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Lord Ambafiadour Hollis^ which have been efteemed 
fenfible and clirious. 
II. “ There is, fays he, a continual Watch kept 
on the Steeples in all the Cities of the United Pro- 
vinces ; The Differences arifing among Boatfimen and 
« Waggoners, who fhall go firft, are decided by catt- 
ing a Die. They gather the Rain Water by Pipes 
from the Houfes, and preferve it in Citterns, as they 
do in Venice. The Dutch ftand much in Awe of 
their Superiors, becaufe Juftice is done there without 
“ Delay. They are ftrangely addi<tted to Novelties, 
“ and mightily taken w^ith any thing that is gay. They 
are extremely greedy of Profit, yet very jutt in their 
“ Bargains. The Knowledge how to get Money, is 
‘‘ what they efteem above all other Things, and fcarce 
“ ever apply themfelves to any Thing befides that and 
“ Politicks, in which they are generally well verfed ; 
“ the meaneft of them being qualified by his Birth- 
‘‘ right to become a Burgomafier. They fight brave- 
ly at Sea, though naturally they are of a phlegmatick 
“ Temper, and confequently not fit for brave Exploits 
by Land. They allow of Liberty of Religion, but 
« keep a watchful Eye over them to fecure the publick 
“ Peace ; which is the Reafon that it is more difficult 
“ to hatch a Plot here, than in other Parts \ though at 
“ the fame Time, the People fay and print almott what 
“ they pleafe, the fame being included within the ge- 
“ neral Notion of Liberty. Mott of them have little 
Senfe of Honour or Generofity, being guided merely 
by the Profpe6t of Advantage or Intereft. They 
“ don’t profecLite Murder with fo much Violence as 
«« Theft. The Dutch are always careful to folemnize 
“ any great Acttion done by them, with all the publick 
“ Marks of Honour and Rejoicings, to imprint into 
“ the common People an Idea of the Ability and Wif- 
“ dom of their Governors •, which is the Reafon they 
“ frequently ered Monuments to thofe who have de- 
ferved well of the Common-wealth. The ordinary 
^ort of Women (if not all) feem to be more pleated 
“ with obfcene Difcourfes than the Englijh or French ; 
“ they have alfo the Reputation of making not fo fe- 
“ vere an Account of Chaftity before Marriage, but of 
being very faithful to their Husbands. Even the bet- 
“ ter Sort of Women are not backward of admitting 
“ Men, though of very little Acquaintance, to a Sa -0 
“ lute ; and Kitting paffes current here, not only at 
“ Parting and Returns, but alfo in Frolicks and fami- 
“ liar Converfation. Mott Women are Jet into all 
“ the Ad ions of their Husbands, who feldom under- 
take any thing without their Knowledge and Ap- 
probation. They have abundance of Chiming in 
“ their Cities, and vatt Multitudes of Storks building 
“ their Notts upon the Tops of the Chimneys. This 
however is not only obfervable in Holland^ but alfo at 
of the Miners, Labours, who come here to get Stone. 
This noble Qiiarry has another remarkable Ufe, ferving 
People for a Retreating-place when Armies are marchs 
ing that Way, being able to hold- forty thoufand Ivlen^ 
who by the many Pillars and Labyrinths, are able to 
defend themfelves with their Fire-arms, againft any 
Power that may attack them. , 
Further upon the. Downs, we obferved three or four 
more of thofe Paffages, and; came before Night to 
Liege^ a City, though very large,, yet for Beauty and 
Riches not comparable to any of thofe of Holland ; the 
Houfes being cover’d on the Sides either wuth Boards 
or Clay, and the Streets narrow and very ill kept. 
The River Maefe divides itfelf, and runs through the 
Town in two or three Branches, which are joined 
by feveral Bridges. , It is however very pleafantly fitu- 
aced, but furrounded with Hills, on one of which ttand.s 
the Citadel, the Sides of thofe Hills cover’d with Or- 
chards and Vineyards. Provifions are very cheap here, 
and foe People very courteous ; The Women are not 
fo fair as in Holland, and do a great deal of Drudgery. 
They have Coal-pits near the Town, Ibme of which are 
an hundred and fifty Yards deep: The Cathedral 
Church dedicated to St. Lambert^ has fixty Canons or 
Prebendaries, who mutt be all of noble Extradion, except 
that they admit a few Men^of Learning among them. 
Thefe eledl the Biffiop of Liege. Befides thefe, there 
belongs to it twelve Canonici mediocres, and twelve 
more ftiled minores five farva Menfe. The three States 
of this Diocefe, compofed of the Clergy, Gentry, and 
Commons, have a confiderable Share in the Govern- 
ment, no Tax being to be impofed, or other Matters 
of great Weight tranfadled without their Concurrence 
and Approbation. 
This City is in a Manner filled up with Religious 
Houfes : In the Englijh Jefuits College Garden we faw 
feveral Dials, the invention of the ing&mom Francifcus 
Linus ; and in the Cloifter of the Williamites, without; 
the Walls, the Tomb-ftone of our Countryman Sir John 
Mandeville, with this Infcription : 
CC 
HIC JACET VIR NOBILIS DNS JOES DEMAN- 
DEVILLE AL’ DICTUS AD BARBAM MILES 
DNS DE C APDI NATUS DE ANGLIA, MEDI- 
CINE PROFESSOR, DEVOTISSIMUS ORA- 
TOR, ET BONORUM LARGISSIMUS PAU- 
PERIBUS EROGATOR, QUI TOTO QUASI 
ORBE LUSTRATO, LEODII DIEM VITE 
SUE CLAUSIT EXTREMUM ANNO DNT 
ML CGC^^. LXXIL MENSIS NOVEMBRIS 
DIE XVII. 
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On the fame Tomb-ftone was alfo to be feen the Fi- 
gure of an armed Man treading on a Lion, with a 
Louvain, and in other Towns of the King of Spaif^ forked Beard, and his Hand lift upwards in a Bleffing 
Dominions, as well as in feveral Places belonging to Pofture, with thefe Words going out of his Mouth, 
“ fovereign Princes in Germany, which contradicts that Vos ki pajfeis for mi, pour V amour Deiu prcyes por mi j 
“ commonly received Opinion, that thofe Birds never which being old French, fignifies, Tou that pafs over me, 
“ build their Nefts but in Common- wealths.” for the Love of God pray for mL 
June the 22d, We went from Maejiricht to Liege, 13. We left Liege the oHjunc, and travelling for 
four Leagues diftant. As we patted up the Hills, we feven Hours over hilly and rocky Places, arrived at 
obferved at fome Diftance from Maediricht an arched the Spaa, a pleafant little wall’d Place, fituate in a deep 
Paffage into a Vault, but being by the v/et Seafon pre- Valley. It is very v/ell built, by reafon of the Goncourfe 
vented from taking a View of it ourfeives, I will here of many Strangers here, for the drinking of Mineral 
give you the Senfe of our Royal Society concerning it. Waters, of which there are four feveral Springs. 
This Qtiarry, fay they, lies within a Cannon-ffiot of We purfued our Journey, June dot 28th, to Aken^ 
MaeSiricht, being cover’d with twenty five Fathoms of through Limburgh, three Hours from- the Spaa, a Place 
Rock or Earth ; its Length along the River towards of great Strength for its Situation, being fituate on the 
Liege being of fome Miles, and having one Entry near the Side of a very difficult Accefsy but it has but one Street, 
River Side, Carts can, with a great deal of Eafe, unload and the Houfes only of Wood. Aken, ox Ain la Cha- 
the Stones upon the Banks of the River, the Quarry pelle, as dot French call it, to diftinguilh it from Ain ia 
within lying parallel to the Horizon or Level, and very Provence, is a large and ftrong Place, and a free Impe- 
little elevated above the River. After you have entred rial City, being l^engthened by a double Wall, and 
the Vault with Torches, it affords a moft furprizir)g 
Profpectt to^ the Beholders, who fee fome thoufands of 
fquare Pillars in fpacious level Walks, generally twenty 
Foot (and fome more) high, fo regularly wrought, that 
one would imagine that the whole was defigned for one 
of the fubterraneous Palaces of the ancient RomM Em- 
perors j whereas the whole is no more than the Effea: 
adorned with no lefs than thirty Churches. The Chair 
wherein the Emperor fits when he is crowned here, has 
its Sides of Ivory, and they fay, that the Bottom is 
made of a Piece of Wood belonging to HodDi Ark. 
The Government of this City is adminiftred by a Ma- 
jor, two Eurgomajters, dooxttto E fib evins, and one 
hundred and twenty Counfellors. The Major has thQ 
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