How they are lighted to the Plays, 105.
Their unwieldy Coaches, and scrub Liveries, 106.
Why they never wear Mourning, 108.
ROME, _t._ Manners of the People, 67, 72, 73, 406.
Its Squares, 2, _&c._
Churches, 6, _&c._
Palaces, 24, _&c._ 36, _&c._
Theatres, 65.
Their Diversions and Repasts, 68, 69.
Our Author's Dislike of this City, 68, 72.
Why young Gentlemen ought to visit it, 72.
Its Hospitals, 76.
Consistories, 81.
The Time when all Ceremonies are laid aside, 105.
Their Funerals, 107, 108.
Mourning, 108.
Their Fireworks, 109.
Its Governor, 109, 110.
Senator, 110.
Executions, 111, 113.
Their Hatred of other _Italians_, 127.
_Rota_, Tribunal of, 109.
_Rotonda_ Church, 7.
ROTTERDAM, _t._ 426.
_Rubempré_, Prince and Princess _de_, 300, 309.
_Rubens_, Painter, 317, 358, 359.
_Ruhi_, Marquis _de_, 318.
_Ruspanti_, Pensioners, why so call'd, 133.
_Ruspoli_, Signior, his Promotion to be a Cardinal, 77 to 80.
---- Prince's, Funeral, 108.
_Rysnic_, 370, 425.
S
_Sacrament_, Holy, the Grandeur and Solemnity of the Pope's Procession
with it, 124, and of the Parish of _St. Sulpice_ in _France_, 202.
_Saltzu, Herman de_, 336.
_Salviati_, Painter, 39.
_Santa Croce_, Prince of, 42.
SANTEN, _t._ 362.
_Santini_, Marquis, 341.
_Santa-Buona_, Duke, 60.
_Sardam_, Village, 389.
_Sardini_, Prelate, his Imprisonment, 92.
_Sardinia_, K. the Pope's Grant to him, _ibid._
_Sardinia, Victor Amedeus_ late K. of, his Abdication and Imprisonment,
156 to 164.
Son's Duty to him, 157 to 164.
_Sarno_, Duke of, 136.
SARZANA, _t._ 143.
_Sastago_, Count _de_, 318.
_Savoy_, Duchess of, 156.
Palace in the _Strand_, 435.
_Savoy_, Princes of, 435.
_Savoyards_, Character, 171.
_Saurin_, M. 414.
_Saxony_, _John George_ IV. Elector of, 446.
_Scaliger_'s Character of _Lyons_, 173.
_Scarlet_, why the Cardinals Robes and Caps are of that Colour, 86.
_Scarron, Paul_, the Poet, who was Madame _de Maintenon_'s Husband,
264.
_Schasberg_, Count _de_, 361.
_Scheld_ River, 3.
SCHEVELING, _t._ 400.
SCHLANGENBADT, _t._ 357.
_Schourff_, Baron _de_, 346.
_Schouts_, _Dutch_, 376.
SCHWALBACH, _t._ and Waters, 356.
_Schwartzo_, a _Jew_, 411.
_Sculpture_, not the best in _London_, 434.
_Seaux_, the Duke of _Maine_'s Seat, 223.
_Schonborn_, Countess _de_, 350.
---- _Francis-George_, Count _de_, Bishop of _Triers_, 350.
---- Bishops of _Spires_, and _Bamberg_, 350, 353.
_Sebastian, St._ Marchioness _de_, 156, 157, _&c._ 160, 162, 164.
---- K. of _Portugal_, 87.
---- _St._ t. taken, 258.
_Seignelay_, Marquis of, his Bombardment of _Genoa_, 144.
_Senator_, of _Rome_, 110.
_Seneca_'s Statue, 49.
_Senesino_, the Singer, 466.
_Senez_, Bishop of, 240.
SENS, _t._ 183.
Mademoiselle _de_, 217, 218.
SERSARA, _t._ 143.
_Servants_, the Custom of treating 'em in _England_, ridiculed, 465.
SESTRI, _t._ 143.
_Ships_, the Difference betwixt the _English_ and _Spaniards_, and
those of three Decks, and two, 138.
_Sinzendorf_, Count, 232, 403.
---- Countess, her Conversion to Popery by a Flash of Lightning, 149.
_Sixtus_ IV. his Power as to Hell and Purgatory, 25.
---- V. Pope, 8, 9, 25, 31.
_Skates, Dutch_, describ'd, 384.
_Slingeland_, the (late) Grand Pensionary of _Holland_, 406.
_Smith, Richard_, Bookbinder, and his Wife, their tragical Catastrophe,
270, _&c._
Their Apology for killing themselves and their Child, and the
Confession of their Faith, 271, 272.
_Snow_, in _August_, 13.
_Sobieski_, Prince and Princess. 61, 63.
Her Arrest, as she went to be marry'd to the Pretender, 61.
Her Escape, 61, 62.
Her Reception at _Rome_ by Lady _Marr_, &c. and the Cardinals, 63.
Her Death, _ibid._
_Sodomite_, the pert Answer of one to a Cardinal, 112.
_Soissons_, Congress, 295, 296.
_Solare_, Chevalier _de_, 162, 163, 164.
SPA, _t._ and Waters, 325.
Great Resort to it, 326.
_Spain_, Q. Dowager of _Lewis_ I. her Marriage, and her silent Visit
from _Lewis_ XV. 207.
Her Retirement to a Convent. 208.
_Spaniards_ Arrival at _Leghorn_, 134, 136, 137.
Comparison between their Officers and Ships, and the _English_, 138.
_Sparr_, Baron _de_, 346, 347.
_Speik_, Madame _de_, 361.
_Spigo_, Marquisate, and Marchioness, 157, 158, 160.
_Spinola, John Baptist_, Cardinal, 130.
_Spork_, M. _de_, 405.
_Stadthouse_, at _Amsterdam_, 377 to 380.
_Stage_ Players, the extravagant Respect paid to 'em in _France_, 266,
_&c._
A Joke put upon them by President _Harlai_, 267.
_Stampa_, General, 120.
_Stein_, Baron, 311.
_Stilletto_, the frequent Use of it at _Rome_, 73, 74.
_Stoves, Dutch_, describ'd, 372.
_Strafford_, Earl of, 438, 451, 452.
His prophetical Conversation with the D. of _Ormond_, 453.
_Strappa Corda_, what, 111.
_Strickland_, Bishop, 319.
_Strozzi_, Duke, 52.
_Suarez_, Madame, 135.
_Sudarini_, Marquis, his Present of a fine Coach to his
Daughter-in-law, 106.
_Sulpice, St._ the Parson's, Lottery, 201.
His Parsonage a fat one, 202.
Its Seminary, _ibid._
_Surnames_, the Moderns blamed for not giving them to their Heroes as
well as the Ancients, 251.
SUSA, _t._ 168.
T
_Tallard_, Duchess, 205, 211.
_Tancin_, Archbishop of _Ambrun_, 240.
_Tapistry_ Manufactures, 308.
_Targa_, Bp. Cardinal _Coscia_'s Brother, 91.
_Tavannes_, Count _de_, 182.
_Taverns, English_, better than the _French_, 465.
_Tenebra_, a fine Piece of Music, 96.
_Terrasson_, Abbé, 243.
_Teutonic_ Order, Masters of it, 326.
_Texeria_, a _Jew_, 411.
_Thames_ River, 431, 432.
_Theatres_ at _Paris_, better open'd than shut, 385.
_Theodore_, Baron _de Neuhoff_, proclaim'd K. of _Corsica_, 150.
_Tholouse_, Count _de_, and Countess, 199, 220, 221, 226.
Her Sister, 260.
_Thou_, M. _de_, Ambassador, his Dispute with a _Spaniard_ about
Precedency, 400.
_Tingry_, Prince _de_, 296.
_Tintoret_, Painter, 359.
TIRLEMONT, _t._ 319.
_Titian_, Painter, 359.
_Titus_'s Arch at _Rome_, 34.
TONGRES, _t._ 323.
_Torcy_, M. _de_, 237.
_Tour_ and _Taxis_, Prince and Princess, 306, 307, 308.
His Mother and Children, 307.
_Tour, Humbert de la_, 172, 173.
_Touraine, la_, 216.
_Tranquillity_, Christian, a Poem, on the Disputes of the Times, 279.
_Treaties_ of Peace, three concluded successively in the Dominions of
the _Dutch_, 370.
_Tremouille_, Cardinal _de_, 215.
TREVOUX, _t._ 179, 180.
_Triers, Francis-George_, Count _de Schonborn_, the present Bishop,
350, 351.
_Triple Crown_, by what Pope first worn, 22.
_Trotti_, Marquis _de_, 346.
_Tuilleries_, in _France_, Garden, 436.
_Tulip-Root_, of great Value, 395.
TURIN, _t._ 152.
Its University, 167.
Its Siege, 152, 153.
_Tuscans_, the great Hopes they entertained of _Don Carlos_, 139.
_Tuscany_'s Great Duke, his Manner of giving Audience in Bed, with his
Lap-Dogs, and his hearty Reception of our Author, 131, 132, 134.
His Indolence in his Bed-chamber, and Deshabille, 133.
His Kindness to Pilgrims, and Fondness for the _Germans_, ibid.
His Pensioners and Paymaster, _ibid._
Who influenced him to recognise Don _Carlos_ for his Successor, 134.
_Twicked, Wassenaer de_, 412.
_Tyburn_ Executions, 458, 459.
V
_Vahal_, River, 365.
_Val de Grace Church_, 198.
VALENCIENNES, _t._ 296.
_Valere_, Mademoiselle _de_, 188, 219.
_Valois, Philip de_, 172.
_Vander Borg_'s Tapistry, 308.
_Vander Duin_, Messieurs, 408.
_Vandyke_, 359.
_Varengeville, Joanna de_, Wife of the Marshal _Villars_, 255.
_Vatican_ Palace, 24, 31.
---- Library, 25.
_Vauhan_, M. Engineer, 315.
_Vayrac_, Abbé, the Author, 273.
His pleasant Rencounter with a pert Coxcomb of a Counsellor, 273,
274.
His Plagiarism, 274.
_Vendosme_, Duke de, 253. Why he has not left his Fellow, 254.
_Venerie Castle_, 155.
_Venice_ and _Amsterdam_ compar'd, 371.
_Ventadour_, Duke and Duchess _de_, 205, 334.
_Vermillon_'s Tapistry, 308.
_Veronese, Paul_, Painter, 359.
_Versailles_ Park, 436.
_Vespasian_'s Amphitheatre, 35.
_Uhlefeldt_, Count _de_, 403.
_Uhlefeldt_, Mademoiselle _de_, her unhappy Fate in the Fire at
_Brussels_, 301, 403.
VIAREGGIO Forest and Village, 141, 142.
_Victor_, King of _Sardinia_, his Abdication and Imprisonment, 155 to
164.
His Advice to the famous _John Law_, 239.
His Treaty with _France_ and _Spain_, 252.
_Vienna_ Treaty, 296.
VIENNE, _t._ 173.
_Villars_, Marshal de, _Francis Hector_, 250 to 256.
Our Author's smart Answer to him, when he boasted of his Clemency at
_Denain_, 251.
His Invention of a Surname for the Marshal, which put him in good
Humour, 252.
His Creation as Marshal of _France_, _ib._
His Conduct in the _Cevennois_ and in _Flanders_, 253.
His Preferment to the Government of _Provence_, and his Compliment to
the Memory of his deceased Predecessor, 254.
His remarkable Expressions to the _French_ King, when he went to the
Command in _Germany_, and when he had purchas'd an Estate,
_ibid._
His Command, Sickness and Death, in _Italy_, 255.
His Family and Character, _ibid._ 256.
His nimble Trip from a Ball to a Battle, _ibid._
A Sonnet made on him when he set out last for _Italy_, _ibid._
His Scruple to accept of a Commission to act against the King of
_Spain_, 258.
_Villeroy_, M. 174, 178, 229.
The Family, _ibid._ 175.
_Vinci, Leonard_, 66.
_Vintimille_, N. N. Archbishop of _Paris_, 192.
His Concern for the Goodness of his Mutton, greater than for that of
the Pasture of his Sheep, 193.
His equal Respect to different Orders, and an Epigram upon his
Mandate, in favour of the _Constitution Unigenitus_, 193.
_Viol_, holy, at _St. Rheims_, the Story of it, 269, 270.
_Visconti_, Count _de_, and Countess, 300, 302, 307, 308.
_Vitriarius_, Professor, 397.
_Voisin_, M. Secretary at War, 235.
_Voltaire_, the Poet, his Tragedy of _Brutus_ admir'd, 265.
Criticis'd, 266, 467.
_Urban_ V. Pope, 22.
_Urban_ VIII. Pope, his Order about the Cardinals Title, 86.
_Vrilliere_, M. Secretary of State, 209, 237, 238.
---- Madame _de_, 238.
_Ursini_, Cardinal, his Election to be Pope, 26, 27.
_Ushers_ of the Pope, their Privilege, 81.
UTRECHT, _t._ 367, 368, _&c._
---- its Walls resembling those of Jericho, 368.
_Lewis_ XIV. afraid of its Cellars, _ibid._
_Uxelles_, Marshal de, 354.
W
_Wager_, Admiral's Arrival at _Leghorn_, whither he convoy'd the
_Spaniards_, 136.
_Waldeck_, Prince, 21, 57.
_Wales_, _Frederic_, Pr. of, 447.
_Wallingford_, Ld. his Marriage, 240.
_Walpole_, Sir _Robert_, 450, 451.
_Walpol_, Baron _de_, 350.
_Walrave_, Colonel, 362.
_Wartemberg_, Countess de, 409, 410.
Her innumerable Adventures of Gallantry, 409.
_Wassenaars_, of _Holland_, 412.
_Water-works_, finer than those of _St. Cloud_, 269.
_Watteville_, Mademoiselle de, 311.
_Welderen_, Count _de_, 407, 408, 409.
_Werf, Vander_, a Painter, 359.
WESEL, _t._ 362.
_Westminster_ Abbey and Palace, 440, 441.
_Wetzler_ Chamber, 324.
_Whitehall_, Palace, 435.
_Whitworth_, Lady, her smart Rebuke of Cardinal _Corsini_, for
pretending to meddle with Houshold Affairs at _Cambray_ Congress,
119.
_William_ l. Pr. of _Orange_'s Assassination, 425.
_William_ III. Prince of _Orange_'s Dispute for Precedency with the
Count _d'Estrades_, 401.
---- Disputes adjusted relating to his Succession, 405, 406.
---- _Charles-Henry_, Prince of, 412, 413.
_Windmills_ of _Holland_, 389.
_Windsor_ Palace, by whom built, 450.
_Wirtemberg_, _Lewis_, Pr. of, his, saying to the _Genoese_, about
_Corsica_, 150.
---- _Alexander_, Pr. of, 307.
_Wogan_, Mr. in the Pretender's Service, 61, 62.
_Wolffgang de Neubourgh_, Duke, 359.
_Wolsey_, Cardinal 450.
_Women_ Lying-in, a Protection to their Husbands, 396.
_Worms_, fatal to the Dykes of _Holland_, 392, 393.
_Wrangel_, Marshal _de_, 309.
_Wurmbrand_, Count _de_, ibid.
_Wuytiers Barkman_, Bp. of _Utrecht_, 369.
_Wynendale_ Battle, to what the _French_ ascribe the Loss of it, 153.
Z
ZEIST, _t._ 367.
---- Count _de_, 412, 413.
_Zuchro_, Painter, 39.
_Zumjungen_, Marshal _de_, 308, 309.
_FINIS._
FOOTNOTES:
[1] His Eminency died in the Beginning of the Year 1733, after which,
Signior _Thomas Ratto_, and _Ottinelli_, heretofore Auditor of the
_Rota_, and now Bishop of _Cordoua_, had the Care of the _Spanish_
Affairs, in which he was succeeded by Cardinal _Acquaviva_.
[2] Now Pope _Clement_ XII. whose Nephews and Nieces dwell in it.
[3] The last Hackney that was presented on the Part of the House of
_Austria_, was deliver'd by the Prince of _Santa Croce_, whom the
Emperor appointed for that Ceremony, because _Spain_ having conquer'd
the Kingdom of _Naples_, the Constable was not willing to concern
himself in the Affair, before it was finally decided. This was in the
Year 1734.
[4] He is now a Cardinal and Archbishop of _Benevento_.
[5] This Princess, who was born _July_ 6. 1702. O. S. died _Jan._ 7.
1735.
[6] As the Baron above three Years since durst not venture much Money on
the fulfilling of this Prophecy, we may now say it is not worth a
Farthing.
[7] His Eminency is return'd to _France_, and succeeded in his Embassy
by the Duke of _St. Aignan_.
[8] The Death of this Cardinal has been already mention'd. His Successor
is M. _Ratto_, Bishop of _Cordoua_.
[9] _Henry_ was Son to King _Emanuel_, and _Sebastian_ was Grandson of
_John_ III. Brother to the Cardinal _Henry_.
[10] He did it however in the Year 1733.
[11] Since these Letters were wrote, he is actually return'd, and
hitherto he is come but poorly off. Tho' his Fate be not yet intirely
determin'd, 'tis certain that he will not be degraded. A Sentence has
been pass'd upon him, and ratify'd, whereby he is declar'd
excommunicate, and out of a Possibility of being absolv'd, but by the
Pope, even _in articulo mortis_; he is also to be confin'd in a
Fortress, depriv'd of the Power of Speaking or Voting, _&c._ But as
_omnia venalia Roma_, even more now than in _Jugurtha_'s Time, the
Cardinal _del Gindici_, who is a Friend of his Eminency _Coscia_, gave
him to understand, that the Pope was resolv'd to treat him as a Grand
_Vizier_ in Disgrace; that he must absolutely refund, and that all his
Sins shou'd be blotted out. Consequently his Eminency submitted to
implore his Holiness's Clemency, on Condition of paying well for it; and
in fine, his Pardon has been tax'd at thirty thousand Ducats. He has
clamour'd against it not a little; but the Holy Father wou'd not abate
an Ace of it, and the Cardinal was forc'd to acquiesce; however, as he
always watches for the Death of the Pope, he desir'd to pay it at
several Terms; and upon depositing ten thousand Crowns down, he
immediately receiv'd Absolution, his Guards were taken off, and he had
Liberty granted him to walk about in the Castle of _St. Angelo_, and to
converse there with his Brother the Bishop of _Targa_. He pleads
Poverty, and shuffles off his Payments from one time to another, in
constant Expectation that the Gout will rise into the Pope's Stomach,
and take him out of his Way. At length, in 1734, he paid down ten
thousand Crowns more. But a Collector of Taxes, from whom he formerly
receiv'd a great Present to procure him an Acquittance from the Chamber,
to which he ow'd seventy thousand Crowns, died lately insolvent, and
without making good the Fraud; and as _Cæsar_, they say, _loses
nothing_, the Chamber comes upon Cardinal _Coscia_, who is condemn'd to
pay this Deficiency too, and the Pope won't hear any Talk of compounding
it.
[12] He Afterwards created him a Cardinal; but he died at _Benevento_ in
1733. Nobody after his Death wou'd accept of this Benefice, till the
Pope gave it to the Abbat _Conti_, a _Roman_, who only took it upon
Condition that his Holiness wou'd give him a red Hat to boot; which he
did accordingly, at the last Promotion of Cardinals.
[13] It was publish'd in the News-papers of 1732, that this Gentleman
was sentenc'd to be beheaded, but that his Holiness had commuted that
Sentence to ten Years Imprisonment. It was afterwards said in the public
News, that the Pope had shorten'd it, first, to seven Years, and then to
three Years Imprisonment. At length the Pope was for removing him to
_Perousa_, or elsewhere; but the Prelate wou'd not go, and said, If he
cou'd not have his intire Liberty, he wou'd live and die in the Castle
of _St. Angelo_.
[14] The Origin of this Ceremony, if we may believe Father _Sirmond_ and
_Ciccarelli_, was this: It comes from a Custom they had at _Rome_, of
distributing to the People upon every _Whitsunday_ the Remainder of the
Paschal Wax-taper, which was consecrated on _Holy Saturday_. The Vulgar,
who are always superstitious, appropriated several Virtues to this
consecrated Wax, particularly that 'twas a Preservative against the
Delusions of the Devil, and the Injuries of Lightning, _&c._ and they
us'd to burn little Pieces of this Wax in their Houses. There being not
enough left of the Paschal Wax-taper to satisfy the Cravings of the
People, the Archdeacon took it into his Head to take some other Wax,
which he sprinkled with Oil, bless'd it, and made little Bits of it in
the Form of a Lamb, and then distributed them to the People. Afterwards
they only flatted those Pieces of Wax, and impress'd 'em with the Stamp
of a Lamb bearing the Standard of the Cross. They believe that none but
such as are in Orders have the Power to touch them, and they are cover'd
neatly with embroider'd Stuff to be given to the Laity. There is nothing
by which the Monks more successfully impose upon the Credulous; for to
such they distribute _Agnus Dei_'s that were never on t'other Side of
the _Alps_.
[15] He is the Pope's Vicechamberlain.
[16] When he was at the Congress at _Cambray_, he had a Fancy to regulate
every Plenipotentiary's Houshold; and indeed, that was all he did there.
One Day he took it into his Head to give his [OE]conomical Rules at my
Lord _Whitworth_'s, but he did not find my Lady very compliant; for, said
she, M. _le Marquis, We make use of the +Italians+ to regulate our
+Concerts+; but as for the Table, pray give us leave to consult the
+French+._
[17] Cardinal _Grimani_ succeeded Cardinal _Bentivoglio_ in the
Legateship of _Bologna_, as soon as the present Pope had created him a
Cardinal; but he died in the Legateship, and his Holiness conferr'd it
upon _John Baptist Spinola_, whom he had just before advanc'd to the
Purple.
[18] Nevertheless there is a Difference between these two Families: The
Duke _Ferdinand_ the last Survivor of that of _Kettler_, but of the
Family of _Medicis_ there are Princes still living, who have an
incontestable Right to the Succession; for 'tis certain, that _Bernard
de Medicis_, the eldest Brother of Pope _Leo_ XI. descended from
_Juvenco de Medicis_, Brother of _Sylvester Clarissimus_, the Head of
the present reigning Branch, which _Bernard de Medicis_ was the Son of
_Ottaviano_, the last Standard-bearer of _Florence_ in 1528. This
_Bernard_ purchas'd the Barony of _Ottajano_ near Mount _Vesuvius_ in
the Kingdom of _Naples_, to which he transferr'd this Branch of the
_Medicis_; and the present Prince of _Ottajano_, and Duke of _Sarno_,
who married _Theresa_, Daughter of _Charles_ Prince of _Acquaviva_, is
his Great Great Grandson.
[19] The Count _de Charni_ signs N. _d'Orleans C. de Charni_. He is a
Bastard of the _Orleans_ Family, but by whom is not known. He has
advanc'd himself at the Court of _Spain_, and is now Commandant of
_Naples_, and Lieutenant-General of the Kingdom.
[20] This Prince went thro' _France_, and arriv'd at _Florence_ the
Beginning of the Year 1732.
[21] This young Prince died in 1734, as his illustrious Uncle did in the
Year following.
[22] The _Spaniards_ took it at the Beginning of the War, and 'twas the
first of their Exploits.
[23] _Giafferi_ did all he could; but was obliged to submit to Force,
the Republic being assisted by the Troops which the Emperor had
assembled in _Lombardy_, to oppose the Enterprizes he was then
apprehensive of from the _Spaniards_. _Giafferi_ was arrested, but by a
great deal of Art and Cunning he obtain'd his Freedom, after the
_Genoese_ thought the _Corsicans_ were disarmed, destitute of Leaders,
and reduced to a Sense of their Duty; and he retired to _Tuscany_. But
the _Corsicans_ being no better treated than they were before their
Accommodation, took up Arms again, upon which _Giafferi_ procured them
all manner of Assistance, and actually returned to that Island, and put
himself at the Head of the Malecontents, who seemed to have a fair
Chance of regaining their Liberties. They were so uppish in Expectation
of foreign Assistance, that they rejected some new Concessions made to
them by the _Genoese_, in _Dec, 1734_, declar'd _Aitelli_ General of the
Forces, and one _Costa_, a Man of great Intrigues, General-Auditor of
the Island; and, at the same time, made Proposals to the King of _Spain_
to take them under his Protection, having renounced all Subjection to
the Republic of _Genoa_, declar'd themselves a free and independent
People, and resolv'd to defend their Liberties to the last Man. At
length they receiv'd some Recruits of Money and Ammunition by one
_Theodore_, who call'd himself the Baron _de Neuhoff_, and arriv'd in
_March_ 1736. on Board an _English_ Ship from _Tunis_; but in the Name
of what Power he acted, is as yet a Mystery. He had the Success to be
proclaim'd King of _Corsica_, and Copper Money was coin'd there with his
Effigies; but he has since been obliged to abandon the Island; and the
_French_ have taken upon them to accommodate Matters between the
_Genoese_ and _Corsicans_. It must be left to Time, to shew whether the
_Genoese_ will have Reason to be pleased with this formidable Mediation.
After all, that Republic has too much Cause to remember the Saying of
Prince _Lewis_ of _Wirtemberg_, who, when he return'd with the Imperial
Troops from suppressing the former Rebellion, told them, That the Island
was not worth the Expences which the Republic had been at in reducing
the _Corsicans_, and what they must be at continually to keep them in
Subjection.
[24] The Prince had a Kindness for Mademoiselle _de Cumiane_, before she
was married to the Count _de St. Sebastian_, when she was Maid of Honour
to Madame Royale. She was afterwards a Lady of Honour to the Duchess of
_Savoy_, and at last Tire-Woman to the Princess of _Piedmont_, late
Queen of _Sardinia_. She has been a Widow since 1723. After she was
married to the Count _de St. Sebastian_, she still preserv'd the King's
Friendship and Esteem, and was always in great Credit with him. When she
became a Widow, the old Flames of Love broke out again; the King gave
her an Apartment at Court, where he cou'd see her without being seen,
and he took Care of her Family.
[25] 'Tis said, that the real Motive of this Abdication was his
Perplexity on Account of the Succession of _Parma_ and _Tuscany_, and
the Introduction of the Infante _Don Carlos_ into _Italy_. They say he
had enter'd into Engagements relating to this Affair, first with the
Court of _Vienna_, and afterwards with _Spain_; and it not being
possible for him to satisfy either of those Courts without exposing
himself to the Resentment of the other, he resolved to abdicate, at
least for a Time, because he knew of no other Way to extricate himself
from the Dilemma.
[26] The Abdication was performed the 3d of _September_, in the Castle
of _Rivoli_. The declar'd Motives, were the Fatigues of a Reign of fifty
Years, the Infirmities of old Age, and the Necessity of some Interval of
Retirement, between a Throne and a Tomb.
[27] The King was not marry'd to the Countess of _St. Sebastian_, till
he came to _Chamberry_, where she met him; for he set out from _Turin_
without her. When he marry'd her, he gave her one hundred thousand
Crowns, with which she purchased the Marquisate of _Spigo_ for her
Children, and then exchang'd her Title of Countess of _St. Sebastian_
for that of Marchioness of _Spigo_.