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Doc. 206.] 101
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1737.
his successor. 8. In the chapel of the House of Valois were
Catharina de Medici and her husband Henry II ; with several
others. 9. Among those buried here, besides kings, are the
Vicomte de Turenne marked by a fine epitaph, Sancerre,*
Arnaud de Guillaume, Bertrandt, all of whom where great
men, and beloved. 10. They have been damaged somewhat
by the various wars. 11. The emperor de chevau [ ?] is the
only one who is known to have been buried here ; he is in his
imperial robes. 12. In respect to the treasures and armour
much has to be observed, since they consist of precious stones,
diamonds, massive gold, agates, [?] crowns, crucifixes, mon
strances ; in a monstrance was the largest diamond I have
seen, also a very large one in the royal coronation crown, in
which, I have been told, a considerable number of relics are
enclosed ; as well as in a large ruby and in other objects
wrought of gold, which relics are partly from the cross of
Christ, and partly from St. Denis, etc. 13. I was shown a
cross of porphyry which was said to be the finest porphyry
ever seen ; it was brought here by Dagobert from Poitiers.
There is some doubt as to the use which was made of it.
I lodged at the "Lamb."
The royal persons in England are as follows : 1. George II.,
born 1683 ; 2. Carolina Wilhelmina of Brandenburg-Anspach,
born 1683 ; 3. Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, born 1707;
4. Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, born 1721 ; 5. William Augustus of
England, Duke of Cumberland ; 6. Anna, wife of the Prince
of Orange ; 7. The Princesses Emily, Caroline, Mary Louisa;
James III [the Pretender] in Rome, born 1688 ; 9. Two of
his sons.
The provinces of France are as follow: Angoumais, Anjou,
Auvergne, Berry, Blaisais , Burgundy , Bretagne , Bordeaux,
Champagne , Chartrain, Dauphiné , Franche Comté , Ile de
France, Languedoc, la Manche, Limousin, Lorraine and the
duchy de Bar, Maine, Navarre, Nivernois, Normandie, Or
léanois, Pays bas, la Flandre, Brabant, Comté d’Artois, Hainault,
Perigord, Picardie, Poitou, Provence, Rousillon, Tourenne, [&c. ].
* Louis de Sancerre, connétable de France, who died in 1470.
Bertrand du Guesclin, Comte de Longueville and connétable de France,
who died in 1880, in a battle fought against the English.
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