![]() But I was soon aware, that the Description of those who have Written before me, even in the middle of that Kingdom, are very imperfect. I have made use of all those I could come at, Books, Maps, Memoirs, Inquiries of living persons, besides what I knew of my own. SOme Readers may imagine that it is no hard matter to describe a Country so near, so full of Learned men and so stor'd with excellent Books as France is, especially for a Native of it, because of the many helps an Author may meet with. May Almighty God animate Your Subjects with so uch Zeal, and bless Your Arms with so great a Success, that Your Majesty may afford an occasion to Your secret Friends to declare themselves, and procure them such a settled Welfare, and constant Liberty, as may have no other end, but the Consummation of the World: Which is the earnest Desire, Of The Secular Clergy of France depriv'd of their Authority, the Nobility of their Power, the Gentry of their Estates, the Parliaments reduc'd to be only the unworthy Ministers of the Passions and Pleasures of a few arbitrary Courtiers: the Learned overloaden with Superstitions the persecuted Protestants forc'd to a Worship, which they detest in their Heart most or all the French Cities or Countries robb'd of their Liberties and Privileges, and even the whole Kingdom beggar'd and famish'd, sigh and long for such a Deliverer as Your Majesty, who is not afraid of the tempests of the Sea, and bids defiance to the Fire of Canon's who has eceiv'd so many Wounds, and loo 'd so many Dangers in the Face for our Security. A great n mber of those who appear Your inveterate Enemies are most concern'd for Your Majesty, and tru st to Your Interest. But as when Solomon prefer'd Wisdom to Riches God gave him the latter too as an Overplus: So it may be that the just Distributer of Kingdoms, being pleased with that act of Justice of Your Majesty, will add to Your Dominions the vast Estates of Your Fore-Fathers, and l t us s e another Henry of England Crown'd in Paris. The vast Dutchies of Normandy and Guyenn, Maine, Touraine, Perche and Poictou the Counties of Ponthieu and Guisnes, Calais, Boulogne, Ardres and their dependencies, were th Patrimonial Estates of the King of England besides many Countie and Lordships that Your Predecessors the Princes of Orange hav enjoy'd in Dauphine, Provence Languedoc and Burgundy that, tho the pretended Salick Law by which the Houses of Valois an Bourbon, endeavoured to maintain their usurpation, should tak place Your Majesty has still th lawful claim of inheritance to th best part of the French Territories.Īll the World knows that n such motives have ingaged You Majest in this present War: You generous Mind aims at nothing else than to get restor'd to your Allie what an ambitious Prince has usurped from them. THE Kingdom of France, tho' never so large and pow rful, has formerly belong'd, either n part or in whole, to Your glorious Ancestors. By the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To His Most Excellent MAJESTY WILLIAM III. This material was created by the Text Creation Partnership in partnership with ProQuest's Early English Books Online, Gale Cengage's Eighteenth Century Collections Online, and Readex's Evans Early American Imprints. Of the Islands depending of the Government Orleanois.Of the Country of Perche, or Le Perche.The Bishoprick of Constance or Coutance.Other Towns, Royal Houses, and Places of Note in the Parisis. ![]() Towns and Places of Note in the Parisis, or the Territory of Paris.Of the Isle of France, and its Dependencies. The Principality of SEDAN and Dukedom of BOUILLON and RETHEL. LORRAIN, the Three Bishopricks, and the Dutchy of BAR. ach of its great Provinces, smaller Counties, Cities, Towns, Royal Houses, Forests, Mountains, Coasts, Rivers and Lakes are Geographically and Historically described.Of the Chief Officers of the Crown and Kingdom. Of the Riches, Strength, and Government of France. Of the Inhabitants of France, and of their Language. Of the Air and Soil of France, and its various Productions. Of the ancient and modern Bounds and Divisions of France Of her Mountains, Ports, Rivers and Forests. A General and Particular DESCRIPTION OF FRANCE.
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