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REGNARD’S JOURNEY TO LAPLAND. 139
prefentation of the rape of Helen. We were informed at the comedy that the whole
fum received is given to the poor, and that the city pays the comedians, who receive a
certain falary.
We left Amfterdam, on the twenty-fifth day of May 1681, and arrived at Enchuyfe
in the evening, where we only ftaid while we took arefrefhment. We obferved, that
this city has three herrings upon its arms, on account of the great numbers which the
inhabitants catch of this fifh. We hired a boat in the evening to Workum, where we
arrived next morning. ‘This province is called North Holland, and I do not believe
there are finer women any where, than what are here to be met with. The peafant-
girls poffefs charms not inferior to thofe of the ancient Romans, and they are fufficient
toin{fpire love at firft fight.
We arrived at Lewarden, the capital of Friefland, a very handfome town, which
chofe the Prince of Naffau for its governor, not wifhing to vote for the Prince of
Orange. This Prince is about twenty-five or twenty-fix years of age. He loft his
father about eighteen years ago, at the feventh year of his age. This Prince died in
confequence of an unluckly accident: a piftol, which went off accidentally, at once
deprived Europe of a great man, and Friefland of a generous governor. He left be-
hind him, a widow illuftrious for her birth and her merit, Albertine of Orange,
daughter of Prince Henry and’Amelia de Solmes. ‘The Prince furvived feven or
eight days after the accident, and the people of Friefland out of gratitude for the
good conduct of the father offered the government to his fon, who was at that time
extremely young, and appointed him no other governor, than the Princefs his
mother.
We left Lewarden, and having travelled the whole night, we arrived by day-break,
at Groningen, a city very pleafantly fituated, and which became famous in the late
war, forthe fiege which it fuftained again{ft the bifhop of Munfter, who invefted it at
thr head of twenty-four thoufand men. But the excellence of its fortifications, and
the courage of its inhabitants forced the befiegers to abandon their works after a fiege
of fix weeks, during which, they loft a great number of men. From Groningen we
travelled to Oldenburg, which belongs, at prefent, to the King of Denmark. This
city has given its name to the whole county. ‘Two years ago, it was deftroyed by
lightning: they are beginning to rebuild it, and the King of Denmark is rearing fome
fortifications. ‘They have here a horn of plenty, which has given rife to the {tory of a
woman, who rifing out of the earth, prefened herfelf to the Count of Olden-
burg, with this horn in her hand, full of a liquor which he was unacquainted with,
The Prince was then at the chace, ata diftance from his people, and much exhautted.
But being ignorant of this liquid, and feeing an extraordinary woman, he would not
touch it, but poured it upon the buttocks of his horfe. The ftrength of this liquor
carried off all the hair from the places it had touched.
The King had departed from Oldenburg for Copenhagen only two days before our
arrival. On the fame evening we arrived at Bremen, a republic whofe territories
are furrounded with thofe of Sweden and Denmark. ‘The city is handfome, but of
fuch fmall extent, that the walls almoft touch the territories of their neighbours.
From Bremen we faw nothing remarkable, till we arrived at Hamburg ; and we were
five days and five nights conftantly travelling in their poft waggons, before we finifhed
the journey. From Hamburg to Amfterdam, the diltance is calculated at fixty miles,
which amount to a hundred and thirty French leagues.
Hamburg is a Hanfeatic town, free and imperial, which from its excellent militia and
regular fortifications, has nothing to fear froma number of Princes, who are very
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