Book IIII

Flu(hing City-
A Flagon what t{ind of Cup.
The name Flufhing came from een Fkffcbc.
Why the zdan- der sieve their Cups.
The city Vere.
whence is the City Vcre fo tailed.
Schcldlfland fo called from the River,
When 2iri2ca 9vai firjl built.
iupream power, and government ot that place. Yet I deny not but it may be referred to the builder of it, by whom in fuch a place this fort was rayfed againft hoftile Invafions. There (lands from Mtddlehourgb toward the South- Weft, or Weft, 16. furlongs which make two miles, a City not great in compafTe about the walls, but well fenced by nature and Art toward the Sea, which we call Flujhing^ a place well furnilhed with induftrious Fijfher- men, and experienced Sea-men, and Pilots as we call them. Not Ulijjea, from Ulijs'es as fome trifling fay, thatitwas built by him. But rather from a Pitcher or Flagon, which earthen kind of Pot is narrow mouthed on the top, that the Liquor may not flafh over but be powred forth handiomely, but the belly or middle part is wide, and capacious, and toward the bottom it grows Bender and lefleby degrees, the Hollanders call it een Flefche , the picture whereof is born upon the Flags and banners of the city, and upon the top malts of (hips. But becaufe thelnhabitants of this place drink fweetly, and the women will do the like, and are lome- times ftronger than men at this fport, from the embracing of a flagon that they fo much delight in, and take fuch pleafure to drink it off, they got this name, or they took the name chemfelves, from their cuftome of drinking , and it is old with the m to do fo, not to make themfelves drunk, but to drive away all clouds of their minds, and to make themfelves merry. For there are in this coun¬ try many touchy, fad, hawty,melancholique people, whoare dif¬ ferent from the affe&s of Brabandcrs, and Flemings, who are nor guided by the fad Planets of Saturn or Mars, but by the jovial and merry Planets of Jove and Mercury, hence it is that the Zelanders defiring to drive away thofepenfivc thoughts, ftudy to be jovial, and with drink in abundance todrowud thefe cares and tortures of their minds. Toward the Eaft it is oppofite to Scheld. There is almoft as far from Middlebourgh, a City called Ccmpver, very little within the walls, not many years fin.ee it was famous for the Scots being fo frequent there. It borrows its name from the word F re¬ turnee. narrow Sea, becaufe from that coaft unto the farther fhore of Campa, which is a narrow turning * whereby it joyns to North- zieland, men are ufed to be tranfported. For the firft haven; or harbour for Blips to ride in, from whence we take lhip ; to pafle over, is called by the Hollanders V eer or Vaert ; that is faring or pa (Ting over, in Latine TrajeBw or TranfveBio. Againft this North¬ wards or Eaftwards lyes Scheld, fo called from the Scheld a River that runs by it, which hath many populous villages and coloneys belonging to it, wherein are many country farms, many comely mannorsand Palaces of the Antient nobility, as Haemftede, Moer~ monde, near to Renifia, and Broverf 'aria, be (ides no ignoble Town. The City«Z ini&ea, having its name from the founder of it, is the chief ornament of this -If land,' which’ in the year of the worlds Re¬ demption, 84?. when l atharm was Emperour, fir ft . began to be built in the form of a City, and to be fenced round with walls, and from fmall beginnings was augmented to that fplcndeur, that it
Chap. 2.
Of the Iflands in Zdand.
is inferiour to none o f thefe famous cities, of whjch J dare ccftifie thus much without ambition, or any immoderate love to my coun¬ try, that it is ftored with many learned men, and iruitfull tor ex¬ cellent wits, and full of wife and provident Merchants, who by trading in corn, the choifeft Wheat, and Salt as white as Snow, in much given tc Madder, Salt-fifh, and plenty of other fifh* and abundance of eamng' beards of Cattle, make huge profit. As for their houfhold and ordinary affairs, they arc neat and cleanly, their tabic is modcr rate and frugal, never prodigall and luxurious; In Merchandize there is not one Citizen but is canning at it, and induftripus, and greedy of gain , and looks clofe to it, yet they are alj liberal and be¬ neficial to the Inhabitants that are prefled with poverty or are in want, and toward the reft hofpitable, gentle, mild, affable, eafy, and without any diflembling or compiemenul delpfions, they are open and clear to all; For Godlinefle and pious worfhip, they W
are rather religious than fuperftitious. But as for the people and cumi71g' dwellers in this country, there is no place of the world are f© cun¬ ning and crafty in Imclling out and dilcovering impoftorsj captious deceivers, diflemblers, flatterers, fpies, underminers, and dange¬ rous men, though they do flatter cunningly, and ufe all skill to tickle their cars, for they cannot wit hail their arts and Coggings, and counterfeit behaviours, and falfe glofles deceive thele men,
But they will fooo find them out. ;
. They are fo mf ? to t elly , -
what’s found y and f signed words they know full welly
If Brafle with fold be mingled for tdfell .
Perf. Sat, yj
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As flame ufe to do who (peak one thing and mean another. From this skill of judging of counterfeits, fome common quibs and taun- tiog proverbs have rifen amongft the Hollanders, the fool in the swmciinxti* Comedy that they pub! ickly a&edf peaking to them, thanio man ^HoUdnl wZ •muft take offence at it. The Brabander is merry, jocant* ridi- * x*
culous, immoderate in ftage-playes and Comedies: the Fleming is lafeivious, intemperate, iuftfull, wanton; the Hollander Ample, improvident, carelefle,dull,fluggifh, fleepy, faolifh, nothing Po¬ litick ; the Zelander, is crafty, cunning, deceitful] , flye, falle.
Which affe&ions alfo grow flronger as they grow old, and fhew themfel ves more forcibly, unlefle the inclination of nature be con¬ quered, and men better taught, that they may bear better fruft. For ^annniot thofe^re the vices of the bal'cr people and manners of the Nation, Nation Je, pJ and not of the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and fucb as have liberall c“liart°thc education. But fince every Nadon;hath its faults and vices, man- Nation ners, inclinations, and ftudies, thatis, cuftomes .they all apply hathittVtots, themfelvcs unto, fo this Nation, that hath the common nature* of men, hath itsimbred and natural affe&ions, that nature carries them to, partly proceeding from the ambient Ayre, which mani- feftly afleds our bodies, partly, to fay nothing of mens diet, ftptp ftfle nature of.thcir Parents, and manners of their Ancgftqrs, aR$i
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Of the iflands in Zeland.