H
îftsTORICAI.
E pochs.
I ? T .R™ E S .
Weftern part^of-JSjffiiajâ..»^/'
Flanders.'
Éaftecp pâct of.Flanders.
Eàftern part o f Brabant..
Soliàiira p£tV o f BraBant. B I
Part of the country ot P ié g é, I
- “ an (i'of Gelderland. ■
Part of the coüntlia^gffiiegf,'
and of Hambourg, with ti
■ principahües1 ofatavelo, ‘ ana
" Malmedi
County ofNamur.
r Duchy o f Luxembourg. " •
,■ Part o f thé Archbrfhonric . ‘
o f T rêves .WsSfOJiu
Part o f the Archbilhppric S j
o f Trêves, and pf the ,j
: Duchy o f D eux- Ponts.
Part o f the ancient A r c h - ; | I
hifliopric o f Mayeijegl.and
• o f the Duchy pf Dcux'Ponts.
Part o f the Archbi(hopipç,of.
.-.S^Colagpe, o f the duchy-ÿÿ-r
Juliers, o f Pruffian Ç^cldefî^iidj
o f Cleves, Meurs, & cufS,»
©f tht tenitaBjHbf (ieneytu,
o f the diflriéts o f G ÇX,; Pu-
rouge, Thqnon, & c , ,
F R A iST© Z ,
- D e p a r tm e n t s R e-u n i t e d
l'îS
Efcaut.
Dÿle, ■: i \
J inferieure. |
I
. ;-f Principal Tôwn
Bruges. . .
Gandt ■ .
Anvers. * ..
BVttóilè§E '4
Maëftricht.
L Ourthe.
T Sambre and' Meufe.
j Forêts'.
Ï Rhine aud,M.ofei^3<-.
MpptrTôftOerrS^
Namuc. r.,:,..
l.u v e fiboui|j„
Cob’lïüitérî Tf5;
Mîyênde..*
Aix-la-Chapelle.-',
’ Genève.
The cTivpf hiftoritói'egfq&s QÊ Brattce-may be arranged'in
lowing ord e r:
i . T h e priinrfl«|:^%alaticax *6f thfe Celts, and the coaqudfte b lith e :
Aquitanir a n d Belg®.
T h e faint notices o f the ancients ^ogiQermsg Gaul^Trö n v th è
eftabliüujient-of the Ffeocean colony at Marfeillesy'to th e cóliquëfl'*by
Cefar. / ' | p.. ^
^ T h e complete • difclofure of, thp .cqhKtry^to the. leö h èd ^o rA ..b y f
that great general; and the v&rious^revohations and events o f which itt
was the theatre undof-dhe domination o f the Romans.
4. The final contjfueft of' th e country by the Franks undér^Clovis,..
about the year 490', and the conversion of. the Franks to the Ghriftian .
faith, five years after-that period.
5. The obicure and diftra£ted biftory of^ th e Merovingian face,:
(France being frequently. fplU 5™p fmall kingdoms,) ti l l . its'final - ex-
tin&ion in the middle o f the eighth century.
6 . T he.
P B f lR h « O M G A h 'GE© G R AF HT. 2St
SU T he Garlovihgian'j race, which afeended th e . throne in the year h .stor.cao
75 2> and was followed, twenty years afterwards, by the celebrated EpoCHf-
reign of Charlemagne*'who car ried the power of France to th e utmoft
extent, and fplendour which it was ever'to attain ; having, in particular, , '
fubdued the greateft part of Germany, where he became the founder '
and firft fovereign re f what has fince been ftyled the German empire,
% D. 'Boo, add which ‘remaiked 'V ith - ‘H rW e m d a t ó
■icentury.
7. ■ T h ^ h c d ë f f î^ 'f e « ë 4 îoufe ‘e f f «i 7. *’•'
in y h ih h lîre ||^ e é eh êBÔEMHè chief:
I with. pb%%cc|^lié itn F r ^ l ^ ’by' Tïéhry'T
- 3 n d' i t sjfd£l i v eihWé é 'lïqp fhe ^ i d é o f © ^ i s ^ ó r r r a tH ë r ^ iy ^ ll^ # , y j ï
ftyleü th ^ v iâ o îio u si^ -- - > >
IO- h ° £ i X I» w h b ^ p t e f a i
were left ^ fté r the|Eh^lfih‘ Mock, M ^ y b e r e d d e d a s p è Vfa£her o f the '
abfólute 'mc/harehy.
- 9 $ thë arts1 a n d l i l f e
' aU” IÏ° thè
^ i ÿ f i ÿ . r e f i n e m ë h t , W P M W IÜ the
in FArégel - . - v 1
12. ^ ^ ^ fA V n s t ip pfoteft^nts, and ’Aialfacre ’ o f '
W. 'Batfhèlemy.
■ ÿ ^T h ’é r è ig h b f H enry IV.
<n®seh ;uegraSed by*otHe‘r 'ftjfiolfs: J<tir
15. Ther-edent revolution which has aftonilhed Europe, and'which
and imP°rtance of-th e events rivals the pages of
-ancient hiftory. * * • *“ ' ‘ ‘ * ‘ » » .»M w , 6 f y n
_ S e v r aU n c im m o m e n t s esift in France which ir e afenbed to the A„i,.Ke,.
fe [h^c ^h«T> iThe iQ |e ekixdony at Marfeilles feems to have imparted
fome degree o f civilization to the country; and the rud^Glllib'c'dlig
are evidently an imitation of,the Grecian model. M an y 'o ft hem voccur
in the' metal called By the ancients being a native mixture of