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of Germany *, we chofe rather to retain them, though 
many of the Places had been before fpoken of in for- 
mer Chapters of this Book, than to begin abruptly 
with his Accounts of Aujiria^ Bohemia^ Hungary^ &c. for 
the Sake of which they were chiefly inferred j but as 
all he fays is equally entertaining and inftruflive, we 
apprehend that this cannot be confidered as any In- 
convenience. 
I went in the Year 1668, from Norwich to Tarmouth, 
a Sea^Port in the County of Norfolk^ at the Entrance of 
the River Tare : Where being furnifli’d with Letters of 
Recommendation by Sir James Johnfon to Amiferdam, 
Francfort^ Venice^ and Vienna^ i embarkM the 14th of 
Auguft in Tarmouth Road, aboard the Angel Kelch^ Bur- 
then Fifty five Tuns ; and fet fail for Rotterdam. It was 
not long before we difcovered Goree Steeple, and imme- 
diately after the Briel., fituate at the Entrance of the Ri- 
ver M?/^, or the Maefe ; which having its Rife in the 
Mountains of Vauge^ or Vaugefus, pafles by Verdun^ Di- 
nant^ Namur, Liege, Maejlricht, Ruremond, Venlo, and fe- 
veral other Places, and here difcharges itfeif into the O- 
cean. In our PafTage up the River we faw many ftately 
Villages, the mofl noted of which were Maejeland- 
Sluice, Schiedam, and Delfts-Haven ; and came afhore 
about Six in the Evening at Rotterdam. 
Here I had Sight of two of the largefl: Men of War 
belonging to Holland, viz. the Crane, and the Wajfenaer ; 
the laft of which was built in Lieu of that in which 
Admiral Of dam was blown up, as he was engaged againfl; 
his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York. The Points of 
the Keys of this City are very fair, and the Channels, 
which extend into the very Centre of it, fo large and 
deep, as to be capable of receiving Ships of great Bur- 
then_. It is very populous, the Houfes well built, and 
the Streets very clean. The Organs of the great Church, 
the Tower, and the Monument of M. De Wit, the Sta- 
tue of Erafmus Upon the Bridge, and fome other Cu- 
riofities, are worth the Obfervation of a Traveller. It 
being then Fair-time, we faw fome Drolls afted, and 
fome Rarities, viz. Lions, Leopards, and among the reft 
a Woman of feven Foot high. 
From Rotterdam we pafled forward to Relft, paflino- 
by the Powder-Houfe (a beautiful Scrufture at fome Di^ 
ftance from the City). The Piazza of Delft is very large, 
the Town-houfe fronting it at one, and the new Church 
with its high Steeple at the other End. This Church 
is famous for the Tomb of William of Najfaw, Prince 
of Orange, together with his Wife and Son, Prince 
Maurice, whofe Statue is in Armour, with his Dog lying 
at his Feet, with four Obelisks fupported by ten Marble 
Pillars ; It ftands in the Middle of the Ifle. The old 
Church contains the Tomb of the famous Van Trump, 
carved cn the Walls, his Effigies lying upon a Cannon, 
furrounded with Arms and Trophies. In another 
Church we were fliewn the Monument of Admiral 
Hein, who took the Spanijh Plate Fleet : And in a 
large Houfe, in a Wall, the Marks of fome of 
the Ballets, by which Prince William was murthered, 
in 1584. 
2. The Hague is celebrated for being the ancient Re- 
fidence of the Counts of Holland, and now of the 
States-General ; it is about three Englijh Miles from 
Delft. It has a very fair Piazza, many well built Hou- 
fes, and the Pall-mall, the Wood, and the Park, are 
very beautiful Places ; but what furpaflTes all, is the 
Vfay from hence to Scheveling, which is paved with 
Brick for three Miles, with feveral Rows of Trees on 
both Sides, as far as to the Steeple of Scheveling. The 
City of Leyden (nine Miles diftant from the Hague,) 
may for its Neatnefs compare with any in Europe, its 
Streets being beautified with noble Houfes, and large 
Channels on both Sides : Its Fortifications are after the 
modern Way. One of the chief Antiquities of Leyden, 
is Vi/hat they call the Hengiji Ca§ile, for ihtBerg,) from 
its Founder Hengift the Saxon. On the Top, into 
which we went by very handfome Stairs, we faw a 
very fair Arbour, a Labyrinth and Well, and at the Bot- 
tom IS a very good Houfe of Entertainment. But 
what furpalfes this, are the Ruins of an ancient For- 
trefs not far from this City, at the Village call’d CaV 
N E s Ti( dvcls ^ooli If. 
wick,^ upon the Sea, known by the Name of Arx Bri* 
tannica-, which being built by Caligula, and afterwards 
ruin’d by the Normans, was overwhelm’d by the Sea at 
laft j yet not fo, but that at certain Times, when the 
Tide is very low, its Ruins have been plainly difcovered, 
and fome Antiquities have been found with this Infcrip- 
tion ; Ex Ger, Inf . that is, ex Germania Inferior!. The 
Stadt-houfe has a very fair Front towards the Street. In 
the Anatomy Hall you fee many Skeletons, of a 
Whale, a Horfe, Deer, Cow, Cat, and, Fox, and two 
Legs of an Elephant, befides thofe of Men and Wo- 
men, fome Mufcles preferv’d, and one entire Body with 
the Skin and Fleffi. 
The Phyfick-Garden is none of the largefl, but a- 
bundantly flock’d with Plants of all Sorts. Near it 
ftands the College where the Publick Ledlures are kept 
every Day, and uqder it is the Printing-Houfe of the 
Univerfity. In the Stadt-houfe, in the Apartment of 
the Burgermafters, I faw a moft curious Piece done by 
Lucas van Leyden, rcprefenting the Day of Judgment. 
Near the lame Place is aifo fliewn the Table of that 
famous Taylor, John of Leyden, upon which he ufed 
to work, before he took upon him the Trade of a Re- 
former, and came to be King of the Anabaptifs in Ger- 
many, Fhom Leyden I travelJ’d to Harlem, feven Dutch 
Leagues (or twenty one Englilh Miles) thence. Its Si- 
tuation is very pleafant, among Groves of Trees. The 
great Church furpafles for its Bignefs all others in Hol- 
land, and is full of remarkable Jnfcriptions. The Pic- 
tures of all the Earls of Holland, in the Prince’s Houfe, 
are very good Pieces ; and in the Summer-Houie of 
the Garden is that of Laurence Ccjler, a Citizen of this 
Place, whom they ftile the firft Inventor of Printing ; 
whereas others afcribe the fame to a certain German, na- 
med John Gottenherg. In the other Rooms you fee fe- 
veral excellent Pieces of Paintings of Hemskerk and Golt- 
zius ', but thofe of Cornelius of Harlem exceed the reft, 
efpecially his Hiftory of Her odds, killing the Chil- 
dren ; his Feaft of the Gods, in which VulcaAs, Foot 
is efteemed moft j and his Collation of a Nun and 
a Monk. 
On the other Side you fee a Picture of a Ship with 
Saws, in Memory of the glorious Adtion done by thofe 
of this Town, who under the Reign of Frederick Bar- 
baroffa, fighting againft the Saracens, took Damiata, 
entering the Por-c by Means of Saws faftned to the 
Keels of their Ships, which cut the Chains of the Har- 
bour. Here is alfo an Hofpital for Sixty aged Perfons, 
and another for the Sick, both very handfome and 
neatly kept. Here I obferved the firft Time their 
Way of Whipping Malefaftors with Rods : They tie 
their Hands ftretch’d upward as high as they can, to a 
Poft eredted upon a Scaffold, with an Iron round their 
Wafte, and fo give them as many Stripes as are al- 
lotted them by their Judges. _ The Lake near Har- 
lem, call’d the Harlem Meere, is above twenty Miles 
Jong. 
3. The next Place to Harlem is the City of Amjler- 
dam, famous throughout the World for its Riches, 
Trade, Shipping, fair Streets, and magnificent BuiJd- 
ings. Its Situation is upon the River Te, being formerly 
the Seat only of a few Fifhermen ; but being favour’d 
in Time with the Title of a City, by the Earls Hol- 
land, was ftrengthned with a Wall 1470, againft thofe 
of Utrecht ; and many Years after, by the Emperor 
Maximilian, honour’d with the Imperial Crown over 
their Arms, which are three Crofles on a Pale. It is 
almoft incredible how this City is increafed of late 
Years, being now encompafs’d with a new Wall, and 
large Ditch, after the Modern Way of Fortifications. 
The nev/ Streets efpecially are very fpacious, with large 
Channels. The River Amjiel (from whence it has bor- 
row’d its Name) alfo paffes through it, being let in 
under a very handfome Bridge of eleven Arches, and 
twenty fix Paces broad, which makes part of the Wall. 
This whole vaft Body is built upon Piles of Timber 
driven into the Earth clofe to one another, the Foun- 
dation of the Tower over-againft St. Catharine^ Church, 
being faid to confift of 6334 great Trees; and I my- 
felf was an Eye-witnefs of the vaft Number of Trees 
I faw 
