A German diet, or, The ballance of Europe wherein the power and vveaknes ... of all the kingdoms and states of Christendom are impartially poiz'd : at a solemn convention of som German princes in sundry elaborat orations pro & con ... / by James Howell, Esq.

A particular of such matters as were debated in this German Diet.

A

• A Buse of forren Travell 3. in the pro. sage advise to a Traveller 4. fol. ibid.
• Abbot of Fuldo the greatest of Christen∣dom, he furnish'd the Emperour with 60000 fighting men. 9.
• In that Abbacy 600. Gentlemen were usd to be bred, and 30. Doctors to teach them 10.
• Auspurg famous for Goldsmiths 13.
• The admirable wooden Eagle made by Regio∣montanus to the life 14
• All the old famous Artists musterd up among the Greeks and Romans 14
• A notable passage 'twixt Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas 14
• All the famous Printers numbred 15
• Antwerp characteriz'd 16
• Acostas opinion of the Torrid Zone 17
• One of Aristotles Errors 17
• Augustus Caesar and Tiberius drank most com∣monly German wines 18
• Annwerp erected the first Burse 20
• Of Ariovistus the valiant German, his stout answer to Caesar 22
• Above 19 millions of soules in Germany not counting Denmark and Bohemia, as Boterus affirms 25
• A notable passage of Babo Count of Ahene∣berg 25
• Andaluzia from Vandales 26
• Augustus Caesar twise defeated by the Germans, call'd Lolliana, and Variana clades 25
• A memorable passage in Constantinople touch∣ing one of the Emperours Ambassadors 26
• The ancientest race of Noblemen is in Ger∣many 26
• of Artemisia and her wonderfull love to her husband 2
• The answer of a Pole why he held the plough on Sunday 7
• A notable example of poysning us'd in Po∣land, and the fearfull judgment that ensued thereupon 8
• Aurelianus the Emperour kill'd 48. men in one day in the field 12
• Attila characteriz'd 18
• his death 19
• A wise Answer of an Archbishop of Colen to the Abbot of Fuldo 19
• S. Augustins wish 28
• A Calabrian hath nothing but the shape of a man in him 36
• A shrewd judgment of a learned Frenchman touching Italy 42
• Aquitaine daintily describ'd by Salvianus, and Province by Boterus 38
• Aristotle fouly err'd when he writes that there are no Asses in France 53
• The Duke of Anjous miscarriage in the Nether∣lands, he was made Governor by Queen E∣liz. letters 59
• Of the French disease 59
• The French Nation censur'd, They have whirlwinds in their brains, quicksands in their breasts, characters given of them by the Ancients 59
• French Kings not liable to pay the debts of their predecessors, examples produc'd 59
• A nasty leprous French peeple call'd Capotts dwelling in Bearn 59
• The Invincible Armada in the yeere 88 des∣crib'd 39
• Of Prince Arthur, his character in verse 41
• Mr. Arondel of Warder how he came to be Count of the Empire, his patent 42
• Ausonius his character of a salmon 46
• His opinion of the Britains 53
• Adrian the fourth an Englishman his haughti∣nes 55
• Anne of Bullen taunted in France 56
• Of the Abuse of Tobacco 56
• An Apologie for human infirmities 45
• The advantages of divers Countreys 51
• An Apologie for the Popes and the Cardi∣nalls 49
• Another for Italy 50
• The Atheisticall life and saying of a German Prince 36
• Of Amsterdam 35
• Of the Austrian Family 29

B

• BOdins notable description of Germany 10
• Berchtoldus Swartzius a Franciscan first In∣ventor of gunpowder 14
• Bezas Epigram of Aldus Manutius the Prin∣ter 15
• Boterus his opinion of the German Cities 16
• Of Bachrag wines 18
• The benefit Holland makes of her milk may compare with Bourdeaux wines, or Lisbons spices 19
• Biscopius a Welch Monk made five pilgrimages

• to Rome, and us'd to bring with him some choice Artists 23
• Bon•…•…inius preferrs Austria before Italy 35
• The bad Popes censur'd 37
• Bembo's prophanesse 38
• Of a Bishop that died by keeping in his wind backward at a feast 41
• Beatrix Emp: Barbarossa's wife barbarously usd in Milan, the Emperor had his full re venge 42
• The Britains of the Gallic, or Wallic race 42
• Bodin censur'd 60
• Great Britain characteriz'd 33
• Her advantag•…•…ous situation 33
• Her seas as fruitfull as her shores 33
• Her character in verse 33
• Her character by Eumenius to Constantin the Great 33
• The progresse that her Fish makes about her throughout the yeer, with her severall sea∣sons of fishing 34
• Britain a microcosm of herself 34
• Of the Inhab•…•…tants of Britain 34
• Britain had the first Christian King and Em∣perour 36
• Britain branded by Porphyry 36
• The old Britons or Welsh the greatest planters of Christianity 36
• Most of the famous men of Britain ancient and modern musterd up 37
• Boniface his ill report of the English 50
• Britain hath the best Cocks and Doggs 51
• The Baths of Germany 36
• Bartolus saying, that tall men are seldo•…•… wise 30
• S. Bernards description of Ireland 6•…•…
• A bitter satyre against the Queen of Scot land 64
• Buchanan and Knocks censur'd 64

C

• THey of China an Eagle-eyd p•…•…eple, next neighbours to the Rising Sun. They dis∣dain all other Nations. Their proverb.
• The true appellation of China, 8. times bigger then France. They are good Artists. They have generally flat noses. They restrain strangers to come into their Countrey. They inhibit the Natives to travell abroad, &c. 2 in the proeme.
• The character of man 2 in the pro.
• The Chino is enemies to humanity, to the law of Nature 2 in the pro.
• Cybeles priests were Hermaphrodites 4 in the pro.
• Charlemain vers'd in many languages, a good Poet, he caus'd the Grammar to be put in the vulgar toung, and German names to be impos'd upon the months in the yeer, he di∣vided the winds into twelve, he was us'd to be present in the schooles, and threatned a degradation to all Nobles that were illi∣terat 11
• Charls the V. had Thucydides alwaies with him in the field 11
• A comparison touching Italy 35
• Another comparison 36
• A comparison of the French Wines 39
• A comparison of the French Kings 50
• A comparison of Monsieur de la Nove 54
• Two comparisons wittily us'd 7
• A fit comparison 6
• A comparison 'twixt the Germans and Italians 8
• Caesar saluted onely the skirts of Germany 8
• A comparison of Rivers 9
• A comparison of Weeds 9
• Cicero•…•…s complaint of false writing 15
• A comparison of Tacitus 17
• Caesars saying of the Swablanders 23
• A comparison touching Kingdoms 23
• Of the Cosacks 23
• A high comparison about the praises of Italie 21
• A comparison 41
• The Italian Wheat is the first, the Boetian next, the Sicilian the third, and the African next that 21
• Of Cosmo de Medici and his rare abilities, his admirable pietie, his golden speech, his Epitaph 27

D.

• THe duty of a Traveller 3. in the pro.
• Duke of Saxony Orator for Germany 5
• His curious Proeme. 5
• Disswasions from forren Travell 7
• Danzick, Delph, in Low Germany, and Rostock, Paderborn, Brunswick, and Breslaw in High Germany the most famous for Beer 18
• The Duke of Holyiein had at one time 1000. Ma•…•…es, and 160 Stallions 19
• Of the Danube that watereth a hundred peo∣ple 19
• The Dutch were Grandfathers, if not Fathers of the Britains, as Caesar writes. 23
• Of divers that writ upon bald petty subjects, as Archippus •…•…ell upon the praise of an Asse, Passeratius upon his shadow, Lucian of a fly, Erasmus of folly, &c. 6
• The defects of Italy in not having Navi∣gable Rivers with others 35
• Divers places in Italy subject to ill aires 35
• Of Duke Godf•…•…ey of Bullen 43
• A Discou•…•…se against Elective Kingdomes, and what confusions come by Interreg∣nums 47
• Dirt of Paris indelible 63
• Montague his saying of his Countrymen 64
• A Discourse of Forren Travell by the Duke of Saxony 5
• Of Duels so much us'd by the French 64
• The dangerous opinions of the Jesuits, and the various wayes they have to oblige the Gen∣try 17
• Of Sir Francis Drake and his exploits 42

E.

• The English taunted wittily fol. 6
• Eudoxus his Extravagant wish to go near the Sun 6
• English sweat 6
• Eckius first found found the way of mingling Oyl with Colours 14
• An Encomium of Printing 16
• The Excellencies of the German Cities 17
• England call'd Transmarina Saxonia 24
• Entringh Castle, a memorable passage that happen'd in it 24
• The Encouragement the Pope gives Mer∣chants to buy his Allum 22
• Aeneas Sylvius his witty Distic to the Poets 37
• Extravagant wishes of two Brothers in Padoa, whereby they both perished 42
• The Excesse of speech that Maximilian us'd touching France 37
• A notable example of a drunken woman in France 62
• Of the English Kings 39
• The English made Trade to flourish first in Flanders 40
• Of Queen Elizabeth 40
• The English great Reverencers of their Kings 40
• The Earth is the Native Country of all men; she is but one Mansion 3. in the Pro.
• The marvellous Eccho of Charenton bridge in France, that reverberates 13 times 4. in the Pro.
• Of the Escurial in Spain the eighth wonder of the world 3
• Notable Examples of the Spanish constan∣cy 6
• Edgar row'd by four Kings 38
• The Exploits of the English in France 38
• The English formidable in France as by exam∣ple 38
• The English King pray'd for more often than any other 41
• Queen Elizabeth caused the Great Turk to ex∣pell the Jesuits out of Pera 19
• The English censur'd 67
• Englands Inconveniencies 61
• The English and Dutch compar'd in point of drinking 37
• Examples of Drunkards 37

F.

• A Fantastick Traveller 3. fol. in the Pro.
• Set forth by Sir Thomas More in the per∣son of Lalus, a meer Ape or Mimick, &c. 3. in the Pro.
• He turns a Sprat to a Whale 4. in the Pro.
• France taunted 6
• Forren Travel the best Academy 7
• The famous Divines of Germany muster'd up, the famous Politicians, the famous Physiti∣ans and Philosophers 12
• Germany the first Correctresse of the Kalen∣der 12
• The Fantastick humour of Petrus Bembus tou∣ching the Latin tongue 13
• France the center of Europe, she enjoyes a de∣licate temper, able to unite or hinder the conjunction of the forces of Europe, her comodious situation 38
• The four Loadstones of France according to Boterus 38
• Without France, Spain might starve for Bread 39
• Of the French Wines 39
• Of the French Hemp 39
• Of the French Salt compar'd with that of o∣ther Countries 39
• Of divers other French comodities wherewith the Country abounds 39
• The bad fruits of forren Travell 6
• Friburg famous for Crystal work 13
• Florence a City to be seen on Holydaies, as Charls the Emperour sayd 16
• Of the French Mines 40
• A Fish in France that changes with the Moon 4
• Of the French Rivers, and how commodious∣ly they lie for Navigation, 40
• France the eye and pearl of the world 41
• France hath 102 Episcopal Cities, whereof four are Metropolitan, she hath 30000. Pa∣rishes 41
• Of the French Towne, and of Paris in parti∣cular 42
• France the freest Country upon earth, and the reasons 42
• The Freedome of France exemplified by two notable instances 42
• Of the French Martial Kings 43
• Of the French Church, and the vast Reve∣nue thereof 43
• A Frenchman the first Latin Lecturer in Rome when Cicero was a boy 43
• Of the great Learned men of France, and the Colledge of Sorbon 44
• Of the French Academies 44
• Of the French Tongue, and of Ioseph Scaliger, the Dictator of Literature 46
• The best French spoken upon the banks of Loire 46
• Of the French Kings, and their excellencies 46
• The French Crown not tied to a Distaffe, and the reason alledged 46
• French Kings never die, example thereof 47
• France prohibits the Imperial Law, 48
• French Kings beginne to raign inchoativ•…•… at 14 48
• Their high Prerogatives, and of the Parlia∣ment of Paris 49
• French King more glorious than the Emperor in gards, &c. 50
• The French King cures the Struma, and the manner of it 50
• Of the late French Kings, and their charact∣ers, specially of Henry the great, and his Son the late Lewis the 13. 51
• France and her King worthy to have the Principality, and the reasons 52
• Francis the first brought in the Turk against

• ... Spain, & the act authoriz'd by examples 55
• Of the French Ligue, and the monstrousness of it 55
• French Kings censur'd 55
• Of Henry the 3. his vision, his death, his Epi∣taph 56
• France possessed with 3 Furies 56
• Sale of Offices in France a high Injustice 57
• French Gentlemen all Surgeons 61
• Of the French language 61
• France full of wanton Books 62
• Of the French Rablais 62
• The French often eaters 63
• The French most changeable 63
• When the Frenchman sleeps the Devil rocks the cradle, a Proverb of the Flemin 63
• The foolishness of the Londoners in point of building 61

G.

• Gratianus his famous Decree 2. in the Pro.
• Germany much better'd by forren travel 3. in the Pro.
• The German Gentlemen tax'd for abusing for∣ren Travel 6
• The Germans very thick abroad in other Countryes 6
• Germany the Princesse of Europe 7
• Gaunt in Flanders the greatest City in Europe 7
• Germany suddenly turn'd Christian, her mar∣vailous piety 9
• Germany describ'd by Paulus Iovius 10
• She hath mightily flourished since the Coun∣cell of Constance in Universities and Know∣ledge 10
• The German Princes very covetous of degrees in Learning 11
• Of the Duke of Gelders 11
• All the German great Townes excell in some particular thing 13
• A German Fryer Inventor of Guns, and
• A German Swordman Inventor of Printing, vice versa 14
• The German Cities characteriz'd 16
• The German Territories characteriz'd 17
• Of the German Wines 18
• Germany compar'd to Italy 18
• The German commodities set forth 18
• Of the German Horses 19
• Of the German Rivers 19
• Of the German Fish 19
• Of the German Mines of Gold and Silver, with other Mettals 19
• The German most Hospitable 20
• German Gentlemen restrained from Trade 20
• The Germans never beat their servants, nor imprison their Tenants 21
• Germany an ill Country for Bastards 21
• The German rare for chastity and conjugall love 22
• Of the German valour 22
• Germany called by the Belgians, Magna patria 23
• Germany the strongest body of Europe if uni∣ted 26
• The Genoways only worse than Englishmen 36
• The Germans tartly censur'd 34
• The German way to try whether a child be a Bastard 73

H.

• AN Honest man must be a mixt man, the reason why 3. in the Pro.
• Hyperboles of divers sorts 4. in the Pro.
• Hollanders best makers of Linnen cloth, their Looms are as fine as Arachnes Webb 13
• Holst & Oudenard excel in woven Pictures 13
• Holland hath thirty three Cities, whereof from Gorcham Tower one may see 22 16
• Hercynian Forrest once nine dayes journey broad 17
• Holland characteriz'd by Scaliger 17
• Holland Cowes give twelve quarts a day 19
• Herodes King of Iudaea had a Guard of Ger∣mans 21
• How the Germans took footing in France 23
• Horslers and Tapste•…•…s in Poland understand Latin in many places 3
• How Rome hath been ingrateful to those who deserved best of her 10
• Hungary hath strong Wines 10
• Hungary hath a River call'd Tibisco, whereof it is said, that she hath two parts water, and the third fish 11
• Saint Hierom an Hungarian 11
• Hungary hath had famous men, their names 11
• Hungary affoorded eight Roman Emperours, their names 12
• Other brave Kings of Hungary mentioned 13
• The brave answer of an Hungarian Gentlewo∣man 14
• Hungary the Antimurale and chiefest Rampart of Europe 15
• Hungary glorieth of Stephen Bartorius, and de∣servedly, his character. 15
• Of the Hungarian languor, or fai•…•…iness 17
• Some Hungarian Wells that will singe Hoggs, yet they breed fish 17
• The Hungarians described by Bishop Otto of Frisenghen 18
• The Huns said to have their original from som Demons 18
• Henry the 4 of France censur'd many ways 65
• In Henry the seconds time but two Coaches in all Paris 63
• The Hollander lives partly upon the idleness of the English 49
• A horrid Murrher of a German Butcher 49

I

• THe Italian taunted 6
• The Italian sends yeerly to Germany for Artists as Statuaries, Architects, Limmers, Surveyours, Aqueductors, &c. 12
• Iohn Guttemberg of Mentz, first Inventor of Printing 14
• How Irenaeus adjur'd the writer of his works tobe true 15
• Of the Italian Mountibanks 6
• Of Idlenes and sloth 11
• Italy to other Kingdoms as a diamond to Bri∣stol stones 20
• Italy characteriz'd by Pliny 20
• The high Elogy that an Emperour gives of Italy 21
• Some Italian soyles affoord 4 •…•…attermaths 21
• Italy, Bacchus his Inner Celler 21
• ...

• Of the Italian wines 21
• The wines of Papia cur'd Boetius, and after∣wards he fell to write his book de Consola∣tione 21
• The various comodities of Italy 22
• Italy describ'd curiously by Florus 22
• The Italian Cities with their Epithetts 22
• A Napolitan found out the Mariners Compas, a Venetian found out the making of glasse 23
• Of the brave Artists of Italy, of the Poets and
• Orators with Philosophers 23
• Italy the great source and Cestern whence all civility flow•…•…s 24
• Italy hath 17. Academies 24
• The Italian cautious in exposing himself to danger 24
• The brave resolution of an Italian when Charles the eight entred Italy 25
• Italy bred great Captains 25
• Of Christophero Colomba a greater Heroe then Hercules, the reasons induc'd him to that design, his proceedings in short, how he jeerd the ranting Spaniards, how he was slighted, & at last listned unto by Isabella 25
• The Italians are true friends, exemplified by Signior Priuli a Venetian Gentleman, and Cardinall Pole 26
• Italy a seeker after, and rewarder of vertu, Rome the common Countrey of all Nations where any is capable of dignity 26
• Of the stupendous wealth and strength of Ve∣nice, stil a virgin, the greatest mistresse of Sea in the world, her exploits and policy 28
• Divers Characters of Rome, one by Livy, her admired populousnes and riches in times pass'd, of her Bishop, alwayes a Reverencer of the Gods, of old and new Rome, of the Pope, and many examples produc'd, what adorations have been done him by Empe∣rors and Kings, the notable letter of Adrian the fourth to the Electors of Germany, the names of those Kingdoms that are feu∣detary to Rome, how divers Emperours, & Kings have been excōmunicated by him 31
• Touching Generall Councels, a proverb of the Pope in Italy, &c. 33
• Italy by many characters of merit deserves to have the precedence of all Countreys in Europe 33
• Of famous Iohn Hawkwood 45
• Ireland famous of old for learned men 49
• The Irish have a holy proverb of S. Patrick 49
• Ireland and Scotland censurd. 66

K

• KIngdoms no other then Magna Latroci∣nia fol. 41
• Kingston upon Hull like a Low-Countrey town 47
• Of Keneth the Pict, who brought the corona∣tion stone from Ireland to Scotland 48

L

• THe Lord Presidents complement to the rest of the Princes 1. in the pro.
• Lycurgus against forren Travell 2. in the proeme
• The Law of God that strangers should be as well us'd of Natives 2. in the pro.
• Of Luther his quil compar'd to Hercules club 9
• Lotharius the Emperour the first restaurator of learning in Germany 10
• Leunclavius compild the History of the Ma∣humetans while he was Ambassador for Ro∣dolphus in Constantinople 11
• Lovain had 4000. Weavers loomes in the yeer 1330 13
• The English first taught to make cloth by the Lovantans 13
• Lubecks beer medicinall 18
• Of Lorenzo de Medicis a memorable passage 22
• Leo the tenth born for the restauration of let∣ters 24
• London and Genoa compar'd in Ingratitude and why 26
• Latin toung two thirds Greek 38
• Languages descanted upon 61
• Laval in the raign of Francis the first, a corpu∣lent gentleman, was the first Inventor of Coches 63
• Lipsius his opinion of Oxford 44
• Of London, Englands Imperiall chamber 44
• A Libell in Spain against the Jesuitts, and another in France 18
• Of love to ones Countrey 31

M

• MAn not tied to one place no more then a bird or fish 3. in the proeme
• Man Lord of all elementary creatures by divine charter 3. in the pro.
• Machiavill rebukes his Countrey men because they us'd German Mathematicians 10
• Magdeburg the Metropolis of Germany 16
• Many errors of the Ancients musterd up 17
• The monstrous trade of Antwerp in times pass'd 20
• The marvailous riches of Antwerp, when she was plundred by the Spaniards 20
• The memorable History of a Duchesse of Ba∣varia, of conjugall love to Guelpho her hus∣band 22
• The miraculous story of a Countesse in Hol∣land who brought forth so many children as dayes in the yeer 24
• Lituania in some parts doth offer sacrifices to the Devil; the maner of their worship 7
• M. T. Cicero the great standard bearer of Ora∣tors 23
• A maxime of Ilanders 35
• A modest saying of Iulius the third, though an odd one 37
• A mighty clash 'twixt the Pope and the King of France 39
• Moses Gods Chancelor 2. in the pro.
• Mets put bounds to the conquests of Charles the fift 43
• Of the great Massacre in France, and the hor∣rid comet that follow'd a little after, the eminent men that were slain 54
• Medalls with the inscriptions after S. Bartho∣lome massacre 55
• Of Marseilles in France a Greek proverb 61
• The Marquis of Ancre most barbarously mur∣therd 63
• Of Maurice Prince of Orenge, his speech upon his death bed 37

N

• NAtures Great Ordinance 2. in the pro.
• Nilus hath a strange property 7
• Norimberg one of the most ingenious

• towns in Europe 13
• A notable saying of Valentinian touching the French 24
• The Normans a valiant peeple issued from Ger∣many 25
• How they came to be call'd Bygods 25
• The Normans elegantly characteriz'd by Roger Hoveden 25
• Notable exploits of the Germans against the Romans 25
• The Normans chas'd first the Saracens out of Sicily 25
• A notable resolution of the Gosack 5
• No learning at all left in Greece at this time 37
• A notable saying of Borgia Pope Alexanders son when he had lost 100000. crowns at dice 37
• The notable cunning of Aeneas Sylvius touch∣ing Rome 39
• Nogaret the French Ambassador takes the Pope a cuff under the eare 39
• A notable letter the Greek Churches writ to Iohn the third 39
• The notable speech of Charles the fift to Sel∣di•…•…s at Flushing 11
• No River so full of Meanders as the Sein in France 14
• Narbon curiously characteriz'd in Latin verse 41
• A notable example of sacrilege 49
• Of Nations in general, & their dexterity 51
• Three notable stories in Germany 34

O

• THe occasion of this meeting 1. in the pro. Otho the Emperour scap'd imprisonment in Greece, because he spoak the language so well 11
• Of Mary Q. of Hungary a remarkable passage 21
• Of the glory of the Emperor & the Electors 26
• Of Charlemain the first founder of the German Empire 26
• Of the famous men in Poland 3
• Of ploughs and culters of wood to which the pole doth attribut a kind of Divinity 7
• Of some positions of the Canon Law 38
• Of the Canonists who are great champions for the Pope 38
• Of divers Emperours who summond Generall Councells 41
• Of divers Popes who were elected, and cha∣stiz'd by Emperors 41
• Of Italy, France and England a proverb 57
• Of the Jesuits their rise, their progresse and policy, all factors for Spain, their strange tenets, how they tugg'd to get into Paris, how they were banish'd Venice.
• Of the Indispositions of the Spanish mon∣archy 26
• Of the gastly death of Philip the second, and many circumstances belonging to it, his Epitaph.
• Of Portugall and her pittifull sterility
• Of the strongest Forts upon earth 34
• The Opinion of an Italian touching the strength of England 38
• The Order of the golden Fleece more proper to England then to any Countrey els 40
• Of York the Seat of Emperours 47
• Of Scotland 48
• Of Ireland 49
• Of the lightnes of the Britains 53
• Of the prerogatives of the Emperour 48
• Of curing the Kings evill by the French King, the opinion of Crescentius 68
• Of the base Ingratitude of the Scotts 65

P

• IN praise of Peregrination 3. in the pro▪ Poyson cur'd in a strange way 6
• A proverb the Italians have of the Germans 12
• In the praise of Poland 1
• Of the Perusian Ambassadors employed to the Pope a facetious passage 1. in Pol.
• Poland hath salt pitts under ground like pa∣laces 1
• Poland a very plentifull Countrey 2
• A Polonian marchant nam'd Vernicius being Consull of Cracovia was rich to admiration, famous entertainment he gave to 3 Kings 2
• The Pole delights not much in sumptuous buildings 2
• There were nine score talents erogated out of Garlik, Onions and Leeks, towards the building the pyramids o•…•… Egypt 2
• The Pole measures his house by his own body 2
• The Pole goes beyond all for manly attire 2
• The Pole confines upon two potent neigh∣bours, the Turke and the Russe 4
• The brave answer that Stephen King of Poland gave the Turk 4
• Potts found naturally shapen in the earth neere Streme 4
• Poland hath had very victorious Kings, they are reckon'd up 4
• King of Poland created a perpetuall friend to the Empire 5
• Philip the second would not refer to the Pope the right to Portugall 39
• The prerogative of the German Diet 1. in the proeme.
• Plato against forren travell 1. in the pro.
• The famous pilgrimage of Otto the third to a saint in Poland, & the story belonging to it 4
• The Pole can bring into the field 150. thou∣sand fighting men 5
• Of the Polish Nobility 5
• The Poles three parts of foure are Arrians 8
• In some Polish words there are 10. consonants to one vowell 9
• The Polish words as so many stones thrown at a mans brain
• A proverb of Hungary 19
• The power of Pisa in times pass'd, when she had 100 gentlemen that could put every one a gally to sea upon his own charge 27
• The power of Genoa in times pass'd ibid.
• Of Philip the second, his consciousnes before he invested Portugall, his sage cariage about his son before he died 12
• Of the perfidiousnes of the English against the old Britains 34
• Of Printing and Gunns 39

R.

• ROme recovered Learning by Urban the 4.
• who sent for Thomas Aquinas 23
• As also afterwards by Cosmo and Lorenzo de Medici 23
• Reasons that Great Britain may stand in com∣petition

• for the primacy of Europe 50
• Raphael Urbin design'd by Leo the tenth to be a Cardinal 37
• Reasons why Great Britain cannot deserve the preheminence of other Countries 67
• The Russe seldom travels abroad 2. in the Pro.
• Rodolphus the Emperours wise speech to a Traveller 6
• The Rule of Providence not to powre down all blessings at once 8
• Of Regiomontanus 10
• A Remarkable passage of Everard Barbatus Duke of Wirtemberg 21
• The Roman Emperours had a guard of Ger∣mans for their fidelity
• Of the Renowned Families of Germany, and their antiquity and extent through all Eu∣rope 26
• Rhodope a rich Courtisan built one of the Py∣ramids of Egypt 2
• Rome in one Cense that was made had in her two millions and a half of soules 2
• Rome when Pagan had above 400 Temples, now Christian she hath scarce the 4^th part 2
• The sorry report the French gave of Poland at their return with Hen. 3 6
• Rome often ravished 28
• Rome shrunk into a Pigmey's skin from that Gigantick shape she was 34
• The hugenesse of Rome conjectur'd by many arguments 34

S.

• SCotsmen Men-eaters 63
• Spain first attempted, and at last subdued by the Romans 2
• Spain preferr'd before all countries by Charles the 5 1
• Spain with her commodities laid op•…•… 2
• Spain the fragrantst Country 2
• In Spain Milk cannot turn to Whey in some places 2
• Spain the Queen of horses 2
• Of the chief Cities of Spain 3
• Of the Mines of Spain 4
• The site and form of Spain 4
• Of the 150 Rivers that water Spain 4
• Spain hath a bridge twenty miles long, where∣on cattle feed 4
• Spanish Crown made of her own gold 4
• Spain describ'd by Claudian 5
• A Spanish Guard about Iulius Caesar, Augustus had a Band of Biscainers 6
• A notable example of the Spanish valour 6
• The Spaniards right justified to the West Indies 7
• The Spanish Discoverers of the West Indies, the Discoverers of the East 7
• Spaniards the sole Grandees of this Age 8
• Spain hath bred notable Spirits 8
• Of the Jesuits founded by a Spaniard 9
• The Spanish Monarchy the vastest since the Creation 10
• The Sun alwaies shines upon some part of the Philippian Monarchy 10
• Sacriledge to dispute of the Emperours power 2. in the Pro.
• Spain taunted 6
• Seneca's notable Speech against Forren Tra∣vell 6
• Satan doth commonly set up his Chappel near Gods House 9
• Scaligers witty saying of •…•…lavius 12
• Scaligers cōparison 'twixt thunder & canon 14
• Scaligers witty saying of Printing▪ of Canon, Wheele-clocks 16
• Scaligers Elogium of Antwerp 16
• The Swisse scarce knew the use of Gold and Silver til the overthrow they gave the Duke of Burgundy near Granson 19
• Spanish Souldiers made hilts of swords of mas∣sie Gold at the plundring of Antwerp 20
• A notable speech of Philip the second when his Father resign'd him his dominions 22
• The wondrous strength of Sigismund King of Poland, who could crack a horshooe 8
• Slavonique the most spacious Tongue 8
• Strange examples of some learned men that lost their memory as not to remember their own names 34
• Scaligers tart opinion of Rome 35
• Sicily call'd by G•…•…cero, Romes Nurse, and the peoples Pantry 35
• Sannazarius writ three books of Jesus Christ, and yet never names him 38
• Spain hath afforded many brave Emperors 11
• The Spanish Grandezas expressed, and reasons alledged that the Spanish King is to be pre∣ferrred before all other Potentates 11
• In Spain the Mule fares sometimes better than the Master 1•…•…
• The sterillity of Spain discovered by a pleasant tale of the Count Palatin of the Rhine 15
• Of the Spanish pride some examples 21
• How Spain came to this greatness 22
• A question whether the Spaniards were first discoverers of the East and West Indies 22
• Of the Spanish cruelty in the Indies 23
• Spanish King not so potent as we take him to be, and the reasons 24
• The Spanish valour question'd 26
• Divers Spanish Rodomantadoes 26
• The Spanish Fleet the highest Grandeza that ever was 27
• The sharp sight of the Spaniard 27
• A memorable story of a Spanish Captain in Flander•…•… 27
• Though the King of Spain be in perpetuall war, and infinitely indebted, yet there is no appearance at all in his Court 27

T▪

• A Traveller compar'd to a Horsleech, and Paris of Troy 6
• Tacitus his notable speech against Germany 7
• Thuanus saith that Cambray makes 30000 lin∣nen cloths yearly 13
• Tacitus like to have been lost, had he not been received in a monastery of Westphalia 15
• Typography casts a bridle into times mouth 15
• Typography Ars memoriae, & Mors oblivionis 15
• Tacitus his opinion of Germany rectified 17
• The Tower of Strasburg 574 foot high 17
• Tacitus call'd by Budaeus, the wickedest of all writers, by Tertullian, the lyingst, by Orosius, the flattringst 17
• Tyrol abounds most with Mettals of any Coun∣try 17
• The Turks call all Christians Freinks, and the Abyssins call them Alfrangues 24
• The Great Turk prefers the Christian Empe∣rours Ambassador before all others 26
• The temple of Ephesus 22 years a building 2
• The Pope a great temporal Prince & proud 33
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• A tart censure of the Italian 36
• A tart saying touching Saints 37

V

• ULms excells in Drapery of all sorts 13 Utrecht stands betwixt 50 Cities, whereof the remotest but a dayes journey 16
• Vienna describ'd by Aeneas Sylvius 18
• Vladislaus the perjur'd K. of Poland & the horrid judgment that fell upon prince & peeple 8
• The Yew poysonous to those that sleep under it, a brasse nayl beaten in takes away the poyson 40
• The vertu of Iron 40
• A strange vision Henry the 3 of France had be∣fore his death 56
• How he was murther'd, with his Epitaph ibid.
• Vulcan hath his chief forge, and Mars his Ar∣mory in Bilbo 4
• Of Viriatus the valiant Portuguez 6
• A question discuss'd, whither the old world got more by the new, or the new by the old 8
• The vanity of the Portuguais 20
• Of the Spanish Inquisition 20
• The three vowes of Solyman 29

W

• BOdin wittily taunted 53
• A witty Epigram on Katherin de Medicis Q of France 54
• A witty saying of Henry the 4. of France 57
• A witty comparison touching Bodin 60
• A witty character of the French by Pontuma∣rinus 60
• A witty Chronogram 12
• Witty reparties 'twixt a German and a Dutch∣man touching their languages 61
• A witty Epigram for drinking 38
• A wise law of the Lacedemonians touching las∣civious books 62
• A witty saying touching the order of Knight∣hood in France 63
• Two witty comparisons 64
• A wise saying of an English Captain 57
• A witty letter of C•…•…ligni to the French King 64
• A witty Epigram upon Spain 24
• A witty saying how Philip got the Kingdom of Portuga•…•…l 6
• A wise saying of Philip the second 11
• His wise speech at his death 11
• A witty simile touching Spain 14
• A witty speech of Henry the fourth touching Spain 14
• The witty speech of King Iames touching the Spaniard 24
• Whither the Indian gold hath done more hurt or good to Europe 24
• Some witty sayings of the wild Indians reflect∣ing upon the Spaniards 23
• A witty saying of Robert Duke of Normandy 10
• A witty speech of K. Iames touching Tobacco 5
• A wise saying of Cosmo de Medici 27
• Walloons that fled from the fury of the Duke of Alva in Flanders taught the English to make Bays and Serges 13
• A witty character of a King 15
• The Wines of Germany 18
• Wine fo plentifull in Germany, that in some places they macerat their lime and mingle their morter, with it 18
• The Walls of Babylon 200 foot high, and 60 miles in compas 2
• Of the seven wonders 2
• Where the Turks horse sets his foot the grass never grows 4
• A witty answer of Charles the sift 21
• A wise saying of Scaurus 33
• A wise saying of Sigismund the Emperor, and of A•…•…phonso of Aragon touching Learning 37
• A witty Epigram upon Henry the 4 19
• A wise speech of the Pontano Duke of Venice to the Popes Ambassadors 39
• A wise sanction made at a Diet against the Popes power in the election of the Emp. 39
• A wise saying of the Duke of Alva. 24
• Witty answers of som Emperors to the Pope 41
• A witty saying of an Ambassadour 1
• The witty answer of Hen. 4. to the Parisians 42
• Of brave women 47
• A witty saying of Hen. the 2. King of France 49
• A witty saying of Lewis the 12 50
• A witty saying of a Spanish Ambassadour 50
• A witty Epigram upon Sir Francis Drake 42
• Ward the English Pirat did a world of mischief to Christendom 36
• A witty saying of a Spanish client to K. Phil. 26
• A witty Pasquil against Spain when the Golet∣ta was lost 26
• A witty comparison of Europe 29
• A witty Spanish Proverb 29
• A Welch Prince freed England of Wolves 40
• Why Woolsacks are in the House of Peers 40
• The wise speech of King Canutus 43
• A wise speech of Charles the 5 1
• Of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Wales 46
• Women did ride astride til Queen Anne, wife to Richard the second 54
• Of C•…•…rdinal Wolsey 55
• The weakness of the Empire 32
• A witty Anagram 56
• A witty comparison made to the French by Flo∣rus 66
• A wise saying of the Emperour Frederique 46
• Of the Warrs of the Low-Countries and the grounds of them 46
• A wise answer of Tiberius 47
• A wise answer of Q. Eliz. to the Hollanders 48
• A witty comparison that Florus makes of the French valour 66
• The witty saying of an Aethiop 67
• Water in Moravia of great vertue 68
• A witty saying of Henry the fourth 19
• The wise speech of Paschasius against the Je∣suits 19
• A witty saying touching the Philosophers stone 20
• A witty saying touching Portugall 20
• A witty revenge of a Secretary 49
• The witty answer of an Empress 36
• A witty saying of Katharine de Medici 35
• The woful catastrophe and last words of Hen∣ry the 8 58