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h L o^.cal 8. T h e gradual increafe o f I the c o n fe d e fa c y ,A e Burgundian and1
; Epos**'. Swabian wars •> tind the'icbntefts with th e French in Italy.
9. Th'e hiftory o f th e reformation m-Sw^fleMand'.
T h e infurre&iori of th e petafants of Beni, in th e '’ middle-of the
feventfcenth century. . , \ r \
u t . T h e diffolution :o f ’the; confederacy -by th e F re n c h in v d fto n ,,
A. D. r fg 8 .
Antiquities. ' T h e ancient monuments o f "Swifferland are n o t numerous, confiding
chiefly o f a few re g a in s o f th e Romans,- a t ^ e n t i c h m and V in a * *
niifa. S pmealfo
ancient Thermae Helveticae. O f 'th e m i d d l e a f e nfahy-carffids;
churches, and monafteries, th e m o i\ noble ^m o rig 'th e latter b e i% th e
a tiid y o f St. G a l, th e lib ra ry o f which fupplied -the m a n u fe iip ti b f
three or fo u r clafficail amh6rsr,'tio w h e re elfe to 'be* fou'nd. ’ S bm e in -
terefting monuments relate t o th e emancipation1 o f the conhffy, and-
have contributed to e xtend th e fEirit o f freedom from generatidh to
generation.
CH AP. II. P.DL I T I C A L G.E O G R A PH Y.
c h a p t e r ?rr:
P a n I TIGfAtf,. ;# f O G R A P H Y.
Religion-. — EccUjiafticd, 'Geography. -PMovernmini. — Laws'. — Population.—
-R even u e.^^o litjca l wtyor.^adcPand Petal ions,'
T H E yeljgipn^of-fthe S ^ ifs^ cG u n trie s ^ '.^ fome the; Ropmh QatTrolig, r £L
in ^ o th e r ^ th e r e t a i l e d . . th e - A rm e r ^ p e rfu a fio n ^ re l U ri,
Scnwertz, U n d e r warden," c^ntirisi which founded" thfejlibei-ty '"■pi th e .
c o ^ n t r y ^ w i t h L u « e r q e ^ rFr i bw^ SQteth.ui;n>,|'par t.p £ G Iarust'!lnS -
Appenzel;. I i\ thefe are ta^rid fix bilhGOTicks,"'and; one metropolitan
fee. T h p refhrmed ^cahtons( afe .of fhe^’.Calvinilt,. o r ^K e p iy ta n a ^ ^M - /
fu a lid n j being the r ic h - a n d extenfive ;c£ptpu p f llem ,' with ^ im c h ,
JBafel ^ r a c c o rd in ^ tp the F rench enuncia!tioji?Ba,fle& Sch^h'aUjfen^f the
g re a te ftp a rt o f Glarus, and fpmpj^Etions o f A p p ^ 'z e f.f
o f th e j^ tilp n s is.phiefly p fo te ftan t; and ^ I l a i ^ a a i d ly , o f th e th irteen
■cantons, has b e e n ^ i e ^ e n e o f atrpoious peEfecutio.ffi.-4h-|a.r.rpiiAt. Afcu».
; d i ^ ^ l% n | r p m th e GathpUpisdthi: b u t the inhabitanl;&#i,ty> th e amount' '
o f about jLip c ^ p o o ,^ now profefs ^ the Roman, .r^athp$rct 5 fyflem. ifIn
general- the two perfuafions live in the moft amiable unity and, moderation*,:.:
, ,The government o f Swifferland has been a-fertile theme ofdifpuffipn, Government,
from the time o f Burnet and Stanyan, to the modern ;defcriptipn. o f
that, able traveller Cexe.' T h e more powerful c antons-of Bern, Zurich,
Lucerne, arid F rib u rg ,. h ad retained much o f the feudal ariftoeratic *
and the infurreftion o f th e peafatrts, in the stid&e-dkhej&veife '
ttee-rith ; century, unites, w ith repeated difcontents, to convey no h ig h 1
> y oirt 1, 4 0 • pra<£tical' -i