Chap. III. through the Low 
men *, but the Calvini^s have their Church a good Way 
from the Town ; the EngUJh Church, firfl: efiablifh*d 
here under the Reign of Queen Mary^ is fallen much 
to decay, as well as the Englifh Houle, which is turned 
into a Store-houfe. In the Country hereabouts, which 
is exceeding pleafant, we found growing wild, Gramen 
amoris di 5 lum, C? Ifchemon vulgar Portulaca fyheftris, 
and in the Hedges, the Alcine baccifera, which I piet 
with no where elfe in all my Travels. 
July 17. We took the Poft-Coach going to Franken- 
thal •, we had fcarce left Franc fort half an Hour, when 
we travelled all that Day, for three German Leagues, 
through Pine-Woods, and lodged that Night at the 
Village of GeirJIjeim. 
July 18. We ferried over the Rhine 2X Kernjhtimi and 
at fix Leagues End came to Worms, a large and anci- 
ent City, but much decayed. The Canons of the Ca- 
thedral (who are twenty in Number) choofe the Bilhop. 
The Government of the City is in the Hands of xEt Luthe- 
rans. From hence we came, after an Hour’s travelling, to 
Frankenthal, a Place chiefly confiderable for its Strength, 
being fituate in a Plain near the Rhine, and provided 
with good Walls and Out-works; It is under the Jurif- 
didfion of the Eledlor Palatine •, and has three Churches ; 
one High-Dutch, another Low-Dutch, and the third 
French. 
July 20. We travelled along the Banks of the Rhine, 
by the Way of Oherjheim to Spire, two Leagues and 
a half diftant from Frankenthal. Spire, though digni- 
fied with the Title of a Bifhoprick, yet is an imperial 
City, under the Government of its own Magiflrates. 
The Houfes here are generally large, but not very con- 
venient, and of Wood ; The chief, if not the only 
Thing that makes this Place confiderable, is the Impe- 
rial Chamber, which is kept here, confifting of an Im- 
perial Prefident and thirty fix AfTefiTors, befides three 
other Prefidents, chofen by the Emperor out of the 
Delegates *, each of the Eledors, as well as the ten 
Circles, fending two Delegates or Affeflbrs. There 
is fuch another Chamber belonging to the Imperial 
Court at Vienna, either of which (without any Appeal 
from one to the other) determines Controverfies ari- 
fing betwixt the Princes and States of the Empire, and 
betwixt them and their Siibjeds in fome Cafes : But the 
Eledlor Palatine ^ enjoys the Prerogative, Jus non appel- 
landi, of not being cognizable by thefe Tribunals. 
July 21. We pafs’d the Rhine to Manheim, feated 
upon the very Conflux of the Rhine and Neckar ; it be- 
longs to the Eledtor Palatine, ftrongly fortified, and now 
ftrengthening by a new Citadel, almofl: finifli’d. Who 
was the Founder of this City, you will fee out of the 
Infcription over the JNeckar Gate : 
F^uod felix faxit Jehova, 
Fredericus IIII. Ekdior 
Palatinus Rheni, Dux Bavarice, 
E veteri Pago Manhemio 
Ad Rheni Necrique confluvium 
JuJia fpatiorum dimen fione 
Nobiletn Urbem molitus, 
Vallo, fojfa, muro claujit, 
Portam bonis civihus aperuit. 
Anno Domini M. DC. X. 
From hence we continued our Journey to Heidelberg, 
where we pafs’d over the Neckar into the City by a 
wooden Bridge, covered over with a Tedium lo preferve 
the Timber. Heidelberg, is not a very large, but a 
neat and populous City, the Capital of the whole Pa- 
latinate and Refidence of its Princes ; the Houfes are 
of Wood, but ha^dfomely built; it is feated at the 
Foot of a Hill, on the right Side of the River Neckar, 
and is divided into five different Jurifdidfions, indepen- 
dent of one another, Firjl, AuUca, under which are all the 
Princes and Noblemen ; the Martial of the Court fits 
here as Prefident. Secondly, Cancellaria, under which be- 
long all Councellors, and other Officers of the Courts, 
Advocates, Dodlors, Cf c. Thirdly, Bellica, for the Sol- 
diers where the GeMeral prefides. Fourthly, Academica, 
for the Students, the Redior JAagniJicus, or Vice- Chan- 
Countries, 6 ^ i 
cellor for the Time being; is their Prefident; and Fifthly^ 
Civica for the Citizens. The Members of each of thefe 
Jurifdidlions are not obliged to appear before any other 
Court but their own. The City is alfo divided into 
four Wards, under the Governrrient of a Praetor and 
Burgomader. 
About the middle of the Afcent of the Hill call’d 
Koningkihal, ftands the Royal PalaCe, a large and flately 
Strufture, enclofed with a Wall and deep Ditch, hewn 
out of the Rock, which they may fill with Water 
when they pleafe ; here the Prince keeps his Court., 
According to the Infcription in High-Dutch upon the 
Gate, it was begun to be built by Lezvis V. in 1519, 
but feveral Pieces have been added fince, one of which 
is called the Engli/h Building. In a Cellar under one of 
the Towers belonging to this Caftle flood the famous 
great Tun of Heidelberg, containing 132 Fudders, one 
of which is equal to four of our Hogfheads ; but this 
Tun is taken to Pieces of late and a new one Building, 
which is to contain 150 Fudders or 600 Hogffieads. 
We were invited to dine in the Palace, where we ob- 
ferved every Thing, to be done with great Regularity, 
and after Dinner the Eledlor was pleafed to fhew us the 
Curiofities of his Clofet, and among the refl:, a Purfe 
made of Alumen plumofum, which being made red hot, 
received not the leafl; Harm, but appear’d the fame it 
was before, after it was cool’d ; Two Unicorn’s Horns 
of eight or ten Foot long, wreathed, and hollow to the 
Top being the Horns of a Fiffi, and not a Quadru- 
ped, as the ancients vainly imagin’d. An Imperial 
Crown and Globe, belonging to the Emperor Rupert 
(who was of this Family) richly fet with precious Stones : 
A choice Colleftion of ancient and modern Coins and 
Medals ; and among the reft a Copper Swedijh Dollar, 
of the Bignefs of a fquare Trencher, with the King’s 
Arms and Effigies ftampt at the four Corners. The 
great Church ( which formerly contained the famous Li- 
brary of this Place) as alfo that of the Francifcans, have 
feveral very noble Monuments of the Princes of this 
Family, as that of Si. Peter fliews many of learned 
Perfons. 
The Univerfity of Heidelberg, was founded, A. D. 
1 346. and has three or four Colleges for the Subfift- 
ance of poor Scholars. The whole Management of it 
is committed to the Academical Senate, compofed of Six- 
teen Profeflbrs, vi%. three for Divinity, four for the 
Law, three for Phyfick, and fix for Philofophy, but no 
more than four of them fit in the Senate, for Fear they 
ftiould make too ftrong a Party. If a Profeffor dies, 
the Senate prefents two Perfons to the Prince, out of 
whom he choofes one. The Senate alfo choofes every 
Year a Redior magnificentiffimus, a Honorary Title, not 
unlike that of Chancellor of our Univerfity, as the 
Redior Magnificus, the -chief of the Senate is equivalent 
to Vice-Chancellor ; befides which, they ele(ft two or 
four more Officers out of their own Number, to ma- 
nage the Concerns of the Univerfity. The Senate hath 
its own Jurifdi( 5 lion, and unlimited Power in criminal 
Cafes, extending to Life and Death, the Prince referv- 
ing to himfelf only the Prerogative of Pardoning after 
Sentence paft. In Philofophy they have no other De- 
grees but MafterSj and thofe but few of late Years ; In 
Law and Medicine they create both Licentiates and Doc^ 
tors ; and in Divinity, Batchelors, Licentiates and Doc- 
tors. They have not the leaft Regard to the ftandino- 
of the Candidates, all they have to do being to undergo 
two Examinations, one of which is called the Examen 
tentatorium, before the Faculty, in which he is to com- 
mence, and in the Prefence of the Redior Magni- 
ficus ; the fecond the Examen rigorofum, before 
the whole Body of the Profeffors and the Redior 
Magnificus. After all this, he is to hold a publick 
Difputation fub Prafide, to make a Lefture in his own 
Faculty, and a Speech. The Ceremony is performed 
with a great deal of Pomp, and concludes with a fump- 
tuous Feaft, at which are prefent all the Profeflbrs, and 
fometimes the Prince in Perfon, or elfe he fends the 
Marfhal of his Court to reprefent his Perlbn, which 
is the Reafon that oftentimes, when the Candidates have 
not very ftrong Purfes, two or three join to fave 
Charges, 
