394], [395]. Metsch, Count de, [54], [242], [245]. Mile-posts in Saxony, [84]. Milk of our Lady, a Wine so called, [339]. Miltitz, General, Alexander de, [78], [100], [105], [107], [360]. Minckwitz, Charles-Christian de, [146]. Miracles ascrib'd to the two Saints of Bohemia, [213], [214]. Misson, Maximilian, criticized, [308], [392]. Mobs of Amsterdam and Hamburg compar'd, [54]. Mocenigo-Aloisio, Doge of Venice, [399]. Modena, Renaud d'Este, Duke of, [230]. Molard, Count de, [255]. Molsheim t. [315]. Monclar, Baron de, [306]. Montbijou Palace, [3]. Montefiascone t. [430]. Monteroso t. [430]. Monte-Sancto, Count of, [244]. Montmorency, Francis Count de, [152]. His Countess, [152]. Moravia, John Margrave of, [387]. Moschinski, Anthony, Count and Countess, [117], [120], [142]. Moses, a Piece of his Rock, [396]. Motterie, Mademoiselle, [243]. Mount-Pleasant, a fine Seat near Hanover, [67]. Muchlberg, the strong Lines cast up there by the Prince of Beveren, [72]. Munchausen, M. [65], [77]. Munchenbourg t. [2]. Munich t. [258], [268], [363]. Muscovy, Anne Czarina of, her Marriage, [200].
N. Nassau-Friesland, Prince, his untimely end, [297]. His Daughter, who is Sister to the Pr. of Orange, [297]. Nassau, Idstein, Pr. [169]. —— Weilbourg, Count, [336]. —— Ousingen Princess, [342]. Nativities, Calculators of 'em refuted, [341]. Natzmer, Marshal de, [33], [40]. Naumbourg, t. [171], [172]. Neitsch, Mademoiselle de, [145]. Nepomucene (St.) John, [212], to [215]. Nesselrod, Count de, [334]. Neukirch, Benjamin, a Poet, [195]. Neustadt, t. [200]. Nicolotti, Fishermen at Venice so call'd, their Election of a Doge of their own, [402]. Nightingales, a Multitude of 'em, [86]. Nobility at Venice, the Purchase of it, [420]. Noyelles, Count de, [152]. Nuremberg, t. [196], [197]. Its Government compar'd to the Venetian, [197]. Nymphenbourg Palace, [268], [270], [271]. O. Occo the Antiquary, [179]. Oder, River, [2]. Oetingen, t. [80]. Princesses, [70], [76], [231]. Ohsten, Baron de, [335]. Olbreuse, Madamoiselle de, [60], [62]. Her Daughter, [62]. Oppenheim, t. [340]. Oranjebourg, t. [49]. Orders of Knighthood, the Prussian, [29]. The Bavarian, [260]. Of St. Hubert, [373]. Orleans, Duke of, [243], [306]. Duchess, [274], [303], [304], [310]. Orselska, Anne Countess of, [119], [150]. Ossem, Gosman-Daniel, the Painter, [384]. P. Padua, t. [422]. Palatinate, Upper, [344]. Palatine, Electors, [274], [322], [323], &c. [328], [381]. Revenues, [337]. Who the last of the Protestant Princes of this Title, [342]. Paracelsus, where bury'd, [374]. How he wrought most of his Cures, [374]. Passau, t. [366]. Patkul, Count, [164]. Patriarch of Venice, [403]. Patricians in Germany, who they are, [197], [198], [200]. Pechtelsheim, Baron de, [188], [189]. Peine, Painter, [11], [83]. Pennyless Prince, the Nickname of an Austrian, [385], [386], [388]. Petits-Maitres, at Venice, [421]. Philibert D. of Savoy, [389]. Philip IV. of Spain, his Reverence to the Viaticum, [249]. —— D. of Burgundy, [389]. —— Margrave of Brandenburg, [19], [20], [281]. His Dowager, [20], [26]. His Sons, [27]. His Uncle Albert, [27]. Albert's Sons, [27]. Philippina-Charlotte, Princess of Prussia, [26], [72]. Philippina of Welserin, Archduchess, [390]. Philipsruhe, a Pleasure-House, [361]. Phul, Baron de, [285]. Pilate's Basin, [81]. Piosas, Count, [261]. Plassenberg Castle, [208]. Platen, Count de, [66]. Countess, [67]. Pleasure-Houses, who has the finest in Europe, [268]. Plesk, Helmuth de, [145].
Pludowska, Baroness, [135]. Poddewitz, the Prussian Minister, [31]. Poland, the Equivalent it has given to France of a Queen for a King, [309]. Polentz, M. de, [78]. Pollnitz, M. de, Cabinet-Counsellor to the D. of Wirtemberg, [285]. —— Baron, (our Author) his Conference with a Lutheran Doctor after he had turn'd Papist from a Calvinist, [160]. —— Henrietta, [7]. Pomerania, Hither, yielded to Sweden, [80]. Pommersfelden, t. Seat of the Elector of Mentz, [203], [204]. Pompey's War with Cæsar painted, [370]. Ponte, t. [425]. Porcellane, finer in Germany than in Japan, [87], [88]. Portugal, Mary-Anne Queen of, [233]. —— Emanuel Pr. of, [422]. Pose, a Merchant at Leipsic, his fine Garden, [85]. Potschin, Madame de, [152]. Potzdam Castle, [34]. Prague, t. [210]. Preysing, Maximilian Count de, [266], [267]. Princes, petty, more inaccessible than great ones, [83]. Privy-Counsellor's Preferment owing to a Present of a Bass-Viol, [171]. Profusion of Princes in what Article 'tis most justifiable, [10], [103]. Promnitz, Erdmann Count de, [135]. Proselytes, by what means they are soonest made among the Gentry, [161]. Provence, Theodebert Count of, [389]. Prussia, K. [21], [31], &c. [376]. His Queen, [24]. His Soldiery, [21], to [24], [34]. His Children, [25], &c. [30], [72]. Princess Royal's Marriage, [205]. Pruth Battle, [123]. Pultowa Battle, [123], [164]. Q. Quails, abundance of 'em, where, [395]. Quilian, St. [191]. R. Rabutin, Marshal de, [240]. Radifocani, M. [429]. Radjowski, Cardinal, [116], [150]. Radzevil, Louisa-Charlotte Pss. of, [330]. Radzevil, 2d Wife of Marshal Flemming, [92], [165]. Rastadt, t. [299]. Prince of Baden's Palace here compar'd to St. Cloud near Paris, [299]. Treaty sign'd there, [300]. Ratenau, t. [50]. Ratenberg, t. [379]. Rats, a Saint that was famous for killing them, [196]. Ravanne, Abbot de, [317]. Raugrave, Madame la, [342], [343]. Rechberg, Gaudentz Count de, [266]. Reinbabe, Baron de, [176]. Religion, the Externals of it, where best observ'd, [412]. Residents for the German Princes at Franckfort, their Privileges, [342]. Rheden, M. de, [64], [66]. Rhenen, t. [344]. Riga Siege, [163]. Rinucci, the Cardinal and the Marquiss, [423]. Robert, Prince Palatine, K. of the Romans, [321]. Rock, Moses's, a piece of it, [396]. Rocoule, Madam de, [25].
Roder, M. de, [261]. Rodolph, Emperor, the Speech he made after he had one of his Hands cut off in Battle, [168]. Rohan, Cardinal Armand Gaston, [309]. His Speeches on the Marriage of the Queen of France, [310], [313]. His Election and Death, [315]. Character, [316]. Rohr, Baroness Dowager of, [148]. Rollé, the Brandenburg Minister, [4]. Rolli, the Painter, [424]. Rome, t. the German Emperor's Right to live there, [201]. Ronaw, Count de, Envoy of Saxe Gotha, [181], [182]. Ronciglione, t. [430]. Rossing, M. de, [78]. Roth, Baron de, [305]. Rotofski, Count, [115], [119]. Rupert, St. [365], [366]. Rutowski, Count, [115], [116], [118]. Ruzzini Carlo, Doge of Venice, [399]. S. Saltz, R. [364]. Saltzbourg, t. [364]. Its Revenues, and Houshold of its Archbishop, [367], [373]. A great Revolution in this Country, [375]. Saltzdahl Seat near Brunswic, [75]. Sapieha, Benedict, [163]. Sardinia, King and Queen, [332], [335]. Saverne, t. [315]. Savoy, see Eugene and Emanuel. Saxe-Lawenburg, Princess, [300]. —— Weissensels, John-Adolphus Prince of, [99], [115]. Sophia Princess of, [200]. Christina Princess of, [114], [115]. —— Weymar Dukes, [172], [173], [174], [175]. Saxe-Zeits, Maurice-William Pr. of, [99], [171]. —— Cardinal, [171]. —— Gotha Duchy, [167]. Wealth of its peasants, [167]. —— Gotha Dukes, [173], &c. Duchesses, [181]. —— Barbi Duke, [82], [83]. —— Meynungen Princess, [181], [200]. —— Chevalier de, [116]. —— Eysenach Dukes, [173], [183]. Saxony ill provided with Ordinaries, [86]. Present State of its Court, [99], to [155]. Character of the Men, [155]. of the Women, [156]. of the Clergy, [159]. Scarperia, t. [425]. Schindler's Lace Manufactory, [7]. Schleisheim Palace, 270 Schluter the Architect, [10]. Schmiedel, Baron de, [176]. Schneitzenrieth, t. [377]. Schomberg, Marshal, [17]. Schonborn, Francis George, Count, [328]. —— John-Phillip-Francis, Count, [54], [185], [186]. Damian-Hugo the Cardinal, [318], [319], [320]. —— Frederic-Charles, Bp. of Bamberg, [185], [190], [191], [201], [242]. Lotharius-Francis, another of its Bishops, [201]. Schoning, General, [116]. Schorror, the Pope's Vicar at Hanover, [64]. Schulemburg, Count de, [408]. Schulenbourg, General, [61]. His Duel with Count Fleming, [163]. Schwabach, t. [196]. Schwartzenborg, Pr. [213], [223], [301], [302], [304]. Schwetzingen, t. [352]. Schwizinski, Nicholas, [147]. Schwatz, t. [379].
Schunck and Schutz, Barons de, [285]. Sea, the Ceremony of marrying it, [399], [400]. Seckendorf, Baron and Count, [54], [195]. Seefelde-Terring, Maximilian, Count de, [265]. Sehgutt, Counts of, [147]. Seibelsdorf, General, [358]. Seiffertitz, Adolphus Baron de, [141]. Sickengen, Baron de, [333]. Sienna t. [429]. Sigismond, Emperor, [339], [388]. Sigismond, Archduke and Count of Tirol, [389]. Silenus's Legacy, [190]. Sobieski, John K. of Poland, [247]. His Daughter, [262]. Soissons, Countess of, [238], [239]. Soliman, the Sultan, [248]. Solkcofski, Alexander-Joseph, Count de, [98], [103], [104], [128], [133], [139], [143]. Sophia-Wilhelmina, Princess of East-Friesland, [83]. —— Christiana-Louisa, Princess of Bareith, [205]. Spain, Council of, at Vienna, [244]. Span, Baron de, [162], [163]. Speratus, Paul, [375]. Spiegel, Madame de, [116], [358]. Spiga, the Pope's Vicar at Hanover, [63]. Spire t. [320]. Sporcke, M. de, [77]. Spree, River, [3]. Staden, Siege, [57]. Stadtholder at Vienna, [246]. Stanislaus, K. [318]. His Daughter's March on foot with the Prince of Baden, [304]. Marriage to Lewis XV. [309]. Stanislawski, N. N. de Sehgutt, [147]. Staremberg, Maximilian, [246]. Staremberg, Ernest-Rudiger, Count de, [239], [247]. Staremberg, Guido, Marshal, [239]. Staremberg, Gundacker, Count, [241]. Stargard, t. [162]. Staupitz, Abbot, [375]. Stein, Baron, [72]. Baroness, [130], [148]. Steinbock, General, prov'd cruel, Incendiary, [57]. Stein Wein, a sort of Wine so called, [190]. Steinbach, the Architect, [308]. Sternberg, Count, [211]. Stertzingen, t. [392]. Stetin, t. its Sequestration, by whom obtain'd, [164]. Stetterheim, M. de, Cup-bearer to the D. of Saxe-Gotha, [183]. Strada, James de, [179]. Strahlsund, Siege, [124]. Strasbourg, t. [305], [315]. Noted for Libertines, [310]. Streithorst, Colonel, [292]. Stringuetta, the Venetian Courtezan, [421]. Studenitz, Baron de, [176]. Stutgard, t. [279], [289]. Sulkowski. See Solkcofski. Sultman, M. and Madame de, [292]. Sultzbach, Joseph-Charles, Pr. and Princess of, [324], [330], [331]. —— Theodore, Prince, [332]. —— John-Christian, Prince, [332], [333]. —— Charles, Prince, [332]. Sympathy, its Power, [374]. T. Tartary Women, what they say to their Husbands when they come home without Booty, [247].
Telemachus, translated into German Verse, [195]. Teschen, George, Prince of, [116], [117]. Princess of, [117], [150]. Thanhausen, Count de, [373]. Thaun, Count and Countess, [151]. Theodebert, Count of Provence, [389]. Thirheim, Sigismond, Count de, [258], [265], [266]. Thomasius, the Civilian, [156]. Thorn of our Saviour's Crown, [81]. Thou, Messieurs, their Library, by whom purchased, [317]. Thungen, General, [278]. Tilly, Count, his Massacre of the Swedes at Brandenburgh, [2]. Of the Palatines at Heidelberg, [321]. Tintoret, the Painter, [419], [420]. Tirol, Country, [377]. Manner of Salutation here, [380]. Dress of the People, [393]. Their Saints, [394]. Titian, the Painter, [419]. Torring, Ignatius-Joseph, Count de, [265], [267], [373]. Tour of Auvergne, Princess, [332]. Tour and Taxis, Alexander, Pr. of, [205], [303], [342]. —— —— —— Mary-Augusta, Princess of, [285], [290]. Tournay, Siege, [124]. Towers, mistaken for Capuchin Friars, [339]. Trent, t. [393]. Truchsses, Zeil, Count de, [374]. Tschernin, Count, [211], [222]. Tuhlmeier, Secretary, Prussian, [43]. Tun, at Heidelberg, [324]. Turks, where they have reason to laugh at the Christians, [54]. Tuscany, John Gaston, the Great Duke, [428]. His Saying when he declared Don Carlos his Successor, [428]. Tutors, or Governors, a mercenary sort, [217], [218]. V. Valerio's Tomb at Venice, [405]. Vatican Library, [321]. Vauban, M. Engineer, [309]. Venice, t. [395], [396], &c. Its Doges, [389], [390]. Patriarch, [403]. Churches, [403], &c. Arsenal, [405], &c. Bucentaur, [399], [407]. Forces, [408]. Lakes, [409]. Its political Interest, [409]. Trade, [410]. Nobles and Ambassadors, [410]. Ladies, [411]. Music, [414], [415]. Palaces and Gentry, [420]. Vernesobre, Baron de, his Gains by Missisippi, [8]. Viaticum, the Homage paid to it in Popish Countries, [249]. Vicardel, Francis, Marquis of Fleuri and Beaufort, [135]. Vieban, M. de, Prussian Minister, [43]. Vienna, t. [224]. Sieges, [237], [239], [247], [248]. Its Police, [246]. Its Governour how stil'd, [246]. Its Garrison, [247]. Fortifications, [249]. Women, [251], &c. Vierec, M. de, [46]. Villaco, t. [382]. Violante, of Bavaria, Princess, [429]. Violin, the first in Italy, [415]. Virgilius, St. [365]. Virgin Mary's miraculous Image at Inspruc, [384]. The Adoration paid to her in the Countries of Trent and Tirol, [394]. Viterbo, t. [430]. Ulm, t. [276]. Unertel, M. de, [267]. Voltaire's Life of Charles XII. King of Sweden, Reflection on it, [32].
W. Wackerbarth, Augustus Christopher, Marshal de, [91], [99], [102], [124]. Wakerbarth, Salmour-Gabaleon-Joseph, Count de, [104], [112], [124], [126], [165]. His Countess, [125]. Wagenheim, M. de, of Hanover, [66]. Wahtringen, t. [377]. Walbourg de Truchsses, Count de, [27]. Waldstein, Count and Countess de, [147]. [148]. Wales, Frederic, Prince of, [26], [64]. Augusta, Princess of, [182]. Wallenstein, Count and Countess of, [151], [153]. Walrave, M. Engineer, [82]. Walstein, the great Soldier, [210]. Wartemberg, Count and Countess, [3], [5], [6], [7]. The King of Prussia's Tears at his Funeral, [7]. His Administration, [36], [42], [44], [134]. Wartensteben, Count, [17], [36]. Wasserbourg, t. [364]. Water-works, at Herenhausen, [67]. Wederkopf, M. de, [80]. Weiller, a Prussian Colonel, [20]. Weimar, t. [172]. Its Dukes, 172 to [176]. Weissenberg Battle, [210]. Weissenbourg, t. [318]. Wenceslaus (St.) K. of Bohemia, [212], [213]. Wens in Throats, [393]. Wensen, M. Marshal of the Prussian Court, [7], [8]. Wermstorf, t. [86], [103], [157]. Werth, John de, [321]. Wetzlar Tribunal, [245], [320]. Whim, a fine Seat so called near Hanover, [67]. William of Saxe-Gotha, Prince, [182]. William-Henry, Duke of Saxe-Eysenach, [183]. Willigise, ABp. of Mentz, [179]. Wirtemberg, Lewis Prince of, [151], [285]. Charles-Alexander Duke, [279], [285], [290]. His Duchess, [285]. His Brother Frederic, [285]. Wirtemberg, Eberhard-Lewis D. [279], [280], [289]. His Duchess, ib. [280]. His Son, [281]. Daughter, ib. Wirtemberg-Oels, Augusta-Louisa, Princess of, [83]. Christian-Ulric, Duke of, [83]. Witgenstein, Count, [285]. Woad, three sorts of it, [179]. Wohlin, Baron de, [334]. Wolckenstein, Count de, [393]. Wolfembuttle Family and Court, 69 to [72]. Its Inhabitants compared to the Hogs of Westphalia, [75]. The Duchess Dowager, [80]. Wolfembuttle, t. [75]. Wolffenstein, Sophia-Christina, Countess of, [208]. Women, of the Levant and Hamburg, their great Confinement, [52]. Worms, t. [338]. Wratislaw, Francis-Charles, Co. de, [147], [148], [153]. His Countess, [154]. Wreech, de, Colonel, [30]. Wurben, Countess de, Mistress to the D. of Wirtemberg, [279], [282], [283], [284]. Her Disgrace, [290], &c. Wurm, M. de, Master of the Horse to the D. of Saxe-Gotha, [183]. Wurmbrandt, Count de, [245]. Wurtenberg, Christina-Charlotta de, Margravine of Brandenburg-Anspach, [194]. Wurtzbourg, t. [185]. Power and Splendor of its Bishop, [190]. Z. Zech, Bernard, Baron de, [138].
Zell, Duke and Duchess, [60], [61], [62]. Zell, t. [61], [68]. Zensa, Prince Eugene's Victory there, [237]. Zinzendorf, Lewis, Count de, [240]. The Dignity hereditary in his Family, ib. Zebel, Baron de, [188], [189], [336]. Zechau, Baron de, [193], [195].
FINIS.
ERRATA.
In the first Col. of Letter M, in the Index, Line 6 from the Bottom, for p. 113, read 114. Line 7, 9, and 11, for Prussia r. Poland. In the 3d. Column of the same Letter, read lines 34, 35, 36, thus:
Moschinski, Anthony, Count and Countess, 117, 120, 142.
Moses, a Piece of his Rock, 396.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The Reader will please to observe, that this Preface was written during the late Distractions in Poland, before the Malecontent Lords had reconcil'd themselves to their Allegiance to their lawful Sovereign.
[2] This Church being destroy'd by Lightning in 1730, is magnificently rebuilt. The 21st of August 1734, the new Spire of it, which had been 4 Years erecting, and was carry'd up to the Height of about 190 Feet, fell at 9 o'clock at Night upon the Roof of the Church, whereby that and the neighbouring Houses suffer'd very great Damage. How it happen'd, no body yet knows; some say it was caus'd by Thunder, others by an Earthquake, and some will have it that it fell down of its own accord.
[3] This House is no longer the Governour's; for the King, who has caused great Additions to be made to it, has given it to the Prince Royal, and it goes by the Name of the Prince Royal's Palace. The Governour lives at present in the Street Royale, the King having purchas'd the fine House of Catsch there purposely for the Governour's Residence.
[4] This Prince died at Schwedt, Dec. 19, 1711. He left two Sons, one of whom was marry'd in 1734, to the Princess Dorothea-Sophia, the King of Prussia's fourth Daughter, then about fifteen Years of age. So that his Majesty, who had six Daughters, married four of them within the space of four Years, and has now but two more to dispose of.
[5] Her Name is Jean Charlotte, and she is the youngest Sister of Prince Leopold of Anhalt Dessau, being the Daughter of the Prince John-George II. by Henrietta Catherine, Daughter of Frederic-Henry Prince of Orange.
[6] Since the Original was publish'd, this Ward has been lengthen'd two thirds. There is one Street so long, that in this respect there are few that equal it: 'tis as strait as a Line; and terminates in an Oval, surrounded with very fine Houses. A new Ward is also erected at the End of that call'd the New Town; from whence it ranges behind Frederic-Stadt. Here most of the chief Nobility are building Hotels or Palaces, rather than Houses. In a word, if the Number of the Inhabitants of Berlin was proportionable to that of the Houses, it would be the finest, and the most flourishing Town in all Germany.
[7] He married (in June 1733,) the Princess Elizabeth-Christina of Brunswic-Lunenburgh, and Bevern, Daughter of Ferdinand-Albert Duke of Brunswic-Lunenburgh, and Bevern, Field-Marshal General of the Armies of the Emperor and Empire: and Presumptive Heir to the Duke Regent of Brunswic-Lunenburg Wolfembuttle.
[8] This was his Royal Highness, now Prince of Wales. All Europe, in short, thought, as did the Poets of that Time; and every one in general mark'd out the Princess for this Prince. It was then too the Desire of both the Queens; and the Princess herself seem'd to have been brought up in that Notion. But when 'twas least of all expected, certain Reasons of State cancell'd all these Views; and the King of Prussia thought fit to marry his eldest Daughter in 1731, to the Hereditary Prince of Brandenburg-Bareith: as King George II. of Great Britain, in 1756, thought fit to marry his eldest Son to her Highness, Augusta, youngest Sister of the present Duke of Saxe-Gotha.
[9] The Marriage was actually celebrated between them, in July 1733.
[10] The fourth married in 1734, to the King's Cousin, the Margrave of Brandenburgh-Schwedt.
[11] This Prince died in 1731. His eldest Son, the Margrave Charles, succeeded him in the Grand Mastership of the Order of St. John; and had his Regiment of Foot in the Service of Prussia. Prince Frederic, his Royal Highness's second Son, had his Regiment in the Service of the States-General of the United Provinces; and the Count de Truchsses-Walbourgh, a Major-General, had his Regiment of Horse. He was sent to compliment Lewis XV. upon his Coronation; and afterwards on the same Commission to the Emperor at Prague. His Wit and Politeness were applauded at both those Courts.
[12] He died suddenly in August 1734, at Malchau, aged 57, being born the 4th of May 1677, O. S. He was not married.
[13] The King thought fit some time ago, to confer this Regiment of Horse upon his second Son, Prince Augustus-William, and to give the Prince Royal a Regiment of Foot.
[14] M. de Lopel died the beginning of 1735, in his Government of Custrin.
[15] The first and the last have been dead some Years, and their Places supply'd by Messieurs Bork and Poddewitz, who have a just Title to the intire Possession of the King's Confidence.
[16] Since the writing of this, he is dead, and succeeded in the Management of Foreign Affairs by M. de Borck, Lieutenant-General of the King's Forces, Knight of the Black Eagle and St. John, Governor of Stetin, and Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. This Gentleman is descended from a very good Family in Pomerania, and served with Distinction in the Army in Flanders. Since the Peace of Utrecht, he has been twice charged with the King's Affairs at the Emperor's Court, where he was highly esteemed, especially by Prince Eugene of Savoy. Those Foreign Ministers who have to do with him, and who knew M. d'Ilgen, observe a great Contrariety in the Characters of the two Ministers. The one was a Man of Intrigue, Craft, and Mystery, the other, of Candour, Sincerity, and a noble Frankness. M. de Tuhlmeier, Nephew to the late M. d'Ilgen, who is Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was, as it were, born to the Business; having been trusted from his Youth by his late Uncle. The Foreign Ministers speak well of him: he is very assiduous in his Office, and indeed suffers no Business to sleep in his hands.
The Person who has the Affairs Criminal in his Cognizance, is M. de Vieban, Minister of State, and Auditor-General of the Army. He succeeded M. de Catsch; is a Native of Cologn; and as he was at Berlin without Relations or Friends, his Advancement is only to be ascribed to his own Merit and Abilities.
[17] He fell into Disgrace, after this Account of him was written, and died at his Commandery.
[18] M. de Creutz died the beginning of An. 1733, leaving only one Daughter, who is married to M. de Hacke, a Gentleman of a good Family, and his Majesty's Aid-de-Camp and Favourite. This Marriage was solemnized with a great deal of Pomp, and honoured with the Presence of their Majesties, the whole Royal Family, and the Duke of Lorrain.
[19] This Resolution was taken by his Majesty in 1725, on account of a Recoinage, which the Hamburghers thought necessary, partly in order to hinder their Silver from being carried out of their City to Denmark. This Dispute had considerable Consequences; so that the King of Denmark not being able to bring the Hamburghers to his Terms, push'd Matters so far as to fit out a couple of Frigats to cruise at the Mouth of the Elbe, which seized all Merchant Ships bound for that City. But in March 1736, the Affair was happily accommodated.
[20] It was set up, carried on, and directed by some of the Foreign Ministers residing at Hamburgh, who had each his particular Province; so that M. d'A—— presided at the Rehearsals, M. de W—— regulated the Dances, and M. S—— had the ordering of the Clothes, the Head-dresses, the Paint and the Patches of the Actresses.
[21] This is what scarce any body has doubted of, but Pere Boubours.
[22] The Hamburghers have nothing to fear from the Jews, with regard to their Republic, but they cannot so well trust the turbulent and enterprizing Temper of the Roman Catholic Clergy, who aim at their Churches. The popular Commotions which are but too frequent at Hamburgh, would soon furnish those Gentlemen with an Opportunity to re-assert Claims which are incompatible with the present Liberty of the City. But this Pretext, how plausible soever in favour of the Papists, is not at all conclusive against the Calvinists at Hamburgh, who surely might be as safely tolerated as the Jews.
[23] His Post of Plenipotentiary of the Circle of Lower Saxony, was conferr'd in 1733 upon the Count de Seckendorf, one of the Emperor's Lieutenant-Generals; but the Functions of the Embassy are perform'd by the Baron de Kurtzrok, the Imperial President.
[24] In 1734, he was install'd Vice-Chancellor of the Empire, in the room of the Count de Schonborn, Bishop of Bamberg, who retir'd.
[25] The common People cou'd never forgive him for his manner of raising Taxes; by filling the King's Coffers with all the Silver of the Kingdom, and substituting instead of it a Copper Money, which will perpetuate his Memory; especially the Coins on which he caus'd the seven Planets to be engrav'd; which are sought after, and hoarded up as Monuments of his Administration.
[26] Second Wife of King Frederic IV. who died in October 1730. Her being so much in favour with that Prince, was the cause of her Disgrace after the Death of that Monarch; and she retir'd to the Isle of Fuhnen, where she leads a very melancholy Life.
[27] She was called Eleanor d'Emiers, and was the Daughter of Alexander d'Olbreuse, a Gentleman of Poictou.
[28] The House of Brunswic has for its Head Ernest of Zell, who by Bernard and Albert the Great, the Son of Otho the Infant, descended from the Familys of Este and Witikind. George-William Duke of Zell, was Grandson to William, the second Son of Ernest; from whom came the two Branches of Lunenbourg-Zell, and Lunenbourg-Hanover; both which were united in the single Family of Hanover, by the Death of the Duke of Zell, who left no Issue besides a Daughter married to his Cousin George I. King of Great Britain, as well as Elector of Hanover.
[29] Monsieur de Schulenbourgh died the beginning of the Year 1733.
[30] Pope Clement XII. on his Accession to the Pontificate, appointed for his Successor Schorror, Bishop of Helenopolis, a Native of Bonn, in the Electorate of Cologne; a Prelate as amiable as venerable.
[31] He retir'd some Years since from Court, to his Estate at Schlitz, in Franconia.
[32] The Count de Bothmar died at London in the beginning of An. 1732, in a very advanc'd Age, and much lamented by all that knew him. The Baron de Hattorf succeeded him in the Ministry to the King as Elector.
[33] Since this was written, the continual Ailments and great Age of M. de Bulau, have obliged the King to make an Alteration in the Command of his Troops. M. de Hardenberg, a Knight of the Teutonic Order, is Commander in Chief of the Horse, and M. Melvil, who is descended of a noble Family in Scotland, has the Command of the Foot. They are both Officers of Reputation, and signaliz'd their Valour during the late Wars.
[34] These auxiliary Forces have been of late years disbanded.
[35] These Works were set up by the Direction of Wm. Benson, Esq; who went over to Hanover for that purpose in 1716, was soon after made Surveyor-General of His Majesty's Works in England, and is now one of the Auditors of the Imprest.
[36] He died in March, 1731, without Issue by either of his three Wives; who were, 1. Christina-Sophia of Brunswic, 2. Sophia-Amelia of Holstein-Gottorp, and 3. Elizabeth-Sophia of Holstein-Norbourg, whom he left a Widow, after two Years Marriage. His Brother Lewis-Rudolph, Duke of Brunswic-Lunenbourg and Blanckenbourg, succeeded him. He was born in 1671, and in 1690 married Christiana-Louisa of Oetingen, by whom he had three Daughters; the eldest of whom was married to the Emperor Charles VI. the second to the Czarowitz, Son of Peter the Great; and the third, to the Duke Ferdinand-Albert of Brunswic-Lunenbourg and Bevern.
[37] The Branch of Brunswic-Bevern is descended from Henry de Danneberg, eldest Son of Duke Ernest, Head of the Brunswic Family. Henry left two Sons; the youngest of whom, Augustus of Wolfembuttle, had three Sons who form'd three Branches, Brunswic, Wolfembuttle, and Bevern. The two first were united in Anthony-Ulric. Ferdinand-Albert I. Chief of the Line of Bevern, left five Sons and a Daughter. Three of his Sons are dead; of whom the Eldest lost his life at the Battle of Schellenburg, in 1704; the Third died in 1706, when he was Provost of St. Blaise of Brunswic; as did the Fifth also, in 1706, at the Battle of Turin. There remain two Sons, viz. Duke Ferdinand-Albert II. and Duke Ernest-Ferdinand.
[38] See the foregoing Note.
[39] This Prince was Velt-Marshal-General of the Emperor's Forces, and in that Quality he commanded the Emperor's Army, in the War which France declared against his Imperial Majesty in 1733. He acquired great Reputation at the Head of a very weak Army, by hindering the French from doing any thing more than taking Fort Kehl in the first Campaign, when the Emperor was surpriz'd and unprovided. At the Opening of the Campaign in 1734, this Prince oppos'd the Designs of the Marshal Berwick, by Lines which he cast up at Muhlberg, and which were of good service to Prince Eugene in facilitating his Retreat towards Heilbron, when he came to take upon him the Command of the Imperial Army. That great General own'd he never saw any thing look better, or that was stronger and better disposed than those Lines, which the Duke of Bevern had guarded till then, with an Army of not 25000 Men. His most Serene Highness was in 1734, declared by the Dyet of the Empire, Velt-Marshal-General of the Armies of the Empire.
[40] He had fourteen Children, viz. seven Sons and seven Daughters, the last of whom was born in 1732.
[41] He married Philippina-Charlotte, the King of Prussia's third Daughter, in 1733.
[42] This Princess was married to the Prince Royal of Prussia, in 1733.
[43] The Baron having quitted the Service of Wolfembuttle, is actually a Minister of State at Hanover.
[44] The Count de Dehn, after being disgrac'd, went to Denmark, of which he already wore the Order of Dannebrock, and obtained the Title of one of the King's Counsellors of State. From that time he stay'd at his Estate in the Country of Wolfembuttle, till the Year 1734, that the King of Denmark appointed him to go to Petersburg, to fill up the Post of his Envoy Extraordinary vacant by the Death of M. Westphal.
[45] Since the Duke succeeded his Father, M. de Munchausen is become first Minister of State, and manages all the Branches of that Office with that Care and Justice which procure him universal Love and Esteem.
[46] He is at present Marshal of the Court; M. de Miltitz is Great Cup-Bearer, and M. de Rossing Great Huntsman.
[47] The reason is, perhaps, because out of their Attachment to old Customs, they had the Curiosity to go a little higher back than their Fathers.
[48] The Duke of Blanckenbourg being become Duke of Wolfembuttle, by the Death of his Brother, has scarce made any Alteration in his Court. The Persons who were heretofore his Creatures and Favourites continue in the same Employments. The Dutchess Dowager remains at Brunswic, in the fine House which the late Duke caus'd to be built; and of which the said Prince made a Present to her, with all its rich Furniture. This Princess is immensely rich, and lives with very great Dignity. Her Steward is M. de Wederkopf, who was formerly Privy Counsellor to the King of Denmark, and his Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of France.
[49] The Treasury of St. Dennis, near Paris, boasts also of this Lanthorn; so that Judas must have had at least two Lanthorns.
[50] He died in 1731, as is before observed.
[51] Her Name is Augusta-Louisa, she was born the 11th of January 1698, and is the Daughter of Christian-Ulric, Duke of Wirtemberg-Oels and Bernstadt, by his 3d Wife, Sophia Wilhelmina, of East-Friesland.
[52] This is Augustus-Lewis, who in 1728, succeeded his Brother Leopold. His second Wife Emilia of Promnitz, dying in 1732, he marry'd his Sister Ann-Frederica of Promnitz; which Match, at that time, made a very great Noise. The Curious are referr'd to a Paper call'd le Glaneur, or the Gleaner, published in 1733, for what was said upon it. This Prince has had Children, by his three Wives; and two Sons in particular by his second.
[53] 'Tis the 24th part of a Dollar, or about 2d.-1⁄2 Sterling.
[54] He had been in the King's Service ever since he was only Prince of Saxony, and always took care to keep in Favour; he being, of all the Favourites, the Person that had the greatest Share of the Prince's Confidence: Nevertheless, he ow'd his Advancement, and his illustrious Post of Minister of the Cabinet, to the Interest of the Countess de Cosel, who caus'd the Chancellor Beichling, who had always been the Favourite Minister, to be turn'd out.
[55] This part of the Prophecy did not take place, for the King of Poland died in his Bed at Warsaw the 1st of Feb. 1733, O. S. This Monarch set out in the Month of January, from Dresden, to hold the Dyet of Poland, which was open'd at Warsaw, and every thing seem'd like to pass to the Satisfaction of the King and Kingdom, when these fine Hopes were demolished by the Death of this Prince, who in his last Sickness, preserved the Character of the Hero, betraying neither Fear nor Folly; all his Wish being that he might live to embrace his Son.
The King found himself in a declining State, several Years. During the last Dyet at Grodno, a Mortification seiz'd his Foot; for which reason, M. de Petit, a Surgeon of Paris, whom the King sent for on purpose, cut off two Toes, and set his Majesty upon his Legs again, but told him withall, he must observe such a Regimen as he prescribed to him, or else it would break out again. But the King finding himself better, neglected Petit's Advice, and died of the Mortification, as the Surgeon had foretold.
[56] Eberhardina of Brandenbourg-Bareith Queen of Poland, and Electoress of Saxony: she died at her Seat at Pretch near Wittenberg, some Years before the King.
[57] This Prince succeeding his Father in the Electorate, and afterwards in the Throne of Poland, rais'd M. Solckofski to the Dignity of a Count, and appointed him his Master of the Horse, and one of his Cabinet Ministers.
[58] The Electoral Prince (now Elector of Saxony and King of Poland) has eight Children, viz. three Princes and five Princesses; so that the Electoral Branch is not like to be extinct very soon.
[59] The Velt-Marshal the Count de Wackerbarth being dead, the Elector nam'd this Prince Generalissimo of the Troops of the Electorate in 1734.
[60] This Prince has for some time past resided at Konigsgratz.
[61] Who died, August 13, 1734, a Minister of the Cabinet, Velt-Marshal and Governour of Dresden.
[62] She died at Dresden soon after this was written.
[63] Count Moschinski, the Husband of this Lady, was Great Treasurer of the Court in Poland, and is Great Faulconer in Saxony.
[64] Madame de Cosel may thank no body but herself for her Disgrace; for when she was in Royal Keeping, she had the assurance to threaten the King more than once that if ever he abandon'd her she wou'd pistol him. The King, who knew her to be a Woman that always kept her word, thought it his best way to be beforehand with her, tho' it was not till some time after that he caus'd her to be arrested. Madame de Cosel, who was retir'd to Berlin, did not dissemble her Chagrin; and 'tis said she declar'd in publick that the King should pay dear for being so false to her: Threats which his Majesty wou'd perhaps have despis'd, if Madame de Cosel had not refused to give him back a Promise which he had made to her of marrying her in case the Queen shou'd die. Mean time the King desir'd of the King of Prussia to give orders for arresting her, which was done accordingly; and Madame de Cosel was carried under a Guard to Saxony, where she remain'd a Prisoner till the death of the King. But we have been told by the publick News-Papers that she obtain'd her Liberty in 1734.
[65] This Marriage was actually consummated at Dresden. But since the King's death, the Prince of Holstein has abandon'd his Wife, whom he only married with a view of obtaining some considerable Employment from the King. The present Elector has eas'd her of most of that Wealth which the late King had heap'd on her.
[66] He died in August, 1734; and was succeeded in his Employments by the Prince of Saxe-Weissenfels, and the Count of Friesland.
[67] The Count de Wackerbarth Salmour distinguish'd himself, in the year 1733, when the new Elector sent him Commissary Plenipotentiary to Poland; where he manag'd the Interests of his Master so well, that he was chose King.
[68] He was created a Count of the Empire (not by the King of Poland, but) by the Emperor. As he is a Lover of the Belles Lettres, in the late War he wrote and publish'd several solid Pieces, which were well penn'd.
[69] He was disgrac'd in 1731, upon which he retir'd to his Estate. The Catastrophe of this Gentleman is so tragical an Incident, that it will be proper to give a short but true History of it, as it is related in the following Circular Letter, wrote by the King of Poland's Order, to his Ministers abroad, for the Information of all the Foreign Courts. The Letter was dated at Warsaw, the 12th of May, O. S. 1736, as follows.
Sir,
'The tragical Death of the Count de Hoym having been variously reported both in printed Papers and written Letters, and with Circumstances not strictly true; the King has order'd me to give you an exact Information of this Affair.
'You will remember what the late King, of glorious Memory, signified to his Ministers abroad, concerning the Reasons and Circumstances that preceded, accompanied, and followed the Disgrace of the Count de Hoym.
'This Count having been a second time arrested for other Crimes, after the Death of the late King, was committed in 1733, to Sonnenstein, from whence the present King was so merciful as to release him some Weeks after; contenting himself to bind him again by Oaths stronger than the former; whereby the Count obliged himself to continue quiet at his Estate, without concerning himself with any but his own private Affairs.
'Yet towards the close of the Year 1734, and at the time when the King was in Poland, the Count, notwithstanding his Engagements, took the Opportunity of his Majesty's Absence, to set on foot other Intrigues, in defiance of his Oaths and his Promises; whereof the King being timely inform'd, order'd him to be arrested and committed Prisoner to Konigstein; which was the reason of his attempting his Life by a Pistol, whereof I acquainted you by my Circular Letter of the 15th of January, 1735.
'An Information was afterwards preparing for the Trial of him and his Accomplices; but not many days after the first Examination, the said Count being stung by the Remorse of his Conscience, and vexed to see all his Pranks laid open, chose to shorten the Course of Justice by putting an end to his own Life, notwithstanding the undeniable Proofs he had before experienc'd of his Majesty's Clemency. For this purpose he first pretended to be sick, and having order'd his Domestics not to disturb him, he hang'd himself the 21st of April last, at Night, with a Handkerchief ty'd to a Hook that supported his Looking-glass. The Letter he wrote to his Domestics with a Pencil, and which was found upon the Floor, is an indisputable Mark of the deliberate Purpose and cold Blood with which he executed this Design. Moreover, in searching his Pockets a Razor was found on him, with a Penknife, Scissars, and the like Instruments.
The Family of the Deceas'd having petition'd the King not to proceed against the Corpse with the Severity of the Law, his Majesty has been so good as to order the Body of the Self-murderer to be privately interr'd, just without the Church-Yard of the Garrison at the Fort of Konigstein.'
I am, &c.
The Night before the Count dispatch'd himself, he left a Note upon his Table for his two Servants, as follows:
'Be prudent, make no Noise or Alarm, untie me immediately, put me to Bed, and then shut the Door after you, by bolting it when you are out, which you may do by the help of this Pack-thread; and by this means no body will know you have been in my Chamber. The World will doubtless believe I died of an Apoplexy; if you perform my Orders discreetly and faithfully, my Family will pay you 1000 Ducats, on sight of this Note.'
[70] In October 1736, he return'd to Dresden.
[71] The Duke of Mersebourg died in 1731, and was succeeded by his Uncle, the Duke de Sprinberg.
[72] This Prince died in 1732.
[73] The chief Trade of this Town is in Woad, of which they have three sorts. The first they sow about Christmas, the next in the Spring, Summer, and Harvest, of which they have three Crops, and the third grows wild. This Herb is such a sovereign Balsamic, that it cures Wounds almost with a touch, if taken in time. It resembles Plantain, but has a longer Leaf. The Roots fatten and improve barren Ground exceedingly, and being brought over to England, with Clover, Cinque-Foil, &c. grows with good Success in Northamptonshire, and other Places. In the Duke's Palace there is a Chamber of valuable Rarities, and a noble Library, of which the late Duke caus'd a Catalogue to be publish'd of the MSS. that the Learned might know where to have recourse to them. The Person he imployed to form it, was Dr. Cyprianus Ecclesiastical Counsellor and Assessor in the Consistory of Gotha. They are for the most part the MSS. of Ecclesiastical Authors, Ancient and Modern, especially the latter. There is a great Number of Papers and Letters in the Latin and German Languages, concerning Luther's Reformation, and several MSS. of the vulgar Translation of the Bible. There is a correcter Copy than that at Leipsic, of the Works of Lactantius; another of St. Austin's Treatise of the City of God, which belonged to Willigise Archbishop of Mentz, about the year 1000; another of the ancient Capitularies of the Kings of France, with the Salic Laws, and the Laws of the Lombards, Almains, &c. There are thirty one MS. Volumes containing the Abridgments of the Lives of the Emperors of the West, and of the East, their Pictures and Medals, and those of their Families, the whole collected in 1550, by James de Strada of Mantua. The Medals are very well design'd, and Occo the famous Antiquary affirms in a Letter quoted by M. Patin, that every Figure on them cost a Crown the engraving. There is a particular MS. which contains a Collection of Tracts by certain Greek Chymists concerning the desirable Art of making Gold. For the rest the Curious are referred to the Catalogue it self.
[74] This Prince, who was Frederic II. died in 1732, March 12.
[75] He had ten Sons and six Daughters by her. The Hereditary Prince who succeeds him is Frederic III. born April 4, 1699. He has a Brother named William born March 12, 1701, and some time an Officer in the Dutch Service.
[76] She was born August 10, 1710.
[77] Since these Letters were written the Face of the Court of Gotha is very much altered. The Duke therein mentioned is dead. The Hereditary Prince Frederic has succeeded him, and his Mother the Duchess Dowager retired to Altenbourg, with the Princesses her Daughters, who are Frederica born July 6, 1715, O. S. and Augusta born Nov. 18, 1719, and married April 27, 1736, to his Royal Highness Frederic Prince of Wales. The Duke's Brothers, who are William, John-Augustus, Christian-William, Lewis-Ernest, Maurice and John-Adolphus, are gone into the Service of the Emperor, the King of Poland, and the Prince of Hesse-Cassel. As to the Government, the Duke treads in the very Steps of his late Father. M. Backover is his Chancellor, and the First Man in his Council. M. de Hering, formerly in the service of the Duke of Saxe-Weimar, is Vice-Chancellor. The Count de Ronaw is now Envoy at the Dyet of Ratisbon, M. de Damnitz, heretofore in the Service of the Prince de Rudelstad, is Grand Marshal; and seems to have a Share in the new Duke's Confidence. This Gentleman is also a Major-General, and the Camp seems to be a fitter Element for him than the Court.—The Office of Master of the Horse is not yet fill'd up. M. de Wurm, a Person of Quality and Merit, was in possession of that Office in the late Duke's time, but he lately resigned it of his own accord. M. de Stotterheim, is to be appointed Great Cup-Bearer, who is as yet, I think, in the Service of some Foreign Prince.
[78] John William Duke of Saxe-Eysenach, died at sixty-one Years of Age, soon after having married to his fourth Wife Mary Christina Felicite Countess of Linange, the Widow of Christian Margrave of Baden-Dourlach.
[79] Ann Sophia Charlotte of Prussia Daughter of the late Margrave Albert, and Wife to William Henry the present Duke of Saxe-Eysenach.
[80] His Successor was Frederic Charles Count de Schonborn Bishop of Bamberg and Vice-Chancellor of the Empire, who was before his Competitor. In 1734, he resigned the Post of Vice-Chancellor, and retired to his Bishoprick.
[81] Christina-Charlotta de Wurtenberg, Margravine Dowager of Brandenbourg-Anspach, who was Regent for her Son, died at Anspach 1730, soon after she had resign'd the Regency to this young Margrave, and match'd him to Frederica-Louisa, second Daughter of the King of Prussia.
[82] This was Benjamin Neukirch. He put Telemachus into Verse, and was the Author of a great many other Works, which shew that the German Language is capable of conveying as fine Sentiments as those which are more us'd by Authors. He died lately at Anspach.
[83] This Princess was the Dowager of the Duke of Courland, when she marry'd the Margrave Christian who was very old. After his Death she marry'd the Duke of Saxe-Meinungen whom she has surviv'd. She resides at Coburg in Franconia. She never had but one Son, and that was he who marry'd the present Czarina, but died soon after his Marriage.
[84] The Hereditary Prince who is the eldest, marry'd the Princess Royal of Prussia in 1731.
[85] The eldest of the Princesses, Sophia-Christiana-Louisa, was marry'd in 1731 to the Prince Alexander de la Tour and Taxis. She lately embrac'd the Romish Religion.
[86] The Margrave and the Prince are now return'd to Bareith, where they live with all the Splendor of Sovereignty.
[87] She is the present Queen.
[88] He had the Misfortune to be killed as he was hunting in Bohemia, by the Emperor himself in 1732.
[89] She is now Margravine of Baden-Baden.
[90] His fickle State of Health oblig'd him to quit this Employment, in which he was succeeded by the Count de Collobradt, who in 1734 was made Vice-Chancellor.
[91] He is return'd to Vienna since 1732.
[92] This Minister was Great Chancellor of Bohemia and a Knight of the Golden Fleece. Count Joseph was nominated Ambassador to Great Britain in 1736, in the room of his Brother Philip.
[93] This Word in French signifies a Scab.
[94] The Electoresses of Bavaria and Saxony.
[95] I conform to the Opinion of almost all the Historians, who do not place Frederic the Fair in the List of the Emperors.
[96] The Empress Regent and the Empress Dowager.
[97] The King of Great Britain.
[98] The Queen of Prussia.
[99] The present Duke Regent of Brunswic-Lunenbourg-Wolfembuttle.
[100] Feb. 1, 1736, she was marry'd to the Duke of Lorrain.
[101] There are but seven Archduchesses since 1730; the Emperor's third Daughter being dead.
[102] This great General who was born the 8th of October 1663, O. S. died on the 10th of April 1736, O. S. so suddenly, that when his Gentleman went that Morning, as usual, into his Chamber to awake him, he was found dead in his Bed. He had been the day before very gay with Company whom he entertain'd at Dinner, and made not the least Complaint of any Ailment, tho' he had for some time before been so indispos'd that he did not venture abroad. 'Tis supposed that he was choak'd by an immoderate Defluxion of Rheum with which he was now and then troubled. His sudden Death cast the City and Court of Vienna into such a Consternation as did prodigious Honour to his immortal Memory. On the 15th, after having lain three days in State, he was interr'd in the Tomb of his Nephew Emanuel Prince of Savoy (which the Princess of Savoy Countess of Soissons caus'd to be erected in the Metropolitan Church of St. Stephen) with all the Military Honours, and all the Magnificence due to his illustrious Birth, and to these important Services which he perform'd to the August House of Austria during the Reigns of three successive Emperors. A Will was found among his Papers, whereby he declar'd the late Prince Eugene of Savoy his Nephew who died the year before at Manheim his universal Heir. But after that time a Codicil was made, tho' never sign'd by Prince Eugene, declaring for his Heir his Niece Louisa de Seissons of Carignan (who was born December 16, 1686.) then at a Nunnery in France. The Prince left behind him a numerous and curious library of Books, many of which he bought when at London of Christopher Bateman in Pater-noster Row, besides a fine Cabinet of Medals and other Curiosities. The Emperor has bought his Library of his Niece for 20000 Florins.
Since the Prince's Death the Count de Konigseg, Vice-President of the Council of War, has the chief Direction of Military Affairs at this Court, and signs all Dispatches and Commissions which that Prince sign'd as first President of the said Council, for thirty-three years. His Regiment of Dragoons is given to Prince Charles of Lorrain, but the Honours he held as General in Chief of the Emperor's Forces, and his Imperial Majesty's Vicar-General in Italy, are like to continue vacant by reason of the Peace.
[103] He is now Bishop of Breslaw, a Dignity which gives him a distinguish'd Rank in this Duchy.
[104] The Count de Metsch, Vice-President of the Aulic Council of the Empire, succeeded him in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor; and the Count Aloysius-Thomas Raimond of Harrach Rohram, heretofore Viceroy of Naples, hereditary Master of the Horse of Upper and Lower Austria, Marshal of the States of the Country, Knight of the Golden Fleece, is appointed Counsellor of the Conferences in the room of the Count de Schonborn.
[105] The Count de Konigseck-Erps. He actually went to Spain, with a design to relieve his Uncle; but as the Face of Affairs is alter'd at this Court, they are both return'd. The Count de Konigseck-Erps is at Brussels Counsellor of State of Brabant.
[106] The Count de Konigseck is return'd home from his Embassy to Spain. He actually officiates as Vice-President of the Aulic Council of War, and as Privy-Counsellor of the Conferences. He is Lieutenant-General of the Emperor's Armies, Colonel of a Regiment of Foot; and is lately created a Knight of the Golden Fleece. The Count de Mercy being kill'd at the Battle of Parma, the 29th of June, 1734, the Emperor sent the Count de Konigseck to Italy, and gave him the Command of his Army, which was in a very shatter'd Condition, and which the Count de Konigseck set to rights again, in such a manner as to command Respect even from his Enemies.
[107] His Name and Title is Joseph de Silva y Meneses, Marquess de Villasor, Count de Monte-Santo.
[108] They are barely Opinions, and do not pass into Decrees till they are approved by the Emperor.
[109] When he return'd to Vienna, after the French and Savoyards had taken Milan in 1733, several Articles of Complaint were exhibited against him; but he made so full a Defence against the Impeachment, that the Emperor has the same Confidence in him as before.
[110] He was Uncle to the Cardinal Collonitz ABp. of Vienna.
[111] In the Beginning of the Year 1730, this Apartment was burnt down by a Fire which broke out in the Night-time; so that the Elector and Electress had like to have been burnt in their Beds, and scarce any of the fine Furniture was sav'd.
[112] The Order consists at present of a Grand Master who is the Elector, and two Grand Priors, who are the Electoral Prince and Duke Ferdinand, six Grand Crosses, nine Commanders, and several Knights.
[113] The second is dead.
[114] The present Grand Marshal is the Count Gaudentz de Rechberg, a Grand Croix of the Order of St. George.
[115] The Baron de Freysing is at present Great Huntsman.
[116] He died An. 1733, and leaving no Children, his Son and Grandson dying before him, was succeeded by Charles-Alexander, the eldest of his Cousin-Germans, the Son of Duke Frederic-Charles, who had been his Guardian till the Year 1693. The Duke Eberhard-Lewis was 57 Years of Age.
[117] The Duke was reconcil'd to her two Years before she died, and tho' she was no less than fifty Years of Age, it was reported for a good while that she was with Child.
[118] This was the Countess de Gravenitz. Since the Duke's Death the Duke Regent has commenc'd a Prosecution against her, and she traverses from one Court to another for that Protection which every one denies her.
[119] He died at Ludwigsbourg the 23d of Nov. 1731.
[120] He was Velt-Marshal of the Emperor's Forces, and Governor of Servia and Belgrade. He is one of the famous Generals of our Age, on whom Prince Eugene set a great Value. When he came to the Succession he obtain'd of the Diet of the Empire the Post of Velt-Marshal-General jointly with the Duke of Brunswic-Bevern and the Prince of Anhalt. He married Mary-Augusta of Tour Taxis, by whom he has Children. He has two Brothers in the Emperor's Service, viz. Prince Frederic, and Prince Lewis, who distinguish'd themselves in the last War upon the Rhine.
[121] M. de Pollnitz left the Court in 1732, and is since retir'd to his lands in Saxony.
[122] This Prince died the Beginning of the Year 1732, and left one Son.
[123] He his since marry'd a Princess of Brandenburg-Bareith, who has embrac'd the Catholic Religion.
[124] He was advanc'd to the Office of Secretary at War in the room of M. le Blanc, and was succeeded as Intendant of Alsace by M. de Harlay, formerly Intendant of Metz; and when the latter was made Intendant of Paris he was succeeded by M. de Brou.
[125] The Wife of Lewis the Dauphin who was Lewis XIVth's only Son.
[126] The Duchess of Orleans who is of the Baden Family, and the Duchess of Bourbon.
[127] The famous Cardinal William Egon de Furstemberg Bishop of Strasbourg died the 10th of April 1704, and was immediately succeeded by the Abbot de Rohan, who was chose Co-adjutor Jan. 31, 1701.
[128] Strasbourg was an Episcopal See before the Year 376, for one Arnaud Bishop of Strasbourg was then present at the Council of Cologne. The Chapter is composed of 24 Members, viz. 12 Capitulars, and 12 Domicilairs, who must be all Princes or Counts. From 1592 the Canons were Lutherans, and Catholics till 1681, when Lewis XIV. having taken Strasbourg, established a Bishop there whose See was at Molsheim, and caused the Cathedral to be restored to the Catholic Canons; and notwithstanding the contrary Dispositions of the Treaty of Westphalia, in 1687, he turn'd the Lutheran Canons out of Brudersdorff, and the Prebends which they retain'd in the Chapter: Nevertheless the Lutheran Religion is tolerated in this City.
[129] 'Tis already far advanc'd.
[130] He was admitted Kt. of the Golden Fleece at the last Promotion.
[131] This Fortress is now finish'd, and the Elector, who continues to keep his Court here, has a strong Garison in it.
[132] He actually lodges there now.
[133] This Prince died at Breslau in April 1732.
[134] His Name was Theodore. He was born in 1659, and died in 1732.
[135] The late Queen of Sardinia.
[136] The Prince John-Christian became Prince Regent of Sultzbach after his Father's Death, but did not long survive him, for he died suddenly July 20, 1733; so that Prince Charles his Son, born December 10, 1724, is now Prince Palatine of Sultzbach, Marquiss of Bergopzoom, and presumptive Heir to the Elector. He is a very forward hopeful Youth. The Elector has sent for him from Brussels to Manheim, notwithstanding the Intreaty of the Duchess d'Aremberg, his Great-Grandmother by the Mother's side, (who had the care of his Education,) that he might be permitted to stay with her. This young Prince's Grandmother is the Princess Dowager d'Auvergne, Sister to the Duke d'Aremberg, one of the toasted Beauties of her Time. She retir'd to a Nunnery, is a Lady of good Learning, and now one of the Heads of the Jansenist Party of Holland.
[137] He died soon after this was written, and his Place is not yet fill'd up.
[138] I suppose M. de Globe is dead; at least he is no longer Grand Marshal, that Post being occupied by the Baron de Beveren, a Privy-Counsellor and President of the Ecclesiastic Administration at Heidelberg. This Minister does an Honour to the Elector's Choice of his Person.
[139] The Office of Master of the Horse is vacant; but the Count de Nesselrod does the Duties of it, in quality of Vice-Master of the horse.
[140] The present King of Sardinia.
[141] General Isselbach Commander in Chief of the Palatine Troops, and Governor of Manheim, dying in August 1734, the Elector gave the Command of his Troops to the Count de Nassau-Weilbourg, and the Government of Manheim to the Baron de Zobel.
[142] Since this was written the Elector of Mentz, of the Palatine Family of Newbourg dying, the Chapter of Worms unanimously chose for its Bishop Francis-George Count de Schonborn, Archbishop and Elector of Triers.
[143] These sharp-sighted Gentlemen were not so happy as to foresee the Marriage which has lately united the Families of Austria and Lorrain, and brought the latter within View of the Imperial Crown, of which the Elector of Triers saving the Sword in the Scabbard seems to have been a remarkable Omen.
[144] He was the King of Prussia's Plenipotentiary to the King of Great Britain, and is return'd to Frankfort, where he is Minister from the King of Prussia to the Circle of the Rhine.
[145] This Lady died An. 1733.
[146] Since the Author was at Frankfort the Prince Alexander de la Tour and Taxis who married a Princess of Brandenbourg-Bareith, resides in this City and is building a House there.
[147] She is Louisa-Anne-Frances of Lobkowitz, Daughter to the late Prince Leopold of Lobkowitz who was the Empress's chief Steward till 1708.
[148] This Lady died at Frankfort in Feb. 1733.
[149] Madame the Abbess of Maubrisson, Sister to Madame the Electress of Hanover, who is supposed to be the Person that speaks here; Madame the Duchess of Hanover, Mother to the Empress Amelia, and Madame the Princess of Condé.
[150] At Rhenen, a small Town in the Province of Utrecht.
[151] The Upper Palatinate yielded to the Elector of Bavaria by the Treaty of Westphalia.
[152] At Schwetzingeu, a League from Heidelberg.
[153] Twas a Pistol which the Count de Hehenlo snatch'd from her, and shot into the Air from the Window. But here it was absolutely necessary to call it a Dagger, Fire-Arms being not known at the Time of which this History bears date.
[154] Phillip the Magnanimous, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, was in 1518 Sovereign of all the Country of Hesse. He died in 1567, and left four Sons who shar'd his Dominions and form'd the four Branches of Hesse-Cassel, Hesse-Marpurg, Hesse-Rheinfels and Hesse-Darmstadt The landgraves Lewis de Marpurg and Philip de Rheinfels had no Issue, but their Nephew Maurice of Cassel having 18 Children, Earnest one of the Sons reviv'd a Branch of Rheinfels which was divided into those of Rotenburg and Vanfried, that are still subsisting. The Posterity of George I, Landgrave of Darmstadt was altogether as fruitful, and form'd the Branches of Darmstadt, Butzbach, Hombourg, and Lauterbach, some of which are extinct. The Landgrave-Regent is one of the sixteen Children of the Landgrave Lewis VI. Great-Grandson of George I. There are at present these six Branches of the Family of Hesse, viz. 1. Hesse-Cassel, 2. Hesse-Philipstall, 3. Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenbourg, 4. Hesse-Rheinfels-Vanfried, 5. Hesse-Darmstadt, 6. Hesse-Hambourg.
[155] This Count died in 1736.
[156] She died at Hanau after a very long Illness.
[157] This River rises in Tirol a little above Inspruc, becomes navigable at Halle, and loses itself in the Danube near Passau.
[158] The Provost and Dean of Passau enjoy the same Prerogative.
[159] The Revenue of this Archbishoprick amounts to 600,000 Florins. The Archbishop has 60,000 Florins a-year for his private Expences, and 24,000 Crowns for officiating at three solemn Services, without reckoning the Deanery, which is worth 24,000 Florins to him.
[160] The People about the Alps are very subject to those Swellings by drinking too much cold unwholesome Water.
[161] This is the Name which they give in Italy to those who do the Office of Guides to shew Foreigners the Curiosities of any Town.
[162] This Minister died at Venice in 1732, and was succeeded by Prince Pio.
[163] He is dead, and succeeded by Don Carlo Ruzzini.
[164] Francis, Count Duhamel, Lieutenant-General of the King of Prussia's Army, Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, and Colonel of a Regiment of Horse. The Venetians invited him to their Service in 1704, and gave him the chief Command of their Forces.
[165] This Princess died in 1731, at Florence.
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| title | [Vol. I] | |
| ix | for he threatned[threaten'd] to get a Preface compos'd | |
| xxiv | Baron de Pollnitz being the Oservations[Observations] he made | |
| 5 | for his Favourite the Connt[Count] de Wartemberg, | |
| 11 | But the late Czar coming no[on] Berlin | |
| 15 | upon which ocasion[occasion] | |
| 17 | To go from the Ambassaors[Ambassadors] Hotel to the New Town | |
| 38 | for her, woud[would] be to send him abroad; | |
| 41 | I thing[think] it incumbent on me to give you | |
| 84 | Travellers, who were heretefore[heretofore] often impos'd upon | |
| 57 | As soon as he appear'd be-[del] before Altena, | |
| 96 | at Warsaw the 1st of Feb. 1733, N.[O.] S. | |
| 133 | In short, the Count de Sulkouski[Sulkowski] who has | |
| 134 | The Office of all the abovementioned[above-mention'd], as | |
| 146 | the Religion which is upermost[uppermost] in the State. | |
| 151 | but the Marriage was dissoved[dissolved], | |
| 251 | their Conversattion[Conversation] sometimes insipid; | |
| 172 | They are all drawn or[on] Horseback, | |
| 187 | for the Glasses served in-[del] instead of Bells, | |
| 194 | which were of gery[very] great value, | |
| 199 | Knick-knacks which where[were] formerly made in this city | |
| 220 | the Ne plus ultra of their Perferments[Preferments]. | |
| 220 | The[There] are five Brothers of it in Employments. | |
| 225 | The Empreor[Emperor] stands up under a Canopy | |
| 236 | Simplicity of the ancient Arcitecture[Architecture]. | |
| 317 | most celebrated in France; and he daily in-riches[enriches] | |
| 320 | He was addmitted[admitted] Kt. of the Golden Fleece at the | |
| 348 | found to be the Hand-writting[Hand-writing] of Gertrude. | |
| 351 | whither a Captian[Captain] of the Guards came in | |
| 359 | This great p'enty[plenty] of Deer is extremely troublesome | |
| 361 | Circle of of[del 2nd of] the Upper Rhine. | |
| 364 | LETTER XIII[XXIII]. | |
| 379 | runs through a fine Valley beween[between] high Mountains | |
| 394 | they would fall on the Heads of the Travallers[Travellers]; | |
| Index | Brandenbourg-Anspach, Margraves, {?}[capital], 193, | |
| Index | Kara-Mustapha, Grand Visier[Vizier], 247, 248. | |
| Index | Lowinitz, Henry-Rodolph de Schonfield[Schonfeld] Lord of, 145. | |
| Index | * | Maria-Amelia Princess of Prussia[Poland], 113. |
| Index | * | Maria-Anne-Sophia Princess of Prussia[Poland], 113. |
| Index | * | Maria-Josepha Princess of Prussia[Poland], 113[114]. |
| Index | Staupitz, Abbat[Abbot], 375. |