mm A 'i H O F PAR AND; Places adjoining. WITH An Account of the Court of F R A N C E and of the late King James! To which is Added, The prefent Pofture of Affairs in that Kingdom, Difcovering an Infuffi- ciency in the French to maintain a War. Written by a Gentleman lately Refiding at the Englijh Ambaffador’s at Paris. LONDON; Printed for John Nun , near Stationers-Hali, 1701. ♦ T O Richard Syms \JEfqy SIR, T HE General Dufnefs of a Dedication is not unlike the Choice of a Patron, for the Vir- tues the Author gives him y are as ill Apply d as the JVorl^ • to the States-man, fome Addrefsy Love and Poetry; to the Prelate, JdVar ; The Dedication. to the Soldier, Divinity ; and to the firjl they ajcribe Generojity , and Courage ; to, the fecond hBoldfiefs • to, the lajl Meefaefs, as. if they, rather meant a Satyr than a Panegyrick. Such Trepojlerous Ad- dreffes have brought mojl Authors , and their Encomi- ums y into Efejleem , made Noble Minds , have. } in all Times % been fird with the Love of Glory , and publif Applaufe , Ee- fpije from fuel Hands, the jujl Praije they Covet . To. The Dedication. To avoid the Fault , I Condemn , 'when I defignd to publijh the following Account of? aris, and of the French Court, I firft confided d who of my Acquaintance was the hejl qualified for this Ad- drefs j I I^new very well \ it was not every one that has Travelled : too many of them go into Foreign Regions , and nay own Country ; and few have ei- ther the means, or the Ca~ < * parity to make thofe Vfeful Obfervations , that may be to gather their Trifles Follies, and to forget often to hate their The Dedication. Serviceable to their own Reputation, or their Coun- try, and both thefe are Men, that by no means de- [erve the leaf Commenda- tion, 2 > ut when I reflected on your Difcernment , your Love for your Country . Your ample Fortune, and Fohtenefs , which Di- jlinguifb Yon wherever You are ; and, befldes, having had the favour of fome of the following Remarks from you, both my fudgr ment and Gratitude did forcibly prompt me to this Addrefs ; wherein I have no other Aim than to own The Dedication. to the Tublickj the Satis* faction I find in Subficribing myfilfy SIR, Your moft Humble^ and Obedient Servant THE u V . , » k - > n n ' f i i , i h i.ii'»-^ THE CONTENTS, Pag#: Tj AJfage from London to Roan, «j 1 Defer iption of Roan % Defcription of St. Germains, % Water-Works at Marli, 5* Arrival at Paris, ihitl French Flattery 6 Their Vanity and Bigotry j 7 , Equipages and Coaches , ibid Hackney-Coaches S Bells ibid Earner > Quack$ t Sharpers y and Foot* men, £ Houfes, ibid Streets* 10 fi&hty 11 12 *4 *5 ibid ibid 16 %7 jS ibid ibid ibid The Contents. Tights, and Guet, flaces or Squares, Rivers Bridges , Courts la Reine , Walks , Tulleries ? French-Men how kuoii'n, French Civility , French Foppery , Petits Maitrts , Abhez , Women 9 „ Extravagance and Luxury of the French, 2,1 Brokers , r 2 Z Cabarets and Wines, ibid Ordinaries, Eating and Lodgings, 23 Brewd in Paris, Cojfee-Houfes, Eodire St. Germains, Weather , Opera, The Comedy, Muficians, The Comedy how Governed, ^ ^ Sciences, Poets, Painters, 3 2, Mathematicians , Philofophers , Divines, Thyficians , Chyrurgions and Li ter a* ture, 2 ^ French Tongue, 3^ Gaming *4 ibid ie 26 27 a 9 30 3 1 Tile Contents. The Palais , Cumtn iff ares , Beggars and Mendicant Friars, Churches , Religion, Trot eft ants in France, Hofpitals , Proceftions , Journey to Sc. Dennis, /V//> St. Laurent* ibid 3 * 36 37 39 42, 43 44 45 * 47 2 y *Th e Louvre, Academy of Painting and Statuary , 3 j The Royal Academy, The Kings Library, ibid The Verrerie Glafs-PToufe 53 Goblins,* ^ Bignefs of Paris, ibid Savoyards, 33 Account of Verfailles ibid Jacobites in Paris, 60 Journey to Fountainbleau, 61 Ah account of King James’s Court , . . 1 ^*4> ^5V An Account of the Royal Family of France, 66 Journey to Dunkirk, 7 3 The Government of France , and the prefent Poflure of Affairs there , 73 Char abler of the King of France, 77 Riches- The Concents. Riches of Trance, . 58 Revenue of the Clergy, ibid Revenue of the King, ibid ERRATA. r, s. P Age 6. Line 1. Vtyageru, Read Voyageur. p, 7, 1 , 19. f. Prateret, r. Pr aster ea. p. 16. 1 . 7. £ Th enter, r. Theatre , p. 18. ]. 2. f. Who are Born, r„ Who are net B»rn. p. 2 8 l.iy. f. Prizes, r. Prices , 1 . 21. f. Stages, r. Stage, p. 26. 1.13. dele one. p.43. 1 . 10. f. Mr. t. Mrs. p yy. ]. n. and ly. f. Horfes, t. Houfes. p. yj». J. 20. f. Jhtvo'd, r. Jhevd. p. 61. I. ij. f. Cabaret, r. Cabaret, p. 64, 1 . 4. £ Breafi, : t. Back, I [•) A V I E W PARIS, And Places adjoining, sir , T H E Account: of France * and particularly of Paris, which a- a: i ^ e ^ re nie > is a more dinicult Task than perhaps you may imagine ; however I will gladly im- dertake it, upon Condition that yoi i Will be as indulgent in perufing my weak Performance, as I am ready to comply with your defire. I will fend you my Obfervations; in the fame 'rtf n iaVe ^ et ^ iem ^oWn in my Table-Bookj and be as familiar and sincere in my Relation, as I us’d to be in your Converfatiom • B . @ti i to. Oil the 4 th. day of July la ft Mr. jt and I embark’d at Gravesend for Roan : We had fcarce fail’d twenty Leagues into the Sea, when there a- rofe fo violent a Storm, that we look’d every minute to be cad away ; and I mud freely tell you, I was not fo infenfible of the danger, but that I . begun to curfe my Travelling Curio- fity, and wilh my felf lafe on Englifh Ground. However 1 was a Hero in comparifon of L ~~ - ; whofe fear re- doubling his Adedtion, made him em- brace and kifs me, as if we had been already finking together. A gentle Rain laid the boiderous Wind, and difpelfd Our fears, and in three days failing we fafely landed at Roan . ROAN. The fird thing I took notice of here was, the Remains of a Bridge built by the Englifh ; and a fine Pejl~ Hcufe , for fiek Perfons out of the Town. A Capuchin Friar came on board our Veffel, and iprinkled us with Holy Water, expecting to re- ceive a piece of Englifh Beef, the ufu- al Reward of his Beneditdion ; but the Mader of the Ship being a true C 3 3 Proteftant, and looking upon it as a fuperftitious Ceremony, the Capuchin had nothing but his labour for his pains. We went aflioar near a Nun- nery, which had a large Garden with exceeding high Hedges neatly cut* and enclos’d by Walls thirty foot highs The Capuchins Garden is alfo very large, and adorn’d With a fine Foun- tain, and feveral Images of Shell-work of our Saviour and the Saints, as big as the Life. Upon the Key Hands the Image of the Virgin Mary , drefs’d up for Porters and Tarpaulins to wor=* Ihip, and cover’d with taudry Cloaths. All publick Buildings, and fofne pri- vate in Roan, are built by the Englifh „ Among the reft, the Chamber of Par- liament has a very fine Cieling, and a great Hall, but not fo big as Weft- minjlers. The Churches have great Statues acl vivum againll the Pillars, Fome painted, others not. The Coiirfe , where People take the Air is very long, having two Foot-walks, a Florle or Coach-walk, and an Oval in the middle, with Seats. I was entertain’d in Roan with two Sights I had never leen before ; the one was a Prcceffion of all the Clergy, Religious Orders, Magiftrates and People ; and the o- B % ther* [ 4 ] ther, the Execution of a Man upoii the W heel. At the Procefiion the Pre- fi dents and Counfellors of Parliament walk in great (late, being each attem ded by 5 of 6 Lackeys, in rich Live- ries, and having their Trains born up. Roan is a large City, not inferior to any other in France , except Paris, in Trade or Riches. Here are both a Comedy and Opera, which yield in no- thing to thole in Paris. From Roan We went to Paris , partly by Water, partly on Mazetes , or Hackney-Tits. We went thro’ Poujfy, which has a very fine, large Bridge ; there we faw the King of Frances Hunting Atten- dance and Equipage, which was very noble and numerous. Before w T e came to St. Germains, we faw on the top of a Hill a Rone Crofs erected, for ha- ving been the Place where the King of France firfl: met the Queen Jaquette; ( lo they call in France King James's Queen. Sc. GEKMJINS, St. Germains is a pretty large Town, with the Palace on one fide, and both are feated on the edge of a Hill. The Palace is built Cafllewiie, but more neat | rjj neat ; it has a Balcony guilt ail round, but narrow ; a dry Trench with Walks ; a fine garden with Firr cut into fevejral Forms, and the Profped of St. Cloud, St. Dennis , Marly , Marly, don^ and feveral other Places : In our way to Paris we went to view the Water-works at Marly ^ which are really prodigious ,* for by means of abundance of great Wheels and Pumps, which go continually, the Water is carried from the Foot of a Hill up to the Top, and from thence con- vey’d to Verfailles. Paris is fcarce leen before juft upon it, and evep then makes no Figure, lying in a bot- tom ,* but in recompence we had the Profpeds of feveral Towns, and ojf abundance of Vineyards all the way. We paft by a Caftle built by Fran- cis I. call’d Madrid , and feveral fine Country-houfes. The firft thing we faw before we came near Paris , was the guilded Dome of the Invalhdes , P J R IS* Having enter’d this famous City, We were fet down near the Louvre , and drap’d in firft at a paltry Houfe Where the Fellow call’d himlelf in his B 3 Sign m Sign Le grand Voyager a, ( or great Traveller) and pretended to Speak all Languages, but could fcarce fpeak his own. Finding here but indiffe- rent Accommodation, our Man pro- vided us a Lodging in a Houfe, where liv’d no lefs than two and twenty Families ; thither we were carried in Sedans with Wheels, drag’cl along by one Man, no Hackney-Coaches be- ing then to be had. This was on a Sunday, and 1 was not a little fur priz’d to fee Violins about the Streets, and People Tinging and dancing every where, as if they had been mad. Strangers are very welcome in Pa- ris, provided they bring a great deal of Money along with them : And in- deed here are fo many Occafions to fpend it, that unlefs a Man have two Guardian Angels, one to keep his Defires within bounds, ’tother to ma- nage his Purfe, both his own Extra- vagance, and the fubtfe cringing A- varice of this Nation, will loon fend him home with empty Pockets. All I have got for near Two Hundred Pounds I have fpent here in Seven Months time, is a Qualification I ne- ver was acquainted with, I mean, ruttery. flattery. In France a Man muff; com- mend'- C 7 ] mend every thing that is French, and extol the Grandeur of their King and Monarchy ; their Politenefs, and good Breeding,* their Falliions, and man- ner of Eating and Drinking. Nay, he muft applaud Hypocrify and Bigotry, becaufe they are fo much counte- nanc’d from Above, that tis almofl a capital Crime to lpeak agaiiift them. To comply with the Folly of the Nation, I have taken my Degrees in the School of Complimenting, and heg~ ging Pardon ; fuch infignificant Words of Courle being more com- mon in France , than Sighing in Italy, or Belching in Holland. Promifes, Tenders of Services, and Proteftati- ons of Friendlhip, are here of the na- ture of Night ingals ; Vox, vox , & prte - teret nihil , a meer Sound, and no Subltance. * * EQUIPAGES. Here are abundance of fine Equi- pages and Liveries to be feen ; for not only the Nobles, and Men of great Eftates, keep their Coaches, but alfo Gentlemen of indifferent For- tunes, Lawyers, Players, &c. it be- ing the vain Humour of the French B q Natioa Coaches m Nation to chufe to flarve their Famf lies at home, to make a great Figure abroad. pckniyr The Hackney-Coaches are neither fq fwfcr. many, fo convenient, nor fo fine as in London ; but inftead of ’em Fo- reigners make ufe of Carroffes de Re - tnije, which are as genteel and neat as Gentlemen’s Coaches, and which one may hire at the rate of Thirty Lewis d'or per Month. The French Coachmen are very adroit , and will turn in a very narrow compafs ; but they are much noifier thanours,and al- ways keep theirHorfes upon theTrot; which makes it dangerous for People to walk about the Streets of Paris, feecaufe there are no Ports to keep off the Coaches. Mr c TheRihging ef Betts either forMafs, Sermon, Vefpers, or Mattins, contin- ually diflu rbs the Tranquility of the middle Region of the Air; and while they toll for the Repole of the Dead, they torment the Living, with their lamentable Hurrican. ; If formerly an Emperor had the Fancy to judge of the Extent of Rome, »y weighing all the Cob-webs which ne cans d to be gather’d within the compafs of that great City ; one [ 9 ] might with more reafon meafure the Extent of Paris by the vaft Num- bers of Lawyers, Pockey-Do&ors and Sharpers ; which ought to cau- tion Foreigners againft Quarrelling, and going to Law. Intrieguing with the Women of the Town, and play- ing at the Academies. The Lackeys and Footmen are alfo very numerous : They have a faying amongft them, that the German Servants are Compa- nions, and the Englifh , Spanifh and Italian Slaves ; but that the French Footmen only know how to com- mand their Maflers. Indeed their Infolence is fo very great, that to put a flop to the daily diforders they com- mitted, the King has forbid them, upon fevere Penalties, to wear either Sword or Stick 5 however all AmbaP fadors Footmen are allow’d the latter* HOUSES. , *■ > The Houfes in Paris feem general- ly to be built rather by Philofophers than Archite&s, being feven or eight Stories high, courfe and indifferent Without, and nafty within. Inftead of Wainfcot, and boarded Floors, the Koorns are hung with Tapeflryi Lawyer & Quacks. Sharpers* Footmen, [,o] (feme of which are really very good) and pav’d with four and eight fquarc Bricks. Yet it mud be confefs’d that; the Hotels , or Noble-men’s Houfes are truly Noble and Stately, having great fortes Cocheres , and Courts be- fore them, and for the moll part in- laid Floors; but which with frequent rubbing are made fo flippery, that they feem rather contriv’d to Skate than Walk upon- I have not feen any Joiner’s or Carver’s Work com- parable to ours in England ; neither have I met with any Salh- Windows, ( not even at Verf aides ) that play up and down by means of a hidden Pul- ley as ours ; but when you open them, you mull keep ’em up with a Pin. 'V STREETS, The Streets are neither fo broad, nor ( by Reafon of the height of the Houles ) fo light as ours in London ; but then they ate better pav’d, and kept cleaner. Yet let the Scaven- ger’s care be never fo great, there are fo many Pifs-pots and Sir- reverences flung out at fome Windows in the Night-time, that a Man can hardly go C **] go thro’ any Street in a Morning, without offending his Nofe. The Streets in Paris are alfo better Light- ed by Night, than in London, where our Convex-Lights both dazle the LightSm Sight, and endanger People's run- ning againfl Pofts; but here the Lights are enclos’d in fine fmooth Glafs Lanthorns, hung in the middle of the Street. But then again in the Day time, the Streets of Paris are Darkn’d by Linnen hung out Four or Five Pair of Stairs, upon Poles, faftned by Strings. The Streets are fecur’d by Night, not by a Watch with a Lanthorn, as in London ; but by a Guard of Soldiers, call’d le Guet,9' Mt \ both Horfe and Foot ; the fir ft fit fnug in a corner, wrapt up in their Cloaks, and ready to ftart upon the leaft Squabble that happens ; the Foot Soldiers are Diftributed about in holes, and Walk their Rounds every Hour of the Night. Yet for all this, ’tis not fafe being in the Streets at Park s after Eleven of the Clock, for ne’rea Day paffes, but we have an account of fbme Body or other being either ftrip d or Murder’d the Night before : The greateft Danger is on the Pont - Neuf, and by Convents and Nun- neries; t [ 13 ] neries ] where there are Dead- Walls. Places or Squares . Mace Rtj- xhere are in Paris, but. jjhree Re- markable Places or Squares, viz . la Place Royale , la Place des Vitloires, and la Place de Vendofme. The Place Royale is the fineft of the three, tho* not quite fo large as Covent-Garden ; it is in Rue St. Antoine , near the. Ba * fiile ; all the Houfes round it are fine Hotels , all Uniform, and Built upon great Arches ,• and in the middle of it is the Equeflrian Figure of Lewis XIII. which is a very fine Piece. plate des The Place des Vittoires , is behind vithirts. the Palais Royal , and is fomething bigger than one half of Red-Lion « Square ; the Houfes round it are both more Noble and Lofty than thofe of Place Royale , and in the middle of it, is a large Gilt Rrafs Figure of this King, Treading an Hydra under his Feet, with Fame Crowning him with Laurels, and four Nations in Chains, fupporting the Pedeftal. The In«? fcription of this &atue is, V IRQ I M M 0 RT ALT; And the Sun be- ing by the French accounted the Emblem L 1 3 ] Emblem of their King, an Englifb Nobleman of my Acquaintance, has Writ the following Verfes, as an Iro- nical Illufion to both* On the King of FranceV Statue in Paris* By a Perfon of Quality. r jT He Sun is for the Vintage Blefs'd ’ s And Harveft of this Tear , 7 ho fever a l Seafons have Confejs'd, He did in Vain appear*, flow fhall France hlefs her Glorious King i Who fine e he fill the Throne , Bid Power and Riches Tearly Bring, And never fait d in One . His Statue in His Paris mufti TV Inconftant Sun Out-fhine, As He’s to’s People ft ill more Juft , His Influence more Bivine. Bet Fame the wondring World Acquaint f At Horne and All Abroad , As the Ninth Lewis was a Saint ^ The Fourteenth is a GOD. The Place de Vendofme, is near the pu :£ & Porte St. Honnore ; it was near as^/ w ' big as Lincoln s-Inn-Fields, but the King t *4 ] King having Sold it to the Farmers of the Revenues, they are now pulling , down the fine Arches that were round it, and drawing out Streets, which will reduce it to a narrow Compafs. In the middle of this Place has been lately Erected the Figure of the pre- fent King on Horfe-back, an ex- dtscL^ul cellent Piece in the kind, call: by the tes. famous Keyler , a German. Since the Erecting of this Figure, this place is call’d Place des Conquetes. ^ a // en de In the Maifon de Ville, or Guild- Hall, is a Statue of Lewis XIV. in Copper, very neatly cut. There’s alfo a double Row of Inlcriptions of this King’s Adions, all round the Court; one of thofe Infcriptions Complements us with the Name of Rebels . R IV E R. The River Seine runs through Paris, a Rivulet in Comparifon of the Thames ; yet its Water, whether clear or Muddy, is Sold here abcjut the Streets, as dear as Small-Beet in London ; for the French , tho’ an In- genious Nation, have not yet found the [ *5 ] the way of Conveying Water into their Houfes by Pipes. BRIDGES . There are in Paris 8 or 9 Bridges, P >ntmNtu L the mod Remarkable of which, is the Pont-Neuf ; more worthy of the City, than of the River ; it is dipported by 1 1 great Arches of Free-done. On the middle of this Bridge is a Brads Figure of King Henry the IV. on Horle-back, Erecded on a Magnifi- cent Pededal, and very finely Cad. From this Bridge is a very fine Pro- fpe7 ] when he promifes any thing; and when he talks ofhislntrigues. For a French-man no fooner hears the Clock Strike, but he asks you the Hour ; he exped:s you fliall Anfwer his Queflion be- fore he has made an end of it ; He never performs what he promifes, and as for Intrigues, he finds more Plea- fure in bragging of his Miflreffes Fa- vours than in Receiving them. All things are to be bought for Money in Paris, except the Art of keeping a Secret ; the French account- ing it the bufmefs of a Father Con- feflor, and not of Gentlemen ; there- fore if they keep Councel, 5 tis only ' about things that are indifferent, or fuch as were never entrufled to theit Secrecy. clviLirr. Civility is more Studied in France , than Chimiftry in Germany : The Per- fons of Quality pra&ile it witli Gracefulnefs ; the Citizens and Scho- lars with Affe&ation, and the Vulgar with a clumfy awkvvirdhefs. C French / [ >«] French Foppery Thofe who are born in France, can - not endure to fee the fylen here comb their Hair and Per wigs, go with o- pen Bread:, walk with their Hats un- der their Arms, fing and flutter about in the Streets, and publick Places - or the Women always adjufting their Commodes with Pocket-Looking- Glafles in their hands ; nay, fome of them, laying on Red before every Body. Petits Malt res. The young Gentlemen, who di- ftinguilh themfelves by their Drefs and Equipage, are call’d Petits Mai - ires ; To give them their due, they are not fo foppifh, nor fo affected as our Englijh Beaux ; but th:n they are ten times more lewd, there being not a few R — -’s amongft ’em. ABBEZ. Paris fwarms with Abbez all the Year round, as thick as Wejlminftcr- Hall with Lawyers and Pettifoggers m [*p] *n Term-time. They go in black* wear a little Band, fhort Cloak, and fair powder d Bob, and are the com- fort and delight of all diftrefs’d La- dies, with whom they ride in their Coaches, walk in publick, and go to the Play-houfes like Lay-men. They beaa ail their Wits and Study upon Gallantry, which makes their Con- verfation agreeable and polite, tho* too wanton for Ecclefiafticks. Some of them are Incumbents of rich Ab- bies ; others have their Revenues in Terra incognita* W O M E N. French Women are not to be com- par'd to our Englijh , either for Beau- ty, Complexion or Shape, but in Coc- q ne try and Chit-chat they go beyond all the reft of their Sex. But tho* the generality of French Ladies be ug- ly and airy* yet there are lbme ac complilh’d Beauties amongft them* that cannot be match’d any where die. Wonien are here extream fond of Lap-dogs and Monkeys, and (hew them more tendernefs than they do their Husbands : They go Abroad C % when [* 0 ] when they pleafe, come home when they pleafe, and if a Gentleman be once acquainted with them, he’s welcome to Vifit ’em either at their Toilet, or even when they are a Bed. Tho’ French Women have a great deal of Liberty, yet they feldom go Mask’d in Pans , except in Car naval - Time, when even all Gentlemen go every Night from Ball to , Ball in Mafquerade, which they call Courre le Bal. The French always Marry in Black : The Women have Nofegays pinn’d on their Breads, as a fign of their Innocence,* but then they are crown’d with a Garland of I* lowers behind their Head-drefs, to (hew their do- mineering Power* For indeed they have the Privilege to Command their Husbands, and to Obey no Body. As there are few Husbands that are jealous of their Wives, fo there are few Wives that don’t Cuckold their Husbands ; for Levity being the didinguifhing Chara&er of this Na- tion, their Love is neither violent nor lading. Marriages, which in mod Countries are for life, are here [*•] pnly for a time ; infomuch that in the bed: regulated Families there are Ex- amples of voluntary and mutual Di- vorce, after which the Husband lives in one part of the Town, and the Wife in another, as if they were per- fedf Strangers. The Trades-men Wives are as good Accomptanps as their Husbands ; fuch as are tolerably handfom, look after their Shops very finely drefs’d, ^nd fell at a Twinging Rate even thofe Commodities they never part with- all. Therefore if ever you come to Paris , have a care of entering the Toy- Ihops, where you are fure to have your Pocket pick’d with civil Non- fenfe, and cringing Complaifance. Extravagance and Luxury. Exrravagance and Luxury, both in Diet and Apparel, are Epidemical Vi- ces in this City, not only among the Nobility, and fuch as have Eftates, both to fupport and excufe them ; but alio among thofe who have no- thing but their daily Labour to de- pend upon. C. 1 Th.9 [ 22 ] The French are fo fond of new Fa-, fliions, that the Taylors are more bufie about Inventing than Stitch- ing ; and when a Suit of Cloaths out- laws the Age of a Flower, they ac- Brekers count ic decrepite and antiquated., re e ' From hence fpring a world of Brokers , a vile and mongrel fort of Shop-kee- pers, who live plentifully, by {trip- ping fome, and cloathing others. However this is no fmall Conveni- ency for the French , who love to make a Figure at a fmall Expence. CABARETS. Here are as many Cabarets ( or Ta- verns) and Rotijferici (or Cook {hops) as Coffee-Houfes in London ; both which are much in&riotir to ours, both in cleanlinefs and convenience. The Cabarets are generally more Na- fty than any Englijh Ale-houie I ever faw ,♦ and then they have not the li- berty to drefs Meat, but muft fetch it from the Cooks ; therefore moft People feldom eat at the Cabarets , wines. ^ at F)iet at Ordinaries. The firft time I went into a Cabaret, the Drawer came in finging Uin Chably , Fonnerre , Champagne , de Grave, Bourgogne , Ca- breton , C 2 3 J Ireton, Mcicon, Mulfau , Hermitage * Argent e nil, JAanterre, Gent illy, A’ Ivry, Surenne , Sillery, Folonne, Frontignac, Mu} cat, St. Laurent ; he was going on in his Litany, but I began to be weary of hearing fo many Wines nam’d, and drinking none, and fo ftop’d his mouth, and call’d for a Flask of Champagne , and another of Fin de Grave ; the firft prov’d very good, but the other not fo fine as the Bourdeaux- Wines we drink at the Three Tuns in Shandoys-Street , or at the Rofe in Convent-Garden. Wine is cheap enough here without the City, but as foon as it has enter’d it, it is Sold almpfl; as dear as in London . The Caharetiers , or Vintners, ftile themfelves Marchands de Fin. ORDINARIES. ? Tis extraordinary dear Living in Paris, in Comparifon of London ; for a Gentleman cannot Diet at a good Ordinary under Four Livers a Day, nor have a tollerable good Lodging Lo(l s for le£s than four Lewis’s d’Or per Month, The French Cooks are as E(ftj Jnduftrious in Inventing new Ragoos, and Kicklhaws, as the Taylors in C d curing [* 4 ] putting out new Falhions. Their Fowl is good and well Larded ; but their other Meac is generally fo adul- terated with Sauces, that ’tis im- poilible to determine whether what one Eats is Beef, Mutton or Veal. Except Legs of Mutton, I have not yet feen a w ole Joint of Meat Serv’d up at Table ,• the Butchers being un- acquainted with Surloins and Rumps, and generally cutting their Beef into thin Slices, fcarce thicker than a Six- Penny-Stake in London. Q, tr They Brew here a iort of good Beer, not quite lo ftrong as our Com- mon Two-Penny Drink in London, but clearer than Notingham^le. Here’s a Cook-ihop in Rue St. Honnore, where 300 Men are Em- ploy’d in Larding* of Fowl, all at a time : The Matter keeps a Regitter of the places where they Live, and of the times when they are to bring in Fowl Larded ; he told me, that he fometimes drett Dinners of a Thou- fand Livers. Cojfee-Houfes . There are but few CofJee-houfes in Parisybiit then they are generally asfrrie as. [»j] as our Chocolate-Houfes, and much more Expenfive ; a Dilh of Tea or Coffee, being Sold for Une petite piece , or a French Groat ; a Dilh of Chocolate Ten Sols , and their Rate- fia’s, and other flrong Liquors in proportion. All their Tea, Coffee- Pots, and other Utenfils are Silver : There’s one Coffee-Houfe near the Pont-neuf, where are no lefs than 34 Marble-Tables : I have feen another with Looking-Glafs all about it ; but there is not one where there is a Fire, even in the Sharped Winter Days. Foire St, Germain, Here is kept in February and March , the Foire St. Germaine , not Unlike our Bartholomew-Fair , only much finer, and more Magnificent. Here are expos’d to Sale, the riched Stuffs for wearing Apparel ; and all manner of Houfho Id-Furniture ; here are alfa fine Shops, where the bed Cool and Strong Liquors are Sold, and large Booth* for Tumblers and Rope-Dan- cers ; Among the red Allard and his two Sons, who I have been told, were lately fhamm’d upon our Na- tion for Dancers to the King of France > [.**] and fufFer’d t* (hew their Tricks up- on Covent-Garden Stage, may here be feen for a French Groat. To this Fair, all the Town repairs, rather for Diverfion, than with intent to buy. Here is fuch abundance of fine La- dies, and Filoux , or Pick-Pockets, that a Man’s Heart and Purfe are in continual Danger; the firft being Wonderfully Alluring, and the others incredibly Dextrous. /Formerly the King us’d to Grace this Fair with his Prefence, but he has not been feen there of lace Years; however the Dauphin , Monfieur Madame , and the reft of the Royal Family, never mils to come there once or twice. The Chief Diverfion here is Raffling by Night, when the Lights give a New Luftre to the Ladies Charms, and at the fame time Palliate their De- feds. WEATHER. The Weather is here as change- able and Inconftant, as tis in London ; for fometime the morning is either Frofty or Rainy, the Noon fair; afterwards it Hails and Snows, then there arifes a great Storm, which is [ 2 7 ] laid by a Gentle Shower ; and laffc of all, the Clouds break afunder, and the Sun Shines before it Sets. Thus a Warm Evening Succeeds a Cold Morning ; the Elements are in con- tinual Jarrs, and the Seafons gene- rally confounded. ’Tis therefore no Wonder that the french partake of the Inconftancy and unfettlednefs of their Climate ; nor that the Women wear at once, a Muff in one Hand, and a Fan in the other. Paris is the Center of Mirth and Pleafure : Here Lovers never break their Hearts with Sighing, neither does Jealoufy torment any Body. In England Poverty or Love is often the occafion of People’s hanging, Ihooting or drowning themlelves ; but here you fhall fee a French- man Zinging and Capering, when he has not a Penny of Money in his Pocket ; and when a Wife hears her Husband was kill’d at the Wars, Ihe calls for her Patajfa y and there’s an end of her Sorrow. OPERA. The French are lo fond of publick Entertainments, that they go to the [* 8 ] Opera or Comedy on Sundays and Ho* ly-days. The Houle where Operas are A6ted is fomewhat bigger than pur Theater in Covent-Garden , but o- therwife difpos’d. Next to the Stage is the Orcheftre 9 or Mufick-Room ; then the Parterre , or Pit, where Peo- ple {land ; next to the Parterre is the Amphitheater , where People fit, and which anfwers to our Front-Boxes : The Loges or Boxes, of which there are three Rows one over another, re- femble onr Galleries, but that they are but two Places deep. The Prizes are thus ; the Amphi- theater, a Crown ,• firft Loge half a Lewis d'or ; fecond Loge, a Crown ; third Loge ( otherwife call’d Paradis ) and Parterre , half a Crown. There are alfo two Side-Loges on the Sta- ges, where few People fit but the Royal Family, The Prizes are a Lewis d or a piece. The Decorum of the Stage is fp well obferv’d, the Machines fo nicely play’d, the Scenes fo quickly Ihifted, theA&ing, Dancing and Symphony fo good, the Cloaths fo rich, the Stage fo well lighted, that tho’ the Wrench manner of Singing be not ve- ry entertaining to an Englifh Ear, ‘ '♦ yet a. ' - [*p] yet I cannot but prefer the \rencb Opera’s to any I ever faw in England. or Italy. Mr. Thevenard, whom you have heard fing in England , is now the chief Man they have ; the principal Women are Mademoifelle Maupain, Mademoifelle Moreau , and Mademoi- felle Defmatins : They are, indeed, wonderful A&reffes, efpecially la Mau- pain, who alone is able to fill the whole Stage. Their bed Dancers Dwem. are Pecourt , V Etang, and Balon , for fine Entries ; and des Moulins one for Comical Dances. One Thing that very much contributes to their Nice Performance, as to their En- tries* Ihifting of Scenes, and Dancing, is that no Perfon (lands upon the Stage, nor is admitted behind the Scenes. CO MED T. The Comedy, or the Houfe where comtdy. they A6t Comedies and Tragedies, is not quite fo big as that of the Opera : Here the Stage only is well Lighted with Six Branches of Criftal, juft by the Curtain, and three on each fide. Befides the Parterre , Am pbithenter , and Loges, there are on each / Mujictans. A [30] each fide the Stage four Rows of Seats for Gentlemen, kept from the Adors by fine Iron-Rails. The Prizes of all the feveral Places at the Co* medy, are juft half of thofe at the Opera. By reafon the French Poets always obferve the Unity of Place, they have here no fide Scenes, as at the Opera ; and they only make ule of a Door in the middle of the Flat Scene, both for their Entries and Exits : Their Adors are very Good* among the reft, Baron and Beaulourg for Tragedy ,• and Poifon, Dancourt , and la Tour Hit ere for Comedy ; but they have no Women to be compar’d to Mrs. Barry, Their Mufick is ex- ceeding bad, and their Dancing but indifferent. The Houfe is finely pain- ted on the Top and Sides. Both the Opera and Comedy are ge- nerally full every day, and their Re- ceipts of a whole Year amount to a- bovc a Million of Livers. MUSICIANS. Since the Death of Baptifle Lully 9 here has not been a Com pofer of Mu- fick to be compar’d either to our late Henry? wee/, or the prefent Mailers we have have now in London , as Mr. Eccles, Mr. Finger, Mr. Daniel Fur cel, or Mr. Clark. And yet no Nation in the World lo fond of Singing, as the French , for from the Top Lady, to the loweft Chambermaid, and from the greateft Nobleman to the beggar- ly Scoundrel, you will hear them fing, both in private Houfes, in the Streets, and other publick Places. The French have for a long time de- fpis’d all Foreign manner of Singing but now they begin to relilh the Ita- lian, and I heard Signiora Gerardi fing two Italian Songs at the Opera, with great Applaufe. The Comedy in Paris is extraor- dinary well manag’d, the Government of the Houfe being in the Hands of the chief Adtor, as Comptroller, juft as Lincolns-Inn-Fields Play-houfe is Govern’d by Mr. Betterton. This chief Adfor is a Man of Senle, and good Breeding, and tho’ he knows how to judge of a Play, yet lie never re- ceives any that has not paft the Ap- probation of the moft ingenious Mem- bers of French Academy. The Com- pany is compos’d of a double Set of Players, one of the fir ft, the other of the fecond Rate, by Which means they jtrts and Sciences. Pacts. 'Painters. DO they keep a conftant Breed of good A&ors, and have all the Parts of their Plays under-ftudied, fo that they often AQl the fame Play both at Court, and in Paris , at the fame time. ARTS and SCIENCES. All Arts and Sciences are here in a declining condition. They have not a good Poet left, except Monfieur Beileau, who is now wholly taken up in Recording the Deeds of the prefent King. Moft of the Comedies that have been written fince the Death of the famous Moliere , are no- thing but loofe Chit-chat, and F rench Grimace, without either Senfe or Defign : And as for Tragedy, it has alfo expir’d with Corneille and Racine, which the living F rench Poets vainly endeavour to imitate. Poujfin and LeBrun two ¥ rench Pain- ters have juftly got a Reputation, be- caufe they followed Raphael's man- ner, and did not part with that De- corum, and Genuine Simplicity, which he us’d in Hiftory, for a Flutter and burlesking way of Drawing, ( no ways approv’d by the Judicious in 3 3l tliat Art ) bf which the French MafterS now living are accus’d. Here’s not a Mathematician to lie compar’d to out Mir. Uewton, or Dr. tidwi* Willis ; Moilfieur Ozcwam being little more than a Compiler of other Peo- ple’s Inventions. As for Idnlofopers, we excel them as much, as Mr. Lock fhers, furpafles Mallehranche. _ Their Divinity is made up of tri- tiMtj* fling Sophiftry, and intricate Quefti- bns of the Schools; fome of their Morals, Books of Morals are very good ; fome full ofEnthufiam. The Phyficians here either Cure, pbjfiim* or Kill, as they do all the World o° ver. But to give them their due, fome of that faculty are very able and skilful. The Surgeons are very Sur&Mtl dextrous in all manual Operations. LITERATURE . As for Literature, you fhall nos find a French Gentleman that under- ftands Greek And Latin to fuch aper- fedtion, as the Honourable Charles Boyle Efq; the Uplhot of the French Learning confiding ndw-a-days in a fmattering of the Latin Tonpue, and a nice Knowledge of their own ; !C1 ' D tns t 34] the refining of which here’s an llluftn- ous Academy. FRENCH tongue. " The French Tongue is a fine mix- ture of Latin, Italian and Spanijh a- greeable only to thofe thatunderftand it well, which to us Strangers is no fuch eafie matter: For the French don’t fpeak as they write, and then their Pronunciation is fo rapid and precipitate, that one would fwear they find a pleafnre in not being un- ocrilood. However their Language is Graceful, Harmonious and Polite, Here are fome ingenious Gentle- men that underftand Englijh in Books, and have a Tafte for our Poetry; one one of them to whom I lent Dr. Garth’s Difpenfary , told me he thought it pre- ferable to the Lutrin. The French of all the Papifls are the Jeafl Superftitious : They have no Faith in Conjurers, or Fortune •tel- lers, wherein they are wife? than fome of their Neighbours. GAMING. One of the greateft Faults of the French Nation is, their extravagant Paflioi* #! r 35 1 PalTion for Gaming, whicli both Men Gmi *& i and Women gratify, as long as they have any thing to lofe. Lmfquenet , Picket and Ombre are the Card Games they play moft at y Baffet being for- bidden upon fevere Penalties, and no where allow’d but at Foreign Mi- niflers’s Houles. The only Place where a Man may win a great deal of Money, is at Monfieurs , where the leaf!: Stake at Lanf^uenet , is four Lewis’s d'or upon a Card. The YrevcB are accounted very adroit at Cards, and therefore a Foreigner will do well to know his Men, before he enga- ges in Play ; or rather, he’l do much better not to play at all, for ; even the Ladies do not want Tricks to ftrip a Bubble. Befides Cards, the French are great Lovers of Tennis and Billiards , at both which they play #ith great dexterity. the PALAIS, The Palais where the Parliament, palais. and other Courts of Judicature, meet, is a fpacious Building, which makes a kind of City within the City it felf. ’Tis the general Rendezvous of Fools and Knaves, Plaintiffs and D i Defen- . CommiJJ'ai' tes. [ 3 ^] Defendants, Opprefiors, and fuch as are Opprefs’d. Here Diogenes, with his Lanthorn, would fcarce find two Friends, or a Man that’s pleas’d. Befides litigious Wretches, the Palais is reforted to by a world of People of all Ranks. There are in the Great Hal 1, ( which is nothing near fo fpacious and lolty as Wejlmin- fters) abandance of Bookfellers, Com- mode and Toy-fhops extraordinary fine, and well Hock’d. Only the Bookfellers have few other Books in their Shops, but thofe they print themfelves j they, not having the way of Subfcribing them off, as our Lon- don Bookfellers. COMMISS AIRES. \ , There is in every Ward in Paris a Magillrate call’d Commijfaire , fome- thing betwixt a Juftice of the Peace, and a Conflable in London ; whole Bufinefs is to fupprefs all Riots and Quarrels ; take an Account of all Fo- reigners that come to Paris ; pre- vent People’s Drinking in Publick Houfes on Sundays , during Divine Service, &c. BEG - B EG GARS. Tho’ Paris be a rich and plentiful City, yet there were lately fo many Beggars about the Streets, that a Man could not pull any Money out of his Pocket, but he was presently furrounded by a Crowd of them, who crav’d a Charity with lamentable Ori- fons. But now there are fuch effe- ctual means taken to fupprels them, that but a few appear in the day-time. However, when you are at home, you are not Ihelter’d from trouble- fom Mumpers, for here are a fort of Friars, who have engag’d themfelves Mendicant by Vows to beg Alms from Houfe Fnars ° to Houfe, and to whom moll People give, fome out of a Principle of Re- ligion, and others to be rid of their cringing fatutified Importunity. One of thefe Friars came fome time ago to my Chamber, and having given him a fmali Piece of filver, he pro- mis’d to pray for my Converlion, and the falvation of my Soul. He told me there were feveral Ro- tnzfh Priefls in England , but which were conceal’d. He prais’d King William extreamly, and faid he was [ 33 ] the greateft Man in Europe. I ask’d him whan he thought of his own King ? He anfwer’d : Not fo well as of ours ; becaufe King William both thought and fought. Tho’, in general, the Parijians be very Devout, yet there are feveral Churches which are as common Ren- dezvoufes for Men and W omen that have a mind to intrigue, as our The- aters, or St. James's Park in London. The French are extraordinary Civ»l and Complaifant to Strangers, who refort hither from all Parts, efpecial- ly from Germany , either to learn Man- ners and Exercifes, or to fee the Magnificence of the French Court* There People of Quality enjoy all the Pleafures that can flatter the Senfes, except Smelling ; for as; all Perfumes are OfFenfive to the King, every Body Impofes upon himfelf a Neceflity to hate them ; and even the Ladies affed to. Swoon at the fight at a Tube- rofe. CHUR- [ 39 ] C HUR C HE S. There are in Paris a vaft number of fine Churches, the moll Remark- able of which are Notre-Dame , Sr. Jduftache, Val-de-Grace , Ste Genevieve , • St. Gervaije , the Carmelites , the *Sor- hon , In the Church Notre-Dame, there is very fine Old Stone Imagery every where made by the Englijh, when they where Mafic rs of France. Amonu the reft, the Image of St. Chrijlopher , with Chrift on his Back, of a vaft Bignefs. The Altar is Noble and Magnificent, having white Marble Twifted Pillars. Here a Fellow begg’d for fomething to pray to the Virgin for me, and ha- ing given him two Liards ( or Farth- ings ) he fell down on his Knees, and mutter’d two or three Ave's. From one of the Towers of Notre-Dame , I favv all Paris, which has not fo ma- ny Steeples as London , but more Domes, viz. The Invalides, V al de Grace, College of the Four Nations, and Notre-Dame 4eV Affomption. St. Eufiache is remarkable for its Jf- Pillars, which are bold and curious f Pieces of Architecture ; and St Gervaife, for its Facade, which is 9 4 Fry [ 4 ° ] very Stately, though of ordinary Stone. Val de Fal-de-Grace, is the fineft Church ? race - of Modern Workmanlhip, that ever I favv. The Church-yard is enclos’d by Iron-Rails ; the Porch is fupported by Pillars as large aSthofe at Pauls • the Facade is very fine, and adorn’d with two Marble Statues on each fide , the Floor all Marble, inlaid in divers Figures and Colours, and re- fembling exa&ly the Fret- work at Top ; the Altar is an Afcent, of a- bout $ or 6 Steps ; round it are Six Serpentine twilled Pillars, very large and high, adorn’d with Gilt Foliage ; The Corniclies are Gilt likewiTe* on the Top there is a round of Wheat- Sheaves, from which hang Six Boys in feveral Poftures, with a Scripture Label in their Hands ; upon thele there are two Arch’d Crowns, all Guilt, and On the Top of all a huge Crofs Gilt alfo. The Altar repre- fents our Saviour Juft Born, and the Virgin and Jpfiph looking on him. The little Altar, in a little Oratory is exceeding Rich, with Pillars fe&in Gold, all of Saphir , Ruly , and other precious Stones, The Dome has Uniform Windows all round the fides, - * the ’ ■ ' s -> [ 4 1 ] theTopof it was Painted by Mignard, not very Mafterly, as I thought; under the Dome , there are four jut- ting Balconies Gilt, anfwering each other, and over the t)oor is a Noble Picture of our Saviour taking down from the Crofs. There are two great Grates of the height of the Church, anfwering each other on the fides, and Gilt in feveral Places; behind one of them are Nuns that Sing, and behind the other fome great Perfons are Buried. In the Sorlon Church, I faw Car- $ orhon ° dinat Richlieus Tomb, which is of , fine white Marble. He lies leaning on his Elbow, with a Woman look- ing upon him at his jHead, and ano- ther Sitting with a Book in her Lap, and laying her Head on his Feet. His Jefuit’s Cap lies by him. St. Genevieve s Church is very ste. Gm* long, Genevieve , was a Baker’s Maid™™*’ who by Cheating her Matter, upon Account of Charity, got tp be Sain- ted. She is the Patronefs of Paris, and is thought to have great Influ- ence over the Weather. Her Relicks are preferv’d ip a ChaJJe, or fmall Coffin, ©f Gold* fupporeed by Four Marble Pillars. * The fuperftitious [ 4 *] Fapifts believe, that when St. Gene* vieves ChafTe Delcends, one of the Priefts that let it down dies certain- ly that Year • it Works, they fay, great Miracles, and for having caus’d Rain, her Church was prefented with a fine Pi&ure, with the chief Men of Paris Kneeling, and fhe in a Cloud Wringing her Hands. In this Church 1 faw fome other good Pictures, and feveraifine Tombs, particularly that of Defcartes , given by this King; that of Cardinal Rochefoucault' s, and that of Clovis, in the midft of Brafs and Marble Pillars. Herealfol heard a Jefuit Preach, more like a Mad-man than a Minifter of the Gofpel. Carmelites. ^ ie Carmelite- Church, I faw 9 or 10 very fine large Pictures, that Hang’d on the Tides. The Cieling is of Fretwork, and exceeding fine; the Altar very Rich. RELIGION. The Romijh Religion alone, ispufe- lickly profefl in Paris , and all over the Kingdom, and the Pr defiant on- ly fufFer’d in the Foreign Minifler’s private Chappels : But tho’ the Gal- ilean Church be of fo great Extent, yet ■ [ 43 ] yet it is divided by feveral particular Opinions, which make, as it were, fo many Schifms. Among the reft the Janjenijls , who hold St. Auftiris O- Janfeniftf. pinions about Grace and Frmi>i#,have, for many Years, been Vigoroufly oppos’d, nay Barbaroufly Perfecuted by the Molinifts or Jefuits; and of late Quietifm and the Entufiaftick O- Quietifm, pinions of Mr. Bourignon, and of the Arch Bilhop of Cambay, Ipread fo faft, that nothing lefs than the Authority of the See of Rome , was able to Check the Feftering Evil. Prote$ants in France. According to your defire, I enquir’d into the Condition of the Vrotejlants of F ranee. I was told by Credible Perfons, that the Chiefs of Families and Ancient People are left pretty* quiet in moft Cities and great Towns throughout the Kingdom, but that their Children are every where con- (train'd to perform the Duties of good Catholicks ; for which purpofe there have been feveral Convents E- ftablilh’d of late. Among the reft, one at Caen in Normandy, call’d le Convent de la Propagation, where are hvdides. Z'h&ritL I 44 ] Cloyder’d up no lefs than Three Hundred Young Women, that were forc’d away from their Parents. In the Province of Guienne , the Duke of la Force is wonderfully Induftrious in perfecuting his Quondam Brethren, the better to make his Court to the Government; the Advancing the Catholick Faith, and Countenancing Bigottry, being now the bell: way to Preferment. Therefore ’tis no wonder if petty Magiftrates, and the Inferiour Clergy in fmall Towns, ule the Proteftants, almoft,as feverely as the Galley Officers their Slaves of the fame Perfuafion. HOSPITALS. They reckon here about 30 Hos- pitals, whereof the chief are the In- valids ; la Char it e ; Hotel-lieu ; les Enfans trouvez ; les Quinze-vingt, &c. The Invalides is a noble Building, for the Entertainment of dilabled Sol- diers, like our Chelfea College, but much larger and better endow’d. At the Charite I faw a great Stone taken out of a Pried (after he wasdead) which [ 4? ] which weigh’d fifty one Ounces, and abundance of other Scones of all fizes. The Beds are here white, and plac’d on both fides of a long Room, at the upper end of which is an Altar. At the Hotel Dieu there is a vaft ttoel-Dim number of red Beds, plac’d on each fide, two foot diftant. Abundance of Half-Nuns attend here the Sick for Charity. Les Enjans Troiivez is an Hofpital Enf*m for Baftards : Tis pity we have not iuch an one in London, both for the eafe of Parilhes, and the comfort of thofe who have not wherewithal! to keep their unlawful Off-fpring. At this Hofpital I was ask’d to ftand God-father to a Child newly brought in, but I excus’d my felf. The Hofpital of Quinze-vi»gtsjsr\\tte three hundred Blind Men are enter- tain’d, is very large, but very ordi- nary. P ROCESSIONS. I law here two Procefiions : The firft was of great Numbers of Big- •- ~ bellfod Bn^Ditu. [ 4 <* ] bellied Women, which it feems is per- form’d every Thurfday, but is more folemn the firft thurfday of the Month, The other Proceftton was on St. Fran- cis's Day, for the Redemption of Slaves, in this manner: Firft they carried a Banner with the Picture of St. Francis , and his Order on one fide, and On the other St. Francis with two Slaves chain’d, and begging at his Feet. Next Four Images in Silver, Reprefenting his feveral Occupations ; His Chafe follow’d, carried by Six Sweaty Friars ; after the Cannons and Prebends, fome whereof had their their Tain born up by Boys dreft up like Angels ; then feveral Banners of all St. Francis’ s Miracles, carried by Priefts in Surplices, all with green Wreaths, between each Banner, were about Ten Slaves led in Tin Chains by two Boys, richly drefs’d with fparkling Crowns on their Heads, and Wings on their Shoulders. They march’d jovially along to the Sound of Trumpets and Kettle Drums; the March was a fort of Minuet. When le Bon-Dieu , or the Hoft, is carried about the Streets, the Priefts and Mob force every Body to Kneel down; but by the King's Order, Strangers [ 47 ] Stangers are only oblig’d to pull off their Hats. Yet the beft way for a Proteftant is to avoid the Hoft, which generally he may do, becaufe they Ring a little Bell, to give every Body Notice of its coming. I was told the Bon-Dieu was never catrried thro’ the Rue de la Comedie. My Friend Mr. Addifon went lately La Trappe. to the Convent of La Trappe ; the Friars receiv’d him very kindly, and Entertain’d him at Dinner with fuch Edibles as their Houfe afforded. ’Tis there forbid on the Walls, to tell them any thing of what palTes in the World. They never Speak to each other. Journey to St. Dennis. We went lately to St. Dennis , to View the Treafury and other Rari- ties that are there in the Church. And it being a fair Day, and all the way thither pav’d exceeding even, Mr. R and I chofe to Walk it. There is fuch abundance of Hares all about this Country, that they run between Horfes Legs, but none dare to Kill them, they being the King’s Game. There are Crofles all along from [ 51 ■ from Paris, at thofe places where St. Dennis relied his Head, as he went from Mont-Martyr , where his Head was cut off, and then dropt at the Place that bears his Name. Thefe Croffes are of feveral Falhions, but molt with a fort ofChappel underneath, fuppor- ted by Pillars in the middle. St. Dennis is not a very large Town. The Church has three Ifles, and three Brals Doors, with Hiftory in Bajfo Relievo upon them. The Kings of Prance are all Interr’d in the Quoir. Lewis XIII. is cover’d with a Pall of Black Velvet, and a Canopy like a Bed, alfb of Black Velvet, Fring’d with Gold. There’s a Branch of Lamps which has burnt for 60 Years. I faw but one Brafs-Tomb ( of King Dagohert, the Founder of the Church ) and that not comparable to that of Henry VII. in VPefiminfter , but keeps very bright. A Cardinal that could not obtain to be Buried among the Kings, would be plac’d upon a fine Marble Pillar to over-look them. Marlhal de Turenne , has here a very fine Tomb of white Marble. That of Mary de Me diets ^ and her Husband, is alfo exceeding fine ,* but the Chap° pci, with 5* or 6 little Chappels ih it * if [ 49 1 is only begun. There are vaft great white Wax Candles, in huge Brafs Candlefticks, upon Marble broad Rails near the Altar. On the Altar are two Rich Crofles of Gold, befet with Diamonds, which wanted Bru fil- ing to make them look bright. The Benedittines , when they came out af- ter Fefpres , crofs’d themfelves with Holy Water, after an odd Ridiculous Manner We were let up into the Treafury by a Pried. At the Sight of a Piece of the Ctofs, enclos’d in Chridal, and enrich’d with Gold and Diamonds, etery Body Kneel’d. We were lliew’d feveral other Curiofities in three PieflTes, as Bujlums of Saints, in Brafs; Fine Cups of feveral kinds? Crowns of feveral forts ; Crofles ex- ceeding Rich ; and many other Things. On the other fide, are Cbajfes of Miracles, and other Rari- ties, fuch as Judas's Lanthetn, which he had when he betray’d our Saviour? Joan of Arques's Sword, which has a flat flanting Edge, with an Odd Handle ; feveral Hands and Other Parts of Saints, reprelented by the fame Figure, on the outfide of the Chajfes ; Blood of I know not who, Supetflitioufly preferv’d ; St. Dennis's [ 50 ] Head, fupported by Two Angels, but enclos’d ; Lewis XIV’s Swadling Cloaths, all Embofs’d with Flower* de-Luces of Gold, &c. The Painting of the Windows is very fine; and the Organ very good. As we went out of the Church, we were be- fet by a Multitude of Beggars, whofe Number is infinite all over the King- dom. Foire St. Laurent . Being return’d to Paris , We Vifited the Foire St. Laurent , which is very neat and fine. There were Six Ran* ges of Booths of Boards, Built on purpofe, and abundance of Raffling Shops. There I faw an Italian Y outh. With a Child growing out of his Breaft | it had long Black Hair, but an imperfed Face. I was fliew’d the Place where it had been Wounded in Italy, to try whether the Youth Would feel it, but finding it would not> it was Chriffned diftind. ■ - ' ’ y ■ Lou'Vre LOUF R Eo . The Louvre, or King’s Palace iti Paris, was begun by Henry IV. con- tinued by Lewis XIII. and fo left Unfinifh’d. What’s already Built is; the moft Stately Piece of Architecture that ever I law; There is a Gallery Four Hundred Toife' s long, ( every Toife is 6 Foot ) where a're feen a Hun- dred Plans ofTowns and Cities, plac’d bn each fide of the Gallery ; the Hills, Plains, Rivers, &c. are expreft by Paft-Board and Colours, very Natu- ral. Among the reft, I law there Calais and Dunkirk exactly done. All the Top of the Gallery is Vaulted, and indifferently Well Painted. I faw in the Louvre, the Academy Academy of of Painting and Statuary ; in one Room Painti *g flood two Men Naked in an Odd Zj. Pofture : There were two Ranges of Artifts, the lower for the Drawers , and the other for the Defigners in Clay: I faw the fame Attitudes* Attempted ill feveral Parts by the Artifts ; there is another Room where the Academy of Painters meet, fill’d with Pictures and Statuary. Among the reft I took Notice of three Originals by le Brun ♦ E z two [50 two of them 50 Foot long, and id Foot broad; the third of Alexander' s Entry into Babilon , not quite fo long, but as broad. The other fine pieces of le Bruns are at Versailles. All the Galleries and Chambers in the Louvre are Arch’d and fretted ( or Carv’d, for I forgot whether, ) I ob- ierv’d thofe Parts of the Louvre built by feveral, diftinguifh’d by Letters enter- lac’d. The Royal Academy, inflituted by Cardinal Richlieu for the Improve- ment of the French Tongue, has alfo a Chamber in the Louvre , where they generally meet once a Week : All I obferv’d in it was a Pallas , holding the King’s Pidure over the Chimney. KING’S LIBRARY I faw the King’s Library at aHoufe no way anfwerable to the Dignity of the Colledion. The Books and MSS. being kept here till fuch time, as a proper place is prepar’d for ’em in the Louvre. This Library con- ftfts of two and twenty Rooms, all ftor’d with Books finely Bound. There are Rooms for all Faculties, and two for Manufcripts, bound in red fur - {j5 3 3 key. Mr. Clement , the Library -Kee- per, toid me, he was about a Cata- logue, which he defign’d to print. Mr. Mauriceau , the famous Mail-mid- wife, happening to be there, was pleas’d to carry me to his Houfe hard by, where he Ihew’d me Fee tin's of feveral Ages. He has writ two Books in Quarto concerning Ac- couchemens , ( or the Delivery of Wor men with Child ) wherein he is ve- ry fevere on our Dr. Chamberlain. He has alfo writ a little Book of Apho~ rifms on the fame fubjed:, dedicated to Mr. F agon, firft Phyfician to the King, who is a little hunch’d-back’d Man. I faw the Verrerie ( or Glafs- houfe ) where Glades are grinding no In- ches long, and 14 broad, they are about an Inch thick at firft, and are. near fix Weeks in finilhing. There were about 300 Men employ’d in Grinding, and 200 in Polilhing, which is done with Englijh red Earth, which; they call Putty. They Grind with a kind of great Wheel, and a large Plate of Glafs, having laid the Glafs fo be ground in a bed of Plaifter and W ater, to make it Aide. I went, from E 1 thence [ 54 ] ffabeiim. thence to the Gobelins, where they work Tapiftry, which at a diflance any one would mi flake for Painting, only it is more lively. They have two ways of working : The firft is, with two Rowlers with Weavers Threads, in the infide of which the Workman fits with the Picture be- hind him, and fcarce fees what he does ; the other way is with two Rowlers flat with the Pi&ure under. There’s a great deal of Gold and Silver work’d in two or three Courts. The King of France fent lately Hangings to have Nudities cut out, or cover’d, which they were a&ually doing. The Work-man anfwer’d, when I refle&ed on the King’s fcrupulous Impotence, That there were jour Seafons in the Tear. The Famous Edelinck Lives there, and works at prefent on the Pidlure of the Prince of Wales. A French Gentleman who was with me, \vondring I did not extraordinary ad- mire the Goldins , I told him We had one Mr. V anderbank in England \ who work'd full as well as they, which I could not perfuade him to believe. Bi " abun- [ 58 ] abundance of odd forts of Gups of divers forts of Stones. In the Gar- den, arefeveral exceeding fine Sta- tues, and vaft great Unis, with Baffo Relievo- work all round, both of White Marble ; great Brafs Figures, neatly Call, all round the Banks of Water. There are feveral White Marble Difhes, Supported by three Brafs Boys ; and a Fountain in the Middle, which falls into another Ba- Ion. On both Tides the Orangerie ^re three pair of Stairs, in all 115: Steps on a fide. Underneath is a very High Arch’d Cloyfler all round, for the Trees in Winter, with dou* ble Glafs-windows very large. The King’s Statue is in the Middle with this Infcription. Face beat totum y hello qui terruit or hem. There are two Ranges of Guilt Railes before the Afcent. All the Avenues and Alleys to the Fountains are lin’d with high cut Hedges, and a treillis of Iron. Both the Tides of the Garden are Ihut up with Iron ] tily forry that any thing fhouU happen to trouble his Majefly of Great Britain* or the Princefs. And when he wait- ed on Monfieur on the fame Account* the Captain of the Guard, told him that the King of England was with- in ; which he having* complain’d of* the Captain of the Guard was fevere- ly Reprimanded for it. Jacobites in Paris. The Place in Paris mod refortcd to by thofe who have follow’d King James's Fortune, is Gregories’s Coffee- houfe y Qisc,t againdtheComedy in Faux- lourg St. Germain. I was there three or four times on purpofe to ingage fome of them in Difcourfe about their Court, but found them extream fhy ; wherein they wifely imitate the French , who are very cautious in tal- king of State Affairs. All I could learn there was, that there’s dill a great mifunderdanding between the Lords* Melfort and Middleton , chiefly about the Ways ^nd Means of Redoring King James | The fird advifing it may be done by a French Power, the other only by the confent of the Peo- ple of England . My Lord Melforfs Advice O] Advice feems to prevail, fince the Acceftion of the Duke of Anjou to the Crown of Spain ; for when the Prince; of Wales Congratulated him upon his Elevation, the Duke told him* He hqpd to return him the Complement in a fhort time. I’ll give you an Account of my Journey to Fontainellau , where I firftbleau. law the whole French Court ; and by chance, that of the late King James. We went thither in a Coche d ’ Eau i ( or large Boat) not unlike the Folly upon the Thames, that had a Cuharet in it, and held no lefs than between two or three Hundred People. A- mong the reft of the Company there FONTJINEBLEJU. [62] and of a great many Infcriptions oii Rocks, for above three Miles toge- ther. The King’s Palace at Fountainhleau , is call’d the Louvre. ’Tis Built in the middle of a Forreft, cut into Al- leys, and Ridings for Hunting, and has no other Profped: than that of the Neighbouring Rocks and Trees. I was not a little furpriz’d to fee Peo- ple Sell Things about in the Court, as if it had been a Market-place. There are in the Palace two fine Guard-Chambers : The Appartments that formerly were the Queen Mo- thers, were at this time appointed for King James ; wherein I law fine Tapeftry, like Painting, mixt with Silver and Gold in leveral Places. The three Rooms of State are all Guilded and Painted, but have no Chimneys. In one of the Chambers, I faw a Bed with Rails of Marble’ and Brafs round it, and the Floor Within In-laid with Silver. King James and his Queen’s Bed-chamber was lit- tle, but very Neat, having Rails be- fore the Bed. Hard by it is the Long Gallery call'd of UlyJJes. Whilft; Queen Mary was yet at her Toilet $ Madame came in a Hunting Habit , [Sj] Habit , Lac d with Gold, and no Train ; She had a Hat and Feather under the Arm, and Periwig on her Head, ty’d behind. Next came the Dutches of Burgundy in a Hunting Ha- bit likcwile, with a long Train, and her Periwig ty’d behind with feveral knots of Cherr f -colour’d Ribbon; She look’d as like our acquaintance CU—k , as any two Faces that ever I law. Afterwards came the Dukes of Bur* gundy, Anjou , Berry and Chartres. The Duke ok Burgundy wears his own Hair, which is Long and Bulhy. The Duke ok Anjou wears alio his own Hair, and is a fine Prince. Madame Banter’d the Duke of Berry , (who is a very fprightly Youth) andtpM him, He fhould Hunt Ladies from one Room to another , injiead of Hunting Boars. The Duke of Chartres has Short Black Hair a little Curl’d. Then the King of France came, and went up to the Window playing with his Cane, and looking on the Soldiers, then draw- ing up in the Court. When turn’d a- bout, he took Queen Mary by the Hand, and went to Chappel ; as he pafs d by me, I Bow’d to him, mal a fropos , for I learnt afterwards, that Tis here the Cuftom never to Bow to the / the King. The King wore an Em- broider'd Silver Coat Brown, and a White Feather in his Hat. The Prince of Conti flood with his Bread againfl the Door ; lie is a Man of great Merit, and very much Belov’d. The Dukes of Berwick and Albermale , perceiving I was a n^nglijh Man, and a Stranger at Court, very civilly took Snuff out of my Box, and as’kd me fome trifling Queftions, on purpofe to keep me in Countenance $ There flood with them King James , Ma- dame, Mr. M- — gue, Sir W.-—M— and Sir George Maxwel. TheDukeof^/- bermale whifper’d Sir George to be gone, hecauje he hated Folly. Mon- fieur is a Middle-fiz’d Black Man ; the Dauphin Short and Thick ; the Marfhals B ouflers, Villeroy , and de < Forge were there likewife. I faw the King, and the Royal Family fit- ting thus at Supper : Queen Jaquette in the Middle of the Table, which was a Long Oval. On her Right Hand King James , on the Left, the King of France, next him the Duke of Burgundy, Monjieur, and the Duke of Chartres ; next King James the Dauphin, the Dutchefs of Burgundy , Madame,\nd the Dutchefs of Bourbons Or [ I * * * * 6 5 ] Oil the fide of the Table next the Door flood two Carvers, who fill’d the Soupe, and call’d to drink. The Marfhals, Peers, and great Ladies, fat on Stools 'behind the Royal Fa- mily at Supper, to look on. The next day I faw the pretended Prince of Wales , who is a handfom, fprightly Youth : He performs all his Exereifes to perfedaon* and is One of the bell Marks-men in France, He delights fo much in Shooting, that when he is Abroad he will make fhift with any fort of Vi&uals, and,, eat on the Grafs without Liiinen, perhaps on d. fhect of white Paper. He bears Fatigue fo well, that he tires all his Attendants with Walk- ing. He is not like the late King, but very much refembles the Queen ; the young Princels his Siller is inferiOur to him in Beauty. King jams is ve- ry much decay’d, and always feeliis to force’ a finite. I faw the Fountain, faid to be firft found out by a Dog call’d Bleau, from whence this Place was call’d Fount ain-h lean. I Was in the Gallerie des CerfSy where . were feveral odd F Horns [ 66 ] Horns, with Infcriptions under them, to tell by whom the Beads were kill'd. Here’s an Etang, or Pond, longer than the Canal in St. James's , Park, with a fine Cafcade, which plaid all the while we were there. CT'l JL ‘ oe Koyal Family of |HO’ I have already mention’d fomething in Relation to the Court of France, yet I hope the fol- lowing account will not be amfls. The principal Perfons who Com- pofe the Royal Family of France , are the KING, ( of whom I iliall give the Character in another place ) Monfeigneur, or the Dauphin ; the Dukes of Burgundy^ Anjou and Berry , the Dauphins Sons ; the Dutchefs of Burgundy ; Monfieur , or the Duke of Orleans', Madame, or the Dutchefs of Orleans ; the Duke de Chartres, Son to Monfieur ; Prince de Conde ; Prince Conti ; the Duke du Maine , and Count Thouloufe, natural Sons to the King ; the Princefs Dowager of Conti ; the Duke [ <>1 ] Duke de Vend of me ; and Madam de Maintenon. The Dauphin is of a Sanguine, The Dan* amorous Temper, full-fac’d, middle- ?hin - fiz’d, and pretty Fat. Upon the taking of Philipsbnrg , where he Com- manded in Perfon, he was Sirnanfd le hardiy or the Bold. His chief Di- verfion is Wolf-hunting. The Duke of Burgundy has a grate Duke »f ferious Air, and feems naturally moll: Bur 2 un f of his Brother the Duke of Burgun - Berry ’ dy, being a very fprightly Witty Prince. The Dutchefs of Burgundy, Da ugh- Dutehejs of ter to the Duke of Savoy., is a Princefs Burgundy of a middle Stature. > 3 F t ' Tdonfieuri Mtnjteur. Madame. Duke de haitres. [«] , Monfieur , or the Duke of Orleans % Brother to his Majefty ; is a little Man, very good Humour’d, affable, and of an amorous Temper. Madame, Monfieur’s Wife, is a tall, thick Woman : She has a Phyfiogno- my wonderful happy, and is free and eafy of Accefs, which makes her ge- nerally belov’d. The Duke of Chartres is a middle fiz’d Man ; he was Married by the King to Mademoifelle de Nantes , one of his Natural Daughters by Ma- dam Montefpan . This Match Mon- four at firft oppos’d, perilling he would never Confent, that his only Son Ihould Marry a Ballard ; but be- ing one of the bell Natur’d Princes in the World, he foon fuffer’d him- felf to be over-perfwaded by the King, infomuch that the Contract was Sign’d between them without Madame s privity ; who, afterwards coming to know it, rav’d moll im- moderately, and exprefs’d her Indig- nation in reflecting Words upon the King’s abfolute Way of Proceeding. Prince [ j sng Power of France were not timely check’d. The unwarrantable Methods which King James us’d to Eftablilh Popery, and fet up an Arbitrary Government in England, having made way for the late happy Revolution; and at the fame time the French King’s declaring War againft the Emperor, and endea- vouring to reftore the Royal Refugee* it was no difficult matter for our great Deliverer to engage both Popifh and Proteftant Princes in Confederacy a- gainft their common Enemy. After a tedious War dubioufly maintain’d, the King of France , being exhaufted both of Men and Money, thought it convenient to clap up a Peace, and rellore to his Neighbours, all the Contpiefts he had made upon ’em fince the Treaty of Nimeguen ; which he was the more prompted to do, in hopes of getting all again ‘by the Death of the King of Spain; who at the Conclufion of the Treaty of Ref- wick was in fo defperate' a Condition, that the French Court thought he could not live a Month longer. That the King of France made a Peace in 1697, only to break the Confederacy, and with a Profped: of gening , f 8 1 ] ^erring Spain , before the beginning of the Year 1698, plainly appears both frorh his delays in Evacuating the Places, which by the Treaty of Ref- ivick were yielded to the Spaniards and Germans , and from his keeping tip all the Handing Forces he had during the late War. s But the King of Spain s lingring Difeafe difappointing the FrenchKing’s defigns, he was fore d to Evacuate thole Towns in 1698, and to Dif- band a confiderable Number of his Troops. Being in a manner difarm’d, and unable to annoy his Neighbours by open Force, he had recourfe to Cun- ning and Policy ; and indeed D&Ius an V^irtus quis in FFofic requirat ? his Cunning and Policy he has fhewn in the management of the Teaty of Partition in i 700. By which he not only divided the whole Confederacy ^ and made the Emperor jealous of Eng- land and Holland, but alfo gain'd a con- fiderable Party in the Spanifh Nation, who being proud of the Extent of G their r C®*3 their Monarchy, could not brook to fee it Difmembred. Thus the treaty of Partition gave Birth to the late King of Spain s Will, whether voluntary or forc’d, ’tis not my bufmefs to ex- amine. The French King’s laying afidethe Partition , and accepting the Will, can- not feem llrange to any Man who confiders, that all good States-men are ever conllant to their Ends, tho complying with particular Exigencies: and the King of France being no ordi- nary Politician, and having dill the Univerfal Monarchy of Europe in profped, he mull of courfe have laid hold on an occafion, which looks la favourable to his Defigns. For by this means he has got the whole Government of Spain into his hands ; the Spanish Governors in Flan * Jets, and the MHaneze, having French Governors over them ; the Council of Spain aCting only by the Directions of the Duke of Har court ; and all Spa- ni/h Minifters at Foreign Courts be- ing Ordered to do nothing without the Advice of the trench Ambaffa- dors. [ 83 ] The French King’s fending Comic TeJJ e , with an Army, into the State of Milan, and Marfhal Boufflers into Flanders , together with his putting French G'arifons into all the Spa- mjh Towns, frontiering upon Hoi- land ; all this, I fay, plainly dilco- vers, that the Duke of /Injou is no more, in efFed, than his Grand-Fa- pier s Vice-Roy. And who knows, but thole who Dilated the late King of Spain's Will, pitch’d rather Upon the Grandfori than the Son, becaufe of his Minority ? For had the Dauphin been made King of Spain, ’tis probable a Prince of his Years would have kept the foie Go- vernment of his Dominions in his own hands. The Matter being thtis, lflpeedy and effectual Remedies be not ap- plied, the French King’s Power and Intereft will in few Years grow to fuch a height, as to enable him to compafs his favourite Projed of the Univerfai Monarchy. 6 j f or [ 84 ] For he is a Prince offo much Wis- dom and Policy, as to know how to manage the Spanijh Dominions to the beft Advantage; and make them Subfervient to his Defigns ; He will emprove the Treafures of the Weft- Judies, raife the Spaniards out of their Lethargy, and not fuffer their Strength and Subfiance to be waft- ed by haughty Idlenefs. He will in a fhort tin*e enable his Grand-Son to reunite both Holland and P ortugal to the Crown of Spain ; He will cut off the Englijh from their Trade to Spain , the Levant , the Eafi and Weft-Indies ; And having done all this, how eafily, he may make him- felf Matter of all the reft of Chriften- dom , I leave every one to imagine. This is like to be the Fate of Eu- rope, if the French King’s ambitious Defigns be not timely prevented : But if the Englifh and Dutch enter immediately upon a War, againft France , in Conjun&ion with the Em- peror, and the reft of the German Princes, it is not pofiible for France to defend both it felf, and Spain a- gainft fo many powerful Enemies: which is demonftrated by the follow- ing Account of the French King’s Re- venues, wherein, for the mod part, I have followed the Accurate Computations of the Judicious Dr. Pavenant. Richefsof France. and Manufactures in Times of Peace, and before the Perfecution, amounted to i, ioo, oqo, French Livers, ora- bout Eighty Four Millions, Sterling; of which the Clergy and Religious Houles having near the fourth part, ( or u Millions Sterling, ) and the King, (by the Tax call’d les Tallies/, Revenue tf the five great Farms, Cafual Reye- nue, Faux et Forets , Tenths from the Clergy, Inland and Foreign Pods Free Gifts, &c. ) Something above the Ninth, that is, about 9, 600, coo Pounds Sterling clear from all Char- ges, ’twill be found that even in Peaceful Times, the Mafs of the Peo- ple of France^ did not enjoy much a- bove five Parts in eight of the Annu- al Income of that Country . He general Annual Income of France, from Land, Trade • [8tf] The King’s Revenue, not anfwer- snghis vaft Expence, the ways made life of by the Miniflry of France , to taife Money, have been by erecting new Employments, by Augmentati- on of Salaries in the ancient Offices, and by aligning Penfions upon the Maifcn de Ville , or Chamber of Paris ; for all which the new Purchafcr pays fo many Years. Purchafe to the King. And tho’ this has been a ready Means of raffing Money among a People ib fond of Offices and Titles, yet it has encumbred the Crown Reve- nue \yith a heavy Debt. For 5 twa$ computed that the King before the Year 16 8 8 paid upon that Score np.lels than four Millions Sterling per Anmn* which reduc’d his Income to y, 600, ©00 Pounds Sterling, a Sum which the Expences occafion’d by the late War, have very much exceeded. For ’ti^ believ’d that the Expences, pf the King’s Houfhold, Maintenance of the Princes of the Blood, Charge of the Navy and Land Forces, could amount to no lefs than 1,0, 600, 000 Pounds Sterling :* The Ex- pences therefore have been five Mil- lions more than the Revenue; for [ 8 7 ] which Sum either the Government muft have every Year run in Debt, or it mufl have been Annually rais’d upon the People. The former Revenue being 9, 600, ooo Pounds Sterling ; had this Reve- nue held up during the War, there had not been occafion to raife above Five Millions Sterling, befides one Million and a halt for the Salaries and Gains of the greater Number of Officers employ’d in the Colledting every Branch ; fo that there was yearly Levied upon the People of France, during the late War, 1 6, 100, 000, Pound Sterling which was near the fifth Penny of 84, 000, 000 Pounds Sterling, Annu- al Income. But the interruption of Trade, and Expulfion of the Proteftants, having funk the Annual Income to 77, 000, 000, and the ordinary Crown Reve- nue to 8, 500, 000 Pounds Sterling per Annum ; fo that the Annual Expences have been Supplied by Augmenting the Tallies , a Capitation, new. Crea- tion of Employments, increafing Sa- laries of ancient Offices, and new jPenfions on the Chamber of Paris. ^ ■ 4 ii cro [ 88 ] There being grounds to believe that there has been Levied in Nine years by a Medium 3, 500 , 000 Pounds Sterling per Annum ; in all 31? foo, 000 Pound Sterling by Sale of Offices, Penfions, &c . And fup- pofe the Purchafers From the Crown have paid for all thefe new Grants vibout 17 Years Purchafe, the 3r, Sop, poo Pounds Sterling thus Ibid for Payment of Salaries and Interefl, did then charge the Revenue of the Crown with the new Debt of 1, poo, 000 Pounds Sterling per Annum. It has been faid before, the Debt formerly contracted upon the fame Account amounted to 4, 000, 000 Pounds Sterling, fo that there was probably paid out of the Crown Re- venue upon thefe Accounts in the Year 1697 , in all 54 £^0, 000 Pounds Sterling. Peace has probably y reflor d the Crown Re- S- 9, coc, ocq venue to \ From which Dcdudt ? for thefe forts of Debts j C And there remain’d ? to the Cro\Vn bpt \ 1 10 > 000 The [« 9 ] The neceflary Expen-^ ces of the Court, Ar - / my and Fleet, in Times > 6,000, 000 of Peace, do not a- \ mount to lefs than J From whence deduct 3, no, 000 The Expence greater ? 0 than the Income by 5 9®* 000 To make up part of which Sum the King of France has lower’d the Intereft, which is paid on Account of the Rent-Charges upon the Cham- ber of Paris; Suppreft a great num- ber of new Offices, and order’d Cor- porations to reimburfe the Purcha- fers ; both which eafes his Revenue of near one Million and half per An- num . And as for the reft he keeps, up feveral of the new Impofitions, that have been Levied during the late War. If there be paid ftill for Salaries and Intereft in all 4, yoo, 000 Pounds Sterling, the principal Debt, fuppo- fing it to be Contracted by a Medi\ um of 1 7 Years Purchafe, rauft a- mountto 76, 300, 000 Pounds Ster- ling, which Debt mu ft of neceffity put the Revenue of France in as bad [ 9 ° ] a Condition, as that of Spain ; and a s wife and able as the French Minifters are, I can affure you, they find them- felves extreamly puzzled to over- come this Difficulty. For whatever Oeconomy they ffiall ufe, there feems Reafon to conclude from the general View I have given you of their Af- fairs, that in lefs than Nine Years they cannot Work off half their grofs Debt, which likewife is not to be compafs’d but by continuing mod of the prefent Taxes, which are a great Burden on the People, and a clog up- on Trade. This perhaps is the on- ly Iteafon that may incline the King pf Ffance, to remove all Jealoufies from the Dutch ^ and give the Empe- ror Satisfaction,, 3 Tis true the King of France being Abfolute, may lay what Taxes he plaafes upon his People; He may once more raife each Lewis 0 or to Fourteen' Livers, and die Silver Coin in proportion, which would bring near Three Millions Sterling into* his Coffers;; Hfemay Sell Offices and Penfions for Two Millions ; and ex- a&a Capitation that will yield Three ■ ' Millions, [ 9 1 ] Millions more ; but neither of thefe can be done without exhaufting his Subjeds Purfes, putting a flop to all manner of Trade and Manufadures, and dogging his Revenue with a new Debt. The Notion fome People have, that the Ring of France Commands all the Money in the Kingdom, is partly true, and partly falfe : He may, indeed, fqueeze the Purfes of the P art if ans and Farmers, and force rieh Merchants to put great Sumes of Money into the Chamber of Pa- ris, as he has lately done ; but this cannot yield above fome few Milli- ons of Livers, to anfwer prefent Oc- cafions ; whereas to Support the Go- vernment of France and Spain, he mull Levy a general Capitation, perhaps double the former, which cannot be done without ruining Trade and Manufadures ; neither can he raife fo many Men, as he mull of necelfity have occafion for, without deftroying Agriculture; all which are the beft Branches of the general Income of France , and confe- fequently of his Revenue. 4 i •* * • • ' v ' The [p*] . 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