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. CI[REVERSED C] I[REVERSED C] 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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FIRST VOLUME.

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 2_d._-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.

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