[58] A town on the river Lycus, in the province of Assyria, now called Curdestan, where Alexander the Great fought his third and decisive battle, with Darius, king of Persia.
[59] Vol. I. p. 439, of the 4to. edition, printed at the Hague.
[60] The chaplain Norberg, pretends, that, immediately after the battle of Narva, the Grand Seignior wrote a letter of congratulation to the king of Sweden, in these terms. 'The sultan Basha, by the grace of God, to Charles XII. &c.' The letter was dated from the æra of the creation of the world.
[61] See History of Charles XII.
[62] This chapter and the following, are taken entirely from the journal of Peter the Great, sent me from Petersburg.
[63] We must beg leave to remark in this place, that a king of England has the power of doing good in virtue of his own authority, and may do evil if so disposed, by having a majority in a corrupt parliament; whereas, a king of Poland can neither do good nor evil, not having it in his power to dispose even of a pair of colours.
[64] This seems a mistake; our author probably meant to say Kercholme, because Wibourg is not on the lake Ladoga, but on the gulf of Finland.
[65] Taken from the journal of Peter the Great.
[66] Some writers call it Nyenschantz.
[67] Petersburg was founded on Whitsunday, the 27th May, 1703.