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[Illustration: Lestevenon de Berkenroode]




                                  THE

                                MEMOIRS

                                   OF

                            _CHARLES-LEWIS_,

                           Baron de POLLNITZ.

                                 BEING

                    The OBSERVATIONS He made in his
                   late TRAVELS from _Prussia_ thro'

                               _GERMANY_,
                                _ITALY_,
                               _FRANCE_,
                              _FLANDERS_,
                               _HOLLAND_,
                             _ENGLAND_, &c.

                       In LETTERS to his FRIEND.

                 Discovering not only the PRESENT STATE
                     of the Chief CITIES and TOWNS;

                                  BUT

                The CHARACTERS of the PRINCIPAL PERSONS
                         at the Several COURTS.

                            In TWO VOLUMES.

                                 Vol. I

                  The SECOND EDITION, with ADDITIONS.


                               _LONDON:_
            Printed for DANIEL BROWNE, at the _Black Swan_,
                   without _Temple-Bar_. M.DCC.XXXIX.




                           TABLE OF CONTENTS


                 PREFACE, BY THE TRANSLATOR        v

                 AUTHOR'S PREFACE                 ix

                 ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR     xiv

                 PREFACE                          xv

                 ADDENDA to Vol. I             xviii

                 ADDENDA to Vol. II              xxi

                 BOOKS LATELY PUBLISHED         xxiv

                 LETTER I                          1

                 LETTER II                        49

                 LETTER III                       60

                 LETTER IV                        69

                 LETTER V                         80

                 LETTER VI                       162

                 LETTER VII                      178

                 LETTER VIII                     183

                 LETTER IX                       193

                 LETTER X                        197

                 LETTER XI                       210

                 LETTER XII                      224

                 LETTER XIII                     246

                 LETTER XIV                      258

                 LETTER XV                       272

                 LETTER XVI                      280

                 LETTER XVII                     293

                 LETTER XVIII                    299

                 LETTER XIX                      315

                 LETTER XX                       327

                 LETTER XXI                      338

                 LETTER XXII                     357

                 LETTER XXIII                    364

                 LETTER XXIV                     377

                 LETTER XXV                      391

                 LETTER XXVI                     408

                 LETTER XXVII                    422

                 OTHER BOOKS                     432

                 INDEX                           433

                 ERRATA

                 FOOTNOTES


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                        To the Right Honourable

                       PHILIP, _Lord_ HARDWICKE;

                      Baron of _Hardwicke_, in the
                        County of _Gloucester_;

                          LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR
                          of _Great Britain_;

                                  AND

                 One of the LORDS of His Majesty's most
                       Honourable PRIVY COUNCIL.


                                MY LORD,

The good Reception these Memoirs, which I most humbly offer to your
Lordship, have met with Abroad; and the Protection and Favour the _Author_
has obtain'd at one of the Chief Protestant Courts of EUROPE; encourage
me, tho' with the profoundest Submission, to intreat your Lordship's
favourable Acceptance of this _Translation_.

'Tis, my Lord, the only Homage I am capable of paying your Lordship, and
the best Testimony I can give with what Zeal and Pleasure I join in the
Congratulation of the Public for that illustrious Regard paid to your
Lordship's Merit, and Their Wishes, by his SACRED MAJESTY, this Day in
Council.

That your Lordship may very long enjoy a sufficient Portion of Health,
equal to the Abilities of your Great Mind, for supporting you under that
vast Weight of Service which you have now taken upon you for your King and
Country, is the hearty Prayer of all good ENGLISHMEN; and particularly of
Him, My Lord, who has the Honour to subscribe

                           