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REGNARD’S JOURNEY TO LAPLAND.« 219
which never happened before, and which will probably never happen again, which was
that the King followed the bodies of two others, King Michael and King Cafimir, to
the grave. ‘The coronation takes place at Cracow.
King Michael had a little foul : he took pleafure only in procuring images and watches ;
and requefting from the queen one day a watch, he told her he wifhed to make buttons
of it to his wailtcoat. When he was elected, the queen fettled a penfion on him of five
thoufand livres; M. Seryeant lent hima third part of it.
The Poles are extremely proud, and plume themfelves highly upon their nobility, the
greater part of whom are obliged to till the ground, fo wretched is their condition. A
petty nobleman wears his fabre while proceeding to cultivate the ground, and lays it
down befide fome tree; and if any one pafling would refufe him the appellation of
Mouche-Panier, and fimply call him Panier, which is equivalent to Mr., he would be
treated very roughly.
In other refpects they are very civil, and are always the firft to put their hands to
their hat: they are great obfervers of fafts, and practife more abftinence than is demanded
of them. Some Poles eat no flefi on Monday and Wedneifday ; on I’ riday almoft no-
body eats butter; and on Saturday they eat nothing boiled, but take that which has
been roaf{ted. ‘This devotion extends towards all the animals; and our valet having
one Saturday given fome fat to a dog, our hoftefs wifhed to punifh him, thinking the
was performing a meritorious action.
The Poles lay out conficerable fums on their interments, and delay them a long
while, from motives of magnificence. There are great lords who are not interred for
five or fix years after their death, and who are depofited in heated chapels, which coft
large fums. On the day of interment they caufe armed men to enter, like the ancient
chevaliers, who come, as if on horfeback, into the church, and run to break their lance
at the foot of the coffin.
The houfe of the fathers of the miflion, where the ambaffadors lodge, is very large.
They built a church, calied Holy Crofs; but it remains there till fome good man finifh
with his pence that which the fathers have begun. ‘Lhey were eftablifhed with the re-
ligious of Saint Mary by the late queen ; they are very rich, and the bifhop of Cracow
is at prefent eftablifhing them in his diocefe: the fuperior was not there, but we faw
Father Mumafan.
The rebels of Hungary have revolted, on account of religion, again{t the Emperor,
who wifhed to deprive them of liberty of confcience.
Michael Apafli is Prince of Tranfylvania: he {wears, at his acceffion to power, to
maitain four religions in his ftates. The greateft pleafure of this prince confifts in
drinking, and whoever is able to do {o is {ure to make his fortune in his fervice. ‘The
capital of ‘Yranfylvania is Cuifvar.
~The young prince, fix or feven years old, is educated in the difpofition of his father,
and carries always a bottle at his fide, in the form ofa bandoleer. M. Acakias was a
long time the refident in this country ; at prefent it is M. du Verdet. The Chevalier
de Bourges, who left it with M.Acakias, but who being fick ftopt at Leopold, affured us
that he had, in a feaft which he gave to the refident, taken the hair of a flave, and having
paffed a {tick acrofs, he took pleafure, for the purpofe of diverting the company, to
make him fwing during the whcle repaft: he afterwards obliged him to run quite naked
eighteen leagues at the fide of the chariot of the Princefs ‘Telechi; this is the wife of
the minifter of ftate, through whofe hands every thing paffes. The Prince does not
open even a fingle letter, and thinks of nothing but drinking. This Telechi is the
agit barbarous man in the world: there are more irons in his houfe than in Marfeilles.
FF 2 Telechi
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