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218 REGNARD’s JOURNEY TO LAPLAND.
princes of Poland. His father was generaliflimo, and entertained great jealoufy of
Potofky, another general : however they became friends in coniequence of the marriage
which Lubomirfky brought about betwixt his fon and Potofky’s daughter: fhe is dead,
and this prince has fince married the daughter of the great chamberlain. Lubomirfky,
his father, took up arms againft his king, and defeated his troops feveral times: he was
accufed of favouring Auftria in the approaching election, and of affifting the great party
of the confederation.
This nobleman fhewed us his whole houfe with great condefcenfion: he purchafed
it five or fix years ago, and had an excellent bargain of it; it is called Jefdoua, and is
only about a cannon-fhot diftant from the city. ‘This prince is conftantly building in
his garden hermitages and baths, which are very beautiful. His palace is full of a great
number of very beautiful originals, which he has collected at a great expence. His
allery is very curious: he fhewed usa large piece of mechanilm, which he had received
trom the neighbourhood of Augfburg, which contained a clock, a chime of bells, a per-
petual motion, and a number of other things; the whole was made in the form of a
large cabinet of filver.
He fhewed us the fpot on which his grandfather had gained the battle over the Turks
at Choczim, where Ofman was prefent, and where feveral thoufand of the enemy were
jeft on the field of battle. ‘This place is favourable to the Poles; they have gained two
fignal victories on it, and efpecially the laft, which tended not a little to the peace which
fucceeded. F
We went to the caftle, which contains nothing beautiful, except the chambers of the
fenate, and that of marble, where the taking of Smolenfko by the Poles from the Muf-
covites is painted, and where they killed ‘great numbers, and took two fons of the
Grand Duke prifoners, whom they brought to Warfaw, where they died ; and a chapel
was built for them, which is {till called the Chapel of the Mufcovites, and is fituated be-
fore the place where we lodged. ‘Vhere is in the caftle {ome very fine tapeftry, wrought
with gold, which was brought from France by King Henry; a part of it was pledged to
the inhabitanis of Dantzic by Cafimir, to induce them to relieve the neceflities of the ftate.
The palace of M. Morftain, grand-treafurer of the kingdom, is the moft magnificent
of all, both with regard to the fine effect of the ftructure, and the richnefs of the fur-
niture with which it is adorned. This nobleman received us with all podlible affability ;
he fhewed us all the apartments of his palace, and a number of pictures in his gallery.
We faluted the treafurer’s lady, who is a native of Scotland, whom we met with at
General Bearn’s, who ferved in the French army in Hungary. M. Morttain has pur-
chafed from the Marquis de Vitri the territory of Montrogue in France.. He pretends
that his fon, who is called M. de Chateau-Villain, and whom the queen in derifion de-
nominates Little-Villain, will remain in France and poffets all his property there; and
what remains in Poland is to be the property of his grand-daughter, who is now mare
riageable. He requefted us to take a repaft with him.
The houfe of the Palatine of Lublin is alfo to be feen.
General Spas is chief general of Lithuania: he made a {trenuous oppofition to the
election of Sobiefky ; but it was carried by means of money.
It is prohibited under fevere penalties to draw a fword during the diets, and to fight
any where in Poland within three leagues of the King and the grand Marfhal.
M. de Beauvais only propofed in his harangue the Prince of Neubourg to be elected,
and did not give himfelf much concern who was King, provided it was not the Prince
of Lorraine. ‘The election of the King takes place in the country, where they ereét a
wooden ftruéture. A-circumftance took place at the coronation of the prefent King,
5 which
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