Januaryxxviii.

Erit altera, quae vehat ArgoDelectos heroas.Virg. Ecl. iv. ℣. 34.

Erit altera, quae vehat Argo

Delectos heroas.Virg. Ecl. iv. ℣. 34.

Hactenus Argoos cecinisti, Graecia, nautas,Et rudis aethereo pinus in axe micat;Altera Britannas nunc implet Iberia puppes,Terraque Phrixeam Cantabra mittit ovem.Alter es Aeëtes, Lodoix, vinctusque soporeAeterno serpens Gallica classis erit.Aesoniden, Ormonde, refers; et forte puella,Quae tibi Medeam praestet, Ibera fuit.At quantum Argolicae praeluxerit Angla juventae,Sit memor aeterno carmine fama loqui.Unica tunc unam decoravit praeda carinam;Millia nunc referunt vellera mille rates.Anna, parens orbis, pretiosam carpere lanamIncipe, et augusta fila novare manu;Protinus optato flavescent saecla metallo,Et fluet e fusis aurea vita tuis.

Hactenus Argoos cecinisti, Graecia, nautas,

Et rudis aethereo pinus in axe micat;

Altera Britannas nunc implet Iberia puppes,

Terraque Phrixeam Cantabra mittit ovem.

Alter es Aeëtes, Lodoix, vinctusque sopore

Aeterno serpens Gallica classis erit.

Aesoniden, Ormonde, refers; et forte puella,

Quae tibi Medeam praestet, Ibera fuit.

At quantum Argolicae praeluxerit Angla juventae,

Sit memor aeterno carmine fama loqui.

Unica tunc unam decoravit praeda carinam;

Millia nunc referunt vellera mille rates.

Anna, parens orbis, pretiosam carpere lanam

Incipe, et augusta fila novare manu;

Protinus optato flavescent saecla metallo,

Et fluet e fusis aurea vita tuis.

Resolvingat last to take leave of my good friends atHamburg,Mynhéer Platia, with two other merchants, and myself, hire a post waggon forHolland. We set forward by seven a clock in the morning, and continue our way two German miles up the river, by the village ofOffenseytoBlankeness; there we cross theElbe, and proceed to a town calledBuxtchudein the dominion ofSweden, and by night arrive at a poor house in the wood calledArnswoldt. Here we drive in with our waggon, and alight at the same room, which was to receive us and our horses, and be at the same time our chamber and parlour, and the kitchin of our oldlandlady, who was smoked like a ham of bacon. We found her with her houshold, brooding over a fire hearth in the middle of this apartment, common to her self and cattle. Over which there was no chimney, but a wooden rack well stored with bacon, where the smoke was employed to prepare the provision of the year, without wasting itself at the funnel of a chimney. We are laid on a large heap of straw[141], whilst the cows are chewing the cud on each side, and lulling us to sleep. It was here I first saw the black bread of this country, calledbonpournickel; and was told, that this with plenty of swines flesh, and the thick water of this flat country, were the only dainties of the place. However, it was our good fortune not to be reduced to that diet; for we fared well on our hamper, which we brought with us fromHamburg.

Leavingthis disagreable place very early, we arrive at the gates ofBremenlate at night, and are therefore obliged to lodge in the suburbs, till we could enter the town the next morning. It is a large and fair city, free of the empire, and one of the most considerableHansetowns, seated on theWeser, orVisurgis. Here we baited at the wine cellar over against the Exchange, where there is a magazine of goodRhenish, inferior in nothing but the quantity of vessels, and largeness of the stock, to that ofHamburg. We then proceed by nine a clock (after I had visited Mr. Willet, an English merchant) and on the farther side of the town cross the river under a noble gate, which in an inscription calls this VETVSTISSIMVS VISVRGIS TRAIECTVS. TheWeseris here fair, wide, and almost straight, affording a reception for the vessels belonging to the town; but those of a greater burthen are obliged to remain some leagues lower. At this river we now leaveLower Saxony, and enter the circle ofWestphalia. In an hour and a half we come toDelmenhorst, an old town and castle belonging to the King ofDenmark. From thence we proceed toWildeshusen, a town in the dominion of the Elector ofHanover, where we lodge.

Wego on this day toKlopperburg, a town of theLower BishoprickofMunster; from whence in a little time we reach the banks of theHase, and in a few hours more the town thence calledHaselun, where we take up our lodging that night.

Wehad hitherto foundWestphaliaa desolate and wild country, overrun with heath, except here and there adorned with small groves of stately oak, in the middle of which we commonly found a single farm house, enclosed with rude pales like a park, which in summer time must be truly pleasant. In several places by the road side are seen posts, with iron boxes on the top, for the receipt of charity, as if the land it self confessed its poverty. However in this day’s journey the appearance began to alter, for about ten a clock we arrived atLingen, a pretty compact and well built town, which lately belonged to KingWilliam, but now to the King ofPrussia. The neighbourhood is well stored with woods; the skirts of the town adorned with frequent gardens, and alleys of trees orderly planted; and the whole place by a show of riches and beauty confessing, as it were, the benefit of a moderate and protestant government.

Justbeyond the limits of this town we cross theEms, orAmasia, by a ferry boat, and afterwards continue our journey toNorthern, the first town of theUnited Provinces, in the limits of which we now pass out ofWestphaliaintoOverissel. After a short bait we proceed toOtmarsh, and there lodge. This is the first place, since I leftHamburg, where I was offered a bed, having hitherto slept in my cloaths upon the straw.

Wenow proceed by the way ofAlmeloo, and so toDeventer, over the plains, where his late Majesty delighted sometimes to hunt. These plains are covered with heath, and therefore afford not so good riding; but at the same time they are enclosed within long tracts of hills rising gently, which give the sportsman a convenient sight of the chase.

Westop this day atDeventer, and put up at a public inn, where we dine with some Danish officers; and after diner I pay a visit to the learnedGisbertus Cuperus, who entertained me very obligingly, shewed me his library, coins, inscriptions, and other curiosities. In his library were several large volumes of letters, written by him in the name of the states, or on other public occasions. Among his coins was one with the title ofIMP. VNICVS. And among his inscriptions this which follows:

MACSVSANO HERCVLI SACRVMFLAVIVS SVMMVS MAGISTRATVS

MACSVSANO HERCVLI SACRVM

FLAVIVS SVMMVS MAGISTRATVS

He seemed to think this wasHerculesofMackshusen, a town not far distant from hence. I continue the following day atDeventer, and from thence write to my freinds atHamburg.

FromDeventerI now proceed in three hours toLoo, where I was entertained for some hours in viewing the house and gardens of his late Majesty, and then go forward to a village calledFortshausen, where I take up my lodging. The next day I continue my journey toAmersford, where I dine, and by four a clock reachUtrecht.

Thisand the two following days I remain atUtrecht, where I now first visit, and contract a very agreable acquaintance with Mr.Paul Foley, student of that university; who the day after obliged me with his company in atreck schuyttoLeyden, where I view the physic garden, and adjoining galleries of natural rarities; the academy, anatomy theatre, great church, and other curiosities of the place. And the next morning I take the like passage forRotterdam.

Thisday I went to theHague, where at length I again met his Excellency; having seenDelftandRyswickin the way. AtDelftparticularly I was entertained with a sight of the great church, and fine monument erected there in memory ofWilliamthe first, Prince ofOrange. And the next day I continue to attend his Excellency at theHague.

Thisday, being Sunday, I depart from theHague, with his Excellency, Mr. Paget, and Mr. Foley, in atreck schuyt, by the way ofLeyden, forAmsterdam; where we put up at theOude Heeren logement. And staying here the two following days, after paying a visit to Mr.Marcus, I amuse myself with viewing the magazine of the admiralty, the stadthouse, and spinhouse; the hospital of boys and girls, with that of old women; the rasphouse, and other public buildings.

I returnthis day toLeyden, and there see Mr.De la Faye, brother of the English minister of that place; and with him visitJacobus Gronovius, professor of eloquence and history, and at this timerector magnificus; from whom I receive a copy ofMynhéer Cosson’sinscriptions, among which are some not published in theMemoria Cossoniana.

Wenow leaveLeyden, and go back toRotterdam, where his Excellency is lodged at theDoolefor about eight days, and then removes toWinestreet. During this time I become acquainted with Mr. Richard Davis on theHeering vliet, the chief promoter of the new episcopal English church, now building at the upper end of thatvliet. I observe whatever is remarkable here, particularly the statue ofErasmus, and the house of his birth; and likewise pay a visit toMons. Bayle.

I attendhis Excellency to theHague, and the next day, being Sunday, I go toRotterdam, there preach to the episcopal congregation, and return to theHaguethat evening. The day followingI walk from thence to theHousein the wood, which is a fine summer retirement, neatly built, and furnished with good painting, byFrederic Henry, Prince ofOrange.

I departwith Dr.TimeniforLeyden, where I now propose a long stay. And here I contract an acquaintance with Mr.Neufville, an ingenious and polite gentleman, master of a good library, and a curious collection of antiquities. With him also and Dr.TimeniI visit several of the professors, asGronovius,Perizonius, andTriglandius; and see likewise the library, and especially the manuscripts of this university. Among other curiosities in themuseumof Mr.Neufville, I observed the following inscriptions, cut in marble tablets.

CONSIMILES FRATRVM TRABEAS GESTAMINA HONORVMTERTIA QVAE DEERANT ADDIDIMVS TITVLIS.

CONSIMILES FRATRVM TRABEAS GESTAMINA HONORVM

TERTIA QVAE DEERANT ADDIDIMVS TITVLIS.

This, which follows, is on a stone opposite to the former.

DILECTAE PROBVS HAEC PERSOLVO MVNERA MATRIRESTITVENS STATVIS PRAEMIA QVAE DEDERAT[142].D. M.P. CAESIO EVTYCHETIFIL.B.M.Q.V.A.XXII.M.X.D.XXIV.H. III. FONTEIVS EVTYCHESET LEPIDVS PARENTES D..... RIO CVRATORI VIAE.. ET ALIMENTORVM..I PVBLICAE AECIANENSIVM.. RICVLANORVM.. OVINCIAE ASIAE.. ARIO O. K. FLAMINICOS. AQVARVM ET M .........ELECTO AD IVDICAND. SACR ..RECTORI ITALIAE REG. IR ....CVRATORI COLONIAR. SPL ....LVGDVNENSIVM CAL .........CALENORVM XIIVIR ROM ....

DILECTAE PROBVS HAEC PERSOLVO MVNERA MATRI

RESTITVENS STATVIS PRAEMIA QVAE DEDERAT[142].

D. M.

P. CAESIO EVTYCHETI

FIL.B.M.Q.V.A.XXII.M.X.D.XXIV.

H. III. FONTEIVS EVTYCHES

ET LEPIDVS PARENTES D.

.... RIO CVRATORI VIAE

.. ET ALIMENTORVM

..I PVBLICAE AECIANENSIVM

.. RICVLANORVM

.. OVINCIAE ASIAE

.. ARIO O. K. FLAMINI

COS. AQVARVM ET M .........

ELECTO AD IVDICAND. SACR ..

RECTORI ITALIAE REG. IR ....

CVRATORI COLONIAR. SPL ....

LVGDVNENSIVM CAL .........

CALENORVM XIIVIR ROM ....

This, which follows, was on a gemm.

ΔΡΑΚΩΝΘΕΑΓΕΝΟΥΣΑΛΚΙΜΟΣΤΟΞΟΤΗΣΑΘΗΝΑ.

ΔΡΑΚΩΝ

ΘΕΑΓΕΝΟΥΣ

ΑΛΚΙΜΟΣ

ΤΟΞΟΤΗΣ

ΑΘΗΝΑ.

Onthe opposite side was a bent bow, with a quiver and arrow, as likewise a serpent twining about the bow; and on the right side was ingraven the word ΑΝΤΙΨΙΛΟΥ.

I nowdesire my dismission from the family of his Excellency, and hire a lodging for myself. And such was his generosity, that two days afterwards he was pleased to send me the residue of my salary, with half as much more, as was then due, at the rate of eighty pounds a year.

I seethe curious work in cut paper by a woman atRotterdam. And three days afterwards going toDelft, I visit Mr.Leewenhoek, and see his microscopes, with many curious discoveries upon insects, and other minute animals. The same day I pass to theHague, to gratify my curiosity in viewing such things, as before had escaped my observation.

Thewind setting fair for England, I hasten toRotterdam, to take leave of his Excellency, who embarked at two a clock. Here I purchase a large number of books, and other necessaries, to a considerable value.

I quitmy lodgings atRotterdam, and remove to theHague. The day following I visit the church ofLaunsdonewhere I found this inscription under two brass basins:Margareta, Hermani Comitis Henebergae uxor, filia Gulielmi Caesaris, annoMCCLXXVI365enixaest pueros etc. sicut in hac tabula ex vetustis tam manuscriptis, quam typis excusis, chronicis positum ac enarratum est. The same afternoon I pass on toHonstardyke, where I see theorangeryfour hundred and fifty yards long; the East Indiabuffalo, male and female; the aviary, in which is a white peacock, the birds calledlepelaars, and variety of foreign ducks and geese; the stable of foreign beasts, among which is themamótof East India (like a stag, but with twisted horns) and acassaware; the gardens, in which are several beautiful statues, particularly one of agladiator; the house consisting of one intire quadrangle within two good galleries, the Queen’s japan cabinet, and the King’s well furnished with curious paintings.

I nowreturn again toAmsterdam, by the way ofGouda, in company with Mr.Vandeput. Here we stop to observe the excellent painted glass in the several windows of that church; and then proceeding in our passage by thetreck schuytarrive atAmsterdamby six a clock next morning, and after diner make a visit to Dr.Cockburn. The next day we are introduced by the Doctor to see Mr.De Wild’scabinet, richly furnished with coins, gems, sculptures, and statues. Among the rest of his curiosities he has an excellent piece, representing theMassacreof theDe Witts, a good brassOtho, and a fineVenus Anadyomene. The day following the Doctor procured for us the like favour from Mr.Vincent, whose cabinet consists of a very numerous and well disposed collection of animals and shells.

Mr.Cockburn, son of the Doctor, Mr.Vandeput, and I, divert ourselves, by making a short excursion toSardam, inNorth Holland, remarkable for the great number of windmills that surround it, and the large quantity of timber, which always lies there ready prepared for building of ships. We return in the evening toAmsterdam; and the next day I purchase ofMynhéer Visschera set ofGeographical Charts, bothOldandNew; and then visitMynhéer Uilenbroek, a curious gentleman, possessed of a very large and well chosen library, as also a cabinet of coins and other rarities.

I departforHarlem, and there visit the learnedAntony Van Dale, by profession a physician, in opinion an anabaptist. He entertained me very obligingly with a sight of the neat gardens, costly tulips, and other amusements of that place. In discoursing with him on divers subjects of learning, he seemed in some things over sceptical, questioning particularly the authority of theApocalypse. I go the same night toLeyden, and from thence the next day toRotterdam.

Returningagain toHarlem, Mr.Van Dalecarries me to visitMynhéer Koolaert, a merchant, and father of a beautiful daughter, namedHester, about seventeen years of age, born deaf and consequently dumb; but taught to speak (tho not very articulately) by one Dr.Amman, who has published a book upon that art, of which the young lady gave me a copy inDutch, and her father another inLatin. She asked me after Mr.RomboutsofConstantinople; and I answering he is dead, she discerned what I said by the motion of my lips. By the same means she can discourse at large with her mother even in the dark, by feeling her lips when speaking. She writes well, and paints curiously. And her mother is an excellent Latinist. The same day Mr.Van Daleshewed me a specimen of the first printing, kept in the town house of this place; and in the market place the inscription, asserting that invention toHarlem:

MEMORIAE SACRVMTYPOGRAPHICA ARS ARTIVM OMNIVM CONSERVATRIXHIC PRIMVM INVENTA A L. COSTERO HARLEMENSIMCCCCXXIIX.

MEMORIAE SACRVM

TYPOGRAPHICA ARS ARTIVM OMNIVM CONSERVATRIX

HIC PRIMVM INVENTA A L. COSTERO HARLEMENSIMCCCCXXIIX.

The next day I leaveHarlem, and return toAmsterdam.

Thismorning, with Dr.Cockburnand Mr.Vandeput, I visit the learned Mr.le Clerc. He shewed me theThesaurus linguae LatinaeofRob. Stephanus, improved by manuscript notes of the author’s own hand; as alsoIrenaeus,Lib.v.cap.2. concerning the presence in the sacrament; and complained of Mr.Grabe, as misrepresentingthe church of England in his notes. In the afternoon, in company with Mr.Vandeput, I review the cabinet ofMynhéer Uilenbroek; and by his leave copy the two following sepulchral inscriptions, one in Latin, and the other in Greek, the former of which is peculiarly remarkable for the corruption of the language.

D. M. S.NON. SVFECERAT. VNO. DOLORE.MISEROS. BIBERE. PARENTES.QVOD. IAM. VNAM. NATAM. OMISERANT. ANTE. ECCE. NVNC. ET. ALIAM.SAEPELITAM. VNO. DOLOREM.QVOD. IAM. PROPE. NYPPTVM. MYSERAE.DEFVNCTAE. SVNT. AMBAE. SET.QVI. DOLOR. ABS. TE. NOBIS. HARMONIA. RVFA. RELICTVM. EST. VT. ANNIS. XIII. M. VI. D. XXVI. NOBISCVM. ADVIXERIS. VNA. ET. NOS. OPTAMVS.AD. VOS. PROPERARE. PARENTES.EGO. PATER. HARMONIVS. JANVARIVS. CVM. BESTA. MATREM.QVAE GEMVIT. VIBET. ET. DOLET. CLODIA. TROPHIME. NEC. DVBITAMVR. ENIM. VITA. CARERE. MO ....

D. M. S.

NON. SVFECERAT. VNO. DOLORE.

MISEROS. BIBERE. PARENTES.

QVOD. IAM. VNAM. NATAM. OMISER

ANT. ANTE. ECCE. NVNC. ET. ALIAM.

SAEPELITAM. VNO. DOLOREM.

QVOD. IAM. PROPE. NYPPTVM. MYSERAE.

DEFVNCTAE. SVNT. AMBAE. SET.

QVI. DOLOR. ABS. TE. NOBIS. HARMO

NIA. RVFA. RELICTVM. EST. VT. ANNI

S. XIII. M. VI. D. XXVI. NOBISCVM. AD

VIXERIS. VNA. ET. NOS. OPTAMVS.

AD. VOS. PROPERARE. PARENTES.

EGO. PATER. HARMONIVS. JANVA

RIVS. CVM. BESTA. MATREM.

QVAE GEMVIT. VIBET. ET. DOLET. CLO

DIA. TROPHIME. NEC. DVBITA

MVR. ENIM. VITA. CARERE. MO ....

ΗΛΥΘΕΣ. ΟΥΚ. ΑΒΟΑΤΟΣ. ΕΝΙ. ΤΡΙΣΣΑΙΣ. ΔΕΚΑΔΕΣΣΙΝ.ΘΕΥΔΟΤΕ. ΤΑΝ. ΖΩΟΙΣ. ΟΙΜΑΝ. ΟΦΕΙΛΟΜΕΝΑΝ.ΚΑΙ. ΣΕ. ΤΟΝ. ΕΝ. ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙΣΙ. ΓΕΓΑΘΟΤΑ. ΠΟΥΛΥ. ΜΕΤ. ΑΣΤΩΝ.ΜΑΤΗΡ. ΑΙΑΖΕΙ. ΜΥΡΟΜΕΝΑ. ΠΡΥΤΑΝΙΝ.ΠΕΤΡΟΣ. Ο. ΔΕ. ΞΕΙΝΟΙΣΙ. ΒΟΑΣΕΤΑΙ. ΩΣ. ΑΙΔΑΛΟΣ.ΑΣΦΑΛΕΣ. ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙΣ. ΟΥΘΕΝ. ΕΝΕΙΜΕ. ΤΥΧΑ.ΕΙΗΣ. ΤΟΙ. ΣΥΜ. ΠΑΤΡΙ. ΚΕΧΑΡΜΕΝΟΣ. ΟΦΡΑΝ. ΕΣ. ΑΨΩ[143].ΣΩΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ. ΕΝ. ΦΘΙΜΕΝΟΙΣ. ΜΥΡΙΟΝ. ΑΙΝΟΝ. ΕΧΗ.

ΗΛΥΘΕΣ. ΟΥΚ. ΑΒΟΑΤΟΣ. ΕΝΙ. ΤΡΙΣΣΑΙΣ. ΔΕΚΑΔΕΣΣΙΝ.

ΘΕΥΔΟΤΕ. ΤΑΝ. ΖΩΟΙΣ. ΟΙΜΑΝ. ΟΦΕΙΛΟΜΕΝΑΝ.

ΚΑΙ. ΣΕ. ΤΟΝ. ΕΝ. ΣΠΟΝΔΑΙΣΙ. ΓΕΓΑΘΟΤΑ. ΠΟΥΛΥ. ΜΕΤ. ΑΣΤΩΝ.

ΜΑΤΗΡ. ΑΙΑΖΕΙ. ΜΥΡΟΜΕΝΑ. ΠΡΥΤΑΝΙΝ.

ΠΕΤΡΟΣ. Ο. ΔΕ. ΞΕΙΝΟΙΣΙ. ΒΟΑΣΕΤΑΙ. ΩΣ. ΑΙΔΑΛΟΣ.

ΑΣΦΑΛΕΣ. ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙΣ. ΟΥΘΕΝ. ΕΝΕΙΜΕ. ΤΥΧΑ.

ΕΙΗΣ. ΤΟΙ. ΣΥΜ. ΠΑΤΡΙ. ΚΕΧΑΡΜΕΝΟΣ. ΟΦΡΑΝ. ΕΣ. ΑΨΩ[143].

ΣΩΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ. ΕΝ. ΦΘΙΜΕΝΟΙΣ. ΜΥΡΙΟΝ. ΑΙΝΟΝ. ΕΧΗ.

Mr.Vandeput, Dr.Cockburn’syoungest son, and myself, hire a couple of chaises, and make a journey intoNorth Holland. We passMonnikedam, theBeemster, and so toAlckmair; where we observe the beautiful and clean streets, the stadthouse, the church, and noble picture there of the year 1504, the delightful woods, and artificial walks. We return that night, but not without being imposed on by the owner of our chaises.

Havingcontinued thus long atAmsterdam, enjoying the company of my good friends, and amusing my self with the variety of entertainments, which this place affords to strangers, I now depart forNaerdenin thetreck schuytby the way ofMuyden, whither I am kindly accompanied by Mr.Le Jolle. There I arrive by two a clock, and having viewed that complete and compact fortification, I depart at six in a post chaise forUtrecht, where I arrive by nine, and lodge without the gate. In the morning I repair to Mr.Foley, and am by him invited to lodge in his apartment. He carried me to visitHolthenus, a learned divine and minister of the place, who had then the care of the new edition ofGruter; and has a good collection of coins, among which was observableNervaof the largest size, the reverse a palm tree, with the legendFISCI IVDAICI CALVMNIA ABLATA.

Mr.Foleyand my self hire a traveling chaise and pair atUtrecht, with which we proceed toAmerford, and from thence to the King’s house atLoo, where we arrive by three a clock in the afternoon. And upon our return toUtrechtthe day following, I begin to think ofEngland, and accordingly prepare my self for a voyage by the first convenient passage.

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