The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts.

Part 27

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NISMES, _t._, 185.

_Nobles Venetian_, their Scrupulousness, 155.

NUREMBERG, _t._, 265.

_Nymphenbourg_ Palace, 38, 41.

O.

_Opera's_ at _London_, 244.

_Orleans_ (Duke of) his Regency 22, _&c._ His Answer to those that solicited him in Favour of the Count _De Horn_, 184.

_Oropesa_ (Count de), 66, 67.

_Ottowalski_, Captain, 292, 293.

P.

PADUA, _t._, 158.

_Palatinate_ Upper, why given to the _Bavarian Family_, 36.

_Palatine, Charles-Philip_ of _Neubourg_ Elector 11, 12, 13.

PAMPELUNA, _t._, 202.

_Pamphili_ Prince, 135.

_Pantheon_ Church at _Rome_, 132.

_Parliament_ of _Great-Britain_, Ceremony of the King's coming to it, 243.

PARMA, _t._, 161. The Dukes, 112, 161, 162. The Dukes Court, 161.

PASSAU, _t._, 44. Treaty concluded there, _ibid._

PAU, _t._, 187.

_St. Paul's_ Church 241.

_Peralte_ a Physician, fated to die by the Inquisition, 229.

PESARO, _t._, 150.

_Philip_ V., 210, 220. See _Spain_.

_Pierre_ Encise Castle, 97.

_Pilate_, whither banish'd, 99.

PIRNA, _t._ 74.

PISA, _t._, 116, 117.

PLACENTIA, _t._, 162.

_Plague_ at _Marseilles_, 184.

_Plays_ at _London_, 245.

_Plettenberg_ M. Envoy, 271, 272.

_Poland_, King, Queen and Prince, 84, 85. Queen of, Wife of _Augustus_ II., 85. The Wife of _Augustus_ III. her Reception in _Saxony_, and Entry at _Dresden_, 66 to 73. _Polish_ Magnificence, 74, _&c._

_Polignac_ (Cardinal de) his Banishment, 7.

_Pollnitz_ (Madamoiselle de), 241, 261, 272. Her Death, 279.

_Pollnitz_ (_Charles-Lewis_ Baron de) our Author, his precipitate Departure from _Paris_, and Arrest at _Toul_, 8, 9. His Enlargement, 11. His good Reception at the Palatine Court, 13, 14. His Folly there, 14. His Return to _Paris_, 18. Being weary of soliciting in vain, he leaves _France_, 24. He obtains a Company at _Vienna_ and a Supply to remount his Equipage, 60. Gets a Furlough, 7. His Fistula plagues him again, 89. His Journey to _Paris_ for a Cure, 92, 93. He gains great Sums by the Stocks, and loses them, 93, 94. His Departure to go and join his Regiment in _Sicily_, 96. His Danger of being cast away at Sea, 107. His Reception by the Great Duke of _Tuscany_, 119. What sad Lodgings he had at _Montefiascone_, 122. The Danger he was in at that Place, 124. His Reception at _Rome_, 129, _&c._ His Visits, 134 to 136, _&c._ His Audience of the Pope, 137. His Resignation of his Commission, 146, 147. What happen'd to him at _Ferrara_, 152. His Reception by the Duke of _Modena_, 159, and the Duke of _Parma_, 161. How he was trick'd by a Merchant at _Geneva_, 177. Returns to _Paris_, 179. Ill-us'd by one _Dadoncourt_ an Officer at _Bayonne_, 188, _&c._ His Reception by the Queen Dowager of _Spain_, 190. His imprudent Language, and Arrest thereupon, 193, _&c._ His Release, 200, 202. The Adventure he met with when became to _Madrid_, 205. His Reception by the Court of _Spain_, 207. His Solicitations there for some Post, 208. His Commission to be a Lieutenant-Colonel, but receives no Pay, 215, 216. His melancholy Situation, and Relief by Mr. _Stanhope_, 219, 232. His Departure from _Madrid_, and the Danger he ran, 232. His ill Reception at the Court of _England_, 241. His Voyage to _Holland_, 253. His Arrest for Debt at the _Hague_, and his Deliverance by a Tradeswoman, 255. His Danger of being a second time arrested, and his Escape, 256. His Sickness in the Road to _Germany_, as he went thither to settle his Affairs, 259, 260. His ill Reception at _Dessau_ by the Prince Of _Anhalt_, 262. How he settled his Affairs with his Brother, and had Thoughts of turning a Clergyman, 263, _&c._ His fruitless Application to the Cardinal of _Saxe-Zeits_ at _Ratisbon_, 269, 270. His good Reception there by the Ministers, 271, 272. Makes new Settlements with his Brother, 280. His Treatment by the Duke of _Blankenberg_, 283. His Journey to _Holland_ to satisfy his Creditors, 294, 300. His Confession of Faith, see Appendix.

PONT ST. ESPRIT, _t._, 99.

_Portocarrero_, Abbat, arrested, 4. Releas'd, 5.

_Poussin_, M. Minister, 280.

POZZUOLI, _t._, 145.

PRAGUE, _t._, 286, 288, _&c._

_Prize-fighters_, 252.

_Processions_ in _Spain_ scandalous, 225, 226.

_Provence_, Country, 103.

PUTEOLI, _t._, 145.

_Pyll_, Mrs., our Author's Obligation to her, 255, 294.

_Pyrenees_ Mountains, 188, 202.

Q.

_Quadruple_ Alliance, 3.

_Quinquempoix_ Street, 93.

R.

_Rabutin_ (Madame de), 56.

_Radzivil_ (Duchess of), 261.

RATISBON, _t._, 267, 268, 269.

_Regatte_, a naval Race so called, 157.

REGIO, _t._, 161.

_Rhebinder_ (General de), 170.

_Richmond_ (Duchess of) her Statue, 243.

RIMINI, _t._, 150.

_La Roche_ (M. de), 207.

ROME, _t._, 124, _&c._ Assemblies there, 133, 134.

_Royal_ Exchange, 246.

_Rupert_ (Count Palatine and Duke of _Bavaria_), 15.

S.

_Saillant_ (M. de), 25.

ST. MENEHOULT. _t._, 24.

_Saltzbourg_, a ridiculous Entertainment given there by the Archbishop, 89, 90.

SAVONA, _t._, 108.

_Savoy_, (Family of) see _Turin_.

_Saxe-Zeits_ (Cardinal), 264. Duke, 265.

---- _Gotha_ (Prince of), 105.

_Saxony_, Ceremonies of the Electoral Prince's Marriage with the Archduchess, 66 to 73. Their Entry at _Dresden_, 74, _&c._ The Electoral Family, 84, 85, _&c._

_Schleisheim_ Palace, 43.

_Schrotenbach_ Cardinal, Viceroy of _Naples_, 142.

_Schulembourg_ (M. de), 170.

_Scotti_ M. the Minister of _Parma_, 220.

ST. SEBASTIAN, _t._ taken, 24, 94.

_Seissan_, M. de, an odd Accident he met with, 113.

SENLIS, _t._

_Sicily_, _Spanish_ Expedition to that Island, 1, 2.

SIENNA, _t._, 124.

_Sixtus_ V. Pope, 125, 126.

_Sobieski, Theresa-Cunegunda_, Electress of _Bavaria_, 34.

---- _John_, King of _Poland_, 45.

_Soho_ Quarter, 240.

_Spain_ (Queen of) Dowager of _Charles_ II., 190. Court of, 190, 191, _&c._ 210, _&c._ Character of the present Queen, 210.

_Spanish_ Entertainments, 228.

---- Inquisition, 229.

SPIRES, _t._, 26.

_Stair-case_, holy, 131, 132.

_Stairs_, Earl, 2.

_Stanhope_, Earl, 2, 113, 114.

_Stanhope_, Mr. his Friendship to the Author, 219, 220, 232.

_Staremberg_ (Count de), 45.

_St. Stephen_ (Knights of), 117.

_Suicide_, Counterfeit, 172.

_Sultzbach_ (Hereditary Prince of), 12.

SUSA, _t._, 172.

T.

_Tapistry_ Hangings made by the famous _Devos_, 47.

_Texeitra_ a rich _Portuguese_, 256.

_Thames_ River, 238.

_Thursday_ (holy) Ceremonies on that Day at _Rome_, 138, _&c._

_Tilly_ General, 15.

TOUL, _t._, 9, _&c._

TOULON, _t._, 105.

TOULOUSE, _t._, 186.

_Tower_ of _London_, 247, 248.

TREVOUX, _t._, 97.

_Tschermin's_ great House, 289.

_Tun_ of _Heidelberg_, 18.

_Turin_, _t._, 164, _&c._ Duke of _Savoy_'s Court and Family, 165 to 172. An Adventure which happen'd there, 171.

_Turkish_ Ambassador's Entry at _Vienna_, 62 to 66.

_Turks_ defeated by the Imperial Arms, 1, 3.

_Tuscany_, (_Cosmo_ III. Great Duke of) how he received the Author, 119. His Family, 120. The Roads in this Country, 124.

V.

_V----_, (the Baron de) Nephew of M. _de Seissan_, his Character, 232. His Fray with his Landlady, 235.

_Valentinois_ (Duke of), 108.

_Valois_ (Madamoiselle de), 179. See _Modena_.

_Var_ R., 106.

_Vatican_ Palace at _Rome_, 129. Pope's Entry to it, 137.

VENICE, _t._, 153.

VERDUN, _t._, 24.

_Vespasian's_ Amphitheatre, 133.

_Vesuvius_ M., 144.

_Victor Amedeus_, King of _Sardinia_, 167.

VIENNA, _t._, 44. Court, 50, 51. _Turks_ Attempts upon it, 45.

VIENNE, in _Dauphiny_, _t._, 99.

VILLA-FRANCA, _t._, 107.

_Villeroy_, Family, 98.

VITTORIA, _t._, 234.

ULM, _t._, 26.

_Urban_ VIII. Pope, 127, 133, 150.

_Urbino_, Duchy, 150

_Vriesberg_ (M. de) Envoy of _Hanover_, 272.

_Ursins_ (Princess of), 210.

W.

_Wackerbarth_, Count, 66.

_Wales_ (Prince and Princess of) their Attendants, 244.

_Wenceslaus_ St. King of _Bohemia_, 288, 289.

WESTMINSTER, _t._, 243, _&c._

_Whitehall_ Palace, 230.

_Wilhelmina-Amelia_ Empress Dowager, 59.

WURTZBOURG, _t._, 272, _&c._

X.

_Ximenes_, Cardinal, 204.

Z.

ZEITS, _t._, 256. See _Saxe-Zeits_.

_Zinzendorf_ (Count de), 69.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] _Dec. 2, 1718._

[2] See Vol. I. p. 321, &c.

[3] See Vol. I. p. 276.

[4] See Vol. I. p. 273.

[5] See Vol. I. p. 258.

[6] See Vol. I. p. 212 to 215.

[7] See Vol. I. p. 268.

[8] See Vol. II. p. 364.

[9] See Vol. I. p. 364.

[10] See Vol. I. p. 224 to 257.

[11] See Vol. I. p. 87, &c.

[12] See Vol. II. p. 181.

[13] See Vol. II. p. 180.

[14] See Vol. II. p. 173, &c.

[15] See Vol. II. p. 143.

[16] See Vol. II. p. 141.

[17] See Vol. I. p. 425. Vol. II. p. 130.

[18] This Prince died in _June_ 1737, and is succeeded by the Duke of _Lorrain_.

[19] She is now Regent for the Duke of _Lorrain_, who is at the Head of the Imperial Army against the _Turks_.

[20] See Vol. II. p. 1, &c.

[21] See Vol. I. p. 423.

[22] See Vol. I. p. 423.

[23] See Vol. I. p. 395, &c.

[24] See Vol. I. p. 422.

[25] See Vol. I. p. 152, 167.

[26] See Vol. II. p. 171.

[27] The Duke _de la Force_.

[28] Eccles. ii. 23.

[29] See Vol. II. p. 450, &c.

[30] Our Author made too short a Stay at this time in _England_, and was too much circumscrib'd in his Conversation while he was here; or surely he would not have ventur'd to have charg'd our Country in general with the idle Surmises of the ignorant Vulgar.

[31] Since the Author wrote, this Antipathy seems to be much abated.

[32] When our Author was here, short Cloaks were hardly in the Fashion.

[33] See Vol. I. p. 196.

[34] See Vol. I. p. 185.

[35] See Vol. I. p. 82.

[36] See Vol. I. p. 210.

[37] See Vol. I. p. 204.

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