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to his Steward and other domestick- Officers in his
Quarters to go before me and provide for me
and my whole Company very good Lodging and
noble Entertainment there y* night, and y e nexl
morning att breakfast ; which he would nol
p'mitt me to refuse, because Bonn was reduc'1
to so ruinous a Condition as not to afford any
thing like a lodging or Entertainment. All y
whole Country through w* we pass't between
Bonn and francfort was so much allarm'd att y e
March of y e Imperiall-Troops, y* we found no
inhabited Village without Pallissades and Bar-
rieres, so y* we were forc't to make so very un-
equall divisions of our day's journys and waite
so many houres in y e night before admittance
y' it extremely harrass't my small-Equipage
and Especially my Coach-horses (y e ways being
universally bad beyond expression by y e passage
of horse baggage and Canon immediately before
us : ) Nor indeed had we beene at all permittee
to pass in many places by y e Extreme feare anc
jealousy of y e inhabitants y* kept all their gates
. and barrieres shutt against y e Imperialists anc
Saxens on our side y e River, if one of y e Duke
of Lorrain's Trumpetters sent to conduct one
from Mons r de Bouflers w th his letters to y e Camp
at Bonn to desire a cartel for y 8 mutual Exchange
of Prisoners had not very much facilitated our
passage. I meane this of Villages and Passes
where only Peasants had y e guard, & those very
little above them in understanding y Command ;
for wherever I had y e good fortune to finde officers
of any sense or Superiority y e honour of y e
Character his Ma*? has beene pleas'd to give me,
and the King's Latine Passe Y r Lop: sent me to
y e Hague, prov'd both of them so powerfull a
Protection to me, y* they not only gave me a
speedy and easy admittance but cover'd me with
so much respect & favour from all persons, as
made me very sensible, to my great pleasure
& advantage, in how great a Veneration the King
of England's Person & Reputation is in all these
parts of the world. Att my Arrivall att Francfort
my Equipage was all so tired, y 1 1 was forc't to
rest there two or 3 dayes, during which repose
I had the honour to waite on the Princesse of
Tarente,* a Lady of Extraordinary Merit and
Virtue, as she is of great quality, <fc that has a
most profound Respect and Admiration for our
King and for the great and Princely Virtues and
truly heroicall Qualitys w th w"* it has pleasd
God to endowe his Ma*?. This Lady was pleasd
to make me promise her y* I would endeavour to
gett her the King's and Queen's pictures, w h
I assur'd her she should have so soone as I had
rec" 1 them my Selfe, of w 01 * I had y e honour of a
promise, att my leaving England. We went to
her Chappell, and heard a french sermon there,
where we found a little Church of Refugiez
gather'd under her Wing : ye Magistrates not
having hitherto p'mittd any public Exercize of
y e Reformed Relligion there which they suppose
prejudiciall to their Commerce. Dr. Fabritius
being arrivd at Francfort y e day before I left y e
place, I waited on him y' Evening, rec d y* re-
turne of my visit from him y e morning I came
away ....
- " L'une des fenames les plus illustres du
Refuge." See A. de Chambrier, ' Henri de Mir- mand,' p. 178 (quoted from Kilchenmann, op. cit, p. 67). She was the daughter of William V.,, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel.
From Frankfort to Nurembergh we were putt
into continuall apprehensions of y e Imperiall or-
Saxen-Troops, and were miserably entertained
and lodgd upon straw, notwithstanding" which
we had reckonings which might be properly and
truly calld ransomes, w th out abatement. Att
Nurenbergh I recd. y e same night I arrivd, a
complement from y e Magistrates, and an houre
after a Visit from the 2 chief e of them, w ft all
y e demonstrations and Expressions possible of
respect to the Kings Person and government and
Joy for his Ma*- vs Prosperity. I having presented
them with a small Collation and Wine (as y
Custome of y e Country is) they drank y e King's
and Queen's healths with a great deale of Zeale
and affection. As soone as they were gone
I recet : their Present of Wine & Sweetmeats w cb
was large and handsome, and I gratified y e
Bearers, as I thought became y e honour of my
character. The next morning early, before
I went, I return'd their Visit, and thanks for
their present, W* I was oblig'd to do at their
Towne-house, because it was their houre of
Assembly. They recet: me in a Roome of State
next to their Councell-Chamber, and att my
taking Leave they conducted me downe to the
Street-gate. I should have told Y r Lop: y 4 at
Francfort Mons r Escher overtook me, and con-
tinued his way thence towards Switzerland by
Augsburgh by post, where he staid 6 or 7 dayes,
and then took post againe, and overtook me
a 2 d time neare Lindaw, a little Imperiall Town
upon the Lake of Constanz. At Ulm upon y*
Danube (a considerable Imperiall-Citty) I was
again complimented and visited by 2 Deputys
from the Magistrates, w th y e like Expressions
of Zeale and good Wishes for his Mat>' Person
& Governm* as at Nurenbergh; <fe att their
taking Leave they presented me with a Large
Aim of Rhenish Wine and 24 sacks of Gates, for
w|* I gratify'd y e Bearers, as before. Att
Lindaw y e Burgermaster visited and compli-
mented me in Italian w" 1 many Expressions of
Zeale and Respect to y King's Person & Govern-
m* & took care to provide me boates (for my
Money) to carry me over the Lake of Constanz.
from Lindaw y e last towne in Siiabe to Roschack
y first in Switzerland in y e territory of y e Abbot
of S' Gal, w h passage we cross't with Oars in
5 or 6 houres. Att my first coming on shore I was visited complimented and presented w* some fowle and Wine of their owne ground (ate), by some private gentlemen protestant In- habitants of y 8 towne of S* gal y* had their Estates in y e Abbot's territory and neighbour- hood of Roschack. The next day I was mett aeare the towne of S* gal by a troop of neaae 4O horse composd of the best gentlemen & mer- chants of the towne w th y e Cap* of y Citty-horse and the Syndie att y e head of them, w h last came a few steps forward & complimented me (with Variety of Elegant and respectfull Expression*
6 good Wishes to y e King's person and Governm*) in Latine, w h I returnd in y e same Language, and so they conducted me to the Towne-gates,
>he Citty-Trumpetter sounding before : Att y* ?ates I found y* Citty Company drawne up in Arms, and att my passage recd y e honor of y e <valute. The troop of horse conducted me through r* towne, w** was crowded on all sides w tk Spectators, to my Inn, where they took Leave of me after y" Syndie had complimented me a 2 d tune in french. An houre after y 2 reigning
