Chapter XIII: Part 13

The Regent, who was sensible how prejudicial this Arrêt was to his Authority, assembled the Council, when they pass’d an Arrêt declaring that of the Parliament to be an Incroachment upon the Regal Authority, and that his Majesty revok’d and annull’d it, as well as all the Resolutions taken in that Body. All Mankind was alarm’d, and they fear’d, not without Reason, what would be the Consequences of so violent a Proceeding. The Parliament on their part did not abate one jot of their State; and when the King’s Council laid upon the Table a Letter de Cachet, with the Arrêt of the Council of State, they agreed to send the Whole back again without reading one Word of it; and that the Arrêt pass’d the day before should be put in execution according to its Form and Tenor. Hereupon the Council of State pass’d another Arrêt, by which the King claim’d to himself and his Council the Cognizance of all the Differences which might arise with regard to the Coin. This done, the Regent sent two Companies of _French_ Guards to the Mint, and another Detachment to the Bank: And after having, by this means, made every thing secure, he gave the Parliament leave to come and make their Remonstrances to the King. The Person who spoke in the Name of the rest was M. _de Mesmes_ the First President, at the Head of seven Presidents _a Mortier_, thirty-two Counsellors, and the King’s Council. His Speech was long and well study’d. He began with extolling the Qualities observable in the young King. Then he said, _That tho’ the Parliament only wish’d for the Opportunity of coming into his Presence_ _to admire them, they were under a Necessity of acquainting him with the just Alarms of all the Orders of the Kingdom, upon account of an Edict for a general Recoinage of the Species, which impoverish’d those that had any Fortunes left in_ France, _without being any Relief to the numerous Poor_. This Speech was divided into two Parts. The first related to the manner in which the said Edict had been publish’d. The second enter’d into the particular Inconveniencies with which the various Clauses of the Edict would be attended, if his Majesty was not so far mov’d by those Reasons, as to order its Repeal. M. _de Mesmes_ supported those two Articles by a Speech as nervous as it was eloquent; and at the Close he said, that in the Arrêts which had been pass’d by his Company, they had only followed the Precedents that had been found in the Registers.

The First President left his Speech in Writing, that the King might be able to answer it; and it was not long before the said Answer was return’d. The Deputies of the Parliament being sent for to the _Tuilleries_, on the 2d of _July_ 1718, the Keeper of the Seals said to them in his Majesty’s Presence, _The King has caus’d the Remonstrances of his Parliament to be examin’d in Council, and his Majesty will always be dispos’d to give them a favorable Hearing, when they have not a Tendency to the splitting or the cramping of his Authority._ He added, _That the Edict in question had been maturely examin’d; and that ’twas the best Remedy for paying off the Debts of the State; that the said Edict was not such a Burden upon the Public; and that it was only so to those who should make advantageous Contracts by obligatory Deeds._ He concluded with saying, _That the King prohibited every Assembly tending to the neglect of Submission_; and that he had given Orders for registring the Letters Patent in pursuance of the Arrêt of Council whereby his Majesty claims the Cognizance of the Disputes already risen or that may arise relating to the Edict. This Answer being reported to the Parliament, Commissioners were appointed to examine it; and at the same time to search the Registers if there was any Precedent for Letters Patent of that sort, in order to conform to it. The Commissioners having made their Report, the Company came to a Resolution to represent to the Duke Regent, _That nothing had been determin’d on that Subject, because the Company desired that they might first of all make new Remonstrances to the King; and that they intreated his Royal Highness to procure them an Audience_. The Regent was nettled at the Parliament’s Importunity, and he made answer to the King’s Council, who were sent to him with the Message, _That he should have thought that the Parliament would have rested satisfy’d with the Answer which the King had before given; but that since he saw they were not, he would venture, notwithstanding the Dislike that his Majesty expressed to Remonstrances, to give them the Liberty of presenting them, but no otherwise than in Writing_.

The Parliament was not discouraged, but still continu’d to demand an Audience, which was at length granted for the 26th of _July_; when all the People of Distinction in _Paris_ flock’d to Court to hear the Remonstrances. The first President spoke for nearly three quarters of an Hour, tho’ his Discourse was nothing more than a Recapitulation of what he had said before. His Majesty made answer, _My Keeper of the Seals will explain my Intentions to you_. But the Keeper of the Seals said no more than this, _The King has already explained his Intentions to you, and he will explain them to you farther hereafter_.

The Parliament dissatisfy’d with this Answer, which they thought too Laconic, as Affairs then stood, fell in a Rage with the Man whom they had good reason to look upon as the _Primum Mobile_ of the Confusion of Affairs; I mean _John Law_, whose rapid Fortune furnish’d a large Field of Discourse. They were very sensible that a Director of the Bank could not easily acquire so much Wealth, but a great many People must be considerable Losers. The Parliament therefore cited this Financier to appear before them in Person, but he never went near them; and when, in a few days after, they chang’d the Summons to a Warrant for arresting him, the Duke Regent protected him by an Arrêt of Council. This Prince wisely judging of what Importance it was to him to make the Parliament easy, and to secure Respect to the Regal Authority of which he was the Depositary, appointed a Bed of Justice to be held at the Palace of the _Thuilleries_ for the 26th of _August_. He order’d the King’s Houshold Troops to keep to their Arms, and to be every Man at his Post. The same day he sent circular Letters of Invitation to all the Dukes and Peers, to the Marshals of _France_, to the Knights of the Orders, to the Governors and Lieutenant-Generals of the Provinces, to the Secretaries, and to some of the Counsellors of State who were nominated by the Keeper of the Seals. The Princes were also invited to this Tribunal. The Parliament walk’d thither on foot, about 11 o’clock in their red Robes. The President _de Novion_ was at the Head of their Body, because the first President was at that time very much afflicted with the Gout; however, he went to the _Thuilleries_ in a Coach.

After the Council of the Regency broke up, the King went from his little Apartment upon the Terrass to his Gallery, to which he was accompanied by the Duke Regent and the Princes of the Blood. Four Presidents _au Mortier_ and six Counsellors came thither to receive him, and conducted him to his Bed of Justice. The King being seated on his Throne, and all the Company having taken their Places, they began with reading the Letters Patent establishing M. _d’Argenson_ Keeper of the Seals, which were order’d to be register’d. After this an Arrêt of Council was read, forbidding the Parliament to take Cognizance of the Affairs of State. Upon the reading of this Arrêt, the first President broke Silence and said, _The Subject seem’d to him of so great Importance, that with the due Respect and Submission which the Company had for his Majesty’s Orders, he desired his Majesty’s Permission to withdraw, to take it into Consideration_. As little Attention was paid to this Remonstrance, as to the preceding ones. The Regent drew near to the King and whisper’d him; and the Keeper of the Seals, after approaching his Majesty for a Minute, made answer to the Company, _The King will be obey’d, and obey’d too upon the Spot_.

Then a Declaration was read, importing, that the Dukes and Peers should have Seats in Parliament immediately after the Princes of the Blood. A second, which derogated from the Declaration of the King, dated the 5th of _May_ 1694, and restrain’d the Legitimated Princes to the meer Honors and Prerogatives of their Peerages: And a third, which re-established the Count _de Tholouse_ in all his Rights, Ranks and Prerogatives for his own Person only.

After the reading of these Declarations the Duke spoke and represented to his Majesty, _That the late King having seem’d desirous that the Duke of_ Maine _should have the Care of his Majesty’s Education, tho’ the Place belong’d to him by Birth-right, he did not then oppose it, because he was at that time a Minor; but as this was not the Case now, he desir’d that the Honor might be conferr’d upon him_: which Demand was granted to him, as well as that of the Dukes and Peers, who demanded to have Precedence of the Presidents _au Mortier_ in Parliament.

Thus ended the Bed of Justice, which will no doubt be famous to the latest Posterity. The Parliament was very much mortify’d at the Conduct observ’d to them, and declared next day in their Assembly, by an Arrêt which was register’d, _That they neither could, nor ought, nor intended to have any Share in what pass’d the Day preceding in the Bed of Justice; and that Posterity might be inform’d of it, Commissioners were nominated, to draw up a verbal Account of all the Proceedings_. The Regent being inform’d of what the Parliament was doing, sent Detachments of the Gray and Black Musketeers, commanded by a Brigadier, who on the 28th at Night, took up those that had been the most zealous for this Opinion. Such were Messieurs _de Blamont_, President of the 4th of the Inquests, _Feydeau_ Counsellor of the same Court, and _St. Martin_ a Counsellor of the Grand Chamber. They were clapp’d into three Coaches, each guarded by eight Musketeers and an Officer, and carried to Places which the Court had appointed; and at the same time the Papers of the two former were seiz’d.

As soon as the Parliament was acquainted of this Arrest, they met and made a Deputation to the King, to intreat him to permit them to enjoy the Privilege they always had of trying those of their own Body for any Crimes they may be accus’d of. The Keeper of the Seals made them answer, _The Affairs which bring this Deputation to the King are Affairs of State, which demand Silence and Secrecy: The King is oblig’d to see due Respect paid to his Authority. The future Behavior of his Parliament will determine his Majesty’s Sentiments of, and Dispositions towards them._ The Deputies went next day to the Royal Palace to make fresh Intercession with the Regent for the Liberty of their Brethren; but his Royal Highness returned much the same Answer to them as they had the day before, whereupon the Parliament shut up their Tribunals, and left off decreeing Justice. Mean time the King’s Council were always in Motion at the _Louvre_, and at the Royal Palace, but could not obtain a satisfactory Answer; and on the 5th of _September_ the Marquis _d’Essiat_, Master of the Horse to the Duke Regent, gave the Company notice on the part of his Royal Highness, to open the Courts again, and to continue the Sessions, assuring them, that an Answer should shortly be returned to their late Instances.

Mean time the Rumor of the Violence us’d to the President and the Counsellors that had been apprehended, put a great many People out of Temper: These Exiles were consider’d as Martyrs to the public Liberty, and every Man made their Case his own. Several Parliaments seem’d inclinable to support that of _Paris_. The Parliament of _Bretagne_ discover’d more Zeal than any other, and wrote a fine Letter to the Parliament of _Paris_, offering to join with them in the Demand of the Exiles Liberty; they also wrote another on the same Subject to his Majesty, which they addressed to M. _de la Vrilliere_ Secretary of State.

At the same time a very important Event happened, which took off the Attention of the _French_, in a great measure, from their own Affairs, and rais’d the Speculation of all _Europe_. This was the _Spanish_ Expedition to _Sicily_. To let you fully into the Secret of this Affair, I must go farther back, and give you a general Account of the State of Affairs of _Europe_ in the preceding Year. The Emperor, in pursuance of his Alliances with the Republic of _Venice_, from whom the _Turks_ had taken a Part of the _Morea_, was sollicited to declare War against those Infidels. The Pope, on his part, dreading that the _Turks_ should land in _Italy_, caus’d Instances to be made to his Imperial Majesty to persuade him to the War. The Emperor could not determine with himself for a good while to break with the _Turks_, for fear lest _Spain_ should take an Advantage of such Rupture, and fall upon his Provinces in _Italy_. The Pope encourag’d the Emperor, by acquainting him, _That the King of +Spain+ had given him his solemn Promise that he would undertake nothing in +Italy+._ He also gave him to understand, _That instead of having any reason to be afraid of +Spain+, he might expect all manner of Assistance from that Crown in the present War; since it had engag’d to send him a powerful Squadron; and that the better to enable him to do this, he (the Pope) had given him leave to raise the Tenths upon the Clergy of +Spain+._ These Representations made an Impression upon the Emperor; but the Thing which absolutely determin’d him, was the Treaty of Guaranty, that he had concluded with _England_, by which that Crown engaged to assist him with its Navy, in case that his Dominions were invaded. He therefore declared War against the _Turks_, and sent a numerous Army against them, under Command of Prince _Eugene_ of _Savoy_. The Campaign prov’d very glorious for this Prince. He began it with a Victory near _Temeswaer_, after which he laid Siege to that Place, and in a very little time reduc’d it. Mean while _Spain_ prepar’d a Naval Armament, under Pretence of sending Succours to the _Venetians_. But how was all _Europe_ surpriz’d, when it was known that the Prime Minister of _Spain_, the Cardinal _Alberoni_, heretofore Chaplain to the Duke _de Vendôme_, afterwards Agent of _Parma_ at the Court of _Madrid_, and finally, by the Queen’s Favour, promoted to the Summit of Grandeur and Prosperity, had prevail’d on the King of _Spain_ to employ the Sums that were levied upon the Estates of the Clergy, and appropriated for the Support of the Honor of the Christian Name, in the Conquest of _Sardinia_! The Reduction of it was attended with no great Difficulty, because the Island, in reliance upon the Faith of Treaties, was at that time but indifferently furnish’d with Troops. The Emperor made his Complaints to the Pope, and to _France_ and _England_ as Guaranties of the Neutrality of _Italy_. These Powers did their utmost to engage the King of _Spain_ to desist from his Pretensions. The Duke Regent order’d the Duke of _St. Aignan_, Ambassador of _France_ at the _Spanish_ Court, to represent to the King all the Inconveniencies into which this War might plunge him; but the _Spanish_ Minister, who rely’d upon the secret Correspondence he had in _France_, refused all Proposals of an Accommodation, tho’ they were so very advantageous to the King of _Spain_: For it was propos’d to him, that the Emperor should recognize him the lawful Possessor of _Spain_ and the _Indies_; and moreover, that he should consent to the securing of the Successions of _Parma_ and _Placentia_ to the Queen of _Spain_’s Children; Terms infinitely more advantagious than those that had been granted to him by the Peace of _Utrecht_, and of which the King, of _Spain_ so earnestly desir’d to see the Confirmation the Year that _Lewis_ XIV. died.

The End of the Third Volume.

An Alphabetical INDEX

TO THE

THIRD VOLUME.

A.

_Adrian_ VI. (Pope) his Birth and Parentage 220, 221.

_St. Aignan_ (Duke de) 359.

_Aix-la-Chapelle_, Relics and Town, 233, _&c._

_Alberoni_ Cardinal, 359.

_Albert_ of _Bavaria_ Count of _Holland_, 130, 131.

_Albert_ (Margrave) of _Brandenbourg_, his Marriage to the Princess of
_Courland_, 54.

_Albert_, Margrave of _Brandenbourg_, Grand Master of the _Teutonic_
Order, his Marriage, and War with _Poland_, 13.

_Alcibiades_ of _Germany_, who so call’d, 146.

ALTENA, _t._ 231.

_Alva_, Duke of, his Cruelty and Statue, 168. his Son, 138.

AMSTERDAM, _t._ its Foundation and Increase, 130, 131.
Its Description, 132, _&c._
Remarks on its Inhabitants, 133, 137.

_Anabaptists_, their Head, 161.

_Anhalt-Dessau_ (_Leopold_ Prince of) his Valor, 55, 56, 68, 83.

_Arnheim_, (M. de) 88.

ANTWERP, _t._ 166, _&c._

_Appel_, a Merchant, 322.

_Argenson_, M. de, 86, 346.

_Arm-Chair_, consequence of its Refusal, 12, 25.

_Asbach_, Barons de, 11.

_Asfeldt_ (Abbot of) 306.

_Attila_, King of the _Huns_, his Defeat, 343.

_Audenard_ (Battle of) 76, 77.

_Augsbourg_ Confession, 146.

_Aumont_ (Duke of) his different Reception at _London_ by the several
Parties, and the burning of his House, 206.

_Auverquerque_ (Veldt-Marshal de) 255.

B.

_Baden_ (_Lewis_ Margrave of) 15, 16, 17.

_Balderic_ of _Cleves_, Bishop of _Utrecht_, 221.

_Ball_, extraordinary given by the Author, 209.

_Barcelona_ Siege rais’d 69.

_Barfous_ (Count de) 8. His Banishment from the _Prussian_ Court, 52.

_Bargeman_’s Daughter, her notable Rise, 9 to 12.

BAR-LE-DUC, _t._ 342.

_Bartholdi, Prussian_ Minister, 20, 21, 22.

_Bassompierre_ (Brothers) their History, 85.

BENDER, _t._ 67.

BENSBERG, _t._ 142.

_Bergerie_, (M. de la) 57.

BERLIN, 93, _&c_. 229. Distance from _Koningsberg_, 28.

_Berry_ (Duke of) his Character, 185.
Duchess, 186.
Her Character and Favour with the Regent, 287, 288.
Her Kindness for the Count de _R_----, 301.
Her Death, 302.

_Biberstein_, (Marshal de) 223.

BILEFELD, _t._ 161.

_Bilinsky_, Count de, 17.

_Bills, French_, 291, 345.

_Blamont_, M. de, President, 356.

_Blankenbourg_, Duke of, 114, 116.

_Blaspiel_, M. Minister, 20.

_Bolingbroke_ (_Henry St. John_, Lord) his Reception in _France_, 198,
205, 206.

_Borst_, the Queen of _Prussia_’s Confessor, 91, 92.

_Bose_, a Merchant, 322.

_Bot_, the Architect, 124.

_Boufflers_, Marshal, 259.

_Bourbon_, Duke of, 185, 186, 236.

_Bourg_, Marshal de, 318.

_Bouvines_ Battle, 176.

_Brandenburg_, Princes of, Apparition presaging their Death, 211.

_Brandenbourg Bareith_, Margrave of, 54, 103.

BRANDENBURG, _t._ 228.

_Brantz_, General, our Author’s Uncle, 18.

BREDA, _t._ 218.

BRESLAU, _t._ 243.

_Breteuil_, Baron de, 266.

_Britany_ (Duke of) his Death, 184.
Discontent of that Province, 347.

BRUGES, _t._ 276.

_Brunswic_ (Ducal Family of) 116.
The City, 118.

BRUSSELLS, _t._ 170.

_Bulau_ Countess, 32.
M. de, Steward, 58.

_Burgundy_ (_Charles_ Duke of) kill’d, 343.

_Burgundy_ (Duke of, afterwards Dauphin) his Character and his Death,
182, 183.
Death and Character of the Dauphiness, 182, 183.

_Bydgost_ Treaty, 14.

C.

CAMBRAY, _t._ 172.
Its Archbishop, 173.
League, 174.

CASSEL, _t._ 155.
Landgrave’s Family, 155.

_Chair_ of State refus’d by the Prince of _Orange_ to the Elector of
_Brandenbourg_, and its Consequence, 12, _&c._

_Chalons_ Family, 74.

CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, _t._ 343.

_Chamber_ of Justice, 289.

_Chamillard_, M. de, 80.

_Charles_ II. King of _Spain_, his Death, 21, 26.

_Charles_ V. (Emperor) 13, 257.

_Charles_ VI. (Emperor)
See _Election_ and _Coronation_.

_Charles_ XII. King of _Sweden_, Origin and Progress of his War with
_Poland_, 61, to 67.
How he was betray’d by one of his Ministers, 61, 66.

_Charolois_, (Count de) 186.

_Chartres_, (Duke de) 185.

CHATEAU-THIERRY, _t._ 344.

----_Cambresis_ Treaty, 175.

_Clarendon_, Lord, 252.

_Clermont_, (Count de) 186.

_Colbe_ (see _Wartemberg_.)

_Coligny_, Admiral, 174.

_Cologne_, (_Joseph-Clement_ Elector of) 164. _t._ 163, _&c._
Archbishops of, 164, _&c._

COMPIEGNE, _t._ 175.

_Condé_ (Princess of) 190.

_Conty_ (Princess of) 191.
(Second Dowager) 191.
(Prince of) 17, 53, 72, 186, 236.

_Coronation_ of the Emperors, 157, _&c._

_Cough_, so dreaded by a Soldier, that he chose rather to be kill’d,
219.

_Courland_ (Duke of) 41.
Dispute about his Guardianship, 102.
His Marriage with the Czar’s Niece, and his Death, 103, 104.

----Duchess of, 36, 54.

_Court_ what most contributes to its Lustre, 3.

_Craon_, Marquiss de, 340.

_Culmbach_, Princess of, 83.

CUSTRIN, _t._ 44, 45.

_Czar_ of _Muscovy_ in _France_, 310, to 315.

D.

_Danckleman_ (Baron de) Prime Minister of _Frederic_ I. King of
_Prussia_, 4.
The Rise of his great Favor, 5.
His Disgrace, 6, 7, 8.
Facts relating to it, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16.

_Dankelman_ M. our Author’s Tutor, 81.

_Dannebrog_ Order, 336.

_Dauphin_ of _France_, his Death and Character, 182.

DELFT, _t._ 128.

_Denis_ (Father) 306.

_Denmark_, King, his Dispute with the Duke of _Holstein_, 61, 63, _&c._

_Desalleurs_ M. Envoy of _France_, 26.

_Devos_, Manufacture for Tapistry, 170.

_Dohna_, Count de, 33, 111, 148, 159.

Don _John_ of _Austria_, 172.

_Dorerbeck_ M. Cup-bearer of _Prussia_, 17.

DORT, _t._ 129.

DRESDEN, _t._ 244.

_Dress_, a remarkable Conversation about it, between two great
Duchesses in _France_, 186, to 189.

_Duliz_, a wealthy and generous _Jew_, 127.

_Duplanti_, his Adventure after the Battle of _Audenarde_, 76, 77.

DUSSELDORFF, _t._ 141.

E.

_Eagle-Black_ (Order of) in _Prussia_, its Institution, 29, 30.

_Eckeren_ Battle, 170.

_Effiat_, Marquis de, 357.

EISENACH, _t._ 321.

_Elbing_ mortgaged and taken, 18, 19.

_Election_ of the Emperors, 147 to 154.

_Eltz_, see _Mentz_.

EMMERIC, _t._ 124.

_England_ (_George_ I. King of) his Behaviour at the News of his
Proclamation, 251, 252.
His Departure for _England_, 253.
A singular Circumstance of his Coronation, 254.

_Erasmus_, his Statue, 129.

ERFURT, _t._ 322.

_Erlach_, M. de, 86.

_Ernest, Augustus_, Duke of _Hanover_, 57, 58.

_Eugene_ (Prince of) a Plot to poison him, 81.
His Character of the Prince of _Anhalt_, 55, 56.
His glorious Campaign in _Hungary_, 359.

F.

_Feldtbruck_ (Mademoiselle de) see _Auverquerque_.

_Fenelon_, M. Archbishop of _Cambray_, 173.

_Ferte_ (Duchess de la) cheats our Author of some Money, 198.

----Marshal de, 172.

_Finck_, Count, Ambassador, 71.

_Fistula_, what call’d in _France_, 248.

_Fitzthum_, M. de, 245.

_Flemming_ (_James Henry_ Count de) 62.
How he amus’d the Author, 241, 243, 246.

_Florence_ V. Count of _Holland_, assassinated, 130.

_Fontainbleau_, Palace and Court, 197.

_France_ (_Lewis_ XIV. King of) his Character, 182.
His remarkable Wish in favour of the Mercers of _Paris_, 70.
How he liv’d in his latter days, 182, 195.
His Death, 283, 284.

----(_Lewis_ XV. King of) 184, 185.
His Answer to Madame, when she said she was going to wait on a
greater Lord than he, 304.

FRANCFORT on the _Main_, _t._ 145.

_Francke_, Dr. 91, 92.

_Frederic-Henry_, Prince of _Orange_ his Will, 50.

_Frederic-William_ (King of) see _Prussia_.

_Frederic_ Elector of _Saxony_, unfortunate, 227.

_Frederic-William_ the Great, Elector of _Brandenbourg_, his War with
_Charles-Gustavus_ King of _Sweden_, 14.
His Statue, 55.

_Frederic-William_, Elector of _Brandenbourg_, his Wives and Issue, 3,
4.

_Frederic_ Son to the Duke of _Alva_, as cruel as his Father, 138.

FULDI, _t._ 320.
Abbat, 321.

G.

_George_ I. (King) see _England_.

_George_ II. (King) his Valor in _Flanders_, 75, 76.

_Gersdorf_, M. de, Colonel, 107.

GHENT, _t._ 257.

_Golden Fleece_, Order instituted, 277.

GOTHA, _t._ 321.

_Gravenitz_, Count de, 336.

_Gripilli_, a famous _Italian_ Statuary, 142.

_Grumkan_, M. 329.

_Gueldres_ taken, 53.

_Gustavus-Charles_ King of _Sweden_, 14.

H.

HAGUE, _t._ 126, _&c._

HALBERSTADT, _t._ 113.

HALL in _Saxony_, _t._ 113.

HAM, _t._ 124.

HAMBOURG, _t._ 230, 249.

HANAU, _t._ 319.
Some Particularities of the Count and his Court, 320.

HANOVER, _t._ 120.
_George_ (late) Elector, his Concern for the Death of the Queen of
_Prussia_ his Sister, 58.

HARLEM, _t._ 137.

_Harrach_, Count de, 22.

_Haye_ Forest, 342.

_Heiden_, Baron de, General, 124.

_Henning_, M. de, _Prussian_ Minister, 148.

HERVORDEN, _t._ 124.

_Hesse_, Princess of, 83.

_Hohenzollern_, Prince, 159.

_Holstein_, Prince and Princess, 32, 33, 37, 61.

_Honslaerdyke_ Palace, 139.

St. _Hubert_, Order of Knights, 335.

I.

_Jackel_, the King of _Prussia_’s Jester, 90.

_James_ II. how his Queen Dowager was condol’d by the _French_ Court,
on the Miscarriage of the Pretender’s Expedition to _Scotland_,
299.

_Jesuits_ Church at _Antwerp_ consum’d, 167.

_Jews_ at the Hague, 127.
At _Francfort_, 145.

_Illgen_ (Baron de) 108.
His Disservice to the Author, 329.

_Imhoff_, Minister to the D. of _Wolfembuttle_, 117.

_Insurance-Office_ from Fire erected at _Berlin_, 108.

_John_ of _Leyden_ the Taylor, 161.

St. _John_, an Equestrian Order, 54.

_Joseph_, Emperor of _Germany_, his Death, 123.

_Joseph-Clement_, Elector, see _Cologne_.

ISSOUIN, _t._ our Author’s Birth-place, 2.

_Justice_, Bed of, erected in _France_, 354.

K.

_Kamcke_ (Brothers) their History, 104, 105, 110, 111.
Authors of the Disgrace of the Count _de Wartemberg_, 105, 106, _&c._

_Kings_ of _Cologn_, Three, 165.

_Kinski_, Count de, 160.

_Knights_ of St. _Lewis_, their Poverty, 292.
Their Numbers, 348.

_Kniphausen_, M. de, Ambassador, 328, 329.

_Kolbe_, see _Wartemberg_ (_John Casimir de Kolbe_).

_Koningsmark_, Countess of, 244.

_Kraut_, M. Aid de Camp, 79.

L.

L----, Envoy of _Prussia_ at _Hambourg_, Character of his Lady, and an
Account of an Entertainment that he gave the Author, 248 to 251.

_Lady of Precious Stones_, who so call’d, and why, 279.
A Learned Lady, 221.

_Law, John_, Projector of the _Mississippi_ Scheme, 354.

_League_ of _Cambray_, 74.

_Leap_, a desperate one for a young Lady, 255, 256.

_Leck_, Lord of ----, 218.

_Legitimated_ Princes of _France_, 294, _&c._

_Leopold_, Emperor, his Death, 60.

LEIPSIC, _t._ 322.

_Lewis_ XIV. and XV. See _France_.

LEYDEN, _t._ 125.

_Limbourg_ Duchy mortgag’d, 7, 8.

_Lippe_, Count de, 124.

_Lion_ tam’d by a Duke of _Brunswic_, 119.

LIPSTADT, _t._ 124.

_Lisle_ Siege, 73.
Its Surrender, 81.
Description of the Town, 258, 259.

_Longueville_ Family, 295.

_Lorrain_ (Court of) 338, 339, to 341.

_Lottum_ (Count de) 52, 77, 79, 102.

_Loven_, Mademoiselle de, 244.

LOUVAIN, _t._ 256.

_Lubomirski_, Princess of, 243, 244.

_Lowendahl_, Marshal, 245.

LUNEVILLE, _t._ 338.

_Lutherans_ and Calvinists, 146.

_Luxembourg_ Garden, 200.

M.

MAGDEBURG, _t._ and Duchy, 113, 226, 227.

_Maine_ (Duke and Duchess) 191, 284, 286, 287.

_Maintenon_, Madam, 284.

_Malplaquet_ (Battle of) 89.

_Marlborough_ (Duke of) his Journey to _Berlin_, 56.
Bribes a Minister of the King of _Sweden_, 61, 66.

MARLY, _t._ 181, 183.

_Marne_, r. 343.

_Marsin_, Marshal de, 69.

MASTRICHT, _t._ 255.

_Match-maker_, Elector of _Brandenburg_, a great one, 27.

MEAUX, _t._ 344.

MECHLIN, _t._ 170.

_Mecklemburg_ (Princess of) married to _Frederic_ I. King of _Prussia_,
86.
Her extravagant Devotion, 91.
Her Answer to the King upon it, 92.
Loses her Senses, 211.
She is sent back to _Mecklemburg_ after the King’s Death, 213.

_Medicis, Mary_ de, Queen of _France_, her Distress, 165, 166, 175.

MENTZ, t. and Elector, 331, 332.

_Mesmes_, M. de, President of the Parliament of _Paris_, 352.

_Metternich_, Count de, Ambassador of _Prussia_, 71, 72, 75, 148.

MINDEN, _t._ 123.

MONS, _t._ 171.

_Montluc, John_ de, 173.

_Montmorency_, Constable, 174, 176.

_Motte_ (M. de la) see _Wynendale_.

MUNSTER, _t._ 161.
Treaty, 162.
Bishop, 163.

_Muntzer_, Head of the _Anabaptists_, 161.

_Muscovites_, Success over the _Swedes_, 65, to 68.

N.

NANCY, _t._ 341.

_Nassau_, Princes of, 218.

_Nassau-Orange_ (Princess of) refuses to give her Daughter to the King
of _Prussia_, 82.

---- (Prince of) drown’d in passing the _Moerdyke_, 139.
Provisional Settlement made by the Sates General, between him and the
King of _Prussia_, touching King _William_’s Succession, 140.

_Nassau-Weilbourg_ (Count de) 154.

_Nautre_ (le) Gardener, 180.

_Nemours_, Madame de, Princess of _Neufchâtel_, 72.

_Neufchâtel_ adjudged to the King of _Prussia_, 71, 72, 73.

NEWPORT, _t._ 277, 278.

NIMEGUEN, _t._ 125.

_Novion_ de, President, 354.

O.

_Orange, Maurice_, Prince of, his Daughter, our Author’s Grandmother,
2.
_Frederic-Henry_, Prince of, his Will, 50, 51.
Parliament of _Orange_, 59.
_William_, Prince of, his Tomb, 128.

ORANGE, _t._ seiz’d by _Lewis_ XIV. 53.

ORANJEBAUM, _t._ 113.

_Orleans_ (Duke of) Regent of _France_, 185.
Beginning of his Regency, 284, _&c._
History of it, 345, _&c._

_Orleans_ (Madame de) _Elizabeth-Charlotte_ of _Bavaria_, her
Character, 186, 187.
Her Censure of the Duchess of _Berry_, 188, 189.
What she said to the Author on the Misfortunes of the Queen of
_England_, who was Dowager to _James_ II. 299.
Her Promise of Protection to the Author, and her Non-performance,
300, 301.

_Orleans_, Maid of, 175.

_Osnabrug_ (Duke of _York_) Bishop of, his pertinent Remark on
_Poland_, 243.

_Ossuna_, Duke of, 215.

P.

_Palatine_ (_Charles Philip_ of _Neubourg_, Elector) 143.

_Palatine_ (Family) 143, _&c._

_Papenheim_, Count de, 150, 158.

PARIS, _t._ 177, 199, 345, _&c._
How the Author liv’d there, 176, _&c._ 210.

_Parliament_ of _Paris_, its Broils with the Regent, 348, 349, _&c._

_Peers_ of _France_, 293.

_Persian_ Ambassador at _Paris_, Particulars relating to him, 265,
_&c._
His Entry at _Paris_ 265.
His Audience of the King, 267.
How he smoak’d his Pipe at the Opera, 269.

PHALTZBOURG, _t._ 338.

_Philip_ II. of _Spain_, his remarkable Vow, 175.

_Philip_, V. see _Spain_

_Philip_, Margrave of _Brandenbourg_, his Temper, 60.
Character of his Lady, 60.
His Death, 160.

_Pinneberg_, Conferences there, 61.

_Poland_ (Intrigues in the Election of its King) 15, to 18.
Its Crown pawn’d to the King of _Prussia_, 19.

_Poland, Augustus_ II. King of, see _Charles_ XII. K. of _Sweden_.

_Poles_ (their Character); 241, 242.

_Pollnitz_, Mademoiselle de, 23, 46, 238, 239, 325, _&c._

_Pollnitz_ (_Charles-Lewis_, Baron de) our Author.
His Extraction, Education, and the History of his Family, 1, 2, _&c._
Has an Electoress for his God-mother, 2.
His honourable Intercession with the King of _Prussia_ for his
Father-in-law, 45, 46.
His Entrance by that King into the Princes Academy, 52.
His Service in _Flanders_ as a Voluntier, 75.
Adventure that he tells after the Battle of _Audenarde_, 76.
Another at the Siege of _Lisle_, 79.
His Return to _Berlin_, 81.
His Advancement to the Post of Gentleman of the Bed-chamber, 88.
His mistaken Conceit, that he was in great Favor, 89.
The King’s Reprimand of him and Reconcilement, 90, 91.
His Departure from _Berlin_, in order to travel abroad upon some
harsh Words said to him by the King, 111, 112, 113.
How he lost all his Money by Play at _Hanover_, and prevail’d on his
Mother for more, 122.
His Loss of his Mother, 154.
His Introduction to and Reception by the King of _France_ and the
Princes, 192, 193.
His dangerous Illness at _Paris_, 199.
The Acquaintance he made with an Actress in _Luxemburg_ Garden, and
the Consequences of that Amour, 200, 204.
Tempted to turn Catholic, 205.
What _Lewis_ XIV. said of him, 205.
He gives an extraordinary Ball, 209.
He falls in Love with Mademoiselle _de S_----, 214.
Consequences of it, 215, 235.
His unlucky Tumble into a Heap of Dung, 215.
Oblig’d by his extravagant Charges to go home, 215, 217.
His sudden Return to _Paris_, 217.
His Amour with the Countess of _Wartemberg_, 224, 225.
His Journey to and Reception at _Berlin_, 228, 229.
His return back again to _Paris_, 235.
He falls in Love with Madame _de P_----, 235.
He renews his Courtship to Madame _de S_----, 235-236.
His Return again to _Berlin_, 237.
Remarks on his Distemper, 238.
His Reception at the Court of _Hanover_, 238.
And at _Berlin_, 240.
How he was amus’d by the Count _de Flemming_, 241, 245, 246.
His ill Success at the Court of _Poland_, 241, 242, 245.
His Arrest at _Dresden_, and how he obtain’d his Liberty, 246.
How he broke his Leg, and was troubled with a Fistula, 247.
His merry Description of a House and Family at _Hambourg_, and of an
Entertainment he had there, 249, 250.
His Return once more to _Paris_, 259.
How he fell in love with Madam _de R_----, 260, 270, to 275.
The Consequences of it, 262, 270 to 275, _&c._
He sollicits Employment in _France_, 263, _&c._
An Adventure that happen’d to him at a Ball, 270, 271.
His Quarrel with the Marquis _de V_----, 273.
His Extravagance, his Arrest, and how he got out of the Scrape, 274,
275.
His Pension of 2000 Livres, 275.
His Disputes with his Cousin, 276.
His Loss of his Pension and Sollicitation to regain it, 291, 292.
His Present from _Madame_, 292.
Who made him large Promises, but did nothing for him, 301, 304.
His melancholy Situation, 305.
His embracing the Popish Religion, 306.
His Arrest for Debt, 307.
His Intrigue with an Old Woman, 308, 309.
His unsuccessful Proposal of a Scheme to the Regent, 316.
His Departure from _Paris_, 316.
His Return to _Berlin_, and Reception by the King of _Prussia_, 323,
324, to 327.
His Reversion of the next Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber’s Pension that
fell, 328.
The Occasion of his Disgrace, 329, 330.
His precipitate Retreat from _Berlin_, 331.
Oblig’d by his Fistula to go to _Paris_, 337, 338, 345.
The Operation there perform’d on him, 345.

POTZDAM, _t._ 40.

_Pretender_’s Miscarriage in his Expedition to _Scotland_, 296, 297.
A flagrant Instance of his Bigotry, 297.
His Return to _France_, 298.

_Princes_ of the Blood, in _France_, Contention betwixt them, 294,
_&c._

_Princess_ (Madame la) 190.

_Printz_, M. de, 111, 212, 240.

_Prussia_ (_Frederic_ I. King of) his Coronation, 28, to 38.
His Entry to Konigsberg, 38.
His Reception by the Magistrates of _Dantzic_ when he came on their
Territories, 39.
His Entry at _Berlin_, 41.
His Pretensions to the Succession of _William_ III. King of
_England_, 49, 50.
His Measures for justifying them, 51.
His Reception at the _Hague_, 51.
His Protection to the Refugees from _Orange_, 53.
His Sovereignty of _Neufchâtel_ recogniz’d, 71, _&c._
Negociations for his 2d Marriage, 82, 83.
His Choice of the Princess of _Mecklemburg_, 84.
The new Queen’s Arrival, 86, 87.
Their Marriage 86.
His Care of his Subjects that were afflicted with the Plague, 93.
His Domestic Attendance, 98, _&c_.
His Tour to the _Hague_, 138.
The Magnanimity with which he receiv’d the News of the Prince of
_Orange_’s Death, 140.
He sickens of a Fright and dies, 210, 211, 212.

_Prussia_ (_Frederic-William_ King of) his Diversion when he was Prince
Royal, 41, 42.
His Marriage to the Elector of _Hanover_’s Daughter, and her
Character, 70.
What _Lewis_ XIV. said when he saw her Wedding-Apparel, 70.
Her Entry at _Berlin_, 70, 71.
Her Delivery of a Prince, his Baptism as Prince of _Orange_, and his
Death, 74, 75.
His Accession to the Crown, 212.
The Alteration he made at his Court, 213.

_Prussia_ (Queen of) the first Wife of _Frederic_ I. and Sister to the
late Elector of _Hanover_, her Death, 56.
Honors done to her Corpse, 58, 59.
Her Character, 4, 59, 60.

_Prussia_ (Queen of) second Wife to _Frederic_ I. See _Mecklemburg_,
Princess of.

_Prussia_, (Court of) 3, to 113.

_Prussia_, Duchy, 13.

_Prussia_, particular Reason of its being erected into a Kingdom, 11,
12, 29.
And Negociations for that purpose, 14, _&c._ 25.
Owing to a Blunder, 21, 22, 25.

_Puisieux_, M. de, Ambassador of _France_, 72, 73.

_Pultowa_, Battle of, 67, 68.

Q.

_Quedlimbourg_ Abbey, 18.

ST. QUINTIN, _t_. 174.
Battle, _ibid_.

R.

_Radziowski_, Cardinal, 16.

_Ramellies_ Battle, its Consequences, 68, 169.

_Refugees, French_, their Reception at _Berlin_, 53, 93, 94.
Their Gratitude, 94.

_Regenstein_, Counts of, 114;

_Reitwitz_, M. de, _Polish_ Envoy, 19.

_Religions_, a Multiplicity of ’em, where, 232.

_Rhinberg_ taken, 53.

_Richlieu_, Cardinal, 165, 175.

_Rohan_, Cardinal de, 319.

_Rothenbourg_ (Count de) amuses the Author, 316, 317.

ROTTERDAM, _t._ 129.

_Ryswic_ Treaty, 20.

S.

ST. DENYS, _t._ 176.
----QUINTIN, _t._ 174.

SALTZDAHL, _t._ 115, _&c._

SAVERNE, _t._ 338.

_Saxony_, _Frederic-Augustus_, Elector of, 17.
Electoral Prince of, 269.

_Saxony_ (_Maurice_ Count of) his Character and Marriage, 244.
The Electorate ruin’d, 66.

_Schalifer_, Baron de, 82.

SCHENK, _t._ 125.

_Schmettau_, M. de, the Minister, 16, 20, 51, 75.

_Schonborn_, Count _Lotharius-Francis_ de, Elector of _Mentz_, 147.

_Schuurman_ (_Ann Mary_) 221.

_Seaux_ Castle, 192.

_Seckingen_, Baron de, 144.

SENLIS, _t._ 176.

_Shift_, (seamless) said to be the Virgin _Mary_’s, 234.

_Shrewsbury_ (Duke of) sent to _Paris_, 206.
Characters of the Duke and Duchess, 206, 207.
The King’s Complaisance to her, 207, 208.

_Sigismund_ I. King of _Poland_, his War with the Margrave of
_Brandenbourg_, 13.

_Simmeren_, Princess de, 8.

_Snuff_, the Queen of _Prussia_ reprimanded by the King for taking it,
35.

_Sobieski_ (_John_ King of _Poland_) his Death, 15.
His Son _James_, 63.
_Sobieski_, Princess, 145.

_Sophia_, Princess of _Hanover_, her Character, 120.
Death, 251.

_Spanheim_, M. _Prussian_ Ambassador, 26, 50, 74.

_Spanish_ Succession, Quarrel about it, 47, 48, _&c._ 60.

_Stanhope_, Mr. 51.

_Stanislaus_ (King) proclaim’d, 61, 64.
Crown’d 65.

_Steinbock_, Count de, 232

_Stoffius_ (M. de) Treasurer of the Order of the Black Eagle, 107.

STRASBOURG, _t._ 317.

STUTGARD, _t._ 333.

_Sultzbach_ (Hereditary Prince of) 144.

_Sweden_ (see _Charles_ XII. King of) the present King’s Marriage, 6,
155.

_Synod_ of _Dort_, 130.

T.

_Tapistry_ Manufacture, 170.

_Teschen_ (Princess of) 243, 244.

_Tesse_, Marshal de, 69, 310, 311.

_Tilly_, Count, 123.

_Tobianski_, Count de, 38.

TONNINGEN, _t._ 63.

_Torcy_, M. de, 268.

TOUL, _t._ 342.

_Tour_, M. 50.

_Tour Taxis_, Prince of, 154.

_Treaty_ of _Munster_, 162.

_Trianon_ Palace, 180.

_Tromp, Martin_, the _Dutch_ Admiral, his Tomb, 128.

_Troops, Prussian_, characteris’d, 55, 56, 68, 83.

_Turenne_, Marshal, 172, 279.

_Turin_ Siege rais’d, 68.

U.

VALENCIENNES, _t._ 172.

_Vendosme_, Duke of 76, 77.

VERSAILLES, _t._ 177, _&c._ to 197.

_Vienna_ Siege, 21.

_Villars_ (Marshal de) 236.

_Villeroy_, Marshal de, 171, 303.

_Vilvorde_ Canal, 170.

_Voisin_, M. de, Chancellor, 263, 264.

_Vrilliere_, M. de, Secretary, 358.

UTRECHT, _t._ 220. Treaty, 223.

W.

WARSAW, _t._ 241, _&c._

_Wartemberg_ (_John Casimir de Colbe_) Count de, Prime Minister to
_Frederic_ I. King of _Prussia_; his History, 8, 17, 24.
Cabal against him, 42.
His Revenge, 44.
His Disgrace, 104, 109, 111.
His Death at _Francfort_, and how he was lamented by the King of
_Prussia_, 223.

_Wartemberg_ (Countess de) her mean Extraction, great Fortune, 9, 10,
_&c._
Some Particulars relating to her Conduct 23, 24, 26, 27.
Her Retirement to _Utrecht_, 223, _&c._
Consequence of her Intrigue with the Chevalier _de B_----, 224, 225.
Her Behaviour at _Paris_, 279, _&c._
Departure for _Holland_, _ib._

_Wartensleben_ (Marshal de) 53.

_Web_ (General) see _Wynendale_.

_Werf, Vander_, a _Dutch_ Painter, 142.

WESEL, _t._ 124.

_Wesen_ (Count de) his Marriage to our Author’s Mother, 26, 27.
His Preferment, 28.
His Engagement in a Cabal against the Count _de Wartemberg_, 42.
How it prov’d his Ruin, 43, _&c._
His Death, 88.

_Westphalia_ Treaty, 162.

WILDSTAT, _t._ 334.

_William_ III, King of _England_, by whom prevail’d on to call the
illustrious House of _Hanover_ to the Succession, 23, 24.
Dispute about the Succession to his own Estate as Prince of _Orange_,
49, 50.
His Will, 51.

_Winter_, very cold, 88.

_Wirtemberg_, (Duke of) his Family and Court, 334, _&c._ 337.

_Witgenstein_ (Count de) his Promotion and Disgrace, 47, 59, 90, 107.
His Release, 111.

WOLFEMBUTTLE, _t._ 114.
Character of the Duke _Anthony-Ulric_, 115.

_Wolfersdorff_, 109.

_Woman_, in white, an Apparition, 211.

_Wynendale_, M. _de la Motte_’s Defeat there by General _Web_, 80.

X.

_Ximenes_, Cardinal, 221.

Y.

YPRES, _t._ 278, 279.

Z.

_Zeits_, Duchess of, 83.

_Zell, Dorothy_, Duchess-Dowager of, to whom remarried, 3.

ZELL, _t._ 120.

_Zinzendorf_, Count de, 159.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Vol. I. of the Letters, _pag._ 16. a remarkable Passage relating to this Fact, together with this Minister’s Character and Death.

[2] See Vol. I. of the Memoirs, _p._ 29. some Particulars concerning this Order, which are not here.

[3] See Vol. I. _p._ 34. for the Description of this Town, which is the common Garrison of the first Battalion of the tall Grenadiers, so much talk’d of in _Europe_.

[4] See the Account of this House Vol. I. _p._ 49.

[5] See for the present State of this Place, Vol. II. _p._ 347, 361.

[6] See the Vol. above mention’d, _p._ 362.

[7] See Vol. I. _p._ 28.

[8] See the compleat Description of this Monument, and of its Erection, Vol. I. _p._ 9.

[9] See Vol. I. _p._ 196, where there are curious Observations upon this City and its Inhabitants.

[10] See Vol. I. _p._ 35.

[11] See Vol. I. _p._ 3. _&c._ where this capital City of the Electorate of _Brandenburg_ is describ’d with wonderful Exactness and Regularity.

[12] See also with regard to this Palace, Vol. I. _p._ 10.

[13] See also the same Vol. _p._ 31. for the Nature of the Pleasures of the City and Court.

[14] See Vol. I. _p._ 18. where there is a more particular Description of this Edifice.

[15] See Vol. I. _p._ 33, _&c._ the Temper of the present King, and his Way of Living.

[16] See Vol. I. _p._ 3.

[17] See Vol. I. _p._ 3.

[18] See Vol. I. _p._ 82, 85, 377, 380.

[19] See Vol. I. _p._ 48, 80.

[20] See Vol. I. _p._ 75.

[21] See Vol. I. _p._ 69, 75.

[22] See the Description and State of this Town, Vol. I. _p._ 61,68. where you will find a pleasant Remark upon the _French_ that swarm’d there in the Time of the last Duchess, who was a _French_ Lady of the _Olbreuse_ Family.

[23] See Vol. I. _p._ 63, 68, _&c._

[24] See Vol. II. _p._ 365, 370.

[25] See Vol. II. _p._ 396.

[26] See Vol. II. _p._ 398.

[27] See Vol. II. _p._ 400, 425.

[28] See Vol. II. _p._ 426.

[29] See Vol. II. _p._ 317, 371.

[30] They who are well acquainted with _Holland_ know that the Author could only draw this Character for the very Dregs of the People.

[31] See Vol. II. _p._ 394.

[32] See Vol. II. _p._ 358. where there’s a curious Inventory of the Statues and Paintings of the greatest Masters that are all up and down the Castle of _Dusseldorff_.

[33] See Vol. II. _p._ 357.

[34] See Vol. I. _p._ 340.

[35] See Vol. II. _p._ 332, 336.

[36] See Vol. II. _p._ 317.

[37] See Vol. II. _p._ 298, 317.

[38] See Vol. II. _p._ 296.

[39] See Vol. II. _p._ 291, 296.

[40] See Vol. II. _p._ 189, to 290.

[41] See Vol. II. _p._ 184, 188.

[42] That is a Spectre dress’d in white, which they say appears in the Palace of the Princes of _Brandenburg_, a little before the Death of any one of the Family.

[43] See Vol. II. _p._ 367, _&c._

[44] See Vol. I. _p._ 51, _&c._

[45] See Vol. I. _p._ 57, _&c._

[46] See Vol. II. _p._ 327.

[47] See Vol. I. _p._ 87, 157, _&c._

[48] See Vol. II. _p._ 319, 329. The dangerous Adventure of the Marshal _d’Auverquerque_, for Mademoiselle _de Feltbruck_, is related there with Circumstances that are different from the Account given of it by the Author, in this and the following Page.

[49] See Vol. II. _p._ 319.

[50] See Vol. II. _p._ 310, 317.

[51] See Vol. II. _p._ 296, 315.

[52] See Vol. II. _p._ 312.

[53] See Vol. II. _p._ 313.

[54] See Vol. II. _p._ 409, 410.

[55] That our Reader may the better understand this, it must be observ’d that the Custom of _France_ and that of _England_ are, in this respect, very different: For tho’ in _England_ a Baron is as much a Peer as a Duke, yet in _France_ none but the Dukes, and not all of them, are honor’d with the Dignity of Peers: But these modern Peers are very different from the ancient Peers of _France_, who were six Spiritual and six Temporal, _viz._ three Dukes and three Earls or Counts of each State. The former are still in Being, namely, the Duke Archbishop of _Rheims_, the Duke and Bishop of _Laon_, the Duke and Bishop of _Langres_, the Count Bishop of _Beauvais_, the Count Bishop of _Chalons_, and the Count Bishop of _Noyon_; but the Temporal, who were Sovereign Princes, have been extinct a long time.

[56] The Confession of Faith, as he deliver’d it some time after to the Cardinal ---- at _Rome_, is inserted at the end of Vol. IV. by way of _Appendix_.

[57] See Vol. I. _p._ 305, _&c._

[58] See Vol. I. _p._ 360.

[59] See Vol. I. _p._ 360.

[60] See Vol. I. _p._ 361.

[61] See Vol. I. _p._ 183.

[62] See Vol. I. _p._ 178.

[63] See Vol. I. _p._ 178.

[64] See Vol. I. _p._ 83.

[65] See Vol. II. _p._ 353.

[66] See Vol. I. _p._ 279.

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13 who, together with his Desendants[Descendents] shou’d perform
35 could not have aquitted[acquitted] itself better.
78 twenty-six Battallions[Battalions] and seventy-six Squadrons
97 Acceptance, gave him this Cabinet and a Yatch[Yatcht]
105 Lethargy of his Temperament not permiting[permitting]
125 but he had not the Fortune to succeeed[succeed].
162 humbled it in in[del 2nd in] 1661, and since
180 kneel’d leaning on the same Ballustrade[Balustrade] that the
182 Honor of being with her in private assurr’d[assur’d] me,
196 kneel’d leaning on the same Ballustrade[Balustrade] that the
197 [41] See Vol. II. [_p._] 184, 188.
220 to one of the seven Provinces, wherof[whereof] it is
228 had not refus’d an advantagious[advantageous] Capitulation,
240 proceeded so far, that she hindred[hinder’d] me
247 having still in View the getting some Establimment[Establishment]
272 therefore she chose to to[del 2nd to] take a Hack
281 a folish[foolish] one. _B----_ was not to be seen
288 The Duchess of of[del 2nd of] _Berry_ wanted also to be stil’d
304 for entring into the Service to be disheartned[disheartened],
313 and the Czar answer’d the Princeis[Princess] in
339 and richly furnish’d. The first Antichamber[Anti-chamber] is a
342 ever after, tho’ _Nancy_ was evacuted[evacuated]
356 Share in what pass’d the Day preceeding[preceding]
Index: Has an Electoress for his God-mother, {?}[2].
Index: _Brunswik[Brunswic]_ (Ducal Family of) 116.
Index: BRUSSELLS[BRUSSELS], _t._ 170.
Index: _Danckelman[Dankelman]_ M. our Author’s Tutor, 81.
Index: His Entry to Koningsberg[Konigsberg], 38.

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