Part 13 (1/1)

Whether or no uess'd at the Moral, or whether it was Fact, I dare not determine; But to me it seem'd apparent, that it was no otherways intended, than as an emblematical Fable to cover, and preserve the Me King of _Navarr_, at that eternally ignohter, the Massacre of _Paris_ Many Historians, their own as well as others, agree, that the House of _Guise_ had levell'd the Malice of their Design at that great Prince They knew him to be the lawful Heir; but as they knew hionot_, Barbarity and Injustice was easily conceal'd under the Cloak of Religion, and the Good of Mother Church, under the veil of Ambition, was held sufficient to postpone the Laws of God and Man Some of those Historians have deliver'd it as Matter of Fact, that the Conspirators, in searching after that young King, press'd into the very Apart, at the Toll of the Bell, and Cries of the Murder'd, taken the Alar, plac'd her self in her Chair, and cover'd the young King her Son with her Farthingale, till they were gone By which means she found an opportunity to convey him to a Place of more Safety; and so preserv'd him from those bloody Murderers, and in them from the Paw of the Lyon

This was only a private Reflection of reat a Face of Probability, that I can see no present Reason to reject it And to have sought after better Information from the Officer of the Mint, had been to sacrifice my Discretion to my Curiosity

While I stay'd at _Bayonne_, the Princess _Ursini_ ca of _Spain's_ Guards She had been to drink the Waters of sohbourhood, the Name of which has now slipt my Meer of _Spain_; and the Mareschal _de Montrevel_ no less signaliz'd hireat Lady, as at that Instant the greatest Favourite in the _Spanish_ Court; tho' as I have before related, she was some Ti

_BAYONNE_ is esteem'd the third _Emporiu so, in the Possession of the _English_; of which had History been silent, the Cathedral Church had afforded evident Delish_ Model, and quite different to any of their oay of Building in _France_

_PAMPELONA_ is the Capital City of the _Spanish Navarr_, supposed to have been built by _Pompey_ 'Tis situated in a pleasant Valley, surrounded by lofty Hills This Tohether famous or infamous, was the Cause of the first Institution of the Order of the Jesuits For at the Siege of this Place _Ignatius Loyola_ being only a private Soldier, receiv'd a shot on his Thigh, which er; upon which he set his Brains to work, being a subtle Man, and invented the Order of the Jesuits, which has been so troublesome to the World ever since

At _Saint Stephen_ near _Lerida_, an Action happened between the _English_ and _Spaniards_, in which Major General _Cunningha at the Head of his Men, lost his Life, being extreareat Estate, yet left it, to serve his Country; _Dulce est pro Patria Mori_

About two Leagues froe plac'd upon a s at the botto near it, in which I saw _Saint Christopher_ in a Gigantick Shape, having a _Christo_ on his Shoulders

The Hermit was there at his Devotion, I ask'd him (tho' I knew it before) the reason why he was represented in so large a Shape: The Herreat Civility, and told me, he had his Na, he had an inclination to pass a River, so _Saint Christopher_ took him on his Shoulders in order to carry hirew higher and higher

At last we received News, that the _Gloucester_ Man of War, with two Transports, was arrived at _Port Passage_, in order for the Transporting of all the rely they reed with a Master of a Vessel, which was loaded with Wine for _Amsterda for that shi+p, as did that for a fair Wind

In three or four Days' Ti due Advantage, we sail'd over the Bar into the Bay of _Biscay_ This is with Sailors, to a Proverb, reckon'd the roughest of Seas; and yet on our Entrance into it, nothing appear'd like it 'Twas s, and in its Bloom, that discover'd no ues, before a prodigious Fish presented it self to our View As near as we could guess, itit self on the surface of the Sea, a great Part appearing out of the Water The Sailors, one and all, as soon as they saw it, declar'd it the certain Forerunner of a Storm However, our shi+p kept on its Course, before a fine Gale, till we had near passed over half the Bay; when, all on a sudden, there was such a hideous Alteration, as makes Nature recoil on the very Reflection Those Seas that seem'd before to smile upon us, with the Aspect of a Friend, now in a Mo Countenance into that of an open Enemy; and Frowns, the certain Indexes of Wrath, presented us with apparent Danger, of which little on this Side Death could be the Sequel The angry Waves cast the'd the shi+p on every Side fro Wind and Surges! Such Falls from Precipices of Water, to dish the latter seem'd to receive us in Order to skreen us froination could offer no other Advantage than that of a Winding-Sheet, presented and prepared for our approaching Fate But why ination? In me 'tholly dormant And yet those Sons of stormy Weather, the Sailors, had theirs about the the Wind and Seas so very boisterous, they lash'd the Rudder of the shi+p, resolv'd to let her drive, and steer herself; since it was past their Skill to steer her This was our Way of sojourning ht; driven where the Winds and Waves thought fit to drive us, with all our Sails quite lower'd and flat upon the Deck If _Ovid_, in the little _Archipelagian_ Sea, could whine out his _jam jaerous Sea (the Pitch-like Darkness of the Night adding to all our sad Variety of Woes) what Words in Verse or Prose could serve to paint our Passions, or our Expectations? Alas! our only Expectation was in the Return of Morning; It caht it co all the Advantage of its first Appearance Our shi+p was driving full Speed, towards the _Breakers_ on the _Cabritton_ Shore, between _Burdeaux_ and _Bayonne_; which filled us with Ideas more terrible than all before, since those were past, and these seely as certain Beside, to add to our Distress, the Tide was driving in, and consequently must drive us fast to visible Destruction A State so evident, that one of our Sailors, whoreat Experience had render'dto save one, by lashi+ng hiainst the expected Minute of Desolation He was about that melancholy Work, in utter Despair of any better Fortune, when, as loud as ever he could bawl, he cry'd out, _a Point, a Point of Wind_ To me, who had had too much of it, it appear'd like the Sound of the last Truent Crew, it had a different Sound With Vigour and Alacrity they started froinable Speed, unlash'd the Rudder, and hoisted all their Sails

Never sure in Nature did one Minute produce a greater Scene of Contraries The e of Deliverance And according to their Expectation did it happen; that heavenly Point of Wind deliver'd us from the Jaws of those _Breakers_, ready open to devour us; and carrying us out to the much more wellcohts, as distant as we thought our Danger

We endeavoured to e_; but our shi+p became unruly, and would not answer her Helo before the Wind, and make for the Harbour of _Saint Jean de Luz_ This we attain'd without any great Difficulty, and to the Satisfaction of all, Sailors as well as Passengers, we there cast Anchor, after the reed) and as er as ever People escap'd

Here I took notice, that the Sailors buoy'd up their Cables with Hogsheads; enquiring into the Reason of which, they told me, that the Rocks at the Bottom of the Harbour were by Experience found to be so very sharp, that they would otherwise cut their Cables asunder Our shi+p was obliged to be drawn up into the Dock to be refitted; during which, I lay in the Tohere nothing of Mo Pardon for my Errors; the very Movements of Princes must always be considerable, and consequently worth Recital While the shi+p lay in the Dock, I was one Evening walking upon the Bridge, with the little Island near it, (which I have before spoke of) and had a little _Spanish_ Dog along with me, when at the further End I spy'd a Lady, and three or four Gentlemen in Company; I kept on my Pace of Leisure, and so did they; but when I ca, as they did in the hus, by their Fierceness and Ill-hu, or the least Declaration of War, fallen uponto pristine Custoard to Size, Interest or Nue of her sex, e of Inequalities, out of an Excess of Condescension and Goodness, ca to the Relief of oppressed poor _Tony_; and, in courtly Language, rated her own oppressive Dogs for their great Incivility to Strangers The Dogs, in the Middle of their insulting Wrath, obey'd the Lady with a vast deal of profound Submission; which I could not er of _Spain_, who had chid theo out again to Sea, we left the Harbour of _Saint Jean de Luz_, and with ain ination, in ten Days'

Sail we reach'd _Dover_ Here I landed on the last Day of _March_, 1713 having not, till then, seen or touch'd _English_ Shoar fro of _May_, 1705

I took Coach directly for _London_, where, when I arriv'd, I thought n, than any I had either fought or pilgrin, do I mean, in respect to others, so ly, under a perfect Unani_ and _Tory_ were then esteeer, than a Bee robb'd of its Sting The national Concern went on with Vigour, and the prodigious Success of the Queen's Arms, left every Soul without the least Pretence to a Murmur But now on my Return, I found them on their old Establishht toof a Peace; in which Ti, and consequently neither could be right in their Notions of it, however an over prejudic'd Way of thinking _ and _Tory_ are, in my Mind, the compleatest Paradox in Nature, and yet like other Paradoxes, old as I a Contraries perfectly reconcil'd, and reduc'd into one happy Certainty, the Publick Good

Whilst I stay'd at _Madrid_, I made several Visits to my old Acquaintance General _Mahoni_ I remember that he told me, when the Earl of _Peterborow_ and he held a Conference at _Morvidro_, his Lordshi+p used uments to induce him to leave the _Spanish_ Service

_Mahoni_ ion was suffer'd to serve in the _English_ Aret him excepted by an Act of Parliareat Respect of his Lordshi+p, and was strangely surprized, that after so lorious Successes he should be sent away

He was likewise pleased to inforoza_, 'twas his Fortune to ive way, and he pursued them for a considerable tireat Confusion: But it gave hi our Battery of Guns; which he perforhter, both of Gunners and Matrosses: He at the same time inquired, who 'twas that couard_, one that understood the Oecono of; but that he would vouch, he behaved hie, and defended the Battery to the ut several Wounds, and deserved the Post in which he acted A Gentleman as a Prisoner at _Gualaxara_, inforh that Town, being only attended with one of his Guards

_Saragoza_, or _Caesar Augusta_, lies upon the River _Ebro_, being the Capital of _Arragon_; 'tis a very ancient City, and contains fourteen great Churches, and twelve Convents The Church of the Lady of the _Pillar_ is frequented by Pilgrims, almost from all Countries; 'twas anciently a Roloriosa Trinitas, quia tu dedisti estas recordandi Nomen tuum sit benedictum, per saecula saeculorum Amen_

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