La Duke of Chartres, now Duke of Orleans, and Mademoiselle de Chartres. The first married to Mademoiselle de Blois, by whom he has Iffue four Daughters; and the laft to Leopold, the late Duke of Lorrain, by whom he has one Daughter living, and a Son. Edward, the youngest Son of the unfortunate Frederick, Count Palatine of the Rhine, married, as I faid before, Anne de Gonzague in France, by whom he had Iffue three Daughters, Anna, Benedicta Henrietta Philippina, and Louifa Maria, which laft never married. Anna, the eldest Daughter, married in 1663. to the late Prince of Condé, of the House of Bourbon, and confequently of the Royal Blood of France, which Prince got Iffue by her one Son, called Lewis de Bourbo:, and four Daughters, viz. 1. Maria Therefa, Mademoiselle de Bourbon. 2. Anna-Louifa de Bourban, Mademoiselle de Enguien. 3. Louifa-Benedicta de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Condé. 4. Maria-Anna de Bourbon, Mademoifelle de Montmorency. Lewis de Bourbon, the prefent Prince of Condé, married Mademoiselle de Nantes, a natural Daughter of Lewis XIV. in 1685. and had Ifue by her one Son and four Daughters, viz. LewisHenry Duke of Enguien, born in 1692. Mademoiselle de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Charglois, Mademoifelle de Sens, and Ma demoiselle de Clermont. Amongst the late Prince of Conde's Daughters, the eldeft, Maria-Therefa, married to Francis-Lewis, the late Prince of Conti; who had Iffue by her two Sons, one called Prince de la Roche fur Yon, and the other Compte de la Marche; befides two Daughters, Mademoiselle de Conti, and Mademoiselle d'Alais. Louifa-Benedicta de Bourbon, third Daughter of the late Prince of Condé, married to the Duke of Maine, in 1692. who got Iffue by her the Prince of Dombes, and Mademoiselle d' Aumale. Edward's fecond Daughter, viz. Benedicta Henrietta Philippina, married to John Frederick, the Popish Duke of Hanover, by whom he had Iffue three Daughters, viz. Charlotte-Felicita, Anna, and Willielmina Amelia. The first married to Charles Ferdinand, the prefent Duke of Mantua, who had no Iflue by her. The fecond married to the prefent Duke of Modena, who has à Son and a Daughter. And the third to the late Emperor of Germany, to whom the bore three Children, of which none furvives but Maria Amelia, born in 1701. I conclude with the Proteftant Branch of the Royal Family, in the Houfe of Hanover, which begins with the moft IllufriOus Princefs Sophia, the youngest Daughter of the Lady Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, and Sifter to Charles-Lodovick, Rapart, and Edward aforefaid, whofe Off-fpring we have feen, This moft excellent Princefs, the fifth and youngest Daughter of Frederick V. Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and King of Bohemia, and of Elizabeth of Great Britain, eldeft Daughter of King James I. born at the Hague in Holland, the 3d of October, 1630. in the Year 1658. was married to Erneft Auguftus, Duke of Brunfwick and Lunenburg, the fourth and youngest Son to George Duke of Lunenburg Zell, which Duke Erneft fucceeded afterwards to the Bishoprick of Ofnabrug; and alfo upon the Death of his elder Brother, Anno 1680. Frederick, Duke of Hanover, who died without Iffue-Male, to the Dukedom of Hanover`; which upon account of fo many Titles and Dominions centring in one Perfon, was so far honour'd as to be made into an Electorate of the Empire in 1692. The Prince Erneft had Iffue by the faid Princefs Sophia, GEORGE LEW1s, late King of Great-Britain; Frederick Auguftus, flain in Transilvania, Anno 1690. valiantly fighting against the Turks; Maximilian William, the third Son, deceased ; Charles Philip, fourth Son, flain at the Battle of Caffineck in Tranfilvania, 1690. Chriftian, fifth Son, fhot in the River Danube, after the Battle of Munderkingen, in 1703. Erneft Auguftus, late Duke of York, and Bishop of Ofnabrug: Sophia Charlotte, only Daughter of the Princefs Sophia and Duke Erneft, was married to the late King of Pruffia, and had by him Frederick William, his prefent Pruffian Majefty, who hath married with his Coufin German, the Princefs Sophia Dorothy, the only Daughter of King GEORGE I. and Sifter to His prefent Majefty King GEORGE II. Pursuant to the A&t of Settlement (before recited) on the Death of her late Sacred Majefty Queen Anne, (the Princefs Sophia his Mother, to whom the Crown was limited, dying some little Time before) his late Majefty, GEORGE LEWIS I. the next indifputable Proteftant Heir, was on the First of August, 1714. proclaim'd King of Great-Britain, &c. by the unanimous Voice of the People. Who having foon Notice of the Queen's Death, and of his own Acceffion, hailed over to England, bringing with him his Son, his prefent Majefty, whom he foon after created Prince of Wales. On the 18th of Sept. his Majefty arrived in the River Thames, and Landed that Night at Greenwich, where he was met by the Lords of the Regency, many of the Privy Council, and others of the Nobility and Gentry. From thence, after a fmall Stay, his Majelly made his publick Entry into London, with the moft joyful Acclamations of the People. He being thus peaceably and quietly fettled on his Throne, took care, in a very particular Manner, to gratify those who in the worst of Times, and under the Frowns of the late Ministry, had fhewed themfelves his Friends. Thefe he rewarded with Honours and Preferments, fuitable to their great Merit and Affection. He He next diffolv'd the Parliament, under which his Right of Succeffion had been endanger'd; and being now a little at Leifure to look about him, he difpatch'd Minifters to all Foreign Courts, to notify his Acceffion, and to take care of his Interefts. And on the Twentieth of October following he was folemnly crown'd King of Great-Britain. CHA P. XXX. Of the KING's Dominions, Titles, and Arms. Begin with the great Extent of the British Monarchy in all Parts of the known World, but chiefly in Europe and America. In Europe the King is poffefs'd of the two greatest Iflands in this Part of the World, viz. Great Britain and Ireland; the first containing England, Scotland, and Wales; Ireland being another Kingdom by it felf. His Majefty is alfo in Poffeffion of thefe four lands on the Coast of Normandy, viz. Jerfey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark. I have already fhewn how Wales came to be incorporated to England. As for Scotland, it continu'd a feparate Kingdom of it felf, till the first of May, 1707. when the Act of Union pafs'd in both Kingdoms, took place, and the two Kingdoms became one, under the Name of Great Britain. I come now to Ireland, lying Weft of England, the greatest Ifland in Europe, next to Great Britain: Part of which was conquer'd by Henry II. towards the end of the 12th Century, upon this Occafion. Ireland was then divided into several small Kingdoms, and the King of Leinfter having ftripp'd the King of Meath of his Dominions, this King came over to England to crave Henry's Affiftance for his Restoration. Henry gave Ear to his Propofal, went over to Ireland, and fubdu'd a good part of it, which he bestow'd upon his Son John, firnam'd Lackland, with the Title of Lord of Ireland. But in 1532. it was made a Kingdom, and King Henry VIII. declar'd King thereof by an Irish Parliament. Yet England never made a full Conquest of it till the latter End of Queen Elizabeth's Reign, when the Rebels, under the Conduct of the Earl of Tir-Owen, received a total Overthrow: The Confequence of which prov'd according to the Rule, That every Rebellion, when fuppreffed, makes the Prince fronger, and the Subjects weaker. Upon the late Revolution, the Irish fiding with King James, rofe up every where in Arms against the English; but they were happily reduc'd in two Campaigns, after two bloody Battles, one at the Boyne, the other at Aghrim, notwithstanding their own numerous Forces, and their French Auxiliaries, ८ The King's Tules. As for the Ifles of ferfey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark, on the Coast of Normandy, 'tis all the English have to fhew of their great Poffeffions in France in former Ages; when they had not only the whole Dukedom of Normandy, conquer'd by Henry I, of England, but alfo all Aquitain, Tourraine, Anjou, Maine, &c. In Europe, Great-Britain lays a Claim befides to the Sovereignty of the British Seas, even to the Shores of all the neighbouring Nations. Therefore all Children born upon thofe Seas are accounted natural Subjects of Britain; and it was the Way of old, for Foreigners to afk Leave of England, to pafs and fish in those Seas. To this Day they lower their Top-fails by way of Homage to all the Royal Ships of War. In America, the King has the greatest Share next to Spain. In the Continent of North America, his Majefty is poffefs'd of all its Sea-Coafts, from Canada, or New France, as far as Florida, containing New England, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Penfilvania, Virginia, and Carolina. The rich and famous Island of Jamaica, the Ifles of Barbadoes, St. Chriftopher, Antegoa, Nevis, and Montferrat, befides the Bahama and Bermudas Islands, and part of Newfoundland, are also under the Jurifdiction of Eng land. In Africk and Afia there are feveral Forts and Factories belonging to the Crown of Great Britain. Near Goa, in the Eaft-Indies, this Crown is poffefs'd of the Ifle of Bombay; and between Africk and America, of St. Helen, an Ifland about 300 Leagues from any Continent, and 100 from any Inland. As for the King's Titles, tho' his Dominions reach to all Parts of the known World, yet his Majefty is only ftiled, GEORGE, by the Grace of God, King of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith. The laft Title was given by Pope Leo X. to King Henry VIII, for writing a Book against Luther, in Defence of fome Points of the Romish Religion: And it was afterwards confirm'd by Act of Parliament, the King being look'd upon as Defender of the an tient Catholick, and Apoftolick Faith, profefs'd in this Iland. By the Lateran Council, under Pope Julius II. the Title of Mot Chriftian King was conferr'd on Henry VIII. in the fifth Year of his Reign: But it was used before by his Father Henry VII. and affumed fince by the French King, whereas the King of Spain bears the Title of Catholick King. The Title of Majefty was not ufed in England till the Reign of Henry VIII. who was first called His Highnefs, and afterwards His Majefly: And from that Time the Title has been improved to Sacred Majefty; whereas, in former Times, as about the Reign of Henry IV. the King was called His Grace; Henry VI. His Excellent Grace; and Henry VII. fometimes His Grace, and fometimes his Highness. The Title of Madam, now fo prodigiously given to Women of any genteel Appearance, is also used to the Queen, as that of Sir to a King, according to the Title of Sire, given to the Before the Union with Scotland, the Royal Arms were, 1. A. His Arms. zure, Three Flower de Luces, Or, the Regal Arms of France quarter'd with thofe of England, which are, Gules, Three Liens Paffant Gardant in Pale, Or. 2. A Lion Rampant Gules, within a Double Treffure Counter-Flower de lys, Or, for the Royal Arms of Scotland. 3. Azure, an Irish Harp, Or, fringed Argent, for the Royal Enfigns of Ireland. In the fourth Place, as in the firft; and all within (the chief Enfign of the Moft Noble Order of) the Garter. Above it an Helmet, and upon the fame a rich Mantle of Cloth of Gold, doubled Ermin, adorned with an Imperial Crown, and furmounted for a Creft by a Lion Pasant Gardant, Crowned with the fame; fupported by a Lion Rampant Gardant, Or, Crowned as the former, and an Unicorn Argent gorged with a Crown, with a Chain thereto affix'd, paffing between his Fore-legs, and reflexed over his Back, Or, both standing upon a Compartment placed underneath, and in the Table of the Compartment the King's Royal Motto in French, DIEU ET MON DROIT, i. e. God and my Right. This Motto was first given by King Richard I. to intimate, that he held his Crown of God only; and afterwards used by King Edward III. when he claim'd the Kingdom of France: Instead of which King William used, JE MAIN TIENDRAY, i. e. I will maintain; except in the Broad Seal, and elsewhere, where he order'd the former Motto to be used. The Motto used by Queen Anne was (that of her Royal Predeceffor Queen Elizabeth) SEMPER EADEM, i. e. Always the fame. The Motto upon the Garter, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, i. e. Evil be to him that Evil thinks, was first given by Ed Award III. the Founder of that Order; to fhew he had no Defign in it, but what was just and honourable. With the Arms of Great Britain are now quarter'd his Majesty's Arms as Elector of Hanover, &c. When King Edward III. claim'd the Kingdom of France in his Mother's Right, he caused the Arms of France to be placed first, as the greater Kingdom; or, perhaps, thinking the French might be thereby the more eafily induced to own the Englif Title. By the Act of Union it is agreed, That the Great Seal of the United Kingdom be different from the former Great Seats used in either Kingdom; and that the Quartering of Arms, as may beft fuit the Union, be left to his Majefty. Alfo, That the Croffes of St. George, and St. Andrew, be conjoin'd, when used in Flags, Banners, Standards, and Enfigns, both at Sea and Land, CHAR |