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. ANCE, &C.
Manners and
Cuftoms.
Literature.
Education.
Uitiverfitieg.
Cities and
/Towns.
to. the .apnihilationf’ofi.tbeir, ofwn power apd.®rp^pe_r^yj;J while, i f the
C&mmerce-ef. t h £ f f t a t e s •'hai^pi^lytQg^'pHinterE^gjod^ S^ufiaal
tote n&fts. might 'have formed ra~brpad(baf^stpf lading fecuiity.
- The man'aefa.aod.'^uftomtSoofj^hj^fJeth.ertands -partake of/rMS^d of
-«IsekiieigKhoursj the DiitcBfoaod* Trench,., the. jp hi egm of/thero.nefb^ing
tempered-by!the" vivacitjr. oTih’toofclfeer. y The'iower- d a !®esrwefe foffd of
religidffSrpageantry,) ‘and,much addyftedita tb s ftiperflitLoas ©Sferyadces
o f tihdCatholicXytoiiij The ElemiffirlalB^aage^aff&'esiofthe Giggm&n',
and afThe' Dutch; P
Ttiefe proving's ffioaft Tb f eaHy^dittMtibre, after their7'c$riveffibn to
chriflianity in ’ th e J fffventh c en tu i^ ym * various chreiiicl-es7 ^Jnd
faints; 'b'ut’in modefri times“ tndy ha"^^rafffly-pfodncea*wrlt|^^^gr'eat
ta l e n t s lT H e "native *Tangnagd,Ji¥ihains * «ncmnvjtbed, 1
^nth'drs have ufedthe I S r a w ’m e Fi%nth.>*TToiWi?|\fas b a ' t i v a ® n -
'ciennes, iff French Flanders; Pfirlip'de Cbnpaes'*at t n c “to w p dcfpafl e d,
"about eight tones to the r e oFOfle, ano, ninated ‘pylSeTarne m^Qon.
Xipfius', a man olptonfiderable erfidi^ jn ; fwas born n e a t Jhuflck. j p u t
in general the Southern Netherlands,Vre Jmore land
the United Provinces jin literary charaSeip. r*
T h e education was ijeglefted .as in ragft U jth S ^ c ,o vifntri,es, yrh^re
the Jefuits^in vain, attempted tp bring it to ajleyipl with th a t of th e .
teftant -ftateto T hp uniyerfiti^s,' which, |to r ffij p j to g e are; gfrecinallli.-
portance wh h the lcfyootor were^ Ihotyeyer,.: irnmeroi 1 s,heoni fitdcriing fcli.
extent o f the country..^ E^cluftyefof Touiwly f o ^ k k ) , w j^S& a s
beep long fubjedthp. the French, there were others, a t^ o u a y , Jg j^S j,
,Qmer,. much frequented:by the EngUfli ^ t f e E g f e and:l-pna'^ y 7i « t l
greater celebfityja^jLc^uyain, founded in, r £ 2 C. The?iTluftno,u&®rofplfcrs,
.commemorated with Inch applaufe by GuiceiardinL nepfiew-Jif®tne
great biftorian, wly^^^blifhed an ^mple defertotfoa o f "the Netherlands
to the fixWntb .century, have been long fince ftogotfen,, as J o .bojierity
t)ieir ftudies have appeared neither amuurig nor ulemL*
One of the chief offices o f geography, in apdpnt and modern time!,
being to give a^&o^deicriptive catalogue of ^he chief cities an^lowto,
to the regions delcribed, thefe touffino|be whdJw^^^ijttect‘.eiyeh'ihfflls,:
‘ ii
WiS T O R i|C A. I. G E O C R A P I1 Y.
fhortfahftradt. T h e three,chief,titie? i^ywhat y w ^ c a lle d the Auftrian Cities *„»
Netherlands, are Bruffels, Ghent, apd ' An tw e rp .,-T h e jpapitalcity o f bS ” "
Bru|Fe|syftffl, captains ^ u y S o ^ q o Ijphabitapt:^ arid ,ys beautified by
*Pn‘g, iv d # tp ie d witli a vaft g u ild h a ll
li is£fituated, on the fmall
# e i- jSe%/b^SMnp,( ^ w ^ ^ ^ ^ t f f t h e v jpyle, and thef&held. ’ It is
p riy ^iFhvic^itgpy,) and to th’e^fp^it^nth was fur-
^ i |||f d iw i t h Vfajls ijTiiglip^eri^l, Qakcel,thg.-^pnted^r^fideyc e . Xf
| n n n Q c o n h ^ a h le , Vade- and
magplfigdheo. ,;c
Ghent contains about 60,000 fouls and the circumference o f the Ghent
,15 rrljlhs,^as,|t is , b k l | ,Gn;!a mucrl'ber o f little
ifl^ rmed bylfopp dyers,, and. many,p#nals, ',and b je to d e s gardens,,
Sam6"b£*, th e '^ se tsfia re ’dargef{ and well paved, but
onfyr’ajfehcdliurGhes nOw; dKferve'attentiQnl 1
T h f f jn tobitants^of Antwerp are|:cpmpuifeedc aty5,q,®ao, the fad re- Antw
a M g l K M f f i B y aff't/fEofperity. .Thisrcity/being-pkced upon
° ^ e" chief Wart' o f Fleftiife exmsi
inci^ % i ro-ck a' ftrd^'fe itadfe ljc ir^edri b f «h'd'Tari^hinary^ddkev ,
A f v a . 'Y h e 'h ^ ^ 'w d ^ ^ i e n t , buF'bdfidesthe drfecrahlnfpedimepls' ,
at U u ^ h T e r f of/Lirfa Commands the
'T h e ’ l£ re ^§ 'h o lies, and ^torches areJ Worthy fofitB^ ancreht
T %!rW ^ anSfe t f * l« b 'k 0 d r!dfd' 'the pkiSerd
^^M f e t jjf'L o n d t^ i. The;’churches are 'c|dcdrateH' with irtih-y paintings
‘Fletniffitoiftdre.' ' fIh i$6& ’fhe’trad^
to, have beeff aV^ifs ?g l l l r e ^ ^ e i |l i f ^ and7itMei'numMr ^ '
^ a s . ^ ^ ^ u t e d ,,at 1200,0001 I t -ftilk'contains oh
with' forne c o irim ^ e . -
flow.rj^ng m ^ nU ^ d u r^ ,’jparticffiarlyio¥ lace and I n f p w
^ ,towns,ifTvi^)ns.js! ‘computed at a ^ o o f l^ f f e la n ts » *
BrtlS f% ^nd ^ m u f ? ; Luxembourg fa,tfi 2^ o p j!JRoermond
atr,to ,o o o ; Ximbourg at 8.Qao.,
The