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And thus I iiave but gently toucht upon fome of the Cuftoms, and 
Tome part of the Good Governaient of the Dutch ^ which though in fo 
near a Neighbour- State, they cannot but be well known to many of our 
hfitdy fortj who are perfeclly well acquainted with this part of the World, 
and much better than they can be informed by me *, yet I thought even the 
mentioning thefe things would not l>e unacceptable to fome others, who 
have never been abroad. Fo if Ilbould undertake the Relation at large 
of only the CmiuJiHes' tlam it felf, or Oiould particularly fpeak of 
the I{ej)fer‘Grjft, the Frincc> Grafts and the Hid •Graff ^ three fpacious 
Streets that do almoll incircle the whole City, and three Streets that coa- 
tain more Sumptuous Houfes, all of Stone, throughout their long circuit, 
than can be well imag.ned by thofe who have not feen them ,• or if I 
fhould treat of the Pleafant and Magnificent Gardens of Sorgvliet, within 
a Mile of the g'ven forne years fince by His Majejiy to the Right 
Honourable the fjr/ of and which no Strangers, that have any 
Curiofity, can omit See-ng ^ they are fo Admirable and Pleafant: and 
the retire thither to dine, whilfi he refides at the Hague \ 
orlailly, if I fliould defc> ihe the Charming Sweetnefs of the Hague, in 
the Summer-time, the Pleafanaiefs of Leyden, or enter into a repe- 
tition of what others have done with applaufc before , this Account 
would foon fwell into a Volume, and a fliort Memorandum into a prolix 
J^arration. 
To conclude, The Dutch do deferve a great Confideration and Kind- 
nefs from us, as they are become a Principal Bulwork of the Protefiant 
ftfeligion, next unto England, whofe Church is without Difpute the chic- 
fell Hon-iur and Glory of the Reformation , and the brightelt Example of 
7yu 6 trader ation, between the gay Decorations and Paintings of Super- 
fliiion on the one fide, and the mean and homely Addrefies to Dmnc 
Majefly on the other. And now efpecially the Dutch may lay nearer 
claim to our Amity, when the Proufiam InteveH in general had never 
greater need of Bulworkf and Defences ; when not only France does mani- 
fdl an unparalcll’d Bigotry fcy animpolitick and unchrillian Rage and Per- 
fecuiion, that may in time be found fo to weaken and unpeople it felf, as 
to he 2. main caufe of her Dedenfion, whatfoever glorious or formidable 
appearance (he may make for the prefent *, but alfo divers Roman Catho^ 
lick Prhtcesh^vemth. one accord, and with an unufuai Sympathy, in this 
Age, exerted a againll their S-abjeds, that is inconfifienc 
With their own Fcmporal Intereji, and contrary to the Rules of Humanity 
or Prudence, 
And ’tis certain, that whenever Religion comes to be fo far abufed, 
as to lay afide the moll ElTential part of it, Chatity, it blinds the Eyes 
of all i^alots , that they cannot fee their own Intereji \ it tranfports 
and turns them from all the Rules of Prudence and Rcafon, and makes 
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